The Bemidji pioneer., 1902-01-02
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u Friday last on business.
! Buy your shoes at G. F. Schroeder
& Co.'s at rs per cent off. 42-45
4 Wes Wright went to Blackjack las
week, and while there purchased !
pony.
Il Druggist I'll. A. Dickerson of Shev,
lin was in town Friday last between
trains.
James E. Cahill, left Thursday las,
for visit with friends and relatives
in GAINESVILLE.
"Freems Doud and wife left Satur.
day last for a trip to the southern
part of the state.
I. Alexander of Mcintosh spent a
few pleasant days in town the latter
| part of last week.
Gen. G. w. Bailey, otherwise known
as ''Tank Kee." arrived from Foss-
ton Thursday last.
DR.. ArnOld's Cough Killer for
asthma cannot be equalled.-S B.
Gillespie. Guthrie Center. Ia.
Plain CT fancy dressmaking at home
or by the day done by Miss r. Bur-
ington, Dewey av. and Tenth ST.. As
Editor Gustafson of the Tenstrike
Tribune was. in town Friday and
Saturday of last week and paid us a
pleasant visit. gs.,
On Friday last at O'Clock p. m.
Rev. Wilmann united in matrimony
Lars Christensen and Julia Ander-
son, both of Selkce.
Sawmill For Sale in township
1854. Mill, planer and shingle mill,
all in good running order. Henry
Becker, Bemidii, box 535.
Louis H. Vath, principal of the
Sank Center Business College, ar
rived in Gown Saturday night.
Henry Funkley and F. Bailey of
Blackjack passed through here Fri
day on their way to Crookston.
Shorthand and typewriting work
done by Miss Gertrude Smith, in the
office of ]. L. Reynolds, over the
Merchants bank. If
Regular services at the Baptist
church every Lords day morning and
evening. Everyone who wishes to
come will be glady welcomed. Two
suggestive gospel themes next Sun
day by the pastor, L. Fl. Steinhoff.
F. l.. Durand, city editor of the
Crookston Daily Journal, was in town
Thursday last for few hours on his,
way to his claim short distance
above Tenstrike. He intimated ssthat
a few days in the wilderness would be
his limit and passed away very
quietly.
John Patterson has accepted SUBJ
agency from M. G. Slocum & Co.,
who will handle typewriters, phone
graphs, cash registers, sewing ma
chimes, fire and burglar proof safes,
high grade pianos and numerous
musical instruments. Any one in
need OF any OF the above articles will
do we'll to call on Mr.. Patterson, as
he is an honest and upright young
man. Their Office is upstairs in the
Miles block.
Friday morning at 2 o'clock the
gasoline in the city waterworks pump
house exploded, sending the majority
of the engine and pump house beyond
reach of the naked eye, the balance
being demolished by fire. M. i. Car
son, who was in charge of the pump
at the time, was severely burned. 1t
looked at one time as though the
water tower would be enveloped in
iames, and only for the prompt ac-
ion taken by the fire department it
would have been burned to the ground.
The local newspaper should be found
IN every home, says the Fairmont
Sentinel. No children should grow
Up ignorant who can be taught to
appreciate home papers. It is said
% be, the stepping stone to intelli-
renee in all those matters not to bel
earned in books. Give your chill
lren foreign paper which contains
lot one word about any person, place
n thing which they ever saw or per-
laps heard of, and how could you ex-
>ect them to be interested. But let
hem have the home paper and read of
he people whom they meet and places
With which they are familiar, and soon
N interest is awakened which increases
With every arrival of the local paper.
'hus habit of reading is formed and
hese children will read the papers all
heir lives and become intelligent men
nd women, a credit to their ancestors
nd strong in the knowledge Of the
-orld as it is today.