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Little Falls herald., 1904-05-13
SWANVILLE

May 10-John Raffensparger moved
his family from Holdingford Friday
into the building he recently pur-
chased of VIM. Seth.
MIR. Crabtree of the Falls has moved
his family into the Bachelor resi-
dence on West third street.
DR.. Schwieger made his regular
trip here Tuesday.
Chas. Stith was at the county seat
Thursday.
DR.. Beer of Royalton was the guest
of Dr.. Corrigan Monday.
DIR. Arnold of Minneapolis. out
formerly Of this town, arrived here
Monday to look after his property
here, also to look over the territory
here with a veiw Of returning here to
resume his practice.
Rev. Edwards of the Falls gave a
lecture on "A Missionary's tour
through Japan at the Congregation
al church Saturday evening. A large
crowd was present He also held
preaching services, Sunday afternoon.
Swanville can now boast of a ball
team. The aggregation will go to
Grey Eagle and play the team there
next Sunday.
A large delegation of young fellows
drove to Grey EAGLE Sunday afternoon
and witnessed the Grey Eagle Long
Prairie ball game.
DR.. Corrigan is enjoying a visit
from his brother, a noted M. D.
from New York.
Mr.. Schsuble, the head miller in
the Keonig- Mesohke flour mill, has
moved his family from Holdingford to
the Keonig building on first street.
Miss Bertha Long returned Saturday
from d weeks visit with Miss Rhoda
at Bertha, and VIM. is rejoicing.
Otto Shook, the potato man, was In
the town buying farm products Fri
day.
Isaac Biteman departed for Black
Duck Thursday where he will make
his future home with his son VIM.
James Black has taken his place az
porter at the Central House.
Mrs. Prstzel is seriously i'll and
Friday very little hopes we've enter
tanned for recovery, but she is at this
writing some better. Her sister from
Minneapolis arrived Saturday to spend
q few days with her,
G. G. Baker is seriously ILL.,
Mr.. Stansbury of Howard lste was
in the village Saturday.
Miss Pearl Bouchie returned from
Minneapolis t. visit her mother Sat.
urday.
Peter Alshire of Lake Beauty de-
parted for Wisconsin Monday, where
he will visit relatives and look over
the country.
The school meeting called Saturday
evening to vote on the new school
house proposition was we'll attended.
The vote was So against, SO for a new
school hoase.
A farewell party was given Miss
Maggie Bowman in Culdrum at the
Campbell farm Saturday evening. and
a large number from town were pre-
sent.
The jolly Rover finch club metwith
VIM. Sullivan Friday evening.
Miss Edith Sea of Bartram l. Wis
iting friends he4-.
The infant son of Herman tw4n,
is at the Albion !uader Dr.. Corrigan' (
care. He has sppeudi ;itis.-
Long Prairie Democrat: Rchar,
McKsown OF 9~anvi]l- has shi ap' d .
large number of cattle out Of thi,
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Additional I x corres;:p7on 81
dence page 2,3,4
*..PIERZ,

: May l2-Wielsnd & johnson. pro-
prietors of the Little Falls creamery,
have rented the Pierx and Agram
cheese factory and will run a skim
ming station there this summer, be-
ginning Monday. May 10th. They
will pay the same price for milk there
as they do at the Falls. The farmers
should patronize them and assist In
making q success of II.
M. ~Wermerskirchen had the village
waterworks extended to his hotel the
past week.
One of Jos. Wampa's horses mired
down in the mud in Henry Langer's
meadow near Fish Lake Sunday
night. With the assistance of a team
Of horses and several men the animal
was taken out the next morning un-
injured.
P. N. Neuman commenced building
the cellar for his new house. Jos.
Gohl is doing the mason work.
Theo. Thielen's waterworks in the
house have been thawed open, while
the waterworks Of Frank Faust and
Jacob Neisius are still frozen up.
A one year old heifer calf came to
Nick Hennen's place few days ago,
and made his home there ever since.
Owner may call and take it away.
Barney Gross has commenced to
saw the balance of the logs at his mill
near Guenther's place Tuesday.
Robert Kluge got the contract to
build the chimneys and plaster Hu-
bert Bares' house for $40.
The village has two treasurers, and
also none. Jacob Blake was elected
treasurer over Frank Faust by one
vote at the March election. Faust
claimed that Blake was elected by the
voting of unqualified electors, sc he
contested the election of Blake. When
the day for the trial came things had
settled down little and neither party
appeared, 80 the case was dismissed.
The books are yet in Faust's posses.
sion, and it seems as If neither party
cared much about declaring himself
the officer. as the village la in the
hole, and the main work of the treas
urer will be to endorse and register
buckskin orders, 80 they draw inter-
est.
John Billstein of the county seat
accompanied by his family passed
through the town Tuesday on his way
10 Lastrup, where he will visit his
father, Christ Billstein.
A special election will be held in
the town of Hillman on May 10th to
vote on the question wether or not
the town shall make loan of $4,000
from the state, the money to be used
for building roads,
John Meyer will go into the saloon
business with Albert Msrshik at Cass
Lake and will leave for that place in
few days.
Many Of our farmers and also sever
al from the town were fishing at Mile
Laos the past week and all returned
with loads of fish.
Mrs. Albert Marshik of Cass Lake
was visiting relatives here over Sun
day.
Jake Blake has completed brick
Little Falls herald., 1904-05-13
veneering his house. Il adds another
nice structure to the village. = &. {,

veneering his house. Il adds another
nice structure to the village. 81 q. {,
!. A resident Of the town.. states there
must be ghost In his organ. For
several nights the organ began to;
play, and upon entering the room the:
music would stop and nothing could
be seen. Such might be possible as
the building is not..far from the grave:
yard, and probably the ghost of some
deceased musician is passing the lone
some night hours on this organ. Some
others again believe that it might be
the work of witch, as farmer in
this vicinity lost Several norses and
cattle and he claims they were be-
witched, 80 1t may also 9 possible
that one Of these ladies with the pow
or of the black man took ride down
on a broom and visited the place. a.,
John Molitor, who was here and
attended the funeral Of his father, H.
Westbrook, returned to his home at
Henderson. Mjnn., Monday.
Martin Tschida and Miss Mary
Hoffman were announced to be MARI
ried in church Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Berg, who has been
visiting here for some time, returned
to Minneapolis Tuesday and, her sis-
ter Lizzie Berg went to Hibbing the
same day.
Henry Krause returned from Sioux
Falls, 8. d., Wednesday where he
has been taking treatment for his eyes
the past six weeks.
Jesse Daniels who has been taking
care OF "Captain Sigsbee' the black
stallion, the past six months, re-"
turned to his home at Kimball Men,
day.
Chas. E. Gravel of Little Falls was
In the village Wednesday. He was
looking for q suitable place to build
the depot for the electric railroad.
John Neisius has purchased the
Norman stallion from his father, and
now keeps him on mis- farm in Buh. g. ,
According to reports some of the
brush land farmers have not COM
pleted seeding grain yet. The prairie
farmers are all busy now preparing
their corn ground and planting will
begin the latter part of this week. H..
Mrs. Geo. Bechtold of Pittsbure,.
Pa, passed through here Wednesday
on her way to Lastrup. where she
will visit her brother, Christ Schlaegel
and sister, Mrs. Keller.
Roy Benton, who had his hand
badly cut in the Waller saw mill over
three months ago. and was at the time
taken to the Little Falls hospital for
treatm ent, returned home last week,
after being there one hundred daysk. :.
His hand was amputated and shortly
after he was taken ill with typhoid
pneumonia which kept him there all
that time.
Little Falls herald., 1904-05-13
r. F. p. NO. 2

May 10-News is awful scarce now
adays. We haven't any liveryman or
barber on our line to speak about
either. so we don't hardly know what
to write about.
The familiar sound of the brick
yards whistle is heard again.
Several hundred fruit trees have
been planted on our route during the
last couple Of weeks. Morrison coun-
ty gets there all right. Guess it will
be nice to be mail carrier when all
that fruit gets ripe and some of it Ia
placed In the mail box without ad-
dress.
Have you seen our mail oarrier2
How pleasant he looks of late.
1t is all on account of Mary Jane
Standing at the gate.
Did you bring me letter?
She is always sure to cry,
"Cause If you did, I'll give you
A piece Of pumpkin pie
But now this man Is prudent, \
This man Of Drawn and brain.
He has hired chum of his'n,
To correspond with Mary Jane.
And now his form is rounded,
and he says II rather guess,
That rural free delivery
And pie is great success.
Herman Wieland has sold his 80
acre farm in Sec. 9, Pike Greek, to an
Iowa man tor $8, 225, a little over
$40 per acre. That shows q good farm
ID worth money.
Big piles Of rock alon9 the roadside
nearly everywhere. Now if the farm
ers would just dump them in the bad
holes In the road they would do lots
Of good, ana would not catch snow
drifts in winter. Just ask G. Nieman
about 1t.
Little Falls herald., 1904-05-13

A team driven, by Amos CLARK
and ". W. Cook Of Ft. Ripley got
frlghtened Tuesday evening on Broad
way and ran away, the neckyoke
having fallen. They ran up First
street and east on First avenue, over.
turning the rig at Gaudet & Dou-
cette's corner and throwing out the
occupants, wto were fortunately little
hurt. >>..: -. = H@' :. s.sst.s a
Little Falls herald., 1904-05-13
Wanted-100o babies to have their
pictr res taken at Nelson's.

Mcax Headache and eye
NN strain removed with
Rlasees by Prof. Bruins,
ANa'sfa optiri1n. AC Hotel
Buckmau May 26, ~ and %. ,Exami.
nation FREE. l. IL
Little Falls herald., 1904-05-13

BUY Masury's house paints. Best
on the market. For sale bv Anton
Fleig, sign and carriage painter.
Little Falls herald., 1904-05-13
FW. lOnEGREN,1Rs N,Rs., 1ss wss, -! :!

dealer, has many choice bargaiass 'it1t Is
:, houses, 'tl lots and farms. Call and see 9
me n' before you buy cell, or rent.
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find himself facing his first landlady's
alternative, as his means viii not per
nit him to remain In St. Louis, and
his salary VIII stop, IL he leaves the
city,
HOW CAN YOU KEEP CLEAN?
The launrries win also add material.
~ to the expense. Their lists have
dresses from 81 to 81, shrtWaists. 80
cents to s. ,j0 ladies' fancy underwear,
30 cents to $3.50; skirts, 81 to 49, GEN
tIemen's prices have go far. not been
materially raised, llandkerChiets cost
from to cents
Worlds fair visitors need not ex-
poet to deceive any one az to their idcn-
titN They are primed and loaded for
visitors here and can spot one as far
az they can see them as easily as a
Westerner can spot a tenderfoot
After the 80 cents admission has been
paid the expenses inside the grounds
win not be heavy unless wheeled
chair Is needed These win be 30 cents
an hour, The college boys, who will
wheel them, have been led to expect
large fees, They viii need these fees
as their expenses vii be high, and they
win only be paid one-thrd Of what
their chair actually earns. and they
VIII have to make good any damage
done the chair They have to buy their
own uniforms.
Visitors viii not be allowed to carry
camp stools There will be plenty Of
free seats In the grounds, but none IN
tho buildings.
Maps Of the grounds, and official
catalogues OF the art building, win b.
on sale, and win be necessities. The
price has not yet been determined on.
An electric car win skirt the grounds,
which Is fortunate for the prudish Wis
ltors, rs some Of the artistic decora.
tons are In need Of q skirt.
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A house of T. rooms that had been
renting for SO a month was raised 10
$3.50, and, after May !, viii be 1925 a
month.
Landladies are In state Of the Wild
est excitement, all expecting to make
their fortune this summer The ihtcn-
ton IS to pack people IN. like sarlinos
IN boz, Very few of these houses
have hot water In the hath rooms. or
other light than coal OIL lamps They
are cxpectinguto got nom 81 90 10 g.
day from each person.
COULD MOVE.
ono gentleman had verbal under.
standing with his landlady that as he
was permanent, his rent would be 81
week II was raised to Sj'a week
during the winter, on the prrtcXt that
coal was high, April t. she informed
him that she expected TO have $l2 q
week for the room this summer.
'But, madam, he eXpOstulated, you
know ] only make Sli week. MY
boarding house has also raised prices
How am ! 20 eat, this summer
You can move she answered.
where am ! TO move? other land
ladies are just as unreasonable as you
are
You can 90 to the devil was the
decisive answer
WILL. GET AGAIN.
lie easily found n room for ST a week
that ordinarily rented for $3.50, but
| happen 10 know the landlady, and
house, and that she has only taken him
TO tide over the time from April tln
May L. also know that she Is one of
the most wildly excited Of all the land.
ladies, and expects to make rooms that
she has been renting for 81 a week
yield 81 a day so that May T. he will
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his cafe, without actually going hun
cry for s. a day. The suggestion
seemed 10 amuse him
The most could get out Of him was,
"Well, | don't know They can't pos
sibly expect to live for less
ST. Louis has hot nights I'm summer,
suffocatingly, insufferably hot. A per-
son would be- about as comfortable
hung up on hook as trying 10 sleep
IN an inside room, without ventilation,
so that 81 a day can be accepted az the
lowest rate. at the down town hotels,
with 81 day additional for meals. Car
fare to and from, and transportation
| around the grounds, with admission,
will add 81 more, II rooms are ordered
In advance and the visitor Is q good
manager. 81 day can be accepted as
a low figure for daily expense, without
extra for luXurles.
$3.50 FOR A STEAK
The visitor can expect to pay from
Is to % cents for cup Of coffee or
tea and from % to 50 cents II served
with rolls. A breakfast OF the cheap
est meats with cost from IS cents to ST..
A good steak viii run from 81 to $500
4 light lunch can be managed for from
90 to 60 cents.\ This meal will usually
be taken at the fair grounds, as they
are miles from the center of the town
and another admission viii have to be
paid II the grounds are left
Lunch at the grounds will be 80 cents
FOR the planest meals, from that up to
"a much as can be afforded. Visitors
viii take advantage of this meal to
taste the strange dishes at the foreign
restaurants.
1t will be a very plain dinner that can
be had for 81. or course these viii be
the prices al the cheapest restaurants
at which cleanliness and decency can
be- had. Fine restaurants are for people
who do not care how many dollars they
spend for meal,
Already there are restaurants that
have sandwiches on the sidewalk, and
hilIs-of-fare, that appear reasonable, but
have some catch that adds materially
to the check, extras for bread and
butter, or for service, for instance,
A couple told me that az place on
Olive street, supposed to be popular
cheap restaurant one Of them ordered
three, and the other two dishes They
shared the odd dish between them. II
was % cent dish The check was
20 cents too much 1t was explained
at the desk that It was because they
charged. extra when one dish was
served 10 two people
BEST THE CHEAPEST.
After the fair opens, a 20 cent graft
Will be too small TO be noticed. These
CRAFTS win amount to something then,
or course the best restaurants will
have no catches or CRAFTS. 1t will be
cheapest In the end to patronize them,
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stecIa Correspondence.
rT LOUIS. April 2O.-lt is getting
to be Inevitable that many people
will come to the fair, expecting to
spend from two to four weeks. See
fg every thing thoroughlyand will find
Prices so high that they will have to cut
taeir stay down to few days.
They viii then return to their homes.
hiaNslck and disappointed, with only
tie empty satisfaction Of being able to
sy 4 attended the worlds fair at
st. Louis
THIS article Is Intended for people in
Moderate circumstances, who win have
70 save the amount needed FOR the trip,
from their daily expenses.
The railroads are all giving lowest
possible rates, and have made every
arrangement for the comfort and con.
yerence Of the vast thrOngs who will
enter S. Louis, this summer, through
lae largest and finest railway depot IN
he world
liglll be a pity for anyone. who can
ano'l II, TO miss the fair, as II Is ack-
hoHIedged that It viii be on a larger
all more expensive scale than anything
ever before attempted, II is the gem
tIal opinion among those, who make a
BUSINESS Of exhibiting az fairs. that
lal' Will be the last worlds fair, until.
aIles forget as no city ever wants
a second one.
The down town hotels, here, have
settled on their schedule OF prices dur
hg me fair The hotels scattered
lnlough the residence districts will
Haige the same, and, May 1st, viii
aeoIIsa all weekly and family rates. and
uAIge oy me day, regardless Of the
Ms'h Of the patrons stay,
SOME ENORMOUS FIGURES.
.nee figures are authentic and we're
Oo'alned llrst hand, They are based on
Nv or more, occupying one room. on
ey european plan, II person wants
oe exclusive aud say, "The world IL
nlne over lOXlO feet Of hotel space,
o., can double the price
;. 10 snare q small, dark. inside room,
y a day VIII be charged. These are
,I,aoe only for men, For small
r ,onl with outside windows, 81 n day.
.ue'e are the cheapest rooms and most
Wy 10 BE- full For better rooms the
piTes VIII run upward, The couple
, 'uu IN Income OF $3.50 month cannot
n ,I KY 10 be as comfortable as they are
wi. GO'9', Tor less than $50 day, or $40
'''h' Tor rooms alone.
HOW TO EXIsT.
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HOW TO EXIsT.

u'gl TO get the manager OF one of
Is, european hotels to assure me
'"'' d person would be able 20 exist at
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Bpu ulunloo luuM .sN2No 9Ql QSnolql
pun NuuJu 5lu SUM s,oHQnd 7uL
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After the fair opens, a 20 cent graft
Will be too small TO be noticed. These
gratis win amount to something then,
OF course the best restaurants Will
have no catches or CRAFTS. 1t will be
cheapest In the end to patronize Them
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
PHILIPPINES BENEFITED.
4z,nrovements of Public Usefulness
introduced by the Amer
leans.

~ tho least argument which SHOWS
~ 1sol1 which the people of the 0nlleu
90 49, ea ,ve rendered the Flliplnos = tn9
49, 90 an,onn4 of interesting and uselal
work done by the government en- 49, Nv
tories in the Philippines, states eh7 -"
York Sun. has
The demand for vaccine virus has
Noon very great since the A1neIiean
oec,,nation for until the advent OF lug
Americans no systematic effort nao ese1
1aer made 10 yaecinate the people OF Tue
islands. and smallpox was always pr. :
emit. A large number OF calves We : p -.
chased for the purpose Of preparing Tue
virus. nearly everyone has been PROV
ar1v vaccinated, and smallpox cases dix
nlague prophylactic has also Deen
s,,nniind in sufficient quantities, ana lts
intelligent employment has reaueeu . sns
plague cases to such a degree tnae lne
islands are now practically ffee lloa.
this dread disease.
The struggle waged against rlhoei.
nest, which threatened all the.aiao 's1,..
animals on the Islands, was eIlIhellsiy
successful, and there is now a nero %
* animals kept for the express purpose
of furnishing d serum Win WHICH -
inoeuIate non-immune heros.
Oriental Goals are deficient IN gas pro-
oucing Qualities; importatfons from
Eurone or AMERICA would be entirely TOO
expensive for the purpose gsasoliAe;
even. was found to be unsatisfactory.
Nothing daunted. the chemists eA-
nerimepted successfully, and finally
adopted the plan Of preparing gas 1foin
cocoanut oil, a native product. etfohs
cast iron retorts are brought to a RED
heat in furnaces and the coeoanut OIL
is then slowly fed into them, thus pro-
ducing a very high quality OF iliumlnae-
ing gas. free from smoke and tar.
These examples will perhaps suflee
to show the important work already &C
complished through these laboratories
In general, it is interesting to know that
provision has been made for housing
the branches of chemistry baeteriologyi
pathology. botany and entomology, ana
for preparing prophy Tactic and curative
serums.
It may be mentioned that the bio
logical laboratory is investigating hu-=
man diseases and has in preparation
work on method Of protective 1nocula-
ton against Asiatic cholera and amoeble
dysentery. Fifteen bulletins have al
ready been published on medical, vet
Urinary and botanical subjects. some
| OF which have excited wide attention
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
CRYSTALS THAT MELTED.
Filipinos Thought Pieces Of Ice wers
Jewels and So They Carefully
Pocketed Them.

a traveller tells of a joke played BY
some American soldiers on the retinue
of one of the native rulers in the Phil
ippines, relates Cassell's Journal.
To some of his attendants they gsye
pieces of ice. which the natives, eoneefy-
ing them to be gems or crystals of great
value, wrapped up in pieces of silk, and
slowed in their pockets.
The sensation of delicious GOODNESS i'm
parted by their treasure was source OF
wonderment to Them but this was as
nothing compared to the establishment
with which they discovered shortly
afterwards that the bright crystals had
vanished leaving only wet stain.
In their eyes the matter savored Of
witchcraft, and one of them begged for
a piece which would not vanish away.
as he wanted to have It set In a ringi
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-24
POLE STAR WAS STILL THERE
And Caesar Wouldn't Pray Until Ii
Began to Splitter and
SizZla.

In a recent speech before the Ramp
ton Institute graduating class, G0v-
ernor Montague told characteristic
story to illustrate his belief in the
ultimate triumph of civilization and
the establishment Of highest ideals
Of justice between man and man as a
corollary, says the New York Herald.
In the year when the stars fell
the slaves Of one Of the Governors
kinsmen were terribly wrought up
over the celestial pyrotechnics.
Some of the younger negroes banded
themselves together to search out the
oldest negro upon the plantation to find
out how he viewed the situation.
Finally they located him, sitting I'M
der a large pine tree, unconcernedly
contemplating certain sticks which had
been arranged in circles and semi-cir-
cles.
Uncle Caesar" cried the younger
negroes in CONSERVATION, don't you
see de. stars a-fallin'? Why don't you
git down an pray? Amt de world COM
in to de en- r.
.tHu1f!" grunted the old man in dis
dain; II dun bin Watehin' dat north
star up dar fur de las two hours
When dat begins to splutter an sizzle
den rs gWine to git down and pray!'