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International Falls press and border budget (International Falls, Minn.) 1909-1926

December 6, 1917 · Page 4 of 8

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T$m I%&**? 4 ^.-. *. TjKi' -V INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS '$1 uW T? PAGE FIVE .-J-f "s 1 $ W* The Military Sail Friday the 7th THE HEN AND THE HUN to ^rs. Kingsbury their, deepest sympathy is expected to be the dancing event 'in'this sad hour. tContinued from Page One.) of the season. "iT- sThe Shristian Endeavor will hold a food sale Saturday, Dec. 8. farmer to keep at least 100 hens. A ALBERT WIRT FOUND DEAD. There are 6,000,000 farmers in the We" wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Messersmidt for so kindly entertaining United States. ^Each hen kept should Atty. E. E. McDonald of Bemidji, ORIGINAL CRAPE HANGER average a dozen eggs per month. We those of the C. E. who attended After more than one month of almost was a professional visitor here Saturday. ^should endeavor to increase the average the business meeting held at continuous search by relatives .•••.• production per chicken per their-place Monday 26. and friends, Albert Wirt, one of the month. One boy living at Blooming W. E. Martin, one of our most active-members pioneer homasteaders, of Caldwell For |tant—S room flat over creamery. Prairie with a flock of 200 last year has accepted the position Brook, near Big Falls, /was ^found All newly finished inside. Apply as jailkeeper, of our county jail. had an average-^ production of 144 dead in the woods near his homestead at above address from 10 to 3. eggs. Sonie have brought the average We wish we, had enough C. E's. to Sunday, Nov. 25th by Ed Storkweather. production up to 150 or 160 eggs fill all such like positions in our city. Buy tickets .to the military ball— per hen.' Through the projected system "The right man in the right place." Mr. Wirt came from his home in your dollar will go directly to the Edgar L. Heermance, Pastor A Xmas box is being prepared to of supervision every farmer Tennessee about the first of October, uniform fund. send to Einar Stubee who is with will be furnished with a record card, after a few days visit with his sons, "The Custer Battlefield" will be the the mounted engineers in New Mexico. a feeding chart, and an account Charley and Albert in this city, he topic at the pleasant Sunday evening blank. If this feeding chart is followed- Martin McAnavy who is employed decided to go to his homestead and service at 7:30. Lantern pictures An invitation is extended to all at Virginia spent Thanksgiving in every hen will lay or die. proceeded to walk "out from Big and sermon, music by the Bethlehem strangers to attend our Sunday evening Four hundred farms around Blooming town at the home of his parents on Falls, a distance of ten miles. It is Prairie last shipped out 8330 chorus, an old fashioned sing sevices. Hour at 6:60 to 7:30. 8th street. supposed that he must have missed around the piano, and the social cases of eggs, also 400,000 pounds of the way when within a few miles of poultry. We should send our red hour. A touch of home for those Money to loan on farm property his farmland wondered in the woods meat to the soldiers and the allies, away from home. NETT LAKE ITEMS in United States and Canada. Apply where he was suddenly taken sick and we will. In the way the hen will At 4:30, the pictures will be shpwn to Frank S. Lang, International and sat down under a tree and fired F. N. Dupris late government farmer help defeat the' Hun. 7 for children, so that they need not Falls, Minnesota tf two shots from his gun, as two empty at Nett Lake, who died in St. The^ farm hen now lays about 80 stay Up for the evening service. All cartridges were found beside him, Lukes hospital, Aberdeen, S. Dak, eggs a year, the town hen 90, this children welcome. but no help came to save the messenger Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Paul of Big is because fewer hens are kept in was buried here last Monday. His Morning worship at 11. The pastor of death. Falls and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Watson sudden death was a shock to his the town, and they get the table will speak on "The Attitude of Mr. Wirt was a very active and industrous and family were very bountifully many friends here. scraps, a more concentrated feed, Christianity." Music by the Cecilian man and had reached the entertained on Thanksgiving Day Mrs. J. B. Johnson and son, Leon and have better attention than is accorder and Coral choirs. age of 79 years, with his faculties by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Eastman at were shopping at the village this The Kaocker is Agin improvements, the kind kept on the farm but little impaired. Sunday school at 10. their home in Liberty addition. Agin Taxes, Agin Progress, Agin the week. In protecting from the greater dangers ine Howard, in Waupaun, Wis., on The boy scouts will meet Sunday Weather, Agin everything except himself. Leo Wood was here Friday. from ratting hen roosts the September 11, 1857. afternoon at 2:30. The troop has The Bethlehem Christian Endeavor He is the original Grape Hanger Carl Larson was here Saturday. town fowl hav| better shelter than elected the following officers: Floyd Three sons, one daughter, fourteen and never says Anything Good about society will hold a "cobweb social". Four new settlers mo\ed in this the country fowl, as a rule. This Wilson, captain Robert Currie, grand children and one great grand anyone. Fortunately for all of us, the in the church parlors, Friday week south of the village. argues for better production and lieutenant Joe Olson, secretary Knocker lives over in the Next Town. child compose the family who mourn evening, .Dec. 14th. A fifteen cent The last flock of ducks left Nett feeding of the country hen. Johnnie Stacey, quartermaster Lawrence the loss of him who'se death breaks lunch will be served. Every young river Saturday the 24th. There is to be a state wide poul Wilson, treasurer. ROOM AND BOARD—First class the first link in this family chain of person in the city is most cordially Indians are busy hauling hay try contest for boys and girls as a in all respects. 616-12th Ave. Girls sewing club on Monday evening. sixty years. Mrs. Wirt with her son, invited. Come and have a good time. across the lake on hand sleds as .the part of the organized poultry drive Elmer and daughter, Mrs. Jas. Fora, Strangers are especially invited. ice will not hold the ponies. under government supervision The young people are beginning to live in Tennessee, and Charles and Mesdames J. A. McPhee, P. H. Fogarty D. O. Collins killed a fine moose. While the old folks are raising cattle hold regular rehearsals for their and Miss Mary Storte entertained Albert in International Falls. POSITIONS waiting tor every Ed Porter was in town for a couple and sheep on the- farm he children play: "The New Minister." at the Rex hotel Saturday. The funeral services were held in young man and woman who takes of days. can raise chickens. Food will The Ladie's Society is holding a Big Falls last Wednsday afternoon, bookkeeping, shorthand and 'typewriting H. A. Connor^ and sons, Frank and win the war. That is what the Hun bazaar and food sale this week at Nov. 28th, canducted by the Rev. E. or auto, gas and steam engineering Mrs. Geo. Snyder very pleasantly Lawrence were in from the claim., thinks. This is the reason why he is the Keyes furniture store, on Friday Kaneen of this city and the intermen at the Crookston college. entertained a few of her lady friends C. E. Numally has gone out for the' sending out his submarines, tO sink and Saturday. was in the Big Falls cemetery. Board and room in private family, on Friday afternoon. winter. vessels carrying food to their enemies. The skating rink is being flooded $3.50 to $4.50 per week. Write ton J. All the vacant land on the reservation) this week, and may be ready by C. Sathre, Crookston, Minn. tf. WANTED—A place with small or THANKS TO HOME GUARDS. is being grabbed up' by actual In Minnesota there are 53 associa Saturday. Children please keep off medium family or at hotel. Apply at settler. tions paying $15,000 a year in premiums. until we give the signal. John Clausen was here Friday with Press office. Dr. Barney Loughran dangled in Port of Fort Frances, Ont a load of various kinds of products last week with a flock of Angora Each person in farmers homes eats Dec. 3rd, 1917. FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL from his farm near Ericsburg. He Jas. Dawson of Forest Lake spent Goats which will under brush a 10acre 49 pounds of chicken per year. In Capt. J. J. Lloyd, CHURCH usually raises a large ^ock of turkeys Thanksgiving in town with his son, lot for him this winter. Thereis town the poultry consumption is 40 O. C. Home Guard, Int. Falls, Minn. Corner 8th avenue and 5th street and chickens but this year he Henry and family. no I. W. W.s in the bunch. pounds per person a year, doubtless Sir: Edward Kaneen, Minister. had the misfortune to loose most of Painter Smith came up the South? because town people have no more I have the honor to extend to you Strangers Made Welcome. them, but managed to spare our usual The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church Pike this week. chickens than they do. The con and your command, the sicere thanks Thanksgiving turkey for our will be entertained by Mrs. ^redin E. Jaeger and Orville Gerald werecallers sumption of poultry and eggs should and appreciation of the parents of Morning service at 11. Subject: Sunday dinner. on Friday afternoon of this week at last week. be doubled. the late Private F. Kenjahan, the citizens "A Covenant With God." her home on 6th street. A phone has been installed in the of Fort Frances, and the sold-iers FOR SALE— Registered Short The subject for the evening service MANITOU. high school agricultural department reurned from the battlefields of Horn bull (milking type) 3 years old at 7:30, will be "Great Possibilities" For Rent—A comfortable well fin so that all those wishing to may France and Flanders, for your kindr in December. Bred by state farm with music by the chorus ished partly modern four rpom cottage The Cloverdale Club held its first communicate directly with Mr. Abbott. ness, in attending in a body, to pay school, St. Paul. Apply to. Daniel choir. Anthem, "The Solid Rock." for small neat family. Apply annual Thanksgiving supper and the last respect to our noble comrade. Kjelsness, Laurel, Minn. The Sunday school meets at 10 a. Mrs. J. H. Brown, 7th Street and 11th .dance jja§.t Thursday evening. m. Christmas niusi'c will be taken up Avenue. Covers were laid for one hundred This is an,epoch in the history of( HOME DRILL FOR DftAFT Owing to the crowded condition, of The school will meet for rehearsal /h vv and every place filled as were each the two towns, and shows the fine the opera house at the C. B. Miller MEN LAUDED BY VETERAN at 2 p. m. for the Christmas entertainment, L. W. LaBelle returned home Tuesday occupant. The dance music was furnished spirit, which I am sure will grow: lecture Thursday evening the com which will be held Christmas from Marshfield, Wis., where he by Messrs. Rassmussen and and our countries now allied in this mittee respectfully requests that no eve. Dec. 24. attended the funeral of his father One of the greatest needs in the N. Lindahl to the satisfaction of all. great conflict, will be an everlasting small children be brought, who Choir rehearsal Tuesday evening. who was laid at rest Monday. training of the new Natoinal army is Manitou Ranch which has at present benefit to both, would be apt. to disturb the meeting. Epworth League service at 6:45 p. preliminary drill before the men 1800 sheep expects an increase of I have the honor to be, sir, This is not a picture show but a lec m. The service will consist of a Dr. Larson the Optomertrist, will leave for camp. Men who have such eight hundred more within the next Your Obedient Servant, ture on a very important topic and night the "Epworth Herald." be at Victoria Hotel, December 6 to training are.almost certain to secure few days. H. A. Prall-Pierce everyone will be anxious to hear Preaching in the Ranier church at consult him if you have trouble commissions from the outset when Geo. Black is putting up extensive 5 P.S.—I must certainly congratulate every word spoken. 3 p. m. with your eyes or need glasses. they get to camp- improvements in the shape of a barn you on the smart and soldierly apr Sunday school at 2 p. m. Artificial eyes fitted: and considerable clearing on his This is the opinion of Maj. Ned M. gSHIil ), pearance of your command. L. P. Lyman and Clarence Boeteler The Ranier bazaar which was held farm one mile south of the post office. Green, who is giving Duluth Home of th eFirst National bank, Ben Kot last Saturday was a magnificent success. O. M. Hanscom of Big Falls who Guard his unqualified approval in LETTER FRAM LEO JACKOWAY ilinek of the International State is timber buyer for the International Jas. Sather has just completed a khgir plan, to give such training to all bank, ticket agent, H. M. Groner and cess. The booths had a very pleasing Lumber company was here Saturday fine new home on his homestead. registered draft men who have not operator, P. A. McGary of the M. & and attractive appearance. The getting ready for his winter's Jefferson Barracks, Mo. been called as yet. Maj. Green would Carl Norland is building a very 1. railway company and a few other lunch counter was bounteous and appetizing business. Dear Bro.: nice barn and also adding several not restrict the training to the men of the fine young men of our city and the ladies were much I received your ever kind and welcome who have been called for the next increment acres of clearing to his present 15 left Tuesday to enlist in various-departments pleased as they netted a very nice Abstracts and titles to all property letter and was most glad to acres under the plough. but would take in all registered of Uncle Sam's army. A sum for the current expenses of the in Koochiching county furnished by hear from you. I am in good hfealth Lewis Snyder has a crew cutting men subject to call in the future. dancing party was given in their church. the Koochiching County Abstract Co., and happy as a lark, although I three hundred cords of pulpwood. honor last night. Official Abstractors, International would like to come home on a Ben Wheelock of International "I have received letters from officers Falls, Minn. fourlough. They cured me of the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Falls was down to take supper with in cantonments and have visited Recent letters from John J. Gibson C. .Kingsbury, Pastor. tape worm and I am getting fat and the Cloverdale Club, Thursday. We training camps, and it is the consensus state that he is now a member Remember the sale of food, fancy no more like myself. I feel all together Cor 9th ave. & 3rd st. are always glad to see Ben back of opinion that preliminary of the battalion proper in D. Company. work, and aprons held by the Ladies' different. I am now assistant among us even that he has become a training for the men is vital. When He said that he had already Aid of the M. E. church at Green's 11 a. m. Preaching. Theme: "The ward master of the Isolation hospital city chap. He is always boosting. a large number of men are called to 10c store on Saturday afternoon, been under artillery fire. On No Mission of the Church." here. They put ine in charge last Ben Wheelock has located several camp, there is a crying need of officers. vember 8th he wrote that he had Dec. 8th. It will be a goocf place to 7:30 p. m. Sermon. Topic: "Authority," Thursday. I have 30 patients to loqk homesteaders in the Black river district Many recruits have never been through his first engagement buy your Christmas presents. "Responsibility." after now, 7 small pox, 3 diptherfa during the past two or three handled an army rifle and do not with the enemy and had come out 10\ a. m. Bible school. and one typhoid fever. I also have weeks. He is a real live real estate even know how to operate it. If recruits safely and was then out on rest. Mr. FOUND—About ^October 7, strayed 6:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor. three special nurses to look after. man. could learn how to march, do yearlings heifer. Owner may claim Gibson will be remembered as a Wednesday evening, Bible study, They say I have advanced and leirn Mr. Sather is spending two weeks close formations and how to use a young Scotchman with a fine tenor on payment for this ad and for keep prayer meeting. faster than any one they ever had visiting relatives and friends in' St. rifle, they would have a tremendous voice who sang leading parts in the of animal. John F. Barnes, Box 442, Friday evening, choir rehearsal. I am going to stay here in this hospital Cloud. advantage over the men without experience. choir of his church and in several city. for the rest of the year, and home talent operattas. then I am,to be transferred to thle GOVERNOR OUSTS "The officers of the Home Guard In sunny Florida where you can BAPTIST officers training school either in Virginia NEW ELM MAYOR deserve great credit for offering their RECRUITING STATION U.S. ARMY grow things* every day of the year, CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR or Kansas. Where I will con^t'ijnue: services as drill masters, and the~ rich black soil is to be had at low NOTES studying medicine and becOijjte Governor Burnquist Friday issued work cannot be too highly praised prices. Anyone desiring information International Falls, Room' 7. Lieutentaiit' of the Medical Corpf '.-T an order removing from office L. A this coming country, address1 do not ever expect to see Fraft|:je Two of our most worthy endeavors Fritsche, suspended mayor of New Box 536, International Falls, Any registered man, even though now, as I am' learning to becom$|i were taken sudderfly ill with Elm, and Albert Pfaender, suspended he'has been called by Kis local board doctor. I have received a letjtJ^i* See Our Line of buck fever recently and were determined city attorney of that city, and reinstating for physical examination, can be accepted from Mrs^ Dr. Palmer, she wrote •ian to try their skill at the Louis Vogel, Brown county for enlistment until Dec. 15, '/1®?" Frank Carlson was here Saturday awful good letter to me, and V^is game of "shoot 'em mabey." They auditor, who was suspended' with Jlp'% from his palatial farm home atjSilverdale. provided that he must present a cer? sure glad to hear from her. But, I shouldered their inuskets and started Fritsche and Pfaender. ,Since being here a week tificate*from. Jjis local board that he have'not heard from anybody else!. on their hither and thither journey Mr. Fritsche and Mr. Pfaender ago he has examined' the effects of is not needed to fill the quota of such I have an office: here in the hospital, one fine afternoon last week and were removed by Governor Burnqiiist Ole Nortrum who spent the summer board. have to keep books for all patients JUST ARRIVE-D succeeded in landing there, sought for malfeasance in office on By order of, with him and stole many of his tools in this hospital. Colonel Murray, for game, a deer. If was a case of charges of disloyalty in connection for which he is bo.und over to the J°HN D- Y.OST, the commanding officer sent ifte an attack in the rear, ten shots were with the notorious draft protest /, grand jury, and found ninety-nine Major Ret., R. O. & A. Q. M. Special Line of Limoges a lot of medical books to study''on fired and upon examination found meeting July 25 at New Elm. The f' twenty^five cent pieces and one fifty all kinds of cases that is contageoutI CAR schedule and Belgian Pottery that seven of them had lodged Governor found that similar charges cent piece of counterfeit money, also have had nothing bad happen only therein, but we cannot say which was against Mr. Vogel were not sufficient l/ifft a bottle of cholorform and other suspicious one of the patjents broke into one the fatal shot, probably the first to justify his removal. looking stuff, such as brass,, The following is the regular schedule of the medicinie cabinets and drai^k. but in the. excitement baptised the The city council of New Elm must for the International Falls and copper, silver, lead, ground up in botties, New Ideas for some poison, but we gave him SQqfc creature with a rain of lead suitable elect a njayor and city attorney under also old silver spoons, knives Ranier car lipe medicine and fixed him and hei.iis to kill the kaiser. We do not know the law, to fill vacancies caused Ranier Falls Qiristmaa Suggestions fy and forks." Without. doubt.JNortrum now in the guard house for trying whether they intended to quarter by the:, executive orders. W. P. Eibner j|£ a good catch for the federal authorities^J||He 1:45 a.m. meets Dul. train. 2:15 a.m. to fcill himself. We are still havil§|f the beast or the run but nevertheless was acting mayor during the is a man about 50 8:15 a.m.* 9:30^^1. summer we£thier. Good-bye. ^1 this is how the matter stands. Some proceedings. Audito Vogel's re-instatement 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. yeairs of age, he says he came from write^soon.^ sn- Get. GledkiU shots, huh! is effective at once. 2:15" p.m." 3:30 p!m. Minneapolis about fourteen months Your brother, Leo.' Mrs. Rye is confined to her home Governor Burnquist in the order ago and previous to going to work 5:10 p.m.,meets Dul.1 train/ 6rl5 p.m. with a severe cold. '%x_ characterizes the New Elm meeting 7:30»p.m. ""v.,,5 for Carlson he stoped at John Silverdahl's 10:00 p.m. chimney sweep Mrs. C. L. Kingsbury arrived home Agent for Columbia Grafonola as unpatriotic and un-American. pilace. There is also among1 R. B. Kook, -m j,» from. Fj-azee the latter part of last hi* effects tools marked with the Manager. Chimneys cleaned, first-cla^s worjc week where she attended! the funeral Canadian Northern, N. P. and other Cut this out and paste it in your done. Leave, orders at .Green's Hawk SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PRESS of her mother. The C. E. extend hat. companies. ... ware.*