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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-07
Raised $4,000 for Red Cross

fAdlS0u FZOsOOO lOI NSu NIOSS
C. B. Mcmillan was here Saturday
from Hannah and with others of the
executive committee of the Cavalier
chapter of the Red Cross went over the
work that is ahead in the campaign of
this county. Mr.. Mcmillan is also
taking an active part in the third
libetry loan drive, which will be put
across within the coming month. To
date it is estimated that in funds and
work done by the women ofsthe county
Cavalier has contributed not less than
$25, 900 to the Red Cross work, since
it's first organic tion in this county
during the summer of last year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-07

Complete cirkut picture of Com.
pany E., forty inches long. For
sale at the Opie studio.
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cleveland
M. S. Cheadle spent Christmas with
Mankato relatives.

M. S. Cheadle spent Christmas with
Mankato relatives.
Mrs. c. X. Schultis of Reedsburg,
Wis, arrived here Saturday on few
weeks visit with her son, Frank, and
family.
Miss Ethel Hurst of Minneapolis is
spending few weeks with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Hurst.
Miss Lucille Robinson of Minneapo-
lis arrived here Tuesday on a two
weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs. O. L.
Ransom and family.
Ray Keenan, of Minneapolis and
Miss Marion keenan, of Fountain,
Mimi, spent Christmas with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs John keenan,.
Walter and Blaine Schultis of Man.
kato spent Christmas day with their
brother, Frank, and family
Miss Hattie Diller returned Tues
day from Plaza, N. D., where she has
spent several months.
Mr.. Kelley and Mr.. Damn of Foun-
tain, Mimi, were guests the past week
at the John keenan, home.
James Trebilcocz of Prinston, Mich,
spent Christmas with Cleveland
friends.
w. E. Lloyd made a business trip
to the cities Thursday last.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan Freiberg Wednesday, Deem
Der 10.
Frank Bush of Minneapolis spent
the past week with his sister, Mrs.
Conrad Myhre and family.
Mrs. Charles Block and son, Jake,
and Florian Drenttel motored to Mic
ollet Tuesday and spent the day at the
Fred Block home.
The Misses Mary and Dorothy ia
ger of Mankato are spending their va
cation with their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. G.. L. Cheadle.
Miss Anna Schelir spent several
days the past week with Minneapolis
friends.
The following were entertained at
the John Weiss home Christmas: Mr..
and Mrs. Adam Weiss and family OF
Elysian, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Puffkoff
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Davis
and Mat Hockmayer
Mrs. Henry Davis and Miss Florence
Smith left Saturday for Ladysmith
Wis, on few days visit with their
sister, Mrs. George Wakefield.
Mrs. John Peach and Mrs. William
Hartman spent the past week with
relatives at Dent, Mimi
Mrs. Lettie Rausch and children O.
St. Peter spent several days the pas
week at the o. L. Ransom home.
John Hremel returned to Nickersor
Wednesday after spending few days
| with his mother, Mrs. C. Hermel.
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Especial to Free Press.l


Mapleton, January 3.-The Heather
Curling club has organized it's teams
and are enjoying games at the rink
every day. The cold of the past has
been ideal for the curriers' making the
ice perfect. Plans for the annual
business meeting and celebration are
under way. Only members and fam
lilies will be invited this year owing
to conditions at present. No doubt
the occasion will be dcubly enjoyable
for those who are included because
of the opportunity for visiting and
renewing "Auld Acquaintance" not
afforded by a larger celebration.
The curriers' enjoyed a friendly
game on New Years day with two
Kinks from the Caledonia rink of
Mankato. Snow, Nyquist, Ferguson
were among those from Mankato.
A number from here attended the
dance December 81 at Minnesota
Lake. All report good time and a
rice sum for the benefit of the Red
Cross was collected
Oren Firth arrived Monday morn
ing from the Great Lakes training
station having been on the way two
days or account of snow blockade.
He had his ears and fingers touched
by Jack Frost as a memento of the
trip.
Miss Laila Quinn has entered a
hospital in the cities for the purpose
of taking the nursing course.
Miss Louise Borchert entertained
her friends at a watch party Decern-
Der 81, at which time the new year
was welcomed by the young people.
James Bowman and family spent
New Years with friends in Mankato.
Watch meeting was held at the
Baptist church Monday evening.
There was continuous program from
eight O'Clock until after the new year
arrived. The bells were rung to an
nounce the event
Miss Crete Gilmore is expected
home Thursday from Little Falls
where she has been spending her hol-
iday vacation. Miss Gilmore has re-
signed her position in the Brainard
schools to take the second and third
grades in the Mapleton school, This
will enable her to be at home with
her parents and Mapleton will have
a competent instructor to carry on
| the work so ably begun by Miss Muir
den who resigned before the vaca-
ton began.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Goodrich and Mrs.
Belle Libby drove to Mankato and
returned Monday afternoon
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DOG JACK LANDS WOLF
Staying Qualities of the Canine
Were Exhibited In His
Brave Fight

The staying qualities of his dog
Jack won for Edward Henzel fine
wolf yesterday The sighting of this
wolf, and how it was trailed for more
than day, is being told with interest
by the hunters of North Mankato.
A number of them had gone to st.
Peter New Years day to meet there
with others prepared to spend the day
hunting. From st. Peter they started
out for Seven Mile Creek, heading to-
ward Mankato Near this they sighted
the wolf, and started to follow, the
dogs heading off with joyous whoops.
The wolf went into the woods, and
when the chase became dangerous
struck out over the prairie.
The hunters continued the chase
until night, and then returned home,
all the dogs having failed to keep the
trail except Jack. He could not be
found and Mr.. Henzel decided to look
for him the next day.
When he went to search for him,
reports came that he had been seen at
Traverse. The owner struck out that
way and soon came upon the dog,
still faithfully trailing. Henzel fol-
lowed him, and little later saw the
wolf, almost fatigued from the re-
lentless chase by Jack Henzel killed
the wolf, shooting him through the
heart
One of the interesting facts of the
whole incident is that Henzel had
fourteen shots in his rife, and that
he missed the wolf completely until
he emptied the last cartridge. This
went to the heart, causing instant
death.
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TEAM STAGED RUNAWAY
Horses Attached to Coal Wagon
Pulled Spectacular Stunt
This Morning

Something frightened a team OF
horses, belonging to the Hayes-Lucas
Lumber company, just after the
horses had pulled up wagon con-
tanning ton Of coal to be delivered
Parry street, this morning. The
driver Charley Moss, was just making
settlement for the coal with lady
at the house, when he looked around
and saw the team make a sudden
swing He rushed to the wagon. in
tending to climb inside, seize the
reins and stop the horses. He caught
hold Of the wagon box, but at that
moment he was struck a hard blow
on the leg by the hub of one of the
wheels. This loosened his hold, on
the wagon box, and the team dashed
down the hill. The coal was quickly
scattered over the road. The wagon
was hurled against telephone pole,
and two wheels were broken off
/ Other distractions broke the wagon,
piece by piece, away from the horses
and scattered it, together with parts
Of the harness along the path of the
wild run. At length at Fourth and
Warren streets, the team ran straight
into another telephone pole and was
stopped.
One OF the horses was not hurt
The other, a large bay mare, had a
very bad cut on the leg just above
the right hind hoof She was unable
to use the limb at ALL The limb was
tied up and the horse was taken on a
fat sled to the Hayes-Lucas barn,
where she received medical care. 1t
was believed that the horse could be
saved, although she suffered no small
loss of blood.
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TURNS into BONE
Little Nine-Year-0Id QuakerC City
Girl Afflicted With This
Trouble
UNITED Press Dispatch.l

Philadelphia, January 3.-"Pro-
gressive myositis ossificans" one of
the rarest pathological manifestations
known to science, has put in it's ap-
pearence again.
In plain every day English pro
gressive myositis ossificans" means
gradual transformation of tissue and
cartilage into bone. A little nineyear
old girl, whose name is withheld, is
now in the Jefferson hospital awaiting
the day when she will be completely
petrifed. This, according to surgeons
studying the case is probably but a
few years off.
The case-the second of it's kind
known to DIR. John Chalmers Da
Costa-came to this from a Whining
ton, Del, hospital as soon as the ma
ture of the ailment became esta-
blished. Professor W. W. Hawke has
the child under special observation,
and will conduct a series of expert
ments to ana1yze the patients diges-
tive processes.
The disease is thought to be caused
by the improper functioning of the
parathyroids, small masses of gland
ike epithleium lying beneath the
thyroid glands in the neck. 1t is the
parathyroid glands which control the
supply of lime salts. or BODYBUILDING
elements to the body, and if these
glands are removed death invariably
follows.
The child appears normal to the
unframed eye, but when one touches
the muscles of the neck, arms and
back they are as rigid and hard as
stone. The disease attacks pro-
gressively all the voluntary muscles
of the body. The involuntary muscles
are unaffected, death resulting from
inability to eat or move any portion
of the body.
Dr. Da Costa places the outside
limit to the age which the child may
attain at twenty years.
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MANkATo FREE PRESS

Steel of North Mankato over Sun
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Steel of Du-
luth a week ago Sunday, Mr.. anG
Mrs. Parry, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H
Loucks and sons, Mrs. F. e. Budde
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Johnson anG
children and Charlie Fish for sup
per week ago Friday evening and
last Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs
H. A. Hanson, son Tom and daughter
Penelope, and for New Years dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Purrier anC
children. Mr.. Reed has left for his
home in Illinois but Mrs. Reed will
make a longer stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. .Loucks enter
tanned for supper and the evening
last Thursday. Their guests were
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Busby and son
Harrie and daughters Beulah and
Carrie and Edward and Evelyn
Budde.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Parsons OF
Hardwick have been visiting at the
Parsons ard Walter Johnson homes
Alfred Lind and children, Eva
George and Dean, of New Sweden
called at the Steel and Lind homes
Monday.
Grant Trask spent several days last
week with his grandmother in North
Mankato.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nourie and children
and Marie Glad spent Wednesday
home.
George Loucks entertained Aaron
Harvey Michels Sunday and George
Peterson of Mankato Monday.
Floyd Cole has rented the house
recently vacated by Will Carter and
family and will move here soon.
Ethel Busick of Mankato is home
for the holidays.
Mr.. Berry, who bought the Weiske
farm has just put in a telephone.
The number is R-3110.
Mrs. Joe Lorenz is visiting rela-
tives in the northern part of the state.
Mr.. Loenz and Guy Trask are keep
ing bachelors hall
Beulah Busby, who is home from
Iowa for the holidays attended a party
given by Sylvia Swensen Friday
afternoon in North Mankato, she also
visited Mrs. Harry Cain in West
Mankato Friday night and Saturday
Letters received from Mr. and Mrs
Ned Rist, who are in Spokane tell OF
their fine trip. They also have
spoken Of seeing Ed Parson and Rus
Burrill
F.. E. Budde and G. H. Loucks went
to st. Peter with Ben Budde Thurs
day to see about answering questions
Gordon Wo1cott of Granada is
spending the vacation with Raymond
and James Loucks.
Farmers are busy cutting wood
hauling in feed and taking care Of
their stock.
H. A. Hanson has recently sold g
dozen or more full blood hogs and
has purchased three full blood Dur
ham cattle from Sibley, Iowa.
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SHORT COURSE IN AGGIE
Amboy Is Fortunate In Securing
This Very Important
Enterprise
Ispecial to Free Press.l

Amboy, JAN 3.-The Parents and
Teachers club will have charge of
the agriculture short course which
will be held February II, IL, IS. A
large number of important subjects
will be discussed by noted speakers.
Let everybody boost to make these
meetings a success.
Several of the young men left for
Mankato monday night to be ready
for the grand wolf hunt which took
place along the river between Man
kato and st. Peter on New Years
day.
Professor Hanson and wife went to
Iowa for short visit with relatives.
Mr.. Hanson says that farm help is
very scarce and that farmers are Of
fering $50 and s55 per month with
board and washing
D., B. Jacobs and wife of Moose
Lake who formerly lived in this To-
cality are visiting relatives and
friends here. They have been down
to the southern part of Iowa to visit
their son, also spent short time
with DIR. Arthur Jacobs of Elmore.
The Odd Fellows of Amboy will
have their annual banquet Saturday
night and a royal good time is anti
cipated.
School will open again on Wednes-
day and the teachers will reach here
New Years day to resume their
| work.
Mrs. Amy Wendt had the misfor-
tune to fall down the cellar stairs,
breaking the cap off her left arm.
She will have to carry her arm in a
sling the most of the winter.
Oscar Nicholson and wife motored
to Mankato on Monday.
The Sterling Telephone company
annual meeting will be held January
for the election of officers and
+, transaction of other business.
The Amboy creamery will hold its
annual meeting on Monday, January
! z. All patrons are requested to be
present.
The stockholders of the First Ma
tional bank will hold their first
annual meeting on Thursday, jan
| uary 8.
There were no services at the
| Presbyterian church Sunday morning
as Elder Slnythe went to the twin
cities to attend the Christian Endea-
vor convention.
Pete Johnson who has been a faith
j full employee of the Chicago. st. Paul
and Minneapolis railroad for many
years resigned his position. Will
| Seeman will take his place.
| Seed corn is very scarce in this
section and it looks like short corn
crop the coming year.
| The federal agent will be in Amboy
the first week of February to furnish
advice. to the taxpayers to see who
will have to pay an income tax the
coming year.
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kerns

Rev. A. B. Bell was out from Man
kato Sunday and preached at the
church. Next Sunday afternoon
there will be the regular communion
service
The Aid society will meet with
Mrs. Frank Budde Friday afternoon
of this week.
The annual church meeting will be
held at Mr.. Parry's store Saturday
afternoon at 2:30. All interested in
church work are requested to be
present.
The stocking social held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. F.. E. Jeffer-
son Christmas night was attended by
125 people. Everyone had fine
time.
School is closed for two weeks and
Miss Emma Mork is visiting rela-
tives in st. Peter.
The students from the normal and
Mankato high school are home for
their vacation. They all seem to be
having a good time.
The Equity club will meet Charles
Loucks next week Wednesday even
ing. Orders for Irvine will be taken
at this meeting.
The Kerns Khoral Klub will meet
this week Wednesday evening with
Will Clark. Miss Lois Macbeth is
musical director and the young peo-
pie thoroughly enjoy their work.
Callia and Ethel Busick and their
| brother Ralph, entertained the young
people at New Years party Mon
day night. There were sixty or
more present and fine time was en-
| joyed by all.
Arthur Linsay had the misfortune
! to have his head badly cut with an
axe last week. He was using a
| doubled edge axe and in some way
| the axe bounded back and hit his
! forehead. He was very sick for a
while but is improving now.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sharp and
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sharp were enter
| tanned for Christmas at the Sharp
home in North Mankato.
Mrs Hjerpe and son entertained
Elias Johnson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Nordgren and family for dinner on
Christmas day
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Burrill and chill
! dren of Tracy visited at the home
| of Charlie Johnson over Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. P. Michels enter
tanned their son Eli and family ovel
Christmas, and on Christmas day alse
entertained Carrot and Evard Bude
and George Loucks for supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Parsons and
children and Paul Parsons took din
ner with Mr.. and Mrs. John Henle,
near Nicollet Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul SHARP have beel
spending several days with relatives
in ST. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Johnson an,
daughter Cora have been entertain
ing several groups of friends in homo
of Mrs. Johnson's sister and brother
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Reed of Glen
view, Ill. They entertained Mar
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Garden CITY


day a number of Boy Scouts needed ?
signal and gathered at the floral hall
on the fair grounds to thresh the
beans which were raised last sum-
mer. Flails, pitch forks, shovel
and tanning mill were all brought in
to action and Tuesday morning the
final cleanup produced about fourteen
bushels of good beans. 1t will be the
next duty to hand pick tbs small
mess of beans and get them ready
for market. They will help feed a
few people in this time of world
shortage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Thompson enter
tanned a group of Garden City rela-
tives at New Years dinner at their
farm near Amboy.
Mr. and Mrs. Anil Nelson announce
the birth of their fourth son, Deem
Der 49,
Miss Marie Cox returned from Ver-
non Center last Wednesday evening
Mr.. and Mrs Fletcher H. Skillern
visited relatives here last Friday.
They go soon to their home in Boise,
Idaho. Mrs. Skillern will be remem-
bered as Miss Gertrude Piper.
E. V. Hemsworth and wife and
Mrs. Ida Boynton and daughter Ev-
ertta made up a shopping party in
Mankato Saturday.
T. T. James is recruit in the Ford
ranks. May it cultivate patience and
all other virtues which are necessary
with every driver of Ford.
Mrs. ]. c. Jay was visited over
Sunday by brother and his wife
from S. Dakota.
Sam Kelly was in Mankato on
business last Wednesday.
E. v. Hemsworth motored to Lake
Crystal on Wednesday with his son
Harold whose badly cut finger needed
medical attention.
Earl Duffield came from Lewisville
and spent few days last week with
his parents and also at Rapidam.
Miss Hazel Hazel is here from her
school work at Minneapolis and will
return after her vacation.
Ray Willard spent last week at the
home of Miss Clara Boynton.
Lyle Weld came last Thursday
and is still with his cousin, Willis
John. On Friday the rest of the Weld
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert, Thomas
and Mrs. Daisy Graef were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. John
Saturday night Mr.. and Mrs. JohI
went with Mr.. and Mrs. Weld on the
train of which Mr. WeiG has charge
| as conductor, to Sioux City and from
there to Vermillion, S. D., where they
all went for brief visit with Mr.
William Over and family. The son
Clarence Over was home on a furlougf
and may be among those who leave
| for France soon. Mr.. and Mrs. JOhI
returned home Tuesday.
| Charles Call was a passenger Il
Mankato Thursday night in connection
| with the QUESTIONABLE.
E.. M. Call and family spent Christ
mas in Amboy.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Osgood and l.. d
Mills and family were entertained a
the parsonage Friday evening.
| Mrs. e. R. Crane departed for 81
Charles, Mimi, on the early trail
i Wednesday.
| The Red Cross meeting this weel
will be at the home of Mrs. Juli
Il Thurston on the east side and Mrs
E. w. Gates on the west side.
/. A few more cases of measles are re
ported this week.
4 1t is hoped that most people at
tended to the purchase of new licens
number for their cars before they lai
{ themselves liable.
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spent New Years day as guests at
the home of the formers brother-in-
law and sister. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E..
Bates, and returned to Minneapolis
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs Henry ]. Kruse leave
this evening for San Antonio. Texas.
They will stay there about two
months and will later go to Phoenix,
Yuma, Pasadena and San Francisco.
They expect to be gone from Mankato
about three months.
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WORKMAN is INJURED
Philip Weingartz Hurt While Wheel
inc Sand Yesterday.

Philip Weingartz, thirty-five years
old, married, living at 1925 North
Fifth street, was seriously and per-
haps dangerously hurt about noon
yesterday, while working on a pile of
sand and gravel at the Minnesota
Pipe and Tile plant. Mr.. Weingartz
was moving the sand and gravel with
a wheel barrow. He had been dig
ging into the pile. and had his wheel
barrow filled, and was just STOPPING
over to take hold of the handles,
when large chunk came loose from
the pile above him, and fell upon his
back, striking him in the spine. He
was taken to st. Joseph's hospital
This morning his condition seemed
somewhat improved.
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viii Probe His Case.

Minneapolis. Mimi, January b.
Because he is alleged to have said
that he would just love to blow up
this town, William Campbell. New
Prague. Mimi, farmer. today rests
incomminicade in the city Jail. An
investigation is being made.
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MISS CLARA HILL MARRIED
Daughter of Late Railroad Magnate
Webs &. c. LindIev.
limited Press Disoatch

UNITED Press Dispatch.l
st. Paul, Mimi, January 3-Miss
Clara A. Hill, daughter of the late
James Hill, the great railroad mag
nate, was married at four o'clock
this afternoon to E. C. Lindley, gen.
eral counsel, and member of the
board of directors of the Great Nor
thern railroad. Rev. Father ]. C.
Byrne, vicar general of the ST. Paul
diocese of the Roman Catholic
church officiated. The ceremony was
at the Hill mansion on Summit av-
enue. In keeping with the custom of
functions at the Hill mansion, and
because of general war conditions,
the marriage was distinctly simple.
Only the very nearest relatives at
tended
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TWO HUNDRED KILLED
Raid Was Made BY Yaqui Indians
South of Guayamas.
- ~ Nv ottt6Ss
UNITED Press DiSpatch.

IOIIIICu ItsS DISpdtCH.J
Nogales, Ariz., January 3-Two
hundred persons were killed, includ-
ing thirty-seven Americans, in RAID
that took place recently south Of
Guayamas. The raid was made by
Yaqui Indians. A large number of
women and children were driven IN
to captivity
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Cut Eggs From Menu.
[ United PreSS DiSDaJch.

New York, January 3.-Local food
administration authorities are urging
people to leave off eating eggs, which
are very scarce, selling in this city
at 80 to 80 cents dozen.
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Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Robinson Were
Married Half Century Ago; Pleas
ant Affair in Which They Are the
Central Figures; Many Guests
at the Reunion of Hearts; News of
Village Collected BY Correspondent.
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Compulsory Rationino in England.

TAsSOciafed Press Dlspatch.I
London, January 3.-Compulsory
rationing will be put into effect soon
it was officially announced today.