The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
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Palermo celebrates May II.
Bi-Bi-opera house Thursday
night.
Bowbells has $50 souls and
will incorporate.
For ice cream and soda water
try the Palace drug store.
DR.. Storey has a telephone, No
1874, in his dental parlors.
Geo. Thompson has completed
Miss Stevenson's residence.
A daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Ellefson Saturday.
The ball given by the base ball
boys Friday night in the opera
house was q great success. 2O2
tickets were sold.
Joe Fahnle1lder, the Optics
city editor, resigned and has
gone toDevils Lake. Joe made
d good record in Minot.
G. Z. Smith spent Sunday at
Devils Lake and accompanied a
crowd Of several hundred to the
lake where an enjoyable day was
spent.
1. On May 90, round trip tickets
will be sold from Minot or Surrey
to Belle Fontaine, Ohio, for 1874
good tor-3O days on account OF
the Dunkard convention.
e. r. Williams returned from
Underwood where he opened q
grocery.store. 1t required three
clerks. busy selling goods from
the first wagon that arrived.
j. w. Groves baby died at
Carpio Sunday morning OF pneu-
monia. The remains were buried
in Minot Monday, Rev. Edgar
Jones conducting burial services.
e. C. Van Exile induced a num-
her OF Indian men and women to
have their pictures taken in his
new studio, Monday. This is
contrary to the usual methods
OF the redskins.
The sermon at the Methodist
church next Sunday morning will
be in the interest OF the Epworth
League. a special program is
being prepared for the league ser
vice on Sunday night.
w. j. Carroll returned from
Chinook, Mont, where he sold
horses. He says the ranchmen
are discouraged there as no rain
has fallen there this season, and
the ranges are dry as a chip.
James Madden, clerk OF the
Enderlin hotel, got on q glorious
iag-and was run in Saturday
night by Officer Kimball. James
got five days in Jail and tele-
graphed home for money.
Chas. Webber, who had a bone
in his leg broken by the hose cart
three weeks ago, is out on crutch-
Is. He slaughters gophers by
the dozen and wants someone to
drive a few within the city linn
it's.
Chas. Funderberg, OF Surrey,
will erect q modern residence on
his farm and will move the old
building to Surrey. He has in
80 acres Of crop and is wearing
his "biled'' shirt waiting for
harvest tirae.
A Russian family sent to Will
liston by mistake for Wilton, by
the steamship line, spent Mon
day in Mnlot. The women and
kids employed themselves pick
ing up old cigar stubs-quite a
profitable industry.
An Independent representative
attended the rehearsal Of Bib
last night and was surprised to
learn how well each one acted
his part An immense crowd
will attend the entertainment at.
the opera house Thursday night.
L.C. Van Exie is now com
fortably located in his new
quarters at the rear Of j. G.
Hoif's furniture store. He has
one OF the best outfits in the
western part OF the state and is
turning out some swell work. He
will succeed.
j. c. Hoff reports q new hard
ware and implement house open
ing at Palermo. Il. Holckim
erected a two story building 24x
so feet. A new barber shop
there will be welcomed by the
many travelling men who visit
the hustling little city.
DR.. w. ]. Madden expects any
day the arrival OF an elegant
new extracting chair for her beau
tifully furnished parlors over
Lees department store. Miss
M adden has worked in Minot
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