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Playa aud Players.

enNFhg picture. ~ the Willard Moran
~ ~ Nhil'on square Garden next sat
N trg,, ,hLih' VIII he displayed during the
'"p'ihs week at the park Theatre.
Ma Thompson, tho dancer In "Xatinks. -
uh' Forty fourth street Theatre. was
Epsiar"I IN for appendicitis NJ the Aston
TO- 'hi'n 81 during the matinee perform
X. SaiHriay. Tier place Is being nlied
" neon Kroner,
,ct"cH George has engaged Robert War
so,.r tl me roll" Of capt. Brdss6otad In her
R.nLoii.!hK production Of shaw's Captain
bss asso.'nd'" Conversion" Mr., .Wsrwtck
~ 'o' been seen on the speaking stsgc
s.et MS sppearence in the Frohmsn :
''."S'o production Of - Celebrated Case
~ ih' Shnb-rt Theatre tonight Joseph
~%LooAs viii revive Haddon Chsmbsrs's
PPhh"H1i, Pursuit." with y company inciudins
ju.an. Nsiison. Terry, Marie Tsmpsst.
snd Aontsgu Love. "
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WOMEN PLAN BEST
GERMAN FAIR DAY.
Want to Take In Record Re-
ccipts To-day. When They
Will Rule.
5000, 1000 RAISED so FARE

ANY mathematician who yaiI calculate
how many persons ~ takes ,o surround
Madison Square Garden. Standing If, u
lirc three abrcac; and packed togrihefr
AZ tightly as i,toplc III tho worst subway
crush. wi. Know how many were waiting"
az 10 o'clock last night to get into the
German bazlar Patiently they stood
until some of those inside departed and
made room for them to enter. Good
inmor ruled. AND th' pol cen.u who
guarded the lire. standing q ecw feet.
apart a.! the way around tho great.
building. apparently were not needed.
But they are OF hand every night now.
Did NC send for the reserves It t,.-
man repeated in answer to a question.
NO. We didn't send. Tlcy stay here
all the time row
Tile bazaar managers hardly hope 10.
pass tn" sl."nt,o Uo mark vii ih. r,cs-
ing Of 'he doors ON Thursday nlLh,, hut
more than $50" 00o has been taken in.
and u the willard Moran fieht could'
only hc postponed TIL next week Dr.
Emanuel Baruch. president OF tho ba-
zasr. is sure more than a million could
he realized. But the fight managers are,
! adamant. Every offer ON ~. part Of.
the to pay richly for - few
days grace has been rejected, and every
booth must b" cleared OF It's coutcrts~
by noon on Friday. Brtws.n Friday.
noon and Saturday noou the giant wort
OF tearing away the booths and o:hef
encumbrances mus, be- completed aud.
the place stripped for the hWp iish,.
To-day and to-morrow are bargain
DAYS. Dolls, t,di.g. piauns. ,u,omnhit...
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WILLS AND ~APPRAISALS.

MRS, ItNNlE T. Warbler Who 4i.l
IN Rrnuk.in "u January >. lcf' 4 ne ca
tate NJ s. i" 20 her son. frdNh ). Parher
ioiiN MoNAHri:, Who dlcd in RrooL
lpn "u April :, iylt eft \ gross estate
Of sioi.S+7. ~ which s3,Ss?. IL net. MARY
McNamc", tho widow, gets i!1o.o5",
Mary l.. sullivan. a daughter. tl1,sSA,
and John II. MCNanre, q SON. $iii,SSi
for Mo The folln" Ing Institutions GO
1000 caoh:. Holy Fami!v Hospital, So.
riety of 81 Vincent Il" Pau and ST Mary
Hospital Esther \. M"Name'. a s'stcr
gets ", 900; Joseph T. Smith. an cMployee
l 1000. and two sisters-iu-law $500 each.
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ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED.

The marriage OF Miss Elizabeth podds
Tut,lc, daughter IT Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
crick Bradley futile . Of Greenwich.
Conn, and John Carlisle Peet ~ Moline.
H.. will take place AT the brides home,
seven Oaks, Erookridge. next Friday
afternoon The Rev, NJ George Thomp-
son, re o Of Christ Church. viii ofici-
ate. 4 reception will follow. Mr., Peet
was graduated from Vale,
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In New York To-day.

Chamber OF Commerce. preparedness
meeting, noon.
National SECURITY League. meeting. Hotel
Aston. : =. VI.
Address On Care Of the Feeble Minded. -
by Joseph Z. Rivers. t05 East Twenty.
second street. i:l0 y. n
Address by Mrs Bertrand Russell o..
why English Women Need the Vote" 30
East Forticth street, I y. N.
Merchants conference on freight con-
Medico,Legal Society. meeting, Ansonia
Hotel. ., Nj,
University Forum Of America, address
by Miss Jenny Won Wildenrath. on "Ex-
periences Of y. sculptress." $50 West listh
street. at e;Se p. y.
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I;Iija Lincoln.

FORT BEANCI, Ind, March 9l.-El.Jai
Lincoln, a second cousin of Abraham
Lincoln. died here to-day at the age ~
81 He often expressed regret that he
had never me- hi il,ustrious relative
Mr. Lincoln was y veteran ~ tho civil
war and participated IN the Pixies Peak
gold rush of isA9,
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Miss Florence Hamhc.g. laughter OF
III. late Nj aud Mn, I.nr,iictus Ram.
berg, was married yesterday 10 Manus
=. k,ulnrnthal N tn" ballroom OF tine
Hotel =. Regis, The br.d" had her
cousins. Mrs Edward +. Mach ard Miss
Throl, R|umratha,. aa ler only attend
ants aAd Henry y B~luncr'h,l was Ms
BIO, he \ best man. After the wedding
el,uion therc was u reception
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Anna Pavlowa In n p~hotoplay called
..Thc Du,nb Glrl Of Portici' will follow
stop! Look Listen :" at the Globe The.
atre. opening Monday evening. April 3.
The current production comes 10 an end
SATURDAY night and the theatre will re-
main closed for a week. Thu picture. the
nr.t in which Mile. Pavlowa has ap-
nesred, II the product OF the Universal
Ftim Manufacturing Company.
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John A. Narsray"s, 30 wears Old, Of
la%1 Pacific street, Broohlyn. u 'ravcllinI
representative of the Union and Royal
Company Of -. townsville. died suddenly
on Monday III l't.ra, y, y, lie was a
member Of Anglo-S,Xon Lodge, No. 1877.
T., and \, NJ, and the Masonic club OF
Brooklyn, lie is survived b.! his wife
and two children.
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THE REV. THOMAS BRENNAN.
Former M Catholic bishop Of
Dallas Die In ItaIy.

R"Mr. March 2l,-'rh, Rev. Thomas
brennan, once Roman catholic bishop of
DALLAS, Tex, hH. del at G,otta t'crrata.
whore hc had resided siIc. lN?2
He was appointed T!tUiar Bishop of
CaSsIr"i IN 1909.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-22
Advcrtising Women Give Dance.

The League OF Advertising Women OF
New York held their fourth annual din
ner and dance In the Prince George
Hotel las, night, Herbert s. Houston.
president Of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World, welcomed the league
to membership In the organisation OF
which he 70 head.
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capt. George X. spencer.

capt. 'i.org" Il Sncnrrr, ~ years old.
for NOR" than th!r,y wears "A pilot OH
the Pennsylvania ferries between Jersey
Iiiy and Manhattan. died Yesterday in
hi. home. >: East Foriy-slXth street,
Bayomr II" * survived by his wife.
"A daugh,cr and three sous
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cuir>Go. Mtrrh .l,-property worth
81. 700. ZOO is diSposcd Of In n" vii. OF
Edward Grace, n local p!uu..r hotel
man, iIl"d t"r prohat" to-day. IT," bulk
of II" estate Is N~euuratari 70 a daugh-
ter. MrS. MarSUr"t l.. i'1r" % tins city.
Two charitable institutions 60, so, oo0.
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SIR CHARLES WYNDHAM
WEEDS MARY MOORE
English Actor. - Years Old.
i Married to His Lead.
ing Lady.

Special can, Dtspd'ch 10 TgE SLS.
LONDON. March 2i.-S!r Charles Wynd.
ham ard Miss Mary Moot were married
here today
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-28

weakness Of our navy. Titles are con.
structively showing how these weak.
nesscs Gun he rcmedicd. Paramount
operators were with the fleet ut Guam.
tanamO and the pictures they made
stamp my navy department in Picto.
graphs with absolute authenticity.
Misleading patriotism in the news.
papers, due To their zeal to support po.
lItIcal interests still appears, declaring
that our Navy can defy the world.
The launching Of II new ship is made
the occasion of n loud hurrah, just as
II that ship would make us invinclble.
In the fifteen years that have close
~ watched the incompetent growth OF
the Navy department Of the Govern.
mcnt 1t has cost us over n billion and
u half dollars. This is n half billion
more than the German Navy has cost,
which to-day Is the second Navy in the
world. The reason for this is obvious
enough. The German Navy is built for
War. with no political leakage. In
England, the Navy Is the pride Of the
British Nation. No political party has
dared to hide the details of its progress
from the people. The blunders of
Churchill as First Lord of the Ad.
mlralty were his official undoinG
"Why is the failure Of the admins
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IF the American fleet was com.
PEELED to meet the united squad.

STF the American fleet was com.
PEELED to meet the united squad
rOns of foreign sea power OF
the first magnitude. our fleet
would be annihilated. Wars today ARE
not won by personal bravery. They
are won before they are fought. They
are won by guns that can shoot farther
than your opponents. 10y ships that can
steam faster. by submarines that can
cruise farther from their base, by air
craft in sufficient numbers 10 give the
aeet scouting eyes. In many Of these
things the American navy Is deficient.
Among the fleets Of the world It is Il
poor fourth. 1t should he second. II
two-pOwcr navy for two ocean peo-
pie. Without such navy the diplo-
matte note becomes toy balloon"
D Pacing up md down his studio, Hen
~ Reuterlahl. who is we'll known as n
naval authority. was waving his arms
like the semaphorcs on hattlcship.
Henry Reutcrdahl. like n human
dreadnouGht in his huge frame equip,
ped with the most expert technical and
HGASOuhA hlbNltN-t VI NllN IllAAHAA
States Navy. during over fifteen years
Of personal acquaintance with its OIL
GERS and men, insists that our naval
strength is an anaemic struggling or
ganizauon. Casping for breath in the
strangle-hold politics has had upon It.
By his sincerity ms an artist he has be-
come the most expert painter Of mod
ern warships. and by his intimate
friendship with the men who manage
them at sea his opinion is sought when
1t is expedient 10 hear what he has to
say. He has recently accepted the po-
sition OF consulting editor Of the Para
mount Photographs, and Is editing n
weekly department Ia Photographs de.
signed 10 show the needs OF the Ameri-
can Navy.
His home on the Palisades overlook.
Ing the Hudson Is filled with accurate
models OF the battlcships and cruisers
of the American Fleet. He has warm
friendship with the officers of the
Navy, and is regarded by many OF
them as the most outspokcn com.
mentator on Navy matters in America.
"ueH WIS hShCu " IcHu my name
to the ideal and non political pur'
poses of these navy films for the Para,
mount Photographs" he said, II was
only too glad to be Of service because
II there is one subject OF vital impor
lance to the American people 1t is tho
necessity OF charging the American
Navy"
"Why?" he was asked.
First, because it is not powerful
enough to keep an enemy force from
landing on our shores.
Secondly, 1t is not prepared to meet
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trntion OF the United States Navy so
marked when compared to the Navics
OF Great Britain or Germany?
Civilians and Onions.
Because an incxplicablc tradition
has placed civilian ut the head OF
the American Navy. His POLITICAL
standing is never secret, and vet the
American people are so amiahlc that
they find no anachronism in this fact.
lie can do as he pleaScs II he wants
the ships painted red. he has only toI
issue the order and no one shall say
him nay. He can plaat onions on the
gun deck II he wants TO. or cover the
smoke stacks with clinging ivy. Tho
people wouldn't care. though they
might consider It amusing. There Is
no real patriotic pride in an efficient
navy in this country, and until there
is the same sort of diGniticd rcaliza-
ton Of our needs in this respect as
there Is in England. there will he po-
litical waste Of money. and unrcadi.
ness for war as far rs the Naval organ.
iZatiOn Is concerned. To he specific.
since. even in the midst OF the real war
demonstration we are getting lust now.
the subject may he brought home to
US forcibly. let me justify my claim Of
utter unpreparcdncss in case we were
called upon to defend ourselves. At
the minimum. we should have twenty.
seven dreadnouGhtS In active commits
sion. We have nowhere near that
,Uu,I,or VVo have oi.,bt W., hoo, 80,
battlcshIp equal in speed TO the Queen
Elizabeth. There Is not q single battle
cruiser in the Navy. The significance
Of this statement can he better under
stood when we realize that II England
had not been well supplied with bat
tie cruisers the German cruisers would
now he roaming the seas destroying
British ships. The speed Of the bat
! tie cruiser is its value. Two OF them
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Our Deficiencies.

can seriously cmbarrass nm entire enc
my fleet
Our Deficiencies.
"Wc are deficient in destroyers, with
out which II battIcship is helpless in Il
fog. OF the III we should have, there
are only some fifty.
AS show In Paramount Plcto.
graphs, our fourteen acroplanes for
naval scouting are nearly all useless.
Few of them are fit for extended active
service. The recent appropriation by
Congress of one million dollars for
aerOnautics is but drop in the bucket,
and we need ten times that. Germany
and England each have 400 aeroplanes
against our II.
How long have we been discussing
the uselcssncss of our submarines? No
evidence is lacking to prove that our
submarine force could not take the Of
fcnslve in n sea fight. Every naval
commander knows this, If Congress
and the people do not. And yet, the
submarine was born in America. In
Photographs show that we are short
OF hospital ships, Of mine swccpers.
The United States Navy can only boast
of two mine layers, none which was
built for the purpose. We are woeful.
ly short Of men. The Atlantic fleet
needs 1000 men and 300 officers. In
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great war in Europe there have been
spasmOdlc attempts in Congress to ex.
press the pressure OF public opinion.
Most of these efforts have been signal
failures.
Consider the result Of the Naval
Reserve Bill recently passed by Con.
Gress In the State Of New York alone.
There, where the greatest seaport in
America is situated only two appli.
cants appeared. There are now some
3O5 members throughout the land. The
reason for this may be asCribed to the
fact that sea fighting is no longer the
heroic adventurous career It used to ba
Life on sea fighting machine is today
chiefly the handling of machinery. Ne
men work harder than our naval OH.
GERS. The ratio in the American navy
is one officer to nineteen men: in the
German Navy it is one commissioned
officer to ten men. What future has
young officer in our Navy? Because 81
faulty legislation an ensign in the
Naval Academy cannot reach the grads
OF full lieutenant till he is forty"
The telephone rang.
Eyes, I'm working on 1t now" shout
ed Reuterdahl into the instrument.
1T was the Paramount people" hs
explained. Never saw anything like
these moving picture people-always in
rush. Here It's only Friday, and
they're yelling for my scenario due
on Monday. It's about the fightIna
power of the navy. Ships cannot
be created upon the eve of war.
Neither American pluck, Yankee cute.
ness nor the invention board itself can
do it. Realizing this. W. w. Hodkln.
son. President Of the Paramount Pic.
lures Corporation, has put all the
forces of his vast organization into the
fight for Preparedness.
DO your part. Write to your con
gresham and senator"
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the United States Navy. We are the
fourth Naval Power. and a weak one
at that. We are lacking in everything
that we should have, in drcnduoughts,
in scouts, in cruisers. our submarines
are almost crippled even In sham ma
ucuvcrs such rs we last year demon.
stratcd IN theoretical display against
an imaginary enemy supposed to land
on the Atlantic coast our dcstroyCrs
are too few. SO is the auxiliary equip
mcut Of golfers. tenders, hospital ships.
etc. Above all, there are not even
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unnecessary Navy Yards where votes
are nm asset has made the department
top heavy with waStcful establish.
mcnts. Germany has but three Navy
Yards. We have eleven. 1t cost ST.
100000 more to build n dreadnought in
u Navy Yard than in n private ship
yard.
Civilian Inoffieieney.
Briefly. these are some OF the mis-
takes We are making. 1t is because
believe that the American people
should know these facts that am OK
crting myself in talk and through Par.
amount Photographs to open their eyes.
These faults are not due to the per-
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enough of the Indifference with which
the menace Of this appropriateness is
regarded 10y Congress. There never
was time in the historr OF the United
States when we needed to be aroused
to the shame of the material INSULT
cheney of our Navy as now, and that
is why am availinG myself Of the op-
portunity TO draw the attention of the
public to the matter in the Paramount
Photographs. ON the screens Of thou.
sands OF theatres are being flashed the
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successfully any other first powered
foreign Fleet that might challenge us.
Thirdly, our Navy is absolutely In.
capable Of holding the supremacy of
the seas in defence of the Monroe Doc.
trine or anywhere on our own coast.
1t is no use sugcrcoating the cold facts
as they exist in the present records of
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Crippled Submarines, Insufficient DerOyers, Lack OF Battle
Cruisers Are Discussed Without Sugar Coating by the Noted
ArtSt'Wrer-The Hitting Average Of the Fleet Year Ago
Was So Far Below Far That the Public Was Wisely Kept In
ignorance of IT, Declares Reuterdah - His Constructive
Criticism of Our Naval Policies Vsuazcd In ParamOunts
eliminated Magazine on the Screen"
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sonnet OF the service, but these are the
blunders made by political sclfshncss
and Congress our officers and the
men are burdened with civilian inef-
ficiency. Political dishonesty is behind
the whole mess Of incompetence, and
the people should wake up to 1t. 1t is
true that since the outbreak of the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-28

Henry Reuterdahl, the Well Known Naval
Authority, Foresees AnnihiIatiOn For Our
Fleet. He Says 1t Is Lacking In Every
thing 1t Should Have.
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can seriously cmbarrass nm entire enc
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-01-07
Llne/Janesfown
A happy New Year to all

A happy New Year to all.
Mr.. and Mrs John Miller were
Christmas shoppers at Mankato
Thursday. -
Charles Forster drove to Man
kato Friday.
Mrs. Albert Lentz left for Missouri
Thursday where she will spend
Christmas with her parents. Mrs.
Lentz intends to be absent about six
weeks.
Miss Hattie Oehler had been on the
sick list the first Of the week.
Mrs. Charles Forster, Sr. and
grandchild, Mirelda Magin, spent
Saturday and Sunday in Mankato.
Hattie Oehler called on her cousin
Miss Manda Koch, last week We'd
nesday.
Matt and Alloys Rausch, who are
offending school in WinoIa and St.
John are home for their Christmas
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Hilgers and
family autoed to the home of Jack
Fox and family Saturday evening to
spend the evening.
Mr. Frank Mention and Miss Hattie
Oehler drove TO Mankato Thursday.
Among those who spent Sunday at
the home of Mrs. William Oehler
were, Walter Oehler OF Mankato and
Mrs. Herman Schultz and Otto
Schultz Of Limetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. AdOlph Oehler and
family spent Christmas with their
DAUGHTER, Mrs. L. P. Dueller ard
family.
Mrs. Cerdillia Gyno of Minneapo-
lis spent Monday with Mrs. William
Oehler.
Charles Forster, ST., drove fine
lot of hogs to Madison Lake Monday
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Butternut Valley
From Mondays Daily,

Stephen Hustoft, who recently re-
turned from Saskatchewan, is down
with the grip. Carl Marsteen is also
confined with the same ailment and
numerous others have it in milder
form.
Miss Olga Hansen of Oak Grove
seminary at Fargo, N. D., was taken
i'll with rheumatic fever while here for
the Christmas vacation with her par
ents.
Watch night was observed at the
town hall, the young folk having pro-
vided program and oyster supper for
those present.
Miss Edna Martinson of Lake
Crystal spent New Years with Mr..
and Mrs. Ole Hansen.
Among the New Year resolutions
of which we have heard this one will
commend itself to the public: Net to
rubber on the phone.
Mrs. Emil Larsen returned from
the Emmanuel hospital at Mankato
last week. She submitted to an opera
| ton for appendicitis while there.
Several citizens were in Mankato
last week attending the Welsh Chris
tian EndeaVor convention, among
them being w. E. Jones and John B.
Jones. The latter presided at the
| meetings.
J.. e. Owens attended ."The Birth
of a Nation" while at Mankato Thurs
day.
John l.. Jones of Lime Springs
| Iowa, but formerly of this town, is
visiting his brothers and friends here
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Kabrud visited
with friends at Mankato a few days
| last week.
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and family were entertained at six
o'clock dinner at the home of Mrs.
Ella Weber al Lake Washington last
Friday.
Mrs. c.. Johnson and sister Hanny
Heersma were guests of Miss Jennie
Cook Tuesday.
Miss Bernice Davidson arrived in
this village Friday from Minneapor
lis on visit with the 3. t. Henton
family
Rev George Fryich Of LIE Sueuf
held services at the German Luthc-an
church at this place Sunday Iaorat
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Ponwith and
family visited with St. Peter relatives
last Sunday.
Miss Hazel FlLwers arrived homo
from Tracy last "Wednesday 10 spend
the holidays with ler parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Flowers.
Mrs. w. w. Flowers is confined
to her home with grippe this week /,
Elmer Goldsmith and family were
entertained at the Charles Cheadle
home Christmas.
Miss Lillian Ponwith was a guest
of Miss Laura Hurst Wednesday aft :
ernoon and evening. Mrs. e. Gam
bold of lie Sueur Center was a guest
of her sister, Mrs. Theodore McPeck
several DAYS the past week.
Miss Katherine Kelly Of st. Paul is
q guest of the Misses Nellie and Mar
garet Burns during the holidays
Mr.. and Mrs. William Elliott, Mr.,
and Mrs. John Person of Montana
arrived at this place a few days ago
and are visiting among old time
reighbors and relatives.
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Mapleton

Since the fire Tuesday morning the
Farmers Equity and Mr.. I. A
Lownes have been busy making plans
for handling their trade AS soon as
the insurance has been adjusted, the
debris will be cleared away and Mr. !.
Lownes will build temporary build
ing covered with sheet iron and in
stall pitless scale for handling the
feed and -four business Two steel
tanks and portable elevator will be
in readiness to handle grain in a
weeks time This will take care of
their business for the present and
give time for the future permanent
improvements.
William Healy of Glenburn, N. D.,
is here to visit his son, Rosco, who
attends our high school and other
relatives.
Norman Dobie spent few days
with his parents.
Many people from Mapleton are
taking in "The Birth of a Nation" in
Mankato this week.
Mrs. l. A. Lownes and children
returned Tuesday evening from a
ten DAYS visit to her parents at Nor
| folk. Neb.
DR.. and Mrs. Mccormack of Win
nebago are at the DR.. L. W. Krueg
er home.
A baby boy was born to Mr.. an6
| Mrs. Ed. Severson.
Miss Ruth Hall is visiting Miss
Alice Bomberger.
The RurnS o1uh will hold tho;,
program at the. Congregations
lchurch and the banquet in the base
ment of the church, January %.