The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-27

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morrow, on May ~, 1894?
Taking down the files of this paper and /
blowing off the dust Of the years, with I
germs in 1t possibly, we noticed that G.. /
NJ. Foote seemed to- be leading in. the race |;
FOR the postofffCe, tho Washington wired +
that Mr.. Holbrook's big petition seemed to
be quite a stumbling block in his way.
Senator Washbnrn had the case well in
hand and developments were expected
shortly.
The repaving of Nicollet avenue was
under fierce discussion at the city hail..
The asphalt men and the Nitrif1ed bricks]
We're watching each other carefully and it |
was a sad but glorious time for alder
men. 8 Come to think Of it, the asphalt |
that was finally put down has lasted pref
ty WE'LL has it not? While the other
streets have crumbled away, the old Mic.
ollet paving has stood the wear and tear
pretty well. The company that put it on
quit business or failed Or something, did
it not?
May q, 1894, was also an eventful day
on the local diamond. The Toledo boys
came up; here and were hit on the nose
by a score reading IL to g. The local gil
ants breathed hard and wore a path
around the bases in gathering in nine tai
lies in the fifth inning. Several fans were
overcome.
Wheat was too cheap on that eventful
day, ten years back. Phe September OPP
ton opened at 545s cents, but on reports
of a slight nip Of frost in the northwest,
it scared up to 553s cents. where it closed
stout Think of it! II you had bought a
half million bushels of wheat at that price
and had held it, you would to-day be a
rich man. July wheat closed at 577a.
The telegraph showed that beautiful
Julia Marlowe was making that unfortu-
nate. marriage with Robert Tabor. Well,
well, it's all past now.
But if you could go back, knowing what
you do now, would you make to-day May
but I believe we would most of us do it,
don't you?
A New York calf brought $4,000 the
other day. The proprietors of the Broth
ertoWn Stock farms near Daesboro, N. Y,
sold the s9-weeks-old son Of Sadie Vale
Coneordia, their world record Holstein-
Friesian COW, to Messrs Henry Stevens
& Son, of Laconia, N. Y, for this sum.
He is probably the bluest blooded cows
son in the United States.
A new Minneapolis author is G. M. ia
cobson Of Second avenue S, who has
book out called '"The Roof. 1t gives cor
rect measurements. and tells you how to
measure and cut rafters for any building.
Mr.. Jacobson believes there should be
plenty of room at the top There is no
chapter on ..How to Fall Off,
If you are anxious to become a Mother,
it may interest you to know that the New
York City Mothers club has decided that
a man may now become member on the
payment of So a year, and If q member Of
a mothers club isn't mother, what is it?
Kaufman of ST. Louis who was short
100000 bushels of July wheat in this mar
II ~ T0t% no oh oY.fe, y,,r -
this in their hats. Hicks says-but we
mustn't give it away.
Three people claim to have invented the
piano, Christopher Gottlieb Schroeder of
Saxony, Marius of France and F,artolo-
meo Christofali Of Italy. The date was
somewhere around 400, so you need not
get down your gun.
A short canter with the laWnnoWer puts
a man in fine fettle to go about four
rounds with breakfast. .,a.
|, Mrs. Lydia Charles, born sixty mine
years ago wsinsts Pont " Prid.i Glamorgan-
shire, Wales, IS dead at Belleville, Kan.
Mrs. Charles was a handsome woman,
with one Of the strongest and sweetest
faces ever seen in Kansas. She was the
mother Of Conner Davies, editor 2of the
Concordia Kansan, and in his paper he
gives this last tribute to his parents:
'She was more than mother to us---she
was our companion, guide and philoso-
spher; our truest and best friend
| Twenty years difference in the age Of
mother and son count for little when the
son has reached the half-century milestone
| in the Journey of life. The eldest in a
large family, it was our blessed privilege
| to have grown old with mother.
''No child Of hers ever entered upon a
new duty or assumed a great respon-
sibility, without first consulting mother.
.tNo child of hers ever doubted her abil-
ity to solve any problem or relieve any
distress. &
! s. Memory carries us back to childhood
days-to the hills and dales,' the wooded
Wales of the native land across the sea. ]
eve see the queenly woman, the SUM
! light streaming thru wealth OF auburn
hair, sparkling and cleaning like spun
silver in a fleece of gold.
i eve see her receive the plaudits of
| thousands in the annual festivals of the
| bards and singers of Cymru for having
excelled with essay, poem or song,
/ s-.Later we see the determined woman
crossing the sea, a steerage passenger. on
! the emigrant ship, bound for the shores
4 Of the land of Old Glory.
1--WE see her pass thru Castle Garden
where humanity is counted for SO little,
four dependent little children, to guide or
/ to encourage to be with her husband,
who had come before.
"With resolute mind and dauntless
/ courage the new life is begun, midst q
strange people, and yet stranger environ
j ments.
1 "There was little that was enticing or
alluring on the frontier Of Kansas thirty
six years ago to woman Of such q
/! mold-yet none fought a Drawer Hght.s OF
l won a nobler victory.
! when in the full possession of that
! victory and in the enjoyment Of it's full
i fruition >she Is called away-called away
4 while there is 50 much to do; called away
4 while doing so much; called away while
i vet bound to earth by every bond Of love
and affection.
4 death seems cruel-yet it is Gods way
4 farewell splendid woman-mother, be-
loved mother, farewell. " st
The latest confidence game in New York
4 is practiced by a DIR. Colder" who makes
! an examination Of his patient" and
usually finds pocketbook and a diamond
i stud or so. About. two. weeks ago the
i doctor treated" Frederick Seitz, of 1905
4 Pacific street. Brooklyn, for gold watch
4 a diamond pin, three diamond rings ane
4 S11O in cash. The scoundrel called or
d Seitz, told him that he lived at the Savoy
& was worth s35O,O00, and wanted to buy Q
house. He finally took the Seitz home;
4 stead for 100000. In the negotiation he
4 discovered that Mr.. Seitz had certain
physical ailments. He thought he gould
help them. The tsdoctor" made an ex.
animation Of his patient" who undressee
j, and lay face downward on a bed for thu
& purpose The doctor put plasters or
+ his back and then went out, as he said