Local News From Devils Lake Area Highlights Visitors
A flurry of visitors and local incursions mark Devils Lake and nearby towns this week. Names include M Goodnea from Minneapolis, Prof W J Judges from Cando, E H Howe to Fargo, and J Longacre with Percy Cadman to St Paul. Many residents report trips to Grand Forks, Fargo, Webster, Rochester, and Zion counties, while Franklin Adams and others plan threshing and farm work.
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E H. Howe
Fargo
W. A. Kimmerly
R. A. Stanley
Webster
Devils Lake
Ball's Big Improvement with Cleveland Americans
The Sporting World notes Neil Ball, formerly of the Highlanders and now with Cleveland, has shown a marked improvement after moving. He previously played inconsistently with the Naps, but in a recent game against Boston he completed an unassisted triple play and helped save the game for his team.
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MccConnell
Wagner
Stahl
Neal
Rubing
August Belmont
America
Belmont
Cena
Heco
John Whalen
Thomas Welsh
Metropolitan
Andy
Jockey Club
England
Watson
Kentucky
New York
Ball
Neil Ball
New Yorker
Cleveland Americans
Highlanders
Naps
Boston
Stah
Bostons
Meteoric dangers to ships and ships disappearances debate
Scientists abroad urge captains and sailors to observe extraordinary meteors that seem linked to ship vanishings in rough and calm seas. Reports recount a huge meteor near the Cambrian and a Belipse collision in the Pacific, plus a Norwegian lake sighting and damage to smokestacks and masts from radiant impact.
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Werchadt
Geperal
London
Boston
Chicago’ Tribune
Hawaiian Islands
Lake Thelemarken
New York World
Florida's Seventy Foot Bamboo in Arcadia Wis
A Garten Magazine note describes a seven decade tall bamboo in Arcadia Wisconsin, likely the tallest in America, eight years old with a fifty foot spread and twelve foot ground diameter. The common Indian bamboo, probably brought from the West Indies, naturalized in Jamaica andFlorida, grows rapidly in the rainy season but cannot endure low temperatures, with Arcadia specimens damaged by cold.
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Florida
Amerdca
Arcadia
Wis
India
West Indies
Jamaica
Greencawn hawker crys through dawn streets
A Boston Herald fragment depicts a street hawker crying green supplies from dawn to close of day. The refrain Greencawn-n-n-n resounds as the vendor proclaims goods and dismisses berries and fruit with a rhythmic chant.
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Boston Herald
Fragmented quotes mix satire and slang across magazines
A collage of overheard lines from 19th and early 20th century publications threads together remarks on cows lobbyists actors aeroplanes and hydrophobia. The garbled text reflects magazine style snippets and humorous asides about city life and media terms without a single coherent narrative or event.
The New Heroic Pose Amid Whistling Winds
Fragmented verse from an era newspaper page hints at an aeroplane buffeted by winds and fluttering amid maritime and seasonal imagery. Phrases about boats, Tar, and a winter oak appear alongside garbled lines suggesting humor and aging language.
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Ane
Old Time Haymakers and Oddities From 14th Century to 19th Century
A collage of brief notes and curiosities including historical wage dates in medieval England, the Astor Place Riot of 1849 and Macready’s Macbeth, the Chinese day division, medical notes on pain and warts, French National Workshops, paint stain removal, the German mile, the Chinese era calendar, India’s tigers diet, Julius Caesar’s birth month, medieval ransom practices, laundry jokes, bathing suit manners, and light exchanges from various papers.
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M. Goodnea
Minneapolis
W. J. Judges
Cando
Ea. Fuller
Newville
Devills Lake
C. A. Hale
Grand Forks
T. C. Strand
Penn
A. H. Stein
C. Storing
Rochester, Minn
Joe Longacre
Percy Cadman
St. Paul
J. A Strand
Grand Harbor
Vere Jamison
Seattle
J. C. McAndreas
Meisel
Garske
A. Brown of
Rock Lake
E. G. van Bookirk
Devila Lake
Ed. Routier
Derrick
Company M
Harold Dodge
The
Agricultural College
Sam Johnson
Peter Haley
Fessenden
H. K. Withey
Ed. Richardson
J. O. Baughman
Yellowstone Park
A. C. Rainboth
DeGroat Township
Joe Collinson
Col. Jos. M .Kelly
Frank Snook
John Beasley
Austin Leavitt
Dan Brennan
Iowa
H. Hale
Ella Cairnes
Chas. Crawford
Knox
C. H. Mackey
Tolsen Brudeseth
M. J. Flannigan
Minot
W. J. Moe
Fort Totten
Presbyterian Sechurch
Tedo
Richard‘osa
E. F. Reese
Mercy Hospital
Mann's Model Grocery
Leahy
Great Northern
Register of Deeds
M. A. Hoghaug
Peter Matson
Edmore
B. B. Bloom
Denver
Col
J. H. Bloom
Luella Goer
Amateur Athletic Union
United States
Aaus
Tad Rc
Pepe Tre Pha Ee
Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt
Oce
Erason
Maurice Tothachia
de Rothschild
Verdum
Reil Ball O
Levelard Americans
Hi. Huesgen
Sells
Sporting World
Hinata
New York Herald
York ‘Tolert
Minna Irving
Prema
Bobby
Browning
Tina
Atlanta Constitution
Astor Place
Macready
Macbeth
Astor Place Opera House
New York City
France
Ateliers Nationaux
Yao
Julius Caesar
Demarter Sven
Addue
Yonkers Statesman
Ned
Baltimore
Madge
Marjorie
Ashi
Paul Pioneer Press
Mike
Giles
Veterinary College
Chicaga Nawa
Pinata Times
Lts
Cindy Hoes
Barson
A. E. Welch
Locke-Gram Block
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