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PAGE EIGHT ogpiesgperet """'—-“"’-"’;W'Wm | WOW MOVt MOURE THE WO SOWN SASK. N LU0 Twentieth Century Laugh With Us— Not At Us— Perfect Ladies? Local merchants report that there has been an unusual increase in the | sale of tape measures since the Gar- “ yison sisters, one of whom is said to be one of the most perfectly formed . women in the world, appeared at the Grand theater Wednesday night. So far we haven’t heard of any women in Bemiidji claiming the championship, although some of them are believed to have a perfect right. —And a Pretty Fair Left— The Tell-Tale all the senses, why is it tl;at somelbut_" married men say that their wives have no sense? —No Harm in Saying It— Women Says Husband Has An-| Try the Snake Dance other Wife,” reads a headline in a| Dear Twentieth Century: I have r. Probably she found | been advised that dancing keeps one from his pay en-{Y¥Oung but I have been trying it out d ¢!lately and T have so far found no Twin City pape 15 cents missing ticket leads me t “Just because velope last Saturday night and jus C - = knew that he must be keeping an- ben: from it. What have you got| . acock she is not other woman. to M. Older : ; Yes, it is said that dancing keeps —Checking Him Up— onc young. But maybe you arz not The First Hundred Years, Etc. the one; and when you begin to get Right in line with chiropractic an- | stooped and get pains in your back, nouncements that a person can livejyoure not doing the.right kind of a to be one hundred years old through|dance, that’s all. coper treatment, an eminent doctor —On With the Dance— vou can live to be a hundred M. . L vou eat only sour milk, cheese and eaning Lots . o % doubt but that is right. 1t| Among the things that dom't mean Do e pretty hard to kill the man | & hang of a lot, we would like to in- Who could cat sour milk and cheese. | ¢lde the f,*’l‘ifi;“!'gtin e i B S ‘I had firmly intended G 2 ——No One Would Harm Them— | ¢ “Christmas shopping this year, Boy, Page Mr. Edison but—" Ii “touch” is the most delicate of “[ zlways pay my bills on time, er to drink. —And Harder to . BEEN BRAGGING AL ) ONER MEW MORK ABOUY' e MOUR LIYTLE ‘HOME —_ = “{ always play my best game of bridge on tue way home.” “But, John! Why blame me fur the size of the eggs. You know where they came from.” «Surely, the price of my railroad name a Pullman’after me.” —No, She May Be Foolish— Don’t Forget the Consequences ‘A local liquor fiend says that it is not only harder to get but also hard- Then, he must also remember that it’s also harder to get over. London—A “Please shut the door” notice in fourteen lapguages adorns the main door of the Enemy Clearing House, London. _ YHE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER WHERE OHA GAT THAY-SYURF-2 U. S. WORKING GIRLS PRAISED BY BRITON, {her hair or smoke. to remain as routine head of the firm. By Chas. McCann, (United Prass Staf? Correspondent) London, Dec. 9.—Busniess girls in | portuni p America do mnot bob their hair nor have in America. smoke. paid than the clerks That is, if Miss British delegate to the International iy 5 Congress of Working purpose—it is looke Geneva, obtained the correct impres- ' sion of American business life from American delegates. Miss MacDonald has returned to London enthusiastic over the Ameri- can girl office worker. o believe they may a girl walks like a necessarily proud.” ! literature among Get Away T'roim— the conference,” she said.. “They struck me as being more alive than those of any other nation. i “The American girls, I was told, Debts|are very difficult to organize into I unions because none of them intend “But it doesn’t do for her to bob «I was much impressed by the op- unities of promotion which girls {them come to Europe for a holiday. E. MacDonald, | myeir firms give them leave for the Women at 4h.ir husiness education. “One girl I met, who is employed : A by an association which dissembleslz};{e ]?siStogvg‘:if‘S'“ &g:&f&gxifi ls'lci'il" had been given nine months’ leave to come to Europe. The representative Many* A by of the waitresses of America told me Many‘ American women were at, thap they are either very badly paid | or very well paid. The two extremes often exist in cafes side by si “Miss Zung, the Chinese delegate,|graphers, including Jercy W. Long, told me that the Chinese suffragettes |Ph.D., Harvard uni have lately been fighting the police.} Northrup, P! Counting Murders and Auto Accidents . EZ 2\ MORE FOLKS "™MAN workers. A girl | Some of the Chinese girls are now|John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., University of goes into a busines as a junior typist | ticket inspectors on the railways, and | Pennsylvania; Forrest S.'Lunt, A.M., and before long she is assistant to the Columbia university ,and Morris W. Croll, Ph.D., ° Princeton university. The editor-in-chief is George J. Hag- .ar, complier of many-previous dic- tionaries and encyclopedias. The book is new, absolutely new. Its def- initions are simple, accurate and au- ’thol'itative. | many are typists.” UP-TO-DATE WRITERS USE “AMERICANISMS” Many words and phrases that have a peculiar significance in the United epprrrrrrmmvrrrrrnmverrermemmny States have come into common use in MARKETS recent years. They are encountered every day in articles contributed to } R POTATO MARKET the newspapers and the magazines by Chicago, Dec. 9.—Potato market steady. Receipts 48 -cars. Total uU. S. shipments 426 cars. Wisconsin whites, sacked and bulk, $1.65 to $1.75; Minnesota round whites, sacked and bulk, $1.50 to $1.70; Red River g, | Qhios, sacked. $1.60'to $1.70; Mich- versity; Clark S.!8an round whites, sacked, $1.65 to Cnmell‘univcrsity;ifl-g; Idaho rurals, sacked,” $1.75 ' Lo They are bettar here. Many of d on as part of the universities, New Universities being offered to the read- aper. They make up one pplementary dictionaries which have been incorporated in this remarkable volume, compiled and edited. by leading American lexico- be found in The Dictiona ers of th of the 2 | L e seseaemm—n I i handsome store on our old site that will be worthy of the patronage of Northern Minnesota. We acknowledge—first of all—that it has been only through the loyalty of our many customers that we have bezn able to go ahead with an enter- prise such as this has been. Our business policy has always been “to give the very best values possible” to maintain a service that could be appreciated—and to serve our customer’s Flash Lights Tea Kettles IN LINE with Bemidji enterprise, we have built a Brooms . A strong, well sewed i A good, serviceable | Broom, a splendid Copper nickel-plated Flashlight; selling | value; regular price Tea Kettles; regular regularly for $1.76— | $1.00— $2.25 value— SATURDAY ONLY $1.50 SATURDAY ONLY 75c¢ SATURDAY ONLY $1.00 Chiristmas Suggestions to Please Men WINCHESTER SHOT GUNS, AMMUNITION FLASHLIGHTS FISHING RODS SKATES SKATING SHOES SKIS AND SNOWSHOES GUN CASES BICYCLES TOOL CABINETS GOLF BAGS, CLUBS, BALLS WINCHESTER AXE HUNTING AXE RIFLES POCKET KNIVES RAZORS REVOLVERS VACUUM BOTTLES ’ FISHING TACKLE, LUNCH BOXES WATCHES TOOLS AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES AUTOMOBILE TIRES AUTOMOBILE WRENCH SETS | —————— | Everything for the Farm IN LAYING OUT OUR STORE, one of the principal features we had in mind was to make it easier for the farmer to have his wants filled. We have literally thousands of bins, and compartments in which we will keep Machine Parts. Our Display Floor is large enough to show many of the Machines that we handle, and, with our factory connections, we are in a position to give the best of service. We will continue to handle all of the smaller articles needed on the farm. We want our many friends who live in this vicinity to sce our store, cither at the time of our opening—SATURDAY, DECEMEBER 10TH— or.as soon after as possible. 3 best interests at all times, thereby serving our own. And with these ideas in mind for the future, we have no fear for the success of our new enlarged store. In fact, we rather fancy the idea that we will need to enlarge our store again, in the near future, to keep pace with the ever-growing business interests of Bemidji. : We want YOU to feel an interest in this enter- prise—to feel that YOU have helped to make it pos- sible—that it is YOUR store—we are here to serve You Are Invited We are going to give a party—a House Warming—to properly celebrate the opening of our New Store, and we want you to come in— . Saturday, “Dec. I and see how well we’ve planned the arrangement. Even though you may not be interested in Hardware, you | surely are interested in what concerns the city of Bemidji, as a whole. And we are rather proud of our contribution to the Business District with this new Hardware Store. Souvenirs For The Ladies . We will have souvenirs for the Ladies and Children who | pay us a visit- Saturday, and also have arranged a number | of Special Bargains in Household Articles for that day as an added inducement to visit the store. . Get 'a Free Ticket Every Person Entering Our Store Saturday Will Receive At 8:30 That Evening We Will Give Away ABSOLUTELY FREE A 32-PIECE ALUMINUM SET PAY US A VISIT SATURDAY! a Ticket. Souvenirs for Ladies and Children you. 3 2 i Aside from the new store features you will, no doubt, be interested in many of the nationally known lines of Hardware that are sold here exclusively— Merchandise of the better sort—at no higher prices than you are asked to pay for ordinary merchandise. Just now. our store'is well stocked with sugges- tions for Christmas Giving—things that will be use- ful for years to come—things that you will feel that you have not squandered money on. = Tube Skates ) Nestor-Johnson —with shoes; regular $12.50 value— SATURDAY ONLY Sleds Regular $2.35 value; SATURDAY ONLY SATURDAY ONLY | ; $80-890 $1.90 Christmas Suggestions to Please Women ICE SKATES SKATING EQUIPMENT VACUUM BOTTLES ‘SEWING MACHINES ELECTRIC WASHING MACHINES WINCHESTER. SCISSORS WINCHESTER . SHEARS AUTO LUNCH KITS PYREX GLASS UTENSILS KITCHEN CUTLERY ALUMINUM UTENSILS PERCOLATORS ELECTRIC TOASTERS FLASHLIGHTS ELECTRIC -IRONERS COFFEE SETS BUTCHER KNIVES WINCHESTER CARVING SETS ELECTRIC CURLING IRONS TABLE SILVER . ELECTRIC GRILLS COFFEE POTS CHOCOLATE POTS ELECTRIC SWEEPERS HQUSEHOLD TOOLS CRUMB SCRAPERS Monarch - Range | Regular price $100.00 | and $110.00— 4 CASSEROLES TEA POTS ELECTRIC HEATERS VALSPAR VARNISH ELECTRIC IRONS WE OFFER SOME SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS on what to have Santa Claus bring the “Boy” or “Girl”—things that will be a health-giving joy for many seasons— . AIR GUNS KNIVES TOOLS SLEDS SKIS TOBBOGANS ICE SKATES ROLLER SKATES —and any number of things that any real Boy or Girl will like. BOYS AND GIRLS ARE INVITED SATURDAY, DEC. 10TH There’s plenty of room here—come in and get acquainted. Make this store» your headquarters. s s heat their lunch when they come to the city. e——p—————————————— C. W. Vandersluis LADH“V‘VC ;\{‘:'l' nPOO“I " : g . Bring in your Christmas Par- with toilet facilities, and where SAME . i E 2 A g FOURTH ST. cels, no matter where you we will have a Gas Range in- _OLDlfiQlA‘NFfR 3 ik { J \E R P i : & MIFJ‘S'TAVE‘ bought them, and let us wrap stalled for the use of farmers’ .NEW RL/ AR{ARRE yY AAdR L ) WHERE them up for you for mailing or wives and families who wish to HOME o b WE STARTED express. We have every facil- The WINCHESTER Store W. Z. Robinson ity for service. - T g e—