Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-03-03
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&c Winchester is spending tn,
week in the twin cities.
- Willard Brown returned hom,
Tuesday from Wisconsin,.
Editor Cronkhite, Of the Banner
was up from Argyle last night.
- Miss Alice Wallace arrived ir
Warren on Tuesday morning.
- Let all attend the school enter
tainment on Friday evening.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon returned
home Thursday morning last week.
- Winter has broken it's back.
The weathr is mild and the snow is
thawing.
county Superintendent WANT
held a teachers meeting in Warren
last Saturday.
j. II. Macarthur and family have
returned home from their extended
visit in Wisconsin.
We call attention to the a1yer-
tisement Of Larson, Carpenter & Co.
in another column.
Petitions favOring the anti-op.
ton bill have been forwarded to
Senator Washhnrn.
Our real estate men are getting
numerous inquiries for land. Land
in the Red River Valley is bound to
double in price in short time.
- AS the fall elections will be held
under the new election law it will be
necessary to put in good men for
town clerks and supervisors ut the
town elections, March 9th.
/. We understand that GOOD
healthy Democratic club has. been
organized in the city. Is it not about
time for the Republicans to got a
move on themselves.
A. Grindelanl made trim
through the western part OF the
county the fore part of the week.
He says it is pitiful sight to see 80
many wheat stacks still standing I'M
threshed. As a rule farmers will
Rosfpo"e !ns threShi"s it'll after seed
a. G. Setterholm the father Of
Benjnmin Harrison Merriam, trans
acted business at the county seat on
Monday. The young namesake Of
the distinguished men is in good
spirits and is growing nicely. The
luther, 1t is needless to say, is nm ar
dent supporter Of President Har-
r'son, and will do all in lis power to
secure his reelection.
= The SHEAF is reliably informed
that the candidates for mavOr. rp-
cOrder and aldermen nominn ted nt
the r''urns on Tuesday evening are
nil in fnvor Of raising the saloon
licenses. As the license in Argyle il
SS730 and in Hnllock 81 1,25O, an in.
crease would IN our opinion he iusti-
fiable in this city. Unless the license
ls raised there will br ut least two
more saloons If not more.
= We had the pleasure to spend q
dny III visiting our public schools
this week, and we were very much
grAtitie.i at what W. heard and saw in
each department. First we entered
Miss Fnirwenthpr's room. Sh. was
conducting the morning opening tx
ercises which consisted OF reudilr y
selection from the very interesting
story, The Drummer Boy. Next
we heard two classt,s recite their re,,,l-
ing lessons from The School World.
an excellent monthly furnished by
tie school bOnrd for supplementary
reading, Il very good i,le,.. Both
Teacher and pupils seemed in
terested n, the work before them.
There were 20 pupils present in this
room. Next We slept into Principal
Walters room where We listened to
two interesting recitations in United
states history. Prof. Walter believes
IN studying history in connection
With geography and each pupil in
the cI,lss is developing u map Of
North America ns tho study Dro-
Hresses. During the discussion Of the
lesson n question arose ns to the
origin of the can't phrase s.Unclr
Snm :. Vernon Stone, who il one OF
the brightest boys in school, volun-
teeref the desired information. There
we're % pupils present in this depart
Ment ut the time Of our visit. Next
we proceeded to Miss Walkers room,
where we overheard recitations in
rcadinga in language. The pupils
Seemed very much interested in their
work and were very attentive. Miss
Walker is very Kind to her pupils
ana IL III return much esteemed by
them. There were 80 pupils in Mt
tendance in this room. In the after
noon we visited the Primary Dppart-
Iient, Miss NaylOr's room, where we
met and shook hands with a number
Of our young friends. The little ones
were all busy as bees. W.. heard two
cl'tsses rncite in reading and then we
listened to movement song by all
the pupils in the room. There were
IS pupils present that day. Miss
Nnylor il doing good work in her
department.. Warren mny we'll l,e
proud Of her schools and the char,.c.
t.r Of the work which il being done
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