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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16
FARGO, N. DAKOTA

The History of the Club, written in
poetry, was splendid and quite out Of
the ordinary. Mrs. Thomas was unable
to read her paper pertaining to Woman
ed to read her number on the pro-
gramme. Miss Dorothy Qualley delight
ed the ladies by giving a recitation.
At the close Of the programme a social
hour was enjoyed by the ladies. The
members of the club and their guests
were Joined by their husbands at 6
o'clock, when an appetizing luncheon
was served. The evening was spent in
playing Whist and in having a social
good time. The members of the club
are much gratifed by the progress
which the club has made during its
first year, and are hopeful of the eX-
pansion of the club in the future.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16
STATE WEDDINGS

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hahn Of Ores
den, have issued invitations for the
wedding Of their daughter, Miss Maggie
Hahn, to w. A Koehn. The marriage
will be solemnized on Wednesday, Nov.
81, at the German Lutheran church in
Dresden. -
4 ]. b. Hockridge and bride returned
to Hunter from their wedding trip
Monday. Mr.. Hockridge left there
some time ago for a visit to st. Louis,
and while there he was united in mar
rage to George Collin of Chester, Ill.
Tuesday j.. B. Field, banker at Kas~
mer and Miss Rose Sullivan were mar
ried at the home of r. N. Stroup, in
that city, Rev. F.sW. Kaul officiating.
tiyes and friends in the Sanborn Cath
Ollie church at Sanborn, Simon Hinch-
berger of Sanborn and Miss Celia Keat-
ing of Belle PLANE, Mimi, were Joined
in marriage. Rev. Mr.. Kleidon per-
formed the ceremony.
The marriage of Harry Husel to MISS
Martha Michaelfs, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Michaelis, of Cooperstown
took place at the Husel home south or
that city Wednesday evening, Nov. 6,
in the presence of about thirty rela-
tives and friends, the Rev. Oscar i.
burlington officiating.
At the residence of Rev.. A. J.. HuIteng
il Grand Forks, occurred the marriage
Albert Anderson of Kellys. Rev. Mr..
..aL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16
Social Notes

Fortunately Fargo is not cursed with
the popular variety of idle women"
who in the farther east and western,
and southern states are said to be a
menace to our great commonwealth,
More n more is the idle woman be-
coming unpopular especially in the
middIewest and more progressive states
where there are so many activities for
women who do not AXE kindly to mere
housekeeping. During all time there
has been idle women among the
wealthy classes and among the classes
which are not so~wealthy, and there
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16
SeIbv Shoea

A host Of highly pleased ara unahaE,
nous in their decision upon the merits
of the SeIby models. They certainly
fit well and there Is q wealth Of ahod
underwriting in most shoes. A~LE
Moody's shoe department-AdEE 49,.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

will be some who live only as parasites
on society. 1t is becoming much more
fashionable to improve the mind or in
terest oneself in some sort of reform,
charity, or public beneft movement If
not In suffrage and the United States
boasts of several bachelor ladies' wins
are devoting their entire lives n
energy to public benefit through he
professions which they have chosen.
Idleness has been defined as the alb
sence OF organized activity that is use
full to society or constructive activity.
The woman who follows music or art
or who works merely for her w
amusement or gain, the woman who is
a leader In society or n reform or
movement only for her w benefit, is
a menace to a community. 1t Is only
those who work for the benefit of 9TH
ers, TOT uplift the general standard Of
who really accomplish things.
Women throughout all time ave done
equally great things with men, but
their accomplishments, simply because
they have been considered inferior be-
ings, have not been recorded, or have
been written In history only as they
have Effected some great change in a
nation. Establishing a right ideal of
womanhood is the great corrective
torce which Will do much to eliminate
the idle woman" Is he way a we'll
known lecturer expresses it and with
the inauguration of suffrage and the
growing recognition of the capabilities
of women the idle woman will soon
p6 d curiosity .......- #.- ... "
Miss E. L. Isensee of Wheatland, N.
D., is visiting over Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Veitch OF Fourth
avenue north.
-. -
w. H, Workman left last evening for
Minneapolis, where he attended the
Minnesota-W Wisconsin football game to-
day. Mrs. Workman and her three sons
vernon, Benjamin and Harold will
leave tomorrow morning and will join
Mr.. Workman in Minneapolis. From
there they will go to Springfield, Ill,
where they will be present al the cele-
bration of the golden wedding anniver-
sary of Mr.. Workman's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Workman expect to be gone
six weeks or two months visiting with
relatives.
Mrs. Alvin Robertson and daughter.
Miss Helen of Minneapolis are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hall of
Thirteenth street south for a short
time. The Grand Forks Times has the
following item: Mrs. Alvin Robertson
of Minneapolis and her daughter, Miss
Helen, who have been delightful guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Robertson of
the Dinnie block for the past week,
left this morning for Fargo where they
will be guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Hall for a few days before going on
to their Minneapolis home. A social
compliment to Mrs. Robertson and her
daughter last evening was a dinner at
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

Minot Woman's Socialist club has
completed it's first year of existence
and celebrated the occasion Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Emma
Fooler. The programme OF the after
noon was the anniversary programme,
and Mrs. Herbert Bum had charge of
the meeting. Mrs. Emma Pooler had
prepared and e an intensely inter-
esting paper, entitled Our Club in the
Future, and Mrs. Herbert Bunn's con-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

The combined women's clubs of VAL
ley City honored Miss Minnie j. Neil
son, the new president of the state
federated clubs, at a large public re-
c~eption. The club women have been
planning this affair for some time to
show their appreciation of Miss Nelson
and every effort was put forth to
make the evening a memorable one.
The decorations of the odd Fellows
hall, where the event took place, were
elaborate and beautiful and the hostess
clubs were the Sorosis, the Woman's,
the Tuesday, S~heyenne, Domestic,
Music, and the Improvement league.
Following an excellent programme d
dainty lunch was served. The pro-
gramme was as follows:
Soio-Mrs. Hardin Lucas.
Speech-From the Men of the Town,
| Rev. l.. G. Moultrie.
Speech-From the Women of the
Town, Mrs. J. e. Featherstone.
Violin Solo-Mr. Froysaa.
Specialists Amidon, president OF
the Sorosis club.
Responsibilities Nelson.
Solo-Mr. Meyer.
Piano Solo-Miss Fjelde.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

The LongfelIow NeighboThood club
Thursday evening of this week. There
was a fine crowd present and a splendid
programme enjoyed. The girls of the
seventh and eighth grades sang and +.
H. Wilder, secretary of the N. D. Fire
Prevention association talked on Fire
Prevention. Among the many helpful
and interesting things that he said, he
brought out the fact that fire proven
ton is one of the important studies
in ~up-to-date schools of the east and
that the women's clubs are becoming
Interested in 1t. The annual fire loss
each year is SIS per capita. The meet
and refreshments were served.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

That the Valley City Music club is
doing very good work this year was
Illustrated Wednesday evening at its
guest night meeting at the home of
Mrs. James Grady in that city. They
departed from their regular line or
work of the study of Wagner and gave
a Straus evening for the guests en-
joyment. Miss Vognild in her portray
al of Tennyson's Enoch Arden delight
ed her hearers and showed a wonder
full conception of the poem. Mrs. w. A,
Gordon in her exquisite Straus accom-
paniment made a beautiful setting for
the reading. Preceding the reading
Mrs. Gordon also rave a short paper
on Straus, describing his music. Pro-
lessor Froysaa in his violin solos Of
hungarian dances. Miss Fjelde in piano
selections. Mrs. Craswell in her solos
uf Indian selections and Miss Amidon
in Gounod's Serenade solo, werg very
well received. The programme was en-
joyed by about 100 guests and was con-
cluded with a pleasant social hour and
refreshments.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

Artistic photographs at attractive
prices. "Swem'-New Stone Build
ing. -Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

Hulteng onciated and the attendants
were Miss Ida Elydia Betterdahl and
Oscar Anderson. The couple left for
Mekinock where they will reside.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

Miss Sue S. Duggan, daughter of DR..
chosen next Wednesday, Nov. "a,
her wedding day. She will be united
in marriage to John J. Byrne of De-
Grasse, Mimi, and the wedding will
take place at st. MichaeI's church in
that city on the morning Of that day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16
CLUB NOTES

meet Monday evening at the public
library and a general invitation is ex-
tended to all who are interested. DR..
Ladd of the A. c. will give the address
of the evening.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

Mrs. Margaret Jennings entertained
the III. and III. club at her home on
First avenue south Thursday evening
of this week. Refreshments were
served at the close OF q most enjoyable
evening. Miss Fields will entertain the
club the coming week.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

An interesting event or Thanksgiving
will be the marriage Of Miss Mia
Humes and Richard Still and will be
sDlennized at the nome OF the bride
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

The w. C. o. F. club was entertained
Tuesday afternoon at the home Of Mrs.
Matt Camitsch on Tenth street north,
After a pleasant afternoon of cards a
delicious luncheon was served. The
club will meet in two weeks with Mrs.
Ed Cline of Thirteenth street south.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

Last evening about seventy-fve
members OF h Kent literary society
of the high school enjoyed a social
evening at the. new gymnasium in the
Agassiz school. The event was in
charge of Miss Luella Dawson, presi-
dent of the Kent society and was a
hugh success. Mr.. Robinson and Miss
Olson of the faculty chaperoned the
young people and had charge of an
evening of games and a nice lunch was
served at a convenient hour.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

Mrs. N. J. Little has been unexpected
ly called to her old home in West Vir-
GINA and will probably be gone about
a month.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

Mrs. E.. L. snider of Eighth avenue
Tozer Eckenbeck of st. Paul. Mrs.
Eckenbeck has for several years been
officially Identified with the Minnesota
Suffrage association and prior to that
she was n of the warm ~advocators
of the cause, her early experience be-
ginning when suffrage was ridiculed
and villifed and laws regarding wo-
mems rights were far from Just.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

Friends will be sorry to learn of the
illness of Miss Irene Jennings at her
home on First avenue south. Miss
Jennings is much improved and is now
recovering nicely.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

Last evening Miss Alice Long was
hostess to about a dozen young ladies
in honor. of her sister, Miss Gertrude.
Long who is a bride-elect of this
month. The young ladies enjoyed the
first performance at the Orpheum and
following the show went to the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. d. s.. Long on First
of games and music was spent. Nice
refreshments were served at a late
hour. .' d..
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

Miss e. L. Isensee of Wheatland, N.
D., is visiting over Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo, Veitch OF Fourth
avenue north.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

The Bank of Personal Service
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

DIR. J.. G. Dillon Is expected home
in Chicago and tho twin cities. In the
former city DR.. Dillon has been doing
post graduate work and today was pre-
sent at the big Observation-Disclosures
sity being his alma mater. On route
to Chicago DR.. Dillon attended the
home coming at Madison. After a few
days in the twin cities he will return
on Wednesday to resume his practice
here,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-16

on Eleventh street south. A number
of very delightful events are being
planned for Miss Humes during the
next week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-23
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, Aug 22-Pending Panama
canal legislation was the subject of dis
cussion in financial circles, today, and
was regarded as primarily responsible for
the heavy tone of the stock market. es-
pecially the railroad division. Pacifics
and other roads wnich destinies are more
or less involved in the outcome OF this
measure We're under steady pressure,
which at times suggested liquidation.
There were persistent rumors also at
fecting the anthracite coal shares and
the likelihood of some decision adverse
Commerce Commission Reading and
and gossip attributed much of the SELL
ing to prominent out-of-town interests
The rest of the market seemed to have
gone stale with a partial flattening out
of the recent copper boom. Amalgamatei
Copper and allied shares We're strong at
the outset but fell back in the course of
the afternoon. under a selling movement
that embraced all issues of speculative
Importance. Specialties were less prom
inent. the only feature of interest being
American Tobacco. which suffered anoth-
err material loss. Dealings were much
the largest of any session of the week
The only foreign feature was the main
tenance of the 3 per cent. discount rate
by the Bank of England in the face Of
higher private discounts, the 90-day rate
advancing TO 81 per cent,
The bond market was weak. some is
sues falling a full point. Total sales, par
value, s1.6l0,000. United States govern
ment bonds were unchanged on call.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-23
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

While majority of the firemen were
in Rockiand, Wednesday, attending
muster. fire destroyed the large sta
bic of the Camden Lumber Co. 1t was
filled with horses, all of which were
saved but one. In Rockport about the
same time fire destroyed the stable of
John Emele near the Baptist church.
All of the firemen were absent and
the women of the community helped
keep the flames from spreading
A latter-day Jim Bludsoe, the engineer
of the 50-foot gasoline yacht Betsey Ann.
chartered by Gen. Edward Morrell of
Philadelphia probably saved a number
of lives, Tuesday, when he stuck to his
flaming post and beached the yacht after
ii had caught fire off shore at Bar Har-
Dor None of the passengers, all of
whom were employees from Gen. Morrell' 5
summer home at Sorrento, were burned
The engineer. whose name could not be
learned, alone was reached by the flames,
his arms and hands being badly burned
while the yacht was being beached. His
injuries are not serious. The yacht, after
being beached and hastily abandoned by
the excited passengers, who had been
forced to flee from place to place on the
deck to escape the flames, drifted onshore
and sank. The Betsey Ann was valued
at $4,000. She is total loss.
John Knowles. aged 60. was found
dead Wednesday, in the mountains of
Perkins plantation by some berry
pickers. Knowles was employed by T.
ii. Horrick of Perkins as farm hand.
Some sheep were missing and, Tues
day, Knowles started out to hunt for
them. Perkins plantation is an unor-
ganized township about 10 miles from
Wilton, and is mountainous. Thinking
that bears might be killing the sheep,
Knowles took his rifle with him. He
did rot return. Tuesday night, and.
Wednesday, Horrick hunted for him
without success. Late, Wednesday aft
ernoon. Rey Bridges, one of party
of berry pickers. discovered the body
of Knowles beside a trail in the noun
tains County Attorney Blanchard OF
Wilton was notified. Wednesday eve
ming. Further details are lacking, and
whether Knowles met with an accident
or was the victim of foul play is not
known.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-23
JOhnSOn=Jeanette
Fight Declared off.

New York, Aug. 22.-The JACK
Johnson-Joe Jeanette boxing match.
set for Sept .25. at the st. Nicholas
A. c., was declared off, this after.
noon, for the betterment of he
sport" by Jesse and Edward McMa-
hon the promoters of the bout. Tho
MeMahons called off the match after
q long conference behind closed doors
with the State Athletic Commission.
Commissioners o'Neil and Dixon
denied there was any coercion brought
10 bear by them to induce the Nc
Mahons to declare off the proposed
bout. "The commission decided long
ago" said O'Neil, that Jack Johnson
would not be permitted To fight here.
We believe now as we did then, the
presence of Johnson In ring contest
in this state would be imical 20 the
best interests Of boxing, the status OF
which has greatly improved under the
F'rawley law"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-23
MAIDEN CASTLE.
Famous Roman Earthworks Near
Dorchester, England, Are Now For
Sale,

The fact that Maiden castle is In the
market has made the acquisition of
that famous stronghold possibility to
the nation.
Maiden castle is one of the finest
earthworks in the world .and almost
unquestionably the greafcse in Britain.
1t lies some two miles from Dorchester.
and is regarded as the old Dunium of
PtoIemy, the capital of the Durotriges.
IN the pre- Roman days, it must have
been not merely an 'intrenchmept, but
a city, and 1t was without doubt util-
lied by the Romans when they occu-
pied Great Britain.
Close by it lies the Maumbury rings.
the famous Roman amphitheater, and
no doubt in the early days before Dor
chester came into being. it was great
center of the civilization of those days.
In shape it is an irregular oval, cover
ing 120 acres. and defended by three
tiers of ramparts with intervening
bitches. The principal entrances are IN
the east and west and these are pre-
tected by a complicated arrangement
of earthworks.
In the days before the Christian era,
it was a mammoth and marvellous piece
Of the engineers work of the period,
and after all these centuries. the great
hill stands up in it's stupendous mas
siveness, against the sky. in way that
has been described in a weh-known
passage by Thomas Hardy, In one Oh
his Numerous descriptions of Wessex.
Not very many miles away, on the
edge of Dorsetshire and Somersetstlire.
is another Celtic stronghold of the
same nature, but considerably smaller
Today it reaches up out of the deep
lanes which surround it, by the little
village of Cadbury, and is regarded m
the neighborhood as one of the num-
erous claimants to the honor OF Ar
thurs castle of Camelot.-Chr1stlan
Science Monitor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-23
Lively Sets in Newport
Tennis==Eight Left in Running.


Newport. r. l.. Aug 22.4Eight as
rirants for the national lawn tennis
championship in singles were left in
the running. when the fifth roupd OF
the all-comeTs tournament was fin
ished today. Four We're from New
York, three from Philadelphia and
one from San Francisco.FThe betting,
tonight, was 5 to 8 that Mclaughlin.
the Pacific coast representative, would
win the championship against the
field. Mclaughlin will meet r. n.
Williams of Philadelphia, the clay
court title holder on the championship
court. tomorrow. The last contest be-
tween these players at Pay Ridge,
three weeks ago went through five
SETS before the Californian won.
The other three matches on the
card tomorrow, are between W. J.
Clothier of Philadelphia and r. ID.
Little of New York. G.. NJ. Church of
New York and Karl Fl. Behr of New
York and Wallace f. Johnson of
Philadelphia and Watson NJ. Wash
burn of New York The play, today,
i'm the fifth round eliminated three
Bostonians, c. p. Gardner. Jr., \. ;.
DaDHeE ana IL. -. sotdAeI, do wei 40
T. C. Bundy and c. b. Herd of Calf
fornia, II. w. Sloeum of New York,
w. L. McKim of Short Hills, n. j.,
Whiting Preston of Providence and
c. s. Rogers of Philadelphia. All these
players have national regulations, yet
with the exception of Bundy and
Seaver they suecumbed in straight
sets.
After Bundy's plucky exhibition,
yesterday. in winning the doubles ia
spite of two days of severe illness, IL
was expected he would come through
the fifth round. today. and Woula
prove a factor, in the semi-finals. lie
won his morning match against Me-
Kim without much expenditure OF
strength. but in the fourth set of ms
contest. this afternoon, with ohurch'
he suddenly weakened and was Cd.
liged to default.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-23
Good Shooting
In Massachusetts.

Wakefield, Mass, Aug. 22.-Good shoot
ing prevailed today, at the Bay state
rifle range during the eighth annual
shoot of the New England Military Rifle
Association Sergt. James II. Keough,
Co. A, 9th Massachusetts, of Wakefield,
made % consecutive bullseyes. in winning
the Shuman match at 500 yards. In the
same contest Lieut.. H. NJ, Hayden of the
9th Massachusetts was second with y
consecutive bullseyes, and Lieut. j. e.
Parker, Co. G, Sth Massachusetts, third
with 20 consecutive bullseyes.
The list Corps of Cadets match at 200
and 500 yards was won by Co. of the
LIST Corps with 43i Co. II of the 9Th
Massachusetts, with the same score,
ranked second. because of lower score
at the 6c0-yard range. A New Hamp-
shire squad from Co. Ii, LIST New. Hamp-
shire National Guard. was fifth in this
match with AS.
Private r. w. Spurrier, Z. ). NJ G.,
won the General Abbott match surprise
fire, at 200 yards, with AZ. Sergt M w.
Strong of Rhode Island was tied for sec
ond with Private e. l.. Clark of the Y. $.
NJ. c., at 46.
sergt j Jackson, H. s. M G., won the
Essex county 2oo-yards rapid fire match
with 4e
The two New Hampshire entries in the
Gov Bass match were defeated by Co
{, LIST Corps of Cadets. which Won by
a wide margin, with score OF 2o2.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-23

feet, / inch.
Alabama Coon. Stoughton. 1913 feet.
4 n inches.
General Taylor Everett. 1875 feet.
inches.
Fire King, Pawtuxet, r. /, 223
feet. "a inches.
Conserve, Maiden, 2o7 feet 5-s
inches.
Gov Bradstreet. North Andover.
200 feet, 5 inches.
Enterprise. No. 2. Brockton. 1914
feet, inches.
Dorchester Vets. Dorchester, 49,
feet, pa inches.
White Angel, Salem. 1Ss feet, 2la
inches.
okomakameesett, Marblehead, 1s5
feet, IL lis inches.
Liberty. Chelsea. ISL feet, inches.
Hydrant, No. /. Milton, III feet.
inches.
Neptune. Newburyport, 173 feet, 10
inches.
winnisimmet, Chelsea, 161 feet,
inches.
Columbian, No 5. New Bedford.
t56 feet, SIS inches.