The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-30
CITY IN BRIEF

CITY IN BRIEF
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Mr.. n Mrs. A. L.. Dewey announce
the birth of a son.
A. B. Fleckenstein is a new member
OF the Fargo Commercial club.
Engraved and embossed work Of
every description. Knight Printing Co.
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The complete shop, engraving. print
ing' blank book. knight Printing Co.
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DR.. and Mrs. C. Kachelmacher an
nounce the arrival Of a baby daughter
yesterday.
The Knight Printing Co.. has again
won a number of good contracts for
the state printing.
w. S. Davidson of Williston. cashier
Of the First National bank Of that city,
was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Sayre of Chicago, whose son is
IN the state speaking for the suffra-
gists. is at the Gardner hotel.
D. o. O'Connell of Lacrosse, one of
the leading bankers of that city.
mingled in Fargo financial circles yes
terday.
DR.. Franklin L. McVey of Grand
Forks. president of the University of
North Dakota. was a guest at the
Gardner hotel last night.
c.. M. Barber, district calesmanager
of the Morton Motor Co, of Indiana
polls, is a visitor in the city with a
view to placing an agency here.
Thomas F. Marshall of Cakes, re-
publican national committeeman of
North Dakota and former congressman
from this state, was in the city last
night at the Gardner hotel.
Mrs. Name Burke, a sister of Gov
ernor Burke will speak in Island park
this evening, just west of the Verge
land statute on Suffrage. In case OF
rain the meeting will be held in the
Civic Center.
Funeral services for the infant child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt, 1881 Seventh
avenue south, was held yesterday aft
ernoon, and interment was in River
side cemetery. Rev. O, E. McCracken
conducted the service.
Frank H. Sprague. grand master of
the North Dakota grand lodge Of
Masons, spent Wednesday in the city
in c adherence with local officials Of the
order here, including H. C. Plumley,
DR.. S. J. Hill and others.
Hugh A. Davidson of Fargo, who
has been the North Dakota state
agent for the Phoenix Fidelity Fire
Insurance Co., has been promoted to
the MANAGEMENT of the company's Of
fees at Des Moines as state agent for
Iowa.
Hundreds of autos were forced to
stay in the city last night because of
the rain. The Bal garage accommo-
dated seventy-eight cars valued at
half a million dollars. Other garages
were crowded as were those in Moor
head.
R. J. Haxby Of the local firm of
Haxby & Gillespie, was at Pillsbury
yesterday checking up the school there
for which his firm did the architecture
al work. This is a consolidated school
and a very fine modern building, cost
ing $15,800.
Sheriff McLain of Ramsey county
n E. F. Reuter-, plain clothes man
of Devils Lake, were in the city yes
terday on their way to jamestown
with Pete Peterson, a patient commit
ted to the state institution. Today the
officers went to Grand Forks to attend
the fair.
Employees Of the gas company were
engaged in locating leaks along the
gas main on Broadway and Front
street today. Their method was very
interesting. They would first insert
pipes into the ground, light them
and where they found the largest flame
there was he leak located.
George Graham, the Hanover Fire
Insurance agent for North Dakota.
who has been under h weather con-
siderably this summer, is r~ecuperating
nicely and thinks he is sufficiently re-
to take the fourth degree of the
Knights of Columbus, which is to be
conferred there in The near future.
George F. Mcpherson of Bismarck,
formerly of the editorial staff Of The
Bismarck Tribune and afterward bus
mess manager of that paper, was in
the city today on business. After his
retirement from The Tribune, Mr.. NC
Pherson occupied a place in the. Offices
of the commissioner Of agriculture
and labor for a time. He is now In
business for himself.
Rev. Thomas J. Graham. D. D..
pastor Of the First Presbyterian
church, will fill his pulpit again next
Sunday as usual. He Is expected to
return from his trip to Indiana TO-
morrow. or Saturday. DR.. Graham was
called to Richmond to preach the
funeral sermon over the remains of q
former parishioner there. While n
Indiana he enjoyed a brief visit witt
his father.
John F~reyberger of LaMoure is bus-
lily engaged on the work of the North
Dakota food product exhibit at the
Panama exposition at San Francisco
next year. One of the features of the
exhibit will be a series of pictures typi-
cal of North Dakota farm life. The
cooperation of every farmer Is solicit
ed by Mr.. Freyberger to make this a
great exhibit that will be one of the
most attractive at the great fair.
The Masonic lodge at Dunseith, N.
D., which has been furnished by the
North Dakota grand lodge of Masons
and the North Dakota n grand
chapter Of the Eastern Star. Is report
ed to be in use. 1t Is for tubercular
patients at the state home and has
been built and furnished entirely by
these Masonic bodies. 1t Is a great
achievement to Free Masonry in this
state and every Mason should be