The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-02-08
MINOR TOPICS.

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Al slot machines must 60 in Eddy
county
Fourteen cases Of typhoid fever at
Wahpeton.
u. e. Dslmeter, editor Of the Knox
Advocate, Il dead.
It i estimated on good authority that
the farmers Of Ward county sold s6,OOO.-
GOO worth Of grain in 1905.
Deputy Sheriff Skinner, Of Ward
county, IL putting fear into the hearts Of
gamblers piggers and fast women.
E During mirage, the people Of Des
Laos saw Minot in the air plainly, a dis
lance Of fourteen miles.
!. Two small Russian boys managed to
bribe tho Russian soldiers with sl5 each
to lot them pass tho border line, and
found their way to Willow City.
~ order to stimulate the matrimonial
market. Judge Mckenzie Of Burle,gh
county has issued an offer to marry all
natives Of that county free Of charge.
A special excursion from Valley City
to Cuba started Sunday. Wealthy North
Dakotans are investing their surplus
cash in the tropical island, and to ap-
parently rood advantage.
A mill hand ct Sheldon, who had
worked about dangerous mill, without
injury, was seriously injured by the ex-
plosion Of kettle Of soup while getting
supper.
The Independent received commu-
nication written in the Scandinavian
language, properly signed however. We
viii publish it as soon as We can secure
. proper translation.
The freak who damages mail boxes
along the rural routes is abroad in the
land Of Bottineau. II Uncle Sam appre-
hends them, they won't bother any more
mail boxes for ten or fifteen years.
Thad Michael while accompanying
Congressman Spalding on lecture tour
through the northwestern past of the
state, missed the train at Bottineau and
the Congressman had to 60 to Thad's
home town, Willow City, alone.
Eat Lax-et at bedtime, and feel
bright the next day. Lax. cts only sc
. box-are sweet. toothsome tablets
Laxative perfection. For constipation,
dullness Of spirit, sour stomach, bad
breath, coated tongue, dizziness, bilious
ness, sallow complexion, etc. Sold by
A. P. SLoCuM.
Some jokers 1T Flaxton traded scrub
poultry with chicken fancier who
to know the good points of
bird. The fellow didn't catch on and
continued to show up the good points Of
the scrubs till someone told him of the
joke.
Andrew Carnegie, the man who doesn't
know how to spend oil Of his great
wealth, has offered to give to tho Lakota
Congregational church Just as much
money Is the ladies Of the church can
raise towards pipe organ. Why don't'
the churches Of Mlnot go after Andrews
pocketbook? He's easy.
]. a revivalist gave up his place Of meet
Ing one night last week for . card party
aad tho following night he gave way to
. dance. He begins to wonder what
next will interfere with his work in Mi
not, the city Of Destiny.
Dr.. Shops Rheumatic Cure brings
relief and cure-mskes an end Of pain
and swelling-an end Of suffering
end Of Rheumatism. It is put up in
handy tablst form, convenient and econ
omical. Begin to use this remedy to-
day. The results will be lasting. Sold
BY A. p. SLocun.
The capital Of the Minot Grocery Co.
has been increased from $4,000 to $780,
coo. The company will surely do a
greater business this year than last and
the increase was almost necessary. This
concern is one Of the most solid OF any
Of tho Minot institutions.
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Orders are rolling in.fast for print pa
per and stationery, which is handled by
the Minot Grocery Go. 1t will soon be
necessary to place special man in
charge Of this business when it will be
featured. The print shops find that
time and money is saved since this line
Of paper was added.
4 Bowbel farmer prides himself on
the fact that he has not yet sold bush
81 Of grain from his 1905 crop and has
1900 bushels Of Ane wheat in his gran
sFy. When farmers can get in . position
to hold their grain indefinitely, then
they can make the grain barons gosome
lit they will only become united.
Many Of the state papers have come to
their senses and are charging the patent
medicine houses ss much for their adj
vertising Is the; home merchants. And
Why not. The Independent will not al
low . foreign id. to enter its columns