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irrrineosin News G During the Week ® Grand Rapids and Vicinity 1ecessful series of dances given by the club this winter. A mother’s meeting will be held at the high school auditorium Friday afternoon. An interesting program has been arranged, and every one interested in the work of the moth- er’s club is cordially invited to at- tend. athered : 3 A party of about fifty high school students were over from Coleraine Easter will come on this year. April 12th Did you get a valentine last Sat- urday? John Costello was a Cohasset vis- itor Tuesday. : Cc. W. Hahn was a Virginia visit- or last Friday. Mrs. Hilkey, of LaPrairie is ill at St. Benedict’s hospital. Mr. H. G. Becker is ill at his home with appendicitis. is visiting Master Colin Murchie friends in Superior this week. Herman Brandon was down from the Schumacher camps over Sunday. S. D. Patrick of Deer River spent ~unday in town with his family. The Presbyterian Aid society met with Mrs. E. A. Freeman this week. D. C Biddick, formerly of this place now of Wadena, spent Sunday here. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ju- tras, last Friday morning, a daughter.| | r was here from Hib-/} bing yarents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. emer, over Sunday. Lloyd Johnson was over from Vir- ginia and spent Sunday with his family. Miss 3 randon, who teaches at Bigfork, s siting her par- ents over Sunday. John Gose, who is logging out froa: | Deer River, spent Sunday in town With his family. | Mrs. K. C. Lent went to St. Paul Tuesday morning to select her spring} stock of millinery. | Mrs. Mary Ehle entertained at din- ner Saturday in honor of Miss Fra-! ser’s seventy-first birthday. | Mrs. Fred King is visiting in Mar-| ble this week, with her daughter, Mrs | D. M. Vermilyea. | Miss Ruth Beckfelt and Miss Marie! Aiken visited the former's sister, Mrs. Grant Seaton, at Coleraine this week. Methodist Ladies’ Aid society. will | meet with Mrs. Joseph Allen Wed-! nesday afternoon, Feb. 24th. | Geo. Wil-| 15th, | | | and Mrs. February Born to Mr. liams on Sunday, nine pound boy. Mrs. Wm. P. Nesbitt and Mrs. Wm. } C. Gilbert were Deer River visitors this week. | Ethel Shook went to Nashwauk on| Mexday to spend the week with her sister, Mrs. Jerry Hicks. ‘ Will Litchke went to Virginia today where he has accepted a position witr one of the mining companies. | Mrs. Katherine Doran, who has) been in the Duluth hospital for some | Ash last Friday night, coming in two large carryalls, and enjoying a gen- uine all-fashioned sleigh-ride. After attending the second performance at the Gem, they had supper at Miller's. Misses Edith Ressler and Leila Aike1 are home for a visit of a few days. They are attending the Normal at Duluth this winter. Samuel A. Gordon, an old settler | their members and friends last Mon-|in the northern part of Itasca coun- day evening. Music and games were ty, died at his home near Annandale, the features of the evening, after! Minn., last Sunday, of consumption. which luncheon was served. He was well known in the Bigfork The Royal Neighbors entertained {country where he had resided. during , Mrs. Lillian LaFeber went to Ro-| the past fourteen years.. He was a chester yesterday, where she will be | member of the G. A. R. j operated on for goiter. It is hoped) } by her many friends that she will Mrs. A. W. Ryan and Mrs. Hig-| speedily recover. |gins, of the Style Shop, left for the) cities this morning to purchase their | The Philathean club of the Presbyte! spring and summer line of fall millin-| ian church, gave a twenty cent lunch ‘ery and ready-to-wear dresses. They | lat the church parlors on Saturday ev-' expect to have a full line of both ening. About fifteen dollars cleared. WaS| at the time of their spring opening | | Which will take place in about two On account of the Old Settlers baleen in the Village hall on Monday night} Charles Milaney, record keeper for the Lyceum number will be given at|the local Macabbee lodge, has inter- the Gem theatre. lested himself in behalf of Mrs. F. 'LeSarge, whose husband died here} lately and who carried a policy for $1000 in the order. As the Macca- bees have a reputation for prompt | payment, it is thought that no dif-| | ficulty will be found in getting the Mrs. Norman Magnussen left for | money. Sherburn, Minnesota, last Monday, to} attend the funeral of her grand fath- | prietor of the electric lighting plant er. Her husband accompanied 4her | - Di Ri és 2 | as far as Minneapolis at Deer River, was a speaker at a | 3 is 3 meeting of the Commercial Club of Floodwocd last week. The club had} under consideration the project of securing an electric light plant for | the town and Mr. Everton was asked | Mrs. W. L. Connant and little son are here from Duluth, the guests of Mrs. T. R. Pravitz. They arrived last Friday and will remain a couple of weeks. W. A. Everton of Deer River, pro- Miss Evangeline Petterson and Miss Bertha Durand visited in Swan Riv- er over Sunday wi Miss Durand’s sister, who teaches in the schools there. to give his experiences in running | the plant at Deer River. | Mrs. L. M. Bolter, who went to E | Philadelphia with her mother, Mrs.| Mrs. Chas. Pogue was the hostess | at an enjoyable card party last Wed- nesday afternoon, five hundred be-} ing played. A service of refreshments | leoncluded the evening's entertain- G. E. Webster and wife, brother of|ment. Those present were: Mrs. Judge of Probate Webster, who have |Magnusen, Mrs. Weeks, Mrs. HBiler, been visiting here fo: the past weck.|Mrs. Billeadeau, Mrs. Hachey, Mrs. | returned to their home at Sebeka,| Whalen, Mrs. Bentz, Mrs. McKlutzy, Minnesota, last Monday. jand Miss Jennett Kinney. Hegaard, several weeks ago; returned | last Friday. Mrs Hegaard will remain east the balance of the winter. Miss Jessie Aiken is confined to| North Star Council No. 9 of The her home with lagrippe and tonsili-|Modern Samaritans will install of-| tis. Miss Mable O'Connell is filling!ficers on Monday night Feb. 23rd. her place in the Cohasset school dur- Imperial Scribe, H. J. Achenbach, and ing her abesnce. |Past Imperial Scribe, W. A. Hicken |of Duluth, will be present and take County Commissioners Nelson, King; charge of the meeting. A banquet and Passard made a trip of inspec-| will be served after the installation tion into the section around Effie | and a most enjoyable time is looked the first of the week for the pur-'for. All members are requested to | pose of inspecting some bridge work. |come early as the meeting will be| Special ‘services will be held at the | “Med #t 7:8 sharp, Episcopal church in the evening of Wednesday, February 25, and will be conducted by Archdeacon Par- shell of Cass Lake. Members andj others are urged to be present. Misses Katherine and Viola Burke entertained last Saturday evening at) their home in compliment to Miss Ethel Shook, who will be married on’ the 25th of this month, to Mr. Andrew Kinney of Redwood Falls, The rooms were prettily decorated and games and music featured the enter- as to her sanity. She was found to|tainment. The guests were: Miss be mentally unbalanced and ordered|Ruth Beckfelt, Miss Marie Aitken, taken to Fergus Falls. | Miss Irene Becker, Miss Myrtle Beck-| ‘er, Miss Rosemary Logan, Miss May | L. L. Chadwick of Minneapolis, was |Benton, Miss Maud Amberg, Miss in town yesterday, accompanied by peulah Clause, Mrs. Allen Doran, and| H. D. McIntyre of Warba. Mr. Chad- | yrs. Norman Magnussen. Hilma Lauronen of Bovey, was brought before Judge Webster in pro- bate court on Monday and examined Twenty-five high grade dolls worth $1.75 to $9.00 goona “Sealed sale’ at $1.48. See them in the window. You'll want one. Corsets Bon Tons, Royal Worchester, American Beauty, etc. All kinds, all sizes. a 39c ama 75c eiaagalametes "tae _" 2 Leggings Childnens 35c quality 1 9c ribbed leggings at_- 50. li oe ees 29c Boys $1.50 leath Dopinae were 98c 98c quality wool pan- talets, black, white 59c White Goods It would be a wasfe of good money to pay retail prices for white goods that can be bought here at these prices. LACES. That big assortment of val’s, clunies, torchons, lin- es craquel, etc. that sold for ¢ goes in this sale 1 at yard 33¢ One hundred and fifty patterns of every wantable kind in widths from 1-2 to 4 inches that sold at our former low lace prices at 8c to 10c Choice of lot at yd.__ 6c SARA A cam hcg pent RAS gn bie snp All the fine French val’s, meck- lens, cluny, etc. —- 2c up to 25c, at pd.__ EEBROIDERIES. 300 pieces of edges, insertions and bead- ings in every weight and width from 1 to 7 inches wide must be closed out now and are sell- ing at 1-4 to 1-2 off of the usual prices. FLAXON. All white 25c qualities in stripes and figures, selling at yd. 1 Sc pt Satin striped crepe, ic vrlue at yard 28c LADIES CLOTH. The yatd wide, soft finished ‘‘cameo”’ cotton for all kinds of under- oe _ 15¢) 18c grade at yards e INDIA LINON, a yard wide 25c quality at yard 1 8c New Spring Goods Among the- goods we had bought for spring that are now in stock are galatea, devon- shire, ginghams, English cam- bric pereales, ratine, Windsor : } plisse crepe, shrunk muslin, *'#! silk crepe, etc. All of them are selling at a substantial dis- count from the regular prices. $5.00 skiis, made by a Finn- lander who knows 2 50 s Hess ec Se Cit ee ‘a ae erat bic tS ae Ae meget tact pete mat fi ating lo teeschns = great many people are going to miss the money-saving opportunities of this closing out sale by thinking that they can come tomorrow or next week or next month. While there are large quantities to dispose of, there are many items selling out every day and in every case the first comers are naturally picking the best things. Another thing might happen. Someone may come along any day and buy the business. That would put an end to the closing out sale. There is every- thing to gain and nothing to lose by doing the buying while the sale is on—this week—today. There are so many things that will be surely needed before next fallor nextsummer. Buy it now. Next weck it may not be on sale. These you will Need Soon —— Buy Them Now Carden sprinklers one-fourth to one-third off. Wire fencing one-fourth to one-third off. Fishing tackle one-fourth to one-half off. Paints, oils and varnish, 20 per cent to 25 per cent dis- count. Guns and rifles at flat fac- tory cost. Poultry supplies at about one-third off. Spades, shovels, forks, rakes, hoes, potato shovels and other garden and farm implements at about 33 per cent from regular prices, Incubator termometers at one-third off. TOOLS, planes, nippers, hammers, files, wrenches, saws, bits, augers, squares, levels, and hundreds of other tools, all selling at one-fourth to one- third off from the usual retail prices. Swift’s Pride Washing Pow- whan anche der, the 25 cent size at pkg. 16c TOILET articles of every kind at 25 per cent to 75 per eent off from usual prices. time, is expected home the last of/ wick is the owner of considerable | ane) week: |farm land in Sago township and Was| One of the prettiest affairs of the | up looking after his holdings. the | | son was the Valentine party Sat- |urday afternoon, at which the Misses There will be a meeting of United Order of Forresters, Locksley Court, No. 109, at K. P. Hall, on Tuesday evening, February 24th. Nisswa, Frank | her Mrs. William Murray, of Minnesota, mother of Mrs. King, is here on a visit with daughter. Mrs. Geo. M. Myers and daughter, Murial, visited Mrs. Myer’s mother and sister at Eveleth last week, re- turning Monday, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kiley spent Sat- urday and Sunday in Floodwood visit- ing with their daughter, Mrs. J. E. Brandmier. Howard Nightengale, one of the county surveyors, who was transact- ing business in Duluth last week, returned Monday. W. W. Carley, cashier of the First State bank, was in Bovey Saturday. Mrs. H. Kelly, of Deer River, was | operated on by Dr. Gendron at St. | Benedicts hospital on Thursday the} 14th, for appendicitis. The operation was successful, and the patient is) doing well. The ladies of the Catholic Alte society will hold their annual meet-|{ ing at the church parlors Thursday | Feb. 19th. Mrs. Hoolihan will be the | hostess for this week’s meeting of the society. One of the social affairs of the winter will be the dinner given to the pioneers of Itasca county on Friday afternoon by Mrs. E. A. Kremer and Mrs. John Beckfelt at the home of the former. The dances to be given on Friday | and Tuesday evenings next by the Misaba club, closes the season of pre-| News, was down ou business last ing her absence. Lenten dances. A large attendance is expected. There has been a very PAYING BY CHECK Ely, Norton and Benton entertained at the home of Mrs. E. J. Farrell. A charming color plan of red and white was carried out in the decor- ations and refreshments. Games ap- propriate to the day were the features of the afternoon’s amusements. Pres- ent were: Misses Strickler, Cowles, McGuire, Burlingame, Huderle, Ar- thur, Busch, Garrett, Grendall, Beatty Nordstrom, Holmes, Aiton, Thomp- son, Knudson, Erickson, Thores, dames Grove, Webster and Foster. dames Grove, Webstre and Foster. Miss Ruby LeMere and Miss Kath- erine Gilbert were hostesses at the first meeting of a new card club last Thursday afternoon, at the home of Miss LeMere. They will meet every two weeks on Saturday afternoon, the next meeting being at the home of Mrs. McOuat. This social organiza- tion has not yet been christened, but probably will be at the next meeting. Five hundred was played from three o'clock until six, followed by the service of a dainty luncheon. Present |were: Mrs. McOuat, Mrs. Webster, 'Miss Busch, Miss Huderle, Miss |Guthrie, Miss Nordstrom, Miss Beaty, | Miss Thompson, Miss Grendall, Miss | Erickson, Miss McGuire, Miss LeMere jand Miss Gilbert: most convenient way of trans: will be extended. This is now recognized by everyone as the safest and check is better evidence of payment than a receipted bill. Start an account with this bank today. Every courtesy | Miss Clarabell Rassmussen and Miss | Katherine Beckfelt entertained a |party of young friends at a sleigh- |ride to Cohasset last Thursday even- | ing. The jolly crowd left here at seven o'clock, making the trip in a car’ They went to the home of Mrs. Lane where a couple of Ha re spent in dancing. Returning to acting business. A cancelled Cupilad $2 5,000,00 First Natio! Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MINE ye peAtes SBM Youn] @ spidey puein Miss Rassmussen’s home. Those pres- ent were: Miss Vauna Clause, Miss Mildred Marden, Miss Myrtle John- son, Miss Gertrude Hoeper, Miss Beulah Nisbett, Miss Helen Gilbert, Miss Margaret Wright, Miss Florence Srtplius $ 5,000, 07 Itasca Mercantile Co. | AAOSSSESSAAAAA AAAS EDAAAAAAAY Miss Evangeline Peterson, Miss Mil- dred Lee, Miss Mable Hicks, Miss Ethel Hicks, Miss Mary D’Anjou, Mis: HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. The mother’s meeting will be held Marie Farrell, Miss Evaline Lane, and| #5 Usual Friday afternoon at three Miss Ethel Kremer. seo eetonondeeteesentnesedeatnesertoereetonteeteezonss oateeteetonseeeet ; Church Services ; “Washington as a National Asset,” will be the theme at the Presbyterian church next Sabbath morning, the service commencing at 10:30 a. m. Services appropriate to the day will be held in connection with the Sun- day school, opening at 12 o'clock. “Rules for Young Business Men and Women” is the topic for the Christ- ian Endeavor meeting at 6:30 p. m. This topic comes under the general theme of “First Steps to Success.” Evening worship at 7:30 p. m., with sermon upon “John Mark,” whom Paul and Barnabas had “to their ministry.” A mid-week service of prayer and praise is held every Thurs day evening at 7:45 p. m. The services next Sunday at the Methodist Episcopal church are as follows: Morning worship at 10:30 o'clock; Sunday school session, 11:45; Epworth League society meeting at 7 p. m.; evening service, 7:45 o'clock. As this is ‘Gearge Wash- ington’s birthday, the spirit of the sermons by Rey. A. A. Myers will be in accord with the celebration of that anniversary. Strangers made welcome. How many people know that Bark- er’s Remedy for Coughs, Colds, Ca- tarrah and Rheumatism is one of the best medicines ever offered to the sick. We take pleasure in recom- mending it. Itasca Merc. Co. 284t. o'clock. Friday morning a patriotic program will be given by the members of the High School and chorus in honor of George Washington’s birthday, which happens to fall on Sunday this year. This week we are glad to report two new pupils, Donald Galbraith, a Freshman and Eveline Burke, a soph- omore. Eveline was obliged to leave school last year on account of se- vere illness and has not been able to return until this week. The High School extends a hearty welcome to both of them. At The Gem. On Monday and Tuesday evenings: a film of particular interest at this. time will be presented. at the Gem theatre. It is the Edison production, “The Joining of the Oceans,” hav- ing the Panama canal for a subject. A strong Vitagraph drama, ‘‘Decep- tion,” will share the bill. on these- two nights. For Wednesday night and Thurs- day matinee the two-reel feature will - be “When Women Go on the War- path.” It is a Vitagraph comedy of a very high order. On Thursday ev- ening the second of the exceptional Kleine attractions, ‘Life's Dregs.” will be the offering. It is a. i An inter-district debate will be held |a high society drama of remarkable here very soon. The usual question | power while the pictures are said to will be debatde, ‘“‘The Popular Recall | be of the very highest workmanship. of Judges.” Our debaters -will clash with the champions of the 5th dis- trict from the Ada High school. There is no need to ask the High School pupils to come out and held the team win as we know they will all be ther« But we hereby extend a hearty in- vitation to all interested in debat- ing to come and help cheer both sides. The weekly annual board meeting was held Tuesday. From the looks of the board and the work they were doing, we expect a good crop of “Pine Needles” this year. Last Tuesday, the usual luncheon was served by the third year domes-} Terror,” on February tic science girls. The hostesses were | most unusual Evangeline Peterson, Bertha Durand,|sailor who is Myrtle Johnston and Hazel Hystedt. The table decorations were red hearts |’ The story is in four parts and is in— tensely dramatic throughout. On Friday evening the usual Pathe Weekly will be presented, together with the Vitagraph burlesque, “Phy- sical Culture on Quarter Circle,” the- imost laughable thing. seen here in- a long time. A Selig comedy will complete the bill for this night. Saturday and Sunday the two-reel® Lubin drama, “The Sea Eternal,” wil The next Kleine attraction follow— ing “Life's Bitter~ ” on Thurs- day night will be Island of This is a