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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

Mrs. w. A. Mcintyre and sister Miss
Lu Fletcher we're passengers Saturday
for a series of visits with relatives and
friends in Grand Forks, Red Lake Falls
and Minneapolis, where Miss Fletcher
has been teaching school the past year
and has been re-engaged.
A. Schulke and family autoed out to
the farm of Peter Penner west of Lang
don in Moscow township, Sunday re-
ceivlng a warm welcome during their
stay, greatly admiring Mr.. Penner's fine
vegetable garden and beautifully display
of flowers surrounding the house.
H, D. ALERT and D. j. Ridllngton
took Mondays train to Minneapolis
where both gentlemen have recently &C.
quired business interests and Mr.. Rid
lington and wife will hereafter reside.
Mrs. Ridlington will not move to her
new home in the Twin Cities until some
time next week.
Mrs. McHugh. accompanied by her
daughter Miss Rosie and son John, left
Monday for the Pacific coast. Mrs.
McHugh and daughter do not expect to
return to their Langdon home until the
winter season sets in, intending to spend
some time visiting at the home of bel
brother in San Francisco.
Richard Boyd son, of j. B. Boyd left
Monday for Manawa, Wis, where the
marriage of MIR. Boyd's oldest son, Johr
J. Boyd and Miss Charlotte Il. Conroy
occurred yesterday forenoon at ter
o'clock. The newly weds will enjoy al
outing and trip through the lake dis
tricts before returning to Langdon tt
make their home sometime in Septem
ber.
Tuesday forenoon at the parochial re-
sidence of st. Alphonsus church the
ceremony was performed by Rev. FatheI
O'Driscoll which united in matrimony
John MCGEE, and Miss Nellie Kyrch, two
we'll known Langdon young people
They took the afternoon train for the
brides former home at Little Falls
MINI. Mr.. MCGEE has for some time
been in charge of.the Charter pool room
and restaurant.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

A policy in the New York Life is a
business investment. Talk with l.. A.
Weed, of Hannah about it.
Miss Alma Schulke left yesterday for
a stay of possibly two weeks with the
Wells at Fargo, and may visit a short
time with ST. Paul friends before return.
ing home.
Archie Mckay and wife who have
been visitors here for a couple as weeks
with Langdou relatives and friends left
Saturday by way of Nekoma for their
home at Bisbee.
Harvey Boomgaarden, who for the
past year has been associated with
Agent H. o. Sorenson in the running OF
the Langdon Farmers elevator left
Tuesday for Michigan, N. D., where he
will have charge of an elevator owned
by the Lamb Bros, of that town.
Miss Jessie Mahon left Saturday
returning to her home at Fargo, after
a pleasant visit of a couple of weeks
with friends here aud at Munich. The
family are understood to be removing
from Fargo to Bismarck, where "Wes'
has for some months past Incorporating
a cigar factory.
On Tuesday of last week at Calvin oc
Cured the funeral of one of the oldest
settlers of western Cavalier county
Thomas Thompson, aged eighty-fou1
years. One son, W. D. Thompson and 6
daughter, Mrs. Witheridge mourn his
passing away. The deceased was born
in Scotland in 1928.
Jake Spenst was numbered among
those who landed in the county jail
last Thursday, the opening day of the
county fair. Jake was caught with the
goods while dispensing refreshments
which come under the ban of the state
prohibition law. 1t not being the first
TIM Spenst has been charged with this
otfenst, there is not likely to be any oi
this suspended sentence business doing
when Jake takes his dose at the next
term of district court;
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

If you can't get home you can get
good things to eat at the New England
Cafe.
If you can't get home you can get
good thinks to eat at the New England
Cafe.
Ii you can't get home you can get
good thinks to eat at the New England
Cafe.
John Arid, who has for several years
been working on DR.. Donovan's farms
near Langdon is laid up with a bad leg
fracture which befell him last Thursday
morning in an accident while leading
exhibits to the fair grounds. The horse
he was leading at the time took fright
at a passing automobile. In its fright
the horse fell on Arid breaking his leg.
He was taken to the Langdon hospital.
Mrs. John Mahon, leader of domestic
art IN the Langdon womans club wishes
TO express her gratitude and satisfaction
VAN WY AhuCAOoe ShOWu anu WOlh ooAk
TO the county fair on the three special
exhibit cards asked for by the club com
mittee. The time was too short to ex-
pect the best results and only a few were
able to compete. The work sent in was
all creditably done and next year the
committee hope to offer the prizes at
the beginning of the school year so that
there will be no need of hurry. Follow
ing is a list Of the contestants winning
prizes; Mrs. D. Wooluer. of Langdon
carried eff the prize for best exhibit of
five models made, by lady over seventy
years old. Miss Lena Fischer of Mt Car
mel was winner of the best exhibit Of
five models and button holes made by q
girl under sixteen years old. The awards
for hemstitching, sewing or a band and
fancy models went to Miss Ella Stru der
Best attempt at darning and pa;cfn,,g
we're Won by Miss Lillian Fischer. The
exhibit of Miss Hilda Dickinson, of
common stitching and hemmlng by a
child under ten years old was awarded
the first prize.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

Judge Cleary was up the line yester-
day at Wales attending to legal matters.
Tom Padden started cutting early
sown wheat yesterday on his farm over
near Iona.
Boyd's department store is giving a
beautiful premium with every $1,000
cash purchase.
Druggist Robert Swanlaw was here
Monday between trains looking after
business matters.
Dan G., Donovan had as a visitor dur.
ing fair week his brother j.. G. Donovan
from Morris, MINI.
Mrs. Nicholas Irwin returned We'd
nesday last week from her visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Gilchrist at Owen Sound,
Ontario.
DR.. j.. j, Mugan is receiving a visit
from his father, who accompanied Mrs.
Mugan on her return last week from q
visit back east in Ontario.
Mrs. A, @. Kronenberger was visited
during several days of last week by her
parents, who left Monday returning to
their home at Aberdeen, S. D.
Manager Harry G. Waldron, of the
Electric theatre is being visited by his
mother, who arrived on Wednesdays
train of last week from her home in the
Twin Cities.
Mrs. Lachner was a visitor in the city
a couple of days during the week from
Wales. where the Lachner Bros, still
have farming interests although they
now reside in Iowa.
Eddie Farrell ended his visit with ole
Langdon friends Monday, leaving on the
afternoon train for Williston, where
he has been located since moving from
Langdon over Il year ago.
D. @. Donovan, who comes back tt
Langdon to take charge of the elevator
of the National company this fail il
moving into the William Plummer cot
tage property on south Sixth street.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

j. A. Stauff, the new superintendent
of the city schools arrived on Mondays
train from Minneapolis, with his family.
Since their arrival they have been busy
fitting up their Langdon home which
will be at the north end of Fifth street
in the Farrell house.
Fred Borousky, the democratic can:
didate and nominee for representative
from the eighteenth district was here
from his home vest of Wales to attend
the fair he says in his neighborhood,
out in Mimic township the crop is the
best IN years and the yield will be large.
In 1911 the county board of equaliza-
ton put a valuation upon farm land in
Cavalier county which averaged $3 60
per acre. This was raised by the state
board to $4.86. This year the county
board raised their valuation to
S3.75, and in the course of a few days
we will have a chance to see what the
state equalizers decide the real estate
tax of Cavalier county is to be for 1912.
Langdon Masonic brethren of Leban-
on lodge A. F. & A. M, we're represent
ed by several auto loads who went to
Calvin Monday afternoon to attend the
ceremony of the laying of the corner
stone of the new Masonic temple which
is being built dnring the present sum-
mer season at a cost of several thousand
dollars.
Archie Sillers, ST., is making a week S
visit here from Calvin with a number
of his old Scotch acquaintance in this
part of the county whom he has not
seen since here a couple of years age
attending the Burns celebration. AL
though now nearing his eightieth year
Mr.. Sillers is continuing to enjoy health
and is really mueh better now than fol
come time past.
In Fosters forecast for the period ar.
ound August 10Th he predicts danger
of frost in the northern spring wheat
country. 1t does not follow we are to
have it because he says so, but we might
A light frost can be averted by smudg.
ing and fires around dawn. Be prepared
Tell your neighbors. The thermometer
will tell. There is frost at "a. Ii il
dosen't come we'll and good; if it does
be prepared to make an effort to save
loss. .
The vacation days for the Langdo1
city children are now draw to a close
The board of education has announced
that the fall term will open on Monda!
September 9th. The grounds surround
ing the building have been graded
down and during the week Jas. DeBerg
the new %ianitor has seeded the grounds
to lawn grass and white clover
It is not expected that the needed tree
will be planted until next spring, bu
the cement walk from the street to th'
building will be laid in readiness for tn
opening of school uext month.
Subscribe for the DEMOCRAT and hav'
your neighbors do likewise.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
DrS. Smith & Nichols
DENTISTS Donovan Block

.
j. McPhail and family leave the city
next week to spend the winter season
at Troy, N. Y, which of late years has
become one of the educational centers OF
the east. Mr.. and Mrs. McPhail's son,
Jay, purposes taking up advanced work
in mining and engineering there.
Jas. Mirehouse is this week placing
a massive grey granite monument, which
weighs three and one.half tons in the
cemetery at Harvey Center, and which
marks the last resting place of his
son, whose death occurred some few
months ago. The stone was purchased of
the North Dakota Monument Co., at
Fargo. of which Geo. W, Graves, of this
city has the local agency.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

New changes of advertisement this
week appear in the spaces occupied in
the columns of this paper by the Cava-
lier County Implement Co., and the de-
partment store of A, Schulke. The
Cavalier County Implement Co., with
headquarters in Langdon and branch
houses at Iona, Dresden, Wales, and
Hannah; is now the biggest factor in
the farm machinery business in this
county and seeing the big crop to be
harvested and cared for this fall is show
ing itself to be more than able to care for
it's full share of business in the many
lines handled, AS to the Schulke de-
partment store it may be stated that Mr..
Schulke is now visiting the wholesale
markets of the east and before return
ing from his two weeks stay in Chicago
| and New York will have made heavy
purchases of fall and winter lines of new
stock for the various departments OF his
store, due announcement Of the arr val
Of which will appear in these columns.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

tN ~ 90 E-r -
ALERT & Winter have plenty Of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
Mayor Mcintyre WAS a visitor Monday
to Graften and Grand Forks looking
after legal matters.
Walter Ramage went to Fargo yester-
day where he will undergo further treat
ment for rheumatic trouble Of long
standing.
E. Fisher has several head of desir-
able farm work horses on sale for the
harvest and threshing season. He got
them yesterday.
Misses Anna and Agnes Mclean en-
tertained as their guests during fair
week their mother Mrs. H Mclean and
sister Miss Lizzie Mclean.
Mrs. Allan Pinkerton was a passenger
yesterday for Winnipeg, where she in
tends to visit for some little time there
with her sister, Mrs. Montgomery.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

If you can't get home you can get
good things to eat at the New England
Cafe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

If you can't get home you can get
good thinks to eat at the New England
Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-03

NOTICE.-The annual meeting of the
IN stockholders Of Three Rivers Man
ufacturlng Company will be held at rs
south Royal street, Alexandria, Va, on
Thursday, January Is, 1917 at ten
o'clock. a, M. for the Ell -ctior Of officers
for the ensuing year. and for the trans
action OF such other business rs may
properly come before the said meeting.
OH. ". MILLER, Secretary.
HiaD3 I'd AE
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-30
SELLS AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS.
Main Street Real Estate Goes With Ii from E.. P. chesebro to F. D. and William p. Jordan.

A deal which effected will be one of the biggest real estate transfers in the hcity, of late, was agreed upon Friday evening when Ernest P. Chesebro bar gained to sell to Fred D. and William F. Jordan all his real estate at the corner of Main and Windham streets as well 8 the automobile business and garage owned by the E. P. Chesebro Co.
 The consummation of the big deal will
 be effected a week from last Aaturday as under the law intent of sale of per- sCnal property, similar to the garage business, lii St be filed with the town clerhj seven days prior to the actual closing of the sale proper.
 The real estate comprises valuable land having frontage of 115 feet on Main street and a depth of 215 feet and includes two dwellings, one of four and
 and the other of two tenements. There is also a small store and the garage buildings situated on Main street The title to the real estate will go to Fred D. and William P. Jordan and the garage business will be incorporated the name for which has not as yet been determined. | The garage business will be iinaaceu | by Fred D. and William F. Jordan. tne
 actual conducting and management of ;l'e automobile and garage business will be done by Roland Jordan and
 John L. Leonard, .lr., both well known | local young men who will undoubtal-
 ly make a success of their new ven ture.
 During the years that Ernest P | Chesebro and son Ernest have car
 ried on the automobile business here
 they have been very successful and
 have built I'D large business. MT I Chesbro was the pioneer in the au-
 tomobile business in this city. He
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-30
BoYlKILLED IN FALL r
 FROM CHESTNUT TREE.
Elisha Martins Skull Was Fractured & --He Died in Hospital.

Elisha Martin, aged s, was fatally injured at South Coventry, Saturday morning when he fell to the ground Nfrom chestnut tree.- striking his head upon a large. stone. Elisha was the first of three boys who climbed into the tree. His two companions were following him when they saw him fall headlong.
 They could not tell what had caus- ed him to fall or how high up in the tree he was at the time of the fall It is believed that he was up quite q height from the nature of his injuries.
 His head was badly crushed. The two boys l1astened to the Martin boys home and told his mother of the ac- cident and she with some neighbors hurried to the spot where her boy lay. He was quickly taken to the vil- Rage and Drl ". L. Higgins placed him in his automobile and brought him, to St. s,J ,Joseph's hospital in this city. Dr. F. E. Wilcox was called and did what he could for the injured lad. His skull was fractured clear across the top and the. frontal bone was split oben and the skull was pressing on teither side of the brain. The bone was raised and the pressure against the brain thus relieved but the entire top of the boys head was so badly fractured that there was practically no chance whatever for recovery. The boy is son of Mir. and Mrs. Charles Martin. Mir. Martin is associated with T. H. Wood in the silk business at South Coventry, The Martin boy died at the hospital at about 4.30 o'cloc' riiturday aftern on.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-30
GOING ITO NEW BRITAIN.
Herbert Goodwin Will. Be Assistant Superintendent at Gas Plant--Tool Chest as Farewell Gift.

/ Herbert Goodwin, who has been em- iployed for the past thirteen years at the Gas and Electric Light plant, has yresigned his position as chief engineer to accept thesposition of assistant su-
 perintendent of the New Britain Gas
 company's plant. Mr. Goodwin commenced work for the
 Willimantic Gas & Electric Light com
 pany, under Mi. .+41vans and worked up
 from the bottom to the position of
 chief engineer of both the gas and
 electric plants. He has seen many changes since lis connection with the
 local plant. Including the alteration of the entire plant number of times. He
 isjconsidered Is an expert in his line of
 work and hls mary friends are. pleas
 gd to learn cf his deserved advance
 ment and proraution. The men twho have been, employed with MT. Goodwin 'ar the plant D. .eseEted him with a de-
 cldedly, eppropriate- gift, fine tool
 chest made by Ute yandeman Man Hfacturjng cofnpafiy of this city. Mr. Goodwin expressed lis appreciation of
 the useful present. ina few heartfelt r&fnaflss thaininG the f1ien associated with him for their Kindness to him.. Nr. Goodwin will leave within few ldwys fer, New BrstsfiT and when he gets ccnf3rEthly .s' siled will move his family there. ia
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-30
EIeHTY-oNE ADMITTED.
Dennis c. Rawson, 90, the Oldest EIec- tor Madeleine Woman on the List One Hundred and Seventeen Exam insd.

The town clerk, selectmen and reg istrars of voters of Killingly were in session in the selectmen's office on Saturday from g a. m. to p. nn, to examine the qualifications of the IT persons who had entered applications to be made voters. Eighty men and one woman were admitted as electors. One of the number was Dennis c. Rawson, 90 years of age, former res ident and voter in the town of Hamp- ton. MT. Rawson answered the ques- tions put to him in a prompt manner, and, as a registrar put it, read like a preacher. When asked by registrars if he cared to make a caucus enroll ment he replied in the affirmative, proclaiming hslself for the bull moose but as that party has no caucus list in KillinglY yet, his desire could not be gratified
 The list of those. admitted is as fol- lows: Harold B. Atwood, Andrew Archer. Wilfred w. Brewer, Byron R. Barber Benjamin M. Burdick, Gustaf J. Borgquist, Herbert J. Barnett Amdtl Bretschneider. George r. Davig- non. Earl Dixon, Henry Dubuc. Aldage i A. Duhamel Arthur F. Franklin James A Foley. Rev. James H. George l IT,. Waiter A. Guile, Thomas Grady
 Joseph Ginguere, Stephen I. Hopkins Edward C. Hughes. George N. Jordan
 Merrill C. Jacques. Henry Lewis, Chas ]. Lowry. William $. Marland, Frank
 Nichols, George k, Nichols, John J 1 Quinn, Nathan D. Prince, Dennis C
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-30

|Willimantic, Danielson and Putnam

Rawson, William IT. Raymond, George M. Robertson, Fred c. Rondeau, Fred B. Shippee, George M. Stone, Earl A. Wilbur, George A. Woodmancy, Charles A. Woodmancy, Melvin Wood Walter U. Wells, John Wright, Miss Frances W. Danielson, all the foregoing being of the First district of the town.
 Joseph A. Aubin. Robert W. Boys, Arthur Desautels, George A. Flagg. Wilfred J. Gingras, Henry Gagne, Mi- chael Grimshaw, Jr.s Ludovic fleming way, Armand HeneauK, John F. Holly. John Johnson, Ray E. Johnson, Edwin c. Knight, Rev. Ignatius Kost, George LaPoint, Louis J. Mondor,. Jules Q. Mosse, Albert s. Maine, Edward l.. Olsson, John W. Parker, Edmond Pap pillon, Joseph Riquier, Joseph Rena, Robert B. Stott, Percival Tourtellotte, Wi1fred L. Thibeault, Arthur E. Va chon, Fenner J. Wilcox, John F. Wha- ples, Thomas J. Weaver, all of the Second voting district.
 Charles Back, Harold F. Glendining, ErnastJ T. Hulett, William F. King, Byron M. Lewis, Clarence E. Long, B. Frank Morse, Ray G. Shippee, Daniel l.. Williams, all of the Third voting district.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-30
STOLE SONS MONEY.
Joseph Kenyon Pleaded Guilty in Po- J lice court--Tcok s42 From Bureau ' Drawer. w

Joseph L. Kenyon of West Park street was before police court Sat urday morning charged with stealing VIA from his son Carl on June 10th.
 Kenyon was arrested Friday when leaving Brooklyn jail following serv- ing. sentence of thirty days for in toxication.
 When put to plea Saturday he said ne would enter q plea of guilty but did not remember anything concern. iHg the matter. The court could not accept a plea like that and told him tf he did net remember anything about the incident he was not guilty Ken- yon then entered straight plea Y of guilty Prosecuting Attorney E. Frank Bugbee stated to the court that the accused had just served sentence in the county jail imposed on him by the police court in Putnam. Last June Carl Kenyon had SAP in bureau drawer that he had saved and the father stole the money. Kenyon had a lit1ie money that was in the hands of sl conservator and this conservator had paid to the son the $42 stolen by the father.
 kenyon's wife and son were present incouft and did not want to have any
 thing more to do with him. Mrs.
 Kenyon said that she had supported herself for the past six years and could not take, care of her husband also. Kenyon stated that he had no sta.enlent 10 make but uron being questioned' relative to the support of his lfanlily he said that he gave his wife six or seven dollars week. Con cerning this when questioned by the court. Mrs. ktDycn said that when her husband had worked last fall he
 had paid her $4 per week for his board and lodging and had contributed s1 per week forseach of the two children. S..e made him pay his board just as toe children did. Judge Arnold ssk- ed her several questions but she said that she did not care to air her family troubles in the newspapers for curious people to read and discuss. The ques-
 tioning was not pressed further and
 the court sentenced Kenyon to sixty
 days in the county jail.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-30
a Retecca Hewitt Katie and Elizabeth

Rebecca Hewitt, Katie and Elizabeth Blake.
 Return from Overseas.
 Mrs. William Beardwood and Miss Bessie Beardwood returned Saturday after. spending the summer abroad.
 Home from Hospital.
 William Blake, the small son of Mir, and Mrs. John Blake of Mechanic street, returned Sunday morning from New York hospital, where he has been for four months for treatment.
 Borough Briefs.
 Mrs. Cora Woodland and Miss Irene Roberts spent the week end in Spring field, where they attended the wedding reception of their cousin.
 Mrs. William Howard of Norwich Town was the guest Saturday of Mrs. George Moeller
 The True Blue class of the Baptist Sunday school were entertained Satur- day by Mrs. Samuel Cathcart.
 Norman Tracy and John Jennings returned last week from Tufts college Mir. and Mrs. A. M. Brown spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. William P. Vaughn, Jr., of Uncasville.
 Miss Ethel Burdick was at home from Mystic over Sunday.
 Conducting French Mission.
 Rev. Father Jena of Montreal is con ducting the French mission at St Mary's church this week.