The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-13

A study club has been organized at
LaMoure among the women OF that
| town.
The Hunter fire department held it's
annual banquet at the Hotel Ann Inn
to which all the village officials were
invited.
l.. c. Wheeler is now in charge OF
the Candy Palace at Tower City. Mr..
| Wheeler purchased the establishment
from B. F. Hood
An. addition is being constructed to
| the livery barn at WaIcott. The new
| portion of the building will be used
| for Office purposes.
| An epidemic of whooping cough and
| grippe has been raging among the
children of Hastings and Vicinity for
the past few weeks.
Larimore now has 24-hour electric
| service. 1t was decided to start an
all time service at recent meeting
} of the village council.
A new heating plant has been in
stalled in the United Lutheran church
at Grafton to replace the one which
has done service for many years.
The Boy Scouts of Grafton are wide
awake. They advertise that they are
on duty at all times to shovel snow
from the sidewalks Of the residents of
( that town.
The Larimore Pioneer is now thirty
six years Of age. Although Editor Rich
ter absolutely refuses to divulge his
own age, he is mighty proud of the
| Pioneers age.
A business deal was closed at La
Moure whereby o. NJ. Ellison pur-
chased the interest in The LaMoure
County Abstract Co. formerly owned
by the Elliott Holbert Co.
Charles Paul, who has been an en-
ployee Of the Grafton postoffice for
many years, has gone to klamath
Falls, Ore, to accept a position and
reside there permanently.
Sara Stone, a little girl of La Moure,
is suffering from several bruises sus-
| tanned in a fall down stairs. Several
stitches were required to close the
wounds received in the fall.
William Young of Minnewaukan had
the misfortune to step into all open
stairway trap door at tho Ellis hotel,
| falling to the cellar beneath and re-
ceiving several ugly scalp wounds.
Sam Dewitt of Forbes received
severe cut over one eye and a badly
| lacerated cheek bone when a cream
| separator he was operating exploded.
Several stitches were required to close
the wounds.
!. A. kampen, county superintend-
ent of schools Of Griggs for the past
ten years, retired from Office the first
| n Knn
voluntarily as he was not a candidate
| for reelection.
Ed. Schwartz of LaMoure, was
| severely injured when kicked in the
| face by a horse. Schwartz was struck
| squarely upon one eye, bad abrasion
resulting though it is thought that the
s sts"' OF the eye VIII not De 0""as-
The Chaseley Farmers store, of
| Chaseley has been incorporated with
a capital stock Of $4,000. The officers
are: President, Joe G. Kleinsasser;
vice president, Mrs. Annie Kleinsas-
ser; secretary Jake Klein
sasser.
Mrs. Agata Grabanski of Marvel,
was examined by the insanity board
| at Grand Forks and will be sent to
| the state hospital for the insane at
Jamestown. Mrs. Grabanski is the
wife of John r. Grabanskie. a farmer
residing near Marvel.
Frank Provost, proprietor of the
new Republican headquarters" hotel
at Larimore is doing a much better
business than he had anticipated and /
he intends, in the spring to. build
two more stories over the cafe part |
which is now but one story in height. |
Fessenden is to have a new restaur- |
ant in the new brick building on !
Main street which was erected by
Hampton Lyness last fall. II. w.
Pumpkin, manager of the Rex thea
expects to be open for business about |
Feb. /.
Peter Graetz, aged 80, residing at |
Forest River. was taken before the in |
sanity commission at Grafton. The |
young man believes he is being pur-
sued. After an examination it was |
deemed best to keep him in the county |
Jail under medical observation for a |
time.
Casselton Reporter: The Western |
Union Telegraph Co. has had a bunch |
Of eighteen men headquartered here
wires from the east to the coast, re-
curing the removal of an arm on each |
pole and replacing with one of greater |
capacity.
Jerome Oppenheimer, son of Mr.. and |
Mrs. H. Oppenheimer of Wahpeton, |
received quite severe injuries while |
at play at the school grounds. Two
boys were using swing. Young OPP |
penheimer was standing near the
swing when he was struck in the fore
head, deep cash being inflicted.
Attorney and Mrs. T. H. Burke of |
Minnewaukan, left for Helena, Mont,
where Mr.. Burke was admitted to the
bar. The Burkes will make their
future home at Hardin, Mont, about
Mr.. Burke will resume the practice of |
Benson county about eight years ago
and has served as states attorney for
the past four years. >
Fessenden Free Press: At a meet
ing of the city council Monday night {
it was decided that the city hall could
resolution was also passed requiring
at the city well would be required to
pay 20 cents per month per head, and
restaurants $3.50 per month. Water
by the tank is now 81. 1t is said that
1t costs NE city almost so cents per
tank for electric power alone, the
December cost being $50. The council
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