The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-10

j Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Iverson yisite
relatives in Milaca over Sunday.
| The Dorcas society will meet mex
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. C. "A
Jack.
For Sale-Six weeks old pigs an,
some baled hay. w. H. Gebert, ,phon,
IS call Is. Route 2, Princeton. l6-1c
Go up to Milaca on Saturday ant
assist in the Victory celebration
the boosters in their good work.
Mrs. Fred Stimson of Pablo. Mont.
and daughter, Mrs. A. L. Davis. Of
Elk River are here visiting relatives.
Ole Iverson of Elk River was here
last week visiting his brothers. Christ
and Fred. Ole recently returned from
France.
H. A. Humphrey was for several
days confined to his home with a
severe attack Of influenza, but is i'm
proving. -
The Rum river is on it's annual
rampage and the bottomIands are
overf1owed-the old stream is roar
Ing, raging torrent. g,s.
The churches will hold Good Friday
services this year and ask all business
to be suspended between the hours
OF and 4 on Good Friday.
The rains of the past few days have
made it impossible for farmers to 20
upon their fields to do any work and
seeding in many sections has conse-
quently been retarded.
News has reached US from Baker,
Mont, that Emory B. Norton and Miss
Clara Perkins Dudley were married
at that place on April 9. The Union
extends congratulations.
There are stockings, sweaters and
scarfs to be knit for the refugee chill
dren of Europe. Call for the warn on
Tuesdays at the Red Cross work room
in the basement of the armory:
Main street is being subjected to a
process of scraping-the accumula-
lions of the winter where horses have
been standing and the mud are being
removed, and a great improvement is
being effected thereby.
The "Singing School," the greatest
farce of. the season, coming to the
armory on Friday evening, May 2.
Two hours of rollicking fun and good
music, with scores of take-offs on
well-known people of the town: Watch
the paper next week for program.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Jack and Mrs.
Kelly MRS. Jacks mother) returned
last week from sojourn in California,
Washington and other western states
and greatly enjoyed their trip. They
were royalty entertained by the
Princeton colony at Seattle, which
partook largely of the nature of a
family reunion.
Forrest McVicar arrived home on
Tuesday evening from France, where
he served with the 9th engineer
corps. Forrest was in three of the
bloodiest engagements of the war
the Argonne, Verdun and Chateau
Thierry drives-but came through
without receiving wound. He was,
however, gassed, and it will probably
take several months before he fully
RECEIVERS from the effects of the poison.
F. D. Waterman, president Of the
Elk River Power & Light company,
was here few days ago with one Of
his men looking over the field for ar
rangement of electric light poles.
Work, he says, will begin right away
on the project of installing poles (of
which nine carloads have been re-
ceived) betweAn Elk River and Prince
ton. He expects to have the system
complete-to furnish Princeton with
light and power by June 1.
We acknowledge a pleasant call
from the irrepressible Harvey Grimmer,
democratic diplomat and jolly good
fellow, hailing from St. Cloud in the
interest of the Fritz Cross company.
Harvey is"a broth of bly," and from
his name no one would ever accuse
him of being born in Ireland, but, he
wiped off the co." and added the
"mer," which, he admits, caused him
to get mixed up in several alterca-
lions during the recent unpleasant
ness with the Huns.
It is reported that a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Hamilton, who
recently went from here to North Da-
kota, died about two weeks ago from
influenza pneumonia She was 16
years old. The many friends of the
Hamilton family will be sorry to hear
Of their aff1iction. ;,
An announcement of the wedding of
Miss Claire Miller and William H.
Belize has been received. The cere-
mony was performed in St. Paul on
March 49,. Miss Miller was formerly
waitress at the Merchants hotel in
Princeton Mr.. and Mrs. Belize left
on Tuesday for Hadley, where they
will make their home.
The time of year is upon us when
everyone should clean up his premises
remove the winters accumulation of
ashes and rubbish from the back
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