Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-09
Calvin has organized a literary society.

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is certainly boosting Lawton.
Editor Hynds of the Calvin Times is
still handing it to the Forum.
A cut price war on kerosene has pu,
the price down to 10 cents per gallon al
Munich.
The business men of Lankin have
spent DYE $4,000 in new buildings anc
improvements in the past year.
Doc. Morton and wife have returned
to Nekoma from a visit east to theil
former home in New York state.
Calvin has a commercial club and fol
lowing the lead o: Devil Lake is plan
ming to have a "get-together banquet.
H%ampden's leading baseball fan Billy
Pickell had the misfortune one day last
week to dislocate his right shoulder anc
collar bone.
Druggist Amos Abbott, of Nekoma, is
reported as having recently purchased
the pool room at that place owned by
Martin Baaken.
r. w. Lovestrom, at one time the pub.
Usher of the Nekoma News is back
again in the newspaper business. He
is now editing the Emmons, (Minn'
Leader.
Banker Ed. Swarthout, of Hampden.
is taking in the big Buick auto excursion
through the east and incidentally
making a side trip to his old home in
Illinois.
Hannah and several other outside
towns are represented at the Methodist
church Sunday school rally which opens
in this city this afternoon and
closes tomorrow.
State statistics credit North Dakota
with $50 practicing lawyers and six
women practicing law. In the clean up
Langdon a lay claim to having within
its peaceful confines seven disciples of
Blackstone
A Munich citizen writing to the Grand
Forks Herald says that the saddest
sight and most forgotten building in
that town is the Presbyterian church,
which is now deserted and forgotten by
its former supporters.
Manv of the first settlers of the Red
River Valley will learn with regret OF
the death at Los Angeles, Cal, on the
the Goth inst, of George l. Lidgerwood.
Deceased was the founder of the town
of Lldgerwood in Rlchland county.
Work on the 500 cutoff from Ford
vile to Drake will be commenced again
as soon as spring opens up. 1t was re-
ported last fall that the company had
abandoned this project, but it now
appears they are going to complete the
proposed line.
Grain thieves are busy in the south
western part of the county away from
the railroad. Thos. Blegeberg, had
twenty bushels of feed and a sack of flour
stolen last week from his granary in Ban
ner township. Considerable pllfering is
reported as going on in that locality.
Gust Strand in a letter written to
former acquaintance and old friends in
Munich from his present abode in
Florida says: "My wife and l were in
swimming Christmas Day. I donate
all my interests in coal. air tight houses,
fur coats, overshoes, snow banks,
billiards. and nine mouths of winter to
you fellows up there who like it."
It seems that there is an eplde mic of
of scarlet fever around Fairdale. In
last weeks Times Dr.. Joistad bad a
long article explaining the many ways in
which this disease would present itself
and also the danger connected with this
dreadful malady. He also explains how
Important it is that a strict quarantine
be enforced where this disease may be
found.
A very quiet wedding took place at
the Methodist parsonage in Devils Lake
Wednesday afternoon Jan, 25th, when
Rev. Bailey united in marriage Miss
Maud S. HARDWOOD, one of Sarles' po,.u
lar young ladies TO Mr.. Guy G Meade,
the genial assistant cashier in the Firs,
State Bank of Clyde. Mr.. and Mrs
Meade will be ut home to their man,
friends after March LIST, at Clyde.
Albert Molberget, who will be remem-
bered as a young lad, leaving Osna
brock some years ago. was back the past
week, renewing acquaintance. He now
lives at Willow Bunch, Sask., where he
has a 800 acre claim. This place is
about due north from Scobey, Valley
county, Montana and is now some go
miles from railroad but a railroad is
building towards the place, andis expect
ed before another year.
g. G. Crawford and Robt. Padden had
an experience Saturday that in all pro-
liability they will both remember for
some time. Mr.. Padden was at the
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