The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-02

H. G. Sehnaall was business visit
| or in the. twin cities last week.
| r. C. Ochs of Delhi transacted bust
ness in Redwood Falls, Monday.
The Priscilla Glass of the Methodist
Church met Monday evening at the
home of Mrs. T. A. Whittet.
Mrs. W. G. Weldon was called to
Marshall Tuesday morning by the i'll
ness of her mother and also the very
serious illness of her sister-in-law.
/ The Loyal Stars, under the direc-
ton of their leader Mrs. Murset, will
serve lunches of doughnuts and cot
fee at the Community House Satur-
4 day afternoon. All who desire this
refreshment are requested to call at
the Community House and be served.
Ladies who may wish to take up
the study of painting on china are
asked to call on Mrs. Fosnes at her
millinery store and get full informa-
ton as to how such course may be
taken up. 29-tf.
| Martin County has the biggest
Farm bureau in the state. There are
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county also has % farm clubs. This
denotes farmers in Martin county are
among the most progressive in Min
nesota.
st. Peter business men and club wo-
men are booming for Mrs. A. K. ,Gault
as candidate for mayor of St. Peter.
Mrs. Gault is wellknown club wo-
man and is the Third district chair
man of the Minnesota League of Wo-
men Voters.
Senator H. N. Benson of St. Peter
| introduced bill in the upper house
of the state legislature, naming Nov.
L IL, Armistice Day, legal holiday in
Minnesota. The bill has passed the
fsenate and will have little opposition
I in the house, it is said.
The prayer meetings of the Metho-
dist Church will be held next Thursday
evening in the following homes: L. E.
Backer, j. w. Ferris, G. A. Country
man, F. T. Johnson and F. R. Kline
An afternoon meeting will be held at
three o'clock at the Alvin Duncan
home.
Suicides in the United States in 1920
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members of the Save-a-Life league
were told in New York by Dr. H. M.
Warren, president Of the league. This
exceeded the figures of the previous
year by more than 1000 cases, he
said.
Miss Margaret Kelly who was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. K. E. Glassco
left last Thursday for Minneapolis,
/ where she visited several days before
leaving for Dallas, Texas where she
/ will spend the winter months. She
was accompanied by John Glassco who
will visit with relatives in Texas.
Officials of the American Legion,
state adjutants general, and the navy
department as well as members of
the local draft boards over the coun-
try are assisting the war department
/ in correcting the list of draft evadors
prior to their publication, Secretary
Newton D. Baker announces.
Redwood Falls relatives and friends
have received the announcement of the
marriage of Dan D. Clark and Miss
Genevieve Arundel, the marriage tax
| ing place at ST. Paul, January 20. Mr..
| Clark is the son of Mrs. John Clark of
| Redwood Falls and has made his home
/ for many years in St. Paul where he
is connected with bank.
! The Womans Christian Temperance
| Union will give Due Social on Tues
day evening, February in the par
lors of the NJ E. Church. An interest
ing program will be given including
playlet entitled "The Binnybakers" a
/ take off on the home brew full of in
terest and amusement. All members
and friends of the cause are urged to
come and special invitation is ex-
tended to the gentlemen. Social hour
with refres hments will follow the pro-
gram. Come and bring your friends.
/ -Officers.
A suit to test the constitutionality
of the recent reconstruction of the
Volstead act prohibiting manufacture
of "homebrew" has been filed in fed
eral court in Chicago. Attorney Da-
vid D. Stansbury's petition asserting
that the government cannot collect
both a revenue tax on homemade Ii
auors and assess fine for violation
! of a law forbidding their manufac-
ture. More than six hundred Chicago
saloonkeepers have been assessed both
the fine and the tax according to
Stansbury, on charges of selling beer
containing more than the legal percen-
tage of alcohol.
William Rinker was found guilty by
jury in district court at Jackson on
charge of numbering T. j. Mccall,
sheriff of Mobiles county, after DELHI
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crime of which Rinker was convicted,
was committed August Z, at Miloma
Junction, where the sheriff and E. L.
Foster had trailed Rinker and COM
panion, who were wanted in connection
with the theft of Fosters clothing at
Worthington. Foster was shot at the
same time and was in a hospital for
several weeks. Rinker's capture was af-
fected at Butterfield, three days after
the tragedy.