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i rfc A A A A i George I Staples is the only person who is authorized to collect money due this office In every case the party paying money is entitled to and should insist upon receiving a printed receipt DUNN Publisher Princeton Potato Market. The quotations hereunder are tnose prevailing on Thursdav morning at the time of going to press Triumphs "0 Burbanks 42(tf 7 Rose J3().37 Ohios 50this Nelson's photos please the people. Mrs. W. P. Chase is suffering from an attack of tonsilitis. Milton Farnham went to the cities on Thursday and returned Monday Mrs. C. G. Sandow of Mora is the guest of Mrs. N. N. Agren this v.eek. Miss Madsen of Sauk Centre is vis iting her sister, an instructor in. the Whittier ^school. Stop that cough before it stops you. Ask: us We'll tell you how it's done. Home Drug Store. Mi Lasher of southern Minnesota was the guest of his sister at this place on Friday and Saturday. Hind quarters of beef 5 cents per pound, fore quarters 4} cents per pound at Chris Rahn's meat market. J. H. Chapman of Spencer Brook returned on Friday from Fergus Falls, where he served in the United States court as juryman. An auction sale and basket social will be held at the Karmel schooL house, Wvanet*-, on the evening of Dec. 8fch. Your presence will be welcomed. Remember the sale and supper to be gi\en by the Ladies' Aid society of Greenbush at the home of X. Orton on Friday e\ening, Dec. I. Barn room will be provided. Jos. Brady and wife of Los Angeles are guests at the Park housp. Mr. Brady was one of the nioneer settlers of Princeton and left here six or seven jears ago. lie is looking healthy and piospeious. Nelson, the expert photographer of Anoka, attends his branch studio at Princeton the first and thud Saturday of each and every month. Please bear this in mind when you wish to have any photographic work done. tf We are in receipt of the prospectus of the farmers' short course at thecaused state agricultural department. It will commence on Jan. 9, 190G. and con clude on March 3. For the eight weeks' course a fee of $10 will be charged. The Trier Sisters entertainment at the opera house last Friday night came fully up to expectations. The quintette, without exception, possessed voices of remarkable possibility and volume. The Lyceum series of enter tainments are generally appreciated. Robert H. King was in the southern part of the state last week on business connected with his land department. Robert has for sale desirable farms and tracts of land at reasonable prices and upon easy terms of payment. He is a most reliable young man and ad heres to honest business methods. The basket sociable held in the Judkins' school house on Saturday evening for the benefit of the church was well attended and the proceeds were turned over to the Ladies' Guild, which was organized that evening. The people of the little mission ap preciate greatly the assistance ren dered by the presence of their Prince ton friends. Just as soon as the cow gets to work in a district a change may be noticed. There is more manure hauled out on the land, more land is kept in grass, more clover is grown, bigger and better barns are built, houses and barns are painted, more cash is paid and less store bills run, bank accounts begin to grow and that old mortgage begins to look sick. i ^'Lr^T^^^*-!!"* A n. L| -*ti^-L^.ri_^ Look early and often. i n, i, m pi ^t We want people to look we ask them to look. It is the careful, discriminating buyers that we seek most, for when we gain their custom we have it for good. Holiday Time is a trying time. The matter of choosing gifts is a worry to all of us. Seeing helps the choosing, and we ask every body to see what we carry. Take al! the time you want, make all the comparisons you like. We have gifts for every member of the family, and at prices that will make a little money go along ways. The full line will be dis= played by next week. C. A. JACK The Druggist Of Interest from various sources. Items Farmers' institute, Dec. 6. C. A. Ness of Milaca was in Prince ton on Monday. The Whittier school has a Thanks giving vacation of five days. Mrs,. Cooney visited the twin cities on Mondav and returned Tuesday. Highest cash price paid for hides and furs atC. H. Rahn's meat market. Charlej Howard visited Miss Mingo and parents in Minneapolis on Sun day. Mrs. Walter Libby of Page was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Libby week. House for RentFiv e-room house with cellar, centrally located. Apply to Ben Soule. The total number of hunting licenses issued by County Auditor Whitney this season is 114. Ben Hatcher was in the lake coun try this week fixing up lumber camps for his winter's work. Mrs, Grant McClure of Milaea was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Tov,nsend on Friday and Saturday. Lou Hatcher has returned from Landborn. N. D.. where he has been employed the past summer. Al. King and family of Wyanett are spending Thanksgiving in Minneapo lis with Mr. King's daughter. Have a few first-class shotguns left andfcoclose out will cell them for less than cost. Grant's Hardware Store. Mrs. Dickey, who has spent the summer here with Attorney Dickey and family, will depart for Kentucky tomorrow. There are symptoms of that dire malady, the automobile expression, appearing uoon the physiognomies of Princeton's chauffeurs. Wilhard Applegate and Orva, his brother, left on Friday for alive or six davs' visit with relatives and ac quaintances in Minneapolis W. Pierson and familv and Mrs. J. A. Grahek expect to leave next Tuesday for San Pedro, California, whore they contemplate making their home. F. P. Morneau has traded his three lotsformerly the old Commercial hotel sitefor Morris Guyette's 120- acre farm in Blue Hill, Sherburne county. 4. leak in the waterworks system near W. H. Ferrell's residence has much digging to ascertain lo cation. About nineteen holes have al^eadj been dug. Jonas nill of Silver lake received a telegram on Monday from Little Falls that his brother Gilbert was dead. Gilbert Hill was one of the oldest settlers of Little Falls. Go and see old Bill Neely if you re quire something good in the harness linesomething that will wear. Every thing guaranteed. A superb line of blankets and robes always on hand. Lost,On Wednesday morning, be tween E. E. Whitney's residence and Jesmer's store, a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles inclosed in leather case. Finder will please return to Miss Edna Whitney at Jesmer's store. N. Grow is purely a philanthro pist. He has operated his snow plow this week around the school house and cleared the beautiful from the sidewalks of his neighbors. Frank Campbell acted as ballast for the plow. have decided to change my busi ness location and I offer my $15,000 stock below cost as long as it lasts. It will pay those who need hardware for present or future use to look over my line before purchasing elsewhere. B. D. Grant. Miss Agnes Lyons, niece of T. H. Caley of Princeton, died at Los Anthing geles, California, on Friday last, and the funeral was held yesterday from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hall in Minneapolis. She was about 24 years of age and the cause of death was tuberculosis. Don't work today. $$* Mrs. Lottie Pratt is seriously ill. Farmers' institute at Princeton December 6. "O, Lord, we thank thee for a rest." The Printers. Mrs. S. W. Williams visited friends in the twin cities on Monday. Fred Keith passed Sunday with Miss Josephine Davis in Anoka. Wm. Staples of Elk River is the guest of B. D. Grant and family. Albert Erickson of Minneapolis is visiting his brother John in Wyanett. Miss Grace and George Dunn spent Thanksgiving at their home in Prince ton. A full assortment of New Idea patterns, only 10 cents each at Ander son's. Henry Peterson of Minneapolis spent Thanksgiving day with his parents here. Surveyor Moses Tibbetts is spend ing Thanksgiving with congenial souls in Minneapolis. Miss Georgia Campbell came up from the cities to spend Thanksgiving with her parents. Fred McClellan left on Monday for Chippewa Falls, Wis., and is expected to return on Saturday. Bluepoint oysters in shell and finest Baltimore lobsters on hand at Chris Rahn's new meat market. Home-made harnessthe sort that wearsat Gillespie, Stoneberg & Co. 's. Wm. Neely, manager. Joe Mahoney brought home two deer this, week and came near catch ing a moose while in the wilds. Mrs. Ed Claggett and daughter Edna were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Anderson on Thanksgiving day. Steel road scrapers, only a few on hand, for sale below cost. Grant's Hardware Store. Miss Frances Peterson, Miss Drake and Miss Madsen are spending their Thanksgiving vacation ^n Minneapo lis. We have just received information that Mrs. Trask of Blue Hill, one of the old settlers oi that township, is dead. WiU McMinn left for Portland. Ore gon, last Thursday morning to take up a claim. He expects to be gone about a year. We acknowledge a pleasant call on Monday from Gunder Alexon and J. O. Odegard, two of the prominent agriculturists of Santiago. Miss Jane Burgett returned to her home in Milaca on Saturday, a suc cessful operation having been per formed upon her at the Northwestern hospital. The Princeton fire department gave its annual dance at Jesmer's opera house last night. A goodly number attended as they always do when the fire laddies give a dance. Union services will be held in the Methodist church today. Rev. Cath cart will preach the sermon and Rev. Henderson assist in conducting the services. You should all attend. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Caley went to Minneapolis on Monday to attend the funeral of their niece, Miss Lyons, who died in Los Angeles, California, and' whose remains were shipped to Minneapolis for burial. Our price for tKis Range $26. $- 4.4. I want your cream. Will pay the highest market price for same. Cream tested and cash paid every day, at E.feed A. Ross' residence. 30-tf Wm. Ross. Dr. Armitage says there is no truth in the rumor that the Rural Telephone company is about to sell out to the Bell. The report has been extensively circulated for purposes best known to the circulators. I have a few bobsleds left which I will sell at less than cost. A regular $18 pair of bobs for $15 to close out. Be on hand early if you wish to avail yourself of this unprecedented oppor tunity. Grant's Hardware Store. J. O. Allstot, in the employ of theinch Tri-State Telephone company, fell from the cross-arm of a telephone pole, about 25 feet from the ground, on Monday. He received a severe shaking up but no bones were broken. Allstot is still in bed and Dr. Caley is attending him. Copper River Red-Eyed Flint, is, according to Mike Mahoney, the latest thing in corn. He says that from seed supplied him by Fred McClellan he produced a most prolific crop and that it brought more per bushel than any other corn on the market. Jim Hartman verifies this statement, but everybody knows both Mike and Jim. The weather which necessitates the use of carriage robes and horse blank ets is hereand here to stay for some like half a year. You can pur chase these necessities at Gillespie, Stoneberg & Co. 's for less than you can obtain them in the cities. A splendid stock is now on exhibition for your selection. William Neely, man ager. oo A good aiima costs no more to than an inferior one, and more and more is the farmer becoming con vinced of the fact that although the initial cost of the introduction of a pure bred sire into the herd may be large, that the improvement resulting justifies the price paid in the corres ponding increase in the herd value. Heni'y Cai'lson of Brickton, an em ploye of W. H. Ferrell, accidentally stepped irom the platform of the potato warehouse and sustained in juries by striking a post. Luckily the post was of large dimensions, other wise it would have penetrated Mr. Carlson'-, stomach. He is still con fined to his bed from the accident, but Dr. Caley says he has a good chance foi reco very. A taiantula measuring about an in length was discovered nestling in a bunch of bananas at F. L. Lud den's store on Monday. The insect, which was in an apparent state Of un consciousness from frigidized atmos pheric conditions, was carefully re moved from its lair by Mrs. Ludden with a pair of ice tongs and deposited a preserve jar, where it was sub jected to an alcoholic treatment until its vital spark went out. Must Sold to Close an Estate. The north half of the northwest quarter of section 12, Princeton town ship, situated five miles north east of Princeton and known as the Robt. Byers place. This farm consists of 80 acres, $5 acres under cultivation, balance brushy and timber, fenced in pasture. Land lies perfect, all tillable and soil deepj loam. Farm has been well kept up and is in an excellent state of cultiva tion. Buildings consist of fair barn and granary. Here is a chance to buy a good farm at a low price. Robt. H. King. Don' Send Awa THIheavs Evens Hardware w gmsmmmmmmmmfcmmmmmmimmmmmmmsrcm THANKSGIVING is within' Hailing Distance! How about that new Table Linen that you were going to buy for the Great Feast Day' Why not get a good Table Cloth FO YOU STOVES When you can Buy them Cheaper at Home. S i a regular six-hole Range made of very polished steel plate, main top covers and centers of cast plate from highest grade of Lake Superior iron. Has all the latest features, asbestos lining throughout, heavy centers and anchor plates. The fire box is so constructed that it is suitable for wood or coal. Will take in a stick of wood 22-inches long. Fitted with the new Duplex grate, beautiful nickel trimmings, large warming closet. White enariteled reservoir, nickel tea and coffee pot shelves. Size of oven is 18x21, weight 391 pounds. This Range cannot be duplicated anywhere for the price. Ij^r W E SELL HEATING STOVES from $1.75 and upwards. J& j& I have just received a new lot of STILLER'S LINEN. doubt the best linen in the market and is not like the so-called table linen. It is soft and pliable, not full of starch like the other kind you used to buy. It is bleached in the natural way and there is no chemical process used that takes the life right out of when it costs no more than what you would have to pay for a poor one? 72 inches wide for $1.25 a yard. 68 inches wide for $1.00 a yard. I have also cheaper cloth for sale, but I always believe in the old saying that the best quality is the cheapest, and that holds good in reference to all material. E. B. ANDERSON, Princeton dfr Princeton Drug Co Dr. Armi'tage's Offices iRE i i .?.4* This is without common run of it. ^OVE a [COMMERCIAL HOTEL a A. C. SMITH, Proprietor. New management, newly furnished throughout, elec- trie lighted, bath rooms, everything up-to-date. Sam- pie room in connection. Both phones. Princeton, Minn. ...$. $$ ^UE STORE.moneso. Hours-9A to 12 30 2p to6 P. W Hold Otxr Bread Is better because we know hew it's made. Cleanliness has much to do with a bakery, and we have much to do with cleanliness Our French Vienna and Rye Bread Is as scrupulously cleanly as perfect. We claim perfection in bread baking and refer you to our patrons to verify our claim. A standing order for our bread is sure to make you laugh and grow fat. Shepard's Bakery J. A. SHEPARD, Proprietor.