Local notices mix of events and ads from Devils Lake
A collage of reminders and promotions from the era lists a rummage sale by M E church ladies around November, land buyers Neff and Rother, horse sale at First National Bank, coal from Robertsan Lumber Co, Catholic church dinner for a Republican convention, a fur coat lost between Devils Lake and Webster, and mortgage refinancing offers at First National Bank. Also notes Camille at the armory, a Saint Paul fur coat ad, Mankato Business College, and a theater listing for a Camille-like drama with Miss Collins, plus details of the play Cigarette featuring Miss Amice Evans at the Devils Lake armory on September 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neff & Rother
First National Bank
New Illustrated Magazine The Reader to Debut in New York
A new illustrated monthly magazine titled The Reader will launch in New York next month. It aims to entertain, inform, and inspire with literary previews, bibliographies, libraries, drama, short stories, poems, and popular articles. Priced 25 cents, its cover by Alfred Brennan features contrasts of old and modern readers. Contributing writers include Gelett Burgess John D Barry Alice Brown Bliss Carman Mr Dooley Caroline Duer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Alfred Brennan
Gelett Burgess
John D. Barry
Alice Brown
Bliss Carman
Mr. Dooley
Caroline Duer
Edwin Emerson, Jr
Charles Macomb Flandrau
Eliot Gregory
Aline Gorren
Oliver Herford
Rollin Lynde Hartt
R. V. Risley
Louiss Evan Shipman
Henry Turrell
John B. Tabb
Quirky Merchant Shifts From Farm to Dry Goods Trade
A farmer-turned-merchant contemplates leaving farming for merchandising, arguing the dry goods business demands special training. The piece notes farm folk’s frequent misfit into mercantile life and warns that such career shifts often fail, while stressing the need for forward planning and practical purchasing.
Fragmentary humorous note about a printer and business principles
A fragment from a periodical quotes a reaction to a printer being ripped up the back for lack of business principles. It laments how the paper would live without those principles and adds a casual aside about the situation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Devils Lake
Chas. A. Stevens
Ramsey
J. C. Hartley
M. E. Church
Robertsan Lumber Co
A. D. Cleveland
Ladies of the Catholic Church
Republican County
Brennan Block
Kelley Avenue
Webster
Inter- Ocean
Alex Cockburn
DeGroat
N. D
Evans Company
Camille
Armory
Dumas
Armand
Paris
Collins
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato
Minn
Saint Paul
McKibbon, Driscoll & Dorsey
F.W. Mann & Son
Saint Paul Fur Coat
Chas. Frohman
Blanche Bates
Cigarette
Algiers
Cigar Ette
Amice Evans
Cecil
Ww. D. Millar
N. Dv
Rev
Trudy
Banker Dague
Leader
Rev. Truby
Brother Buchanan
Turkey
Leishman
Abdul Hamid
Grand Forks
Rugby
Singer
Geo. W. Gette’ Furniture
T. C. Miller
H. Baker
LaRue-Miller Company
West Fourth Street
North Dakota
Odd Fellows Block
P. Lakewood
Lakewood
Chrisman
Bush & Serts
Hudson
Vase & Son
Behr Bros
B. Jacob Doll
Jacob Doll
C. Jacob Doll
Chickering
E. W. Gilbertson Music Company
Davils Lake, N. D
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