Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-12-17
Gossip and Notes.

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Inst ono week to Christmas.
lust now the old maids have renewed
homes with the approach of another leap
year in 1904.
The state and school land sale next
Tuesday will bring large crowd ofland
b,yers to Langdon from every part of
the county.
Monday and Tuesday, January 18th
and 18th are the dates scheduled for
the holding of two days farmers in
stitute at Langdon.
Stilwell tent of Knights of the Macca-
bees are subscribing to shares Of stock
With which large hall for lodge pur-
noses will be built in the spring.
Tomorrow and Saturday, the mid
winter common school final examination
will be held at Langdon and other Gen.
trail points throughout the county.
This week the returns have been COM
inp in pretty thick from Langdon's
score or moro of secret fraternal orders,
which at this time are electing their new
officers for the ensuing year.
The past week Langdon people have
probably experienced the coolest spell of
December weather in many years. Fri
day night the thermometer registered
25 degrees below zero and the following
night it dropped to % below.
The large amount of holiday advertis-
ing which the DEMOCRAT is carrying at
this season necessarily somewhat con-
denses the amount of news, but after
the first of the year we hope to give our
readersa more evenly distributed bill of
fare.
Boost the community in which you
live stand pat at all times for its educa-
tional, church and business institutions:
advertise in it's newspapers, beautify its
homes, keep it's streets clean and pro-
vide for it places of amusement. Such
town will grow.
Morden starts in the new year as a
town and will have mayor and four
councilmen. In years past it has modestly
contented itself with being known as a
village, but Morden has always had =
warm place in the hearts Of the people
on this side of the line who rejoice in
the news of its advancement.
A preparation has been discovered
which, it is claimed, if applied to show
windows will prevent the troublesome
accumulation of frost. 1t consists of a
mixture Of SIS drains of glycerine dis
solved in little over quart of g. per
cent alcohol, containing, to improve the
odor, some oil of amber. AS soon as tho
mixture clarifies it is rubbed over the
inner surface of the glass. This pre-
vents sweating and frost-the bugbear
OF storekeepers during winter months.
womans missionary society has
been organized in connection with the
Presbyterian church. The officers elect
cd are Mrs. Mcmillan, president; Mrs.
"oolner and Mrs. Mcknight, vice presi-
dents: Mrs. McPhail, treasurer; Mrs.
Ramage. secretary; Mrs. w. B. Dickson
and Mrs. Work, finance committee. The
various fields will be taken up in pro-
gram on the first Wednesday of each
month at eight o'clock p. M, after the
prayer meeting. The field is assign
Gu 1or each month by tho church society
Nick Moore was passenger to Nlnto
On Mondays train, to visit with his
brother, Ed. Moore, who is laid up with
Uphold fever and il reported as having
''aered relapse, leaving his condition
qnite critical.
inc funeral OF Mr.. Ben Eydt, whose
'aa death was mentioned last week, &C.
cured Friday afternoon at the Smith
~ mOme on the north end of Third street.
.ue service prior to the shipment of the
lema'ns to the family home 1T Hanover,
ou.'' was conducted by Revs. Thomas
suu Marsh. Flowers, in the form of
ueaut'ful wreathes, were contributed by
n ae local Maccabses and the firm Of F.
u ssoltz, with which concern the de-
s0ased had been connected for over a
go, past. The funeral was in charge
y. ~ me Maccabees and is noted rs being
a sAe nrst death which has visited the
m ,uef here sinceits organization. His
.uenoership Herewith dated only back
~: last August and $1,000 insurance
"mSn he carried is benefit that the
- s4 ~ will b able to appreciate = ono
X =. = = results Of his having joined the
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