Social whirl and sharp wit in Devils Lake notes
Devils Lake society promises a lively social season with engagements and gossip amid editorials from Fargo and Grand Forks. Local chatter mocks grouches, politics, dress, and a mix of crime, weather, and agriculture while reporting on residents like W. P. Davies ill health and a move to Polson, Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Davies
The
Grand Forks Daily Herald
Walnut Street
Bismarck Tribune
Fargo
Grand Forks
Devils Lake
Bismarck
Bootlegger roundup and state issues in North Dakota notes
Grafton police corralled numerous bootleggers this week while Devils Lake prepares for the next state W T U convention. A Neche farmer netted 58.80 per acre on barley. Rhetoric on subscriptions and civic reform follows. Civil vandalism in Bismarck drew protests over cement sidewalks replacing mature trees. Laura Belle Ward of Bismarck Civic League calls for criminalizing shade tree removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Laura Belle Ward
Civic League
North Dakota
Mechanical telephone and Grenoble walnuts noted
The article explains telephone sound transmission using carbon resistance changes in the transmitter. It then highlights Grenoble France as the source of the world’s best walnuts, with most exported to major U.S. cities and noting calcareous soil and Alpine foothills as ideal for oaks and may varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Grenoble
France
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Get What He Went After at State University Visit
A visiting committee from a local legislator group attended a supper at the state university students club. The poor working students, many paying their own way, heard speakers including a renowned orator from a distant county urging them to persevere. The scene showed political figures rallying young students amid hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legiatatera
State University
Gas Driven Vessel Progress Trials On Thames
Experiments on the Thames test a small gas driven vessel named Progress, a former vedette boat of the British navy, to evaluate gas engines for marine use. The engine directly couples to the shaft like steam machinery, promising elimination of intermediate gearing and electrical transmission for large ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
Stray Monkey Found Prompting Local Alarm
Residents report a stray monkey near Hiberti and warn of possible danger. Authorities advise caution as searches for the animal continue and residents stay indoors.
Classified Classifieds Offer Farm Business Help and Fur Coats
A Grand Forks Herald classified column advertises farm business rentals and sales, with rates, and features buy and sell listings. It includes items from Devils Lake and New York, offering to buy coal heater and stating fur coats and robes for sale at reduced prices.
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Grand Forks Herald
Herald
F. M. Wilson
Ady
Mgr
Grand Forks
G. Morehead
East 28Th Street
New York
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Great Northern
Montana
Devils ‘Lake
Aird
Lawton
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Globe
Gale Trimble
Bisbee Gazette
Gazette
Bisbee
Julius Anderson
Litchville
Lavimore
Carrington
Ella Wilson
Hunnewell
Kan
Kellogg
Jamestown Alert
Kenmare Journal
Kelly Avenue
North Star
North
Monogram Stationery
Monogram
Devils Lake Inter-Ocean
Grafton
T. U
Neche
N. D
Fletcher
Castoria
Hiberti
Argyle
Kelly Ave
Dania Hall
W. M. Holbrook
Frank Hyland, Auctioneer
Devils Lake Stamp Works
L. G. Anderson
Journal Office
Joseph Kuessel
Davis Rubin
Second St
Freight
4Th Street
Old
Carl G. Zunich
Stevens. Grain& Fuel Co
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