Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-08-27
Use .Hannah's Pride" -four.

/ Use sHannah's Pride" -four.
DR.. ]. ]. Reilly visited Saturday and
Sunday among Langdon friends.
Twenty five per cent discount on all
embroideries at G. j. Kelly's store during
the next week.
E. H. Swarthout, president Of the
State Bank at Hampden, was visitor
from the south Saturday.
CT. Kelly has this week moved into
his newly completed two story residence
on north Fourth street.
Three cents week is small price
for the best local paper in the county.
Subscribe for the DEMOCRAT.
N. A. Hayes, of the FIRST National bank,
returned Tuesday from his two weeks
vacation in Western Canada.
Hard and soft wood, either by the
cord or sawed into stove lengths, at
Langdon Lumber Co. yards. Delivered
to any part of the city. Phone "a.
| C. E. McEuen got back Monday from
Minneapolis, where he spent several
days arranging for the opening of his
opera house.
1 E. G. Dedrick is having the rubbish
cleared off his corner lots and will put
in the foundation for his new corner
hardware store this fall.
Sheriff Pinkerton has work started on
the foundation Of new residence to be
built on Fourth street, on the corner
lots south of JOS Schneider's home.
Cord wood, either oak, pine, maple or
poplar, good sound dry wood at reason
able prices. Delivered to any any part
of the city. Langdon Lumber Co.
Phone 81.
Jno. O'Brien, collector with the Nc
MILAN Machine Co., was called to Cava-
ller last week by the serious illness of
his mother, one of the pioneer and highly
respected residents of Pembina county.
The threshers account book, with
which every owner of machine in this
county is familiar, is being gotten out by
the DEMOCRAT again this season. Its
usefulness and general hardness has
made it popular for number of years.
Price 81, orders can be filed by return
mail when necessary.
w. L. Dudley, the descriptive writer
of the North Dakota Review, was with
us again for a few days last week. The
issue of his monthly which will be out
in few days is to be mainly devoted to
articles descriptive of Pembina county.
Historically it will be q number of great
value to the people of the whole state.
The familiar sobriquet, "Mack," is un-
doubtedly common greeting between
the good citizens of Hannah. There are
the McGraths, the cGruers, McLaugh-
lin, Mclean, Mcmillan, Mcdonald, Nc
knight, Mcpherson, Mckenzie, Nc
Intyre, with probably several more that
i
At last weeks meeting of the Eastern
Star Order the membership was increas-
ed by the initiation of Mrs. John Mclean
and Miss Bella Mcknight, Of Hannah
The social session, following the ritual
work of the order, helped materially to
demonstrate to the visitors how their
Langdon sisters could entertain and
extend hospitality.
Chas. w. johnson. travelling auditor
of the Edwards, Wood Il Co. grain COM
mission firm, was here last week arrang-
ing for the re-opening of their branch
Office here this fall. He states that an
effort will be made to lease private
wire over the long distance telephone
line for the use of their patrons. Mr.
johnson until recently resided at Bath.
gate and met number of old acquaint
ances during his stay in the city.
News reached the city on Tuesday
last that Gus r. Anderson, farmer liv-
ing not far from Merl post Office and eight
miles north of Edmore, had committed
suicide by hanging himself in the gran
airy. He was unmarried, but lived in
comfortable style on good farm. He
was about As years of age, and was fair
ly prosperous. He had good crops and SO
far as can be learned was out of debt
There is no known cause for the rash
act and it is supposed it was done in
a fit of temporary insanity.
In line with the distinctive develop
ment of Langdon as town of athletic
or outdoor sports, as demonstrated by
the enthusiasm displayed in tennis, base
ball and hand ball this summer, Lang
don people both old and young are quite
athletically inclined and have doubtless
benefited physically by their open all
pastimes. But now with the approach