The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-05-15

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ANCIENT HISTORY
rRox THE r1oNEzs xxPsrss, IssUzs
| OF NAY. 1884.
There was talk Of newspaper ct
Cavalier. IN
The new Catholic church at Cavalier
was dedicated.
Mr.. Bostwicks family arrived in Bath
gate from Iowa.
Work on the First National Bank Of
Grafton had begun.
H. H. Wohlnick was married to Miss
Tenia Baulig at Cavalier.
w. j. Kneeshaw bought the residence
occupied by T. E. Yerxa.
| A baby boy came to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. T. w. Gaffney.
Frank Morris was building large
barn and granery on his farm.
The M. E. church gave parlof social
at the home of Mrs. Laura Wilkins.
E. Piche received the contract to sup
ply the Fort with meat for the year.
Mayo's hotel at Walhala, managed by
Jos. Campbell, was destroyed by fire.
Fred LaFond fitted up a. barber shop
over Mike Morin's saloon at Walhalla.
Miss Girts of Pembina was visiting
her sister, Mrs. o. H. johnson, of Ham
ilton.
Mrs. Full arrived home from Prince
Edward Island where she had spent the
winter.
Miss E. A. Larter of Guelph, Ont,
was an arrival in Drayton to spend the
summer.
Harvey R. Smith left st. Vincent to
60 to St. Thomas where he took sharge
of bank.
L. O. Hickock and family went to
Crookston to reside. Mr.. H. was mana
ger of the mill.
VIM. Edgerton of Neche, and Miss,
Elvina Lockwood, of Chesterfield, Ont,
were married.
John Crawford, the mayor of st..
Vincent; went to Crookston to engagein'
the business of a baker.
The wife of Duncan Cameron died at
their home. near ST. Vincent. They had
been married Only two years.
/ The sun-ajal was removed from the.
parade ground at the Fort and Tennis
court was laid out in that place.
A local reads as follows: z. G.. Kel-.
Ter wears smiling face this week be
i,cause of the arrival Of little girl at his
house.
The Short Koehmstadt orchestra was
to give concert (Mr. Koehmstadt is
now publisher Of the Langdon Courier
lelnocrat)
Morris Griswold purchased the saloon
business carried on by Archie Buie at
ST. Vincent. Mr. Buie intended to quit
the liquor business.
Malcolm Angus, whm lived near Ar
maud, Man., lost three children in one
week from diptheria. The fourth and
last child died later.
A. number of friends: were entertained
at the home. Of Mr.: and Mrs. L. E.
Booker, the occasion being the 18th an
niysrsary of their marriage.
The Pembina Gun: Club was organ
lied with 20 members, H. Charlton, j.
Kabernagle, Henry Abrams and Ned
Cavalier were~the officers.
A,little four year old daughter of R.
Sollibakke of Draytondfank some of the
contents of a bottle of: opium. Her life
was saved with difficulty.
The Emerson bridge was opened with
great ceremony. A procession of about
a thousand people, headed by the band
Of Emerson, crossed the bridge.
Hon. Knute Nielsen, of Minnesota was
tcntake Position from the people of st.
Vincent to the sesretaryo Of war. The
petition aslsed for an appropriation to
aid in cons ructing bridge over the
Red river.
: The whole mountain region north OF
ale river was burnt over. the settlers
: having to,Aght fer their homes. Among
n them were Ches. Andrews, T. r. Nc
q iEaughlin,, Thea. Dodittle and Johr
t Useless.
y MIR. P:.Ahern had narrow escap,
g from drowning in the Red river. HI
dlss was crossing in Mr. Cavaliers boa
oaI Lulu and it cnpsized He was unde
= water several minutes before he wa
81 rescued by his; brotAer-in-law, Mr.. Pos
~ ton.
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