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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1886
Page
4
A Devils Lake county paper highlights local politics with candidate notes for Ramsey and Pembina counties. It covers nominations for council and legislative seats, praise for incumbents like District Attorney Morgan, probate judge considerations, and profiles of nominees such as Peter J. McClory and Jana McCormick, plus remarks on sheriff Ever Wagness and treasurer candidate Seruncarp.
The Ixren Ocean opposes H. M. Creel for the legislature, labeling him unfit and a demagogue with a long record. Support favors D. W. Ensign, praising his clean reputation, while notes on Scandinavian influence and local nominations highlight tensions between Republicans, Democrats, and Meagherites ahead of the election.
The Spencer proxy controversy centers on misrepresentations about proxy authority. The News urges interview of Major Benham and George Barrett, asserts Mr. Spencer would likely correct the record, and notes the editor of the News faces scrutiny as a school superintendent candidate while stressing the need for uncolored, consistent truth.
In Oicaco on October 7 the criminal court overruled the motion for a new trial for eight anarchists charged in the Haymarket massacre. The court confirmed the jury verdict. Parsons Spies Schwab Engel Fischer and Lingg are to be hanged. Neebe sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment.
A wounded veteran sleeps under stress as wartime chatter fills a Grand Pacific hotel corridor. Sam, a slave named helper, relays grim updates from the Army of the Tennessee about battles from Sumter to Bull Run, Shiloh, and a march toward the North Carolina coast, sparking the sick man’s weary wish for an end to the war. The piece also includes a crude educational aside on the U.S. legislative process and a brief, unrelated local notice about a gun sale and a mare named Carl Nordaum.
A humorous pasteboard tale imagines Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus being urged to take high office by a Roman senate, while he plows his fields. He quips at the demands, mentions taxes and debts, and finally accepts the consulship after mock pomp and social critique. The scene blends political satire with rustic imagery and a punchline about election theater.
Fragmentary market brief lists best patent foods and staple goods. Mentions ground feed, oats, oats new harvest, berries, and meat items. Includes scattered product names and prices lost in OCR. Context suggests a midsection listing multiple market wares and suppliers.
Proposal notice from DeGroat Township County Dakota for erection of two railroad houses in DeGroat Township. Sealed bids due November 1, 1885. Plans and specifications available at the office of Jonas Percival, County Clerk, Devil Lake, Dakota. Committee reserves right to reject any or all bids. Noor Evans, Clerk.
The list outlines candidates for various local and county offices including delegate to Congress Gifford, legislative councilman Roger Allen, assembly member Donald Stewart, other assembly candidates, registrar Joan A. Vercival, probate judge BP McClory, district attorney DB Morgan, superintendent John F. Cowan, coroner Charles Zunion, assessors Thos Thorson, county commissioners Edward Loures James McCormick, justice of the peace Wishart, Tamorea, and sheriffs/constables Louis Storsner A Jacobson Louis A Larson, with several missing details and unclear names.
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