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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1903
Page
3
Reading this you are urged to buy today as days shorten and business grows. The store is full of new goods and promises a fall showing likely better than previous stock. Visit to inspect and judge for yourself. if not found in this brief list you may find it in the store.
In the Dress Goods section the store touts Zibilines at 44 inches wide for ladies suits priced around 1.50 per yard and Oxford and tan inch suitings at 75 cents per yard. Handkerchiefs once sold at multiple prices now sold at a single clearance price to clear stock before holiday arrivals.
A local shop announces a forthcoming display of mercerized cotton waistings. Prices range from 75 cents to 25 cents a yard, inviting customers to view the selection in person.
The store displays standard style cloaks for men women and children. Wooltex children’s garments are highlighted as pure wool and fully lined with same quality materials. A money back guarantee applies if the cloak wears poorly or fails to meet stated qualities.
Local shop urges thinning collection and promotes value driven hosiery. Boys heavy fleece lined hose leather stockings 25c. Children's all wool hose Black Cat and Rondo 25c. Ladies Merino hose Oxford and black 25c.
Household tip advises leaving floors bare in winter and suggests covering with oil cloth or linoleum. The store touts good quality and low prices with easy maintenance notes. Floor oil cloth extra heavy with various patterns priced per yard at 35 cents to 1.25 dollars for broader widths.
Prices stay firm as raw material costs rise. Heavy woolen blankets range from 10 to 2.50 a pair. A 10-4 all wool blanket at 4 pounds goes for 4 a pair. About 300 pairs of cotton blankets remain at 60 cents a pair in white tan and grey. Only limited stock left at this price.
The notice proclaims abundant flannelette stock with high quality and strong value across options. It emphasizes variety, suggesting shoppers will find suitable choices regardless of preference.
The ad pitches long-standing low prices on Pepperell 9-4 bleached sheeting, touting advantage from prior bulk buying and inviting readers to share in the savings this week.
The note states bleaching is offered at 25 cents per yard only while current stock remains available.
An ad invites ladies to visit the corset department to view stock and test the fit. It promises the best fitting corset and encourages readers to judge the product for themselves.
Royal Worcester advertises a full line of misses and children's corset waists with about two dozen French Flexibone corsets priced down from $2 to $1.25. Sizes vary, straight front, in white and drab.
An advert invites ladies who seek refined perfumes to invest and compare prices. It promises savings while meeting their fragrance preferences and personal requirements.
Store notes offer mail order fulfillment for customers unable to visit. Emphasizes quick, ready service and prompt processing of mail orders.
A brief for a big sale event promises substantial payoff, urging readers to wait for October 24th and implying high returns. The fragment provides no concrete details on items, organizer, or location.
Webster and surrounding towns report visitors, business moves, births, and social events. Dennis headlines include Elinor Leet’s birth, Julia Garner leaving for Cuba, a new jewelry store by Frank Lueck, and court actions against Linevolt for blind pigging. Community notices cover sales, auctions, church socials, and school book uniform adoption plans in the county.
The Devils Lake Improvement Company plans an eight foot addition to the boiler room and will install a 125 horsepower tubular boiler, a high speed Russell engine, and a new dynamo. The upgrades position the plant as the best equipped in the region.
The following pupils scored over 90 percent in the written test held on Friday October 4 in Algebra A and Latin subjects at the high school. Names include Ida Aaberg Becca Connolly Robert Carns Lyle Cowan Arthur Cumming Ruth Dodge Celia Duell Blanche Fox Katie Fitzsimmons Ray Jamieson Lizzie McMamara Ida Pitcher Frank Prosser Rosa Ruger Inga Roe Anna Serugard Elinor Walker Salject Mia Severson Fun Paneer Ty Mary Fitzsimmons Jeanne Palwer Bessie Nimmo Pearl Duell Katie Pittsinmons Extelia Beatchamup Louis Howard Willis Huesgan Harold Connolly Charlotne Hodgkinson Charles Roehm Thora Connolly Mamie Hueswan Clerance Usie Small Em nels Cowan Hazel.
A list of students by grade and arithmetic subject includes Ruth Howard John Cowan Julia Mc Donell Blanche Emslie Hazel Dingle Ruth Miller Bell Stonesom Roy Walker Norris Stoltz Mary Smith Frank LaViolete Loretta Kelly Ida White Kathleen Cogewell Edwin King Magdalinn Nelson Jeanie Smith Pearl Coykendall Loretts Causidy Edwin Johnson Lucy Sprague.
Bay horse about 900 pounds with a tight hind fetlock, white rope around neck and an age of about 10 years. Reported by Robert Wilmott of Lake township.
Co W Kelley of Devils Lake offers a fine registered shorthorn bull, high grade short horn heifers, and a large stock of young pigs for sale.
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