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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
! Local Happenings 6
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Simon Schefter Sells Star Shoes.

Simon Schefter Sells Star Shoes.
W. A. Prince was a business visitor
Monday from Grafton.
Wear sox guaranteed six months. Get
them at Simon Schefter's.
ALERT & Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
E. r. Sinkler was an arrival Monday
in the interest of his candidacy for
sheriff.
G. P. Getchell, cashier of the State
Bank of Wales, transacted business in
the city yesterday.
Jos. j. Fischer, who owns a private
elevator at Wales, was here Tuesday
transacting business.
Hon. D. H. Mcmillan returned to
Langdon on Monday from a business
trip of a couple Of weeks east.
Mrs. Walter A. Sandison is over from
AOA AxOAAO lOok AAuA1SA SUOA01uS q low
days visiting at the Plunmer home.
Get the habit of getting the best to be
had for the price you pay. That will
take you to Simons place every time.
Mrs. d. Woolner has gone to Grand
Forks for a visit with Mrs. R. Hayward
and other friends, leaving on Tuesdays
train.
Miss Pearl Rye, of the millinery and
dressmaking departments at j. B. Boyd's
store left Tuesday for a vacation visit
with relatives of the family in Wisconsin
A. 7. LeVesconte, manager of tn
Langdon Light Co returned to the cit,
yesterday from a visit of a few days OF
business to his former home at Glencoe
MINI.
Miss Constance Truax left Tuesda,
for a visit of a few weeks with relative
and friends of the family in Minnesot
and Wisconsin, expecting to retur,
home early in August.
Doc. Sylvester, the veterinary, i
preambulating around town with quit
a preceptible limp these days as tn
result of a kick received from a horse h
was treating last Saturday.
Photographer A. A. Barker announce
that he has purchased the negativ
plates of the old Salter studio and ca:
furnish photographs from these plate
to any parties desiring them.
ALT schefter arrived Saturday las
week from his home at Mildmay, Ont
and will make a stay of some length il
the city With his brother, Simo
Schefter, of the Star gents shoe an
furnishing store.
P. Hopkins got back last Saturda,
from Glyndon, MINI, where he spen
several days investigating facts connect
ed with the death of his brothe. VIII
met death in a railroad accidsnt Will
working for the N. P.
All. Currie started yesterday for
business trip of several weeks through
Montana and other western states
Later in the fall Mr.. and Mrs. Curri
will return to their home in Westerl
Canada in the vicinity of Maidstone.
Postmaster John McGauvran returned
yesterday from Rochester, Mimi, wher
he has been at the bedside of his fathe
in the Mayo hospital. The condition o
Mr.. McGauvran, ST., will necessitate hi
remaining there for some time longer.
H. A. Fisher, one of the old firm o
Fisher & Cairns, who up to six month
ago owned and operated the basemen
barber shop in the First National Banl
block is here in company with his wifi
making a visit among their many Lang
don friends this week.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
Ladies 1925 shirt waists at Kelly's for

ooAy \
Ladies 1925 shirt waists at Kelly for
&s1.38.
Langdon's junior ball team went down
to Inkster last Thursday, where a game
was played, the youngsters OF that town,
winning by a score of 8 to 5.
Word comes from Humbolt, Sask.,
that j. d. Salter, until recently a Lang
don resident, will open up a photograph
gallery there this summer.
Langdon's ball team is expecting to
play a game this afternoon on the home
diamond with a team from Hensel in
Pembina county, who were at Milton
yesterday playing a game.
Last week through an oversight the
DEMOCRAT failed to give its Olga CORE
-spondent proper credit for the we'll
written account of accidental death of
Joseph Langevin of that town.
Langdon held its annual school cleo
ton on Tuesday at which a very light
vote was cast. Mayor E. ]. Fox, the
outgoing member of the school board
being unanimously re. elected for an
other term.
The announcement is made elsewhere
of a meeting of owners of threshel
machines in Cavalier county at which 8
scale of prices for threshing and wages
for men will be fixed. The meeting
will be held in Langdon at the court
house Saturday July 18th.
The open letter this week we the
signature of j. S. Gogin, of Osnabrock
on the question of roads and grading O
the same, as bearing upon the Academia
death of Joseph Langevin, of Olga
recently, was put in type for last weeks
paper, but not printed owing to lack o
space.
The Boston bloomer girls are playing
in North Dakota again this season ane
since the Langdon team have taken
game apiece from Mowbray and Hamp
den this week they are liable to get
notion they can take on those husk,
bean-eating bloomer female i~mersonator:
from Boston.
The first half of the month of Jun,
shows a rainfall of l.35 inches which is
a trihe less than half of the 2.95 inches
of rain registered here for the month O
May. Indications are that North Da
kota is not going to fall short on its
June rains, so necessary in order tt
insure a bumper crop.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
COMING EVENTS.

June 24-Primary Election
June 25-Base Ball Tournament.
June 29-Teachers Institute Opens.
June 3O-Sale of Hay Permits.
July 2-School Officers Meeting.
July 3~-Chautauqua at Devils Lake opens.
July 7-District Court.
July 7-Democratic National Convention.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
JUSTICE FOR rnAw.

Faith in our courts has been
strengthened by the decision to keep
Harry Thaw in the madhouse. AS
Judge Morschauser said in making his
ruling, mo injustice has been done
to Thaw or will be done by depriving
him Of his liberty until such time as
he can be discharged by the methods
prescribed by law." To have released
him so soon after acquittal of the
charge Of murder because of insanity
would have been a travesty on justice.
Thaw may not be insane as the lay
man knows insanity. BY Whatever
technical term the experts may desig-
nate his mental deficiencies, Thaw is
without doubt degenerate. He es-
capped the death penalty or life I'M
prisonment solely because Of his dis
eased mind. 1t is therefore matter
of simple Justice that he should be held
in restraint in an institution for the
criminally insane.
Thaw's crime and his escapades and
his various trials have been given UNI
due publicity in the press of the coun-
try. because the public demanded it.
Now that the courts have refused to
give the young man his freedom, per-
haps the press associations and the
special correspondents may de able to
find some subject more elevating on
which to devote their energies and
their talents. II Thaw is held in re-
straint during the next twenty years,
no act Of injustice will have been done
and the public may be enabled to for
get, the story of this millionaire dere-
lict and his ''angel wife"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
Outside Point of View
Saws the Hartford courant:

Says the Hartford Courant:
"Bishop Potter got an anonymous
letter the other day, and instead OF
throwing it in the wastebasket (as his
custom is) sent it along to his friend,
Editor McBee of the 'Churchman.'
That was because the unsigned letter
seemed to him worth saving and con-
sidering.
cts writer wrote it at the University
Club, on his way home from New
York church where he has been an
attendant for about seventeen years.
The choral service that Sunday was
perfect, he tells the bishop-'solemn,
lovely, exquisitely rendered. But a
callow curate made a pitiable attempt
to preach about the financial panic;
and the layman in the pew felt his
endurance overtaxed. In hts unsigned
letter he asks the bishop how 1t is
that college and seminary graduates,
who out of the pulpit have the look
of cultivated gentlemen, make such
dreadful work of their preaching. Why
are they so intolerably unoriginal and
tedious. he wants to know. He says
to his ishop:
''For forty years and more I have
felt that the exquisite beauty of the
churcll's services made them the high
est Of privileges. But the tedium -
the lo:rar, 1 may say, as I am anony-
NOUS the in:nlerable bore, of the aver
age sermons, too high a price for
all but the most faithful churchman
to pay-even for the privilege. Would
it not be better to direct that curates
should be given sermon by some
eminent clergyman of our church and
directed to practice reading it and
then told to read it-instead Of COM
polling congregations to sit thru
their struggles with words.'"
And in the columns of the Record
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
stuffs, now seeks a more peaceful cor
ner-he's to be married.

stuffs, now seeks a more peaceful cor
ner-he's to be married.
Mrs. Jones-Good gracious, Mrs.
Brown, why is your husband going
thru all those strange actions? Is he
training for prize fight?
Mrs. Brown-Not at all; he's merely
getting in form to beat the carpets.
In Paris the revolving storm door has
been put under the ban because of
Its danger in case of panic or fire. The
time of year chosen for the edict leads
to suspicion that the project of police
may recant when cold weather comes.
''Do you know" said Cholly, Il never
had played a game of golf in my life,
and when I asked the old Scotchman
what was the first thing for me to do
he looked at me just like this and said,
sHoot, mont"
Then what did you do?"
u hooted, of course"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
CANDIDACY OF CLARKE.
(Cedar Rapids Gazette.)

Cedar Rapids Gazette.J
There is no question but that Clarke
had no idea of becoming a candidate
for lieutenant governor when he wrote
the letter There Is also no question
but that he could not have been in
duced to make the race had some of
Murphy's alleged friends been so will
ing to drop factionalism as was Muir
ply The demand that Clarke become
a candidate was not intended as re-
Election on Murphy-but as a protest
against the rule or ruin policy of a
lot of bosses. Those who forced the
lighting along fractional lines are to
blame for the situation; Mr.. Clarke is
not to blame; and If Clarke wins,
Murphy will have been victimized by
foolish friends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
g,ns- 3rpsh1ra,1 aaralalltuu,s y,ua 9llag II 1908

the delegation to Perkins "in the in
terest of Allison" because Cummins
was threading Allison's job as senator.
The newspapers which now claim a
pledge from the Torbert letter then
claimed that Cummins was after AL
lison's seat. Byers is right. They
knew then that there was no pledge
and they know it now. If there had
been a pledge Cummins would have
worked it for all it was worth in his
campaign.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
WHY DoLLIvER WAS SILENT.


In the standpat newspaper reports
Of the speeches of Senator Dolliver, he
was made to allude repeatedly to Gov
ernor Cummins by name. This was a
Misrepresentation of his speeches.
Never did he SO far forget himself as
to allow the name of the governor to
pass his lips He restricted himself
to illusions that could not afford his
audience the chance to applaud the
governor that the mention of the gov
errors name would have given. That
is why he did use it. In Des Moines
he was stung into an outburst by the
enthusiastic reception given to his ut
terance, for the first time, of the ex-
preston "the governor" A perfect
storm of cheers greeted the reference,
showing that fully two-thirds of the
audience was composed of Cummins
men,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
e asy.

Man with the Bullying Brow-'How
do you get so much satisfaction from
watching base ball game? It's no fun
to me-"
Man with the BuIbous Nose--"1ts
because have judicial tempera-
ment. 1 don't care darn which side
wins"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
But thlea

our government is powerless. But the
voters are easy. They will walk up
and vote the same old ticket because
their grandfathers did, and they'll get
it in the neck the next four years,
as they have in the past.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
Lame Shoulder.

Whether resulting from a sprain or
from rheumatic pains, there is nothing
SO good for a lame shoulder as Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. Apply 1T freely
and rub the parts vigorously at each
application and quick cure is certain.
For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
Mr,ahezg
-s~-
Iona Newspapers
THE poor" PAPER TRUST.

(BOOne independently
Now Speaker Cannon is after the
paper trust. How our hearts go out
for that poor trust. For seven years
Roosevelt and Cannon have had peri
odieal spirits of breaking out after the
trusts, always just before election,
mind YOU; they have showed their
teeth and sawed the air 10 show how
they loved the common people, and
the trusts winked the other eye and
bowed their heads for the stroke. But
it never came Not single trust has
been busted, not a single offender has
been placed behind the bars, nor ever
will be- During this time the trusts
have quadrupled their holdings until
today no human power can dislodge
them under the present system, and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Des Moines Tribune tells us
that the Odebolt, Ia. woman who
hasn't slept for two months has had
a splendid opportunity to keep post
ed on what was going on in her neigh
borhood."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27

law"
Says the Davenport Democrat: Iowa
is now shipping horses by the car
load, and by express at that, to New
Hampshire and other eastern states.
The trolley is not driving the horse
out of business, not to the extent that
it can be noticed In the market re-
ports"
Nonpareil: "a scientist declares that
it Is the thaws and not the frosts that
kill the buds Now, If some means
could be devised to prevent a thaw
after frost all would doubtless be
WE'LL
The editor of the Sioux City Trib-
une remarks: Chicago club women
have adopted the axiom, Smile when
at the breakfast table, as a hobby,
and by it expect to keep their hus-
bands in happy mood all day. This
reminds us of the man who said of the
old maxim, Early to bed and early to
RISE ETC., that it was alright, only it
would keep you out of good society"
When we prophesied six months
ago." said the Dubuque Telegraph.
that Fairbanks would be the repub-
lican nominee for president we had
just rubbed kinky head. and now
learn, for the first time, that a curling
iron made the kinks. Stung!"
1T is the experience Of the Clinton
Herald that when a man is trying to
go to sleep he can think of more
things that he doesn't want to re-
member than he could conjure up in
six full days of earnest mind rum
mage"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27

The pity is" says the Mason City
Globe Gazette, that Senator Cross
ley did not get the Alaska position
sooner. so he could have experimental
first on the Alaskans with his primary
law"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27

Move slowly when you we'd says a
preacher. Organists who play the
wedding marches say that advice is
usually superfuous.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27
Topics of the Times

Lieutenant Governor Garst, progress
sive candidate for the republican NOM
ination for governor, was once brake
man on the Northwestern railroad.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27

A travelling woman in Minneapolis
went to her room and when she opened
the trunk found she had snakes. But
the writhy reptiles belonged to a
vaudeville performer whose trunk got
into the wrong room.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27

H. v. Ellis, Frankfort, S. D., finds
that young women are a pretty busy
lot. He has been trying, unsuccessful
ly, to get a young woman as compan-
ion for his wife, who is holding down
a claim, and has offered travelling ex-
penses both ways and years board,
including use of saddle horse.
Young Joe Letter, who cornered
wheat some years ago and had the
public ranpant because OF high bread
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27

Judging by their looks, many cuts
of Senator Burrows just played up in
the newspapers have been disturbed
after a Rip Van Wrinkle rest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27

Finding bishops expensive the M. b..
conference cut the proposed additional
ones from twelve to eight.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-27

And in the columns of the Record
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-20
DEATHS
WILLIAM WASHINGTON HALL.


William Washington Hall was
born at Portland, Conn, Feb. 4,
1887. At the age of twenty he came
west and settled on farm near Big
River in the town of Oak Grove
where he resided until about ten
years ago when he moved to River
Falls and took up his residence in
the home in the Fourth ward where
he died, Tuesday, August is, 1908.
The cause of death has been attrib-
uted to a cancer and severe case
of liver complaint which appeared
over a year ago. Mr.. Hall during
the civil war, together with his four
brothers, answered the call for
volunteers and was enlisted in the
Thirtieth, Wisconsin, from which he
received an honorable discharge
after three years of service. He has
lived an upright and highly erteemed
citizen and will be missed by many
of his old comrades and friends.
The funeral services were held
this afternoon at o'clock at his lac
home in the Fourth ward, the Rev.
Mr.. Harris conducting them. In
terment took place in Greenwood
Cemetery, the obsequies at the grave
being in charge of the /. N. Nichols
Post of the G. A. r., of which the
deceased was an honored member.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-20
WRLD.nAYIS.

A pretty home wedding and one
of wide interest on account of one of
the families being pioneers, occurred
Wednesday when Miss Ruth Stick
ney Davis, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. M. Davis, was united in mar
riage to Mr.. Lyman Powell Weld,
son of Judge and Mrs. Weld.
The ceremony was performed at
the home of the brides parents, 243
Terry ST., by Rev. DR.. d. t. Robert
son. Relatives and intimate friends
of the bride and groom witnessed
the service.
Promptly at high noon to the
strains of Lohengrin's wedding
march played by Miss Stella Parker
and Mr.. Jules Collet, little Miss
Dorothy Davis and Miss Marjorye
Entwistle, sister and cousin of the
bride entered the parlor and roped
off space for the bridal party with
long white ribbon streamers, then
returning reappeared with the bridal
party as ring bearer and bouquet
holder.
The contracting parties were met
at the foot of the stairs by the
clergyman and together they APP
preached the wedding bower in the
parlor. After pledging his troth and
placing the ring, Lyman and Ruth
received the final benediction. DIR.
Robertson, in his easy, graceful
manner introduced Mr.. and Mrs.
Weld and congratulations were next
in order.
The bride wore princess gown
of white voile with a veil which en-
veloped her like misty cloud.
The merry guests were seated at
small tables in close proximity to
the bridal table which contained only
the father and mother of each and
the minister and only sister of the
groom. The wedding breakfast was
delicious and dainty and was served
by eight charming young ladies,
friends of the bride. AS the bride
cut the brides cake, she informed
ILlO SuOolo IlldI q lllaSiO lONCi
knot" was buried within its depths.
To the holder of the knot of gold,
she predicted wedding ring very
soon. Miss Laura Weld joyously
acknowledged her fate and gracious
ly invited all present to congratulate
her.
The wedding gifts were many,
elegant and useful, articles in silver,
cut glass, linen, pictures, etc., includ-
ing best of all furnished home, the
joint gift Of the parents Of the bride
and groom.
The happy pair left on the 3:24
train for a brief wedding journey.
After Sept. 1, they will be pleased
to receive their friends at 100 Fifth
avenue.
Mr.. Lyman Weld is an only son
of Judge Allen Weld of River Falls,
Wis, but has become identified with
the Longmont Abstract office and is
therefore interested in the prosperi-
ty of Longmont and vicinity.-Long-
mont (Col J Daily Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-20
MARRIAGES

Observation-Disclosures AT Rock
ford, ILL.,, Thursday, Aug. Is,
1908, Miss Fannie E. Vlieland of
River Falls, and Mr.. Albert o.
Fillbach Of Cottage Grove, Wis.
The bride is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. B. Vlieland of this city,
and has many friends here who ex-
tend heartiest congratulations and
best wishes. The groom is engaged
in the creamery business at Cottage
Grove and is held in high esteem by
all his associates.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-20
BIRTHS

Knowles this city, Aug. 10,
1908, to Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
P. Knowles, a son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-20

Kodak supplies at
Freeman's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-20

The High School diamond was
skinned today, and will be in
fine condition for Mondays game
with the Colored Gophers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-20

A new line of pipes
at Freeman's S.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-20

Fly Paper at Free
mans.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-08
Crushed Ry Trolley Car.

Henry Shepherd was killed by a troll
ley car on the Willow Grove line of the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company in
one of the most peculiar accidents
ever reported. Shepherd was superin-
tending the construction of a building
operation on Old York road along tn
trolley line. In a moment of leisure he
was picking dandeliOns along a rustic
wall in front of one of the big country
estates. when a trolley car came along
and jumped the track The car ran
fairly into him, pinning him against
the stone wall His body was terribly
nutilated and death was instanta-
neous. The motOrman of the car was
slightly injured, but the passengers
escaped by jumping when the car left
the rails.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-08
Boy Convicted Of Murder.

Joe Wood, the fifteen-year-old Cam
den, N. j., boy, was found guilty OF the
murder of Ethel Nevins, his nine-year-
old playmate. The verdict was in the
second degree, however and the boy
is saved from the electric chair.
Joe heard the news with his usual
stolid expression and seemed, if any
thing, pleased that it was not worse.
AS he was being led back to his
cell the boy was asked what verdict
had been brought in, and he replied in
differently:
"Why, they've sentenced me guilty"
The body of Ethel Nevins, for whose
murder Joe Wood was convicted, was
found in a wood with the skull crush
ed. Joe later confessed that he had
struck her down with a hatchet His
tender age and deficient mentality re-
suited in the secOnd-degree conviction.