Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-06-19

George Donovan is the new prescrip-
ton clerk in the drug store of his uncle
DR.. e. I. Donovan, taking the place of
Fritz Anderson, who left last week for
his home at Grafton.
Miss Nettie Boomgarden, who for
some time past has been holding a posi-.
ton with the Northwestern Telephone
Co., at Rolla, N. D. was here during the
week for a short visit with Langdon
friends.
Mrs. j. S. Gogin and three daughters
we're here from the Nora farm at Osna-
brock a few days of last week, guests
at the Boyd home, the little girls receiv-
ing treatment from Langdon doctors
during their stay.
Mrs. George Sturm was an arrival dur
ing the week coming here from St.
James, Mimi, having visited there with
relatives and friends since returning
with her husband from a six month stay
in southern California.
Rev. S. Currie, the Episcopal clergy
man at Park River, who has a large
herd of thoroughbred cattle and a dairy
farm down there, spent Monday here
looking after business interests and
visiting a number of Langdon friends
Supt. John H. Stautf of the city
schools made a visit from Friday to
Monday at Grand Forks and with others
interested in educational matters took
in a part of the commencement week
exercises of the University of North
Dakota.
|. Miss Mary Taylor. neice of Mrs. Jas.
Walker, who has been at her home in
Perth, Ont, for several weeks, called
there by the illness of her mother, re-
turned to the city Friday and has re-
sumed her position in the Red Front
variety store of Fred ODER.
W. B, Gordon and family are prepar-
ing to move into the DR.. Donovan house
on Fifth street, lately vaca ted by ack-
smith Mealy and family. The rooms
the Gordon's are vacating in the Smith
block are shortly to be occupied by Dr..
L. f. Haze!tine and wife, who return
from California to again make Langdon
their home.
Attorney W, b. Dickson and Adam
Reid left Monday for Grand Forks to
attend the graduation exercises of the
state university held in that city Tues
day evening. Miss Allie Dickson is an
honor graduate of the class of 'l3 and
salutatorian, a distinction of which
Langdon people generally have reason
to feel proud of.
John McGruer. who has spent the
past school year at Madison, attending
the University of Wisconsin, is home
this week for the summer vacation, ar
irving in the city Friday. His brother
Earl McGruer, remained behind to take
in the commencement week exercises
and may visit friends in Milwaukee
before coming home.
In a recent letter to relatives in the
vicinity of Langdon John Seccomb, who
left here about ten years ago to make
his home in Washington, near Seattle,
tells of the death of his son Walter,
about twenty-three years old, on the
23rd ult. He had been taken down
with an attack of measles and was
recovering when other complications
set in.
The Langdon party of Masons of the
Shrine degree who took in the big event
of last week at Grand Forks included
j. w. Pomeroy, D. MCLAUGHLIN. VIM. A.
Bolton, Robert Melklejohn, Thomas Ull-
yott, H. E. Close, Chas. Chisholm, Jas.
McDowall, Hugh Mcdowell, Robert
Murle, D. G. Mcdonald, Robert Work.
John Rylance and Co. Com'r Elias
Porter of Calvin.
Among Langdon people there will be
more than a passing interest in the
marriage at her home in Grafton of
Miss Myrtle Jackson on Wednesday of
last week, Some four years ago Miss
Jackson was one of the popular primary
grade teachers OF the Langdon city
schools. Our e%x-Langdon school marin
is now Mrs. Robert X. Grantier, at
Whitetish, Mont, where her husband
is assistant cashier in a bank.