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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
RIFLE TEAM DINNER
Company 3 Makes Merry at Its Annual
Banquet-Prominent Citizens


Company B, First infantry Minnesota
national guard enjoyed its annual rifle
team dinner at the Holmes hotel last
evening. Eighty guests were present,
including twenty guests Of honor and the
members Of the company.
The rifle team banquet follows a contest
which takes place every summer. The
company is divided into two teams, which
shoot for points, the losers being pledged
to furnish the dinner. Among the speak
ers were Mayor j. c. Haynes Major
Frank T. Corriston, Captain v. j. Welch
and Captain o. E. Lee. The guests of
honor included Mayor Haynes. D. P.
Jones, c. A. Smith, v. J. Welch, A. Col
Inns, John r. Butman, John S. Spargo.
Major Frank T. Corriston, Lieutenant
| George A. Rose, E. J. Conroy, Colonel c.
W. Brandon, J. NJ. Regan, H. H. Welch,
| Captain L. G. Fisher, Colonel A. D. Reade.
| w. L. Luce, Captain o. e. Lee, Captain
E. G. Falk, DR.. G. E. Burton.
| Pittston Anthracite
Coal $S.25 per ton. The Ohio Coal Cos
No. II Lumber Exchange.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
Work for Divorce Court.

Among those who filed complaints in
divorce suits day We're: Mary E. Lang
ley against Francis M. Langley on the
charge, Of cruelty and threats to kill: Ida
NJ: .Halford against George I. Ealford,
cruel and inhuman treatment 4of. wife and
child Ada ~Durf1inger against Charles Dur
finger; Nettie D. Rystedt against Gustav
o. -Rystedt, habitual drunkenness and
cruelty; Annie e. Lindgren against John
e. Lindgren, cruel and inhuman treat
ment. -: - ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
CREDITORS TO FILE CLAIMS
Receiver Of Tontlne Savings Association
PREPARES to Paw Dividend,

George p. Flannery, receiver for the
Tontine Savings association is preparing
for his final account. In response to a
petition filed by Mr.. Flannery to-day
Judge Harrison issued an order requiring
all contract holders of the defunct as
sociaton who wish to share in the division
Of assets to file their proofs of claims
within the next ninety days. The re-
ceiver's petition states that he has now
in cash $1O3,317.36. This sum, together
with the s161,3O9 judgment recently giver
against the former officers Of the company
| represents the assets Of the receiver. Mr.
Flannery hopes, however, to get a con-
| siderable sum from the Pacific coas
stockholders.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
They Are Practically MonopolIsts.

They control most all the good things,
the Correct Dress Specialt1es from head
to foot which we'll dressed people every
where appreciate. In Minneapolis you
find them exclusively under one roof in
stead Of in a dozen different stores. Save
time and money at The "Plymouth Cor
ner."
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
Sues the Standard OH Company.

Herman J. Dean claims that he was
given gasolene when he asked for head
light oil and that when he ignited the
same there was something doing" which
resulted in some nasty burns. Now the
injured purchaser is going after the
Standard Oil company for 81, ,05O damages.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
THREE DAYS AND ALL OVER
The Great Clean Sweep Piano Sale Closes
at 10 O'Clock Saturday Night:

It takes rema rkable events to make his
tory. Our present piano sale will make
history because it is remarkable event.
Remarkab BILE pianos at remarkable prices
on remarkable terms. You never knew of
piano bargains such as we have advertised
and we have the instruments as adver-
tfsed Cast your eye over few of the
bargains that still remain:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
Sues the Swedish Brothers.

A. Blomquist and Wallace V. Blomouist.
alleges that the Swedish Brothers, a mu-
tual benefit order, has refused to pay a
$500 benefit He is suing to recover that
amount.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
Teeth at $1,000 Each,

Fritz Dankowski has begun suit for
$4,000 against Gustav Sandhoff for the loss
Of two front teeth in a personal encounter
between the two.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
DEATHS.

EDustin-Joseph H, 719 Fifteneth avenue s.
Byorum-Ole, 1872 E Franklin avenue.
Johnson Charles, 610 Nineteenth avenue NE.
Robertson Arthur A., St Barnabas hospital.
Mullen Ellen, 1850 Fourteenth avenue s.
Hixstead- Joseph, st. Barnabas hospital.
Schmedeman-Paul,2 2515 Lyndale avenue S.
Davis Samuel, city hospital.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01

sour So and So Hats Please. Why?"
Try one. Hoffman's Toggery Shop.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
TO ENTERTAIN THE ME-. A.

State ] eaEherS' EXECUTIVE COmmIttee
Likely to Give Next Conven-
tion to Minneapolis.
The executive committee of the Minne-
sofa Educational association will probably
decide at its meeting Saturday in St. Paul,
to hold the 1908 session of the state as
sociation In Minneapolis. In December
the association voted to meet here next,
and the Minneapolis Commercial club has
since taken the matter up.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
MARCH BUILDING

Permits Are Fewer Than a Year Ago
" But the Total Is
r Larger. ,.-,-+
In March 401 building permits amount
ing to S653, ,272 were issued. Last, year in
March 40 permits amounting to $576,390
were issued. This indicates higher value
for each improvement, although one per-
NIT for .$200,0tG, was taken out last month
for, the Glass Block addition. =
:. April is: usually favorable month for
the issuing If permits and it is expected
that Inspector Houghton's office will be
busy for the next thirty days.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01

s-'+-.-. BIRTHS.
Page-Mr and Mrs. Leroy A., Maternity hos
pital, sou.
kimball-Mr and Mrs. D. D., 1926 James ave-
nue. NJ a daughter. go
Anderson-Mr. and Mrs. A., 704 Sixth street
S, a son.
Patterson-Mr. and Mrs, E.. NJ, Eighth
avenue NE, son. ts.s...
Higgins and Mrs. J. B., 22S Fifth street,
a Il, &z. s:s3s
Lofdahl-Mr. and Mrs. John, 1714 Fourth ave-
nue. n, son.
Fern-Mr. and Mrs. John, 1876 Lyndale avenue,
a daughter.
Theisen-Mr. and Mrs. John, 42o Thirtieth
Baron2Mr. and Mrs. l., eos Main street NE,
a daughter.
Buchhulz- and Mrs. Frank, 1917 Bryant
Peterson@Mr. and Mrs. Ole, % Seventeenth
avenue 8, q daughter.
Hanson-Mr. and Mrs. Olaf, Northtown, q
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
Fine Rain Coats

For Rain or Shine. Day or Night. Dress
or Business. At The Plymouth Clothing
House.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
STEEL BRIDGE AT 'HAHA
New Structure May Replace Preset
Wooden Affair.

"oooen AHalr.
The Minnehaha creek bridge leading
across the ravine to the Soldiers Home is
likely to be replaced by a steel structure
to cost $30,444. A bill has been introduced
in the legislature by Representative M. l..
Fosseen of Minneapolis providing for the
removal of the present wooden affair
which has served as a register for Wis
itors to the falls for the past fifteen years.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01

, 1.-THE Farmers and Mechanics Savings
Bank will allow interest from April 1st
on deposits made April 1st, I'd and Sd.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES
BIRTHS.

Charles Simpson and Maggie Sweeney.
Walter A. Cantleberry and Nettie T. Aitkin.
Jared L. Ives and Hannah L. Sanford.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01

PROPOSALS FOR Observation-Disclosures
of Chief Q. NJ, st. Paul. Mimi, April 1. 1908.
Sealed proposals. in triplicate, will be re-
ceived at this office until II o'clock a. NJ,
" April 80. 1903 and opened then for the con-
e struction of one administration building and
pawtler magazine at Fort Lincoln, n: D..
.- Plans and specifications may be seen and
blank proposals with full. instructions, had
, ur,on application here, at the office Of the
constructing Cuartermaster, Bismarck, N.
D. United States reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all proposals, or any part
: thereof, GEO. E. POND, c. 9. NJ 81 :
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01

CANNED FRUITS.
Special Display. Special Prices.
Smoke Yerxa's Good Cigars.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23

Cease TO live In the atmosphere Of
your sin, by which / mean that you
must e to it that your mind is &C.
cupied by thoughts as far removed
as possible from those in which your
temptation can take root. 1t is a
great mistake to loiteI around a sin
to which ones nature is prone.
Your moral strength will depend up-
on sour spiritual toner. J.. Camp
tell.
a boys IDEA nf an original person
is one who doesn't say. "How fast
you grow!" when he meets him.
An old fashioned person always
carries a troche in d pocket to offer
to people who cough, If they are
friends or strangers.
The largest and formerly best pa
tronized Indian boneyard is or was
near Bear creek in eastern Oklahoma.
near the defunct Iowa village and
spTouting village of Falls, western
Lincoln. The Iowas, who kept wig
vans there for thirty years buried
all their dead, hundreds of them, on
the surface, In the blackjack brush
White flags or rags fluttered on nigh
poles erected at the graves of all the
elderly dead and the clothes of the
dead persons were hung on the brush
around the rough dead boxes, which
were more or less adorned with bun
dies of sticks. The sticks were tcsti-
monialS OF the departed Indians
extra good qualities while in the flesh
each stick representing a very good
act performed by the deceased to the
one that put them on the box contain
ing the bones. A visitor to the
graveyard could quickly see the good
had or Indifferent history of the de-
parted by the numder Of sticks rest
ing upon their exposed collins. The
graves that were without sticks ttS-
tim0nialS contained covardlg or bad
Indians. A goodly number OF bleach
ing horse skulls lay around the dead
boxes, the favorioe horses Of the
prominent Iowas being killed On the
funeral day. so that the redSKin
host can trot on a spiritual pony.
to the"happy hunting ground.
The Bear creek Indian graveyard is
DO longer patronlzad and seldom
visited by the eighty remaining
Iowas. The former white flags are
.tattererd, torn and rotten. and
prowliug hogs grunt and root among
the redmen's and the squaw's
ground.
If you achieve any kind Of success
in this world you must work for it.
If you can't work yourself, work
else.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23

In a town close to AtchiSOn, a Re-
former woman formerly lived. Moth
ing vas Good Enough to suit her.
The old residents say the RefOTmer,
when she was young was qui; e a tlirt
A farmer came tn town today look.
ing for a hand. He found one, but
he was dunk. Taking the hand
into a restaurant, the farIne- filled
him up with milk. Ever hear Of
that old-faShioned way Of SOLDERING u
drunken man?
ALI AtchiSOn woman who was such
"a good housekeepeT that all the men
pointed to her with delight, is now
talking art at a boarding house table.
Her husband formerly sleek and on
tented looking. is BEGINNING to get
the runaway look in his eyes.
Merely for information we would
like to know how a raise OF fifty
cents per ton at the mine ~juStifes a
raise Of two-tifty at this end of the
line. A hundred PEI cent for hand
ling coal is to much.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
THESE SNAKES PLAYED TUNES.
The Old Plainsman Heard Them Rat
tie Off Popular Airs.


Eyes. sir" said the old plainsman, as
he stood before a den of r~attlers at the
Lincoln Park ZOO, " | don't allow
there's a more interestin' reptile
a-goin' than this here same breed.
There is those as places the intellect
Of the rattlesnake on a low order, an
l don't know as they have as good a
WOrkin' brain as a ella monster or a
%tarantular, but | do know this: Their
appreciation of the art of music is pro-
found an stirrin'. They takes to it
like one of those here Wagner fellows
does to a Theodore Thomas concert.
An they're smart to learn, femme tell
you.
Up in Routt County, Colorado,
where l come from, there is most rat
tlesnakes an ~sagebrush an a few peo.
pie huntin'. l remember a party Of
hunters pasSin' hathaway last fall.
In the evenin's they set about the
camp Singin' an there was some man.
dolins along. Three or four times the
party was scairt out by snakes that
crept into camp to hear the music,
though they should a-known better'n
to be, for there's-nO harm in a RATHER
when there's music gOin'.
But that amt the curious part of
the tale which I'm unfoldin'. | was
along that place some time after the
campers broke up and was attracted
by a low musical sound from behind
the boWlder. Known SOmethin' of
tunes. | was s'prised to catch the
chorus of II of the coon songs that
had been popular with the campers.
1t was the one they sing down to the
Chicago opera house. Amt that a
Shame?' POnderin' over it. l crept w
on top of the bowlder an looked over
at some fiat rocks on the other side.
1t was a sight never to fergit. a
chorus of ten rattlerS had their tails
in the air an was pOundin' out tbs
song for all they was worth. | lay
there fascinated, and. by ginger, before
they got through they done The Holy
City, an Go Way Back and Sit
Down as wells l ever heard EN- done.
Kill 'em? 'TwOuld been a crime to
break up a musical family like that"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
$4,000
st. Paul, Ncb April 9, Is.

st. Paul, Ncb April9, 'J5.
National Medical Co.
Gentlemen: This j. TO certify that | have
used Liquid Kohl Tor erpOt disease in cnt'ie
and believe ii to Ue a cure Tor this dis,a q
from the experiments have made. bUi b -
lieve IL ought to be used when the animal
is first taken With tie disease. And for n
lice killer it can't be beat by anything /
know Of. Yours respectful ~,
W /. LITTLE.
Seward, Neb., Dec. 5, 1892.
Liquid Koal, manufactured am sold by
National Medical Co, York. Neb Is a ne
cessity TO any fnrmers IA sing stock several
instances of its efficiency have come nude
my personal notice. JOHN HARVEY,
EX-MayOr, seward.
Wausa. Neb., Dec. Is 1902.
consider Liquid Koal one ( the rest
articles for all around purposes on the
market. For mites and lice in the chicken
houses aud for lice on calves and horses it l.
the best and cheapest thing | have ever
found. Liquid kOal ought - be on every
farm. CHAS. BERGANHAGER.
Coleridge. Neb., Dec. S, 1862.
lean say that your L. X. is the best in
sect destroyer that | ever used. 1t will not
injure the eggs when used on setting hens.
/ find it the best all around stock medi-ine
that / ever had on the place. | advise
every farmer to keep a supply OH hand.
G.B GROFF.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
~ UNKNOWN LAND.
OF Old Roman Empire Which
No Modern Traveller Has seen,


No Modern Traveller Has Seen,
Few people appreciate the fact that
to-day, at the dawn of the twentieth
century, there are still parts Of the
old Roman Empire where no traveller
Of modern times has been; that there
are ancient towns which no tourist has
seen, temples and towers that no lover
Of classic architecture has delighted
in, inscriptions in ancient Greek that
no savant has as yet deciphered-
whole regions, in fact, full of antiqui
ties for which no Baedeker has beer
written. and which are not shown up
on the latest maps. There are regions
within I'll temperate zon where 10
modern European foot has trod. SO
far as we are able to tell-regions
where the civilization of Greece and
Rome once f1ourished. and where fine
monuments of classic art. and OF an
unfamiliar art that supplanted the
classic, waste their beauties upon the
ignorant sight of half civilized nomads
To realize the truth of this. one
needs only to cross the ranges Of
mountains that run parallel to the
eastern coast of the Mediterranean.
and, avoiding all caravan routes. jour
ney independently about the barren
country that lies between these noun
tains and the Euphrates. Here is
territory which, though not wholly un-
explored, is full Of most wonderful
surprises. Here are cities and towns
long deserted. not so great or SO i'm
posing, perhaps, as Palmyra, but far
better preserved than the city Of Zen
obia, and giving a much truer picture
of the life Of the ancient inhabitants
than one can draw from those famous
ruins. These towns are not buried.
like the great cities of the Mesop0ta-
milan plains, nor have their sites been
built upon in modern times, as those
Of the classic cities Of Greece have
been; they stand out against the skS
upon high ridges or lie sheltered il
sequestered valleys, presenting to the
view of the traveller as he approaches
them very much the same aspect that
they did in the fourth century of Our
era, when inhabited by prosperous.
cultivated and happy people, or when
deserted by those inhabitants some
thirteen hundred years ago.-Century.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23

Disappointment is Ike a sieve.
Through its coarse meSheS the small
ambitions and hopes and endeayOrS
of a soul are sifted out Ielentlessly.
But the things that are big enough
not to fall through are not in the
least affected by it It is only a test
not a finality.
They tell of a young man in Atchi-
son whose mother watches him very
closely. when young girls are con-
cerned, and vino is about TO be gath
cred in by an old raid.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
PE-RU-NA JEFF 70 WOMEN
Saws DR. M C. Gee. of San Francisco.

A CONSTANTLY increasing num-
~ Der of physicians prescribe Pc
runa in their regular practice.
! 1t has proven it's merits so thoroughly
that even the doctors have overcome
their prejudice against So-called patent
medicines and recommend il TO their
patients.
81 Advise Women to Use P%e-ru-na,"
, Says Or. Gee.
! DIR. N. c.. Gee is one of the physicians
who indorse Peruna. In a letter written
from 513 Jones street, San Francisco,
Cal. he says:
There is a general objection on the
part of the practicing physician TO ad-
vOcate patent medicines. but when
any one medicine cures hundreds of
people, it demonstrates it's W value
the profession.
"Peruns has performed so many
wonderful cures In San Francisco that
I am convinced that it Is a valuable
remedy. Ihave frequently advised its
regular and painless n7enSfruaffon,
cures Leacorrhosa and ovarian troubles,
and builds up the entire system. Ialso
your medieins"~M. c. Gee. Ii. d.
Mrs. f. T. Gaddis, Marion, n. c.. is
one of DIR. Hartman's grateful patients.
She consulted him by letter, followed
his directions. and il now able to say
the following:
Before | commenced to take Peruns
l could not do any hard work without
suffering great pain. | took Peruna,
and can say with pleasure that it has
lone more for me than any other medi-
cine | have ever taken. Now | am as
well as ever: | do all my own work and
it never hurts me at all. | think Peruna
is a great medicine for womankind."-
Mrs. e. 7. Gaddis.
Women are especially i able to pelvic
catarrh. female weakness as it is COM
monty called.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Harrington. Neb., Dee. 10, 1902.

harrington, NeD., Dec. 10, 1902.
National Medical Co, York, Neb.
Dear -ir: l am a user of Liquid Koal and
am well pleased with it.. would not try
TO do without it as tnc it useful in 8 great
many WAYS have had no sick hogs since l
cOmmenced using 1t 81 year ago. In my
opinion il is the bes. and cheapest hog
cholera preventative CT the market TO-DAY.
You can use this as you wish. Anyone
wishing to kno more about this please
write me-. ENOCH ELY.
Seward, Neb., Nov. Is, 1901.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
This is 20 certify that I have bought toe
third lot of Liquid Koal from the Eations
Medical 60, and hin it the bestgerm de
sJIoyer, appetizer and disinfectant that
nave ever used. I have had occasion to Us
it on two different horses this summer 70
very severe wounds. and found IL the bes
and cheapest remedy l ever tried; would
not be without it on my place.
w. 3. FRANCIS.
belmont. s. D.
have used your L.. K, and think it is a
good preventive and disinfectant. used
1t as d n edicine for ali kinds of stock aud
chickens. / had two COWS that were sick
and would not eat and 1 used l.. Z. and it
helped them. l al-o used it as q hog cholera
preventive, and think it is all right
q. H. PATRICK.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
GET WELLESLEY WELL,

forty years l had headache
day and night - could not
sleep veil was very weak,
and about giving up all hope.
got Doan's Pills and they
cured me. That was five
months ago, and 1 can say,
to-day, my water is regular
and l have not had headache
for five months. For bed
wetting, scalding urine, and
headache, Dosn's Kidney
Pills have no equal. / have
recommended them to fifty
different persons with good
results. first read of Doan's
Pills in Sn,ithland Banner,
sent to yon FOR sample and
afterwards purchased the
pills frpsn .Iniiey Bros GraH
River."--B. c. JONES.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
Eeaf.CuftiuQ ReeS.

The leaf-cutting bees are near rela,
tiges of the honey and bumblebees
which they closely resemble. They de,
rive their name from the habit you
have observed, of cutting out bits of
leaves for their cells. The circular
pieces are for the ends of the cells,
and the oblong pieces for the sides.
These cells are usually in burrows cut
into wood, for some Of the le~af-cutting
bees, like the carpenter bees, have the
talent of cutting holes into wood.-St.
Nicholas.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23

The attorney Of n Of the st.
Louis boodlers alluded to bribery as
a conventional crime" All right.
Now what is needed Is some good,
conventional punishment to fit it.
There are two good rules that ought
to be written on every hesrt-never
believe anything bad about anybody
unless you positively knouit to be
true; never to tell ever that, unless
you feel it if absolutely necessary,
and that God is listening while you
tell it.-Dr. Henry Van Dyke.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23

What you think will not make good
blood unless you eat right.
Some Of the plumbers are hardly
paying expenses. but it tickles
them nightly to think Of next win
ter.
If the time ever comes when a
life sentence will mean for life
perhaps S~ociety's thirst for human
gore will WELD to treatment.
DR.. S. c. Carr Of Columbus, Ohio,
calls the germ theory of disease a
scientific superstition"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
He Feels Good.

Caddo. Ky. July 20.-''I believe
could climb a mountain without draw
ing a long breath is the way William
Ball of this place describes how he is
feeling.
As Mr.. Bali has been on the sick list
for a long time, this declaration from
him ONE as quite a surprise.
When asked to explain how he had
become so strong in such a short time,
he says:
Il did have Kidney Trouble very
bad, in fact / had to get up four or five
times every night to urinate. | had
ShortnesS of breath which distressed
me terribly. l was badly used up. and
was really OF no account for anything.
Il used three boxes of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, and that's what has made
me we'll. / cal sleep all night without
having to get up. / feel splendid and
rs | said before, | believe / could climb
Il mountain without dra wing a long
breath Dodd's Kidney Pills did it all"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23

If capital punishment is right
about half the people ought to bt
hanged. e
Many a a Of fatty degeneration
Of the heart Can be traced directl,
TO the beer drinking habit. Hold on,
there!
y man suffering from cholera NOR.
bus can hardly he convinced thai
the torture he endures are a meIs
belief Of pain" Tell him so and he
will in mediatelY register from
Missouri.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23

Little self denials, little honesties,
little passing words Of sympathy,
little nameless acts Of kindness little
silent victories over favorite teDpta-
tions-these are the silent threads Of
gold which, when woven together,
CLEAN out so brightly in the pattern
of life that God approves.-CaEA
Farrar.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-07-23
A Lively Occunation.

To me unfamiliar with country nom
enclature the question asked by the
young man in the Philadelphia Press
might not seem wholly unnatural.
and were you V in the country
during the season Of husking-b bees, Mr..
S." asked the young lady.
"No. The idea! How do you hust
a bee, anyway"