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pa ee ne Grand Rapids and Vicinity Attorney rer terta nt Christmas with their son r, Mr. Philip A. Smith. y m Grand Rapids. 1 Mrs. C. News G Rossman is expected chatfield. | person who accidently the fur scarf at the village please return it to Miss 1 order of Royal Neighbors n with cards at K. P. hall g of January 4th. A served. y Rockaway, stenographer Rossman, 1s spending with her parents at A. Smith and their Katherine Smith of started out through nas day to make ill on the lumber camps athered During the Week; . nw A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. tome today from a visit with his Andrew Kent last Monday. J. B. Young, who has a homestead in the Big Fork country, wes a visitor here yesterday. Joe McKeinnon and wife cf Tac- onite, were in town today on their way home from a visit with relatives at Cass Lake. B. P. Munson and Geo. Currie came up from Minneapolis Monday. Mr. Currie will scale logs for Mr. Munson in this vicinity. Hon. D. M. Gunn, state senator Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brandmier and their little daughter Wilhelmina, spent Christmas in Grand Rapids at the Kiley home, returning to Floodwood Sunday afternoon. The board of county commissioners will hold their first meeting of the New Year next Tuesday. There will Thursday ‘morning. She will prob- ably spend the valance of the winter m Grand Rapids. She had been absent many months, dunng which time she visited in New Brunswick, Can.. Boston and New York. The Herald-Review is in receipt of aclipping from the Grand Forks (N. D.) Herald, dated Wednesday De- cember 23, which gives the following | news concerning a former resident of this neighborhood: “Married by court —Thomas Godin and Miss Delma} Gauthier were married yesterday after- noor by Judge P, McLaughlin.” | L. M. Bolter of the First State Bank 1s now the possessor of a fine riding ané driving horse, bought at a Duluth sales stable. The animal has a pedi- gree that associates his name with a long line of noble ancestry. Mr. Rol- ter’s banking business at Bovey and Calumet requires his presence in those towns very frequently and he feels that horseback riding 1s just what he Dickens, “Scrooge,” but itis recalled to our mind as a most appropriate ser- mon reading in any church, and es- pecially appropriate is it at this season, The Very Rev. Dean Buechler will use “Scrooge” as his subject next Sun- day evening at St. Joseph’s Catholic church. All who hear the reading ‘but is now beyond all danger and will beautiful caroh in prose by Charles |— Mrs. H. E. Graffam is slowly re- covering from the effects of a severe hemorrhage of th? nose which occured on the 17th inst. ©The flow of blood from the nasal organ was so great that fears of fatal results were enter- tained fora time. Medical aid was promptly called and the application of proper remedies removed the danger at once. Mrs. Graffam suffered a great deal for some days while the packing remained in the nose, but she hervically withstood the pain. She still feels the effects of the loss of blood, soon be fully recovered Services at St. Joseph’s. Friday, January 1, two masses will be said—at 8 o’cluck and at 10:00 o'clock. There will be uo catechism; no eaening devotions. Sunday, January 3, the very Rev. Dean Buechler’s sermon subj :cts will be, at 10 o’cluck in the forenoon, “The New Year: What willit Bring?” a Christmas carol in pr sermon for a selfish age. Iu the evening the usual vespers will be omitted, and the service will open with the hymn “Lead Kindly Light,’ after which the lecture will be giyen, followed by benediction. The evening service will begin promptly at 7:30, and it will be nec- Snake in Ireland The other morning, while William Kennedy, Gurteenakilla, was walking through his farm at Tallamore park, he was surprised to see something wriggling in the grass. On closer ob- servation Mr, Kennedy creature was a snake, which him as he closed upon it. made an attempt to boring ditch, but M it twice with a killed it. A neighbor of Mr. spent a long time states of America. that it was ous varie’ long and walking stick, eolor the back with whit pale green undernea band at his oj adder of po “t eis an OY Kids. the French Fido weel not eat ze bon- Thrown to the madame,” “little “Ah, maid, the children.”—Puck. Network of Canals in China. Holland@’s canals are famotis, but the éanal system of China is far more mar- velous and its value to the enormous empire is simply incalculable. No country in the world has more navi- zable rivers and canals than China. The network of water ways, natural and artificial, so covers the empire that snore as many people live upon the er as on the land{ The great , that wonder of the world, runs north and south from Canton to the »xtremity of the empire, and by thi ‘oute the wares of all nations are car- ried to ae nae a Beets of 825 m or near has sevent to keep up the w by thousands of bridges. forty: An Expensive Appendix. | Will fi , who used to drive our meat wagor ound, but who has taken a short vacation to rega health, is driving Herman Flem ineat around while Herman is co in the hospital in town getting b Mar fg Res from this district, will leave for St. needs in the way of exercise, In the evening at 7:30 a lecture will “The dear, intelligent, little dog-| pendicites cut out, which takes g, who is “handling” for Paul next Sunday to be ready for his It has been many years ‘since the] be given in the form of a public read- zie!” exclaimed Mrs. Swellman, | days per week and extends up in m in the north country, | legislative duties next Tuesday, editor of the Herald-Review read that|1ng from Charles Dicken’s “Scrooge” “There must be something w with | Bucks county on Saturdays, not s3 nding the holidays with sh e and a| those bonbons, Yvetie; give them to| anything about customers in Fox | Chase & Torresdale. KSLSLSLWSLSLSVSVSLSITSISLS® TSCAMERCANTIEOMPINY cant ie sue (Ok Hailes ewelese aes pememeoreen auc to perfect—| cannot fail to appreciate it fully. essary for those wishing to i/ THE BIG GRAND RAPIDS THE = J. P. Young of Cloquet spent the} themselves acquainted with — this DEPARTMENT § ' STORE OF 1 Mrs, Rody Hawley were Mrs. A. A. Knox and daughter, |Jast few days in town looking over the | M#Ster piece of the great Dickens to STORE MINN. QUALITY G SALE WILL BEGIN JANUARY 2 ’0 PPLALPLVPOEVCECSRCUOCRUCUUC? | Shoaf, J. H. R. King, S. D.; C. E. | Aiken, J. D.; Phillip A. Smith, SS.; ( (SSDS SN Ben Lieberman, J.S.: Chas. Kearney, | A Ladie’s Coats Children’s and Misses Coats ds in Grand Rapids Mon- Hawley 1s conducting a mp a short distance east e Beckfelt is home on a the holidays. She is at t Menominee, Wis., institution she is tional 1 with. gt, son of Mr. and Mrs. of Deer Lake, returned lo last Sunday, where he I the past three s a homestead in re likes the country { Frank McCormick Julia, of Minneapolis, who have been visiting during the last few days at the home of Mrs. Knox’s sister, Mrs. A. P. White of this city, departed Tues- day morning for their home in the cities after greatly enjoying their brief visit in Bemidji—Bemidji Pioneer. Henry Logan of Grand Rapids, who acts as business agent for the St. Benedictine Sisters, camein on Tues- day morning’s early train from the Rapids anc spent the day consulting with the sisters of the St. Anthony’s hospital of this city. —Bemidji Pioneer Miss Ada McLennan of Grand Rapids came in Tuesday morning from a short visit with relatiyes near Little- fork and 1s visiting old friends in this place with a view to starting a mov- ing picture and vaudeville show at this place. Mr, Young is interested in a show at Bemidji, also one at Cloquet and knows the business through and through. He left for Benmndji last} night after securing a building for his play house. We did not learn just what time he intends to open “up the show, but when he does something | good can be expected. Mrs, H. S, Huson met with a very serious accident |ast Saturday morning at, the home of Mr. and Mrs. D, C. Cochran at Wabana, While walking ; down stairs she tripped and fell in suc h | a manner as to injure her left side, \bending the leit leg under the body. be at the church strictly on time. No admission charge will be made, but a silver collection will be taken up, and the public is asked to be gener- ous, as the offering will be used for) the purchase of a new statue of St. Joseph. fhe doors will be opened at 7:00 o'clocx. No reserved seats. ihe Roike's at Library. The following new books have been added to the Library recently: 1 or the Lonesome Pine, by Fox.) Rand, by Johnston. Vair Mississipian, by Craddock. Grafters, by O. Henry. Post Girl, by Booth. Peter, by Smith. Now ; i; i; & /; / To Our Friends and Patrons that we have just finished the most successful and most satisfactory >} ying a visit from Mr. | city as a guest of Miss Estella Gracie, | Phe knee cap was dislocated and the) 7 by White. 6 G. Menesof Minneapolis, Miss McLennan formerly lived in | Hip quite severely injured. — She was ery eh sal Seine lid 4} Mrs. Menes} Bemidji and has many friends in this |brought to town on an improvised festlag of ible Mallory, vy Ward, @) i ay ra e I es McCormick. | City, —Bemidji Pioneer. bed Sunday morning, since which] Balance of Power, by. Goodrich. s wealthy land} time she has been under the care of| (west of Quesnay, by ‘Tarkington. : of South Dakota, the winter in Min- Mrs. Elizabeth Gibson, mother of Mrs. D. M. Gunn and Mrs. George Booth, returned from the east last Dr. Russell. She will be confined to her room for some time, but she will not be permanently disabled, Owing to the backward season and continous mild weathes I am over stocked on the following lines, and which I offer | 5 ‘in honor of the members of the Cole- at greatly reduced prices. | raine lodge. bo eNe. -geieneesuun * | Montgomery Weds. | | Men’s Overcoats Men’s Suits hme Ce ee | charge of the defunct Magnet. | Bemidji Pioneer said: | Rauk was formerly in the employ of | the Pionecr as pressman, ? lly went to Grand Forks to enter | Mr. Second Generation, by Phillips. Flower of the Dusk, by Reed. Diva’s Ruby, by Crawford. Arethusa, by Crawford, Wayfarers, by Cutting, Rose McLeod, by Brown, i Now in North Dakota. The Rauk & Cross firm referred to in the following mention are no doubt two former residents of Grand Rapids. Knute Rauk was employed | in the print shops here for some time, and James II. Cross formerly had The “K. L. Rauke a member of the printiog firm of Rauk & Cross of Grand Forks, was a Christmas visitor in the city. Mr. but printing business on his own hook. Rauk is doing ve well in the} | Metropolis of the Flickertail state.” SSERES SSSR ASRSSSISNS WSSS VESTAS IOVS Masons Install Officers. ‘The local order of Masons installed | tyler; E. cha George F. yencer Murphy, Meyers, secret Freeman, treasurer. Following the lodge room work, a sumptuous ban-} quet was served at Hotel Pukegama | Editor C. B. Montgomery, of the! Echo, is now basking in the sunshine of matrimonial happiness. The event took place in Minneapolis on Tues Rev. Dr. We have It will take us the | ever experienced since this great business started, we January 4th going to start our usual special after ( CHRISTMAS to get our store and stocks straigd- hened out ready for this ane OI sales @ .@ 2 yallance of the week @2e2 |the following officers at their hall] series of sales last Monday evening: E. A. Kremer. | S sal Pa 9) W, M.; M. A. Spang, S. W.; Trumau ( DoS. ‘ We will be ready for the first of these 0} big sales f Our Cloak and Suit ? \ Ladie’s Fur Scarfs'and Muffs Children’s and Misses Fur day, the 22ad. Montgom- ery tied the nuptial knot. Miss Cora Herrvn, one of our prominent youog Departmet Boys Overcoats CRACOW COY The sale will begin Scarfs and Muffs Boys Suits Saturday, Jan, 20d, (909 Don’t forget the Place THE PIONEER STORE JOHN BECKFELT. ‘DEFECTIVE PAGE society ladies, was the recipient of his adoration.—Border Budget. Axel Pearson Arrested. Axel Pearson, who was indicted by the last grand jury, for forgery in connection with the Arbo embroglio, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Fish, Monday last. Pearson had been so- journing ip Mioneapolis for some time. He secured bonds in the sum of $200 for his appearance at the next term of district court. For Rent —Seven room house. Inquire of Mrs. Geo. Arscott. Girt WaNTED—Good git! for gen- eral house work. Apply to Mrs. Charles Kennedy. Girt WantepD—For general house work. Apply at this office. For SaLE—All my household goods and furniture at once. Mrs. W. F. Fisu. eee neescenecscocsescecs ; Remember Will be the first to contribute its wealth of bargains and we can assure you there will be something doing. and Suit sale don’t begin in this store until] day, ‘ed ae the Cloak Jan, ROVSVSVSVOLS TO LSLSLS2S Le?