Local Notes Highlight Devils Lake Community Ties
Mrs. Otto Kayser appears on the wick list this week while Mrs. Rhuberg visited Rolla as a guest of Mrs. Kyle. Numerous residents travel for work, school, or visits, including Rev. Arthur G. Bailey to Warwick and back, teachers like Miss Reca Connolly to Maxbass, and Miss Anna Conny resuming duties in Devils Lake schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devils Lake
Otto Kayser
Rhuberg
Rolla
Kyle
Anna Conny
Pembina
H. B. Walker
Myrtle Kennedy
Grand Forks
Chicago
St. Bernard's Academy
M. Perkins
St. Paul
Winans Millinery
Idle brains prompt law and order in Des Moines ruling
A Des Moines judge dismissed a runaway girl citing the adage idle hands are the devil’s workshop and urging work as moral guidance. The piece also notes H. D. Prescott of Lakota visiting and recounts past city records on the artesian well and local banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bone
Garden of Eden
H. D. Prescott
Lakota
Prescott
Prescott & Burnett
North Shore Bank
Rodenbach
Hansbrough
Prescott & Burnett Bank
Mr. Prescott
City Council Advances Sewer Works And Bonds
The council met on Tuesday due to Labor Day with Mayor P J McClory and council members present. A sewer report approved new sewers on McMillan Ave Fourth Street Kittson Ave Minnewaukan Ave Fifth Street and Tenth Street and authorized issuing 6322 in special sewer bonds to L W Schruth to settle contract No 2. The budget approved bills and ordinances 126 127 were read first time. Police Magistrate Juergens report accepted. Additional street lights approved and crossings on McMillan Ave to be installed. A resolution extended city limits to include adjacent property and the council set adjournment for September 13 to discuss sewer and grading assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. McClory
Halgran
Newgard
McGarren
Greene
McMillan Ave
4Th Street
Kittson Ave
Minnewaukan Ave
5Th Street
10Th Street
L. W. Schruth
Juergens
McMillan Avenue
Rain Improves Soil as Farmers Hope for Next Year
A gentle two day rain delivered by Sunday and Monday soaked the ground 6 to 8 inches deep, softening hard soil and aiding plowing. Farmers welcome the moisture as a starter for next year’s crop, with threshing delayed but no complaints heard. The note also mentions Roosevelt’s leadership as a peacemaker, tying it to his military prominence.
Helping Humanity From Opposite Standpoints
A Chicago Advance tale recalls a rural father visiting his discouraged son, a city doctor. The father witnesses twenty five poor patients helped in a morning, challening his son on money versus making a real difference, and vows to earn money to support his worthy work.
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Chicago
Shrewd Victor Hugo Quietly Bullied Theater Managers
The elder Dumas and Victor Hugo used strategic pressure to push through new plays. Hugo would feign modesty and praise star performers, prompting directors to engage actors and alter stage settings, until he achieved his desired ensemble and production conditions without drastic changes.
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Dumas the Elder
Victor Hugo
Dumas
Porte St. Martin
Mlle. Georges
Mme. Dorval
Bocage
Lockroy
Provost
Hugo
Frederick
Harel
Raucourt
Laferriere
Mlle
Georges
Borel
Stony Desert of North Australia Described
The great stony desert north of the Darling River was explored by Captain Sturt in 1846 6. It lies about 800 miles long and 100 broad with sandy dunes and few trees except along creeks. Ridges likely formed by winds and a retiring sea, per Sturt’s account.
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Australia
North
Captain Sturt
Darling
Desert Desolation and a Noted Nighttime Encounter
The article describes an inhospitable desert with scarce water and stunted prickly acacias, then shifts to a dramatic scene where an eminent actor saves his watch on a bridge during thick night mist. A suspicious man confronts him asking the time, and the actor jokes that a prior thief stole his watch. It notes an American heiress attracting European noblemen.
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Gomer
Alr
Law Test Fello w Servant Case Against Northern Pacific
Peter Fisch er of Dickinson sues Northern Pacific for 10000 in damages after an injury in Eland Stark county from a co worker dropping a heavy rail onto his leg. The action cites the fellow servant federal liability act and federal removal last April. Knauf Knauf prosecutes.
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Bull
Northern Pacific Railway
Peter Fischer
Dickinson
Eland
Stark County
Atedic
W. R. Bailey
Jamestown
Roy
Fourth Avenue
Knauf & Knauf
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Devils Lake Transfer Co
Agnes Garske
Arthur G. Bailey
Warwick
Grace Keller
Amorrow
Fargo
Ater School
Geo. Chafee
Ernest Burt
Devon
Ernest Fifer
Norman Morrison
City
Webster
D. F. Bangs
Sheriff Belford
Arthur Reid
Fred Degendorfer
F. G. Troppman & Co
Reca Connolly
Maxbass
Tropp |Man. Co
C. D
Albert Gresens
Grand Harbor
Ramsey County
Helen Blakken
Gordon Nimmo
Churles Ferry
Ed. Bartheld
Mrs. Bosworth
Starkweather
E. E. Wheeler
Mr. D. Wheeler
Michigan City
Herman Huesgen Jr
New York
Peoria, Ill
Btate
Mike Masonnig
McKerma
Livingston, Mont
Weiner
Milas Bertha Daeley
Hillaboro
A. O. Webster
Mr. Webster
Hlizabeth M. Trefs
Watertou, In
Rodenbach & Musdt
Wise Trefs
Bowman
Athelste University
Herman Shutte
Penn
Macadie
Anna Schill
Lakota Jast
Frank Hyland
Rochester
C. H. Lowe
C. E. Lowe
Wm.’ Lowe
H. Hanson
Horton Motor Company
Bisbee
Miss Hardy
Minneapolis
Mann & Sons Department Store
Lillian Burnham
Jacob Meyer
Alberta
Rasmus Sorenson
Farinas’ Grain Company
Wm. Gardiner
Carlisle Indian School
Gretasinger Wednester
Ladies Aid
Jorgen Millesen
Miss Prang
Frank ‘Palmer
Lillian Wineman
State University of Minnesota
Creel
Fourth Street
Kelly and Farrington Avenues
Gunn
the Troppman Co
Twin Cities
W. H. Sihler
Rev. Clattenberg
Frank W. Mann
Rollin D. Chapman
Fletcher
Council
Roonevelt
Infanta
Emporium
Bolinder
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