The Redwood gazette., 1918-09-04

party of ladies at an old fashioned
quilting bee Wednesday afternoon. A
number of Belview people were in
cluded in the party among them be-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Will Smith and the
Madames Ben Simpson and Sandager
After busy afternoon the guests
partook of delightful lunch
Mrs. T. Stevens entertained her
daughter in law, Mrs. Leslie Stevens
and son of Devils Lake. N. D. the
past week.
Miss Evelyn Pollard is visiting rel
atives at Redwood Falls this week.
Chas. Sasse held an auction sale
last Wednesday prior to his depar-
ture for his new home at Canada. The
car Of household goods and other
moveables were shipped Saturday.
Mrs. Sasse and children spent Sun
day the. guest of Mr.. Sasse's mother
at Sleepy Eye and Monday started
to join her husband on the journey to
their new location.
John Hanson and August Sonste-
by were at Redwood Falls Saturday
on business.
Edward Trester and daughter Luz
cile with Mr.. Gibbons enjoyed a pic
mic and an auto drive through am
sey Park the last of the week.
Frank Janotta is home for a short
furlough having arrived Saturday
from a camp at Brookings, N. D. He
is now associated with a dental corps.
George Parish and his brother who
are making an automobile tour and
giving open air talks on the streets
of the different towns they visit, gave
a spicy and convincing talk in behalf
of the Dry campaign which must win
out in November. Judging from the
appearance of the crowd the women
manifest most interest in the ques-
tion of National Prohibition. Next
Thursday Mr.. Hall will speak at one
o'clock on the street from an auto
mobile. He spoke here last spring
and those who heard him there pro-
nounced him, anything, but a dry
speaker Be sure to hear him.
Mr.. Sonsteby entertained his sis
ter Mrs. Sorenson and family also
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Peterson and
family of Sacred Heart Sunday.
The members of the National Guard
returned Thursday and Friday from
Tyler, where they had their first
taste of military life. The boys glad
ly did what they could to relieve the
people in the tornado stricken city.
Compared with the work of the
trenches in France, their discom-
forts while in camp without pillows
or blankets of any kind, is not to be
compared with the boys soldier life
cover there. However the four days
they spent at Tyler was of great
benefit to the boys as we'll as to the
citizens of the unfortunate town
Mrs. Alice Albrecht is in receipt
of most interesting letter from her
son Lester, who has been confined
for time in French hospital, but
at that writing was in an American
hospital, and expecting to be able
to join his battery on the field of
action in short time. The last ten
days Of his stay in the hospital proved
very exciting as the Boche lombard
ed the hospital for ten nights straight
and where ever those bombs light
they tear hole in whatever they hit.
One struck only seventy five feet
from the building he was in. 1t broke
all the panes out of the window and
shook the shutters off the hinges
He is only anxious to get it back on
the Huns and writes very hopeful
letter to his mother.
Mrs. Pauline Dahms received te-
legram, Friday night that her son
Reinhart had been severely wounded
in action. Mrs. Dahms has four sons
her all, fighting for the cause of dem
cracy. She hoping to hear from him
soon that he is on the road to recov-
cry.
Mrs. Will Stoltz and daughter went
to Waseca Friday on visit. Her
brother is home on a furlough and
they remained until Mr. Stoltz drove
down for them Sunday.