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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1887
Page
4
A Dakota County paper notes a heavy snowstorm in northern Illinois and mocks national events. It highlights the Republican National Committee meeting in Washington, Cleveland’s reception in Atlanta, and editorials on division questions. It comments on Mrs. Grover Cleveland and the administration, plus city politics and newsroom dissatisfaction.
The record challenges claims that two states would be economical. it lists per person costs for residents of several states including New York Vermont Minnesota Texas and California, arguing small states can be efficient and big ones costly.
The piece argues division favors Dakota by reducing official state costs. It cites taxes in small states as 1.8 mills and higher rates in New York and mid states at 3.4 mills, with large states like California and Texas near 6.3 mills. It notes church and fraternal costs and travels for conventions, conferences, and lodges, suggesting splitting the state reduces expenses and saves time. It warns against unifying as a whole, highlighting various financial and logistical burdens of a single large state government.
The article condemns Commissioner Sparks overhauling land claims in Dakota. It recounts Mary E. Ballard widow who fought for a quarter section, faced eviction after delays and alleged fraud, and credits Sparks with reversing the decision only after public pressure. The piece accuses Sparks of targeting honest claimants and calls for accountability.
A compact survey of new newspapers and editors in North Dakota and nearby areas, listing the Daily Republican of Aberdeen led by Major Barrett, the Breeze of Dawson, the Free Lance of Bottineau with editor J J Maltby, and other exchanges. It mixes local politics, personalities, and early press history with note of the Ramsey County Fair and booming Devils Lake settlement.
A damaged fragment notes a gun involved in a fatal shot was in the care of a companion. It recalls Senator Dow n as an old warm friend of Register Lord of the city and critiques a Dakota newspaper for bolstering land policy at the expense of people hoping to settle here.
Fr. Torres Oct 25 reports Arthur Gage of Indian trader W. S. Peck with a hunting party accidentally shot in the jaw. Widespread notices include county commissioner campaigns Ramsey County Third district for 1887 election, job adverts for housework and clerical help, lost items, sales, and merchandise offers. Also listings for loans, pasturage, and jewelry in the Devils Lake region.
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