Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-13
Iona

That was a nice little snow storm
that we had over this way on May S.
Jake Kunkle and E. C. Parker were
doing business in Iona on Saturday
last.
"Big Mike" the peddler, was in
terviewing the ladies of Iona on
Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. Montgomery, the hardware
salesman, was here during the week
TO see the local firm of Hensal & Co.
j. H. Harlan, of the Langdon firm
of Harlan & Schwartz, was over here
on Saturday last interviewing some OF
our business men.
Born-On Wednesday of last week,
the 5th inst, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdi.
nand Stamm, of this vicinity, a little
son of the regulation weight
Don't forget the celebration ir
Iona on Monday of next week,
which is to be observed by our people
as the Seventeenth of Norway.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Baker, and ].
d. Soper, MI. and Mrs. Fred Thomp.
son visited with the family of County
Auditor Eide at Langdon last Sunday.
Miss Lena Peterson had the misfor.
tune to give her hand a severe gasl
the other day while engaged in cut
ting bread for the family's morning
meal.
liver Ingdahl left this place OF
Thursdays train for a visit to his ole
home in Wisconsin,, expecting to b.
away for about two weeks. Here!
hoping that our old friend liver has /:
good time among his old Wisconsin
friends.
John Deitz and family autoed dow1
to Osnabrock and back another LON;
party to make an interesting auto tri1
recently was Dan Shelley and wife,
who during the week enjoyed a rur
south of here to Sheyenne in Eddy
county.
The Northern Produce Co.'S. egg
man was around here gathering W
hen fruit on Wednesday last. Imam.
hens had threatened to join in the
strike of the railroad men, because
they lowered the price of eggs nearly
fifty cents a case.
Mr.. Geskie, who farms the Durt
land west of Iona received a consign,
ment of nineteen head of cows OF
Saturday. He intends to plant a 10
of corn this spring and build a silo.
He is figuring on doing things up jus
about right from now on.
Banker H. F. Baker has a new as,
sistant in the bank with him these
days. The young gentleman is a Mr..
Ashman, who halls from the state O:
Wisconsin. Mr.. Ashman will no doub'
be quite a help to the Iona base bal
team as we are given to understand
that he is quite a devotee of the
national pastime.
We have been requested to announce
to those who attend Loma's celebra.
ton of the Seventeenth of May tina
the store building of the Iona Mer
camille Company will be opened fol
the purpose Of affording a resting
place for the old people and mother.
who are accompanied by young child
rem. 1t is hoped that all who are look
ing for such a convenience as this will
make use of the accommodation which
the proprietors are endeavoring t,
afford to the visitors to the town OF
this occasion.
Last week nearly every one TO
niles around was here to see the bal
game between Nekoma and Iona OF
Sunday, and of course it had to rail
after all. The game however, was
lively one and ended in a tie when tn,
game was called at the end of tn
ninth innings. To reach a completio.
of the game the boys had to play unit
they were nearly wet through, bu
the odd run was in favor of Iona
Ed. Wienecke umpired the game an
the fact that he was seer in Iona O
Monday morning showed that he ha
not given any serious offense to eithe