Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-12-16

mas reminder in the shape Of a box Of
tine Seal of Minnesota cigars on the
writer's desk. Don't insult us that
way again Maj.-unless it is between
two holidays.
I will close out my stock of
shoes at cost. Have $4,000
worth to select from. g. w.
Gets.
Towner Stockman: Capt. E. :E. Her
man, of Devils Lake, was here Tues
day in attendance at the tax sale. He
has had large property interests in
this county for many years and his old
friends are always pleased to have him
drop in for q chat.
4O-2t CLARA M. FERR1s,I
An abandoned Watermelon Patch.'
seems as improbable q property as an
abandoned gold mine, but William
Dean Howells tells the story of one in
The Youths Companion for the week
of December LIST. Every one who dotes
on watermelon will be delighted with
the humor of the story.
I handle a general line of col.
lectlons. r. III. Throdahl.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Overgard. of
Rugby, were in the city Saturday and
made the INTER-OcEAN office ~apleasant
call. Mr.. Overgard is engaged in the
hotel business at Rugby, and enioys q
thriving trade. He says the capital
city of Pierce county is growing stead
lily, and the county is settling IN fast.
A very acceptable present for your
wife is a pretty trimmed hat. You can
get one at the fashionable milliner's,
4O-2t CLARA NJ. FERRIS.
J. A. Fairbanks, an experienced
caterer of Waseca, MIMI, has purchas-
ed the Columbia Restaurant, and will
convert it into q first class eating
house. The cuisine is presided over
by an experienced cook from Seattle,
and meals and lunches will be served
in good style. at all hours and at rea-
sonable prices.
Choice mixed nuts IL cents
per pound at Mann's.
N. Graham, who has been closing
out the bankrupt stock of clothing in
the city, packed the unsold goods
and shipped them to bis East
Grand Forks store the first of the
week. Mr.. Graham at one time
thought seriously of locating here
permanently, being favorably impress
ed with the business outlook and
splendid future of Devils Lake, but
his lease on the building at the Forks
was renewed SC advantageously to him
that he returned to his first love.
$12 buys the best suit of
clothes in OUR store at HI. L.
Wineman's, the clOthier.
Smith Fassett, who took charge of
the Commercial House the first Of the
month, is making some radical changes
in the hotel. Painters and paper
hangers have transformed the appear.
ance of the interior, making it beauti.
tul and home-like, and other improve.
ments have been made with an eye
solely to the comfort of guests. Mr..
Fassett, with patriotic enterprise, has
changed the name of the house to the
Dewey Hotel, and in keeping with the
new title will have an American and
Cuban flag constantly floating from
the masthead.
Blankets and robes, the largest line
ever brought to the city. Will sell
very cheap.
GEO. w. JAMESON.
S. A. Nye, who for SO many years
occupied the position of editor Of the
Inter Ocean, returned Friday from
Valley City, where he had been to
close the deal for the purchase of the
Times Record. Mr.. Nye pays $4,000
cash for the plant, and will take. pos
session Jan.1st. Mi. Dunlap,the former
owner of the Times Record, whom all
the newspaper boys had learned to
love, will seek a milder climate in the
hopes Of regaining his former health.
Mr.. Nye's friends are congratu'ating
him upon his good fortune in being
able to buy such a splendid newspaper
property in such a wide-awake town as
Valley City, apd all wish him unbound.
ed success.
Your choice of any suit in our
store only $12. HI. L. Wineman
the pioneer clothier.
M. j. Bennett. who operates a half
section of land twenty miles north of
this city, was doing business in town
the first of the week. MI. Bennett
came here l6 years ago, with little
money, but some stock. and lots of