Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 21, 1917, Page 7

\ l Coming Eventé . Today—Telephone the Pioneer of- fice, 922, about that news item you have in mind. Your guests and : friends will appreciate the courtesy. Dec. 21 to Jan. 7-—Christmas va- cation in the Bemidji schools. Dec. 25—Community = Christmas .tree for- the city of ‘Bemidji, 4:30 " 'Jan. 8.-Meeting of board of county commissioners. | SOCIETY » . SCHULTZ-LARSEN . Elden Schultz and Clara Larsen, both of Bemidji, were married last evening at 8 o’clock by Rev. M. A. Soper. The newlyweds will continue to make their home in Bemidji. s Ve § | Personals and Newsy Notes Mi's. P. Branvick of Nary imssed _yesterday in the city on businegs. $50,000 to loan on rarms. Dean Land Co. a71t Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Temple will pass Christmas with relatives _. in Red Wing and St. Paul. b g Mrs. H. M. Hunt of the town of Northern transaeted business in the city yesterday. One of these nice days you ought to go to Hakkerup’s and have your picture taken. G 14ttt Mr. and Mrs,. Arthir Glidden of the town of Northern transacted ‘business here yesterday. Mrs. H. S. Taylor of Lake Plan- taganet was the guest of Bemidji friends yeaterdlay'..v Special sale of Old Time -mixed candy, 2 pounds cfor 35¢c, at Aber- crombig & MecCready. “2-1222 Mrs. Lucy Williams of the town of Northern passed several hours in the city yesterday shopping. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Lovgren of Marsh Siding transacted business in the city yesterday. . Is there a misspelled word in our ad today? Bemidji Jewelry Co. ' 1215tf Mrs. Byron Wentworth and Miss Inez Butler were in Bemidji yester- day enroute to Becida from Turtle River. They will attend the pro- gram given by Miss Alice Butler in the Becida school house this eve- ning. !| preciate a good pipe for Xmas. Miss Mary Lindke and Mrs. D. ween day. Mitchell of Blackduck were bet train shoppers in the city yester Get a 1918 desk caiendar pad now at the rioneer office. 106t Miss Mary McManus, stenographer for the Berman Insurance Agency, is ill at her home on Dewey avenue. All our 50c Gift. Books on sale for 29c at- Abercrombie & M::Crea;.dy.222 . 21 Mr. and Mrs. Alex Breyette have moved from the residence owned by John McManus on Dewey avenue to Mississippi avenue. We have the nicest selection of Xmas pipes in town. HE would ap- A. Brose, 317 Minn. Ave. 10-1225 M. L. Matson, manager of the St. Hilaire Lumber company at .Kelli- her, was a business visitor Thurs- day. Buy your last Christmas gift from the Baptist ladies Saturday, Decem- ber 22, at the office of the Longballa Land office. 4 2-1221 D. D. Miller, formerly in the in- surance business in Bemidji, now of Minneapolis, is among the business visitors today. Speclai sale of Old Time mixed candy, 2 pounds for 356c, at Aber- crombie & McCready. 2-1222 Miss Sadie McDonald will lcave tomorrow for Duluth where she will spend Christmas. Miss Donald is stenographer for the Gamble-Robin- son, Bemidji company. Buy your popeorn balls from the Miss Margaret McGee, teacher at Moose Lake, Minn., will arrive to- morron to be the guest of her mo- ther, Mrs. Given-McGee, and family during Christmas. George Chisholm of Crow Wing is the guest of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brinkman, and will remain through the holidays. - Special sale' of Old. Time mixed crombie & McCready. 2-1222 Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Palmer will have as their Christmas guest, How- ard Palmer, of Carieton college. He :vlll arrive in Bemidji Sunday morn- ng. ' Miss Anna Mills, teacher in the Virginia schools, will arrive in the city tomorrow morning and will be the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Mills, and family during the Christmas vagation. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brown, -who have been the guests of their daugh- ter, Mrs. E. C. McGregor, and family for the past six weeks, returned to their home in Chippewa Falls, Wis., Wednesday. All our 50c Gift Books on sale for 29¢ at Abercrombie & McCready. 2-1222 Mrs. Frank Getchell is substitu- ting for Miss Frances Hoord in the primary room of the Central school building. Miss Hoord was'called to Minneapolis on account of the illness of her sister. Ralph Johnson, who is studying chemical engineering at the Univer- | sity of Minnesota, will arrive in the jcity~ tomorrow morning and will ! spend Christmas vacation with his ! parents, Mr.:and Mrs. C. G. Johnson. All our 50c¢ Gift Books on sale for 29c¢ at Abercrombie & McCready. 2-1222 Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Diedrich'and daughter, Katherine, will leave to- morrow morning for Littke Falls, where they will be the guests of relatives during the holidays. Leslie 'Slater, who has been em- Baptist ladies /Saturday, December|ployed at Hebron, Ind., during the 22, at the Longballa land office. summer and fall, will"arrive in the 2-1221/ city in a few days and will be the Miss ‘Sylvia Carter, a student at the Duluth normal and a graduate of the Bemidji high school, will: pass Christmas ‘vacation with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carter, in this city. Miss Alice Fellows who has been the guest of relatives in Eagle Bend for two weeks, returned to her home in Tenstrike yesterday. She was a Bemidji visitor enroute. The Baptist. ladies will continue their Christmas sale in the office of the Longballa Land office next to the LaFontisee Millinery store, Sat- urday, December 22. 2-1221 Mrs. O. Hestness and grand- danghter. Eva Hatch, of Gemmell came to Bemidii yesterday to make their home with Mrs. Hestness’ daughter, Mrs. F. Hatch, during the winter. Sunday morning the children in the primary department of the Methodist Sunday school will bring their white gifts for the poor, neatly wrapped and the contents of each package marked what it contains, with them to Sunday school. WILLIAM Texas from the Mexicans. 7:20 and LAST SHOWING TONIGHT At the REX Theatre R. E. WALSH’S MASTER DRAMA 44 —IN— | “THECONQUEROR” THE FILM SENSATION OF THE AGE 8,000—Feet of Film—8,000 This is the picture of a thousand thrills The virile story of General Sam Houston, the man who won «The picture holds tense, ever expectant of new thrills, riveted to their seats as they watch unfolded the thrilling, romantic, humorous, some- times pathetic, ever human story of Sam Houston. Note These Prices: A ONE DOLLAR ATTRACTION FOR 10 AND 20 CENTS FARNUM the audience 9 o’clock R S S R A s S e S R Tomorrow’s Program DUSTIN FARNUM “Secarlet _P{fnpernell” Another of the Rex Feature Attractions guest of his parents,. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Slater, during Christmas. Morris ‘Angvall of Fargo, N. D, is the guest of his mother and will remain through the holidays. Miss Blvira Angvall will arrive from Fargo in a few days and will visit her mother. Miss Eloise Bekken, teacher at Be- cida, will arrive in the city today and .will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. .I. P. Batchelder, and family during Christmas. Mrs. Fred Brinkman has returned from a business trip to Minneapolis. She reports the Red Cross is espec- ially active in that city, and mem- bers meet every train that arrives at the station, and solicit for the cause. E. Z. Mark of the Willow River Cattle Company has arrived with his goats and horses and will hold an auction at Pogue’s new barn at Fourth . street and Mississippi .av- enue, Saturday. If you want to buy good stock, don’t forget to come. 1-1221 Mrs. H. L. Huffman, who has‘béen the guest of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Byrnes, of Minneapolis since Tuesday, will leave Minneap- olis this evening for Rockford. Ill., where she will join her husband, First Lieutenant Huffman, of the field artillery. Miss Helen Minnick will arrive in the city tomorrow noon from Lake Park, Minn.,, where she teaches in the public schools, and will be the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Minnick, and family and her sister, Mrs. W. H. Walker, and hus- band for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Burke of Lake Boulevard will leave this eve- ning for Minneapolis and Stillwater where they will pass the holidays with relatives and friends. They will bhe joined by their daughter, Miss Rose Burke, who teaches at New Rockford, N. D. Rev. G. H. Brooks, who has been in Wheaton doing some missionary work for the State Society of Spir- itualists, has returned to Bemidji for a short time only and will speak in the Spiritual temple tonight at 8 o’clock, also Sunday. The public is most cordially invited. Just receivea a shipment of 1918 desk calendar pads, incluémg the “Daily” and = “Perfection.” Get yours now, so you will have it on hand when vou wish to make nota- tions in it for tuture reference. Pio- neer office. 106t Miss Edna Schmitt will arrive in Bemidji Monday and will be the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Schmitt, during Christmas. Miss Schmitt is employed in a bank at Thief River Falls. Harold Schmitt, a student at the University of Min- nesota, will also pass Christmas at his home here. Mr. Schmitt is study- ing dentistry. Lawrence Knox of Pleasant Valley who has attended the University of Cincinnati, and who came home last week to pass the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Knox, was notified by wire Wednesday to report immediately at Cincinnati. Mr. Knox had made application in the aviation service before coming here and left today in response to the wire. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER candy, 2 pounds:‘for -35c,:at Abers .| bridal chamber against the advances THEATERS | AT THE REX TONIGHT The last showing of the master drama, “The Conqueror,” will be at the Rex this evening when the great Willilam Fox sensation will be run. ._:I‘hls picture is in eight reels and the Stariis William' Farnum, with Jewel Carmen playing a prominent role. It is the story of Sam Houston and his fight against the Mexicans for the republic of Texas for the United States. ‘No love stories are more appe&l-l ing than_those relating heart affairs| of young people of contrasting so- cial position, such as ¢he millionajre and the beggar maid, or the society girl and the poor musician. In “The Conqueror” we watch with deepest sympathy' and delight the_determined efforts of Sam Hous- ton to win the love of ‘g fair flower' of Southern aristocraicy’and‘lift him- self from a state of ‘bafrbaric ignor- ance to a high soctal plane. Here are just a ‘few of the big wallops in which' the picture abounds: B The sensational single-handed rob- bery of the town bank. Sam Houston’s wild ride after the highwayman; the capture and re- turn to the town. e The heroine’s struggle Belle Bennstt —IN— “Ful Of Life” Finding !Ao;r . husband un- faithful to 'her, she sets out to x,'nvk‘,e -all men pay for his Pe&gy -+ What she did will T‘"“EMI Illd TIII'IIII"W i|’l‘¢!xas Guinan in Triangle: Play, ‘‘Fuel of Life.* SOMETHING DOING EVERY MINUTE IT THRILLS YOU! ! lnA;'her of a villainous intruder and his es- cape from Houston, the avenging bridegroom. The battle scenes between the gal- lant Texans and thousands of Mexi- can soldiers; real artillery exploding shells; women helping at the guns and behind the barricades, hand to- hand combats—making the greatest battle scenes ever staged for a dram- atic screen production. The final punch when Houston and his Indian friends rescue the heroine and the nuns in the convent attacked by Mexicans. IT GRIPS YOU! ! IT MAKES YOU QUIVER!! Wm. “Bill”’ Russell —IN— ““New York Luck” Something Doing Every Second. It’s ““Bill's Biggest and Punchiest Rex Tomorrow. Tomorrow comes Dustin Farnum,! one of the greatest screen favorites, in ‘‘Scarlet Pimpernell,” another of ‘the celebrated Rex features. GRAND TONIGHT William Russell in ‘“New ' York Luck” at the Grand tonight is a story of ‘‘frazzled finance,” intrigue and romantic adventure in the great metropolis. Never has “Bill” ap- peared in a more engrossing pic- ture or staged a more thrilling fight than in this film. ELKO TONIGHT Once the sheltered wife of a Wall Street financier, the bandages of ig- norance were torn from her eyes by her own husband. She saw the world, for the first time, in all its sordid nakedness. With the kiss she saw her husband give the ‘‘other-wo-|* man,” her’Hfe’s happiness was crush- ed. .Then she had been Mrs. Roger De Haven,; rich, beautiful and envied. Now she was' knewn -as ‘Mme. De Berry, and though still rich, beau- tiful and envied, she was feared by the wives of all the men who made her famous New York saloon ' the meeting place of Wall Street’s big- gest men. No woman in-all New York could boast as hig a throng of admirers and more powerful influence in financial circles. Her home was their common meeting place, and vast for- tunes were lost and won there in a single night. ‘When there was a deal to be turn- ed which took great finesse and brains and meant the ruin of some man’s hopes and fortune, it was Mme. De Berry the plotter turned so, when Bragdon Brant wanted to gain control of the Bob-Cat mine and spur line from the mine to the rail- road. he sent for this clever woman. “Fuel of Life,” the Triangle play, featuring Belle Bennett and Texas TOMORRQW == Emily Lynn in “ The Torture of Silence” Grand. Matinee Dally ight 7:30 & 8:48 =¥ Guinan, a photodrama of unusual 4 merit. To be shown at the Elko | theater tonight and tomorrow. | LONG ILLNESS ENDS ! Mrs. Ellen Miller, mother of Mrs. E. A. Henry, died yesterday after- S noon at 2 o'clock from a lingering illness. She was familiarly known 5 as “Grandma” Miller among her i friends and neighbors. She was 66 Give Local Youngsters the Best '11:1'}, years old. She leaves to mourn her Possible Start in Life W death, her one daughter, Mrs, ? A. T Henry, five brothers and one sister. 2 s The funeral services will ve Held to- Y(')u Would‘ thrOW up your hands m morrow afternoon at 2 o'clockiat the hoiy horror, if anyone suggested that you P Wartord, ep:;‘éfh;fihe Prosbyter- swipea bench from a school building or pilfer : ian church, offciating. a single page from a book of the school’s library. NOTICE But— are your dealings in public school A s e e affairs as honest as you think they are—or perhaps 1 Notlee, 15 ereby.given 1 would like to have others suppose them to be? are funds in the treasury to pay al Th A Revolving fund warrants to date; They are not—absolutely not—if you are spend: General fund warrants to Ny $7%2, ing your money for mail order merchandise. You can’t send issued Oct. 1, 1917; Permanént Im- acent of cash out of town for goods that can be bought in town s pl:OVEant. w'arrunts' to and:‘nclud- and support to the greatest possible extent the public schools. 2 , issued Feb. 2¥, 1917, op s o e Doas faad wastants to No. 3820 Every brick in the schools — every book in issued Oct. 16, 1917. the schools’ libraries must be purchased with December 21, 1917. school “taxes.” The size of the taxation depends GEO. W. RHEA, on the wealth of the community. And the wealth is governed 3-1224 Treasurer. largely by the earning capacity of the people who live in the el e o e community. 4 Money sent away from home doesn’t pay i DRY CLEANI NG e for one minute of home town “labor.” It doesn’t Clothes Cleaners for Men, fill the dinner pail of a single local worker. It and Children doesn’t enrich home dealers. It doesn’t by one word broaden the knowledge of the children of this town—add to the attractiveness or comfort of school days. gfig Money spent with local merchants travels in a s R ANING 1O circle. "It doesn’t go out of circulation when rung up on the VOB ANEON 8R0S dealer’s cash register—as do mail order dollars when you slip them into the mail box. The dealer spends it here. It pays the help back of the counter, who spend it in town for s they ns;,t. It assjsm them in purchasing hom;st;athat cm;I é‘taxed." g TOM SMART goes into more me ise—an t merchandise is | DRAY AND TRANSFER - “taulfi._“ séAhndllt dls on dl:uatwn. remember, that your j ] Safe and Piano Moving PUSIC actio0s Cepen . ' The Calumet Baking Powder Co. paid for the preparation of this srticle. 818 America Res. Phone 58 Office Phone 12 Remember, Wed., “Wheatless Day” LTS ¢