The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-27
City In Brief

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On account of the union services
THIS evening many of the local churches
nave abandoned prayer meeting for
tonight.
The various theatres in the city as
Wen as the operahouse are expecting
large crowds at the extra attractions
that are offered for Thanksgiving day.
Vern Terryl Announces that he has
severed his connection with the Call
Messenger Co. and is not responsible
Tor any debts connected with the
place.
There appears to be no change in
the condition of G. S. Barnes, who is
at st. Johns hospital suffering with
heart trouble. He is said to be hold
ing his own
The Ell Zagal Arab patrol is ex-
pecting a large attendance at the
Thanksgiving dance tomorrow even
ing, for there have been many accept
ances of invitations.
Fargo college baseball men have
been asked to keep their eyer open
for good material for the team next
year and secure young men with brains
and muscle to become students of the
college.
Col. Tom Hughes has been made
chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee of the ladies' night of the u.
G. T.. which takes place on Saturday
evening, Dec. Z, and is at work on
the programme.
The special membership committee
of the Fargo Commercial club will
continue to hold noon-day meetings
until all of the business men in the
city have been seen and asked to be-
come members of the club.
The work of finishing the addition
to the First M. E. church on Ninth
street south is still going on, but the
addition will continue to be occupied
by the congregation each Sunday, as
the large attendance on Sundays makes
this necessary.
Hatton Free Press: N. B. orland
left Monday afternoon for Fargo where
he spent a couple Of days taking in
the sights. From there he went to
Bowman, NJ. d., where he will spend
a couple of weeks looking after his
farming interests in that part of the
country.
1t is likely that the board of educa-
ton at the meeting a week from this
evening will fix q day for the public
inspection OF the new Thirteenth
street south school house, although
until the building Is accepted from
Contractor Johnson the date will hard
ly be arranged.
This evening the Dacotah tribe of
Red Men will have their THANKSGIVING
meeting, when after the business has
been attended to, Chef Leggitt will fur
nish the boys with turkey sandwiches
and other good things. 1t is hoped
that every member of the tribe will
be in attendance.
The ladies, night of the Fargo
council of the United Commercial
Travellers will be a fine one. The
committee on arrangements of which
the senior counselor is the chairman
is preparing a fine programme that
will soon be arranged, There will be
nice refreshments served during the
evening.
The p~ostoffice will close on Thurs
day, Nov. IS, Thanksgiving day at
1880 q. m, and will not be open
again until Friday morning. The
carriers will make their usual morn
ing and evening collection only. Car
riers' windows will be open from s to
1880 a. m. Mail received and dis
patched as usual.
A special Thanksgiving service will
be held in the Broadway Methodist
Episcopal church on Thursday morn
ing at 1880. The Broadway Metho-
dists will attend the service in the
First Congregational church on
Wednesday night but have asked for
a service on the Thanksgiving day.
The service will last one hour. All
are welcome.
The Western Union Telegraph Co.,
which occupies the room next door
north Of the Merchants National bank,
will remove in the near future to the
building formerly occupied by the Nc
Cormick machine people on Northern
Pacific avenue. almost opposite the
by the progressive party people during
the past campaign.