The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-10-07
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CITY IN BRIEF.

Next Tuesday evening the ladies of
st. Charles parish will give their first
OF series of card parties at St.
Charles church parlors.
Prayer Books, Rosaries, Scapulars
and a choice line of religious articles
at the Standard Catholic Book Store,
81 Fourth street south, second floor.
Hennepin Council No. 435, knights
of Columbus, will give a complimen-
tary entertainment next Wednesday
evening to members and their ladies at
Columbus hall, 1922 Nicollet.
Standard Catholic Book Store, 81
Fourth street south. Headquarters for
religious articles, including prayer
books. rosaries, bibles, scapulars, can
dies and pictures. Choice line of
books by best authors.
Mrs. J. ]. King, of Spokane, is en-
joying visit among friends in Min
neapolis. Mr.. and Mrs. King were
residents of this city until 1890 or
Whereabouts, when they removed to
Spokane where Mr.. King has met with
good success in the business world.
Mrs. King was the guest of Mrs. E.
OBrien, 1907 Adams ST., during the
early part of the week.
The strike Of job printers is on in
Minneapolis and st. Paul. In this
city from 1875 to $50 union printers are
out owing to the posting of open shop
notices by many of the big shops last
Monday morning. Both sides remain
firm and are claiming the victory. In
the meantime there is the belief that
the strike will be extended to other
branches of the trade before set
Element is reached.
Half a loaf is better than none and
twenty new policemen are better than
no new policemen at all. This is the
philosophy of Mayor David P. Jones
and it was put to practical application
at the meeting of the board of tax levy
when the mayor vigorously slasned
his first estimate of the needs for the
police department. I'VE are cutting
everything else" said his honor, lana
I am willing to cut my own demands.
/ am willing to change the $4,000 for
fity new policemen to $1S,250 for twenty
new men,"
Tomorrow afternoon tie State Off
GERS of the A. O. H. accompanied by
a delegation from Minneapolis will
visit Div. No. at Cahill. On Tues
day evening next Div. No. of Mime
apolis will be honored. These visits
are doing a great deal of good in
stimulating the growth of the order.
A good program is always prepared
for the occasion. The meeting of Div.
No. of this city was largely attended
last Sunday and several new candi-
dates were initiated. This division
has challenged Div. No. 1 of St. Paul
in a contest for new members to end
Jan. LIST, the loser to furnish an oyster
supper. The challenge has been ac-
cepted.
The series of wheel meetings in
augurated by the Ladies' Auxiliary
A. o. H. of Hennepin county was aus
piciously opened last Monday evening
by Div. No. 2 at A. o. U. w. hall on
Central Ave. Upwards of 400 men,
bers of the A. o. H. and Auxiliary
and their guests were present. The
program included a duet by Walter and
Bert Powers, with piano accompani-
ment by Harry Long. Recitation,
Catherine Weeks. Solo, Eva Lamp
kin. Address on Fraternal Insurance,
A, E. Bates. Duet, Diana Hill, Edith
Dugas. Duet, Richard and Elizabeth
Long. Recitation, S. E. Shannon. Ad-
dress, Co. Pres, Mrs. H. M. Cummings.
All present were served with refresh
ments.
The Marshall News Messenger
booms John G. Lund of this city as a
candidate on the Republican ticket to
succeed Hon. Loren Fletcher in con-
gress. The paper named which is
elited by Capt. c. c. Whitney had
this to say in recent issue:
John G. Lund lived for number
OF years at Candy, about thirty miles
from Marshall There he gained a
footing in business way through his
own energy and ability. He cultivated
forty acres of potatoes one year and
secured a fine crop when potatoes were
worth 81 a bushel. This gave him
start. He went into the land business
with his potato money and is now one
of the best-known land operators on
large scale in the northwest.
"He moved to Minneapolis and be-
came a candidate TO rthe legislature.
Some of the people laughed at the new
citizen candidate, but he won hands
down. and then it was his turn to
laugh. In the legislature his record
was all that could be asked.
John G. Lund is of the right ma
tionality to poll big vote in city
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