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OF course you all saw Dan Mason while
he was out there paying flying visit. l
do not mean by this that he can fly, or that
he has wings for 1 find from his old friends
here that he has not. He has one of the
finest little homes however, in Minneapo-
lis and the Mason are noted for their hos
pita1ity, good fortune and as the best and
most prominent citizens of Minneapolis
When one goes out on Thirtieth street, on
Nicollett, he finds that Dan Mason owns
pretty nearly all the stores and residences
out there and even owns the block in which
the postofice does business. He has a
pretty home and his friends are always well
come to the best in the house-which is
the best to be had any place.
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The editor of the Minneapolis Tribune
inquired kindly concerning Editor Cunning
ham. He says Mr.. Cunningham has offer
ed him poetry at the rate of four lines for
one cent and is anxious to know how it can
be produced so cheaply. 1 told him that
Mr.. Cunningham drank a good deal at the
mineral springs and that there was no de
mand for his product at home.
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A convention of the hardware men of the
state is being held in this city and one can
not refrain from noting the general activity
among the members of the police force. A
gentleman from Manitoba who knew o. w.
Lowell we'll when they attended school to-
gether called attention to a popularity of
Mr. Lowells.
"That fellow could never add or sub
tract" said Our popular hardware mans
old friend, "but he beat anything you ever
saw on multiplication. When he began
clerking the failing bothered him good
deal but since he has entered business for
himself 1 understand it aids him materially
in making profits on sales"
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The barber who taught George Hanson
how to give facial massage is at the West
hotel where am stopping. He was Georges
trainer for great many years. He states.
that the hair tonic George is dealing out to
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here on the banks of the Mississippi.
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Board is a great deal cheaper here than
it is in Idaho Springs. One can get good
meal and box of cascarets at any of the
restaurants here for II cents.
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Everything is cheap. You can purchase
a head of hair-any color you desire for
81 .6S and for 81 10 think you could pur-
chase the party to whom it belonged
When think of the condition of my old
friend Mccormick, and then think of the
opportunities here l wonder that he has not
taken advantage of them.
learned with the deepest personal re-
gret and sorrow while here of the death of
Mrs. Sill. She was a lovable little woman
one of the sweet-dispositioned, sympa-
thetic, serious, honest and old-fashioned
souls. We have too few of her kind. 1t
is too bad that the Creator and Giver of all
cannot leave us queens of this character to,
become mothers and bear children to train
up and make noble men and women in the
world. 1t is too bad that motherhood
should be denied these women who love
the laugh of the little one, who love the
home and live in the broader and more holv
life that teaches us that maternity and
life of usefulness life that imparts itself
to better humanity-should be taken from
u.s. We cannot but mourn with the be-
reaVed husband who had but learned To