Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-04

New Years day with his son, Johnny,
who took the afternoon train for Fargo.
to take up the winter course at the
state agricultural college.
Alex Russell, county commissioner of
the Fifth district came over from his
home in Fremont on the Walhalla stage
Tuesday to attend the board meeting.
The thermometer registered $40 below
zero when he left Walhalla on Tuesday
morning.
Schulke's department store will on
Thursday of next week open up it's big
annual clearance sale to continue two
weeks. When the sale opens Thursday
morning the Schulke store is pretty Ger
tain to be thronged with a crowd of
bargain hunters.
Miss Lille Horgan has been a Christ
mas week visitor at the family home in
this city, coming from Duluth, where
she has been taking a business college
course since early last fall. She is now
holding a position as stenographer and
typewriter in the Zenith City.
Boyd's big annual clearan nee sale is
the time and place to get staple goods
in all departments at prices with the
profit cut off. The sale opens Saturday
early buyers get the biggest bargains
Read the big whole page ad. of the
Boyd department store this in paper.
M. S. Popplewell and wife who have
been spending the hold avs visiting at
the Geo. Edworthy home in this city
left on Mondays train to Davidson
Sask., where Mr.. Popplewell has been
engaged in the furniture and under.
taking business since leaving Langdon
several years.
James Austin of the Popular grove
stock farm at Hannah was the first
among the number of the DEMOCRAT
old readers to whom a subscription re,
ceipt was issued on January LIST 1912
Holiday greetings accompanied by a
remittence for another years subscrip-
tion renewal was also received on the
same mail from ~ old friend Sam
Fried, formerly of Osnabrock, but now
a prosperous resident at Seattle Wash.
Anton j., Clodt in a letter to the
family here from his old home at
Bothrchtberg, Germany tells of his safe
arrival there on December 18th. The
winter weather over there with green
grass in the.tieled, leaves on the trees
and bright warm weather at Christmas
time he notes as being in marked con-
trast with North Dakota he left behind
him. His health has been much better
and Anton says nothing about being in
a hurry to return home before spring.
The winning number, No. $500 in the
A. o. Void Co., diamond ring drawing
contest, which closed on Saturday even.
ing, December 23rd, was held by Miss
Nettie B~oomgaarden, daughter of F. A.
Boomgaarden, south OF town, Miss
Boomgaarden had returned to Rolla. N.
D., where she bias a position with the
long distance telephone company after a
visit home during the holidays, which
accounts for the delay in announcing
the name of the holder of the winning
coupon.
Schools in Langdon city reopen
Monday after their two weeks vacation.
The classes of the high school and
eighth grade are expecting to start in
their work for the New Year in the new
school building, the rooms on the upper
floor of which are rapidly being finished
and seats and other furnishings
put in place this week. The lower
grades and primary classes will for
al month continue to assemble in
the different public buildings of Lang
don which they occupied prior to the
] holidays.