Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-09-03

.craps sssset Aax win b out this
week.
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j. II. Harlan il moving into the w. j.
Mooney residence this week.
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When in town don't fail to see the
special bargains at G. j. Kelly,s big
double store.
Miss Maggie Lang, of the Trade
Palace store, is visiting for a few days
with Hannah friends.
Jno. Ryan, with the law firm of Cor
don & Wheeler, returned Saturday from
two weeks visit in Ontario.
Liebeler & Finerty's machinery and
lumber Office is being improved in ap-
pearance with fresh coat of paint.
Jas. P. Brennan took out threshing
rig this week which will be operated
through the season by the firm of Wads-
worth and Brennan.
Wheat threshing started Monday after
noon on the Grimes farm, on which
Neil Power harvested one of the finest
crops in Perry township this year.
Jas. Byers and w. B. Wanless, resi-
dents of Hannah, have left for Sumas,
Oregon, where they will operate a saw
mill, recently purchased of Jas. Balfour.
Geo. Dunnigan, clerk in the county
court Office of Judge Dorval, is spending
the week with other Langdon visitors
at the Minnesota state fair.
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Rev. Lloyd Cunningham, until recent
ly in charge of the Presbyterian field
at Osnabrock, took charge of the church
of that denomination at Cando this
week.
Painters have adorned the veranda OF
the U. G. T. hotel this week. 1t is
purposed to extensively improve the
interior of the hotel in many respects
this fall.
Langdon has gained fame far and
wide as being the livliest town in the
state and our citizens are proud to
show it's many building Improvements
to visitors.
Intoxication by means of the freshen,
ed and perfumed air after Monday
nights rain seemed to overcome some Of
the threshers in town Tuesday. Where
did they got it?
Alex. Mcdonald is this week moving
into the Fourth street residence he
bought last fall of DR.. j. N. Sheppard
and unit. recently occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. j. H. Harlan.
Street Commissioner Haverty put q
man and team at work last week now
ing down the tall weeds that have lately
fringed the walks of several streets in
the residence portion of the city.
Merchants P. P. Kopriva and r. p.
Abbey are combining business and
pleasure this week at the Twin Cities,
where Langdon is largely represented
among the sight-seers at the Minnesota
state fair.
j. c. Stable is threshing crop Of
wheat on his Rush Lake farm this week
that yields almost thirty bushels to the
acre. When harvested it stood four feet
above the ground and required over four
pounds of binding Irvine to the acre.
William Bell one of Grey townships
we'll known farmers who has been quite
i'll with typhoid fever for two months,
made Langdon short visit the early
part of the week. The crop harvested
in that neighborhood he reports will
fully average up with anything we have
down around here.
A. f. Gardner is attending the sessions
of the Funeral Directors Association
while in the Twin Cities this week and
will naturally pick some new ideas on
funerals, embalming and similar pre-
posterously morbid subjects when it
comes to disseminating them in such a
lively town as Langdon is.
In the three minute race at the Leeds
fair last week, Harry Mckay won first
money with ''Topsy Simpson" and Tom
Mckay got second with "Fritz.' There
we're eight starters in the race. Best
time for the half mile LII. The Mckay
boys started their horses in the races
here and have a number of friends
among Langdon people, as we'll as over
at Bisbee, who will be pleased in learn
ing of their success.
VIM. Dewitt, a farmer living on this