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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-18
Fred Thompson visited with friends
at Fairdale on Monday, returning here
the following day.

Fred Thompson visited with friends
at Fairdale on Monday, returning here
the following day.
The dance held in the hall here
Friday night of last week was a COM
plete success in every way, there
being a nice crowd and a good time
for everybody.
Henry Watson, who was visiting
with his uncle, ]. D. Soper, received
word during the past week that his
father at the family home in Saska-
toon had met with an accident in
which several of his ribs were broken.
The sad event necessitated his return
there at once.
Last Tuesday night the members of
the Woodman camp of Iona had a
social session after they had disposed
of the routine business of the evening.
1t had been gotten up in the form of
a goodbye party to Neighbor Eide,
who will be leaving US soon to move
to Langdon and take up his new
duties there at the court house.
Mrs. Agnes Fast returned to Iona
on Saturday and went out to the C.
M. Lane farm, where she will again
take charge of the housekeeping. Mr..
Lane, who has been visiting with
friends in Illinois and Missouri during
the present winter is expected back
here sometime within the coming
week.
Mrs. Fred Thompson entertained
the ladies of Iona last Friday after
noon, also a number of the younger
people in the evening in honor of Mrs.
Ole j. Eide, who will soon be leaving
our midst to take up her residence in
Langdon with Mr.. Eide, who is short
ly to take up the duties of the office
of auditor of Cavalier county, to
which position he was elected by a
majority of the voters at the election
of last fall.
On Monday the passenger trains
were both late and had to ''buck'
through the deep cuts between Thief
River Fall and Kenmare. When it
was known that the train was at last
coming to Iona some of the ladies
went down to the depot to see chow
it was done" and they saw, that is
after they were able to get their eyes
open again, that the snow pillow GER
tainly was there with the goods when
it came to "bucking'' snow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-18
MOWBR RAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Borho have tax
en- apartments in the Donovan flats
for the winter.
E. j.. Donovan spent the weekend
at Langdon on a combined business
and pleasure mission.
Albert Fritz entertained a few of
his many friends at a stag party Tues
day evening at his residence on First
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Docksteader of
the American hotel entertained at a
six O'Clock dinner Sunday in honor of
ST. Valentines day.
A pleasant time was enjoyed by all
at a pre-Lenten dance given Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. John
Boesl, near Mt. Carmel.
It's officially reported that the Now
bray commercial club has made Mr..
Borho a very 1attering offer to start
a blacksmith shop here in the spring.
Nick Kartes, one of Mowbray's
many prosperous farmers and a broth
er of Mat Kartes, has been suffering
the past ten days from a very severe
injury inflicted by the kick from a
horse.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-18
Iona

Fred Thompson and the boy were
visiting at Alsen between trains on
Friday.
Mr., and Mrs. Ole Carlson spent a
few days here last week visiting with
the parents of Mrs. Carlson.
VIM. Shelly and Ed. Wienecke
shipped two cars of hogs to the St.
Paul market on Friday of last week.
Chris. Keil, who has been a resi-
dent of this section of the county for
a number Of years past, is reported as
being quite i'll.
Miss Edna Merriam of Hampden
was here during the week making a
visit with her sister, Mrs. Fred
Thompson, remaining over Sunday.
Co. Supt. Reher, accompanied by
his wife and brother-in-law were in
Iona on Monday. They were on their
way to Alsen for a short visit, Mr..
Reher stopping here to make an Off
clal visit at u school.
There was quite a number of farm
ers IN town on Monday to attend the
farmers meeting, at which interesting
talks were made by Field Agents Haw
and Kristjansen, of the better farming
movement. ..sl.
Here in Iona St. Valentines Day,
1915, will be remembered as the day
on which the biggest elbow was
experienced along the line of stormy
weather during the winter of 1914-15
to date, and it certainly was a
'corker' while it lasted.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-18

DRESDEN

There was a large attendance at the
service held | in the Catholic church
Wednesday.
Word was received by Rev. Bier
wagon that his little girl, who is in
the hospital in Grand Forks, is much
worse and he took the train for that
point Monday.
Pete Perius of Mt. Carmel was
doing business in Dresden Tuesday.
His CHEEKY face, like a ray of sun
shine, is ever welcome and we hope
he will come often. His many friends
are glad to see him around again
after his accident.
A wedding took place yesterday
afternoon at the home of VIM. Sbach,
Rev. Hubbard of Langdon officiating,
the contracting parties being Miss
Anna S~chneekloth and Mr.. Thomas d.
Mcdonald, both we'll known in the
community. We hope to give parti-
culars of the wedding in our next
issue.
Mr.. P. Peirus is visiting at the
Dawson residence for a few days. Mr..
Perius has been suffering considerably
with rheumatism coupled with his
broken leg and his many friends had
concluded that the bracing air and
salubrious climate of Dresden would
considerably aid in securing his COM
plete recovery, and there is every
reason to believe that their expecta-
tons will be fully realized.
Winter and Spring
It's winter now but spring will bios
som soon,
And flowers will lean to the embrace
ing air,
And the young buds will vie with
them to share
Each zephyre's soft caress; and when
the moon
Bends her new silver bow, as if to
fling
Her arrowy lustre through some va
por's wing,
The streamlets will return the glance
of night
From their pure giided mirrors set by
spring
Deep in rich frames of clustering
chrysolite,
Instead of winters crumbled sparks
of white.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-18
NO DIFFERENCE
The Proof is Found Here in Langdon the Same
as Everywhere Else

For those who seek relief from
kidney backache, weak kidneys, blad-
der ills, Doan's kidney pills offer hope
of relief and the proof is here in Lang
don the same as every where. Lang
don people have used Doan's and they
recommend Doan's, the kidney remedy
used in America for fifty years. Why
suffer; why run the risk of dangerous
kidney ills-fatal Bright's disease ?
Here's Langdon proof; investigate it.:
"Some years ago l had kidney
trouble and a lame back" says Mrs.
John Crawford of Langdon. "Doan's
kidney pills cured me. l haven't had
any need of a remedy since. The en-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-18

summers wood. The only drawback
is that since the storm of Sunday the
roads have been badly drifted and
make leaning heavy.
Monday night the young folks of
Mt. Carmel had quite an enjoyable
time at the home of Frank Fischer.
Seeing it was one of the last events
of the kind to occur before the begin
ming of Lent the attendance included
nearly all the young people of the
settlement. =,
The health of Father Rabensteineck
still continues to be very unsatisfac-
tory, both to him and to his parishio-
ners, the latter having been hoping
for the past month that he would be
around again before this. Owing to
the condition of their pastor the peo-
pie were we'll satisfied to have low
mass celebrated at the services held
last Sunday.
F. x. Hoffarth, who has been
spending the past couple of months in
avisit at the home of his aged mother
back in eastern Ontario, returned to
Mt. Carmel or Monday, this week.
He states that business in all lines is
quieter at this time than has been
experienced there within the recollec-
ton of the oldest settlers. Since
early last fall business has been prac-
tically at a stand still both in eastern
and western Canada.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-18

There was a large attendance at the
service held in the Catholic church
Wednesday.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-18
MT. CARMEL

Victor Koehmstedt and Henry Hof-
farth drove over to Dresden on We'd
nesday of1Flast week and, during a
short stay there were guests at the
home of ]. ]. Bimler.
Tony Hutton has been taking ad-
vantage of the fine weather the past
couple of weeks since the cold spell tc
get busy and look after hauling his
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-18

speakers here to talk on the various
topics of interest on the farm were
Prof. and Mrs. Randlett, of the state
agricultural college at Fargo, and
Messrs McMarren and Larson, both
prominent agriculturalists from the
state of Wisconsin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-18

One way to relieve habitual consti-
patton is to take regularly a mild
laxative. Doan's regulets are recon-
mended for this purpose. Csc a box
at all drug stores.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-18

dorsement l gave Doan's kidney pills
some years ago still holds good"
Mrs. Crawford is only one of the
many Langdon people who have CRATE
fully endorsed Doan's kidney pills; if
your back aches; if your kidneys both
er you, don't simply ask for a kidney
remedy-ask distinctly for Doan's
kidney pills, the same that Mrs.
Crawford had-the remedy backed by
home testimony; SOC all stores. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Props. Buffalo N. Y.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-27

1t is the same with other wares. The
cheapest things are so put up that they
cost a great deal There are no Cheap
John shops with pinchbeck jewelry
such as one finds at Atlantic City. The
goods are displayed for the rich, and
that so as to show that price is no OBJ
Ject. In fact, there are no marked
prices in any of the shops, and You are
expected to pay what is asked. Every
thing for sale on the Rambla is high,
and the purses OF the visitors are long.
Is Beautiful Spot.
The walk along the RambIa is in full
view of the sea. You look over the bill
lows of the southern Atlantic as they
roll in on the sand. and between YOU
and the ocean are hundreds of booths
or tents rooted with canvas. These are
filled with people who sit and chat and
have little tea parties in sight of the
surf. There are children playing out
side the tents, and down in the ocean
are bathers by hundreds, who roll about
in the water Just as at our own seaside
resorts. Indeed the views on the beach
are not very different from those of
our seashOres. Both sexes go bathing
together, and in this land from where
the tango sprang the people are de-
voted to pleasure. They get their fun,
however, in more refined way than we
do The seaside has none of the crazy
costumes or loud dressing of our sea-
side resorts. The bathing suits are
usually of black or dark blue, and they
are modest of cut There is no loud
dressing either on the promenade or on
the beach, and on the beach as rule
the groups are either family parties. or,
if bathing, are composed of only one
sex.
The dressing rooms are under the
esplanade, and the bathers walk
through the crowds in the tents down
to the ocean. Along the shore are
racks of towels, and the bather wipes
off his face, arms and feet when he
comes out.
The chief bathing hours are from 10
to Il in the morning. In the afternoon
You will seldom see any one in the
water, and at that time and in the eve
ming there are many strolling up and
down the Rambla anxious to show their
fine clothes and to see and be seen
Crowds SmartIy Dressed.
The crowds on the RambIa are worth
seeing. 1 know of no place where You
can meet so many fine looking. well
dressed people at one time. The clothes
Of the men look as though they had
just come out of the shop, and the
shoes. stockings, necktie and suit of
each prOmenader match in color The
women have Paris gowns and there are
scores of dresses that cost a hun
dred dollars and upwarfd apiece, not
withstanding by the fashionable cut
they scarce touch the shoetOps. There
are hats that would be cheap at $50
apiece, and under them you may see
jewels galore.
These Argentine girls know how to
wear their fine clothes. and the most
of them are wonderfully beautiful They
have dark, liquid eyes, long black hair
and clear COmpIeXiOns the color Of cream.
Most Of them are well formed. They
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-27

even dance with another man. but I
had dozen romantic adventures in
which L INDUCED myself-iust silly fir
IauOns when man plays at making
love for the sheer amusement of the
game.
-Oh I did the usual fool stunts that
so many other married men do-Opened
VINE Tor chorus girls and complained
about the size Of the baby's milk bill:
sent flowers and presents to other
women, and forgot my wifes birthday
Went on joy rides, and had midnight
Suppers at roadhOuses with crowds that
WhOoped things up until almost day.
and then went home as cross as a bear
when my wife spoke to me about
the way ] was doing I accused her Of
belng jealous. and demanded to know
if she thought that 7 intended to be
always tied to her apron strings
Furthermore, I informed her that in
tended TO preserve my own personal
liberty. and do as 1 chose without Civ
ing any account to her, and I also in
formed her that after my hard days
work I needed the relaxation of some
gayer amusement than sitting around
home with her and the kids.
Would you like to see me go about
to parties with other men. and take
midnight rides with other men in their
automobiles she asked me, with a Gu
rious look in her eyes. Il could, you
know" she added
" Certainly I wouldn't stand for it I
cried notify. You're woman and my
WAes ana 1 expect you 10 remem Der
that It's different with a man.
" oh. I don't know. We are both
human, she said. If it We're not for
the children 1 should amuse myself
quite as well as you do. But their
mothers name must be kept blame
less
Finally there came a time when one
of the children suddenly sickened and
died, all in a few hours. I had gone
mat night win a registering crowd to
dance, while my wife was alone
lighting with death for the child's life.
Ihey telephOned everywhere for me,
out could not find me, and when / came
home in the morning white Grape was
huttering from my door and my little
son was dead
My grief and shame and unavafl-
ing regret brought me up with a sharp
turn On my knees I repented and
begged my Wifes forgiveness, never
doubling that a woman could forgive
all and wipe a husbands transgres-
sions from her mind as one wipes off
a slate.
Everything will be all right now.
shall never leave you again I said.
We VIII be happy as we were at first
She smiled a smile that was sadder
than tears
You think that our being happy rests
all with YOU, she said. that you can
come back home when YOU are tired Of
others and take your old place in my
heart and life, What do you think L
have been thinking and feeling2 oh, no
You yourself shut the door, and the
door of a woman's heart. once shut.
never opens again. Men make many
but the greatest mistake they
ever make is i'm thinking they can come
back to their wives.
And then I knew that through my
own folly I had lost the only woman
L ever really loved
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-27
Why My Wife Left Me
The Husband Who Had Two Codes of Morals Tells His StOr
By DOROTHY DIX

- ant man n.y. because did not un-
derstand that what is sauce for
the gander is sauce for the goose.
Also because L put a sublime and child
like faith in the comfortable masculine
theory of woman's abnormal power TO
forgive any kind OF. treatment that
man hands out to her. and to go on low
ing him still.
Il started out my married life with
a very strict moral code for my wife
and a lax one for myself. L thought
a great deal about her duty to me and
very little about my duty to her She
was to be like Caesars wife. but I
was to be as much of a rounder as
pleased She was to always meet me
with a glad sweet smile-whenever I
chose to come home.
of course, that kind of matrimonial
platform is accepted by some women,
but they are either poor spirited crea-
lures or else they are financially de-
pendent on the husbands that force
then into such d contemplate position
They endure the situation because they
lack the courage to assert themselves
and fight back, or because the husband
means meal ticket to them, and they
can't afford to quarrel with their bread
and butter.
unfortunately for me, my wife be-
longed to neither class. She has as
brave and intrepid a spirit as was ever
housed in human body, and she had
quite enough money of her own to
make her Independent of me for her
support. And, incidentally, I should
like to remark right here that one of
the reasons that so many men object to
women ging into gainful pursuits is be-
cause they recognize that we men
would have to treat our wives better
when they became financially indie
pendent. The only reason that women
stand for many things from men that
they do stand for is because, if they
get up and leave their unfaithful or
brutal husbands, they've got no place
to go, no way of making a living.
However, so far as the money
question is concerned, it cut no figure
in the wreck of our happiness. 1 was
never a tightwad. and my wife was one
Of the women who would have gone
out to scrub rather than make a pro-
fession of matrimOny Our trouble came
from the fact that ] believed that the
bonds of matrimony should all be worn
by the wife and the husband go free.
"Of course. when / married 1 was
desperately in love with my wife. I am
still Underneath everything that L
have ever done. there has always been
the real abiding love in my heart that
man has for, the woman who is his
real mate, and whom he respects as !
Began to Get Restless.
But after we had been married
fey years and life had settled down
into humdrum domestically 7 began to |
get restless, to pine for adventure and /
thriIls-and I began to hunt up diver /
sions, as a man viii under such cir |
cumstances, outside of the home
1T made me furious for my wife to ]
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-27

FAR DEL PLATA, Argentina, Feb
MI 27-C0me out of the ice and
4 4 snow into the sunshine and take
a look at the great seaside resort of
the Argentine as it is in the midst
of your winter. This country is lar
south OF the equator. and IL has its
dog DAYS of semi tropical heat when
the United States is covered with ice.
It's summer is in the heart Of our win
Ter and Just now the rich have letI
the hot winds of BuenOs Aires, Rosario
and Cordoba TO bask in the cool breezes
of the south Atlantic ocean at Mar del
Mar del Plata is the Long Branch, the
New port and Bar Harbor Of this part
OF the world. It is situated 24O miles
south of Buenos Aires on one of the
finest ocean strands of the world The
CITY lies i'm a little depression, or val
lev with high. ground all around IL.
The high lands are covered with mag
nificent villas, and upon them IS a
wide boulevard, where you may rae
many miles in your automobile view
ing the ocean The town has fine
houses magnificent hotels and a club
that cost close to a million dollars 1t
has extensive golf grounds, race
course. where meetings are held almost
daily and an open camp, where they
shoot pigeons. At the various cluDs
there are tables for playing roulette
and other such games and in the Ca
sino YOU may lose small fortune IL
Won care. to bet on the turn of the
wheel.
Mar del Plata has a business section
reinforced concrete and the same
material is used in most OF the houses
and clubs and hotels Altogether the
pIaca locks as substantial as did the
snas of Belgium and France before this
terrible war, and it would be considered
a beautiful city if it could be dropped
down into any part of our country.
Not Like American Resorts.
And still it is nothing like any of our
seaside resorts and many Of the ar
rangements are such that they might
he copied with profit Mar del Plata
is a town Of milliOnaircs and it is built
like a series of palaces. Take "Ihe
RambIa~ or wide promenade upon
which the people stroll back and forth
as at Atlantic City or Asbury PARK
Tho two latter resorts have board
walks with shacks, shanties and mis-
ceIlaneous tumble of buildings splendid
and mean scattered along them.
The Rambla is Of artificial stone
built in the shape Of an ancient Greek
temple with an esplanade running for
about a mile around the chief bathing
quarter The temple is perhaps 80 or
a. feet high. 1t is a combination of
Moorish and Greek architecture and 1t
runs I'm the shape Of half moon
ground a stretch of beautiful sand. 1t
has a magnificent entrance of stone
uDheId by stone columns, and YOU pass
through a grove of columns on to the
esplanade, which is high over the
beach This forms the chief walk
ing place of the great summer crowd.
1t is very wide and is bordered by a
stone balustrade fit for the palace OF
a king.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-27

, At the back of this promenade is a
long arcaded structure about IL feet
wide backed by the stores. This is
about 20 feet high. 1t is paved with
porcelain tiles and it runs around the
whole esplanade from one end to the
other. The esplanade outside is 80 or
40 feet wide. At the ends of the ar
cades and in the middle are mosque
like domes of stained glass that blaze
with electric lights during the even
ings, and in the front of the stores is
another promenade upheld by magnifi
cent columns At the back of the latter
are the plate glass windows of the
shops, which compare taVOraDly with
the best in Paris. New York or London.
The most of the goods are shown in
the windows and walking along the
corridor is like going through the
treasure vaults of a king Indeed /
doubt whether there is a richer place
upon earth. in proportion to its pOpula-
ton, than this little city. The most of
its Inhabitants are millionaire Argen-
tinOs, including rich estancierOs who
own thousands of acres and who feed
their tens of thousands of cattle and
horses.
Goods Are Modern.
I wish I could show you the shops on
the Rambla. 1t would remove from
your minds any idea that South Ameri-
ca is a part of the backwoOds of the
world, and, therefore, fitted to be a
market for the scrap and waste of our
United States factories 1t would show
YOU that the people demand the best Of
everything that is made and that they
have the money to pay for all that they
want In these shops are exhibited the
latest models of fashions from Paris.
The millinery displays have hats that
cost no ends of dollars and in the jew
eiry shops are diamonds and pearls so
set that a single ornament would cost
a kings ransom.
7 have never seen more magnificent
jewelry In one window they have
diamond tiaras and collars of emeralds
and diamonds: in another there are
solitaireS as big as the nail of my
size of marrowfat peas. There are
also emeralds and rubies of wonderful
beauty and many new creations in
combinations of precious stones. Some
of the collars are made of emeralds
and diamonds. in which the emeralds
run in a row through the center with
diamonds Of pure water above and
below. There are sapphire and ruby
collars made the same way and won
derful knots of diamonds and bracelets
and brooches of the cOstliest stones.
There are four or five shops of this
kind on the Rambla, and nearly all are
branches of the large jewelry estab-
lishments of BuenOs Aires, Paris and
London.
There are candy establishments in
which the boxes Of confectionery are
displayed in baskets so beautifully in
laid that one may give his sweetheart
a present worth many dollars, although
the contents are only sweets. Some of
the candy is imported from Paris, and
the boxes are of ivory. of embossed
leather work. and of satin and silk.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-27
..NIAnE IN Ell. pAsny

One dollar spent at home is equal to
$40 put into circulation as against the
dollar sent out of town. whether it be
the banker or the man with the pick,
every one benefits by the development
of home industries and the building up
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-27

The ordinary cost OF a rant Ad in
The Ell Paso Herald is % centa It
reaches an average Of about 5000
readers each issue.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-27
Mar Del Plata Is Newport of the
Argentina; Has Splendid Promenade

City Rich;
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-27
By
Frank G. Carpenter

Copyright, 1915, by Frank
G. Carpenter.)