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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-06-20
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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12

nedy, who was able to leave TIE
family she had been nursing and
come to them in the time of their
great need.
In the death of Pierre Corriveau,
this community loses one of its Oldest
and foremost citizens and he will be
sadly missed by US all. He leaves
to mourn his going hence besides his
wife, three daughters and two sons !:
The daughter MissVivian and the two
sons, Ernest and Richard are living
at home. the other two married
daughters residing at Neche and in
Saskatchewan. The old friends and
neighbors of the family also JOIN in
extending their deepest sympathy in
the loss which has befallen them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
Second Outbreak at Milton

Milton it would appear is exper-
iencing a second outbreak of the iI-
fuenza epidemic this week. Two
deaths were reported to have &C.
cured in that vicinity in the twenty ..
four hours preceding Sunday, and
Health Officer DR.. Mcqueen, has
again placed the ban on the town,
prohibiting public gatherings of all
kinds. Originally the outbreak in
Milton was considered as being lom.
paratively mild as compared III
other towns over the county, IL
holding of public services had been
resumed, schools opened and the
town shaping itself for the events of
the holiday season. Now the lid has
been clamped down tight. Other
towns can take warning and go Glow
in urging the local health officers to
let up on the enforced regulations
which are somewhat irksome with
the approach of the season of festi
vity. The risk is one which endan-
gers the life and will therefore cause
the prudent to halt and count the cost
before assuming the responsibility in
volved.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
Conl'r R. B. Laing
Urges Monument
He Would Give Our Soldier
Dead Lasting Tribute of
Supreme Sacrifice

Cavalier county soldier boys
never had truer or bigger hearted,
friend to leave behind them when
they left for the war than" Bob
Laing, of Milton, and the enthu-
iastic way.i in which he approves and
urges the carrying through to compile
tion of the plans for the erection of
monument for Cavalier county
soldiers who have fought and died
in the great war for democracy is
shown in the following letter which
has reached the Courier Democrat
during the week.
Editor Courier-D amocrat:-
Having seen in your paper that you
are agitatilg movement toward the
erection of monument for our dead
heroes of the worlds war. Our boys:
who have died SINCE entering the ser.
vice of this country, allow me to say
that I certainly join with you in the.
effort to bring this movement to q.
successful issue. 1t is a fact that
none will ignor that we shonld note
in some lasting and tangible form
the great sacrifice that these boys Of
ours, who will not "come marching
home,' have made for US.
In reviewing what has been done
to keep the home fires burning
and to back up the boys in their vic
torious fight we have a record tc
show those who return that we were
with them. To these who have died
and their glorious deeds. ever there,
there should be lasting moLum snt
and tribute to the supreme sacrifice
that they have made for home and.
country. Now don't leave the job
half done. Let US erect a memorial
of same kind for the poor fellows who
have fought, died and given their
lives in freedoms 8 cause 50 nobiy.
Y Yours. Most Sincerell-.x7,
R. B. Eaing,
Co. Com'r Fourth District.
Milton, N. D., Dec. 6, 1918.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
Lebanon Lodge New Officers

The annual election of new officers
of Lebanon lodge, A. F. & A. M,
held in the Masonic temple during
the past week resulted in the naming
of the fIllowing who will be installed
for the ensuing year:
w. Henry Albrecht.
S. W.-James Mirehouse.
]. W.-William McDowall
Secretary-Willim Stevenson.
Treasurer. Robert Meiklejohn.
Trustee. Hugh McDowall.
At the regular communication to
DO use1 ee F-sday evening of ssthis
week as large an attendance of mem.
bers as can possibly be there is urged
as there will be business of import-
ance to be taken care of.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12

Joseph Diemert Barnes county
resident, from near Sanborn, ND -,
spent few days of last week with
Langdon and Mt, Carmel friends.
He is relative of both the Schneider
and Schwrtz families here in Langdon
and states that Langdon's experience
with the flu epidemic was not nearly
so severe as that around Valley City
j jamestown and other towns of that
part of the state. Mr.. Diemert
mourns the death of his wife aud a
sister due to the disease in the past
few weeks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
Auction Sale at Alsen Dec. 10

On Thursday, Dec. 18th, Auc.
tloneer Kieffer expects to close his
long list of fall auction sales with a
sale of live stock at the E. Charron
farm, four and one half miles north
east of Alsen, on what is known as
the Crimson farm. Twenty.four head
will be plsc ID on sale at this time,
including four milch cows, nine head
of two and three year, ssoldsheifers,
eleven spring calves and one first
class grade bull. See bills for par
ticulars
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
United WAR WORKERS PLEA
TO 0EL|NQUENTS IS URGENT

The Unlted war work campaign in
Olga township is still on. If, when
the so!icitor came round you did not
give the full quota shown on the list
opposite your name, send the lance
IN to the committee at Olga. Each
member OF this committee has given
as much it not more than you as
we'll as doing the work necessary
for this campaign in Olga township.
Surely you are not going to give
them the eAtrs trouble to call en- you
again. And the five or ten dollars
that you are Withholding will never do
you any good for it belongs to this
fund and not to you The actual fight
ing may De over but lot of the
work remains to be done. Had this
war lasted another year or two it
would have meant many billions of
dollars to be raised by liberty loans
and taxation and you would have had
your share to pay. Are you going
, back on the boys who forsed the Huns
t. quit and will you deny these same
boys the comforts they are in such
great need of after they hive suffered
wounds and should they be called
upon to make the supreme sacrifice
will you refuse to do all or par t
of your share to have somebody at
their side to receive their last dy-
ting words and give them the loving
care of friend? If not you must
help to support the different as.
sociatlons that are doing this work
What if it should cost you from five
TO twenty five dollars which yol
have been assessed according to youl
aneans. We must raise 81, 500 il
Olga township and if you refuse tt
pay ali or part Of yolr amount we
shall be that much short, all through
your fault There is ro one else t,
pay for yuu, as all have their ow!
share to pay. Now, even if yo1
have emily held back dollar sem
it in and We will then be able t
raise our full amount of $500
otherwise it will be impossible
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
Harvey Church Under Ban

Pastor Foley announces that there
will be the usual order of services at
the M. E. church in this city on
Sunday. The seven O'Clock meet
ing of the Epworta League, preceding
the evening service will be led by
Prof. Bonar, the super iatendeat of
the schools. There will be no services
II the Harvey Center church OF
Sunday, owing to tile number of
cases cf the influenza which Health
Officer DR.. W. w. Mcqueen finds
to exist in that neighborhood.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
Bis hops Visit Here Postponed

There will be 10 services at the
Church of Our Saviour on Sunday
next, the 18th i..st, as the rector,
Rev. C. P. Drew. has been called to
another point On that day. There
will however, be services the follow
ing Sunday, the 22nd inst. On this
latter date the Right Reverend Bis
hop John Poyntz Tyler, D. D :, will
visit the misrion for the purpose of
bestowing upon cacd dates the apos-
tolic rite of conf1 mation and to con-
suit with the congregation upon their
recent appeal to him for a resident
rector.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
Another Comfy
Landmark Dead
Early Pioneer of Thirty-Six
Years Ago Mourned In
Olga Settlement

Wednesday, November 18th, at his
home, two miles northeast of olga,
Pierre Corriveau passed quietly away
after short illness of only four
days. The funeral took place on
Friday morning from the. Catholic
church of Olga, Rev. Father Mahleu
officiating. The remains were laid to
rest in the cemetery adjo ining the
ch urch, and although almost every
family in the neighborhood was
down sick with the influenza, tkere
were many of his old friends and
neighbors at the grave to show
their esteem for the deceased
Pierre Corriveau. was born at
Notre Dame, in the Province of
Quebec on the 18th of March. 1848.
AT tn e age of eighteen he went to
Montreal, where he stayed for fifteen
years, working at his trade as a
carpenter and cabinet maker. At
the age of twenty-seven, on January
19. 1875, he was married to Lea
Renaud, To this union eleven
children were born, of whom five are
still living. In 1879, he moved
with his family to what is now Carmen
City, Manitoba, but at that time
was nothing more than the virgin
prairie. There he filed on home
stead and lived for three years. In
1882, he came to Cavalier county,
purchased his present home from the
Indians then living on the place and
by hard work and thrift during the
past thirty-six years has made for
himself one of the best farm homes
to be found in eastern Cavalier
county. Although seventy years of
age and not as able to get around as
eome of his younger neighbors. still
he took quite an active part in the
care of his farm work. which he
thoroughly enjoyed giving his person.
al attent ion to. At the time of his
death his son Richard was also criti-
caally i'll and his daughter, Vivian
and the other sor, Ernest were just
recovering from hard seige Of the
same kind of illness, and the mother
has not been in good heath for some
time past. 1t was indeed home of
sickness and it would appear that the
only thing that saved the son, Richard
from following hls father. was the
care given him by Nurse Agnes Ken.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
Revival of Basket Ball Team

Among the boys of the senio: and
junior high school there is already g..
line.u for two basket ball teams,
that will undoubted furnish picked
team to represent the Langdon High
school in the interstate contest at.
the close of the season. Basket bali
activities are also starting to awaken
an interest among a set of has been
basket ball fans who are quite likely
to frame up town team and help
put the required amount of "pep"
into the boys of the local high. Now
that the town is recovering from the
influenza epidemic the devotees of
basket ball are looking forward to
witnessing some interesting and hot.
ly contested practice games played
this winter on the floor of the high
school gym.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
Sudden Death of Garnet Padden

On Monday afrerL oon the nine year
old little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Padden was buried, interment taking
place in the Masonic cemetery fol-
lowing short service conducted by
Rev. Foley at the M. E. church.
The end of little Garnet Padden. the
youngest of the family, came quite
suddenly, and was due to heart
trouble. Friday afternoon he had
been up town for the mail and return
ing joined some other boys on the
sreet in sleigh riding. Going up the
street he slipped from the sled and
when picked up and taken into one of
the stores was found to be dead.
Death was stated as being due to
heart failure super induced by shock.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12

The twenty second anniversary of
the wedding da. Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Stevenson was given a
due observance on Sunday by q
dinner party. at which the guests
included few of the more int innate
of their old time friends.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
A Home Coming
Welcome At Fair
Give Honor to Our Soldier
Boys With Big Patriotic
Reunion at Co. Fair

At the county fair held here in
July one of the greatest attractions
with the attending crowds was the
dedication of Cavalier county's ser.
vice flag. The dedication a coin
cidence occurred on day. July l9h,
when many of our boys from this
county were in action at Chateau
Thierry, and while the stars of blue
were being given a dedicatory recog'
niton here at home there were some
of our boys earning their golden stars
on theield of battle in France.
By the time the first anniversary of
this event has rolled around we shall
be having another county fair. Their e
will be the same big crowds here and
the gres tsr number of the boys who
at that time were over; cas- will te
home. again with US. Why shouldn' t
this he aideal time for monster
reuni,n and patriotic demonstration
of the home coming of our soldier
sons. They are not coming home al
together and it will be along into
the summer time before the greater
number of those who went lover
there are back among us. Nothing
we think could be more approp1i lite
than to have the county fair as the
time and place for the home welcom
ing of the boys.
Then while the matter is under
discussion how appropl late and proper
this occasion would be for the un'
yelling and dedication of monument
in memory of those who made the big
sacrifice for home and country
Their comrades would be here to par
ticipate and the day could certainl.
be made one of the most impressive
and long to be r.m ,mbered in th'
history of the county. 1t would b
a day never to be forgotten by thcs'
who were here. There is no ques
t on but that the Cavalier county fai
of 1919 is the fitting and proper TIM
and place for the reunion of our sol
} dier boys and the dedication of
suitable memorial to our hero dea'
. Of the worlds war.
! II this plan is to materialize ther
, should be immediate steps taken t.
form an organization for its success
| full carrying out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12

Mrs. Pinkerton returned to her
home m the city last week from,
attending the fu eral at the Regner
home in Cooperstown. Her sister,
Mrs. Montgomery, of Winnipeg ac-
companied her AID will remain for q
visit until the holidays.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12
Park River Banker Flu Victim

Miss Mary Robertson was called to
Park River during the week to nurse
Mr.. Frank j. Lord, who was critical.
ly i'll with influenza pneumonia. and
died Thursday evening at a late hour.
Deceasedwas the only son of Banker
Clinton D. Lord, was thirty-seven
years of age and held the position of
assistant cashier IN the B.uA Of Park
River. He leaves to mourn d young
wife to whom he was married a few
short months ago The epidemic of
Spanish inf uenz4 would appear to
have broken out for the second time
at Park River and quite number of
bad cases are recorded there.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12

Most disfigurir skin eruptions,
crofula, pimples, rashes, ETC., are
due to in pure blood. Burdock Blood
Bitters is a blood cleansing tonic, is
well recommended. ST. Is bottle
at all stores.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12

One way to remove habitual con.
st ipation is to take regularly a mild
laxative. Doan's Regulets are re.
commended for this purpose. Thirty
ents a box at all drug stores.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12

Elsewhere in the columns of this
week 8 issue Of the paper there is an
advertisement of an auction sale of
house hold and personal property to
be held by Henry Windemuth before
leaving the city MIR. Windemuth has
recently disposed of his business and
residence property in Langdon, and
on Saturday of this week will offer
for sale at the home commencing
at two o'clock in the afternoon a
large list of furniture and household
goods. There are also listed an
Overland automobile, of 1918 pat
tern high class Schubert piano. a
top buggy and other articles of value
including heavy Brussels rugs and
carpets.
1t is noted that Rev. William
Ewart- Dudley, who at one time.
some years ago, was the assistant
of Rev. D. j. Scadeng, as pastor
of the M. E. church of this city, has
rendered his resignation at Crookston
Minnesota, to take effect at the end
of the year to accept call from the
Methodist chur ch at Winona. Minr.
Mrs. Dudley is daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Liebeler of this city.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12

Do your Christmas shopping early.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12

Advertise in the Democrat
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12

How many war stsmps have you?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-12-12

Only three weeks to Christmas.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17
A Cheering Word.

If somebody tells you that the aver
age life of an officer in the trenches is
nine days and that If your boy gets
into the front line he is certain to be
killed within two weeks, don't believe
him, says Milestones. He probably
got his information" from German
propaganda, since our Teuton friends
seem bent on trying to brighten us out
Of the war; No losses were more ex-
cessive than those among the British
infantry officers during the first year of
the war, when they fought a losing
fight, without artillery support, and
insisted on exposing themselves in
conspicuous uniforms. The percentage
of casualties among them for the first
year was 1873. according to the official
figures.
The percentage of casualties among
our allies has been decreasing. The
proportion for the entire French army
was Sal per cent in 1914, 4 per cent
in 1915 and 275 per cent for 1916.
The sotal for 90 months was little
over q per cent.