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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR lists candidates Rameay Geo W H Davis Charles B Baker H R Aslakson as legislative ticket members.
The obituary notes Gen Franz Sigel death in New York and his role as a German revolutionary and Civil War officer who kept Missouri in the Union. It also reports a merger folding the Big Four into the New York Central creating a direct line to St Louis and mentions ex Mayor Johnson of Fargo at a National League of Municipalities meeting in Grand Rapids with a paper on drinking in Sweden.
A bustling North Dakota roundup reports on municipal ownership debates at a four hundred mayor convention. It notes prison twine supply issues for farmers, editor contributions, local papers aiding development, and a string of regional notices including deaths, arrests, elections, and a frontier harvest outlook.
Out thieves appear in state news as Cando expects two large elevators. Bathgate church struck by lightning with no damage. Mandan resident loses 14 head to lightning worth 800. Wild Rice lightning kills cattle and horse. Clayton Cox bid farewell before moving to Minot for milling. police asked to locate John A Stacy per Larimore resident.
Pioneer Press reports 17 year old Fana Pantovi of Lakota North Dakota held at central police station after escaping from her father while en route from Hurley Wisconsin to Jamestown North Dakota. Mary Jacobson, a 17 year oldMinnesota area girl, also held at central station awaiting father’s arrival after fleeing from Jamestown connection and escaping from a prior detainment.
Over 1 in 1,000 teachers failed the state supervised teaching exam after switch from county to state marking. Supt Devina helped pass the law. supporters say it removed incompetence, raised district salaries, and attracted high grade instructors. North Dakota female teachers average $35.50 monthly, males $45.00, among the best in the nation.
Great Northern officials in St Paul plan a Good Roads train tour after the state fair. The train will visit Fargo Sept 15–20, Grand Forks Sept 22–27, and will stop in Minot and St Cloud earlier dates. The nine flat cars plus box car and sleeper carry government road experts with special rates on branch lines to Fargo and Grand Forks.
Harvey village school board demanded the resignation of current superintendent Prof. Chas. Kirk amid controversy. Kirk lacks a regular teaching certificate and faces removal after the recent board change. He plans to sue the district for wages for the upcoming winter.
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