The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-09-25
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Taken from The Ely Miner Of
the same date in 1905.


day for the $25 purse put up by
the Fourth of July committee was
immensely enjoyed by all who at
tended. The game was well played
| at majority of instances although
several times it looked as if the
game would become a poor exhibit
1 ton. Jos Seraphine and Guy Wood
ard held the points for the Winton
boys and Ike Cox and liver, Visited
| did the same for Ely. j. C. Nc
| Greevy did the umpiring and not
kick was registered on his decisions
from either side.
| The contract for the erection of
the brewery for the Virginia Brew
ing company has been let to H.
Eilenberger & Co. of Chicago. The
building will cost about $4,000. P.
R. Vail and A. D. Ellefsen of this
city are interested in the brewing
Company.
The case of John Densmore
against the st. Croix Lumber COM
pany over the difference of 100000
| feet in the scale Of 100000 feet of
logs put in by Densmore for the
st. Croix Lumber company and for
which S2,404.35 was claimed, was
decided by jury in District Court
Monday who gave Densmore ver-
dict for the full amount of his
claim.
Mrs. Wiklow and Mrs. Hagerman
mother and sister of Mrs. DIR. Lock
hart left Saturday for Saltwater
after spending several months in this
city with DR.. and Mrs. Lockhart.
| C. F. Joyce, who has had charge
of the explorations on Hunters
Island for the international Iron
company has resigned to go into the
assaying business and has purchased
the business of Houghton E. James
in Duluth.
The funeral of Sakaris Syrjala,
who was shot and killed week ago
Wednesday on Birch river was held
Sunday afternoon from Gleason's
undertaking rooms, services being
held in the Finnish church. The
Temperance society Of which the de-
| ceased was president, beaded by the
band, turned out in regalia and es-
corted the remains to the cemetery.
The Finn society also were in line
and the funeral was one of the
largest ever seen here.
The delegates from Z the Ely
branch of the South Slavonic Catho-
lie Union who had been to attend
the convention of the order at
Cleveland, Ohio, returned Sunday.
Those who went from here were
Geo. L. Brozich, John Cove, Jos.
Skala, John Habian, Steven PAUL.
SIGH, Frank Merhar and Jos. Sekula
The various bidders for the con-
struction of the sewer in the alley
between Harvey and Conan streets
were in the city Friday and attend
ed the meeting of the council on
that evening. Among others were
E. Engle of Duluth, James Bowling
of Eveleth, P. Pastoret and Jas. H.
Lunz of Two Harbors. Engle and
Runquist were awarded the contract
lOT 9ll ,tiO.lO.
Ed. Lynch and A.. NJ Chisholm,
of Duluth, d. M. Philbin, of Super
Tor, and VIM. Wearne, of Hibbing,
were in the city Tuesday on bust
ness connected with Section 30.
The Minneapolis Journal assigned
a young reporter to write up we'd
ding in his set. He had never de
scribed woman's gown before. But
he felt equal to the task for the
young brides beauty still ravished
in his heart; every detail was dis
tinct. He took off his coat, rolled
| up his sleeves and wrote reverently:
"Her white veil hung down behind,
ending half way between the knee
and ankle. Her gown was white
and there was on each shoulder
blade Maltese cross made of lace,
and in the small Of the back lace
star. A foot below the star was
lace pleat. The corsage was cut
Iowa v shaped opening, eight
inches long and five inches wide at
the top. The body of the gown was
profusely trimmed with lace from
neck to stomach. For further orna-
ment a band of embroidered flow
ers ran around her stomach" Then
he handed in his manuscript but
the fashion editor got hold of it
somehow, and it never appeared in
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