Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 21, 1910, Page 3

Conasset HERALD-REVIE tT PAYS TO ADVERTISE COHASSET, ‘MINNESOTA, DECEMBER 14, 1910 BOOST FOR COHASSET ERSKINE & STACKHOUSE have everything of z the very best quali- ty in the way of GENERAL MERCHANDISE Give us a Call. Can kd as te Mis J.H. Grady & Co. carry a very Complete Line of General Merchandise Call and See Them for Any of Your Necessaries |COHASSET, MINNESOTA _ Lhe ke a Bass Brook Hotel Up-to-Date Accommodations Seeinete Seetestont seaSeapeagen % Ce ae shedeadoateedesteebonzeets John Nelson Proprietor Cohasset, - Minnesota AAW Charles Brown The Very Best ofEvery- teing Alwayson Hand VA000000000000:040000000040 1990000:0099009900 9 OOOO 005, | H | CATHOLIC SALE | WAS A SUCCESS: | Bazaar Netted the Ladies of St. Augustine’s Church Close | ‘te $300. | The Catholic bagaar held at Vil- jlage hall Friday amd Saturdap of jast week, was one of the most en- | joyable affairs ever held in Cohas- |set. The hall was attractively de- corated in Christmas colors with bunting, four booths being provided tor the articles on sale, such as fancy work, toys, aprons and confections. The booths were liberally patronized, | both afternoons and evenings of poth days, as were also the suppers each night. An oyster supper was serv- | jea Friday night. On the following | night a regular supper was served, |the menu of which consisted of roast pork, apple sauce, mashed pota- | | toes, green peas, baked beans, cab-- ‘bage salad, pickles, cheese, coffee jamd different varieties of cake. About {175 people were served Saturday | evening and all voted it one of the | best they _had“ever partaken of and | all were more than pleased with the souvenir cup and saucer given jfree with each supper. The pastel picture, donated by Mrs.j Thos. C. Breen, of Superior was won by Wm. Bowe. The watch donat- | ed tby Jos. Fabro was won by Robt. | ,Jutras, while the beautiful pyramid ; jcake, made and domated by Mrs. | A. Dunn, was won by Owen E. Skelly The bazaar was a grand = success both socially and financially, about | $300 being taken im amd the ladies feel amply rewarded for their ef forts and wish to thank the people of Cohasset for their splendid pat | ronage | | ——— | | Dr. McDonald to Leave. | | Dr. D. A. McDonald, who has cared jfor the practice of Dr. Hirsch, since | | Dr. Johnson located at Bemidji, will | j}leave. for Minneapolis Friday amd ‘ | jis probable he will not return. How- | lever, it is barely possible he will. y any event, the people of Cohasset wish him success wherever he may | locate. On Thursday, December 29, at the home of the bride’s parents at Minneapolis, the doctor will be united in marriage to Miss Anna Vie- | teria Nelson. He has been Keeping | this matter rather quiet, but the! Herald Review representative got wind of it ald when cornered he ad- | mitted the charge was true and plead| guilty. The Herald-Review hastens to join with the people of Cohasset in extending congratulations and jneree he wih locate here perman- tently. - : ,* New Store Completed. | The store that has been conducted im the rear part of the building used jas am office by the Minnesota Wood- enware Co., for several momths past, | has out grown its old quarters and ja new building has been erected, the iacreasing business requiring more room in which to house the stock jsince R. K. Stokes took charge of | the store, he has devoted the greater jportion of his time to studying the needs of the people of the west end, who have long desired a convenient place fm which to trade, where they could secure amything carried jn an! up-to-date grocery amd Mr. Stokes states the new store will fill the bil. Th adds one more store to the business section and is a good jaugury of the growth and progress jot the village, 1 =+ rage New Bookkeeper at Mill. i =. 1 memne i Miss Mildred Stockwell has ac- | cepted @ position as bookkeeper and stenographer at the offices of the; Minnesota Woodenware Co. and the firm is to be congratulated on secur- ing her services. This is also a feather in the hat of the commerce’. department of the Gramd Rapids hi- school, Miss Stockwell having, until recently been a student in that de- jpartment, | Students Attend Ciass Play. The Cohasset stage carried an emthusiastic bunch of students to Dream. which was staged at the high school auditorium Saturday even img. They were none the less em thusiastic, but mere sleepy on th etrunr trip, but ail declare it worth it. was Hereafter the Herald-Review will be representative of the Business ‘and Social life of Cohasset. Subscribe for it. A regular weekly news department will be carried on. Church of Christ. “The Joys of Christmas” will be the subject for the Sunday morning | sermom at the church of Christ, and : class play, A Midsummer Night’s | | | | Rapids friends Friday. i sick list for the j with j will meet with Mrs, M. Stapleton on ;for H. H. Carrier, was taken to the | held at 11:30 o'clock a. m.,. of which Mrs. Earl Smith is superintendent, A Christmas tree and program will de- Wight the little people Christmas eve. C. E. Burgess, Pastor. —- Received Substantial Gift. The Church of Christ received a handsome Christmas present from the Minesota Woodenware Co. in the form of a deed to two large and well situated building lots. The deed during his visft here the first of the week. business visitor Tuesday afternoon. W. W. Fletcher was a Grand Rap- ids business visitor Tuesday. John Laim returned from camp last week, he being im ill health. The little baby of Rev. and Mrs. Burgess has been ill the past week. M. O’Brien returned from a busi- ness trip to Duluth Saturday. George Booth, the Grand Rapids cigar man, was calling on customers ! Tuesday. j Mrs. Christ Baker, of Bajss lake, visited at the Stackhouse home Sun- | day aftermoon, Mrs. C. H. Frees and children | came in from the claim near Virgin- ia to spend Christmas with C. H. Mesdames W. W. Fletcher and J. M. Stackhouse vis'ted with Grand Mrs, M. Stapleton has been on the pawt week, but is now getting along nicely. F. W. Stockwell, who has been ill} typhoid fever, is now getting along nicely gpd is able to be about the ‘house. F Rey. A. E. Stilli has peen at Flood- wood the past week, assisting in pre- paring the Christmas program at that place. | The Methodist Lagies’ Aid society ThurSday afternoon, January 5. All are invited to attend. The next step im the affairs of Cohasset is a cemetery, Everyone who has been approached on the sub- ject says. “By all means.” Mrs. Earl Stultz lost a watch Sat | urday evening while waiking from the hotel to Village hall. Any one finding it will confer a favor by re- storing to Mrs. Stultz, | Mr. and Mrs. John McMann were im attendance at the farmers’ in- stitute at Grand Rapids Friday. Mrs. Garrison and son, Will, were also in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher are now mov-| ing “nto their building, the work be- | ing «early all completed. T! will be comfortably located by the first of the year. Wm. Carter was a Grand Rapids} ;8ered to the uncurtained window. 1 | jattend the exercises. | Sunday and the church was well fill- | 'ent. The sermon was an exceptional-! prams relating to the | will be completed by January 5. The} POOL ETIILO OODLE WHEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT A Story of Christmas Eve—By R. G. Graham. Meenrnonrecrcerscceacersoneneeojoee \, The light from the smoky, ill-smell-| ed, letting the snow drift in uncheck- ing lamp dully flickered and almost | ed, half-filling the space underneath. went out. Not quite though. Suffic |The light stili burned dimly. On the ient oil to burn long enough to finish | Shelf a fiask, half-filled caught his was executed by President eet ee already nearly consumed pottle—jeye., Not waiting to pour it in the to finish the life that was no longer desirable. | he occupant the tumbler, he ra‘bed it to his lips, | draining the contemts. Casting it gazed uncertainy|from him, the glass falling with about the room with bleared, inflam-;% crash to the floor, he staggered ed eyes. Arising from his position | back to the table and fell heavily in at the rude table he lurched and stag|the chair. Pushing back the once glossy hair, was snowing, ‘he leaned forward with his head in The wind swept in fierce blasts ; Bis thin, fleshless hands and listened acrass the chimneys below, even to the merry laughter-+\at still float- sweeping some of the soft, white |ed through the open window, Christ- flakes under the window sash. But; ™as eve! Back to his mind’s eye came it could scarcely be more uncomfort-|@ Vision of the country home. The able than it already was. sleigh bells ringing outside vow The man looked down on the streei| belonged with the bashful sweetheart below, where the mass’ of.forms.strug | of long ago. He was waiting for her gled against the elements. From] The room was bitker cold, but not to afar came the faint jingle of sleigh | the. man sitting at the table A Christ bells aged even way up there, in the |™as tree with a hundred wax tapers garret of the old tenement building, |$leamed in the corner. Bright, clear he could hear the sound of laughter famps took the place of the smoky and merry voices wafted from pe-|"®, evenf he, himself was changed, low. jas with bright, sparkling ex- He wondered vaguely why so many | Pectant eyes he awaiked the coming people were out, why they carried soj°! bis dream girl. The brightness mamy bundles—why they were so|began to fayle. Dully the pictures merry. How long was it, he halt j floated before him. Half conscious wondered, since he had laughed aj fhe cold, he arose to close the window. Weak from prolonged dis- 'real laugh. Again from below came és : the sound of voices. A man and |S!pation, cold and hunger and un- woman had paused just below his|@ble #o stand, he sank in the heap of snow that had drifted in. The light flickered more dully than ever. Suddenly he felt warmer, better. window. Slow they jJaughed. Hard- ly knowing.what.he did,.he raised the sash and leaning far out, strained r : his ears to cqtch a word. “Well, I The light glowed brighter. The snow will be the first! one to wish you a|/COming through the window soon Merry Christmas tomorrow. Good; ™@de a warm coverlet. From afar night.” Christmas! So it was Christ- the clang of the sleigh bells still mas eve. That was the cause of the |@bs—the laughter pealed out from merriment on the street below. below—and the snow drifted steadily He turned sadly away from the in over the quiet form. The light window. The open sash was unheed- | flickered—and went out. ordered a gross of sponges to soak | in which indians are actually resid- jing and which should be held at anti liquor territory im the president's aati order. Mr. Johnson's recommenda- pid ant wie oak aan hawe been taken into account afternoon and the two upper one ee oe Jetanietes res ae One have combined, as have also the two | addition to what Special Agent John The teachers urge parepts to | Poe nae tolethS ean be ; |special agents of the Indian office ‘are working in Minnesota along the Rey. J. J. Parish, of the Methodist! same line and are reporting dally church at Grand Rapids, occupied the! on the area that should be continued pulpit at the M. E. church here last | “dry.” Members of the Minnesota deliga- ed, there being ajbout seventy pres-|tion are daily receiving many tele- liquor situa up the tears of tender customers. The pupils of the Cohasset schools lower. ly good one. tion. All the members, however, de- Work on the bridge is being car-|Clare that they are not taking any - ‘active part in the proceedings be ried’ on with a rush and if the pres ent weather conditions continu: {fore the ihterior department and ithe White House, but have simply erring. the telegrams to Sec- Cc. S. Clark, the nursery man, and his assistant, George Tib‘deau, were] in the village Tuesday soliciting | nursery orders and making good | where trees have died out. Rey. Father Turbiaux, of Grand Rap | ids, was calling on his parishioners in the village Tuesday. Early mass will be said at St. Augustine’s church Christmas morning. John Whaling was up from Grand! Rapids Tuesday ié make an estimate on the cost of a bank vault for the Cohasset State bank, which ‘nstitu- tion will build one im the near futupe 1 The altar gociety of St. Augustine’s Catholic church wili meet with Mrs. O. E. Skeliy Thursday afternoon, De- cember 29. Ali are invited to come and partake of the large cake won by Mr. Skelly at the bazaar. The little daughter of Mrs. Mapel Baker has been very sick the past week, but is now reported much bet-/ ter and improving rapidly. She re- cently recovered from an attack of typhoid fever. | Miss Emma Gauthier, housekeeper hospital at Grand Rapids Tuesday | suffering with a severe hemorrha: of the nose. She was accompanied | by Dr. McDonaid and it is anticipated no serious results will follow. Attend the Christmas exercises | and tree at the Methodist church Sun/ day evening. The cho'r is practic: | ing some new anthems, the children age working hard to make the pro- gram good and Rev. Stilli, who is an Christmas sermon. |\TAFT MAY MODIFY jnteresting talker, will deliver @ | is to be lifted. crew is composed of a mighty fine {been r bunch of fellows and they are a welcome addition to the village. }retary Ballinger and the president \for their information and gu‘dance. The Work Goes On. LIQUOR TREATIES | The work of stripping goes mer- —— rily on regardless of weather con- Will Not Issue Order, However. If ditions. There are now five shovels 9 » . if i im operation, three of which are in Minnesota Citizens Desire to ‘the Canisteo and two in the Walker Be Heard. ‘mine. In the Canisteo the overbur- den is being removed from the West Ee side and the scene ts reminiscent of Aithough President Taft has Pree" | panafna. By spring if the work tically decided to issue am order! continues there wil be a lot of mat- modifying the Minnesota amend - ‘0 | eral laid bare ready for shipment. liquor in the Indian country, such / ye frost as yet has not become action will not be taken if the peo- | deep, yet it is necessary to use pow- ple im the northern part of the stat: | der in order to facilitate matters. who have been protesting against The shovels are working in loose the order desire to be heard, Al sand at the secqnd level. The over large number of telegrams on both | punden ie being dumped at the slush- sides of the question have ae ae | ing dumped south of Coleraine and in ceived in Washington in e past the lake.—Bovey Iron News. few days and have been placed be- | fore the ihterior department and a : the president, and a decision has | Geod Music at the Rink. been reached that # hearing will be Otto Rannfranz has received the granted, should the persons interest-) 1.4 electrica) brass band and those edi desire. | who enjoy the skates can now “roll” ae. psoas beye one om j around the room in time with all the i a ag oe son hgene latest and most popular airs. Mr. Oe a ee a “| Rannfranz states he intends keeping ee el sega hess os be arg (te service of he rink up to the ae Roots pe ca gone (thighest poseible standard and he is ba Sec hassorce ieee aking a good start. ahead with the preparation of am = Ss opinion as to the president’s pow- er im respect to the liquor provisions © vied ee the Cans of the various treaties, and also an | Ackno se executive order which defimes the; The Grand Rapids Herald-Review terrftory from which the Hquor ban figures it out that Itasca county has gained 276.5 per cent during the Should the people of the Indian ; ast ten years, the greatest increase aa Wm. Carter and Jos. Violet have dissolved partnership, Bill alleging |the subject for the evening service | with be “The man under a tree.” The moornimg service takes place at 10:30 o'clock, while the evening service | Joe had finished with them. We un-/a ci i& bed at 7:30. Buble school will be|gerstama the latter gentleman has} at w' that his nature was so sympathetic he could not bear to look at the mournful faces of the ¢ country proper not ask for a hearing, off any «county im the state. It took the president will issue this order, |some time to figure it out but looks possibly this week. Kk was learned good and is good and we congratu- today that Special Agent W. E. John- late Itasca and hope she will do the ustomers after! son, before leaving Washington, had same when Beltrami looms up with onference with Secretary Ballinge: the geratest increase ten years from hich he indicated the territory now.—Bemidjf Pioneer. t ij