The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-28
TWENTY YEARS AGOI
Taken from The Ely Miner of
the same date in 1904.

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Fifteen minutes more and the
post-otfice safe, containing over
$500 in cash besides other valu-
ables, would have been blown by
q gang of burglars Thursday morn
ing at about one o'clock. The rob-
bers had evidently carefully planned
their work. The Firemen's ball
was in progress at the time and
the larger part of our citizens were
IN attendance and appearances in
dicated that this time was selected,
the robbers knowing that the streets
IN the vicinity of the postoffice
would be deserted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Grabowsky
entertained their friends at the Turf
hall Friday evning and a most pleas
ant evening resulted. Prof. Fred
Reuther and Miss Florence Carey
furnished very satisfactory music
and I. G. Cox did the prompting.
At II o'clock the host and hostess
served a delicious lunch. Nearly
one hundred guests were in attend
ance.
Formal protests against the diver
sion of water power by the Mime
sofa Canal and Power company has
been made to the secretary of the
state in Canada by Lazarus Silver
man, of Chicago, president of the
Enterprise Iron & Land Co., who
owns the Kawishiwi Falls and much
Land on Fall Lake. The latter
claims that the power company is
preparing to divert the waters of
rivers and streams which at present
run in a northerly and westerly
direction through the state of Min
nesota and empty into the waters
on the international boundary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coad and children
left Saturday for Bessemer, Mich,
to spend the week with relatives.
Frank Palscher was shot at Eve
leth Sunday during a fight at an
Austrian wedding. Palscher is SER
cusly wounded. The man who did
the shooting is unknown. The in
jured man had a brother in this
city.
John Anderson, for many years
employed at Korb's store, left last
week for Minneapolis where he has
secured position.
VIM. Chinn was up from Elba
yesterday to spend Thanksgiving
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rich. Chinn, in this city.
Robt. Barto, chief of police of
Fall Lake, went to Virginia this
morning to take in tow a fellow
named Pierce for "frisking" mans
pockets at Fall Lake a few days
ago.
City Clerk White is in Duluth in
attendance on court in the case of
Hugh Steele against the City of
Ely. City Attorney Osborn is also
in attendance of this case.
S. C.. Hunter and Mrs. Julia A.
PenneI were united in marriage at
Winton yesterday by Rev. Saunder-
son. Both are we'll known and
hosts of friends wish them success.
Miss Alice Bell of Milwaukee is
in the city on visit to her numer-
GUS friends. Miss Bell formerly |
was the milliner in charge of the
millinery department the Big
Store.
J. E. Thomas met with an acct
dent last week while at work about |
the Pioneer pumps that will lay
him up for some time. The thumb
on his left hand was cut off above
the first joint.
A steam shovel has been employ
ed all last week in loading ore from
the stockpiles at Soudan. About
10000 tons will be shipped. w. ].
Trythal and Thos. Wallace of the
Chandler shovel force are at Sou
dan in charge of the machine.
James Symons, well known in
this city and on the line of the Du-
luth & Iron Range where he has
been employed as fireman for many
years, was married last week at
Biwabik to Miss Jennie Trevena.
doc" and his bride have the well
wishes of hosts of friends on the
ranges who wish them much happi-
ness.
The Roosevelt High School at
Virginia was appropriately dedicat-
ed Tuesday evening. Senator Clapp
and Congressman j. Adam Bede
made addresses. This is one of the
finest buildings in the state outside
Of the large cities and was erected
at a cost of about $4,000. Vir-
ginia can be congratulated on it's
push in erecting such a handsome
structure.
Minnesota Ted" a notorious char
acter, jumped from the train Friday
after having touched a fellow for
all he had, about 81 at Robinson
Lake. The train backed up after
the 'touch" was discovered and Ted
dy was arrested. He was brought
to this city and lodged in Jail and
Monday was taken to Duluth. The
fellow has a record and the Duluth
officers were rather pleased to see
hin
The men at the stripping work of
the Killorin-Philbin Contracting Co.
at Chisholm, went on a strike Tues
day morning for raise in pay from
S1.75 toS2.00 per day. About 200
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