Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-11

Buy your fur coat of Mathisen &
Speckman.
If you want a farm loan see
ALERT.
1 per cent off on Dry Goo DIS, on Sat
~ urday, at Schnlke & Moore's.
Mitts and gloves! Well, 1 guess SO.
Get them at Mathisen & Speckmann's.
Mrs. Hooey returned Friday from
weeks visit with her daughter a, Park
River.
Stick for the big show and look over
Mathisen & Speckman's big stock at
| Dresden
Tom Facy has been up from Park
River for week looking after his Bill
ings township farm.
Velvet taffy is delicious and a good
| thing and is reasonable now. ALERT &
Co., the druggists have it.
Our guaranteed line of Duck coats,
pants and vests at prices that defy COM
petition. At Mathisen & Speckmann's.
Mrs. VIM. Taylor was among the
visitors IN town over Sunday, visiting
Agent Stevenson and wife at the depot
j. E. Walker, the assistant p. m. at
Hannah was in town Monday returning
from a Sundays visit with the folks at
Milton.
Fred Wilson. the druggist at Wales, is
at Fargo this week taking the exam of
the state board of pharmacy, but hopes
to return in time to enjoy tonight social
hop.
Mrs. Stella NJ. Stevens, who has spent
the past summer residing on her Billings
township farm made final proof last
Saturday, returning the same day to her
former home at Arvilla.
| The Gilbert alarm clock leads them ALL
For durability and as time-keeper there
are none better. No house is complete
without one. They can be obtained
from A. 0. Void, the Langdon ieweler
Finlay Mcdonald, one of the republi-
can statesmen in county politics, was in
town Friday on his return to Milton
from Hannah where he assisted IN the
organization of a Forester lodge which
starts out with 81 charter members.
j. H. Mccullough, the Milton hustler
came down on Mondays train, did his
business in few MINUTES and was on
his way homeward with livery team
almUst while the train that brought him
down was still in sigbt.-Park River
Gazette.
Com'r C. r. VanNorman came in from
Fremont last Friday and spent the day
among the boys. He has the new Fish
Trap bridge we'll under way and says
that his interest i'll county affairs will be
just as great mex t year even il he was
few votes short for re election.
Vic Dawson dropped in on us all of a
sudden yesterday from three years
stay in Chicago. He is looking hale and
hearty. After visiting with friends here
and at Langdon for a short time he will
60 to the Black Hills in the employ of an
express company. Bathgate Pink
Paper.
! A wedding of interest in this locality
and which we failed to chronicle last
week took place Tuesday. The con-
tracing parties being Miss Bertha
Wetzel and Mr.. Geo. N. Blakney, both
parties being we'll knowp here, although
lately having resided at Minneapolis,
The officiating minister being Rev. T.
H. Robertson of the Baptist church. A
reception was rendered the young
couple the same evening at home of Mrs.
Ira Harvard, sister of the groom.
News was received last week OF the
suicide of Hugh Mclean, formerly a we'll
known young farmer in this county living
near Milton, and who was we'll known in
this city. The message says he shot
himself In fit OF dependency. About
two years ago his health began failing.
January LIST, last he went south and
drifted through New Mexico, Arizona,
California and finally to Salt Lake City.
Instead of improving his health con-
tinued failing, and he ceased writing
to his relatives either here or in Ontario,
until short time before the news of
his death when he wrote letter stat
ing that bis money was nearly all gone
his health was no better and he did not
feel as though he could continue the
struggle much longer
| Mathisen 4 Speckmann's line of under
wear is the topic Of conversation all over.
ALERT has lots of private
money for farm loans.