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Annual Reception.

The annual reception OF the Wo-
mans Club, an event Of the earlier
hours OF New Years eve, was q delight.
full event and was attended by many
club members and their friends. Tho
event was held at the club apartments
in the Fleming building and the hours
were from $50 until $50, the earlier
hour having been chosen to avoid con.
flict with the military ball also an
event Of last night.
The guests were greeted on their
arrival by the president, Mrs. George
DeBolt together with members OF. the
executive board including Mrs James
A. Meredith and Mrs. Frank Richie,
vice presidents, Mrs. e. c: Jones, re.
cording secretary, Mrs w. !. Lydic,
corresponding secretary, and Mrs.
Charles Kebb, treasurer.
!" CHRISTMAS bells, holly, poinsettas,
and other kmblems Of the holiday sea
son were combined in an attractive
decorative scheme, the Christmas col.
ors beingEalso the colors Of the Wo-
mans Cluo, rcd and green. Red car
nations, tie club flower, and red shad-
ed candlet ornamented the serving to
BILE which was presided over during
the evening by Mesdames Edwin For
rest Harley, Francis E. Nichols, w.
s. Mayer, and J. Walter Barnes.
Others assisting in entertaining were
Mesdamef Frank P. Hall, R. NJ. Hite,
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BYEBETTYGB BROWN. ttt..
TheSprincesssw will come into its own
kgRinSasR soon asswinter coats are set
ksides Palm Beach and many 9th:
81 fa4liionab BILE resorts where Dame
Fash4dn nov holding high carnival
The princess Is more popular for out
door wear than the two piece suit.
Just to giyefyou an advance hint Of
Whit tie princess will be like,
made this Sketch of the Palm Beach
princess designed; by Nine. Reichert
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sEntertained Erlenda.

0fAtiss Clara Fleming entertained
number Of friends at watch party
lost night ct her home on Mount
NelnpnGavenue:l The guests were en-.
tertained by games and refreshments
were IsaIHd. tSli !.GEFifSt Til u G;it
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SReturned ! From Vacation.

SUPERINTENDENT Of Schools Otis G.
Wilson; Mrs Wilson and son, have re.
turned from Harrisville, where they
had spent Christmas, at the home of
the former. They were accompanied
Stella wilson, who is their guest for
several weeks.
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Miss Naomi Henner delightfully."- en-
teEtatnedi la number ofifriends iast:eve.
ring ats her home on Cleveland avenue
at&a watch party. Games and music
we're diversions and refreshments
were served. ---I-
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I u Noe seho.,Ie!

Mo Hartley and her house
ytkuest, Misc Mary Harsh, of Birming-
fam. Alabama, leave Monday for
Northampton. Mass, where they will
resume their studies at Smith Col
ieges They have been honor guests at
/ number OF events during their Wis;
Il "a the home OF BIiss Hartley's par.
enfss Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Forrest
HARTLEY: on Fairmont avenue.
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Gard Of Thanks.

Mr.. William A. Moore,
President OF the Young Mems Fl
nance Club of Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Dear Sfr:--I take this means Of ex'
pressing my appreciation for the kind
ness Of yourself and others for the
many good things you sent me as a
Christmas surprise.
May the prayers Of widow be with
each and every one. Wishing you a
merry Christmas and a happy new
year, an old time-wish with an ever
new meaning.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs Ophelia Leel
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LOCAL. s0GIAlI e IS

/ Misses Sue Watson and Ann Borgess.,
E3Edessrs. sAs ~ CoIbornN and Frank g:
Haymondl attende ed the assembly, dance
at the Waldo in cla rksburg last night.
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PresbyterIap Legion Meeting u
The Freshly esiana Leg Jon VIII meet |.
on Monday at.ernoon at 2: 20 y oel9 ,ss
Of the membership is desired: H
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Notice..

All officers and members Of Mt.
City Lodge No. 1888, G. U. o. OF o. F.
are requested to meet at the Hall Mon
day evening for the election Of officers
j. o. Heath, P. s.
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The regular meeting if the Art and
Literature departments Of the Wo'
mans Club will be held in January
II instead of January 8 as scheduled.
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y Q . .
Watch Party

Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Michaels enter
tained at a. watch party last even
ing at their home on First street. The
evening was very pleasant one and
was enjoyed by number OF friends
Attended Assembly Dance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Chambers
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fotients at Falrmont Farms

Mr.. and MRS. Arthur Burke Koontz,
nee Sipe;whose marriage was an event
at Fairmont Farms on December. 10;
are here en- route to Charleston from
their wedding journey. which tnclu"
ded a visit at Lake Placid, n. y. They
are guests for the week end at Fair
mont Farms.
Golden Wedding Anniversary Today
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown, well
known residents OF the East Side, are
today. celebrating their Golden We'd
ding anniversary at their home. Their
marriage was solemnized in 1886 in
Hazelton, Pa, and they had been resi-
dents OF the vicinity for about twenty
years. Their children and a number of
grandchildren are here for the event,
the children being Adam Brown, OF
Shenandoah, Pa; Richard Brown, OF
Alexandria, Ala; John Brown, OF De-
troit, Mich; Mrs. "A. Wrick, OF Cum
bertrand, Md; Arthur Brown, Mrs. r.
Mitchie, Mrs. Will Hunsaker and Miss
Dayinyet Brown of this city. This az.
teTnoon Mr.. and Mrs. Brown are hold
ing a reception at their home, invita-
lions for which were issued week
ago. A large number OF guests will be
entertained. Among other out Of town
guests here for the event are Mrs
George Marshall, OF Shamokln, Pa, q
cousin of Mrs. Brown; Mrs. w. r
Riggs, son and daughter Of Pitts
burgh, Mrs. Riggs being niece OF
Mrs. Brown, with whom she resided
for number Of years; and Mrs. Adam
Brown and four children Of Shenan.
doah. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown are the
grandparents of fifteen grandchildren
and two REORGANIZATION.
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John Cook was host last evening
~ the Bicycle Rangers club at his
home on Fairmont avenue. The
guests included Paul Jones, Forest
HARTLEY, Albert Kelley, Robert Watson
JamtHon Meredith and Sylyanus Wat
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Entertained Links cIasa.

Mrs. Mildred Donham entertained
Links Class of the Diamond street NJ.
E. Church last evening at an attrac-
lively appointed watch party at her
home on the East Side.
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Entertained Club.

Mrs. Reuben Holbert was hostess
Thursday evening at her home at
Edgemont to the sewing club of
which she is a lmember. The organiza.
tor, which isI composed OF residents
OF Edgemont, is a popular one and the
entertainments are greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. Ho1bert was assisted in enter
tanning by her daughter, Miss sina
Holbert. III
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Entertained Friends.

me members OF the M B. G.. club,
d popular organization OF young ladies
deIfghtfully ptertained their friends
Inst evening at q watch party at the
home 81 Miss Florence LeMasters on
watson avenue. Games and music
werothe diversions OF the evening and
refreshments were served by the host
The8decorations were carried out In
tie Christmas scolors, red and green,
and other appointments were in keep
Ing with the holiday spirit. The
guests; who remained until the new
wear was We1comed in included the
sAfisseslss Halter Bosserman, Leona
Goodenough, Ruth, Bertha and Doro
thy Wi1derman, Josephine and Paul
Inc Snid Ter and the hostess, Messrs
Robert Richards; William Nuzum
Hummer sHaskins, oron Bell Charles
IetreyB,F John Jones, Paul Ice, Arthur
Nelson and Lester Arnett.
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FRO-AAERIGAN news
BY James 9. Heath.
AFRo.AMERIcAN NEWS
Trinity NJ e. Church
Rev. M. F. Hayling, PASTOR.

NV. We = : a'lISSAJ -. ~ = 80 =.
Morning service at IL A. NJ. Sun
day school at P. NJ. Evening service
at s 'P.' NJ.
: All are cordially invited to attend
the above service.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-02-03
Olof Stjernquist, Blanche Pierson, Ell
la Hendrickson and Grace Lily.

Olof Stjernquist, Blanche Pierson, Ell
la Hendrickson and Grace Lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Weeks spent Sun
day at the Frank Weeks home.
Pete Berg is working for Holms.
We are glad to hear Ruben Nor
berg is improving.
Elmer Anderson was Sunday Wis
itor at the Weeks home.
Nellie and Florence Chilstrom spent
Sunday at Aug. Rust's.
Pete Lyndel went to his home in
Cambridge recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sjodin spent Friday
at Karlin's.
Saturday evening visitors at Stern
quist's were Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Rust, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Rust, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Rust, Mr.. and Mrs. P. Levine,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Karlin and Mr.. and
Mrs. P. Berg.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Peterson arrived
here Monday night from st. Paul to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. i. N. Berg and
family few days.
Alice Crist spent Saturday after
noon at the Weeks home.
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ing recently hadno effect on the right
of these children in our school, and
only a few were out at the meeting
Peter Haggberg of Redtop spent a
couple of days here the first Of the
week.
The Busy Bees held their annual
meeting at C. Swanson's last Satur-
day afternoon. The following Off
GERS were elected: Mrs. N. A. Almer,
president; Miss Magma Sollen, vice
president; Miss Fife Carlson, secre-
tatry and Miss Jessie Haggberg treas
urer.
LA. Nelson, the local potato buyer,
left for the south with a couple of
carloads Of potatoes the last of the
week.
The farmers south of town are get
ting out telephone poles and will erect
the new line as soon as the work can
be done. in the spring.
Andrew Peterson was appointed as
clerk of the school board to fill the
unexpired term of Nels Berg who has
resigned.
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Who's Who?

A-Stands for amiable, absent-minded.
Islands for everlastingly easy.
G-Stands for getting the giggles.
Islands for jawing 'em down.
Islands for laying it on.
M-Stands for maxim 'em wor.x.,
R-Stands for rubin it in.
S-Stands for squelching the fun
Vanity, vanity, all is vanity. # you
don't-believe it, watch the senior boys
come out Of English w.
Superintendent Thompson and Miss
Spencer of the Milaca schools, togeth-
er with the normal class, attended the
conference of Normal departments,
held in the Armory Friday, Jan. %:
Students were also in attendance. A
banquet was served and social and
educational program was rendered. A
most profitable time is reported.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-02-03
The Cherokee Tribute Stone,

There are. Of course. stairs running
up the inside of the Washington fmonu.
ment. but few people walk up the
stairs. Of course there are stones set
in the wall by different states that are
well worth the climb, but at sunset
time the majority of folk think that it
is better to ride. There is so much to
see in our capital and feet, are only
feet. AS the elevator crawls up one
sees the New York stone. the Ohio
stone. the Kansas stone and many 9th
ers. One sees a blurred stone labeled
"The Cherokee Nation" Somehow that
stone depresses a few people. for the
White man has done little for his In.
dian brother in return for his land, his
game. his dying race-Lis memorial
acknowledgement E. Sangster, Jr... in
Christian Herald.
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"Women's Tongues" Of Nassau.

You emerge from the custom house.
she'd" of Nassau Of the Bahamas into
the warm, spicy murmur of the negro
thronged street that tells you that you
are in the tropics. This murmur you
soon perceive is compounded Of curl
Gus soft shuff1ing Of feet-the effect Of
the loose down at heel shoes or slippers
affected by the negroes--the SOFT COO
ing darby voices. patheticaily childlike
and friendly, to which note of ex-
hilaration is added by a breezy rat
Ting overhead that puzzles you till vow
discover it's origin in the great bean
pods Of the poinciana trees. "Women's
tongues" the natives call them. be-
cause Of their keeping up this continu-
GUS streamlike chatter even on the
stillest day.-Richard lie Gallienne in
Harper's Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-02-03
MYSTERY OF STEEL
Our Modern Civilization Is Based on =
Freak of Nature.

Our Modern Civilization Is Based on q
Freak of Nature.
If it were not for one tiny, cratic
break in natures orderly progression
we should never have had the ma
chinery that has brought about mod.
ern civilization. For we should not
have had steel. 1t .isatrue we should
have had iron, but pure iron is almost
useless. 1t is only when a small guam
tity of carbon is added to it that it
becomes hard enough to take cutting
edge. Then it is called steel.
Why steel hardens is an unsolved
problem. The Scientific American re-
produces some extracts from an adj
dress before the British Institute Of
Mechanical Engineers. delivered by
Professor Arnold who has for many
years been investigating the chemical
and mechanical relations between iron
carbon and other metals. and Sir Rob
ert Hadfeld's experiments that called
attention to this "break" in the order
Of nature which alone makes steel pos
sibIe
Nickel and cobalt are SO closely re-
lated to iron in their properties and in
their position in the periodic classified
tion-atomic weights. specific gravity,
.fusing point and valence being almost
the same-that it might be expected
they would behave identically when
united with carbon. Not so. however
Sir Robert Hadfeld found that when
the "steeP' made of nickel and cobalt
was heated or hammered the carbon
came out Of the composition and was
precipitated as graphite. If iron be-
haved this way tool steel would turn to
cast iron as soon as heated. And it is
on the fact that it does not-t'a seem.
ingly quite erratic departure on ma
lures part from her orderly PLAN
that modern manufacture is founded
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LIVONIA.

Mr.. Thielke who has spent some
time at the Oscarson home, left Sat-
urday.
Roy Van Ganderen drove out to
Blue Hill Sunday afternoon, taking
Miss Laura Lynch back to her school.
Estella Schumacher went to Zim-
norman Monday afternoon to speak
at the entertainment held there last
evening.
There is no school in District No. ii
this week as the teacher, Mrs. Pierson,
is ill.
Zelma Leonard came home from
Zimmerman Saturday afternoon and
remained with the home folks until
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mr.. Welse Lutte and daugh-
ter, j. G. Gramhill and daughter, Mar
tina, and Mr.. Hauge spent Sunday af-
ternoon at the w. Truax home.
Visitors at Jas lifts Sunday were
Aug. Berger and family, Phil john
son, Miss Guptil and Clarence En-
mons.
There will be services in the Nor
wegian church Sunday afternoon at 8
o'clock.
The party at the G. T. James home
Wednesday, night was largely attend
ed in spite of the storm and bad roads.
The majority of the crowd were mar
ried couples so we understand and
that the young men present were
greatly disappointed at there not be-
ing more "janes" present. We won
der if they expected the young ladies
to ford the snow banks alone.
The Norwegian Ladies' Aid will
meet at John Gramhill's Monday after
noon, Feb. 7th. Everyone is welcome:
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LOFTY ACoMA.
Strange Indian Village Perched High
Up In the Air.

Strange Indian Village Perched High
Up In the Air.
Perched on the top of great rock in
the neighborhood Of 300 feet high
stands Acoma. in New Mexico, in some
respects the strangest village in this
country. Acoma is an Indian settle.
ment Of some GOO, people and means
1.-THE people Of the rock" Though the
founding of the village is lost in the
mist Of antiquity, it is supposed the
Acoma Indians chose this site as
measure Of safety against the warlike
Apaches and Navajos of their day
Their selection was made with ad
mirable Judgment, for the walls of the
rock are almost perpendicular.
The earliest Spanish explorers found
the tribe settled securely in their natu:
raj fortalice. Acoma has remained de
lightfully untouched by the influences
Of Spanish and American civilization.
These Indians are quite we'll to do in
sheep and cattle. which are pastured
on the grazing lands of the valley.
where summer villages are located and
where the minimum of effort is Re.
,quired to care for the focks and herds.
Although less than twenty miles from
railroad, the village is comparatively
unknown.
The natives do not care for curious
visitors. They do not wish to be stared
at and photographed. Nevertheless.
the irrepressible tourist with his cam.
era occasionally scales the sleeps that
baffled the Navajo. Nowadays it is no
longer practicable to suppress him with
a tomahawk. so the Acoma are philo-
sophically making the best Of a bad
job by collecting So day for camera
license. The gray adobe village peers
from its eyre over miles Of gray plain
dancing in the glare of burning sun,
broken only by the sheer outlines of
buttes and mesas.-Argonaut
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MARvELs OF ACCURACY.
Wonderful instruments In Uncle Sans
Bureau of Standards.

Bureau OF Standards.
Standing on one of the many high
hills that fringe the nations capital is
group of buildings that house one of the
greatest aggregations Of wonder work
ers in the new world. In their en-
chanted chamber truth makes fiction
seem tame and commonplace, Men
make fairies appear. weak. insipid and
impotent as doors Of strange things.
Entering. one may see grain Of
sand become a mountain, an inch be-
come a mile. an unappreciable zephyr
become bowling storm, the football
of fly become the laundering tread
of draft horse upon a thrashing floor
the heat Of a candle a roaring furnace.
the unperceived warmth of star
cheering Preside and the pressure Of
a finger the force of thousand giants
In one.
These enchanted chambers are the
creation of the United States bureau
Of standards.
Here can be seen instruments of
such delicacy and precision that the
mind at first fails to grasp the full sig
nifcance of what they can accomplish.
In one room is balance so sensi-
tive that the mere presence of the op-
orators body generates an amount Of
heat sufficient to disturb it's accuracy.
In another there is one so deiicately
adjusted that it shows the loss of
weight due to the reduction of the
earfh's attraction when two pieces Of
metal are weighed one upon another
instead of side by SIDE
Remarkable beyond the Imagination
are the heat measuring: instruments
which register infnitesimal fuctua-
tons Of temperature. A ray of light
may have started ten years ago from
some distant star and may have spent
all Of those ten years hurting earth
ward bound through space at gait
so astounding that it could girdle the
globe in far less time than it takes to
blink the eye. Yet when it falls upon
the sensitive bolometers at the bureau
of standards they will tell the OBJ
server how much heat that ray brought
with it from the star to the earth.
Such are a few Of the most delicate
instruments. But there are others
which are as powerful as they are SEN
sitive.
In the engineering laboratory there
Is huge testing machine which can
tear apart the strongest steel Orders
used in building great .skyserapers-
while on the floor above are little cleo
trical furnaces capable Of GENERATING
heat intense enough to melt the most
refractory materials. The bureau can
measure accurately cold great enough
to liquefy the very air we breathe and
heat which can melt solid rock.-Na-
tional Geographic Magazine. :
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The Human. Voice.

You may find two persons who re-.
semble each other You may find them
OF the same size and weight and COM
plexion-and disposition, But you will
never find two whose voices are the
same. For there seems to be that
about human voice which is indivit..
ual, never to be copied, never to be re-
sembled by any other
There is not another person upon the
whole earth whose voice could deceive
you as being the voice of nm acquaint-
ance, whether you catch only few
faint whispers or hear it distinctly
Columbus Dispatch.
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ZIMMERMAN.

The Social club will meet with Mrs.
w. R. HURT on Wednesday evening of
next week.
Mr.. Berglund and Henry Swanson
went to Minneapolis Tuesday to at
tend the auto show.
Martin Swanson of Minneapolis is
here visiting relatives.
VIM. Swanson has sold his pool room
and dwelling house and the buyer will
take possession sometime this week.
Will and his family moved into the
Mrs. Strong house.
Mrs. H. Swanson went to Minneapo-
lis last Thursday to order goods for
their spring trade.
John Keddy is staying with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jos. Cohoes. Mr.. Keddy's health
is very poorly.
b Mrs. Stevenson Of Blue Hill came up
on the evening train Friday. She had
been in Wisconsin to see her mother
and sister who were very i'll.
Marvel Walker came down from
Princeton Saturday and remained
with her sister, Mary, until Monday
evening.
Prayer meetings are being held this
week.
Mrs. Geo. Deane arrived here last
Friday evening from Arizona to visit
her sister, Mrs. H. j. Mickelson.s Mr..
and Mrs. Mather also visited atsMick-
elson's last week. Mrs. Mather is a
sister Of Mrs. Nicholson
j. o. Nyberg went to Minneapolis
last week.
The school entertainment held Mon
day evening for the benefit Of the
school proved a great success. The
program rendered by the school child
rem and others who kindly participate
ed, was greatly enjoyed by those who
were fortunate enough to attend. Con.
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LONG SIDING

Gust Thornquist was taken to the
Northwestern hospital on Tuesday to
have an operation for tumor.
Don't forget the Farmers Club
meeting in the East schoolhouse, No A.
A good program is promised.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thornquist enter
Etained few young people from this
vicinity on Saturday evening. Dane
ing and card playing were the amuse-
ments of the evening.
Clara Larson was able to take up
her school studies again last week at
Princeton.
There were two young men from
here who must have had very i'm
portant business west on Sunday. AS
there was no way Of getting out of
here in rig they went on snow shoes.
Albert Anderson has sold his pool
room and restaurant to Arthur Lar
son.
The Farmers shipped carload of
cattle this week.
We are very sorry to hear M. A.
Carlson is laid up with la grippe.
What is the attraction down the
line, Harry? You must have a tie
pass as you are seen walking down
the track quite often. ~ 81
Bernard Uglem spent Sunday in
Milaca
Ole Peterson, father Of N. p. Olson,
returned to his home in Rush City on
Tuesday.