The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1910-02-17

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JOURNAL.
VOL. 1.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY 17, 1910.
NO. 35
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for Market Day
arch 5th, Red-Letter Day for Pierz
THE DULUTH
EXCURSION
The excursion t> Duluth
last l-ritlav and Saturday was
rather poorly attended and
fell far shot*' of the expectations of the m magement. It
is probable that more interest
-i,:.i enthusiasm could have
be«-n awakened if the promoters ot the enterprise had cotton in touch with the commercial Clubs of the towns along
the line or had furnished d<.-
tails for * ublication by the
ne v- p;p.n rs.
Those who attended from
Pierz were: P. A. Hartmann,
M<-"1 We merskirche n, C. E.
Gravel, John Virnig, T. E.
Ekstrand, W. II Klinn. J' B.
Mever and Robert Gruber.
They are well pleased with
the hospitable treatment they
received at the Zenith City
and feel that they Were wed
repaid for the trouble and expense of m iking the trip.
Uu < • the arrival of the visitors at Duluth Friday noo
they w'< re met by Plaaten's
band and a committee of the
Duluth Kimniercial club and
escorted to a hotel f »r dinm r.
Later in the afternoon ihe\
were entertained at the Commercial club where speeches
v\ere mad by the mayor an
Other prominent men of Du-
leith and by a number of the
guests including P. A. Hart-
ni t .n of '.his place. Tiie following day tl-iL- visitors were
escorded thru the wholesale
districts and were shown several places of interest including the new S o passenger
depot. In the afternoon tlu y
at ten led the ski tournament
at Chester hill, where they
saw flip Hops turned in the air
with skis fastned to the feet
of the performers.
At () o'clock Saturday evening the visitors left for their
respective homes well pleased
ith their entertainment.
Prevention ti.st i.emedy
MABKEf DAY
It is reported that there are
a number of cases of scarlet
rash or scarletina in town. As
these are practically the same
as scarlet fever only in a  light
It is hoped that every farmer
within a radius of ten miles from
Pierz will be in the village on
Saturday, March ."ith, the time
ormitis pkun]yJthe(iuty'of. set for the initial market day.
the parents of children afflicted I Great preparations are being
to use all means to prevent its ■■■•-<'*-' by the business men of
transmission   to     others.    The  tlie village to make it   pleasant
and profitable for those attend
disease is contagious even tho
in a mild form, and by being
transmiited from one to another may develop into the most
malignant form of scarlet fever.
The time to stamp it out is at
the beginning by keeping the
other children of the family out
of school and away from places
where they are liable to come
in contact with others.
KILLED BY DYNAMITE.
Bemidji, Minn., Feb. 12.—Vic-
torPeterson, aged twenty-eight,
an employee of the contracting
firm of Smith & Leese, was
blown twenty feet in the air by
a dynamite explosion and sustained injuries from the effects
of which he died while being
hurried to a hospital from the
scene of the accident, near the
Nelson dam, north of Solway.—
Transcript.
Peterson was well acquainted
in this vicinity having woi
on the Soo railroad during its
construction thru here. Frank
and William Kippley of Agram
are also in the employ of Smith
& Lee
wit
LOCAL NEWS
An attack of the grin is often
followed it cough,
which to many proves a   great
annoyance. Chamberlain's
grh Remedy has been e
v used and with good   success for the relief and   cur.
this cough.     Many cases   have
been cured alter all others   had
failed.    Soltl by all dealers.
Leo Beetsch of St. Paul ar-
rived he-re Tneseay to visit
with his two daughters. Mrs. F.
X. Virnig and Mrs. A. P. Stoll.
SG.iJOL REPORTS
Report of school district No.
or the month ending  February 4th 1910.
No. of pupils enrolled     B4
No. of days taught 20
Average daily attendance 3.5
Those neither absent nor tardy are: Angela and Loretta
Kippley Anna, Rose and Eva
Rauch. Those absent one day
or less are: Laura Boehm, Hubert lta.ich, Elizabeth Block and
Louise Wuellner.
Hattie A. Haselkamp,
Teacher.
Report of disLrict No. 78 for
I he month ending Feb. 11.
Days taught        19
Pupils entolTed    .10
Average daily attendance...   18
Those that received perfect
attendance certificate are: Annie, Olivia and Mike Girtz, Herman and Peanie ,i. n, Prank,
Annie and KatieHoheisel, Annie,
Rosy, i-'eiuue, ViucentandThos.
Kastanek, Barbara Altrichter,
Christina Jamma and John
Pauser.
W'olve* are quite numerous
in our neieghborhood. The
dee)) snow drives them out of
the woods nearer to the settlements. There is a bunch of
t 11 * in within a mile- norl h of
the village prowling around
farm -aids nights and farmers ire compelled to take good
care of their small stick and
'poultry.
Hurt by Pile Driver
Mr. Ed. Reynolds of Royalton,
father of A. E. Reynolds of this
place, while operating a pile
driver in Buh town yesterday
received painful injuries upon
the top of the head from a crow
bar that in some manner was
struck by the hammer. Mr.Reynolds was very lucky to escape
a more serious and perhaps fa
tal injury. He came to town
and had the wound dressed by
a physician, but returned to his
work again this morning.
ing. Each merchant will offer
a list of articles at greatly reduced prices and there will be
bargains galore in every line.
A special and important feature which has been arranged for
by the managing committee is
the auction sale which will be
held on each market day alternately between the two ends of
the village, beginning in Upper
Town. Everybody is invined to
bring in anything they have to
sell from a yellow dog to a
threshing machine and have it
auctioned off free of charge. An
auctioneer has already been en-| ,le.lj.cmor ,l
gaged for this purpose. r  ab°Ut
Further particulars will be
given in our next issue. We
hope that the farmers of this vicinity will see fit to cooperate
with the village' in this enterprise and make it a success
from the start.
If anyone thinks it is easy
to g-ather news these days let
thern try it. Some new
per men are in the habit of
drawing exensv.lv up<>'
their imaginati n under such
circumstances but we have
not vet learnad that art.
his overcoat
ago between
here and Little Falls and it has
not yet been returned. We are
not in as bad a situation as John
Brown was last summer when
Jie lost his pants but we n :etl
that coat and if the Under will
return it to us we will give him
our blessing and if he does not
we will give him well something else.
Mrs. Ed. Reynolds came up
from Royalton with her husband
last Friday and is visiting with
her son while Mr. Reynolds is
attending to some bridge work
in the town of Buh.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Stoll visited with relatives in Little
Falls Saturday and Sunday returning home Monday morning.
Basket Ball Game
A game of basket ball will be
played in Faust's hall Sunday
evening between the Vawter
(•bants and the Pierz Rat Terriers. It will cost you only ten
cents to see it.
Albert Dahler of Buckman
who has been working in the
\\eiei s all winter at LongLake.
Todd Co. returned home last
week Thursday.
The worst blizzard of the a
son   was   experienced   her'
Tuesday and   was  followed by
a drop   of   the  thermometer to
•grees below zero.
Mrs.  C.   II.   Bailey   has  i
suffering   with a severe  attack
of grip but is now convalescing.
Mrs.ArnoldNagel and her
Henry  returnee I  from St. Cloud
and Rockville, Stearns Co.
terday,   where they   have been
\isiting     with     relatives     and
friends.
Wm.   B.  Schreiner   came   out
from Little Falls with a load of
Golden (.rain Belt  Beer today.
iys he thought it must have"
been 40 be-low zero.
BOTTLING AND
TESTING AIR
The idea of bottling* samples of air in factories and industrial buildings and carrying it away to be scientifically
tested in labratori s, a procedure often resOT eil t i with
liquids, would have been derided a lew years ago,   but it
LUMBER
All winter :;oods left
Pierz Clothing*- Store are
sold at a discount.
at the
to be
Cendcr of the Sword.
Ar i".ny curious notions ob-
t'u' different  i a :e
Ing r may be noted the gen-
' the weapon. In the north ol
,' it was either masculine, as la
Britain, or neuter, ns in Germany,
while i-.i the south it waa uniformly
remit I: e. Its force and cruelty appealed to the northern mind. It:-- grace
and  i attracted   the  warriors
of the sunny south,   it typified to the
one stive-ili. tn the other dit-nity.
is r-rgared in a different   li ^ lit
It ts said,    t  •.,   that
the most desirable table    t
trag ltlen    grain    belt
Because of its pure.
wholesome qualities it lias
won a dignified place in the
American home. Order of
your nearest dialer or be supplied bv B. S. Tanner, Little
Falls.
MORRISON COUNTY
TELEPHNE
conpanv
A. Iv Reynolds, Local Manager
OPF.N" HOI
From 7:30 A.M.  to  12 It
,,       1  p.m  to 6 P.M.
7    .,    to 9    ,,
Every dav except Sunday.
The service Sunday will be
fromt l) to 10 in the morning
and 7 to 8 in the evening.
We buy for ca*h and
sell for cash, In fact we
do business vnly on a
strictly cash basis and
therefore can p y the
highest market prices
I' >r every thi g In our line
and sell for a small profit. We s licit your pa -
ronage and will treat
you right but our motto
Is:
Positively l\o Credit.
Schaefer & Zirngibl
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Nohner
left for the- twin cities this
mornine*' where Mrs. Nohner
will purchase her spring stock
Of Millinery.
Everything in tbe lineof lumber
can be bad at reas -liable prices
at John liorgerdinjr & Co's Lumber Yard.
Glarence Benson and .Tos,*ph
ESsel have purchased an engine
and will saw wood and latl
John Borgerding & Co. always
keeps a complete supply of Lumber, Sash aeid Doors, Lime and
Cement.
Leo Wermerskirchen, who
has been staying with his parents for the last six weeks on
account of :>. sort* finger, returned ti> St. John's Sunday
to resume nis studies.
t He Saved.
•*e;..,v."      a  i  I-  friend ••f the
he int tor emerged from
the i timing house carrying a bunille
of books. "Did you siivo ynur Shako
speare
"Xo." replied the bibliophile, conib-
f his whiskers; "I
saved my Bacon."—Houston Post
Timely Warning.
Proprietor    i :un with yOOl
work,  Pn ber, and  I   will raise youi
■alar- 10 to $12 a  week;  but.
ruir.d,   that   does   not   mean   that   you
must   go   a ni   uot   married   on   the
ih of it.—Ne-w York Times.
If you intend building: probably the following:  prices
will interest you.
Good Red Cedar Shingles  $2J0 per M
Extra X-A-X Red Cedar Shingles       2.85   „    „
No. 3 Boards 14.00   ,,    „
2       „    ' 18.00   „    „
i       ,,       25.00 „    „
Clear Fir Drop Siding 26.00 ,,    ,,
Pine Drop Siding 15.00 „    ,,
Dimension 2x4, 2x6, 2x8 20.00 ,,
Good  6-inch Pine Flooring 2o.oo ,,
Fence Posts
For Sale
Good Cedar Posts,
Regulation Size, 1 0c
a Piece. Leave Your
Order at the Mill.
G. E. Gravel.
WANTS
Advertisements in this column |
are  charged for at  the  rate ot
[>er line.
LOST—A black cloth overcoat between Pierz and Little Falls. Finder please leave
coat at American House, Little Falls, or at Journal Office,
Pierz.
A  Dozen  Eggs.
Tho Teacher   Bow   man; eggs are
The   Pupil -Five
-. five doubtful ones ami two
bad ones.—Cleveland Leader.
Scandalous.
"What   e'.o   you   thill!-?      Mrs.    Zlzzel,
.1 tho
'■■:"   S4eg-
Will be pleased to have you call at our yard and examine our material.
Let us figure on your lumber bill.
For Sale. The stumpaee
on S3i of X. W.% of Sec. 27.
town of Hillman. Will mike
about 100O loads of wood.
Jos. H. Grell.
Everything I have is going at
cost price. Come and see the bargains 1 am offering.
A   E  MACHO
J. Borgerding &
A. E. Macho, Manager.
Co.
Dr. A. Kahala,
Physician & Surgeon
•cmlty made of all
SURGICAL DISEASES
Including
Rupture.GallStones, Appendicitis
-t-czialita--*
Brueche, Callensieln und Bllnddarm-
tnt/ut-ndungen.