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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
6
Langdon North Dakota September 27 A farm worker at the Louis Chaput farm near Loma was seriously injured when a harvester entangled straw and kicked back striking him. He was taken to Langdon hospital by Dr. Stromberg and is reported in precarious condition though improving.
A medical report states that an amputation may be necessary following a severe injury. The prognosis hinges on infection control and vascular viability, with a decision pending surgical evaluation.
Night time break in at William Orr's store led to theft of about 20 pounds in new pennies from the safe. Intruders overlooked a mail pouch with roughly five dollars in stamps and change, suggesting the safe was the primary target while the pennies may have been misdirected as salable pieces. Police seek clues to identify suspects and recover the coins.
At the Lisbon First Methodist conference Rev R H Craig was unanimously asked to return as pastor for a fifth term. The Epworth League will petition the bishop for his return. Church officers reported affairs in excellent condition.
Devils Lake resident Mrs. N. H. Waller says Doan's Kidney Pills relieve dull back pain and kidney issues. She reports lasting benefit over two years and recommends them, noting local availability for 60 cents through Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as US agents.
Dr J T Curtiss of Dwight Kansas claims Electric Bitters cured his eczema and will help any case. The tonic is praised as a blood purifier for eczema tetter salt rheum ulcers boils and running sores. It also stimulates liver kidneys and bowels expels poisons aids digestion and builds strength with a 50 cent price and druggist guarantee.
A farm near Devils Lake reports three stray horses including a dark bay gelding with white face about 12 years old a bay mare with a two month old foal and a four year old mare plus a second bay horse age five three of them located six miles north east of Devils Lake R F D 5. The contact is S L Miller listed with the notice dated August 30.
Young George Benedict becomes the focus of a mob after a misread crisis. Miss Hope Guest helps rescue him from a lynch mob as doctors and townsfolk reveal sympathy and mystery. Benedict recovers and plans to seek consent from his widowed mother, while a romance blooms.
A chaotic mob corners a man near a machine as a fearless woman lunges in with a parasol. She orders two men to push him into the device while urging escape, and a police officer moves through the crowd as voices shout about who and where.
A historical note recalls Sol Smith’s boyhood prank backstage at a theater. He hid in a carpenter’s box for an hour to watch the curtain rise then narrowly escaped discovery as stagehands moved a coffin and toppled mourners and a casket, ending with his sudden escape to the street.
Despotic Tsar Paul commanded bows from all he met, even forcing a dancing master with thin pumps to walk around his sledge. The dancer pleaded blindness to the emperor while winter ground lay frostbitten. Paul mocked the sham, ordering the man to wear green bows over his eyes in future.
A new National Deaf club in London operates with no audible chatter and relies on oral signs and manual signals. Members communicate by signs as a red light marks arrival and service. Six years after its cafe origins the club expands with 120 men and 60 women.
A man notes that pay as you enter cars take longer to discharge riders than old cars. The conductor explains delays occur as passengers press exit buttons and stay seated until the car stops, delaying everyone exiting.
In a calm moment on a seven sea tale raft the woman tells George she will decline his proposal now but urges him to swim fast to shore and ask again. The scene emphasizes caution and survival over romance as waters run deep and danger looms.
Two gentlemen playing cards at a club grew annoyed as members stood behind their chairs and meddled in the game. One player finally asked an aside spectator to play the hand for him before he returned to the table.
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