The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-12-31

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an extended visit with the formers
son, w. J. Evans, proprietor Of the
King George Hotel. Enroute home,
they called at the home of Mrs. N. H.
Mills, at Calgary, formerly of this
city.
F. r. Waters, teacher Of mathemat-
les in the Minot schools, who has been
precariously i'll, is reported to be con-
siderably better and his recovery is
practically certain. Mr.. Waters has
been lowering between life and death
from typhoid fever.
Turn over new leaf. Cut out your
foolish habits and portion of your
cussedness at least during the year
1915. Don't gouge anybody. Be lib
eral, pay your way, don't contract
debts that you cannot liquidate and if
you are reading any newspaper for
which the subscription is not paid,
don't do it any more. Live decent lives
and you will have Happy New Year.
E. ]. Pepke and wife returned from
Marathon City, Wis.,, their old home,
which they visited after an absence of
fifteen years. Mr.. Pepke found many
changes. Farmers are now milking
cows and the country is dotted with
fine houses, barns and silos. Mrs.
Pepke's sister, Mrs. Wilkes of Sher-
wood, who was looking after their
home in Minot, was called to her home
because her little boy suffered brok-
en- leg. ...
Ted Walsh, who Yields the razor 50
we'll at the Leland barber shop, was
born in England, but left that country
when eight years of age. He is watch
ing the progress Of the war intently
and wouldn't have minded being on
the firing line on Christmas day when
the 100000 plum buildings were dis
tributed among the English soldiers.
Howard Elliott and family of Max
bass spent the holidays with relatives
and other friends in this city. Mr..
Elliott has been in charge Of the Far
mers' elevator at Maxbass for two
years and for twelve years prior to
that he was connected with the Rob-
inson elevator in Minot. He is doing
well at Maxbass and says he. is get
ting his share of the grain.
The many friends Of Mrs. D. A. Din
ME, who returned sometime ago from
the east, where she received medical
treatment, will be pleased to know
that she is recovering, altho it will be
several months before she will again.
be in rugged health. Altho confined to
her home most of the time, Mrs. Din
ME saw that many homes were made
happy on Christmas day by sending
out no less than dozen turkeys to the
needy. 1
The Minot postoficei was a mighty
busy place just before Christmas, but
Postmaster Stenvick and his capable
force handled the work with dispatch.
Ordinarily, a ton of parcel post matter
is received daily at the Minot post
Office, but for several days prior to
Christmas, several tons were received
daily. !, It required drayman two
days to carry the sacks away from
the office, a hundred sacks at load.
C. E. DeNoon, McCoy's advertising
received big sack Of nuts
from his father who lives at Center
vile, Ia. There's the big hickory nut,
the walnut and the hazel nut galore,
which makes Mr.. DeNoon think Of his
boyhood days when he used to get out
at sun-up just after the first heavy
frost, to get his store Of nuts as they'd
come PUNK, PUNK to the ground. We
acknowledge receipt of nice sample
of them.