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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
COUNCIL REELECTED
Village Officials Who Served in zoos
Rewarded for Their Faithful
Performance of Duties.
The Unanir1ity of Vote Cast Demon.
strates Esteem in Which Coun-
Gil Is Held by Citizens.

The annual election of officers for
the village of Princeon was held on
Tuesday and but one ticket was pre-
sented to the voters for consideration.
This was virtually due to the fact
that the officers who had served the
village during the year 1905 had given
such satisfaction that the citizens
were unanimously opposed to a
change. The work of the men who
held office in 1905 had demonstrated
to them that it would be difficult
matter to improve upon the admins
tration. They said "Let we'll enough
ne' and voted to retain the men who
so faithfully served them the
Hding year.
~ = vote cast was a light one, but
thel were scores of men who failed to
go to the polls because there was but
one ticket in the field and that ticket
the one which they favored.
The ticket was as follows:
President of village council. H. G.,
Cooney; trustees, T. H. Galley, Joseph
Craig, r. M. Chapman; recorder, j..
G. Borden; treasurer, j. F. Peterson;
Justice Of. the peace, G. H. Chad
bourne.
10 Illustrate the unanimity with
which the voters cast their ballots
we give hereunder the official count:
H. c. Cooney received 129, T. H.
Galley l2S, Joseph Craig 129, e. M.
Chapman l2S, J. G. Borden 129, j. F.
Peterson l29, @. H. Chadbourne l29.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
K. p. ANNUAL BALL
ana BANQUET On New Year Night q Most
Delightful Event.

Delightful, Event.
The knights of Pythias lodge of
Princeton Fri gave it's annual ball and
banquet on Monday evening and the
event was. one of the most delightful
OF the season. The hall was well
filed with invited guests and the
music, furnished by the K. P. orches-
ira of Minneapolis, a musical organ
ization celebrated for the talent of its
members, was, to say the least, en-.
chanting. tits. safe to assert that a
man % or. woman who could not dance
to: the splendid selections discoursed
upon this occasion is total failure
II p the art terpsichorean.
A supper Of roasted fowl. ham.
baked ga gee beans, salads, celery. cake.
coffee, etc., was prepared and served
by the ladies of the Maccabee lodge.
y was was feast that might have been
set before a king with certainty that
It would be appreciated The Mac
cabee ladies are adopts in cooking,
and when it comes to catering 70 q
large g numbersof guests they cannot be
excelled
Everything connected with the affair
vas splendidly arranged and carried
through without hitch, and everyone
who attended enjoyed themselves to
their hearts content.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04

Aaker and N. E. Larson, charged
with violating the ordinance.
The ordinance was passed to pro-
hibit city dealers from selling milk
shipped to them by persons outside OF
the city who had not had their COWS
inspected by regularly licensed
veterinarian. Aaker and Larson,
proprietors of the Minnesota Cream
cry company, were arrested to test the
ordinance. Judge Smith said that the
ordinance, as it now reads, places a
financial obligation on persons not
residents. It requires the farmer or
dairyman to have his COWS inspected
at his own expense, he says, and the
statutes do not permit this. If the
city wants COWS inspected the money
must come out of the city treasury
and a man must be sent there to do it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
Government Potato Renort

Final returns to the United States
Department of Agriculture from its
corps OF crop correspondents who are
located in every township in the yari.
Gus states, issued this week from
Washington, show that the aggregate
production Of potatoes this year is
ESQ, 741,294 bushels, compared with
332, $50, 900 bushels last year, a de-
crease Of 72,oeS, 7o6 bushels, or % per
cent t.. Nothing is said regarding the
quality OF the crop which is genera lv
conceded to be below the AVERAGE
Nor is any calculation made in the
report rep 9r as to the large amount Of stock
re- rendered unmaIr r or partially
which extended over practically ever v,
state except the Atlantic coast 70.
5 g z; The average yield of potatoes
tn this year, the report shows. was hit
q bushels, while last year it was Id
80
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
OPERATION PROVES FUTILE,
Mrs. Herrick of Elk River Succumbs to
testinal Complications.

Mrs. Herriclz of Elk River Succumbs To In
testinal Complications.
Mrs. M. L. Herrick, whose home
was about two miles from Elk River.
died at the Northwestern hospital at
? O'Clock Tuesday morning from in
testinal obstruction. She was taken
sick last Wednesday and the services
CT DR.. Whittemore of Elk River weae
secured. Notwithstanding the physj-
clan rendered every available aid
known to medical science the patient
grew steadily worse, and, as a. last
resource, DR.. Whittemore brought
Mrs. Herrick to the Northwestern hos
pltal at Princeton for surgical opera
tlon. She arrived here upon Monday
evenings train and Immediately upon
reaching the hospital was operated
upon by DR.. Cooney. Upon making
an incision it was discovered that her
recovery was hopeless-that no surgi-
cal or medical aid could save her life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
BY UNANIMOUS Vote
The Commissioners Of Mile Laos
County Declare the Princeton
Union the Official Paper.
Synopsis of the Proceedings of Board
of Commissioners Up to the
Time of Going to Press.

Inc regular meeting of the Mile
Laos county commissioners was held
in the court house at Princeton on
Tuesday last with all members pres
ent. A synopsis of the proceedings
up to the time of adjournment on
Thursday noon, in advance of the
official report, is hereunder given:
L. S. Libby was elected chairman
OF the board for the ensuing year and
Geo. 81. Deans vice chairman.
The salary of the county superin-
tendentSof schools was increased 500
per year and the salary of the court
house janitor SIS per month.
The following petitions were pre-
scented and granted John B. Herou.
to be set off from school district 30
to a. NJ. A. Neuman, Robert Trab-
ant, Albert Riebe, Paul Reissig,
Rudolf Adams, Hermann Schlee. p.
e. Pike and Chas. Bergman to be
set Off from school district 8 to 12.
Inc matter of county printing for
the year 1906 was taken under con
slderation by the board on Wednes-
day afternoon. Mr.. M. L. Germany
submitted sealed bid Offering to
print the tax list in his paper for
eight cents per description and the
commissioners proceedings, etc., for
fifty cents per folio for the first in
sertlon and twenty-five cents per folio
for each subsequent insertion. Mr..
George |. Staples, in behalf of the
Princeton I'm O. n, filed proposition
to DO the county printing at legal
rates, and also agreed to publish all
county printing in the. Mile Lacs
Pioneer and the Milaca Times, the
combined circulation of the three
neWspapers-the Union, Times and
Pioneer = exceeding $500 weekly.
Mr.. Germany did not claim that his
paper had over 24O regular subscrib-
ers. The commissioners, very prop
erlsse zsn compliance With the plain
intent of the law, by unanimous
vote designated the Union as the
ohclal paper of the county for the
year 1906.
Dr. Sterling H. Olson was appointed
county physician for the ensuing wear
at compensation of 5000.
The board will finish it's labors and
adjourn to-day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
DYNAMITE DID 1T.
windows OF .. a. Erstad's Store Blown
Across the Sheep Pasture.

Windows of =. a. Erstad's Store Blown
Across the Sheep Pasture.
On Sunday night in Greenbush. inst
as the clock was striking twelve and
the New Year had appeared in sight
a terrific explosion shook the founda-
ton OF J. A. Erstad's store and scat
tered the window lights from the town
pump to the end of the sheep pasture.
At the time of the explosion a num-
Der OF persons were celebrating the in
coming of the New Year within the
store and some of those who had read
Mother Symptoms prophecies thought
that the end of the world had arrived
as predicted: SIN the year A. D. one
nlne-nought-six the earth will quake
and things will mix.''
Everyone Of course rushed from the
store, some with pieces of glass stick
ing in their chin whiskers and others
minus small portions of their ears
and noses.
When the commotion had somewhat
subsidized j. S. Jacobson, who had
been peering from behind a tree
across the road, came forth and ex-
planned that the whole affair was but
a little joke. It appears that Mr..
Jacobson felt playfu1ly inclined upon
that night and thought he would usher
in the New Year with due ceremony
and at the same time surprise the
boys. Thus he placed stick of
dynamite upon fence post across
the street, ignited the fuse and de-
.camped with the result as stated
above. At such distance from the
house he had no idea that the explo-
;sive would create such havoc. He had
underestimate the strength of the
stuff and in consequence had to.
loosen his pursestrings and pay over
SIX dollars to Mr.. Erstad. Mr.. jacob
son thinks that the fun was cheap at
the price paid.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
MISS JESSIE STONE MARRIED
ALBERT Lathrop, Station Agent at Merrl
Wis I,o

ALBERT Lathrop, Station Agent at Merrill
Wis, the Lucky Man. 49,
On Christmas day, at Star Lake.
Wisconsin,, Miss Jessie A. Stone OF
Baldwin was married to Albert La.
throp, station agent at Merrill, Wis.
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed and the event celebrated at the
nome OF Mrs. M. B.. Murphy in Star
Lake. The bride was attired in a
dress of white brilliantine and carried
American beauty roses. Her sister,
Mrs. Ethel Robbins, acted in the
capacity of bridesmaid and wore a
costume of white. She carried mink
carnations. Fred Murphy of Bald
win performed the duties of grooms-
man. The parlor was beautifully
decorated with holly and potted
exotics.
Ihe wedding was one of those pretty
nome affairs which was largely upon
the exclusive order, the relatives of
the contracting parties and their i'm
mediate friends being. the only per-
sons present.
A sumptuous repast was provided
Tor the guests and at the conclusion
OF the festivities the happy young cou-
pie left for Coon Greek, the home of
the groom to pass few days with
his parents. They arrived in Bald
win on Saturday night to spend the
New Year with Mr.. and Mrs. W. u.
Stone, the BRIDES parents, and will
return to Merrill, Wis, where they ex-
pect to make their future home.
Ihe U mon congratulates and
hopes that throughout life's VOYAGE
the young people will experience not
even a ripple of discomfort.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
JONES-RADEKE,

James L. Jones of Princeton Marries
Miss Emma f. Radeke Of Wyanett.
A very pleasant wedding occurred
at the home of the brides mother,
Mrs. Carl Radeke in Wyanett. when
her daughter, Miss Emma Elizabeth
Radeke, was united in marriage to
James Leander Jones on Sunday, De-
cember 3lst, at high noon.
The parlor in which the ceremony
took place was very prettily decorated
with evergreens. In the center and
corners of the room wedding bells
were suspended, while at the right was
an arbor of evergreens and wedding
bells.
AS the strains of the wedding march
were heard the bride and groom took
their places under the arbor, attended
by Miss Amelia Radeke and Miss
Freda Anderson, sister and niece OF
the bride, and Archie and Eldon
Jones, brothers of the groom.
The bride was prettily attired in a
dress of cream colored nuns yelling
with lace and velvet trimmings, and
carried shower bouquet of white
carnations and pink roses. She wore
bridal veil with a wreath of the
same flowers.
The bride is one of Isanti county, IS
successful school teachers, while the
groom is one of Princeton's rising
young business men.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. W. 81: Koenig of the German M.
e. church of Princeton.
After the ceremony forty five guests
partook Of a bounteous wedding din
The bride and groom were the recip.
tents of many beautiful and useful
presents. Their many friends wish
them a happy and prosperous life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
Adulteration of Red Glover Soc.


Out of 658 samples of red clover and
alfalfa tested at the state experiment
station it was found that % samples
were adulterated from three to As ne,
cent. The adulterants used were
largely yellow trefoil and bur clover.
one sample contained sweet clover
seed to the extent of 9.52 per cent.
Loo much care cannot be exercised
in the selection of clover seed, not
alone as to it's adulteration, but in the
selection of hardy seed which will
flourish in this latitude. Some very
fine seed has been threshed in this
vicinity and there is still a quantity
yet unsold, Mr.. Mahoney having fifty
or sixty bushels which he is willing to
dispose of.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
His First RAN Trin.

Frank P. Hinman of Mount Morris,
n. Y, has just had his first railroad
ride, on the Erie railroad, to Roches-
ter and back, and he used a ticket that
was issued in 1864 to his grandfather,
and had never been cancelled. When
the purchaser of the ticket died in
1871. he bequeathed it to his. fayorite
grandson. The latter has since been
waiting to ''get holiday" which
ne recently enjoyed. Speaking of en-
joying a holiday let us remind YOU of
ordering supply of golden grain belt
beer: Order of your nearest dealer
or be supplied by Henry Veidt.
Princeton. s'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
Look Out For Him,


The impostor referred to in the fol.
lowing excerpts was likely the same
fellow who "did" Princeton:
A man who claimed to be a priest
taking up a subscription for the
sufferers Of Armenia, was here last
week and picked up little for ssthe
good of the cause.u He was soon
rounded up however, by Father Few.
who, after examining his credentials.
found him to be an impostor. With a
solemn promise of disrobing and lead
ing a better life, he was allowed his
liberty. Hereafter, before giving as
slstance in work of that nature. the
local priest or minister should be con
suited, as they are in better position
to detect fraud Island Ad-
vance.
A man answering the above de-
scrlptlon made the rounds in this vii
lage last week and according to re-
ports collected considerable money
Tor the sufferers. 'Kanabec County
Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
A Hundred Years Ago.

hundred years ago a man coul6
not take ride on steamboat.
HE had never seen an electric ligh,
camed OF an elesetr: ear
He could not send telegram.
He couldn't talk through the tele
phone.
He could not ride bicycle.
He could not call in stenograpbe1
and dictate letter.
He had never heard of the germ
theory or worried over bacili and
bacteria.
He never heard a photograph talk
or saw kaleidoscope turn out prize
fight
He never saw through Webster's
unabridged dictionary with the aid OF
a Roentgen ray.
He had never taken ride in an
elevator
He had never seen his wife use a
sewing machine.
He had never struck match. j.
he couldn't take an anesthetic and
have his leg cut off without feeling. il.
lie had never seen a reaper or a
self-binding harvester. :.
He had never crossed an iron
bridge.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
Shrlnkaee of Mere Man

THESE are terrible news indeed. We
have it from the lips of a clergy
woman, however, SO that there is no
galnsaying it, although she rather
oasely foists the proof of it, on that
Old monster, 6 statistics, (which all of
us are glad to doubt on general prin-
clples. Here is the news: In twenty
I'VE years women have increased in
stature two and one-half inches and
men have decreased that. amount.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
ARM BROKEN BY HORSES.
Bill Nicely Receives Severe Injuries Fro
CantankerOus Eouines

Bill Nicely Receives Severe Injuries From
Cantankerous Equines.
On Saturday night shortly after 6
O'Clock Bill Nicely went to his stable
to feed his horses. He carried a Ian
tern with him. Upon entering the
stable he observed a piece of loose
board hanging from above the man
ger and proceeded to remove it. The
swapping of the wood when broken off
appears to have startled the two
horses and they Immediately became
obstreperous. They tore around the
stable at double quick, paved the Ian
tern from Bills hands and struck him
down with their front feet, breaking
the small bone of his left arm and
seriously lacerating the flesh of his
left leg with their hoofs.
In an endeavor to quiet the infur-
lated animals he was almost denuded
OF clothing, and, had it not been for
George Rice-who heard his cries
while on his way to the stable
Bill would likely have been killed.
When George arrived the.horses were
snortlng, and, as it seemed to him.
trying to tear down the stable. He
opened the door and within found
Bill lying in a corner completely dis
organized. George dragged him forth
and sent for DR.. Cooney, who reduced
the fracture and dressed the wounds.
lie IS able to crawl to his shop daily
and is progressing toward recovery.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
A Sharp Trader,

"A SAdIo 1Fd06r.
"A we'll known travelling man tells
this story to illustrate the shrewdness
OF a farmer in trade:
A long-faced, bearded Connecticut
Yankee entered the village store, saw.
ing: soy
"Be yeou DOOM any tradin, to.
day?"
Yep" responded the storekeeper.
well, by chowder, I got an aig.n
.'What'll ye trade for?''
"Think I'll take darnin, needle.
An heern, Gabe, that y be givin
drinks with trades today He put
the darnlng needle in his pocket and
grlnned at the storekeeper.
We'll. seeln' it's you, Elihu, how'd
a little brandy strike you?,,
Air y putin anything in the
drink? If so, I'll take an aig. ,,said
Eli. ->'
Amused at the farmers's SHARPNESS
the storekeeper smiled and broke the
very egg old Eli had traded for the
needle into his glass of brandy, when.
10, the egg had two yolks.
The farmers chin whisker iumned
up at the sight, and he murmured:
'Yeou owe me 'nuther darnin,
needle. New York Globe,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
Inspector Visits Prtncato,

'sHere'' shouted the railroad off
clal what do you mean by throwing
those trunks around like that?u
Inc baggageman gasped in aston.
lsnment and several travellers pinched
themselves to make sure that il was
real Then the official spoke again
to the baggageman.
Don't you see that you are making
pig dents in this platform? Smart
Set. : =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
Business Facetiousness.

Have you anything that will re.
move wrinkles?''
we have some fine jack planes,
ma am that think would do it,,
Mercy! isn't this drug store?''
. The drugs are over there by the
SOFA water fountain. This is the
hardware counter, ma am. ,-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
State Educational Association.

| Ihe Minnesota Educational assoc
1eiation has had. no hatter ss.sic, i,
the 43 years of its existence than the
one held last week in St. Paul
Teachers who attended feel many times
repaid for the time and expense neces-
sary to be there.
All sections of school work were
taken up, carefully handled and en-
larged upon by the best educators of
Minnesota and adjoining states.
Prof. Pinney: Bertha Sellhorn.
Minnie Sellhorn, Ella Hanson, Belle
Orion, Elsie Jaques, Mary S. Huse,
Nellie Tompkins, Bertha Stoker.
County Superintendent Ewing and
wife were q ong those who enrolled
and took an active part in the work.
The representative attendance from
Mille-Lacs county is largely due to
the exertions of County Superintend
ent Ewing, who at all times labors
asslduously for the benefit of the
teachers.
Another meeting of the association
will not take place until December.
1906, but it is safe to predict a much
larger attendance: from this county at
that convention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
Jurors Pleaded Guiltvg..
A Young man was IN trial -

a young man was on trial in indie.
pendence, Kan, for stealing water.
melons. When the jury had retired
the foreman asked all those who had
never stolen melons to stand and be
counted. Not juror moved, and a
, l,a OF not guilty was returned
Chicago Chronicle. 81
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
Common usage lin Rnss,a.
Times have not chanped :mrch

Times nave not changed much in a
century. In 1901 it was said that
Alexander I rode in a procession
through the streets of st. Petersburg
preceded by the assassins of his
grandfather, followed by those Of his
father, and surrounded by his own
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
Grace Herdliska win. F,r.t psi.

Inc Patterson Grocery company
scholars. contest came.to close Fri
Gay evening, Dec. 90, at 8 O'Clock.
Inc Following morning committee of
tne contestants selected Miss Ida King
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
Explained,


The following example of cross
questioning, I have been told, occur
red in this town about twenty wears
ago:
"Mr. Tucker, will you have the
goodness to answer directly and
categorically few plain questions:n
Certainly, SIR"
"Well, Mr.. Tucker, is there a
female living with you who is known
in the neighborhood as Mrs. Tucker?n
"There is"
SIS she under your projections
Yes
''Do you support her9?''
81 do"
Have you ever been married to
her?n
II have not.'' Here several of the
jurors scowled on Mr.. Tucker.
Chat is all, Mr.. Tucker
Stop, one moment, Mr.. Tucker,
said the opposing counsel: sis the
female in question your mothere''
s'She is. Boston Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-01-04
Ordinance Unconstitutional,

Judge g. L. Smith has declared the
new ordinance governing the sale of
milk shipped into Minneapolis from
outaide points, unconstitutional and
dismissed the cases against F. Z.