Bustling Devils Lake Town Basks in Arbitration of Growth
The city reports a resilient economy amid a crop shortfall. Corn ripens, hay improves with rains, and prices stay favorable. New hotels, a grand jail, and a modern court house rise as merchants stay busy. Great Northern and Merchant’s hotels near completion. Skating rink and opera house see crowds. Saturday paydays kept sidewalks crowded.
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Devils Lake
Mr. Tong
Chauncey DePew
Herman Rutten
Bia
Bouse
Great Northern
Merchant's
Journal
Tank at Leeds Goes Up in Serious Explosion
An explosion occurred at the Parker House in Leeds on Wednesday afternoon causing considerable excitement. No great damage resulted, though the blast could have been serious if it had happened at night.
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Leeds
Parker House
Ready for Hardware! North Dakota Dealers Plan Dev ils Lake Meet
The North Dakota Hardware Dealers association executive committee met to plan the next annual convention to be held October 6 to 8 in Devils Lake. General assembly will be in the Grand Opera House building with the rink used for exhibition on the top floor. Secretary C N Barnes said the event promises to be the greatest yet and space inquiries are already coming in. Attendees included O N Barnes Grand Forks H O Moe Churles Ferry W R McIntosh Bottineau A J Smith Carrington and H F Emery Fargo.
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North Dakota Hardware Dealers
Devils Lake
General Assembly
Grand Opera House
Opera House
C. N. Barnes
Grand Forks
Association
O. N. Barnes
H. O. Moe
Churles Ferry
W. R. McIntosh
Bottineau
A. J. Smith
Carrington
H. F. Emery
Fargo
Wright divorce case in fifth round at Lakota
Attorney J. Samson from Lakota announced the Wright divorce case in Lakota where Mrs. Katie L. Wright seeks custody while Mr. Wright prosecutes for divorce after earlier actions for non-support. Four prior actions were tried before Judge Cowan, with about forty witnesses last week, and the case was continued by Judge Templeton to October 5.
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J. Samson
Lakota
Wright
Templeton
Devils Lake
Cowan
Katie L. Wright
Prisoners and a Lover’s Hope in Civil War Tug of War
In a Civil War scene a Union captain debates mercy for captured Confederate partisans after a girl pleads for her lover’s life. Dolly Peyton writes a plea to the general while Coleman ponders delivering it, hoping for a spared fate amid grim death. The outcome hinges on military law, mercy, and a distant signal for an answer.
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Youn Carroll Bates
Tennessee
Bates
N. B. Forrest
Captain Coleman
Talon Farmer
Payton
East
Dolly
Carroll
Bate
Dolly Payton
Bated
Coleman
Bac
Coleman l
Carroll Bates
Herole
Abe
Dubtless
Girosting
Dolly Peyton
Unio
Colewan
Asuerrillas
United States
Auction Sale and Help Wanted Notices in One Page
Public auction of household goods set for October 1 at 1 PM at 323 Sete sub street east by A W Keil en. Help wanted ads seek a girl for general housework in a three person family with good wages at 723 East Sixth Street and a school attending helper at 835 East Gilbert. Also includes narrative about Dolly, Colman, and wartime parole events and a brief note on feminine pessimism and optimism in Life magazine.
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Sete Sub Street
A. W. Keilen
W. P. Crowley
East Sixth Street
The British Navy and the Navvy Origin
A brief note traces the navvy in England to eighteenth century canal and navigation work, explaining the term navigator and its preserved form in places like the Navigators Arms, with image of a navvy holding a spade and ale. The piece also includes a quip about curing odors with sliced onions and a broken peck of wine easing a paint smell.
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England
Navigators’ Arms
Bifingham
Buinghaw
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Kauffman
Chicago
M. Glickson
Ramsey CO
Ped
Waring
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
C. E. Norquest
Awe
J. J. Doust
Gtmet
Aho
Death
By Sarah Bryce Vaughan
American Press Association
Horace
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