The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean., 1918-10-02

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During the fire at Weaver last Fri
day evening c. Cardinal Of that vii
lage had the misfortune to fall and
break one of the fingers of his right
hand.
Mrs. K. B. Williams avs passen-
ger to Lawton Tuesday morning where
she attended the wedding of two OF
her friends.
Spontaneous combustion was the
cause of a disastrous fire at Weaver
last Friday evening. The fire started
with a loud explosion which awokc
everyone in town and q crowd soon
gathered. The blaze started in the St.
Anthony and Dakota elevator, and
soon spread to the other elevator
which was quite near. In spite Of all
that the town people could do both el-
evators and q good share Of their con-
tents were completely destroyed or
damaged by flame and smoke. There
has been a~crew of men at work all
week in an effort to save as much of
the grain as possible. A large coal
shed with several hundred tons of coal
was also burned.
DR.. A. E. Elliott of Milton and Mr..
and Mrs J. A. Elliott and family of
Fargo are spending a few adys here
looking after business matters and
visiting with friends. ]. ).
Mesdames T. L. Potts Of Ct. Falls,
Montana. and j. C. Elliott of Denver,
Colo, are spending few days here
the guests Of Mrs. Ed. Losee.
Fire which is said to have been OF
an incendiary origin totally destroyed
the Bartel hardware store and ware
house at Alsen last Thursday night.
The blaze gained such rapid headway
and spread so rapidly that it was in.-
possible to save any of the contents Of
either building. The Bartel company
are heavy losers as they carried big
stock, q good bit Of which recently ar-
rived, and upon which they had % ~
no insurance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Y. A. Nelson were the
guests Of friends at Mylo Sunday max.
ing the trip by auto.
Ray Irons of, Starkweather was bust.
ness caller in the village Monday.
A. N. Haugen and family autoea t.
Starkweather Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. ]. L. Trublood and family o:
Brocket were here Monday evening tn.
guests Of Mrs. o. z. Berg.
The Y. A. Nelson family narrowl.
escaped losing their home by fire Mon
day noon. It seems the roof caugh
fire from a defective chimney and hat
gained nice headway when discovered
Hrs Nelson avs alone at the tim,
and had it not been for the fact tha
EI1Ar. Mcdonald happened along an.
fclimed on the roof with a pail of wate
the Nelson house and the Mcdonald
home would have gone up in smoke.
I Prof. Jos. Schultz was q busines,
caller at Lakota between trains Sat
urday.
Several auto loads Of Hampden peo
pie motored to the Lake last Wednes
day evening to see the train load O.
war trophies and to hear the patriotic
addresses and the. Mreat Lakes Ma
val band. They all report very in
teresting evening and an enormous
crowd in attendance. The object o
the train Of curios was to boost tn
sale Of the 4th Liberty Loan, and diudg
/, ing from the enthusiasm shown ~ 10
J cal people we are certainly skoin6 h
20 over the top and clear into Berlin
A large number Of friends of p,
| and Mrs. A. K. Blair gathered at I'll
hall Saturday evening ii q farewell
surprise. The Blairs expect to lev
some time the latter part Of thhe Neell
for Winnipeg whore they win nfa1r
their home in the future. They hay
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