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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, February 08, 1906, Image 5

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Stop that cough before it stops you.
Ask us. We'll tell you how it's done.
Home Drug Store.
E. B. Anderson was in the cities the
early part of the week selecting stock
for his general merchandise establish
ment.
Who Shall to
You Valentine?
Valentines are intended to express to some one the
fact that some one else has affection or regard for
them. Such little tokens cannot be sent too often
in this too practical an age.
The better grades of valentines these days are
real works of art and provide a souvenir of perma
nent value.
We have the latest and most beautiful designs
at all sorts of prices.
Choose your valentines early this year and
escape the final rush. Our whole stock is on dis-
play now.
C. A. AC
People of discrimination cannot
afford to miss Miss Marion G. Kerby
at Jesmer's opera house on Saturday
evening, Feb. 10.
A valentine social will be given in
the basement of the M. E. church on
Tuesday evening, Feb. 13, to which
all are cordially invited.
Godfrey Wicktor, treasurer of Sher
burne county, visited his home in
Santiago on Saturday and returned to
his duties at Elk River on Monday
morning.
Nelson, the expert photographer of
Anoka, attends his branch studio at
Princeton the first and third Saturday
of each and every month. Please bear
this in mind when you wish to have
any photographic work done. tf
The groundhog emerged from its
lair on Friday, saw its shadow,
whisked its tail and returned to re
sume its hibernation. That means six
more weeks of winter. Whether the
animal sees his shadow or notv?inte
invariably continues to the middle
of March in this latitude.
Misfortunes seldom come singly.
L. Paulle of Minneapolis, who is
known to many Princeton people, lost
his show-case factory by fire last
week and upon the same day the
funeral of his mother occurred. The
loss upon the factory is estimated at
$25,000, covered by insurance. Mr.
Paulle will lesume business within a
week or two.
To substantiate our contention that
the advertisements i,n the ,U i on are
extensively read we last, week pur
posely transposed two cuts. The re
sult was that our attention ha,s been
called to this transposition by' hun
dreds of people. Every day through
out the week we have been asked why
we did it. The test has proved satis
factory beyond expectation. It has
proved that the Union is read even
to its standing advertisements.
This evening at 8 o'clock, Mr.
Charles N. Orr and Miss Ellen May
Adams will be joined in wedlock at
the residence of the bride's parents in
Hamline. Mr. Orr was born and
raised here and is a graduate of the
Princeton high school, he also grad
uated from Hamline university and
the St. Paul law school and is at pres
ent practicing his profession in that
city. Miss Adams is also a graduate
of Hamline university and is an esti
mable young lady, beloved by all
who know her.
The Druggist
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Of Interest
from various source*.
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 those
prevailing on Thursday morning at the
time of going to press
Triumphs.. 30
Burbanks.. .50
Rose .27
Ohios 30
Nelson's photos please the people.
Mrs. Geo. W. Patton has for the
past week been sick.
A. F. Fryhling returned on Tues
day from a business trip to the cities.
Mrs. Rutherford left on Wednesday
night for a visit with relatives in
Mora.
A. S. Mark made a trip to the cities
on Monday to select stock for his
emporium.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Coates ot
Pine Bend arrived here Friday on a
visit to Mr. Coates' relatives.
The Union prides itself in getting
out the neatest appearing delinquent
tax-list of any paper in the state.
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Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand
coffee. Get it at Ludden's store.
Dr. Cooney was called to Zimmer
man Tuesday night to attend Mrs. Ed
Foley.
Banker Skahen returned from a
business trip to Minneapolis on Wed
nesday.
Found, a lady's cloth belt. Owner
may obtain same upon application at
the depot.
White Star coffee, mocha and java
at 20 cents is our leader. Sells like
hot cakes, try it. Ludden's store.
See F. J. Hallin, eye-sight specialist
at Princeton Drug Co. 's store, Fri
day, Feb. 23, from 11 a. m. to 4:30
p. m.
The local potato situation is sub
stantially the same as last weekbut
a small quantity being marketed, with
prices, down,
Jesse Grant came home from the
woods on Monday suffering from
typhoid fever. Dr. Armitage is his
medical attendant.
Keep your feet warm and dry by in
serting into your shoes a pair of non
crumpling insoles. For sale at the
Home Drug Store, ten cents per pair.
When people begin to stand upon
their heads and cut notches in the
weather with their feet it is high tme
the glaciers on the sidewalks were
removed.
Clerk of Court King issued a mar
riage license on Saturday to Geo.
Hunt and Annie Stanley of Princeton.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Cathcart at the M. E. parsonage on
Sunday, Feb. 4.
Lest you forget, the next dance for
the benefit of the Princeton Baseball
club will be held on Wednesday even
ing, Feb. 14. You should attend and
thus aid a club which has proved
itself one of the best in the northwest.
The fifth and last of the series of
Lyceum entertainments will be given
at Jesmer's opera house on Saturday
evening next. Miss Marion Gordon
Kirby, who will be the entertainer
upon that occasion, is very highly
eulogized by the press of the country.
On Saturday night fire entirely de
stroyed the dwelling house and furni
ture of Louis Larson in Wyanett. The
fire originated from a defective stove
pipe between the ceiling and floor and
had reached such proportions when
discovered that to check it was found
impossible. Mr. Larson carried no
insurance.
Mrs. Annie Wetter, Mrs. Hauter
and C. F. Gloege of Mayer, who came
here to attend the funeral of little
David Wetter, returned to their homes
on Tuesday morning. Mrs. Wetter is
the mother of John and David Wetter,
Mrs. Hauter a sister of Mrs. David
Wetter and C. F. Gloege the brother
in-law of John and David.
S. Wmsor of Wyanett returned on
Friday from a visit of three weeks
at the home of his boyhood in
Mitchell county, Iowa. Mr. Winsor
passed a very pleasant time with h^.
relatives and former associates, but
was beginning to experience a long
ing for Minnesota before he left upon
the return trip to Wyanett.
The Mankato Business and Com
mercial college tenders its thanks to
the Union in appreciation of the
paper's value as an advertising me
dium. This college is one of the most
successful in the country and it attri
butes such success to a liberal use of
printer's ink. It is an institution of
learning that has turned out a large
number of successful business men
and therefore one worthy of public
patronage.
Fred Bach and wife left on Tuesday
for Olivia, Renville county, and will
be gone about two weeks. While
there the estate of Mr. Bach's
will be divided among the two heirs,
one of whom is Fred. His share will
consist of $900 in cash, 80 acres of
fertile land and half of the live stock
and personal effects. Mr. Bach was
married in May last and he is now
taking his bride to his old home for,
the first time.
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The Princeton Bottling establish
ment is on the market.
C. A. Jack went to the twin cities* on
Tuesday on a business trip.
D. A. Kaliher lefbv here for a visit
to down-river points yesterday.
Mrs. Magnus Sjoblom is suffering
from an acute attack of la grippe.
Your choice for 10 cents from that
job lot of laces. Ludden's store.
Rev. Frank Shore of Willow River
preached here and at Baldwin on Sun-
Baseball dance for benefit of Prince
ton club Wednesday evening, Feb
ruary 14.
Guy Evving and party arrived home
on Friday from a trip extending 70
miles north.
The Rathbone Sisters will give a
card party at their hall tomorrow
(Friday) evening.
Charley Sampson proprietor of the
Minnetonka nursery, was here on
business Tuesday.
Don't fail to secure your tickets
early for Miss Marion G. Kerby on
Saturday evening.
Wanted100 cords of green oak 16-
inch wood. Apply to Dr. H. C.
Cooney, Princeton.
Sheriff Shockley left yesterday
morning for Minneapolis upon busi
ness connected with his office.
Herman Schwartz on Wednesday
proceeded to the northern part of the
state to purchase furs and hides.
St. Valentine's day next Wednes
day. The custom of sending valen
tines is fast passing into oblivion.
Cabinet of laces, job lot of our 400
pieces at 10 cents each.
Ludden's store.
A large quantity of onions were
consumed by ,fire on Sunday in the
warehouse of -W H. Ferrell & Co. at
Mora.'
L. G. Prescott, the jeweler, will
within a week, or as soon as his new
tools arrive, recommence business in
the Jesmer department store.
County Commissioner Geo. H.
Deans was in Princeton yesterday
making the necessary arrangements
for the funeral of Mrs. Mayo of
Foreston, who will be buried here
today.
THE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1906?
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Dunn left on
the morning train to be present at the
marriage of Mr. Charles N. Orr and
Miss Ellen May Adams, which is to
take place this evening at the home of
the bride's parents in Hamline.
Rev. E. C. Clemans, D. D.^ presid
ing elder of the Methodist Episcopal
church of this diocese, will deliver a
sermon on Sunday evening at the M.
E. church in Princeton. Dr. Clemans
is an able and forceful orator and
should command a large audience.
The sixteen-year-old daughter of
Adam Schmidt and Harley Harring
ton simultaneously disappeared from
their homes on Tuesday and an
elopement is suspected. An officer of
the law is endeavoring to discover
their whereabouts.
Myrtle Smith, daughter of Frank
Smith of the Riverside hotel, who is
suffering from a severe attack of
typhoid fever at North Branch, has
passed the critical point of the disease
and is slightly better. Her father re
turned from a visit to her on Tuesday
night.
F. J. Hallin, the eye specialist of
Cambridge, was here on Friday last,
and, considering it was his first trip,
he had a very encouraging practice.
Mr. Hallin is said to be very efficient
in restoring failing eyesight and ad
justing spectacles. He expects to
make regular trips to Princeton.
The Canadian Jubilee Singers and
Imperial orchestra gave an entertain
ment at the opera house, under the
auspices of the local Odd Fellows
lodge, on Friday evening. The con
cert was well attended and the artists
produced many features in music
which were meritorious.
Tuesday was the eighty-second
birthday of N. M. Smith. Mr. Smith
is United States mail carrier and ex
pressman at this place and is a most
remarkable man for his age. He pur
sues the even tenor of his calling day
by day, enjoys continued good health
and is more nimble than many young
men.
Our sister village of Elk River is to
celebrate the completion of the splen
did new iron bridge across the Missis
sippi at that place in grand style on
Saturday. There will be a barbecue
and other entertainments. Numerous
Princeton people have received in
vitations to participate in the fes
tivities.
Fred Howard's many friends in
Princeton and vicinity will be pleased
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Miss Maude Phillips of Northfield
is visiting Mrs. C. A. Caley.
F. G. Mayo of Minneapolis is in
Princeton on a visit to relatives.'
Valentines, come early and select
your valentine at Ludden 's store.
L. S. Libby has a number of fresh
cows for sale which he will sell on
time.
bought that
G. Kerby on
Have you
Miss Marion
night?
ticket for
Saturday
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Stark of
Wyanett, on Monday, February 5, a
daughter.
Mrs. Claire Caley gave a party last
evening in honor of her friend, Miss
Maud Phillips of Northfield.
Mrs. L. G. Prescott went to Elk
River on Tuesday and returned with
her little daughter the same day.
G. E. Lindalll, the West Branch
buttermaker, was a pleasant caller at
the Union office on Wednesday.
Full cream and brick cheese, rich,
creamery, and just the right age.
Ludden's store.
H. Teesdale, the Spencer Brook
miller, called at the Union office
yesterday. Mr. Teesdale says he
knows a good paper when he sees it.
Mr. Wilson, representing the Amer
ican Collection agency of Minneapo
lis, was in town this week and a large
number of accounts were placed in his
hands.
There are two holidays of national
importance this month, Lincoln's
birthday anniversary on Monday
next, February 12, and Washington's
on Thursday, the 22d.
Parents should dissuade their chil
dren from jumping onto the runners
of bobsleds. Several little fellows
have already had their toes pinched
and narrowly escaped more severe in
juries.
Wm. Secard and Mrs. Blair of Still
water attended the funeral of Louis
Payette. They returned home on
Wednesday. Mr. Secard was a
brother-in-law of Louis Payette and
Mrs. Blair his sister.
The Fourteenth Minnesota regiment
of Spanish-American war fame will
hold a reunion during the G. A. R.
encampment in Minneapolis next sum
mer. Company of this regiment
was organized in Princeton.
Mrs. Jenkins, president of the Re
bekah lodge, will be in attendance at
the regular meeting in Princeton on
the evening of February 21st. Four
candidates will be initiated and an
oyster supper provided for the mem
bers.
It is reported that Joe Brands
rolled in the snow a couple of times
while on his way to a dance in
Wyanett on Saturday night. The
cutter in which he was riding turned
topsy turpvy and one of the shafts
were fractured. Joe hired a farmer
to take him to Princeton in a potato
wagon.
Amateur Minstrels.
At the latter part of February, un
der the leadership of Mrs. Claire
Caley, an amateur negro minstrel en
tertainment will be given at the opera
house. It is expected that this will be
the hit of the season. Fifty cork art
ists will appear upon the stage, from
the little pickaninnies to the ancient
"Old Black Joe." Mrs. Caley has
the program almost completed and
will soon begin drilling the colored
company. Prepare for an evening of
actual enjoyment.
Special Bargains.
One good Singer sewing machine
$15.00 one good Pelton Pomeroy or
gan $15.00 one good Story & Camp
organ $20.00. We have a fine lot of
new organs and pianos, just arrived.
We sell on terms to suit customers.
Anyone looking for a bargain in
machines or musical instruments will
do well to call and see what we hawe.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ewing.
Wanted100 bushels corn, for which
I will pay 40 cents per bushel, and 100
bushels oats. Will be in town Friday
and Saturday at Byer's store, or ad
dress. John F. Thoma.
F. D. No. 2.
For Sale.
Fifty colonies of bees. First-class
honey-makers. Apply to H. R.
Brinks, section 36, township of Milo.
For Sale,
One full biooa Jersey* bull cal^, four
months old, Geo. Bowles,
Zimmerman, Minn.
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Resolutions of Cqndolence.
Headquarters Wallace T,Jlines Post
142, Dept. of Minnesota G. A. R.
Princeton, Minn., Feb. 7, 1906.
Whereas it has pleased our Supreme
Commander to muster out our com
rade, Henry Applegate.
Therefore, be it resolved that we
tender our heartfelt sympathy to the
bereaved family in their loss of a kind
husband and indulgent father. In the
demisB Henr Applegate the Post
faithful member.
it further resolved that a copy
of these resolutions be presented to
the family of our deceased comrade.
Be it further resolved that they be
spread on the records of the Post and
published in the Princeton Union.
Jos. Nokes.
F. A. Lowell,
T* A. Z. Norton,
i ssi, Committee.
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father to know fcat he has been appointed to l^toSSFJSSgS
the captaincy of Hook and Ladder Co.
No. 1 in the Minneapolis fire depart
ment, to fill the vacancy caused by the
tragic death of the gallant Berwin at
the West hotel fire. Fred will always
do his duty wherever he is placed.
The Union heartily congratulates
him on his deserved promotion.
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PIANOS:
Sohmer,
Colby,
Vose,
Wesley,
And many other.
Organs:
Estey,
And many other
good makes.
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Wood! Wood!!
The Caley Hardware Co. will buy
all the 4-foot or 16-inch wood you
have for sale and will pay you the
highest market price for same. Cash
or in exchange for anything in our
line of merchandise.
Farmers, bring
in your wood.
Caley Hardware Co.
hoe That
The Shoe That's Easy
The Shoe That Lasts
Is the Shoe Carried by
P. L. Roadstrom,
AndgManufactured by the Gotzian Shoe Co.
A new stock in Men's, Ladies'
and Children's Footwear Just In.
Light and Heavy. Prices With
the Reach of Everyone.
M^CALL AND EXAMINE
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Furniture and
Carpets
Our stock is larger and more com
plete than ever before. W are
offering special prices on
Sideboards, China Closets,
Buffets.
ee our New Style Kitchen Cabinet for $16.00
2 IT IS A BARGAIN. 5
EVENS HARDWARE CO.
PRINCETONS MUSIC STORE. I
WE HAVE THE AGENCY FOR
The NewHome Sewing Machine
One of the best machines made.
New Machines from $25.00
i All Fully Guaranteed.
6"We make terms to suit our customers.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ewing'.
In Security State Bank Building.
COMMERCIA HOTE
A. C. SMITH, Proprietor.
New management, newly furnished throughout, elec-
tric lighted, bath rooms, everything up-to-date. Sam-
ple room in connection. Both phones.
Princeton, Minn.
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