The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-07

The city council has decided that
Fargo Is to be city beautiful and
plans are being made for the purchase
and improvement Of city parks. Mr..
Meller has made wonderful improve
ments In Island park in the short time
he has been here and with the humid
reds of bright flowers that will soon be
in evidence 1T win indeed be beauty
spot in the city.
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Ball are greet
ing old time friends In Fargo. Mr..
Ball was an N. p. switchman here in
the early days and is now a conductor
on the N. p. out of Spokane. He re-
ports the death of his son, Harry, in
Montana last November. He was kill
ed in a wreck. Mike Colbert, an old
time Fargo man, died out west last fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ball may go on to Chi
cago before returning west. They are
guests of Mrs. Rhoads on Second ave-
nue. south.
With the advent of the fine weather
81 great many Fargo people, young and
old are becoming interested In +he
healthful and pleasant recreation to be
found in horseback riding. Several
people have purchased saddle horses
and are daily enjoying the delightful
exercise to be found in the saddle.
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Miss Hazel Woodwork OF First ave-
nue. has returned from a pleasant visit
with friends in Breckenridge, Mimi.
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Automobiles, big and new and bright
skim about the streets and the week
has brought new ones, amoung others
to DR.. r f. Wei5le, ]. Fl. Stegge, w.
b. Rowland, B. A. 43entson and e. J.
Weiser.
Miss Esther Haglund of Coopers-
town, after a pleasant visit with her
many friends here, has returned home.
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Kindly phone any items of news or
social doings to Mrs. Belknap, 266L.
Items sent in later than Friday even
ing may not be inserted, due to the
Saturday rush.
Miss 1. C. Cashby of Perley. Mimi.
has been the guest of Fargo friends.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Lowell, ir., came
home Sunday afternoon from an nli-
nois trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Goodman of Shell
don, having completed their visit in
this city have returned home.
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Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Hardy have pur-
chased the S. S. Lyon cottage at Lake
Melissa and are planning for an early
summer sojourn there.
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Mrs. J. Brady and son of Valley City
who have been visiting their friends
in this city have returned home.
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w. d. Hodgson and family moved
from their Eighth street south home
on Monday and for the rest of the
week they were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emerson H. Smith, Ninth avenue
south.
Charles A. Vandine and Thomas b.
Kirk, of Hope, who have been visiting
friends in the city, have returned home.
The last meeting Of the Afternoon
Luncheon Bridge club was with Mrs.
r. X. Keller at the waldorf hotel on
Wednesday at 2 o'clock. After de-
licious repast the usual game was
played at which Mrs. Ralph Meyer won
the pretty trophy.
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Mrs. Morton Page and Charley were
at Detroit Tuesday and Wednesday
getting the cottage in readiness for
occupancy.
Mrs. D. F. Siegfried, Ninth street
south is home from ten days visit
in Sanborn with her son and old
friends.
Guy Bristol and mother have come
from the south to reside in Fargo. Mr.
Bristol is brother of F. A. Bristol of
Island park.
Miss Ann Adam of Sanborn, who has
been the guest of her several friends
in the city, has returned home.
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Mrs. Loring r. Brooks and two chill
dren reached Fargo Wednesday morn
ing from Wallace, Idaho. They are en-
route for visit with relatives in Min
nesota. Mrs. Brooks was formerly Miss
Marie Hanson, a popular local steno-
grapher. Mr.. Brooks or as he was
better known here as l.. r. Marion,
was in the newspaper business at Wal