The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-30
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In keeping with an old custom, the
Memorial Day exercises at Excelsior
were held under the auspices Of the G..
A. R. and Women s Relief Corps. At /
o'clock the procession lined up at the
town hall, marched to the schoolhouse
and listened to the program Of uatriot-
children. From the school the march
was continued to the cemetery. The
Excelsior band led, followed by the
school children carrying flowers, the g.
A.. R., the Women's Relief Corps and
other societies. Impressive services
were held at the cemetery when the
beautiful monument in memory Of the
dead soldiers was dedicated The monu-
ment is of white bronze and has appro-
pirate inscriptions.
One of the pretty Memorial Day af-
fairs was an outing Of the Camera
club and the Bird club Of the Y. w. c..
A. to the attractive summer home of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Harrison at Cot
tagewocd. The twenty-four club mem
bers came out for the entire day, and
we're delightfully."- entertained. Frag-
rant spring flowers decorated the house
and clusters of moccasin flowers stood
in the dining-room After the basket
picnic, Mrs. Harrison took her guests
on tour Of the lake on the Acte, which
had been chartered. The members of
the Camera club competed in taking
pictures of the three principal beauty
spots, Katahdin, Cresthaven, the old
Donaldson home, and Cedarhurst, the
Bennetts country place on the old
Northome site.
Hotel Keewaydin, Cottagewood, is
already open for the season and among
the guests who recently joined Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Schomberg for the summer
are Mr.. and, Mrs. Richard j. Steffens
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Mat.
theson, Mr.: and Mrs. J. w. Molyneaux
and little son, Mrs H. w. Runyan and
sons. Mrs. Wallace Browne and family
T c1nie co me e IT. as sG1n the GehoS!s
daughters, Mrs. Runyan and Mrs
Browne, little later.
George Roote, j. G. johnson, and H
D. McCord have been at Keewaydin.
Mrs. j. Putnam opened her pretty
home at Excelsior for a matinee musi
Gale Saturday afternoon, given by the
piano pupils Of Miss Dorcas Emmel
The rooms were decorated with large
Japanese baskets filed with ferns and
white and purple lilac blossoms, and
purple vlolets were arranged in large
mounds as centerpieces. Thirty guests
were present and at the conclusion OF
the program Miss Emmel gave two vo
cal solos. A group of the young women
presided at the dainty refreshment
tables T99se Ehs tex pa To on tn
er, Lillian Dickinson, Frances Putnam
Mabel Dyer, Ruth Haywood and Tom
inc Signal.
| ."sa LAKESIDE NOTES.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ Rutten made a trip +
the lake last Sunday.
:. Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Chaplin spent Sunday Wis
| iting at Christmas Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Brooks opened their cot
| tage at Fairview last Friday.
Miss Anne Hawley visited at the Marshal
| cottage, Deephaven. Sunday .-.
Judge and Mrs. Best are spending Memoria
Day at the G. W. Stricken cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Stricken have move
out to Summerville with their family.
| Mr. and Mrs. W. o. Freeman have opened thei
| cottage at Excelsior for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Loudon and family ar
| occupying their new cottage at Excelsior. 80,
=. Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Sutherland have opene
their summer home at Christmas Lake.
been visiting Mrs S. T. Shaw at Excels;~r.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Pillsbury and little daugl
ter are at the Minnelle cottage, Excelsior.
| Miss Dorcas Emmel was an over-Sunday CUES
OF Mrs. william NJ Crosse at Excelsior -.
Jesse Chalmers spent Sunday with his mothe
Mrs: b. ]. Chalmers, at the Clark cottage, E,
4 celsfor. II &c.,. ~ -
: | Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Hill and Mr. and Mr.
Horace Hill are at their cottage at Cottag
wood. @.-. 800
! The Josephs Of Des Moines, Iowa. who ha,
| occupied the Philbrick cottage at Fairview fl
several seasons, are among the early summer a
rivals this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Fritche have purchased IL
old Noble summer home at Fairview and ii
adjoining Day property. The Noble cottal
VIII be prett1ly renovated and remodeled viii
the old Day house will be removed entirely al
the will be be teautifed park. Mr.. ar
Mrs. Fr1tche are aready cut for the summer