Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 25, 1912, Page 7

News Gathered During the Week Grand Rapids and Vicinity Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fisk of Col- eraine are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kremer, Mrs. Fisk's parents. | Mrs. Katherine C. Lent went to Cass Lake yesterday. A daughter was born to Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Carpenter, Monday Dec- ember 23. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Seaton of | Coleraine will spend Christmas at} | | the home of Mrs. Seaton’s parents, | Mr. and Mrs. John Beckfelt. Henry Hughes is paying a holi- day visit to his mother at Colum- bus, Wis., Miss Ruth Beckfelt is home for! the holidays from the Northwest- ern Conservatory, St. Paul, where she is taking musie and art. Katherine Gilbert arrived home from St. Paul, where she is, tak- ing a business course. Miss Katherine Doran, teacher in the public schools at Marble, and) Miss Jennie Doran, teacher at Min-!| ot, N. D., are home for the holiday vacation. | Mrs. J. H. Norton and daughter are Christmas guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. MeCarthy. Henrietta Kremer and Edith Res- sler are home from the state uni- versity to spend the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbertson of $s Lake visited with Mrs. K. C. Lent over Sunday. From here | The Grand Rapids roller rink op- ened for business this week, and;they went to St: Paul to spend| the management ports the at- Christmas. | tendance very satisfactory. ¥ y | Baand cian Allen Doran and Neal Sutton ar-| Miss Blanche Cameron, an in- rived home yésterday from camps r Wirt, where they are employ- ed by the Gibson Lumber company | as timekeepers. the Eleveth schools is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. McOuat. Miss Cameror formerly taught school at Cohasset. | structor in { Mrs. N. K. Whittemore of Elk | River, mother of L. A. Whittemore of the Red Cross drug store, is here on a visit. She expeets to re- main a month or so. Christmas comes but once a year, | } and we are it leaves us with 364 di some hours and some minutes in which to try and save up for the next one. cecause E. R. Browne and Dan Shaghnes- | sy arrived home from Remer yt terday, where Mr. Browne has a contract to put in a heating plant for “the new school building at that place. | | | | } | Mr. and M B. Brandmier and two children, Wilhelmina and Edward. of Floodwood, are spend- ing the Christmas season with Mrs. Brandmier’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kiley. Merriel Hane, aged six years, | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M.| The fact that Christmas falls on | Hane, dieu on Sunday last from nel the Herald-Review’s publication | ¢lamation of the bow The fun-| day this year, forces us to go to press a day earlier in order that the force may enjoy the holiday. The paper is not quite up to its} usual! standard from a news point,| Mrs. G. W. Sawyer left this week | but we refuse to make any eXCuses for Minneapolis, where she will} under the circumstances. spend the holidays with relatives. | Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Farrell, ac- eompanied by their two boys, Pat- rick and Will, left last Thursday for eral took place Monday afternoon, interment being at Itasca ceme-j| tery. At the annual eleetion held Decem- ber 19, Itasca lodge A. F. & A. M. named the following of for) New York and Conheticut, where the ensuing year: W. -|they will spend the holidays. Bossard: S. W., H. D. Power W., John Longhurst; Treasurer, H. L. Spencer of Chicago, broth- E. A. Kremer; Secretary, W. W.)er-in-law of Kiley, is spend- Libbey. Joint installation with the Eastern Star will take place Jan- uary 2. ing Christmas in Grand Rapids. Mr. Spencer is a member of one of the largest job printing firms in Chi- feago. The printing business is an excellent. barometer of good and poor times, especially in the big centers. He reports a condition in his line since election that does not indicate any falling off, but Services for the last Sunday of the year will be held at 10:30 a. m. ,and 7:30 p. m. In the morning the theme will be “The Watchers.” The pastor speaks in the evening about “The Greatest of All.” Good|on the contrary it has steadily and singing by the choir. Sunday school | substantially increased. He looks at the colse of the morning wor-! forward toa big year’s business and ship. Epworth League society be-|s there is no indication of the fore the evening service. A cordial | predicted panic that some alarm- welcome is extended.—A. A. Myers, lists predicted in the event of Wil- Pastor. son's election. ~Seasonable | Goods We have them for old and young, and it is a pleasure to show them to you. Our line of ornamental and useful articles for gifts cannot be equalled by any other store in town For grown-ups we have an excellent assortment of such articles as Xmas Letters and Callendars, Booklets, Calendar Pads, Bfil Folds. Manicure Sets, Toilet Sets, Jewel Boxes, Hand Bags, Holly Boxes, Cut Glass Articles, Tobacco Pouches, Smoker’s Accessories. Books, Games, and Pictures. Eor the little ones there are Dolls and Doll Heads, Campbell Kids, Furniture Sets, Felt Animals, Electric and Mechanical Toys, Blocks, Etc. A Full Line of Eastman Kodaks La Valliere Necklaces Lockets | | | : | Chains || Pendants | Brooches || Scarf Pins | || Precious Stones | Set in Rings || Bracelets || Lockets, etc. Biamonds, Silverware, Gold Jewelry, Watches, Novelties The gift most appreciated is ihat which is rich, beautiful and of enduring, lasting quality—a description which can be aptly applied to our superb collection of precious stones, gold jewelry, watches, silverware, silver deposit ware, cut glass, brassware, pottery and exquisite new novelties in precious and semi-precious metals, rock crystals, | etc. Below we name in detail but a few of our many splendid Holiday Offerings } in order to convey an adequate idea of the comprehensiveness of our assortment. | Gentle men's Gifts For the Gome I Fobs i Charms Seal» Embiem | and Diamond || i i | Rings | | Desk Fittings || Cut Glass Hand Painted China Silver Spoons | Silver Knives | | || Cirarette Cases || Silver Forks l Watches | Carving Sets | || Chains | Silver Plated Ware | | tian y Candelabra | | Cui inks | | i Cigar Cutters | Pottery | Brassware | Flasks Necktie Hoiders | Leather Pillows | || And Banners i | t | Silver Deposit Ware | Novelties in | Brass; Silver, | Cut Glass, etc. Those of exacting, discriminating taftes who desire a gift that is truly of the highest grade and one that the recepient will cherish and aspreciate are certain lo find our stock worthy of their inspection. | | | _ Our prices are generally as low as it is possible to make them and our reputatfon for Quality, } esign and Workmanship is behind each article offered. 3 \ | | You are cordially invited to call whether to merely inspect or to buy, as it is a pleasure indeed to show our splendidly complete displays. £ | STEENSTRUP BROTHERS | GRAND RAPIDS Perhaps the most popular moving has put on this season is the “What Happened to Mary” series, the 4th of which will be seen on the 28th and 29th. It is entitled “The affair fat Raynors,” and is said to be as interesting as any that have pre- ceeded it. On Christmas night and the night following a two reel presentation of Rip Van Winkle will be shown, as well as a de- lightful comedy, “His Stern Papa.” Manager Comer informs us that there will be no extra charge on these nights. The interior of the theatre has been decorated with pictures of the leading moving pic- ture performers of the country, aid! other improvements made that will help make the play house attrac- tive. COMFORTED THE LADIES. A Marshal of France Who Was a Hero, a Gallant and a Dandy. Blaise de Montluc ‘was'a soldier and a marshal of France who fought through half the sixteenth century. Like a true Gascon, as he was, be add- ed to his great physical qualities cour- age, high spirits and unquenchable gayety. In the Italian wars Blaise de Mont- luce commanded the defense of Sienna during a prolonged siege. When the town was reduced to a few ounces of bread daily Blaise was overcome with sickness and had himself carried about in a chair muffled up in furs. s But perceiving that the inhabitants, especially the women, were “thus ren- dered apprehensive of their fate should he die’—so runs an excerpt from De Montluc’s *Commentaries”—“he called for a pair of crimson velvet breeches laid over with gold lace, very finely cut, for they were made at a time when he was forsooth in love. He put on 2 doublet of the same and a shirt of crimson silk and gold twist. then a buff collar over which he put bis arms, very fi eilt.> He at that time wearing gray and white “in honor of a fair lady to whom he was a servant when be had leisure.” Sv he put on a hat of gray silk with a gray silver hatband and a plume of beron’s feathers set with sil- ver spangies. He also put on a short cassock of gray velvet garnished with “‘little and Photographic Supplies - plates of silver at two fingers’ distance from one unether and lined with cloth of silver. all open between the plates.” Then he “rubbed his face with Greek wine till he brought a little color into bis cheeks and drank a small draught with a little bit of bread. ee “He then looked at himself in the before his 3 the strength to kill picture that the Gem management |§ FOR SALE Five Cents Per Line Call up Riverdale Farm for your New Year's turkey. Phone 215. Fo Sale—A Work horse. Enquire at this office. 25-2t. For trouble im your lights, motors, bells or water, call the “Trouble Man” at the electric repair shop op- posite Central school. Saw filing and skate sharpening.—Phome 170-2.2t. For Sale—House plants and cut flowers for X-mas at C. C. Miller's. Fiye' Room House for Rent Mod- ern, electric lights. Opposite the High! school building. Enquire of Mrs. Win- sor. fe Moose Heads $20.00; Deer heads; $7.00; wolf and- Bear rugs according. All kinds of fur garments made and repaired. Top .price paid for raw furs and hides—-Wm. Weitzel. - For Sale—One yearling Holstein bull, one registered Poland China boar, five months old, three Poland China sows, five months old, onesow two years old, registered; one boar, two years old, registered, two York- shire sows, one and two years old. Will trade any of the above for sheep or fresh milch cows.—U. C. Gravelle Grand Rapids, Minn. 15-tf. Low Priced Good Laad, Easy Term —4. to 33,500 acres at $3 to $25 per acre. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakotas, Montana, Canada, Big Bargains. Rail- way fare paid. Say what you want and where We have it. Standard Farm Agency, Minneapolis, Minn. 16-tf. For Sale—The celebrated Standard Select Usetul Presents HE most desirable gifts are those that afford T service. These are the kind to cause the givers to be remembered longer and make the remembrance the fondest. Our store 1s chock full of useful things. The variety of new things is large and the as- sortment complete. You can easily select what you have in mind, and if you do not know just what to give, like as not a visit will bring a sug- gestion of something that will please you and gladden the friend’s heart. New goods, high-grade, dependable, “\Pricea adbnable “ang the same to one and ail. W. J. & H. D. POWERS Christmas Night and 26th-- “Rip Van Winkle” 2-reel vitagraph. “Stern Papa.” Dec. 28-29--“"The Affair at Raynors,” 4th Film in ‘‘What Happencd to Mary” Series. New Years Attraction--“‘As You Like It.” Special Sale—For the remainder; Pure Bred Yorkshires—in order to of the season all Ladies’. Misses and Children’s hats will be placed on sale at reduced cost.—Mrs. K. C. Lent, 16-tf a