davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08

All mems Oxfords at cost or less at
Simon Schefter's.
ALERT d Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
For work shoes, overalls, gloves, shirts
ETC., Simon Schefter's is the place to go.
William Moog, one of Olga's active
young business hustlers was over here
on Friday.
Miss Pearl Scott is here from Lawton,
N. d. this week visiting at the G. e.
Johnston home.
Mrs. w. A. Ferguson and MIR. Archie
Mckay we're returning passengers Tues
day from Willis,on.
Col. Dick Waterford, the Osnabrock
hotelman was a visitor among his
many county seat friends Friday.
Miss Nellie Kelly left last Thursday,
returning to the Twin Cities after a visit
of a week here with her father, M.
Kelly.
Mrs. j. j. Robson while in st. Paul
this week is attending the national con-
servation congress as a delegate from
the North Dakota federation of women's
clubs.
w. II. Hobbins, father of Mrs. A. E.
Lindstrom, is at St. Paul to take in the
sights at the Minnesota state fair and
will visit with old friends for awhile
before returning.
Misses Ella and Ida Bleakley leave
this week for Killarney, Man, having
spent a part of their summer vaca.
ton visiting here with their father.
Abstracter F. w. Blakley.
Quintin M. Blair, of Mazda, was sue
cessfully operated on for appendicitis
last Friday at the hospital of DR.. Nc.
Queen and is expected to have sufficiently
recovered this week to return home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08

Jay McPhail leaves this week for St.
Johns military academy in Wisconsin,
where he takes up his second year
studies.
Mrs. N. Hayes left Friday for her home
at Williston, being accompanied by her
sister, Miss Tessie O'Brlen, as far as
Grand Forks.
John Hunt took Tuesdays afternoon
train for Radisson, Sask, where he WINS
a half section of land and will make a
visit of a week or ten days with his
brother near Saskatoon.
Register of Deeds Allan Pinkerton
opened up the hunting season yesterday
in a chicken shoot which himself and
a number of friends enjoyed on his
South Dresden township farm.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08

John OhIand arrived Tuesday from
Hill Crest, Sask., for a few days visit.
Since leaving here early last spring he
has been running a large steam blowing
outfit on the large farm of DR.. Jas.
Semple Mr.. Ohland reports that the
doctor has over 300 acres pIowed and
seeded to a crop of flax which promises
quite a heavy n and ready to harvest
in about ten days.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08

All light weight suits cut away down
at Simon Schefter's.
Jno. S. Gogin was in town Friday from
his farm zeal Osnabrock.
We have a few good second hand
watches in all sizes for sale cheap.
A. o. Void.
Mrs. j. L. Robertson returned Friday
from a visit Of a couple of weeks with
Milton friends.
T.. w. Megroth and wife are spending
the week with St. Paul friends and
enjoying the fair.
Alex. Mcdonald and wife are among
the number from Langdon in the Twin
Cities and attending the state fair.
Miss Edna Chisholm returned home
Saturday from a visit Of over a week
with relatives of the family at Williston.
John McCallum, of Calvin, was the
guest Of P. A. Sandison and other
friends while in town a couple OF days
last week.
Mrs. J. P. Tembreull and little boy
have returned home during the week
from a visit at the home of her brother
in Nelson county.
! Miss Lille Horgan took Mondays
train for Superior, Wis, intending to
make IN extended visit at the home OF
her aunt, Mrs. Mcdonald.
Richard Boyd left Monday for St.
Paul and will number among the Lang.
don boys who will attend st. Thomas
College during the ensuing year.
DR.. j. j. Reilly was here Sunday
evening from Milton and with Langdon
doctors attended M. l.. Sullivan who
sustained severe injuries in a runaway
Gus Wilmert returned during the
week from a visit with his folks in
illinois and will shortly leave fol
Montana, where he has a homestead te
look after.
Mrs. j.. N. Conmy came up from
Grand Forks on Saturday and was {
guest during a week end visit at thu
home of her father, S. e. Desrosier
south of of town.
Thos. Kerouac and youngest son
Arthur, left Thursday for Montreal
Mr.. Kerouac will leave the little boy
there to attend school expecting to re
turn here himself this fall,
Miss j. ANGELA O'Connor, a forme
Langdon school teacher bid good bye t,
a number of friends Saturday at tn,
depot, leaving on the afternoon train TO
her homestead in Montana.
Robert Mcbride, the Cavalier banker
accompanied by Mrs. Mcbride and thei
son and daughter were here a day o
two last week, being guests at the M. L
Sullivan home during their stay.
The Mcmillan Machine Co., is thi
week transferring it's Office fixtures AM
wareroom stock into the quarters, unit
recently occupied by the Langdon post
Office. The company will continue t.
occupy its old location next door whic]
will be used for store room PURPOSES.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08

ALERT & Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
Miss Ida Musgjerd, of Osnabrock,
made a visit of two days last week with
Langdon friends.
Miss Eva Souch returned home Fri
day from Hannah, where she under.
went an operation in DR.. Laws hospital
for throat trouble.
Merchant Jos. F. Schneider and wife
of Wales we're visitors with a number
of their Langdon friends while down
here q couple of days last week.
Miss Mary O'Reilly left on Mondays
train for jamestown after spending the
vacation at home, to re-enter the
academy whore she has been pursuing
her studies the past two years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08

j, j. Robson and wife are taking IN
the Minnesota state fair this week. Mr.
Robson Incidentally disposed of car of
cattle which during the week he had
shipped to the South Saint Paul stock
yards.
Mrs. A. H. Orr and family left Lang
don on Fridays train for Grand Forks,
expecting to make that place their home.
Later they will be joined at the Forks
by Mr.. Orr, who left Langdon some time
ago for Idaho.
Co. Com,r E. Wienecke was a visitor
here Saturday and Sunday. He was
accompanied on his visit to the county
seat by Robert Gendreau and Carl J..
GRADER, the later a teacher of a Cava-
lier county school near Alsen.
Miss Fannie Welsh, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jas. Welsh, of Harvey Center,
returned last Saturday from a visit ex-
tending over several months with her
sister in the state of Washington and
relatives at Portage la Prairie. Man.
Miss Nellie Redsliff, one of the 10
graduation class of the Langdon high
school was a passenger Saturday to
st. Paul where she this fall takes up
advanced studies at the University of
Minnesota. Miss Redslitf has been hold
ing a position as "hello'' girl with the
local telephone exchange during the
holiday vacation.
DR.. E. 1. Donovan was transacting
business in St. Paul a few days the
f%orepart of the week. On leaving here
| Saturday he was accompanied by his
son, Eddie, who will attend St. Thomas
college again this year, and his neice,
Miss Donovan, who returns to her home
at Sturgeon Bay, Wis, after a holiday
visit with her sister, Miss Louise
Donovan.
Mrs. w. ]. Mooney returned to the
city Monday after an absence of several
months spent in travel, the route cover
ed by the party, of which Mrs. w. j.
Mooney and Mr.. J.. B. Mooney we're
members of, practically completing a
trip around the world. Mrs. Mooney
has been making a visit at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and M rs. Griffith in
Chicago,slnce landing in New York about
a month ago.
G. H. Baker q brother of Mrs. M. L.
Sullivan of this city has threshed a field
of winter wheat he had on his farm in
Ramsey county, and it turned out from
- to Is bushels per acre. This wheat
was sown on stubble the first of October
of last year and was cut July 30th. The
grain weighs 81 lbs. per bushel' Fields
of spring wheat beside the winter wheat
are running 8 bushels per acre. Mr..
Baker was one of the FIRST to experiment
with winter wheat, and he is we'll satisti.
ed with results that he will SOW l30 acres
this fall.
MI. Ole Bellerud, of Nekoma, and
Miss Nellie Nelson, of Easily, were
united in marriage at the Methodist
parsonage in this city, Tuesday noon,
Rev. E. S. Benjamin officiating. Mr..
Bellerud is a we'll known business man
and successful merchant of Nekoma
and Miss Nelson is we'll acquainted with
many Langdon people, having spent
nearly five years of her time in our city
as a dress maker. The newly married
couple took the Tuesday afternoon train
for ST. Paul, MINI, intending to look in
at the Minnesota state fair and other
places Of interest on their honeymoon
trip. Upon their return they will make
their home in Nekoma. Best wishes fol
the new home. III,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08

If you want a Sewing Machine buy a
New Home. For sale by A. o. Void,
Mound City Paints may cost a trite
more, but -! Plummer & McNiven
Miss Laura McCann returned to the
city Monday after a months visit up at
Hannah.
Jos. Power returned Friday from a
few days business trip to Fargo and
Grand Forks.
If you want to buy or sell a farm call
on or write Joseph Power, Langdon, N.
D.. office over Citizens State Bank.
Miss Mary Brosnahan returned Tues
day to her home at Grafton having
visited a week with Langdon friends,
Attorney Fred E. Smith is being
visited by his father who arrived yester-
day for a visit during the hunting
season
Elmer Fowler of the H. L. Francis
drug store returned Thursday last week
from a short vacation visit with friends
at Devils Lake.
Misses Nellie and Irene McDermott
left Monday returning to Grand Forks,
where they resume their studies this
week at st. Bernard's academy.
Guy Johnson, one of the lineup OF
the Langdon base ball team and until
recently With the Cavalier Co. Lumber
Co., took Mondays train to visit the
folks at his home in Minnesota.
Tony Klein has returned this week
and is again back in his old position in
the grocery department of Schulke's
Trade Palace. During an absence of
nearly six months he has been holding
down a homestead neal Gull Lakes ask.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08
DRS. KERR & SMITH.
DENTISTS Donovan Block

Roman Gerber has an auction sale on
his farm about five miles northwest of
town. The sale is set for Tuesday the
Goth, and will be conducted by E.
Wienecke as auctioneer. Mr.. Gerber is
preparing to move from here this fall to
Montana with his family. He home
steaded a half section of government
land there SOM months ago and goes
out now to take up his residence. The
sale bills show one of the most com
plete outfits OF farm stock and machinery
that have been put under the hammer
for SINE time past.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08

SUITS. ally all s6 6ne v assortment opnS an s1 senpf;s-
Ing all the latest and most pleasing styles, such
as Nortolks, double breasted, Buster Brown,
Russian, Brownies and many other styles. They
are made from choice quality materials, hand
somely finished and well tailored throughout.
Some OF them are fitted with plain pants and
others with knickerbrockers We have them in
all sizes from S to Is. No matter what style
idea you have in mind, come here and we will
tit it for you at the very lowest cost. You will
save from SO cents to 81. 90 on every suit you
buy here. Our prices are S1.5O, 5000, 81. so,
$500, $3.50, $500, $500, 5000, $500, $500
and $40. OO.,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
Why not give the precipitation OF
aviators in the daily weather report?


Children often are highly logical,
though not quite IN the adult manner
They attain conclusions by those proc
esses of pure reason" which. being
quite unbiased by the opinions Of
others, sometimes result In startling
truths.
Almost everybody. for instance, has
heard Of the little lad who. listening to
the questions of an irreligious friend Of
the family as to what would happen
supposing that one good Christian
should pray for an east and another
for a west wind at sea, innocently an
swered that of course thered be an
awful tempest. but not every one has
heard of the equally pertinent and
naive solution recently offered by a
thoughtful youngster for the ever per-
picking problem of Are prayers an
swered?
The child was talking with another,
who asked the vexed and puzzling
question, explaining at the same time
that he didn't believe that prayers
were answered. because he never got
anything he asked for.
You don't pray for the right things
answered little Mr.. Wiseman. "Of
course all prayers are answered, but
sometimes the answer is Yes and
sometimes it's NO "--Chicago Record.
Herald
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
The Air Brake.

To forget the inventions of the hour
is an impossibility. They are before
one at every turn. and many of them
contain potentialities vast and much
discussed. For that very reason 1t Is
well occasionally to contemplate some
invention of the past which works un
remlttingly and inconspicuously for
the welfare of mankind Consider the
air brake. How many when they take
a Journey by rail ever take thought OF
the device which stands ready to In
sure safety from possible accidentsi
All are so used to sibilant noise below
the cars that they never consider IFS
portentousness. Yet by this applica
tion of the power of compressed air
tens of thousands of lives have been
preserved and railroad travel has been
made more expeditions All this Is
arrant truism; not word of II but
what has been said scores of times be'
fore: But we like to dwell upon the
air brake as one of those typical In
ventions which are doing their work
faithfully and humbly while recent
creations get the glory aud applause.
Golfers. &.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
LEAVING a Man halplass.

"That statement made me think" "
said veteran newspaper man to the
Cincinnati Times-Star, "of the cele-
brated row between President Cleye-
lands colored man. and. SECRETARY
were exercising their masters horses
out on a country road and got into q
dispute as to what is the best thing In
the world. Finally they made bet
of dollar on 1t.
"'Well, what Is de bes' thing In the
worldT asked Clevelands man.
"'Roas' possum and sweet taters.'
said Hoke Smiths moke.
Whoa! says Clevelands man,
dragging at the bride. He jumped to
the ground, seized Hoke Smiths man
by the leg and dragged him to the
dust.
"Take that says he, lamming him
on the neck, you miserable black ras-
cal! You amt leave me muffin to
guess atp"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

The entire Northwest will be inter
ested in the outcome of the trial OF
q. D. Hillman, notorious real estate
dealer of Seattle, whom the federal
government ie now prosecuting tor
illegal use of the mails. No one
agency does more harm to a growing
community than tine land shark, who
uses the efforts of city to get new
settlers in and near it, as means of
selling land at fictitious values and by
questionable methods. Hillman is ao-
cused of using all the foxy and dis
honest tricks of the land sharks trade
and If be is convicted it will be les
son to zeal estate men with shady
methods
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
In Praise of the Eskimos,

Commander Peary In the narrative
describing his discovery of the north
pole devotes very long chapter to
the Eskimos, with whom be has had
intimate dealings for eighteen years.
He tells us that though they are say.
ages they are not savage; that though
they are without government they are
not lawless; that though they are un
educated they exhibit a remarkable
degree of intelligence. He assures us
that they have no religion. yet he
describes them as destitute of vice and
ready to share their last meal with the
hungry. He thinks 1t would be impos.
sible to Christianize them, but they al.
ready possess the cardinal graces of
faith, hope and charity, for without
them they could never survive the six
months night and the other rigors of
their home"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

Tho states of the Northwest will
have more congressman after the elec'
tions two years from now. if the CEN
sus proves as great as every one ex-
poets. Congress will redistribute the
representation of each state in the
lower house as soon as the census re-
turns are known, and we will learn
then whether those states get the ad-
ditional congressman which they ex-
peot. Ten years ago the distribution
of congressman was made on the basis
of one to each 100, 900 population.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
Honakona the Luxurious.

Hongkong. with its luxurious hotels,
its princely clubs. its rich and inhu-
entail banks, housed In splendidly con,
structed and beautifully designed
buildings; its shipyards and craving
docks able to care for the largest YES
sells; its miles of warehouses bursting
with wealth; Its yellow sailed fleets
laden with silks. tea, sugar and pre-,
cious porcelains; Its commerce almost
as great as that of New York; Its
botanic gardens hung amid delightful
villas overlooking a harbor that Is a
city in itself and that floats 10000 sails;
Hongkong. with its wonderful temples
of ornate teak roofs, Its idols of a
hundred sects, its French cathedral, Its
forts, garrison and naval life, its Hap
py Valley race course-all at the end
of white mans civilization. Supreme
from the peak on which it rests, 10
we'll bred aloofness 1t looks askance at
sordid Asia, whence 1t sprung.-W. j.
Aylward In Harper's Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
The Greatest Historian,

BY common consent the greatest Of
all historians in Thucydides, the Greek
contemporary of Pericles and author
Of the history of the Peloponnesian
war. One of the greatest tributes that
can be paid to him is that, according
to the estimate of very able critic,
we have more exact account of a
long and eventful period by Thucyd.
ides than we have of any period in
modern history, equally long and event
full, and yet all this is compressed into
single volume. For concise, yigor-
GUS and yet intense presentation Thu.
cydides has never been equaled. He
Is easily the king of hlstorians.-New
York American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
How "Thon" Would Work.

"Thon" is the word which has been
suggested for use as an English pro-
noun of common gender, a luxury
which the English language has thus
far had the fortitude to forego 1t was
considered suitable for English be-
cause 1t came from the Greek. Its use
may be illustrated as follows:
If a parent desires to spank thon's
(his or her. as the case may bel child
thon Che or she) should take thon (him,
her or it, across thon's knee. Then
thon should remove thon's slipper, and
after explaining to the child the repre-
hensibility of thon's conduct thon
should apply the slipper to that por'
tion of thon's anatomy which from
time immemorial has been dedicated to
that purpose.
1t may easily be seen from the above
how "thon" effects great clarification.- =
r H.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

With the election of Judge Bean to
the supreme bench practically assured,
the question as to who will succeed
him to the circuit court bench nat
uraliy arises II Bowerman is elected
governor, he will probably give the
place to District Attorney Phelps,
and if West is made governor, the
mantle will probably fall upon sChas.
Fl. Carter, also Pendleton man.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

Tom-Hello, Bill. l hear you have a
position with my friends Skinner &
Co.? Bill-Oh, yes; have position
as collector there. Tom-That's first
rate. Who recommended you? Bill
Oh, nobody. | told them that l once
collected an account from you, and
they instantly gave me the place.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
It Did.

"Do you know anything. DOCTOR"
said Mrs, Finnikin, "that will put a
little color into my cheeks? / am SO
dreadfully pale"
well, madam" replied DR.. Blunt,
perhaps II tell you that you have a
hole in your stocking about the size of
a quarter 1t may have the desired eff
feet"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

Scientists have discovered a manu-
script in an entirely new language.
Maybe some dub tried to spriug Esper-
anto on the public three or four thou
sand years ago.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

The democrats and insurgents have
discovered that the old saw, "politics
makes strange bedfellows," is sur
prisingly accurate observation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

Why women should write letters to
Dl. Ciippen is another one of those
things that it is difficult to under
stand.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

"There will DO an eclipse of the
Inoon in November" says an ex-
change. Also, several Fright and par
ticular congressional stars may go in
TO eclipse about that time.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

The theory that people eat too much
pfteeu has Jhiqhap asSvRlReitBsYh tBsYh .Iglt p8SfG
if they had the chance, but benign
protective tariff safeguards them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
Just Talkinu,

Stella-l hear that Lizzie Is talking
OF getting married again. Bella-l
didn't know that she had been married
once yet Stella-She isn't. / said she
was talking Of 1t again.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

The "Joe Bailey" presidential boom
does not appear to be spreading like
wildHre, exactly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

Cholly-The dentist told me had
large cavity that needed filling. Ethel
Did he recommend any special course
of study:
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

Mr.. Champ Clark is no longer a
raintow chaser. He sits down and
waits for the rain bow to come his way.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

The New York Republican ruction
is receiving a lot of democratic ap-
plause.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30
Warmed.

"She told me that l might hope"
Better look outl I've known girls
to say that when they intended to &C.
cept a chap,"-Puck.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

1t would be funny if, after all,
Speaker Cannon would have to join
the insurgents to save himself.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

Business may not be as brisk as
politics just now, but it 10 surer of it.
self.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

Evidently it is as hard to get an
undesirable" out of the cabinet as it
is to get one into the penitentiary.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

About the only conclusion that can
be drawn from Aldrioh's explanation
is that the rubber tariff was increased
for a joke.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

DivHrSitN oi "ptaipn proves that
things arc nnll what we think them. :
Montaigne
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

An investigation frequently devel-
ops sufficient variety Of reports to
meet all shades of popular taste.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-09-30

There is always the right kind of
weather in some. parts of the United
States, according to the weather map.