Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-12-23

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took yesterdays train from here for
a visit through the holidays and part
of the winter with friends and a num-
Der of relatives at Montreal.
William Thorn and wife where in
town Monday from their farm north
of Mt. Carmel, bringing with them
one of the younger members of the
family requiring medical attendance.
Peter P. Schneider of Wales, was
a through passenger on Mondays
south bound train to Mildmay, Ont,
where he will spend the holiday sea-
son in a visit with relatives and old
friends.
DR.. E. j.. Hughes, of the dental
firm of Drs. Smith & Hughes, was
among the departing passengers Mon
day, taking the afternoon train for a
visit until after the holidays at his
home at Mimic.
"Geordie' Fisher vas a north bound
passenger Monday to Hannah, from
which point he crosses the line to
Deloraine, Man., where he will make.
a visit through the holidays at the
home of an uncle and aunt.
In the past week the Democrat has
received its line of German Kalen-
dars for 1916. We have only been
able to secure some of the lines car
ried in former years and the stock IS
a small one. If you want n better
get it now.
John Lindsay, who since leaving
home a couple of years ago has be-
come we'll established on a half Sec
ton of land in eastern Montana, is
among the number of Christmas week
arrivals, coming in on Mondays train
from Poplar, Mont.
Tomorrow, Friday, evening the
children of the Sunday school of the
Presbyterian church have their Christ
mas tree entertainment, when a suit
able program of exercises will be
rendered and gifts presented to child
rem attending the school.
William Ferguson, who has been
looking after the collections of the
Mahon- Robinson Land and Lumber
Co. during the fall season, took Tues.
days train to the Twin cities, where
he will visit over the holidays with
his sister, Mrs. Wayne Eddy.
Father McArdle states that services
will be held Christmas morning at St.
Alphonsus church at five, sever and
ten O'Clock, at which music appro-
pirate to the occasion will be a
feature. There will also be devo-
tional services in the evening at half
past seven.
E. H. Durbin, who spent most of
the crop growing season here giving
personal attention to his Cavalier
county farming interests, left Friday
for the home of his family at Orange,
CAL, but expects to be back here
when activities start again in
the spring of 1916.
Mrs. John Schwan and daughter,
Mamie, returned Monday to their
home at Dresden after making a stay
of a week here nursing Mrs. John
Bim]er, mother of Mrs. Schwan, who
has been quite seriously i'll and under
the care Of a doctor, suffering from
an attack of lagrippe.
Early Friday morning the local
government thermometer registered
fifteen degrees below zero, making a
new cold weather record for the
present winter. The mild weather
which has since prevailed has evident
ly added to the number of cases of
lagrippe in the community.
The MCLAUGHLIN & Stranger garage
reports the booking of advance orders
for spring delivery in 1916 which to
date shows a better business than
either the spring of the past year or
that of a year ago. In addition to
their Buick and Maxwell lines they
have also the local agency for the
Interstate and Kissel cars.
l.. A. Weed, the Hannah insurance
man, who has written policies for the
New York Life in Cavalier and sur
rounding counties for the past fifteen
years, remembered a number of his
Langdon friends with calendars for
1916 that have an artistic merit which
cannot otherwise than meet with ap-
probation. m
Morris Orion who is now engaged
in the hotel business at Red Deer,
Alta, arrived on yesterdays train
coming home to spend the Christmas
and New Year in a visit with his
father and mother Mr.. and Mrs. &C.
Orion. Since leaving Langdon about
three years ago to embark in business
at Red Deer, Alta, Messrs M. Orton
and N. F. Charter have developed in