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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-08
First publication Oct. 1, 1909

First publication Oct. l. 1903.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
~ Mile Lacs.-ss. In Probate Court,
Special term, September 80, 1908.
In the matter OF the estate Flora A. Couch,
deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of
Flora A. Couch, deceased. late of the county Of
Union and State OF Oregon, being granted to E.
A. Briggs, and the proper affidavit having been
duly made and filed that there are no outstand-
ing debts against the estate of said deceased
1t is ordered. that three months be and the
same is hereby allowed from and after the
date OF this order, in which all persons having
claims or demands against the said deceased
are required to file the same in the probate
court of said county, for examination and al
lowance, or be forever barred.
It is further ordered, that the Both dav of
December, 1903, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. at a special
term OF said probate court to be held at the
probate office in the court house in the village
of Princeton in said county, be and the same
hereby is appointed as the time and place when
and where the said probate court will examine
and adjust said claims and demands
And 1t is further ordered. that notice OF such
hearing be given to all creditors and persons
interested in said estate by forthwith publish
ing this order once in each week for three sue
cessive weeks in the Princeton Union a
weekly newspaper printed and published at
Princeton in said county.
Dated do at Princeton the Both day OF September,
A. ID. 19U5 BY the court,
b. M. VANALSTE1N
lfropate Seal.J Judge of Probate
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ROPES AS FIRE ESCAPES.

TO BE CONTINUED.

An Experience Which Shook One
Mans Confidence In Them.
Eyes, I know that most Of the boys
carry a rope around with 'em," said
the commercial traveller, "and the time
was when 1 would not have taken the
road without one, but gave mine to
my wife for an extra clothesline three
Or four years ago. I read occasionally
of a rope saving somebody from a
burning hotel, but I don't care to be
saved that way"
''But you don't want to be burned
with the hotel, do you?" was asked.
"Of course not, but if 1 can't get
down by the stairs or the iron fire
escape I'll take my chances on mat
tress or a firemen's ladder"
"But what's the matter with a knot
ted rope?"
81 didn't think anything was the
matter for many years. I used to go
to bed feeling as safe as a baby in
his crib, and if found a traveller who
didn't carry fifty foot rope in his grip
I set him down as very reckless man.
One day when I was in an Indiana
town a lot of us got to talking about
ropes and burning hotels, and wall
eyed buffer offered to bet me IS to 81
that 1 couldn't slide down my rope
from a third story window and not
half kill myself. Of course l jumped
at the bet, but he knew what he was
talking about. I hadn't lowered my
self six feet before the rope burned
my hands and I let go and broke leg.
The trick was tried by three others
and though they escaped broken bones
they were badly shaken up and tongue
bitten. After my leg mended 1 bluffed
everybody l met on that rope business,
and never found chap who could
slide down two stories and feel good
for a month after \ sailor could do
it, Of course. but I'm no sailor, and if
ever I'm cut Off by fire I'll take head
err for the sidewalk and hope to hit .
fat man as 1 come down."-Exchange
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-08
SHOPS OF CANTON.
Every Art and Industry Represented
In the Chinese City.


The merchants alleys are the para
disc of the stranger who visits Canton,
China. Til" shops have open fronts on
either side the narrow lane, and every
art and industry, the homeliest trade
and the most fascinating pursuit,
thrives in the dark passage. Black
swinging siGnDoards proclaim the bust
ness in characters of red or gold. Pan
demonium triumphs in series of yells
as the chairmen scream for pass room.
The poles hit the pedestrian in the eye.
and the mandarin jOggles the stranger.
The native tits his huge hat sidewise
to avoid a crush, and often the coolies
swing aslant in the alley or duck into
a store to avoid catastrophe.
The Chinese as a people are modest
in their dress. The person is rarely
exposed. Women wear double breast
ed sacks which fit tight to the throat,
and men are usually covered. But
under the stress of hard labor the man
at the forge is stripped to the waist,
and in the foundry nearly nude
workman ST rides the iron seesaw like a
horse in the treadmill. The butcher
cleaves his flesher on the block amid
dried rats and skins of fowls stretched
taut on the rack. Next door the gold
beaten hammers in his cave Beyond
the kindling man piles high his forest
Of fagots. Near by the miller is beat
ing the meal through coarse sieves
His neighbor skins fish and hopes to
sell them from the box where they
float under feeble squirt of water. In
the adjoining den beautiful embroider-
les are piled mountain high. with silks
satins and brocaded taffetas in Won
drous designs of dragons and flowers.
Hau Cheung Tai patiently transfers
them by the hundred from shelf to ia
BILE in the hope that some stray bit may
catch the buyers fancy. Feathers are
an important industry, and fans, fold
ing or open, line the next shop, painted
in every fanciful conception.-Detroit
Free Press.
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PAPERING THE PINS.
An Ingenious Operation That Is Per-
formed by Machinery.


The first pins made in this county
| were very rude indeed, merely bit
of wire twisted into a knot for head
at one end and sharpened to a point ut
| the other. Their successors of today
undergo a surprising variety of opera
tons before they are considered fit for
use.
In comparison with the size of the
object manufactured the operations
seem beWilderingly numerous, but if
there be one process more remarkable
than another it is ''papering the pins"
The papers, having been passed
through an ingenious machine which.
at regular intervals, according to tho
size Of the pin, pinches up fold and
pricks hole in it, are ready to receive
the pins.
For this purpose there is another ma
chine, worked by two children. One
feeds the pins, the other the papers
The first part Of the machine is a box
about twelve inches long. six broad and
four deep. The bottom is composed Of
small square steel bars, sufficiently far
apart to let the shank Of the pin fall
through, but not the head. These bars
are just as thick as the space between
papered pins. The lower part OF the
bottom of the box is made to detach it.
self as soon as the row of pins is COM
plete. Row after row. ut regular in
tervals. is received and passed down ii
| corresponding set of grooves until it
reaches the ready pricEed paper BY
the incest possible adjustment these
pins come exactly to their places an!
are pressed into them. BY this mcthl.'
two little girls can in one day put up
many thousands of papers.-Kansas
City Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-08

smile. Honestly, don't believe you
drowsy southerners ever will get over
your habit Of sleeping during business
hours. 1t seems to be bred in the
bone'
Miller laughed misleadingly. "Try
to down us ut horse race, and well
beat you in the middle Of the night.
Hang it all, man, you don't know hui
man nature. that's all. How can you
expect ME on my measly fees to dance
a breakdown over business I am trans
acting for other people?'
''Wcll, that may account for it," ad-
mitted Wilson, who seemed bent on
being more agreeable in the light of
some fresh hopes he had absorbed
from the telephone wires. "See here.
I've got rock bottom proposal to
make to your people. Now listen and
drop that paper for minute BY
Jove! If I had to send man from
your state to attend to legal business,
I'd pick one not full of mental NOR
phine''
"Oh, you wouldn't?" Miller laid
down the paper and assumed posture
Indicative of attention reused from
deep sleep Fire away. I'm listening"
Il already had authority to act for
the company, but thought it best to
telephone some Of the directors" Will
son sat down in his chair and leaned
toward the lawyer. Here's what we
will do. The whole truth is we are will
ing to plank down the required one
hundred thousand for that property,
provided we can lay our road there
without mourning the expense Of pur-
chasing the right of way. Now if the
citizens along the proposed line want
their country developed bad enough
to donate the right of way through
their lands, we can trade"
There was a pause. Then Miller
broke it by striking match on the
sole of his boot. He looked cross eyed
at the flame as he applied it to his
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-08
First Publication Sent. % 1909 I


STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
- Mile Lacs.-ss. In Probate Court
Special Term, September 21st 1903
:. In the matter of the estate of Anna NJ. Berg
lin. deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition of Fred
X. Berglln, of the county of Mile Laos, MINI.
representing. among other things that Anna Nj
Berglin, late of said Mile Laos county, on the
18th day Of July, A. D. 1902, at said Mile Laos
county, died Interstate, and being a resident of
this county at the time of her death, leaving
goodS, chattels and estate within this county.
and that the said petitioner is son of said de-
ceased, and praying that administration of said
estate be to him, the said Fred r. Berglin,
granted:
It's ordered, that said petition be heard before
this court on Friday. the 10th day Of October
A. D. 1908, at 10 o'clock AM, at the probate Of
nee IN the court house, at the village of Prince
ton in said county.
Ordered further. that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased, and to all persons
interested, by publishing this order once in
each week. for three successive weeks, prior to
said day of hearing, in the Princeton Union, a
weekly newspaper printed and published at
Princeton in said county.
Dated at Princeton the 21st day of September.
A. II. l9O5 By the court,
B. NJ. VANALSTEIN
probate Seal. Judge of Probate.
CONSTANT LARSON
Attorney for Petitioner.
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First Publication Aug. q, 1908.
Summons.

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mile Laos. So
District Court Seventh Judicial District
E. L. Mcmillan. Plaintiff,
VS..
Martin A. Dehn, Carl w. Dehu, Will
helm A. Dehn, Auguste w. Dehn, Do
ratee E. Dehn, the estate of Christian
A. Dehn, deceased: also all other per-
sons or parties unknown claiming any
right, title, estate, lien or interest in
the real estate described in the COM
plant herein, Defendants
The State of Minnesota. to the above named
defendants
You, and each of you, are hereby summoned
and required to answer the complaint OF the
plaintiff in the above entitled action, which
complaint has been filed in the office of the
clerk of the above named court in the village
Of Princeton. county of Mile Lacs Minnesota
and to serve copy of your answer to said
complaint, on the subscriber at his Office in the
village of Princeton, county of Mile Laos and
State of Minnesota, within twenty days after
the service of this summons upon you exclusive
of the day of such service. and if you fail to
answer the said complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply
to the above named court for the relief de-
manded in said compliant, together with plain
tifS costs and disbursements herein.
Dated August 26th 1903
E. L. MCMILLAN
Attorney for Plaintiff. Princeton. MINI.
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First publication Oct 1000

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF
~ Mile Lacs.-ss In Probate Court
Special Term, Sept. 18th. 1903.
In the matter Of the estate of Iulu MYRTLE
Nissan, deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition of G George
w: Aldrldge, of the county of Washington
Minnesota, representing, among other things
that Lulu Myrtle Nissan, late of Mile Lacs
county, Minnesota, on the 29th day of August,
A. D. 1903. at Claremont Minnesota died intes-
tate, and being resident of this county at the
time of her death, leaving goods, chattels and
estate within this county, and that the said
petitioner is the grandfather OF said deceased,
and praying that administration of said estate
be to George Mcclure granted
It is ordered. that said petition be heard be-
fore this court on Saturday. the 31st day OF
October. A. d. 1903. at 10 o'clock A. NJ. at the
probate court office at the village of Princeton,
Mile Laos county, Minnesota.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased, and to all persons
interested, by publishing this order once in each
week. for three successive weeks, prior to said
day OF hearing, in the Princeton Union a
weekly newspaper printed and published at
Princeton in said county.
Dated at Princeton the Goth day of September
A. D. 1908. By the Court,
M. VANALsTEIN
probate Seal Judge of Probate.
E. L. MCMILLAN,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Princeton, MINI.
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PlayinK On Her XnnifY.

Mr.. Potts Ito his wife)-My dear, the
air is chilly. Fermez la fenetre.
The Visitor (sotto voice)-Why do
you ask yonr wife in French to shut
the window?
Mr.. Potts (ditto)-Because you are
here. If I asked her in English she
wouldn't do it. as she won't take in
structions from NE before visitors. But
If say it in French she gets up and
does it at once. so as to let you see
that she understands the language
London Pick Me-Up.
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"Ang1o-Saxon English"


There is an old fallacy that Anglo
saxon words are the best. The fallacy
is based on the belief that words of
Anglo-Saxon origin are more simple
and vigorous than those derived from
Latin. In point of fact, some Anglo
Saxon words are obscure and long, and
many Of our commonest, most simple
words are from the Latin. The Lon
don News tells story in point.
A barrister more remarkable for the
v1gor of his address to juries than for
his learning was commenting on the
proceeding of the other party in a case
under trial.
Il do not know what gloss my
learned friend is going to put upon this
matter, but I will not mince my words.
l denounce it in plain, downright An
glo-SaXon a: a nefarious transaction -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-08

The words breaches, trousers and
pantaloons are now used interchangea-
bly,, but originally the Specifications
were quite different. Pantaloons were
at first nothing but long stockings worn
in Italy as sort Of religious habit by
the devotees Of st. Pantaloon. Breaches
originally reached from the waist half
way to the knee and finally to the
knee, where they were fastened with
a buckle. Trousers are the present
style of leg gear. a combination Of the
former two.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-08
First publication Oct. /. 1908.

1ISI puD1lCdClOu Oct. /. lSU0.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Mile Lacs.-ss. In Probate Court.
Special Term, September 18th. 1903.
In the matter Of the estate Of Alfred J. Noble,
deceased.
Or reading and filing the petition of John A.
Noble. the administrator of the estate of Alfred
d: NOBLE deceased, representing. among
other things, that he has fully administered
S Sa s estate and praying that time and place
count OF his administration, and for the assign
ment OF the residue OF said estate to the parties
entitled thereto by law:
1t IS ordered, that said account be examined,
ana an Petlnon and application for the allowance
OF sala claims be heard by this court on Fri
day the Ssrd day of October, A. D., 1903, ats
O'Clock p NJ. at the probate Office in the village
OF Princeton in said county.
Ana 1t Is further ordered that notice thereof
pc gwen to all persons interested by publish-
ing tnls order once in each week for three sue
cesslve weeks prior to said day of hearing. in
the Princeton UNION, weekly newsnaner
printed and published at Princeton in said
Dated at Princeton the Goth day of Septem-
Der, "A. u. l9O3. BY the court
B. M. VANALSTEIN
lTrooaCe oeaL] Judge of Probate.
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EARLY Mention of NiaErra Falls.

EARLY Mention of Niagara Falls.
The first historical notices of Niagara
falls are given in Lescarbot's record of
the second voyage Of Jacques Cartier,
IN the year 1885. On the maps pub
hshed to illustrate Champlain's discov-
cries (date of maps either 1913 or 1914
the falls are indicated by cross, but
no description of the wonderful cata-
ract is given, and the best geograph-
1cal authorities living today doubt if
the explorer mentioned ever saw til"
falls, Brinton's work to the contrary
Notwithstanding. Father Hennepin is
believed to have written the first de-
scription of the falls that was ever
penned by one who had personally WIS.,
tied the spot
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First publication Sept. II, 1909

First publication Sept. II, 1908.
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
County of Mile Lacs
District Court. Seventh Judicial District
Mile Laos Lumber Company Plaintiff,
G. A. Camp. R. P. Russell. Andrew G..
Tod. also all other persons or parties
unknown claiming any right. title eS-
tate lien or interest in the real estate
descrlbed in the complaint herein, De-
PENDANTS.
Inc state OF Minnesota to the above named
and required to answer the complaint Of the
plaintiff in the above entitled action which has
been filed in the office of the clerk of said court
and to serve a copy of your answer thereto
upon the subscribers at their office in the citv
OF St. Paul. Minnesota, within twenty days az
ter the service of this summons upon YOU. ex-
cluslve OF the day OF such service, and if you
fail to answer the said complaint within the
time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will
apply to the court for the relief demanded
therein.
STEVENS, O'BRIEN AND ALBRIGHT
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Commercial Building, St. Paul Minnesota
st. Paul. August %, 1903.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, i,
County of Mile Laos.
DiStr1ct Court. Seventh Judicial District
Mile Laos Lumber Company. Plaintiff
G: A. Camp, R. P. Russell, Andrew G.
Tod, also all other persons and parties
unknown, claiming any right title es-
tate, lien or interest in the real estate
described in the complaint herein, De-
PENDANTS:
NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS.
Notice is hereby given that an action has
been commenced in this court by the above
named plaintiff against the above named de-
PENDANTS, the object of which is to obtain a
Judgment that said plaintiff is the owner in fee
of the following described real estate and that
each havo
tate or interest therein or lien thereon:
The west half of the northwest quarter (Wa
of NW14) of section thirteen G3) township
thirty-eigh (3s) range twenty-seven (27): the
northwest no. quarter of the southwest quarter
(NW4 OF SW4) OF section fourteen Q4 town
ship thirty-eight C3S). range twenty-seven (27):
and the northwest quarter of the northeast
quarter (NW4 Of NE4) of section thirty-three
(3O township thirty-nine (39) range twenty
seven (2O, situate in Mile Laos county, Min
neSOta.
STEVENS, O'BRIEN AND ALBRIGHT.
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Commercial Building. St. Paul, Minnesota
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breath.
cigar. Don't you think your people
could stand whatever value is ap-
praised by law in case Of refusals
along the lineY'
NO. said Wilson. The price for
the land is too steep for that. Your
clients have our ultimatum. What do
you say? We can advertise meeting
of citizens at Springtown, which is
about the center of the territory in
volved, and it all agree to give the
right of way it will be a trade We
can have the meeting set for today two
weeks. How does that strike youy
I'D have to wire my clients
when can you get an answer"
Miller looked at his watch. by 5
o'clock this afternoon. The message
would have to go into the country"
Then send it off at once"
A few minutes after 5 o'clock Miller
sauntered into the office. Wilson sat at
his desk and looked up eagerly.
"Well?' he asked, almost under his
breath
The lawyer leaned on the top of the
desk. '"They are willing to grant you
the two weeks time provided you sign
an agreement for your firm that you
will purchase their property at the
price named at the expiration of that
time"
with the provision" interpolateG
Wilson, that a right Of way is do
mated"
Yes, with that provision" Miller
nodded.
Then sit down here and write out
your paper"
Miller complied as nonchalantly as If
he We're drawing up bill of sale for
wornout horse.
There you are" he said, pushing the
paper to Wilson when he had finished.
Wilson read it critically. 'It certain.
ly is binding" he said. "You people
may sleep during business hours, but
you have your eyes open when you
draw up papers. However, 1 don't care.
I want the Bishops to feel secure They
must get to work to secure the right Of
way. 1t will be no easy job, I'll let you
know. I've struck shrewd, obstinate
people in my life, but those up there
beat the world. Noah couldn't have
driven them in the ark even after the
food set in
"4ou know something about them,
then?' said Miller, laughing to himself
over the implied confession.
Wilson flushed and then admitted
that he had been up that way several
times looking the situation over.
How about the charter" asked Mil
Ter indifferently.
That's fixed. 1 have already seen
to that.''
'Then it all depends OF the right of
way" remarked the lawyer as he drew
check from his pocket and handed it
to Wilson. Nov get me that note"
he said.
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Boys Wanted.

Boys wanted to pick jack pine cones.
Bring them to F. S. Walkers grocery
and get fifty cents per bushel. The
cones must be the closed kind of this
seasons growth, not the old open ones.
Pick with a knife or by giving them a
jerk back toward the base of the limb,
and do not have more than three inches
of bark adhering to them.
4l-3t The WEDGE NURSERY.
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For SALE black mare ten years
old, weight l,200 pounds; one gray mare
six years old, weight l, 400 pounds. Sold
on time to suit purchaser. Mrs. P. j.
Mcclure, mile and half east of Santi-
ago store, Santiago, MINI. 1876
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Freer Feed Mill.

[ wish to announce that have now a
four-roller feed mill in connection with
my saw mill at Freer and will attend
to all custom work on Tuesdays of each
week. A. LANTz,
43-2t Freer, Mimi.
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Solemn Warning.

Uncle Archie Have you formed an
opinion as to the cause of Colonel Hix-
On's suicide?
Tom-Yes, sir-remorse. His nephew
needed money, and the wealthy uncle
failed to advance it. The result was
that the unhappy young man ran awa,'
and@was never heard of afterward-
Kansas City Journal.
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Take Notice.

[ hereby give notice that my wife,
Christine Hoppe, has left my bed and
board without just cause and I shall
pay no bills which she may contract
from and after this date.
LOUIS HOPPE.
Princeton, Mimi, Oct. l, 1908. 42-3t
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For Sale.

A complete stationary saw mill;
sixty-five horse power with all tools to
run the mill: planning and moulding
machines and feed mill. Cheap for
cash or would rent to responsible par
ties. Inquire of D. H. ROBBINS.
42-44 Vineland, MINI.
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Hard Hearted

'Poor Bickers has a very hard heart
ed wife," said Trivvet:
''What's the trouble now?" asked
Dicer.
''She not only broke the broomstick
over his head, but made him go to the
store and buy another"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-10-08

When in need of any new and second
hand wagons, buggies and harnesses of
all descriptions call on A. H. Sleeves,
at barn near West Branch bridge. 21tf