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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1885
Page
4
The Inter Ocean column reports Dakota territorial politics, indicts the bloody shirt rhetoric, notes governor and statehood debates, and mentions the lives of John McCullough and others. It covers Rolette county fights, Dunseith and St John disputes, stock rises, and a forthcoming Dakota promotional annual.
The Innxe-Ocey urges farmers to hold back wheat as No 1 hard wheat dominates the Northwest. Mills pay farmers’ price but drop it when supplies rise. If farmers unite and withhold, price could rise to eighty five cents. Washington coverage and government interest grow as Congress sessions begin. Local notices mention subscriptions and a Beaugard case in New Orleans with manslaughter plea.
Nov 9 Port Arthur: the ironclad Algona of the Canadian Pacific railroad was wrecked off Lake Superior with 37 lives lost. The vessel left Owen Sound Thursday and wrecked Saturday while entering Port Arthur. Athabasca saved 13 crew and two passengers found near Isle Royal. many perished in life boat wreckage. The Algona, a luxury Clyde vessel, cost 450000 and was electric lit. Separate item: Hamilton county senatorial case shows discrepancies in returns and could shift the Republican ticket.
A corresp from The Farm Stock and Home extolls planting box elder seeds in spring. Gather seed late fall, store dry in sacks, plant nursery rows in well-tilled weed-free ground after frost. Warns against repeated freeze thaw cycles and storing seeds in warm cellars. Also includes tool care tips for plows and a note on Ayer's Cherry Pectoral benefits for public speakers.
A long description recounts a fifteen by eight foot stone near Pierre on the Missouri River bluff. Embedded footprints and a hand print are visible, tied to a local Indian tradition. Pilgrimages and offerings are made to the rock though relic hunters have damaged it.
A Baltimore third plenary council decree opposes selling or patronizing liquor on Sundays, urging clergy to curb the traffic and instruct parishioners to abandon such practice for a sober Lord's Day. Other items report a war declaration against Burma, a Grant engraving promotion, and various short notices and anecdotes.
Taken up two brindle cows near Devils Lake on Oct 24. Duluth weekly prices on the Bank of Devils Lake bulletin board summarize Chicago markets: breadstuffs and provisions up 87 tons. wheat receipts today 70,205 bushels. mixed opinions on future prices. wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley activity varies. cattle, hogs, sheep market directions noted with modest advances and price tendencies. butter and cheese prices listed. general market tone remains cautious with supply and demand influences.
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