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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1903
Page
6
Advertising rates listed for reading notices with per inch and per line charges. Rates include 10 cents per line for first insertion and five percent off on yearly contracts. Bills collected monthly. Official paper of the county and city of Devils Lake.
The piece blasts Democrats for probing presidential travel costs and railroads for political leverage. It names A P Gorman as future Senate leader and criticizes single tax proposals by Tom L Johnson. Judge Mills of Minnesota receives praise for integrity, while Minnesota governor inquiries and Chicago child slave tales highlight political strain and social alarm.
A humorous column riffs on first impressions shaping business and social fate. Readers mock egotists, dreamers, and odd shoppers as a reporter chronicles a wandering merchant with a comical assortment of belongings, plus a windy street scene involving a teasing young man and a returning wife.
A social quip explains millinery openings as exhibitions where ladies try on flowers feathers and laces to pick the style for next month. The piece notes men rarely attend, busy with talk of race horses and other “vital” topics.
The article argues land demand grows from agricultural education and prosperity in farming and stock raising. It links rising land values to good crop seasons boosting all trades and credits production of soil as the true basis of national prosperity, noting grazing and pasture lands attract investors seeking meat production.
A sale listing by H. C. Klingel describes four head of cattle including a two year old red and white spotted steer a red with white face cow a mostly white yearling heifer with red neck and shoulders and a red with white spotted yearling steer from Section 4 Town 156 Range 62 dated 29 31.
The finest lot of horses ever shipped in here is now on sale at the First National Bank. The event advertises a premier equine selection offered to buyers, emphasizing quality stock and potential market interest.
Bids must be received by 4 pm on September 5 1903 for a heating plant at Devils Lake City Hall North Dakota. City Council may reject any or all bids. By order of City Council Devils Lake September 16 1903.
The City Auditor invites sealed bids for one hose wagon and one hook and ladder wagon complete. Bids due by 8 o clock p m October 5 1903. Council may reject any or all bids. By order of City Council Ole Skratass City Auditor Devils Lake September 10 1903.
A bay horse about 900 pounds with a tight hind fetlock and white rope around the neck, roughly ten years old, reported by Robert Wilmott of Lake Township as taken up.
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