Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1898-01-07
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Mr.. j. B. Root spent New Years
at home.
School commenced Monday after q
weeks vacation.
Jas. Latin of Guelph was in town
on business Monday.
Good comfortable house for rent.
Inquire at this Office.
G. s. Brown was in Ellendale on
business Wednesday,.
VIM. Root and Claud Young made
q trip to Kuhn this week.
A good square piano for sale very
cheap. Inquire at this office.
Paul Gorder and Ed Howe return
ed to Fargo Wednesday evening.
Frank Chapman left Thursday
morning for his home at River Falls
Wisconsin.
Miss Jennie May Root began a
winter term of school in Climax dis
trict Monday.
P. M. Peterson of Lowell twp
brought load of hay in town We'd
nesday, which weighed 474O lbs.
The Salvation Army of this place
drove to Lisbon in a body Wednes,
day to assist in special meeting.
Mrs. H. f. Eaton returned to Lud
den Tuesday after few weeks visi,
with her daughter, Mrs. c. S. Brown,
Ed Winhold moved his jewelry
store from the Kennedy building tc
the store which was vacated by W
Gardner.
James Cooper returned from Far
go Monday. Mrs. Cooper will re
main there for wAile to receive med
ical treatment.
MIR. James Scott left Wednesday
night for the northern part of tb,
state where he will work for the D:a
mond Oil Company.
Meetings are being held this week
in the M. e, church, conducted by
Rows. Taylor and Brooks, in observ
ance Of the week of prayer.
The Woodman lodge presented
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r, Bishop with {
very fine mahogany rocking chair a,
their oyster supper Thursday even
ing.
j. j. Sheridan, one of the members
of the Fredericks Lyceum Theatre
Company, went through Monday
night enroute for his home in the
Twin Cities.
The Modern Woodman and the
Royal Neighbours will give joint in
stal]ation in the Temple satur-
day evening, Jan. Sth to which the
families are cordially invited.
John Carr and John Newberry
have recently been arrested IN Ellen
dale for blind piggery, the complaint
having been made by DR.. A. j. Sorg.
1t is said that other arrests will soon
follow as liquor has been sold very
openly.
Geo. H. Keyes, Jr., A. H. Thomas
and G. A. Leighton of Glendale
were in Aberdeen briefly yesterday.
They were on their way to Minneapo-
lis, where the two first named enter
the university of Minneapolis. Mr..
Keyes will take the literary course
and Mr.. Thomas will study dentistry.
Aberdeen News.
There is considerable excitement
down on the Sisserton reservation
over an alleged wide crack in the
ground over three miles near Sand
lake, and extending over big hill,
supposed to have been caused by an
underground disturbance. Several
seams of coal have been revealed by
letting a lantern down the crack
Fargo Argus.
The little folks enjoyed a pleasant
evening in Gorder's hall last week
Tuesday. Miss Lena Berger had Sc
cured the trees from the churches
and invited her young friends to en-
Joy home Christmas tree with her.
The usual custom of songs and reci-
tations was departed from and the
little folks were entertained by play
ing games,
That prince Of advertisers, John
Wanamaker, made the following
statement: II do the heaviest adver-
tising in dull times. Then is when
people look most keenly for bar
gains, are anxious to know how much
things cost and when and where they