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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
3
John Linder and Paul Hahn faced Judge Wade in police court on grand larceny charges. After continuations and dismissals, they were rearrested for petty larceny but again dismissed as the judge found they were likely fall guys. The case connected to a Scandia hotel robbery where guests reported losses overnight.
An old message warns that a little effort and neglect of simple ailments can lead to trouble. It promotes Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a quick safe remedy costing 2 cents. Mrs. Guinn and children, who visited relatives in a big city, have returned home.
The Agriculture Department reports a smaller decline in farmer prices from Aug 1 to Sept 1 this year compared with last year. Across key crops corn wheat oats barley rye flaxseed potatoes tobacco cotton and hay the drop was about 7 percent, versus 4.4 percent a year ago and 3.8 percent on average over the prior three years. September 1 prices were about 28 percent below the same date last year.
In a humorous exchange Mrs. Compton demonstrates that her shopping gloves are for quick mental arithmetic. She explains she needs to calculate totals while browsing silk remnants, leaving her husband amused and surprised at her practical joke on clerks.
An analysis by Louis D Brandeis argues against legalizing industrial monopolies to gain efficiency. It contends that large scale production rewards efficiency, but only if size balances disadvantages. It notes trusts owe profits to efficiency, yet independent firms also sometimes run efficiently without buyouts.
A British Rainfall Association note explains rain measurement with gauges and a tipping pencil counter. The piece also discusses suburban living pressures including renting before buying and troublesome neighbors with noisy or messy yards and a rebellious cesspool.
A professor from a renowned agricultural college discusses handedness, noting that about one in twenty people are left handed. He suggests the right hand developed from ancient fighting needs, with shield use favoring the right side and shaping brain and nerve function over generations.
A fragment from agricultural columns explores farm efficiency ideas by A E Chamberlain. It discusses feeding damaged grain to sheep and pigs, sheltering tools, preventing chick en losses, keeping the hen house clean, and profitable livestock prices versus past markets.
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