The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-05-11
TOPICS OF A WEEK
photographic RESUME OF LOCAL
DOINGS.


DOlNGS.
Items Of More or Less Interest Con-
corning the People. the Business
and the Progress of the County and
and Town.
S. T.. Beede went to his homestead at
Rowland last night.
F.. w. Wakelin returned Wednesday
evening from Duluth.
Mrs. P. E. Aim visited the schools at
Tote and Lutsen this week.
The Willing Workers meet with Mrs.
Louis Engelson Tuesday afternoon.
c. H. Carhart has been IN Duluth and
the Twin Cities on business during the
past week.
At the council meeting Monday night
five dozen folding chairs we're ordered
purchased for the village hall.
Jas. Garrison who returned to Grand
Marais the first Of the week IS again in
his old position at the Broadway.
After next Monday the store of tie
GRAND Marals Mercantile company will
be closed at o'clock every evening ex-
cept Saturday.
Ed. Sterling left Thursday night to
go to his parents home IN Tennessee, he
having received word that his mother
is dangerously i'll.
According to the Two Ha:bors Iron
Trade Journal Beckman Bros. have been
awarded the new daily mail contract on
the Two Harbors- Grand Marais route
Seymour Mitchell and Louis Nichols
went to Duluth last Friday to visit at
the homes of their parents IN that city.
Mr.. Mitchell returned Wednesday night.
George Mayhem went TO Duluth
Thursday night, being called away by
news that his fat her, who went to Du-
luth two weeks ago, is quite sick IN
hospital there.
The owners of property fronting on
that portion of the street will build
sidewalk from the Grand hotel corner to
the post office, petition for that pur-
pose having been presented to the
council last Monday night
DR.. G. r. Budd, dentist, of Duluth
will be in Grand Marais for the next
week or ten days at the service of the
people of this vicinity. He comes at
solicitation of DR.. Hicks, who earnestly
recommends him TO those needing dental
work done.
Peter LaPlante was arrested for va
grancy Monday aud being taken before
Justice Howe was given ten days in
Jail. Sentence was suspended on con-
dition that lie leave town at once and
shall not return within six months. He
"hotfooted' it out of town.
Mrs. Wray, secretary, desires the
Harald to state that United Foresters
who desire to keep up their insurance
IN the order must hereafter forward
their assessments to Geo. W. Blann,
supreme secretary, hathaway building,
Milwaukee, Wis, all the officers of the
local court having resigned.
Fred Bramer visited his sawmiN prop
erty at DeYils Track lake Wednesday.
The snow having lowered sufficiently he
has started dray hauling timber to the
mill, which he will operate in modest
way this summer. Having leased his
saloon to Charles Backstrom and Olof
johnson be plans on building tempo
rary residence at the mill and will bring
his family there to spend the summer
John Lemier of this village and Miss
Augusta Beargrease of Beaver Bay we're
married in Duluth last week. Mr.. Le-
mier returned home Sunday night, his
bride being detained at Two Harbors by
the serious illness of her sister, who is
10 the hospital at that place. Mrs. Le-
m1er was in Grand Marais few months
last summer and is we'll and favorably
known here. The happy young couple
have the best wishes of large circle of
friends in this vicinity.
The Owl Club dance at tie village hall
Saturday evening was very pleasant
affair, at least so far AS was possible for
the management to make il. But the
attendance was not large enough to be
in full harmony with thu arrangement S
made for the ntertain ment, belug some
what Disappointing in this respect
Those who attended had very good
tine. The music furnished by John
Eliasen and E. H. Douglas was 0. K,
and supper was served, which was also
0. KID by the guests.
A man with /. we'll developed case of
smallpox came in on the America Wed
nesday evening from .Lutsen, where he
lad been working in Winters logging
camp. He stayed at the Broadway hotel
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