Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-18

expecEA t0sseeS service in France by
FebruaryB1. MI. Soule had been treas
.urer Of the McHenry county, chapter
Of the Red Cross, In which position he
ts succeeded by A. M. Berget of Gram
Vile. ~,
4 Rhame-The ladies of .Rhame met
at the Farmers State bank Monday
evening at the call Of, Laura B.
Sharp, local chairman, and organized
q Rhame unit of the Woman's. COM
mittee Of the United States council
of National Defence. !: /.
Bowman-C. c. weems. one Of the
pioneer business men Of this. section
Of North Dakota, has disposed of his
stock 70 theaBurns company of Man
dan,esNhicha Is opening q new store
tn1Mott. Mr.. Weems, was In business
town with Dickinson its fhearsSt rail
point. and he knew all. Of the early
citizens who. came in overland from
Dickinson to locate here. He has de-
.cided TO relocate somewhere on ithe'
Pacific coast. 49, -
Balfour-Fred Micklemenko, ire
turning fromSa shopping trip to Bal.
four. found his wife a suicide atitheir
Farm home. midway between this
place andSKeif. Mrs. Micklemenko
bad drawn all the blinds and locked
the door before drinking q large
unconscious when. her husband found
her, and aSdoctor who wal summoned
Immediately could not revive her. No
cause e known for her act. e.
Ia 49, y - IL ~ = s
5SlopetaGenter-P.-sN N. Marquardt,
HA~Sl1-knoBn bachelor homestsader of
this Vicinity. is suffering from badly
burned and frozen hands and feet as
a result of q desperate fight with a
midnight fire at his shack when the
Ithermometer. was thirty below. He
by the smoke and flames, almost .suf-
located and in a dazed condition,
without waiting even to draw on his
shoes, He rushed to the we'll, several
rods from the house. and with a small
tin pail began the battle which saved
his home, but which left him with q
frosted surface wherever live Goals did
not burn a blister on feet and hands.
Mandan-A movement is underway
in Mandan to organize Loyalty
League.
-@Mandan-The membership drive in
Mkndan' for the Red. Cross was start
ed.this"morning. An endeavor to Sc
cure nothing less than 1000 is the
new undertaking. A lady has been
named to solicit. on each avenue in
the city and has an assistant. The
streets will also be solicited co-opera-
lively. T. G. C. Kennedy will solicit
Iamong the railroad men.
-N'E ~ -A--L a Y>H-g WA .- "A. III
known Hannaford farmer, died in q
Fargo hospital at 6 o'clock Saturday
evening after a weeks illness from
bowel trouble. The widow and four
children survive:.t ~ :
Noonan-The Noonan coal mines
are shipping out on the average about
Twenty carloads of coal a day. The
output IL rapidly been increased and
larger shipments are anticipated ID
the near future. $3.50
Farso-Judge A. B. Guptill.s ju-
has been appointed government APP
fpeal agent for the local exemption
board Of Cass county, in lieu OF Coun-
" Treasurer John Martin. who re-
signed. ~
,Noonan-Mr Hjelmar NJ. johnson.
one*of our patriotic farmers living
northeast Of town. has taken upon
himself to: do his bit" by.donadngsto
the local branch Of the Divide county
chapter A. r. c.. = fine sixi months old
|Which WIN be raffled OF some time
( "a IVY as'si. = 49,. Is :. $50 8 II 49, i
Mhndan-Edvin b. ~ Heyer, Il 4