Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 28, 1920, Page 5

Te each day give an interesting and complete review of the eity’s social activities is our desire. This page is devoted to per- _sonal mention, social items and mews briefs and we solicit your ep:operation in its maintenance. Items phoned or mailed to this office are appreciated by readers of the paper and. by the publishers. I _——————Telephone ’22;_ NOTICE TO WATER USERS Pay up your water bills before Sa urday night, January 31st. This will 'J. C. Lewis of Marble was a Tues- day visitor in this city. $60,000 to loan or rarms, Dean |, “.. 0o ' y your last notice. lAml_Qo. ant 3d-1-30 ‘Water Department. .~ J. B. Burns of Ironton was a caller in Bemidji on Tuesday. 4 TADIES AID MEETING. The Ladies’ Aid of the Norwegian Lutheran Free church will meet ‘at the home of Mrs. Edwin Akre tomor- row, afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Every one welcome. S. A. Friberg of Hines was a visit- or in Bemidji on Tuesday. Sylvester Christnack of Excelsior _épe'nth’l‘ues‘day in this city. L. R. Baldwin of Grand Forks spent Tuesday in this city. HOSTESSES TO AID. Lutheran church will be entertained at the church parlors tomorrow aft- ernoon by Mrs. C. J. Clover and Mrs. ©*W. F. Gunitz of Braine,fd was a Tuesday visitor in Bemidji. is desired. Lunch will be served. " Mrs." L. Otness of Lengby was a Tuesday visitor in this city. NOTICE. M. B. A. members take notice, all members are requested to pay their dues on or before the last day of the month to avoid being suspended. M. E. Ibertson, secretary, Modern Brotherhood of America. 3d-1.28 BIRTHDAY CLUB CALLS. The members of the Birthday club o fthe G. A. R. Circle, caled on Mrs.' A. C. Newton at her home, 514 America avenue, Tuesday afternoon.’ There were twenty-two of the mem- bers present. "J. C. Shephard of Walker was a caller in Bemidji yesterday.. H. D. Leonard of Crookston spent Tuesday as a visitor in this city. Mrs. George McTaggart is vis}ting relatives in Minneapolis for a few days. i C. W. Warfield went to Minne- apolis yesterday to attend the auto- mobile show. ¥ Mrs. D. S. Mitchell has been con- fingd to her home for the past few days; by~ illness. .August Monson of the Fifth ward left Monday evening for Eveleth to visit with relatives. served: "< A LIMITED OFFER The 'Pioneer- Stationery House has Dr. L. A, Ward is recovering nicely ., from his recent illness, and will be able to:be out soon. packages. 83£x13, just what offices of every kind use daily. Beginning Saturday a special sale will start and continue for oné week only. Savings of from 40 cents to 75 cents on every ream are possible. ~ A limited number of boxes only will be disposed of. Mail ord- ers filled 'in order received. 3d-1-30 " INFORMAL FOR VISITOR. Miss Myrtle Kolbe was hostess to an informal party on Monday even- ing in hodor of Ewald Kolass, who left for his home in the southern part of the state after a visit here of several weeks.- The guests were 0. LeCalir of Two Harbors was among the out of town visitors in Bemidji on Tuesday. ’ Theodore Barlow of Eagle Bend is _visiting his cousin, Andrew Barlow, Lof th_is city for a few days. Frank L. Waggoner and Ray Ban- ister of Hackensack spent a few hours in Bemidji yesterday. George Forte of Eckles is trans- acting Dbusiness and calling on friends in Bemidji this week. just received a big shipment of fine|good state of preservation. typewriter paper put up in ream |the bones had been ¢ut with a saw, Sheets are 834x11 and|the teeth of which left peculiar marks FROM RURAL SCHOOLS C. G. Hankey, assistant county superintendent .of schools, returned last evening from a two day trip in- |’ specting schools in the vicinity of ‘Funckley and Hornet. He reports that- the schools are doing well in most cases. The roads are so drifted with snow: that traveling ig very h{:\rd in that section of the county. Miss Annie Shelland, who, with t- | County Superintendent of Schools J. C. McGhee, visited, the Carr Lake! *|school yesterday, is.on another in- spection trip. today with Mr. McGhee. They will. call on*the schools at Spur and Robideau Lake. The schools in districts No. 3 and 67 have been closed on account of the “Flu.”’ Mrs. Anderson, who resides north of Blackduck, was reported ill at her home yesterday and medical aid was The Ladies Aid of the Swedish|summoned. The office of the county superin- tendent of schools is mailing .to each G. C. Berglund. A large attendance|gs the clerks of the rural school boards a book of receipts to be filled in and given to the teachers when they pay their insurance under the rulings of the Teachers’ Insurance and Retirement Fund. Heretofore the clerks have Deén negligent ‘about giving the teachers a receipt for the money taken from their wage for insurance. BUNES IN “BLUEBEARD” HOME Paris Police Say Wife and Children Aided in Alieged Slayers Crimes. Paris.—Police officials investigating They spent a :very |charges against Henri Landru, the al- pleasant ‘afternoon with Mrs. New-|leged “bluebeard.” who is accused of ton, a‘ter which refreshments were|slaying a number of women and de- stroying their bodies, claim to have found ubout fifteen pounds of human bones in a house where he lived. Among the bones was a skull in a Some of which were easily recognizable. It is said the saw has been found and that marks made by its teeth coincide with thgse found on the bone fragments. Inquiry as to the operations of Lan- dru’s wife, says the Eclair, shows that she was a “devoted accomplice” of her husband and “knew of everything he did.” It is also charged their children alded in disposing of property secured by Landru in the leged criimes, Weather and. the Death Rate. course of his al- His Tip. , Mrs. Styles—I want money far a new hat, dear. Mr. Styles—Why don't you take & chance like me? “What, and wear my old one a year longer?” “Oh, no; but bet a new bonnet with some lady friend on the weather to- morrow.” Nb Doubt About It. Lawyer—As a matter of fact, you were scared half to death, and don’t know whether it was a motor car or something resembling a motor car that hit you. g Victim—It resembled one, all right., I was forcibly struck by the resem- blance. ONCE BITTEN, ETC. “Why did that ‘brilllant’ woman marry such a stupid man.” “Because her first husband was & genius.” Superabundance. Oh, speech is free, men truly state ‘But we'd be in a serious way If all the business had to wait Till everybody had his say. ' " LR oot i Yellowstone Leads Them All The Yellowstone national park is the largest and most widely celebrated of our national parks. It is a wood- ed wilderness of thirty-three hundred square miles, It contains more gey- sers than are found in the rest of the world together, and has innumerable boiling springs whose steam mingles Subscribe for The Pioneer. with the clouds.—National Magazine. " Science and Soap Bubbles. 8ir James Dewar, the English pro- fessor of ‘chemistry, who has made soap bubbles which he kept intact for more than a year, says that when a soap bubble becomes very: old, say in three or four days, it offers the only possible example of the molecule vis- ible to the naked eye. In the soap bubble ordinarily there are about 100 layers of molecules, but scientific treat- menl§ has produced black spots in which there is only a single layer, so thin that Sir James estimates that it would take oné and one-third mil- lion like it superimposed to make an inch. “Get Rich Qiuck.” Writing a song that catches on is one of the shortest cuts to wealth, Sir Arthur Sullivan recelved $50,000 in royalties for “The Lost Chord,* and “My Pretty Jane” remunerated f{ts composer to the tune of $10,000 a line! —~—Boston Post. ¢ Nubscribe for The Pioneer. Might Be Good Idea. Jud Tunkins says there would ,nev- er be any ceal shortage If all the peo- ple who used to sing “Down in a Coal Mine” would get picks an’ shovels an' be as good as their word. —eeee R R R R T ) FRIDAY and Saturday " The Filmusical Comedy “OH, BOY!” From the Elliott, Comstock & Gest success, by P. G. Wood- house and Guy Bolton. WED. Jan. 2 THE FAMOUS EXCELSIOR QUINT versus .BEMIDJI LEGION QUINT 2_GAMES—2 FAST BASKET BALL THUR. Jan. 29 S B This team is brought here at a big expense in order to give you the very best in basket ball. Come out and help the home team win. We need your morel as well as finan- cial support. NO CHANGE IN PRICES noens |0AMES Called At AVOID DELAY AT The general death rate is found to NOW ON *a visitor-in, Bemidjf o v arrived this morning business. Mrs. Quincy Brooks has been con- fined to her home by illenss for the past two days. She is improving. L. E. Paddock of Keil township s ay, having. Mr..and Mrs. Harold Swisher, ertha Krause;-Nellie Adams, Louise Golz, Bill and Henry Krause, Rev. William Kamphenkel, and the guest of honor, Mr. Kalass. Refresh- ments were served at a late hour, after which the guests departed, hav- Emmar and: increase w to diminish’ ter. h.rising temperature, and with a falling thermome- These ‘conclusions are reached by Doctor Ellsworth Huntington of Yale, and are a result of a study of about 400.000 desths in New. York S P.M at the THE DOOR, "GET YOUR SALE at TH CITY DRUG STORE ing spent a very pleasant evening. DIET IS UNIONIZED IN SPAIN Organized Workmen Also Demand Beds With Two Mat. tresses. . H. B. Haselhorst and J. Hessell of ;8t. Cloud were among the out of town visitors in this city yesterday. After the high schoo basketball game Saturday night ,a dance will city in. connection with the weather on the day of death. The peculiarities seem to apply to all seasons. Variety in the weather is healthful and stim- ulating, and it is believed that some variability is as essential as proper hu- ARMOR Y [ A be held in the Armory by the high school. Tickets $1.00. 2d1-29 N C. P. Ellymsen and Charles John- son of Northome were among the out Washington. — Industrial troubles in Spain have the question of diet added to the problems of wages and midity. Eighity Widows Drawing - THOMAS'H.INCE presents of town visitors in this city yester. day. hours, according to a report at the department of commerce. Before making a contract to cut a crop of sugar cane, Spanish workmen recently made the following demands: A daily wage of 10 pesetas ($1.75); three heavy meals-—breakfast of eggs and meat, dinner of soup and meat stew, supper of bacon, green vege- tables and “gazpacho”; hours of work —from sun to sun, with two hours for slesta, or noon-day nap, forty minutes for each meal, three smoking periods of twenty minutes each and one for thirty minutes and®a bed with two mattresses. What Makes Corn Pop? A grain of “popcorn” Is filled with tightly-packed starch grains. The in- side of the grain is divided into a large number of cefls, each of Mfilch may be likened to a tiny box, ‘the walls of which are sufficiently strong to with- stand considerable pressure from with- Cottage prayer meeting will be held tonight at 8 o’clock with Mrs. Reidshal of Nymore, with Captain Orchard in charge: George Cox went to Backus Tues- day to visit with his son, Charles ‘ Cox. He also visited relatives in Bemidji for a short time. After the high school basektball game Saturday night, a dance will be held in the Armory by the dl;lgl; 2d1. 4 I .- school. Tickets $1.00. Miss Bertha Nuss, who was called -~ to Bemidji last week to attend to business matters, returned to her home at Big Falls Monday. ‘Mrs. Emma Barlow of the fifth ward left today for Virginia to make an extended .vieit there with her I Pensions for War of 1812 Eighty widows of soldiers -of the War of 1812 are still on the government , pension rolls, ac- cording to the annual report of Secretary of the Interior Lane. Pensioners inciuded 215 surviv- ors of the war with Mexico, and 2,739 . widows of soldiers. Names of 271,391 Civil war veterang are listed. Deaths of Civil war veterans last year numbered 27.703, compared with 30,446 the vear before. louve never really beenin LOVE ip,you havent seen Pearis in Oysters. Spokane, Wash.—Ten pearls from a quart of oysters that cost him 45 cents were taken by one customers of a lo- cal fish market, and two pearls were found by another, the dealer reported. He, himself. found one, he said, The pearls are said to range in value from Saturday and Sunday DOUGLAS M=<LEAN = DORIS MAY %> HOURS LEAVE by ary Roberts Rinchart Thomas H.Ince Production The famous “Saturday Evening Post” daughter, Mrs. Robert McLain. J. J..Congor has been confined to his home for the past week with a severe attack of tomeilitis. He ex- pects to be out in a few days, how- ever. Spoi cash paid for Liberty Bonds, and Liberty Bond receipts. See G. B. Hooley at Northern Grocery Co., during the day, or at Markham hotel, evenings. 1117t¢ Mrs. S. H. Hayner, formerly Miss Lucy Brooks of this city, arrived yesterday from Fredericksburg, Va., | to make an extended vieit with Mr. ' and Mrs. Quincy Brooks. Mr. Hainer will arrive later. Clarence Rood, who, since his re- turn from France has been employed with the postal terminal of Minne- apolis arrived in city this morning to spend several weeks with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Rood on Bix- by avenue. He expects to go to South America to represent an American firm in a few months. N - FRIENDS ENTERTAINED. < Mr. and Mrs. A. Goodrich enter- tained a party of friends at a theatre party Monday evening, after which they had refreshments at Abercrom- ‘bie and McCready’s and enjoyed ‘dancing for a short time. The guests were Messrs, and Mesdames S. D. Snyder, H. Olin, J. P. Lahr, and Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Denison. PAamne in. Upon the application of heat the moisture present in each little box is converted into steam that finally es- capes by explosion. The grain of corn then literally turns inside out and fis transformed into a large mass of snow- white starch. Thank you FOR YOUR GENEROUS PATRONAGE YESTERDAY If You Liked THIS SOLDIER COMEDY 23: Hours Leave TELL YOUR FRIENDS, WE ARE SHOWING IT AGAIN TONIGHT & TOMORROW ELKO 4 S =1 | | $2 to $10 each. Admission THE BEAUTIFUL STA Picturized from t! Louis Jos A story of priceless p and the girl who smashed Tonight o»d Thurs. DORIS KENYON —IN— “THE BANDBOX” . “KIDS”—a Christie Comedy Grand 10c and 25¢ GE AND SCREEN STAR he famous novel by eph Vance earls, the evil they spread, their spell. Also— THEATRE story, made into a picture that sizzles with action and roars with fun. By the worst soldier in camp! A surprise attack! Come to capture the general’s daughter—in his B. V. D.’s! Did he do it? You’ll say so! Of course, he went to the “jug” when his leave was up, but during that little love campaign—wow! Nothing about war. Just youth, romance, dough-. boys and fun! Paramount Mfigaiine—Holmes Travelogue Matinees 3:00—10c-20c Nights 10c-25¢ ELKO- Tonight & Thursday ES N, |