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The Oakes Times from Oakes, North Dakota • 5

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The Oakes Timesi
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Oakes, North Dakota
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i-i 'i U. ifstF mm mm HBCEUANEOOS ADVERTISEMENTS It VH 4MI to bay Mil, wast to flat Ihfaft tort 9f l-Mtora wilMn pUci to ilvirllM at uali FOR room dwelling in SrUth 0ake8. Inquire at Oakes National Bank. 49tf "SI FOR room, steam heated flat with bath. Inquire at Oakes Nationpl Bank.

49tf AGENCY: I am agent for the Viava remedies. Anyone wishing them call on me. Mrs. R. 0.

Smith. 484 WANTED TO TRADE-DeLaval cream separator for a cow or young stock. Simon Carlson, Fullerton, N. D. 483 FLOWERS Leave your orders for any kind of flowers with us.

We can furnish you the best grades' at lowest prices. M. Boardman. 50tf. FOR SALE Twentieth Century Encyclopedia.

Bound in half Five volumes. A splendid thing tor any home or school house. Inquire at thid office. RAMHARTER Gifts for from lc to $1.00 Gifts for the Fancy China, Cake Plates, Salad Bowls, Caps and Saucers, Berry Sets, Chocolate Sets, Everything in Novelty China. Groceries, Fruits'and Confectionery Quart MINCE 15c 35c Mason quart 4 Richelieu, large can.

QG 10c 15c 25c 10c 15c 20c 20c 10c Richelieu, small can Full cream mixed, pound Broken mixed, 2 pounds Candy in glass jars, at 15c and Peanut Brittle, pound MIXED No peanuts, .4 X'bund 25c, 20c, DATESPackage 15c, lUv Fine red, Roquefort, Itiiperial. ripe, pints 30c 30c 20c 30c 30c 15c 20c Quarts 40c. Chunks, flat cans 1 Sliced, varieties! quart jars seeded, pel- per lb We will have everything Fruits and Vegetables for the 'holidays. Oranges, Grape Fr'uif, White Merry Christmas to You All. When you have a bilious attack gi Chamberlain's Tablets a trial.

The Tablets a are excellent. For sale jWebb's Drug Store. ve trial, by deposit the balance with the. S. NICHOLS.

Praa. HANS LEE, CMhlar. we CITY LOCAL Dr. IS. ChrtotoDHD, dantlit.

ft Sloeam'a. OIBM over Brown Oakei. 4 3-K herring at Bishop's Market. The New Haven will serve Sunday dinners for 25 cents. Miss Berenice Snell is assisting A.

G. Anderson in his jewelry store. Mrs. Mark Johnson was a.yilftqr from Fullerton Monday night, Thomas F. Marshall returned Monday from a few days spent in Myrtle and Ray Gallion left festerday for Phillip, S.

for a visit with relatives. Clifford Mitchell came from Jamestown Tuesday to spend holidays with his parents. Ed. Thompson returned to Milnor Tuesday after a visit here with his brother-in-law, Franklyn Espeiand. Sauer Kraut and Dill Pickles to exchange for hay, straw, corn, butter, eggs or potatoes at Bishop's Market.

T. H. Ferber left Monday for LaMoure, Edgeley and other points to check up yards of the Salzer Lumber Company. Editor and Mrs. O.

F. Bryant of Napoleon, were east bound passengers on the Soo Saturday. They stopped at the Vinkle for supper. Shoe Repairing: Men's half Soling, 75 cents ladies, youths, and misses 50 cents children's 40 cents, either, sewed or nailed, at Robert Mitchell's. Orange (Cal.) News: A fine pinepound girl was welcomed yesterday morning, 13th, at the home of Mr.

Sid Mrs. G. G. Caldwell, in Villa Park. The Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will meet Wednesday, Dec.

27th with Mrs R. O. Smith. Roll for Syria. Hon.

J. A. T. Bjornson was in the city Monday night and took in the Masonic and Eastern Star installation. He was on his way from LaMoure to Kulm.

Miss Emily Covert leaves tomorrow for Billings, Montana, to spend Christmas with her mother. At Jamestown she will be joined by Miss who will come from Earl Van Horn arrived in the city Monday to join his wife, who has been visiting Earl's parents. Earl has a good position on the Milwaukee railroad with headquarters at Montevideo, Minn. It is not just the right thing for little boys and girls to be peeking behind the doors, into the bureau drawers or on the high shelves, just at this time of the year. They might find things that are not intended for yet.

That "off team" xt high school basket ball players that went to Cogswell Friday night to trim up the Cogswell quintet were decidedly "off" in their1 calculations. They got trimmed 34 to had a lot of fun out of it. Christen Hansen, the Scandivavian violinist, carries with him an old "fiddle." You should hear him play it. He will appear at the opera house Friday evening, Dec. 29th, with Miss Ethel Belle Haynes, reader and impersonator.

The Firemen will give theifsixteenth annual ball at the opera house, Monday evening, January 1st. The "boys" have the most necessary organization in the city and you may at any time need their Bby a few tickets. It goes into their strongbox. Stop at our fire place and see the new perfume ideas as presented by Santa Claus, We have-perfumes from the Orient, also from Gate. Janet, the $10 doll presides in this window which is designed by Chard Botts.

Harris' Modern Drug Store. Searight Craft returned Saturday from a month spent at Duluth and West Superior, where he went with A.F. Parker. They fdund things father dull at the head of the lakes. Mr.

Parker went from there to his home at North Manchester, to spend the winter. The Milnor Military Band, a musical organization of some renown, will render a concert at the Academy of Music in Oakes, on Friday evening, Dec. 22nd, under the personal direction of Prof. Albert Perfect, band mfster. The organization has been giving concerts in many of the towns of the southern part of the state and have been generally recommended as one of best musical agjgregations on the road.

The concert will be interspersed with vocal solos with band accompaniment. These solos alone are worth the price of admission.1 A dance will follow the concert. Tickets for sale at Variety Store. Popular Some one asked Mark Twain, "Of all your books which do you consider the best?" To which he promptly bank' book." IS "rb W- How to get -one: Earn some, spend less ana The Oakes National Bank E. J.

WALTON, fm. 'J. F. NICHOLS, AMU Cashlar A barrel of Lingonberries at Bishop's Market. Xmas trees 15 cents to $2.00.

Harris' Modern Drug Store. W. A. McCiilley returned Sunday from his Illinois trip. Louis Pazandak, of Fullerton, was an Oakes visitor Monday.

R. J. Mclntyre has sold his block on Main street to Ed. Hitchcock, of Lisbon. Wood to burn, all kinds and designs, of pyrography, at Harris' Modern Drug Store." Roy Casey returned Tuesday from Fargo, where he has been for some weekB.

H. J. Johnson and C. P. Emmons left Tuesday evening for St.

Paul to take in the land show. Miss Myrtle Haltner, of the Grand, leaves today'for Aneta, for a two months' stay at her home. Don't throw your overshoes or arctics away but have them repaired at p. very small cost at Robert Mitchell's. Mr.

and Mrs. E. J. Walton returned Tuesday from a trip to'Minneapolis. Mr.

Walton took a run into Iowa while away. Lloyd rand Clifford Lockie are home from Fargo for the holidays. They are attending the Agricuitural College there. Arthur Bean was up from Nicholson Sunday to take home his boys, who had been left here with relatives on account of measles. Miss Nellie Block, who has been at the Dr.

Christensen home, left yesterday for Willow City, N. to be with her sister. Mrs. Ross Canfield was over from Fullerton Tuesday to attend Woman's Club, Mr. Canfield bringing her in the motor car Misses Hilda Huffman, Jennie Dahlbeck and Mabel Nepstad are home from the Normal at Valley City for the holidays.

Pgder O. Berge of Wright township, N. Enger of Yorktown and H. Gronbeck of Clement, are recent additions to our subscription list. All bills not paid in by Tan.

1, 1912 will be turnrd in for collection and credit Btopped. Second Street Meat Market. J. A. Davis.

492 Miss Gharlotte McNerney, who has been at the Slocum home, was taken to her home east of the city Monday. She is a sufferer from scarlet fever. S. A. Base brought Alva Burleigh to the Oakes Hospital yesterday.

Alva was suffering from strangulated hernia and an operation was necessary at once. A. B. Guptill of Fargo, accompanied his son Gordon and wife this far Saturday. The latter were at Fargo from Lake City for a visit with the old folkfi.

The latest to enter the race foe sheriff is R. A. Middaugh of Oakes. Dick is a member of our board of aldermen, is a vote getter Reheard from in the primaries. Those of the Oakes Cadets who were absent last Tuesday, please take notice that the final examination for officerships will be held at usual place next Tuesday evening at 7:30.

Fried Sletvold, Fred Hess and Nick Rinn went to Valley City Thursday and returned overland next day in a new 30-horse Maxwell touring car, bought by the artesian well company. tee Culbertson favors The Times with a recent copy of the' Oelwein Iowa) Register, and on the front is a half page of Lee's drug store. From the looks of the Register, Oelweirt is a live place. C. Shannon and daughter, Miss Clara, left yesterday for their home in Des Moines, Iowa.

Mr Shannon has been manager flour mill the past year and Miss Ciara his stenographer. The mill has been closed a month for repairs. Mr. and H. E.

Hollister of Fargo arrived from Fargo yesterday and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Marshall.

Mr. Hollister is interested in the Oakes Flour Mills, and came to attend a meeting of the directors. Mrs. El Christensen, Mrs. Al.

Howell, Miss Rank and Miss Clara Hansen were the four ladieB who were rewarded Jfor their efforts in getting couponsjfor the four White rotary sewing which the Cash Mercantile Company gave free to those presenting the largest number of coupons. Mr. Bittman is surprised that only about one third were handed in, from those given out. A. Hill and sons are doing a big business at baling hay.

They have two machines at work, one here and one at Houghton, S. D. This machine just pulled onto the-Johnson farm west of the city on Tuesday to do a job of baling Mr. Hill handles the hay in ton or carload lots, at Ludden and at Aberdeen. He is going to Napoleon this week to buy 300 tons, if he can get it.

LaMoure Echo: A happy Bocial event tpok place at LaMoure this week, Mrs. E. O. Maxwell having been mar-, ried on Tuesday to Clark Ernst, the wedding knot having been tied by the Hon. Judge Lynch.

The ceremony was performed just before noon, the happy couple taking the train for Fargo and the twin cities, where they are enjoying a short time honeymoon. Mrs. Maxwell will remembered as the late vridow of Mr. Maxwell who was killed at Englevale about two Real Estate List of transfers furnished by A. L.

Beggs Son, Abstracters, Ellendale, N. D. Martin Isberg, lot 8, blk 5, McCarthy's Add to Oakes. Albert Dunphy to Jacob Wolff, set of 21-129-66. Webb to Sullivan Slauson, lot 4, blk 6, Merricourt.

Nfathfmeal Haase to Johannes Gohper, swi of 12 swj of sei of 12 and lot 16, blk 13, First of of nwi and of nej of 13-131-66. McKean to Elizabeth McKean, lot 2 ei of swj swi of sel and sej of seiof 18-131-66. Andrew White to Robert. Mitchell, lots 19 and 20, blk 11, Oakes. James Walton to lot 17 blk 25 Out Mary Swanson, Lots Sullivan Slauson to Oakley, sel of John Arnoldt to Wurst, lot 4, blk 14, Ladd's Add to ForbeB.

Truman Thatcher to Carl Swanson, lots 4-5-7-8-9-10 and 11, blk 12, Centralia. Eriki Yumisko by Sheriff to Sarah Barrett, swj of 26-129-60. Andrias Barsten, to Sofia Barsten, nwl of 28 and swi of 21-132-61. Walker to Elizabeth J' Mullin, Add Helferty, lot 5, Youker Perry New Hampshire. The accident happened about midnight and 1 did not know they were dead until their bod les were found by the trainmen at daybreak.

They had been struck as the train entered a tunnel. I remem bered hearing some one ahead shout a warning. I fell flat on top of th6 car as the train whizzed into the tunnel, and that saved my life. "I 'wanted to see the world, particu larly this country, and I did not remain long In any one place. I did not have' a trade and Is easy to understand I was called upon to do many things to earn a livelihood.

I herded sheep In Montana, stood a watch In a New Mexico concert hall, worked for a florist and billboard poster In Los Angeles, peeled potatoes on lake steamboat between Milwaukee and Chicago, sold real estate In New Jersey, was housekeeper on a Texas ranch, drove mules In a Pennsylvania mine, clerked in a coffee shop in New Orleans, worked in various hotels in "-Florida, harvested in North Dakota, managed a novelty store In Evansvillie, worked in a blacksmith shop in was a farm hand in Missouri, iworked In a distillery In Illinois, groomed horses In Kentucky and put time in a sawmill in Tennessee. years ago. Mr. Ernst is manager of! the Chirk Ernst machine and black- Dec. Pacific and, smith ebopat LaMoure, apd has sue- (jreaj ceeded in building up a good bust- of I Mr.

O'Neill said, be did laundry work creeks and streams in nearly every state In the Union. He is proud of the fact that never once in four years of roving among strangers was he obliged to, beg for food. He not communicate with bis family while be was away, and an otherwise happy home coming last week was marred wben he arrived and found his father died a year ago. He considers his world-wide experience' Invaluable, but says he will never leave beret again, except on the "dollar tp two days. Northern'auditors ness.

The Echo joins with many union freight office at Cloquet TIM friends in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Ernst cash a happy and prosperous wedded life. I A A A A Add to Oakes. to Ellendale.

Emanuel Schaal to Mary Schaal, e4 of ei of 24-131-66. Milwaukee Land Co to Margaret blk 1, First Add to A Beggs to Carlos Combs, swi of 14 and sei of 1E-130-63. to of 17 and sej of swi Frank Salts, nei of 8-129-65. Cornelius Jensvold to Harry Dahlgren, of lot 5 and lot 6 in blk 9, First Add to Monango. Harry Dahlgren to Cornelius Jensyold, sei of 24-132-62.

Vernet Laing to Lane, lot 8( blk 19, First Add to Ellendale. FOUR YEARS ON 'ROAD' NEW JERSEY YOUTH HA8 MOST REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE. Leaving Home With 73 Cents, James O'Neill Worked at Almost Everything Imaginable in All Parts of the Country. Four years ago James O'Neill lett his home at 254 Tork street, Jersey City, with exactly 73 cents In His pocket. Before he returned to home a few days ago he traveled all over the country and had a working experience In countless capacities in nearly every large city In North America, where most of the time was spent He Is now working In the auditing department at thie Waldorf-Astoria and he declared that it felt good to be home again, says the New Tork Herald.

"Since I've away," "1 have worked everything tmagtn able, from managing: a five and tea cent store to waiting table in a tea garden in Japan. I'never knew there were so many different ways of making a living until 1 got away from home. 1 learned, too, it doesn't pay to be particular if one wants to eat Regularly. "1 had some amusing and likewise jtraglc experiences, in Portland, Ore. (for instance, I was floor walker In bird store.

That was tragic, for 1 was discharged for eating bird seed. It looked as good as breakfast food to me, for food and I had been on the outs for several days before 1 got the Job. "At a lumber camp In Canada 1 got into a shooting scrap and nearly lost my A Frenfch-Canadlan, with whom 1 had several disputes, became intoxicated one night and fired three shots at me. His aim was unsteady and the bullets went wild, but tney whizzed uncomfortably near my head "1 had another narrow escape wben two of my companions were killed within 40 feet of me as we were steal' inga ride on top of a freight train in found shortj in the accounts at th In Jail at Cart WHY WOMEN SUFFER Many Oakes Women Are the Care. Women often suffer, not knowing the cause.

Learning Backache, headache, dizziness, nervousness, Irregular urinary passages, weakness, Each a seeming torture of itself. Together tell of weakened kidneys. Strike at the to the cause. Quickly give the help the kidneys need. No remedy endorsed like Doan's Kidney Pills.

Recommended by thousands- Endorsed at home. Here's convincing proof from an Oakes citizen: Mrs. L. T. Armstrong, Oakes, N.

says: "A few months ago my back pained me and I was also subject to headaches. Hearing Doan's Kidney Pills highly recommended for such annoyances, I procured a box at S. L. Harris' Drug Store. Their use quickly disposed of my trouble.

I do not hesitate one moment in recommending Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Buffalo, New Yottc, sole agents for the United States. Remember the take no other. Toilet Sets Military Brushes Calendars MERRY CHRISTMAS Cash Mercantile Co.

OAKES NORTH DAKOTA Box 125 Hand Painted China and Cut Glass Holiday Gift and Sentimental Books Fountain Pens, none better at any price Leather Pillow Covers, very Jne Leather Post Card and dak Alliums Are Sorely Nifty IIAIIMV Pommmc in Riillr olvtn' noiioay rcrauncs in FOR SALE The townsite of Ypsilanti, Stutsman County, North Dakota, consisting of between 65 and 70 acres, all platted to lots. Ypsilanti is on the N. P. railroad, known as the Oakes-Leeds branch, and on the east bank of the James river and all level land, beautifully located. There are three good Grain Elevators, two General Stores, Bank, Hardware Store, large Lumber Yard, Blacksmith Shop, Machine Store, Town Hall, Pool Hall, School House, etc.

Must sell as I can not look after it. For quick sale $2,000.00, best of title and clear of incumbrance. No trades wanted. H. P.

HANSEN, Harris' Modern Drug Store Pipes DUIK OUO Regal ParcelsTrw 10 'V. DRISCOLL, N. D. Candies in Bulk and Fancy Boxes, quality none better Style Up-to-Date and Gassy Too Dolls, Toys, Blocks Games, Accordeons Violins, Harmonicas Cigars in Christmas Boxes Indian Pottery Baskets Baskets Christmas Cards Christmas Booklets Christmas Cards Christmas Booklets Kii Christmas Novelties Christmas Trees Christmas Trees Ki Christmas Novelties ''A.

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