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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1902
Page
7
At the Gilt Edge on Kelley Avenue proprietor Jos Foubert reports his night man Daniel West vanished after shift end along with about thirty dollars from the cash register. Police telegrams fail to locate money or the suspected thief described as larger than the amount taken.
Prospect for a new business college in Devils Lake led by Prof S P Benner with plans to convert a hospital site. The curriculum will cover English, commercial law, shorthand, typing, penmanship, music, expressions, physical culture and a correspondence school. Interested locals urged to request circulars. Also note a sandstorm battle scene and a pardon related incident at the armory on September 27.
A county farmer urges growers to submit grains and seeds for the St Louis exposition. He offers to hand pick and display samples in show bottles, bearing producer names, with freight prepaid to Charles Ferry, North Dakota. W Wheat oats and rye to 1.5 bushels each. flax barley speltz millet 0.75 bushel each. various grasses, corn ears, beans and peas in specified quart and peck lots.
Ten Broeck Whipple and Carl Fisher endured a long gale driven ordeal on the lake last week. After their sail boat broke loose and a row boat was swept out, they spent the night on shore and walked fourteen miles to Fort Totten. Capt Heerman hosted them on the Rock Island.
The piece lauded as the most beautiful and successful comedy drama of its class. Manager Charles Frohman spent a fortune in launching this play, closely linked to its success along with star Blanche Bates who created the role Cigarette.
Prof Bolley warns Fargo Forum readers that frost-damaged flax should not be harvested green. Unlike wheat, green flax wilts its fragile ball branches and cuts sap flow, risking shriveled grains unless a severe freeze kills the green seeds. Flax may still ripen if frost was not severe enough to freeze the balls.
Edwards Wood & Co notes week of Sept 16 saw wheat trading in a narrow 1 to 1 1 2 cent range with early weakness from Liverpool and Europe. Export demand improves, large world shipments, frost in the corn belt, and a bullish government crop view. advice to farmers on hedging old corn and December or May delivery pricing.
The note advises against cutting frosted flax early and suggests leaving frosted bolls on the plant until seed loss risk from shelling. It argues this improves seed grade and curing, and warns green frosted flax tends to mould or spoil in bundles.
Remaining uncalled for at the Devils Lake post office for the week ending September 20 1902. If not called within fourteen days letters go to the dead letter office. List of names includes Arthur Wm Kellar Harry Adams Theo Barnes and others. Postmaster note seeks furnished or unfurnished house by September 1 for winter at L. L. Bingham residence north of Presbyterian church.
Miss Charlotte Lammedee, an experienced kindergarten teacher from the east, will open a new school in this city next Monday. The former Skratass paintshop building has been overhauled for school use. Classes start at 9 a.m. daily. parents should notify Miss Lammedee who lives with her sister Mrs. Chas. Stoner.
An advertisement compares children to young plants showing some grow strong with the right feeding. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a solution for weakness and stunted growth, claiming it “feeds” and builds strength. Free sample offer and pricing details are included.
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