Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-13
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: Local! Happenings

soldier boys. See the A. o. Wold
Co. show window for appropriate gifts
Mrs. Robert McGrath who was
called here during the week by the
illness of her father, Register of
Deeds John McGauvran, left Saturday
for her home in Grand Forks.
Any skin itching is a temper test.
er. The more you scratchs the worse
it itches. Doan's Ointment is for
piles. eczema-any skin itching. 6Oc
at all drug stores.
Henry Hanson the mason and brick
layer has been making repairs to the
ornamentation and brick work of the
bell tower of St. Alphonsus church
this week.
A household remedy in America for
Is years-Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil.
For cuts, sprains, burns, scalds,
bruises. soc and Goo. At all drug
stores.
James Walker is wiring and in
stalling the electric lighting system
in the newly completed modern home
of Mrs. w. H. Row at Elkwood this
week.
One of the heaviest fields of wheat
threshed this fall in the Mt. Carmel
settlement was a crop of Macaroni
wheat on land being farmed by John
Fischer, Jr. The yield is stated as
being twenty bushels to the acre.
Attorney W. A. Mcintyre and wife
were here from Grand Forks Sun
day in their auto spending the day
at the E. E. Fletcher home and re-
newing the acquaintance of a mum.
Der of Langdon old friends.
Mrs. Fred Koehn, who was under
hospital treatment at the private
hospital in the Donovan block during
her confinement has within the week
been able to return to her home on
the Sparkling fam neal Langdon.
"Freckles" was presented at the
opera house Tuesday evening by a
company of capable players. The
play is clean and interesting,s the
parts sustained by real actors, and
the vocal selections sandwiched in
were enjoyed features. Good Show.
Mimic journal.
Rev. Bruce Jackson, now pastor of
the Baptist church and whose school
days were spent in Langdon with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. F. jackson,
has resigned the pastorate of his
church to take up work under the di.
~rection of the Y. M. C. A. at Fort
Dodge among men who compose
North Dakota's quota Of the draft.
Miss Ella Bleakley left Monday for
Grand Forks to again take up her
work as n of the corps of instruct.
ors in the conservatory of music at
Wesley college. She was accompan.
led by her sister, Miss Alma Bleakley
who is making a visit during the
week there with friends.
Mrs. Frank F. Ross has come to
Langdon within the week and during
the remainder of their Langdon stay
Capt. and Mrs. Ross are comfortably
domiciled in a suite of rooms in the
Boyd block. Their residence proper
ty at Calvin has been leased until
Mr.. Ross resumes civilian avocations
after the war.
Mrs. A. I. Koehmstedt left on Mon.
day for Rochester, Mimi, accom-
panied by her youngest daughter,
Dorothea, who has never completely
recovered from her serious illness of
early last spring. They expect to
spend a week in Rocheste: while con.
sulting doctors at the Mayo hospitals.
Hon. Otto C. Olson was in the city
Monday from Elkwood and stated al
though some of the best crop in the
county was being threshed this fall
in that section he did not expect
wheat would be found to give a high
er average than ten bushels. There
are some farms in the Elkwood settle.
ment that will not run higher than
!, five bushels to the acre.
Cashier John Sheehan took Mon.
days afternoon train forCollegeville,
Mimi, accompanied by his. son Nc
Donald Sheehan; Richard Burke, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. R. T.. Burke, and
Leonard Heating, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. Heating. All three of the
boys are this fall entering St. Johns
College, taking up the first year of
work in that school.