Courier Democrat., 1916-08-10

accompanied the C. E. Johnston
family on their return this week from
the Twin Cities.
Miss Vera Ashford, from Portland,
Ore, arrived on yesterdays passen-
ger and is making visit at the home
of her aunt, Mrs. Nicholas Irwin.
j. H. Harlan made the trip over.
land the first of the week to Bathgate,
Cavalier, St. Thomas and other points
in Pembina county attending to busi-
ness matters.
j. F. McComb, is extending his
visit here with his parents over this
week before returning to kincaird,
Sask., were he holds a position with
the international Harvester Co..
Chairman B. Z Groom, of the
republican county central committee
was the only one of the faithful from
here to take the train yesterday
afternoon to Grand Forks to hear Hon.
c. I. Hughes 'scathing arraign-
ment OF the democratic administra.
/ tion.
DR.. a. J. Backus, of Wales, ac.
companled by his brother, DR.. w. j.
Backus, of Stockton, Calf, were
Sunday visitors in the citv. Both
have recently returned from an ex-
tended trip east, during which they
have been doing post graduate work
in the large hospitals
DR.. Furman is stated as showing
some gain in strength from his severe
illness of typhoid fever which has
now had q run of over a month. Mrs.
furman Is now assisted in looking
after her husband by brother of
| the doctors who arrived from the
family home in the east this week.
announcement is made by the Non
Partisan Leader that it will start
about October first to issue seven
day week daily paper. The Daily
Leader is to be published from the
party headquarters at Fargo and is
pretty sure to put a little pep into
the wlnd-up of the political campaign
this fall.
II. G. Renfrow, of the Citizens
State Bank and L. B. Frazier, the
Ct. Northern depot agent at Wales,
were visitors in the city last evening.
The appointment Of a new p. m. to
fill the existing vacancy in the post
office at Wales is looked for at any
time. 1t is understood that MIR. Fra
Ter is one of the applicants for the Job
Thorval Thompson, aged seventy
eight years died Tuesday evening at
the home, near Elkwood. of mis-
daughter, Mrs. c. F. Erickson, with
whom he has made his home since
the death of his wife several years
ago in Minnesota. He had been in
poor health for several months and
was affected with heart trouble. The
funeral is being held this afternoon
from the Lutheran church at Elkwood.
On Thursday evening of last week
party was given at the A. l.
koehmstedt home by Misses Lorraine
and Ellenora koehmstedt, for Miss
Loretta Lee, who left the end of the
week for the home of her parents in
the southern part of the state. Some
thirty or forty of the young girl
friends of Miss Lee were there and
pleasant evening spent, refreshments
being served before the young folks
dispersed.
a. N. Brown, who joined the pitch.
ing staff of the Langdon ball team at
the time that Starkweather disbanded
left Saturday accompanied by his wife
for the Twin Cities Brown didn't
figure much in the Langdon schedule
OF games owing to chapter of ac-
cidents. 1t is understood that the
Nekoma party who ran into him with
an auto, made cash settlement and
assumed the Doctors bill that was
: incurred.
The wedding at Grand Forks last
evening at half-past seven O'Clock OF
Miss Laura Daubenberg to Mr.. VIM.
Mason Store, Of Crookston, MINI.
was an event of general interest to a
large number Of Langdon people by
whom the bride is we'll known. For
several years past Miss Daubenberg
3 has visited Langdon at each term of
district court in the capacity of Judge
kneeshaw s stenographer Miss Helen
Sanford, of this city, was among the
out of town guests at the wedding.