The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-11-22
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his week.
For rent-a five room cottage nicely
furnished. See F. E. Funk, Washburn,
N. D.-Adv.
DR.. B. L. Noble of Wilton spent
Monday and Tuesday here as a witness
in a case before the district court.
There is still three hundred tons of
coal in the shed at the mine and farm
ers can get coal without any delay. =
Adv.
Philip Kesselring and family left
Thursday to spend six weeks visiting
relatives in Minnesota and in South
Dakota.
Mrs. Ed. Schmid is visiting her sister
Mrs. j. j. Schweizer. She arrived
Wednesday morning and will spend
some time here.
T. M. Casey came down from Under
wood Tuesday as a witness in a district
court case. He returned to his home
the following morning.
"Christ's Dealings with Peter" will
constitute the subject of the sermon
by the Pastor at the Congregational
church Sunday evening.
One dollar will start a savings account
with the old reliable First National
Bank Washburn, North Dakota. Re-
sponsibility, half million dollars. Adv.
Only nine states in the Union re-
elected governors in the twenty-eight
states that ballotted for chief execu-
tives. Four of them were democrats.
There are many visitors in our city
this week. The hotel could not accom-
odate them all but rooms have been
found for them so that all are comfort
able.
Louis Baardson was in from the farm
Monday. He moved his family out
there about a week ago and says he
enjoys farm life as well or ever more
than life in the city. i.
c. w. Gordon, former editor of the
Underwood Journal, spent several days
here last week taking the teachers ex-
animation. He is teaching a school
north of Underwood.
Dogden was we'll represented in our
city this week. Among those who
were here attending court were: M.
Thinner, S. X. Salka, Geo. H. Coffin,
John Lucas and R. B. Hedges.
A son was born at the Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Robinson home at Garrison last
week but the little one only lived two
days. He was the first grandchild of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. L. Robison's.
Thanksgiving services will be held in
the Methodist church at eleven O'Clock
Thursday morning, November 18th.
Prof. L. Cole will preach the. sermon:
All are cordially invited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rathjen left Sat
urday for Davenport, Iowa, where they
will spend the winter. Four years ago
they made a long visit in that city and
enjoyed the milder winter months.
A few extra copies of the Leader
were printed this week SO our court
visitors could read it. If you enjoy il
we will be glad to have you become a
subscriber. The Leader is only 81. sc
a year.
Mrs. o G.. Peterson and her father
came down from Malcolm Saturday tt
spend a few days with Mrs. G. o. Rau'
gust. The children enjoyed the visit Of
their grandmother and great grand
father.
Miss Amy Holmquist, who is one o.
the successful teachers in this district
spent Thursday and Friday in the cit,
taking. the teachers examination
While here she became a subscriber tt
the Leader.
Anton Amundson of Max, happened
in Monday and of course ordered thu
Leader for a year. Nh. Amundson say.
that there is still a great deal of un
threshed grain in his section of thu
country.
G. R. Nordquist writes from Turtle
Lake that he wants to become a sub
scriber to the Leader. We have had
number of new subscribers during the
last two weeks and are on the look GU
for more.
Vincent Aston, . son of the late Johr
Jacob Astor, became Of age last Friday
and inherited sixty-two million dollars
There are many specializing as 10 tht
manner in which he win dispose,ofsuct
an amount.
Elmer Olson left Monday for Wis
consin where he will spend the winter
with relatives. He has been in poo,
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