The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-06-18

in our thriving village.-Cambridge
Press.
Chester Ames and Charlie Harmon
started for Seattle Monday. Mr.. Ames
will locate in or near Seattle and will
move his family west as soon as he gets
located. Charlie Harmon goes west
to grow up with the Sound country.
He will burn his bridges behind him
and come back via the Panama canal
if he returns at all.
The marriage of Miss Ida Erickson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Erick-
son of Greenbush, to Luther Jones of
Greenbush, occurred at the home of
the brides parents on Wednesday of
last week. Miss Erickson was dining
room girl at the Commercial hotel for
some time and has many friends in
Princeton and vicinity.
Fifty girls of Princeton, between the
ages of II and 20 years, are requested
to meet Miss Huse and Mrs. Claire
Galley at the opera house Friday after
noon, June 10Th, at o'clock for the
purpose of making arrangements to
participate in the Fourth of July cele-
bration. Committee on Arrangements,
j. j. Skahen, Chairman.
James Chisholm brought the UNION
a box of fine large strawberries this
week that for size and quality could
certainly be hard to beat. Mr.. CHS
holm says that two years ago friend
of his who lived near Elk River gave
him dozen plants which he set out
and and this year he has about one
eighth of an acre of the berries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis w. Pierson and
daughter Cecilia left Monday for the
Pacific coast where they will remain
until fall. They went via the North
ern Pacific to Seattle where they will
visit for short time, and then proceed
to Portland and from there they will
go south to Los Angeles, where Mr..
Pierson will make his Headquarters.
Last week Mrs. Carrie Tryon pre-
sented Company G with two old war
relics in the shape of a long artillery
sword that her husband used in the
First New Hamshire Heavy Artillery
in the Civil war and also a United
States flag that proudly waved in the
navy during the war. The company
feels quite proud of the relics which
will be preserved with great care.
Last Friday evening Mrs. c. A. Galley
gave stag party as a surprise on Mr..
Galley. There were about twenty pres
ent and the evening was spent in play
ing cinch. At the card tables was
clay pipe and liberal allowance of
LUCKY Strike: for each one of the
players. After cards refreshments were
served, and all the guests reported an
enjoyable time, notwithstanding the
absence of the ladies.
Prof. F. H. Marshall and family of
Waco. Texas, arrived in Princeton last
week and are stopping with friends in
Wyanett where Prof. Marshall will
preach at the Christian church every
Sunday morning. He spent last sum-
mer here for his health and the climate
agreed with him so we'll that he has
concluded to spend his summers here.
Mr.. Marshall is professor in the univer-
sity at Waco.
A meeting of the Scandinavians in
and around Princeton was held at the
Congregational church last FRIDAY
night to organize church society.
There were quite few present and as
result of the meeting the Scandina-
Wan Lutheran Emanuel Church society
was organized with the following board
OF trustees: Gus Swanson, John Seder-
strom and M. A. Carlson. Deacons:
John Sederstrom, MIR. Heglund and
John Ak.
ION johnson returned last week from
W1lllston, N. D., where he disposed of
several cars of cattle for the Mark Live
Stock Co. He went to Brainerd Mon
day to receive three car loads of west
ern horses from Terry, Mont. There
were eight car loads consigned to Mark
from Terry and five were billed to
Princeton and arrived this week. The
horses are from one of the best ranches
in Montana that breeds good heavy
| horses.
Horace Prescott who was up from the
Brook Tuesday says that the crops are
looking fine though rain is needed, but
for the lack of it nothing is specially
suffering, unless it is his fifteen acres
OF clover he planted this spring and
which IS not as promising as he would
wish, but he says in view of the disasters
by drought, floods and waterspouts in