The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-12-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Becht0ld Of near Wa
basso were Redwood Falls shoppers
Tuesday.
August Nell is the most recent pur-
chaser Of Columbia Grafonola Of the
lLauterbach Bros.
Representative "A. j. Praxel and
Miss Johnson of Lamberton were
Redwood Falls business visitors Tues
day.
There will be no sewing at the Red
Cross rooms next week since that is
i q holiday week. Regular work will
be resumed the week after.
There will be C. o. F.. meeting
| (tonight) Wednesday evening, Deem
Der 10, instead of Thursday. Mem
bers are requested to be present.
The public schools will close Fri
day for the Christmas holiday Of two
weeks, opening again January Z. The
teachers will leave for their respec-
tive homes Friday night or Saturday.
The Christian Endeavorers will hold
a food sale Saturday afternoon, De-
cember %, at the E. A. Pease hard
ware store. Come and get something
really good for your Sunday din
] ner. zl-lt
Rev. N. de M. Darrell, who has
been absent from Redwood Falls sew
eral months doing educational work
for his church, will arrive the last
Of this week to spend the Christmas
holidays with his family here.
Miss Doris Chisholm, who is
teacher in the schools Of st. Paul,
will come the last Of the week to
snend a part of her Christmas vaca-
tion at the home Of her uncle, A. u.
McRae. Miss Chisholm's home IS
| in Michigan.
It looks like a good many farmers
in this vicinity will go without mail
| service this winter when the roads
become blocked by snow on account
Of the weeds. In many places the
weeds along the roads are flve feet
high and cover the entire highway
excenting a narrow track for team
| to travel. Don't blame the Garner
! or the postoffice department Tor not
delivering your malt is not their
| d1tv to destroy weeds.-Sanborn Sen
tinel. g.
All members of the Pythian SIS,
tiers are requested to be at the hall
promptly at eight o'clock Wednesday
evening for the regular meeting. 1t
4 desired that the regular work may
he disposed of promptly and IN ORDER
that this be done the meeting must n ,9
called promptly at eight O'Clock; Al
members are also requested TO prlng
their Red Cross knitting, or otner
work which they may be dong Tor
this order. The assessment OF Sl;oo
made at the last meeting for the war
| Fund should also be paid at this meet
! ing if it has not been paid before.
Order your flowers and ice cream
| for Christmas NOW, at Lauterbacn
Bros. The earlier the orders, the bet
| ter the service. Do 1T NOW. 22-lt
The next issue Of the Gazette will
be published early Monday afternoon,
December "a, instead of Tuesday al
ternoon, December 25, in order that
the Gazette force may be free for
Christmas Day. Therefore all adver-
Using must be in the Office Saturday
or early Monday and news items the
same. That paper will be in the local
Office Monday night and will reach
! the out-of-to readers at the usual
time Wednesday. Don't be dlsap-
pointed if material sent in Monday is
1 too late for use. Our correspondents
are urged to mail their letters not
later than Saturday.
Last Sunday evening Mrs. A. +.
Kuske met with an accident that
caused her great deal of suffering
| for a number Of days. Goirg into the
basement of her home witt lighted
| candle her waist became ignited from
the flame and before she could extin-
guish the blaze her shoulders and
arms were quite badly burned. AS
soon as her waist caught f1e, Mrs.
Kuske rushed upstairs and sfn 1thered
! it with heavy towel and bit for her
presence of mind her injuries Would
!! have been much more severe and
possibly fatal. Her friends will be
pleased to learn that she is recover
| ing rapidly and will soon be her hale
and hearty self again.-Sleepy Eye
Dispatch.
Order your flowers and ice cream
| for Christmas NOW, at Lauterbach
Bros. The earlier the orders, the bet
ter the service. Do 1T NOW. 22-lt
The schools of the county are do
! ing their bit for the Red Cross IN
MANY WAYS several districts having
taken up the Junior Red Cross in
great seriousness. $4,000 of the sum
Melted by the school taught by Miss
Mary Allan at the entertainment last
week was donated to the county chap
ter, the school at Shutdown contrib
uted $500, and the school in Dist. No.
%, taught by Miss Mary Conkling,
gave $780, The pupils at Vesta
are working, and working hard, for
the dollar memberships. Mrs. Pratt
reports that during her recent visit
at this school four little girls from
the primary department. made the
rounds of all the rooms singing a
song, the words Of which rad been
composed by themselves, regarding
the membership. The schools of Miss
Allan and Miss Conkling have oigan-
lied Junior Red Cross branches.
The Redwood Falls Fire depart
ment in giving its annual benefit ball
on New Years eve according to GUS
tom, is Offering something new in
the way Of musicians, the music
to be furnished by the Ladies' Or
chestra from Benson. The orchestra