The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-06-25
A. C. Schmahl and Ed Everett drove
to Renville Saturday afternoon.

A. C. Schmahl and Ed Everett drove
to Renville Saturday afternoon.
The Cycle of the Presbyterian church
will meet with Mrs. S. J. Race to-mor-
row afternoon. Gentlemen are invited
to supper.
Mrs. E. L. Halves, Miss Just and
Edwin returned Monday from Salt Lake
city where they have been spending
the past six months.
G. E. Mckay, H. F. Buechner, Emil
Kuenzi and A. G. Burmeister returned
from their fishing vacation around
Long Lake, Kandiyohi county, last
Saturday evening.
James l.. Byram has just finished the
digging of cyclone cellar on his farm
east of this city for the protection of
himself and family. He will also put
a cellar and foundation under his house.
o. w. Mcmillan came up smiling
Tuesday morning with the announce
ment that he had just been made the
father of second boy. The boy crop
is good one this year and the women
about town are all talking about the
war.
DR.. Arthur Johnson left Friday for
Portland, Oregon, where he will take
charge Of the practice of DR.. NJ. A..
Finn, who will spend the summer in
California for his health. DR.. Finn of
Portland is brother of DR.. Finn of
this place.
Herbert Gates and wife and Mrs. J.
F. Richert of Marshall, former residents
of this city, were visiting among old
friends during the latter portion of last
week. 1t was the first visit of Mrs.
Reichert in Redwood Falls for q year
and she was agreeably surprised over
the Improvements, both public and
private, carried on in this city, since
she took up her home in Marshall.
An out-of-town fellow with an in-of-
town girl had an unpleasant experience
on Thursday evening of last week. They
stood on the bridge at midnight. They
were star-gazing and looking at the
moon forming green cheese in the
water below, when all of sudden hat
worn by the Out-Of-tOwn fellow took a
fall into the waters below. 1t was the
latest style derby and particular pet
of the gallant He walked home bare
headed but recovered the hat in an eddy
of the river the next morning.
| O. l.. DOrnberg received letter from
the G. A. r. committee at st. Paul last
week requesting Redwood Falls and
Redwood county to erect an arch on
one of the streets of that city during
the coming National G. A: r. encamp-
ment in that city. 1t is proposed to
have an arch showing our agricultural
resources, etc. The Board of Trade will
probably act in the matter. 1t is esti-
mated that there will be from 500, 600
to 100000 strangers in that city dur
ing the encampment and $500 invested
in an arch would be wise advertising
expenditure.
Ring & Co. have been advertising for
old shoes i'm THE GAZETTE during the
past week or two. They have been Of
fering Is cents per pair for the same,
but statement was coupled with it
that it was necessary to buy new shoes
in order to have the credit allowed
Since the advertisement appeared, how
ever, several parties have called on the
firm loaded down with old shoes. In
some cases single person would have
a dozen pairs and they would want to
trade the dozen pairs in for single
new pair. They have all been more or
less surprised, however, when informed
that only one old pair would be applied
on one new pair
Childrens Day exercises We're held
in the Methodist church last Sunday
evening The church was beautifully
decorated for the occasion. The pro-
gramme consisted of songs, recitations
and marches by the children, the most
important of which was ''The Arch OF
Promise by thirteen of the little ones.
The arch was placed on the platform.
The edges of the arch were decorated
with vines and crown was placed on
top. The child with the key stone
promise stood in the center of the semi
circle, six children on either side. Each
child represented promise and after
all had recited verse they sang "Undel
the Promise Arch" and while singing
the chorus marched around and under
the arch. The programme was closed
with an address by Rev. r. G.. Grose
and a stirring song by the children.
There have been frequent explosions
of cannon firecrackers and guns uE
around the elevator of VanDusen & Co.
during the past week. They were in
tended as scare for w. r. Caswell
who has been and is just now the envy