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. Coming Events November 15-16-17--Bemidji Poul- and Potato show. ; 17—Farmers” Institute, high gchoo} ‘building. December 6-7—Annual meeting of the Northern Minnesota Develop- association and potato show. GUILD MEETING TOMORROW The ladies of the Episcopal Guild ill meéet Thursday. afternoon at :80 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Fred Langdon, 707 Bemidji avenue. Mrs, Langdon and Mrs. E. F. Net- {mer; hipstesses. All members ~are camestly requested to be present. Personals and ‘Newsy Notes Axel Johnson ‘of Minneapolis' is hunung big game in"this" vicinity. One of these nice days_you ought to go to Hakkerup's and:have your ‘)tetnri taken. 14t Chulee Rogers, the Wilton mer- chant; ‘was a business visitor in the city’ 'l‘uesdny. et a 1918 desk calendar pad now atthe" Pioneer office. ~106t! Mrs. L. E. Hanson of Becida was guccessful in shooting a pig doe Saturday. ~ Mrs. J. -G. Meyers itud. daughter of Nevis are visiting Miss Bee Hend- dickson. Hilmer Person of Becida has gone to Sweden where he expects to re- main for several years with his aged ", parents. Dean w$50,000 to loan on rarms. - ; a7ite and Co. Miss Mary Shume of Schoolcraft wasg among the business visitors yes- terdsy E Mlss Rose Webber of Grant Val- ley was-the guest of friends in Be- midji yesterday. Have your Xmas photos made now before the big ~rush later. “Get ‘Rich’ quick.” RichStudio, 29 10th 8 1026 to 1126 Mrs. John Noel of the town of *'Northern transacted business here ‘ yesterday. Mrs. George Severens’ of Grant Valley passed -several hours in the city yesterday. Pteifer’s Bakery will have on hand at all times corn bread, rye, gra- ham ‘and pumpernickel bread. 1114 3- Miss Viola Luke of Bemidji is the guest of -Mrs. Myrtle Bell Spore of the town of Liberty. Mrs. O’Grady has returned from /- Fisher and Crookston, where she has visited friends and relatives. At Fishér she was the guest of her par- and Mrs, Patrick Lealos. I;ug;h- day;, ’edn.uhy of each will bread on o2 :hy the govern- ambérnipkel broad i L 3-111¢ R ..of. lth.e f Layndry,. spent, Bemidjf on busiiiess. Mr. | ored tmber lands 1n and E A& the der-| ous b MRchetl -in-estima- 1 Miss ‘Sally Witting left last eve- ning for Minneapolis ‘where she will teach ‘music. Mrs. James Wheeler of Bass Lake was a between-train visitor yestef- day. Mrs. Joe Demone, Mrs. William Church and Miss Dorothy Church ht Yola are the gues:s of friends ere. D. A. Frerichs of the Bemidji Gas company '..as returned from a busi- ness trip to Sheldon, Ia., and Min- neapolis. Miss Lurley Hammond returned yesterday from Little Falls and Pe- quot, Minn., where she has passed ! the~last tl;ree months. B. W. Lakin returned from Kel- liher last evening where he had been on business connected with the Crookston -Lumber company. Burt Fuller of Pleasant Valley, who has been home for several days on account.-of a.sore arm, has re- turned to his work at Whitefish Lake camp. 4 ’ Ben Schneider, of the Schneider Bros. Co.; spent several days in the city on business in connection with the local store. . Mr. Schneider is a resident of St. Paul. - The choir of the Swedish Lutheran church - will meet -this evening for prnctlce at the home of Mr. and-mTs. E.'J. Clover. All. members . are urged to be present. "~ Mrs. A. E. Arnold and two daugh- ters of Turtle River have been call- ed to Madison, S. D., by the very sudden death of Mrs. Arnold’s hus- f| band, who left for that place two weeks ago. Shortly after his arrival’ there he was taken suddenly ill and died Friday morning at 6 o’clock. Mr. Arnold was 50 years old and lived about a half mile from the vil- lage of Turtle River. B SIOREICON e [ RED CROSS NO 50 RED CROSS CHAPTER HAS ROSTER 1107 Beltrami County Chapter ot the Red Cross is growing and points out- side of Bemidji are taking a keen interest in the work of the organiza- tion. The total membership up to employe of the Ploneer was asked. by | one Red Cross:member not to put in | a certain article. . Another called up | the Pioneer and told anotner em- ploye’ to put. it in the paper; and it was done, the employe not knowing of any previous report. Result? A -little -co-operation :would also be welcome: on. the part of the Pi neer for uniformity.” There are ways ‘two ‘sldes” to"a questlon, you know.- Red--Cross-Dance. - There will be a Red Crom dlnce on Thanksgiving eve’hNovem er 28, for the purpose of ing funds for carrying on the work of the'.chap- ter. It will be given in the:Elks hell and good music® will be fur- nished for the oecnslon. Tickets are one dollar. Ld J. H. Ellison, .2 member of the Winston Brothers contracting firm, Minneapolis, has beén appointed di- rector of the supply“department for the - Northern division of the Red Cross. Mr. Ellison succeeds Frank A. Bovey who resigned on account of business reasons. Gem Merkle, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Merkle of Butte, Mont., did her bit for the country when she completed a sweat- er which she turned in at the local chapter headquarters with the ex- press provision that it be given to some seaman on the battleship “Mon- tana.” N Belcourt, N. D., has a Red. Cross chapter, with a membership of 61 persons, all Indiam. . Kakanewash, a full blooded Indian and hereditary chief of the Turtle Mountain tribe; is vice chairman of the organization. With the approach of Christmas, propagandists have directed their at- tacks at the sale of Red Cross seals, according to Dr. I. J. Murphy, state manager of the Minnesota Public Healthr association. Misinformation in regard to the sale is being spread’ broadcast throughout the country; Dr. Murphy says, to the effect that the -sale of the seals will not bene- fit- war sufferers from tuberculosis, but will be used for private nurses. On the contrary, Dr. Murphy ' ex- plaing that every state is supporting a war tuberculosis fund which the sale of seals will help to swell. Every ed Cross chapter and branch in the county has been in- vited to participate in a field day rally ‘at Webster, S. D., on Nov. 16. Every branch will ha,ve a represen- tative on the program, which will include speeches in the morning, football games and other sports in the afternoon and a dance in the evening. Khaki handkerchiefs are needed in Christmas packets sent to so0l- . diers. In the packets already mailed by Red Cross workers throughout the division for the use of soldiers in France there were—=surprisingly few such handkerchiefs include The director of the packet bureau fof the division - urges workers to:in. clude ‘these articles in. packets for the the soldiers in American canton- ments. 4 A Minneapolis woman, 81 years old, celebrated her birthday yester- day by mailing a Christmas packet to a soldier in France, writing in her own trembling hand a message November 1 was 1,107, apportioned as follows: Bemidji Spooner-Baudette ‘Blackduck’ Kelliher Tenstrike . During the month of Oct.ober, 69 new members joined the ranks of the ehapter. 56 ‘were enrolled; Kelliher added 10 and four enlisted at Bemidji. Donations are also gratifying, $214 having been turned into the treasury since October 15. Of this sum, $176 is for the Christmas boxes for the soldiers. The donors and donations are: Junior H. S. boys, $10; Mrs. -Koors, $5.50; Mrs. C. Huffman, $1; Swedish Lutheran church, Ladies) Aid, $12.20; Mrs. M. Spooner, $5; J‘mlor High whool $5; Christmas box fund, $176. \ mith The Red (,?M eh‘ptcr nenen named Mrs. E. F. Netzer and Miss :-Dorothy |- Torrance ‘as' its press committee-and all who have news of the organiza- tion should hand same ovet. to the X v This™w 2, ¢ interest: .to. the chapter. neer_is_only.too glad to co-operat mh the Red Crosa and: hu~enden % ‘do -0 ‘but ' so1 Teports: frém. a8 m’ny individ- uals-which—has-been the. esuse of] several mixups. To uhmmo, one 'I DAINTY— Marguerite Clark : L Surpasses Her Success In ‘‘Miss George Washington”’ —in— “Bab’s Tonight Matines Daily 3:00 Diary”’ Tomorrow At Spooner-Baudette, ! | used for Red Cross purposes. '"g" vien: bad-baok: - Evening 1:30-8:45 of good cheer with the gift and ex- pressing the wish that the recipient would come gloriously through the great struggle. ‘“My prayers wm be with you wherever you go,” she said. Mrs. Conger, chairman of the knit- ting committee, says that great en- thusiasm is being shown in this line rf work, »several circles devote their time to knitting garments, among which are the Nymore circle, under Mrs. J. Smith and Mrs. W. Dyer’s circle. i Mrs. Bert Getchell has been very active in teaching people to knit and in |organizing work among her friends, although she has no regular circle. The Woman’s Study club on Mon- day afternoon kindly agreed to hold its mmeetings at private homes in order that the library room may lfle This will ‘enable the workers to devote Mondays to surgical dréssing classes a8 - :ell as the other days.of the week. Use Donn 8- Kldney Pllll. Maiy-Bemidii-people have used them and know how effective they are. Here's a Bemidji case: Mre. Henry Revoir, 324 Mlnne- s0ta Avi ) ! uhellmudhlrdlydo any- ithifig. “©T had s:*dull, steady palnh 1?:55'“1_. o i{rh.ek which was ‘afWays worse if I did any bending. A couple of boxes of Doan’s Kidney Pills put "an” end 'to the troublé, and 1 have never had a return attack.” OVER THREE YEARS LATER Mrs. Revoir safd: “I previously rec- ommended Doan’s Kidney Pills and at this time I confirm all I ever said in‘ praise of them.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Revoir - had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.—Adv. 600D WORK GOES ON Mrs. A. H. Jester is still busy gathering money for Christmas cheer for the boys at the front and reports the following donations since last issue: Mrs. M. J. Brown $1.50, Mrs. | MATINEES 2:30 _ EVENINGS 8:00 Katherine Qehart $1, Mrs. - John Falls $1, Mrs. D. L. Stanton $1, and Charles Plummer $2. HAY HAY HA Anyone wishing to buy hay or straw in carload lots, see Reeves & Reeves - at the Markham Hotel Building. Plone 20. 1mo 1212 ecial Enga At The: THEATRE WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY NOV. 14 and 15 I 8. MISTACHKIN & COMPANY Presents THE HONEYMOON GIRLS" Featuring The Four Campbells In Musical Specialties The Three Flints Comedians-Imitations-Whistling Dewey Campbell Famous Jew Comedian ~ Julius DeVoile Fis The Shot and Fire Dancer With a Beauty Chorus: Singing, Dancing Girls Special-Scenery--Dazzling ‘Electric” Effécts=: Oatchy Music 16 - People - 16 TWO HOURS AND A HALF OF JOLLITY " MATINEE AND ONE NIGHT PERFORMANCE EACH DAY ADMISSION 20¢, 30c, 40c WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY GRAND Theatre I | S llIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIlIIlllIIIIIllIIl!!!lIIIIIIII|IllIIIIIflllllllfilIlllll"llIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllIllllllllIIIIIIIIlllllIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PIONEER At The REX TONIGHT The Audience Laughed -and Laughed - When MADGE KENNEDY made her first appearance as a motion picture star in Bemidji last evening “BABY MINE” Amledhnuuuvthepmdufion and thé opmments were indeed flattering. Last time this evening. when :she -appeared -in- the-celebrated hmm,x;yo Feature— hallded @OLDWYN PICTURES with the world famed commedienne Mxfiofi{eo ‘s thonghtless votng ‘bride who loves her hus-- THE SWIFTEST COMEDY EVEK SCREENED | Prices 10 and 20 Cents Evenings 7:20 and 9 o’clock - TOMORROW AND FRIDAY #? D. W. GRIFFITE’S COLOSSAL SPECTACLE Matinee at 2:30— 77/ ¥ Z¥E% —Two Showings Daily— Matinee—Children 25 Cents; Adults 50 Cents 0 ~=~PLEASE NOTE THE LOW PRICES--~ —Evening 8:15 Evening Prices 50 Cents réver keep on showing it is said o be & production equal in every «Exupecne huhlxmmdul f!olly the Cirons,” starring Mae Marsh. It is Goldwyn’s first comedy. - R 000