The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1911-06-08

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NO. .5 J
LOCAL SCHOOL
THOMMES-SASKOSKI
/m ncrn TAI\U V KasPer Thommes, Lastrup Blacksmitli.
CLUSfcl)   lUllJAY | Weds Bertha Saskosi Tues.,May 30
220 Pupils Were Enrolled This! Year
—Average Daily Attendance
Was 112
1911,
The
en-
The
tend-
815,
12 pu-
ng to
were
very
e, but
better
ist on
dance.
School ended June 8,
after a successful yean
total   number  of   pupi'
rolled this vear was   220
total dumber of   daily a
making- an average-of 1
pils each day. Accord
this record 108 pupils
absent every day
The school is making
good headway as a who
no doubt could do much
if the people would insj
more     regular      attem
This is, however, a common
fault in all schools.    B ut why
is it?    I, as  principal   of  the
school.shall undertake t o solve
the problem, which is) easilv
done.     It  is simply   because
tbe people do not understand
how   much   harm   is  d one bv
keeping  the  children   out  of
school.  I shall attemplt to explain the importance of regular attendance.    No child, no
matter how bright, ca/n afford
to   miss   one   day  of   school.
This     is   self-evident!      How
can one expect  to  ttiake his
work a success  if bet misses
many lesson*.    Ever#  lesson
iniss'ed is a vacant spjot in his
record.   All les-onsafre linked
too-ether in   such  a ivay that
today's lesson must t|>e understood   before one  cam  understand tomorrow's. Then-fore,
if one  lesson is  ttt'wjked,  one
link is out rf the ch.ain;   and
how can one expect io make a
durable chain   if so )ie cf the
links are poor, or m(s<ing en-
tirelv.    Not only is (the lesson i
missed on  the day   bne is absent, but the following lessons
are also  weakened (|>n account
of not haviug   had a/, clear understanding of the
one.    The success (of   the pupils of this year will show how
'Important it is to attend.    No
one,with a few exceptions, has
been   promoted,  who   has not
attended regularly./   Some, of
course,    who    hav*   attended
regularly, have not been promoted, because of 'the inability of  the child  toj do  the required work. I
The graduating class of
this year is rather/ small, only
four having succeeded in getting their diplomas. These
are: Albert Mfeyer, Mary
Brunette, Anton Macho and
Frank Macho,    IJIany of   the
CasperThommes,son of Mr.and
Mrs.Math. Thommes of Agram,
and Bertha Saskoski, daughter
of Mrs. Saskoski of Lastrup,
were married in St. John's
church, at Lastrup, Tuesday,
May 30.
Nick Thommes,brother to the
groom, and Thos. Saskoski,
brother to the bride, acted as
best men; Lena Saskoski, the
bride's sister, and Margareth
Thommes, sister to the groom,
served as bridesmaids.
The wedding dinner was served
at the home of the bride's mother in Lastrup,at which only the
relatives and a few close friends
were present. The young couple will live in Henry Kingen's
house in Lastrup.
The Journal wishes them a
long life and unmeasured happiness.
Clothes of Pinapple
By far the prettiest cloth
made, is turned out in Manilla,
by the women who weave pineapple fibre into the most beautiful satiny fabrics. American
women are learning that it is
most beautiful for evening
gowns, because of its airiness
and strength. They are also
learning that fhere is nothing
so strengthening after housework, as a glass of one of the
brands of the golden grain belt
beers, prescribed by physicians
often for women. A case in
the house always prevents man-
y a worry when company
comes. Secure your supply
from E. S. Tanner, Little
Falls Minn.
VILLAGE COUNCIL
HELDMEETING
Last  Saturday Evening — Routine
Business Attended—A Few
Bills Passed
were
$6.35
8.80
6.80
MARKET DAY WAS
WELL ATTENDED
Many People in Town  in Spite of
Heavy Roads—Village Team
Won Tug-of-War
others lack one ojr two certificates.     These will, no doubt,
be in the 1912 diss.     In   all,
the eighth and seventh grades
have      succeeded     in     getting    forty-ninej    certificates
from the county|rbut they are
scattered and h-fice only four
have succeeded
required   numtj
cates needed fo,
Todav a scho
ing held at   Fisf
children were
The heavy roads,   caused  by
regoing | rajn )-*ie |-wo preceeding nights,
did not deter many   from   coming to town last Saturday, Market Day, and a good sized crowd
attended.      The tug-of war  between   the   village team and a
team from the rountry was won
by the village team.     The   village   team   was   composed   of
John J. Boser, Geo.   Boser,
NicK Meyer,Joseph P. Meyer, Frank  Flicker,   August
Leiter, Jake Duscher,  Nick
Ahles.
Those who pulled in   the   team
from the country are
John Brummer, Jos. J.
Brummer, Geo. Tretter,
Marshall Loop, I.W.Driver,
John Meyer, Geo. Waller,
Chas. Wise.
This contest, as the one on
last Market Day, was for a
purse. It is probable that a
team from Agram will take a
crack at the village boys next
Market Day.
Jun
large rigs fur
of our   liberal
business   men
board has sho
by giving $15
penses of the
The principa
sisters join in,
pupils an enj
They also wisj
who #-iil   att!
would start t
If this wish
teachers, a s
year is prom
The follov,
absent nor t
entire vear:       \
Catherine Be
Meyer, Loretta
Catherine Domb
Bares, Peter Gr
Macho, Ber
William Weiss,
Marie Bares,   Lo
getting the
•   of  certifi-
. diploma.
picnic is be-
[■ lake.    The
^1:en   out   in
i°id by   some
s.irmers   and
srhe   school
^generosity
"■rdsthe ex-
nertainment.
honorable
hing   their
I2a£   vacation.
^7,,tall- those
fit all-
next   year,
c'y first day.
ssranted   the
".sful   school
vere neither
'6 during   the
-,    Francis
Hartmann,
■y,   Loretta
[el,   Svlves-
rd    Eller,
ia  Karst,
,a   Staub,
Valentine Krantz Pays Welcome Visit
Valentine Krantz and wife of
Red Lake Falls and his son-in-
law and daughter, Math. Bauer
and wife of Elrosa,Stearns Co.,
were visitors at Hubert Bares' a
few days this vveek.Mr.Krantz's
health has been poor for the
past few months and his stopover visit here was on his way
home from Paynesville, where
he had consulted a physician.
Mr. Bauer is wheat buyer in
the C. Borgerding elevator at
Elrosa;	
New Stockbuyer for Pierz
George Olson of Clarissa is
now here buying stock. Mr.
Olson is well satisfied with the
prospects in this field and will
probably make Pierz his permanent home.
Joe Meyer   was
Falls Tuesday.
in   Little
Frank Neisius, Stephen Gravel, John Stumpf, Clara Faust,
Gertrude Nohner, Mary Brunette,CrescentiaFaust, Agnes
Meyer and Henry Brunette.
Nick Ahles, Prin.
Last Saturday at 8 o'clock
P. M. the members of the council of the village of Pierz met
in regular monthly session. All
members   were   present.
The proceedings of all previous meetings were read and approved.
The   following    bills
allowed:
C. Tembreull,corporation
cock	
Henry Roch, rebate on 44
yds. cement sidewalk..
Frank Grell, mantles	
John Dombovy, repair on
engine      4.05
Fairbanks Morse Co      1.74
J. Borgerding   Co.,   lumber     1.35
Upon motion the bids that
were received for sprinkling the
Main street were laid over until next meeting.
Upon motion resolved to allow members of the fire department the sum of $20 if one member attends and if two members attend to allow them thirty
dollars.
Additional bills:
F. Fuhrmann,   work    on
street $20.39
Pierz Journal, publishing
etc    11.60
Upon motion resolved to allow the base ball team $fo.00
towards a ground.
Adjourned subject to call.
Frank Grell, Recorder
LIGHTNING STRIKES
C. KUSCJEL'S BARN
Building Burned   so Rapidly   That
Owner Had Scarcely Time
to Save Horses
The heavy wind and electric
storm which passed over P;erz
and its vicinitySaturday night
was the most violent experienced here in a long time.
The wind was from the east
and was strong, straight and
steady. Houses were shaken,
trees were uprooted, and machine sheds and outhouses
were upset.
About ten o'clock a strong
reflection of fire was seen in
the southern sky. At first
glance it was thought that
this fire was only a mile or
two from the village, but a telephone message to Buckman
gave the information that the
blaze was about one milesouth
of the latter place. The next
morning it was learnt that
Carl Kushel's barn, about
three and one-half miles south
of the village of Buckinan had
burnt to the ground. This
building, which was new and
one ot the largest in this neighborhood—50 bv 100 feet—was
struck by lightning about
nine o'clock. It took fire and
so rapidly spread the flames,
that the owner had scarcely
led the last horse out of the
burning building, when the
roof fell in. The loss is partially covered by insurance.
LOST—Last Sunday evening, a pup, four months old,
dark brown. Finder please return to me and receive reward.
51-3 pd Mike Thommes
HenryWaninger and Christ
Reese of Platte were business
visitors in Pierz the the fore
part of the week.
STRAYED—A black mare
strayed to my place near
Ruckerabout a week ago.Owner may have same by calling
at my place. Henry Ferguson
51-1
Michael Ries, of AltoVisto.
Iowa, father of Joe Ries, arrived here yesterday for a
short visit with his son.
PIERZ B. B. TEAM
WON FIRST GAME
Defeated Buckman Sunday by Score
of 17 to 5—Laurels of Little Falls
Here Next Sunday
In a loosely played   game   at
Buckman,   Sunday,   Pierz   defeated the Buckman team by  a
score of 17 to 5.
At the beginning Buckman
took the lead, running in three
scores to Pierz' one, but lost it
in the third inning and was never again able to regain it. As
the game advanced the Pierz
team tightened up more and
more, becoming used to the
ground, with the result that the
Buckman team was shut out
j during the last four innings.
Leo Wermerskirchen was on
the mound for the locals and
pitched an excellent game, for
his first this season, striking
out eighteen men. The feature
of the game was an unassisted
triple play by J. N. Faust.
The game brought out the fact
that the batting department
of the local team was one of its
weakest points and ofte that
must be remedied before long.
Next Sunday the local team
will play the Little Falls Laurels here.
The score by innings:
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Buckman 30002000 0-
Ql'AkE FELT IN TIIE COUNTY SEAT
Several Residents Felt Slight Shock
at 5:30 Friday Afternoon
The earthquake shock, which
was felt Friday afternoon in
South Dakota, was also felt a
bout the same time in Little
Kails by several people. John
Wetzel was sitting in his rooms
reading at 5:30 Friday afternoon
when he felt his chair sway
slightly from side to side. At
the time he gave little attention
to the circumstance, but later,
in conversation with others, he
was told that they too had felt
the shock. Dr. G. M. A. Fortier also felt the shock, as did
others in the Vasaly block.—
Transcript.
BARNUM CIRCUS AT
SUPERIOR & DULUTH
World's Best Show to Exhibit There
on Friday, June JO, and Saturday, July l.j
DENGELKRZENBERG
Well known Young People of Buck'
man Married last Tuesday.
Pierz
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Catherine and Annie Joa of
St. Martin spent a week at
the home of Nick Schraut.
They returned home yesterday.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HELDJIEETING
And Decided to Promote   a   Grand
Celebration for the comming
Fourth
Last Tuesday morning at nine
o'clock in St. Michael's church,
Buckman,occurred the marriage
of Otto Dengel, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Dengel, and Margareth Kelzenberg, oldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Kelzenberg. Math. Kelzenberg
brother to the bride, acted as
best man, while Mary Dengel,
sister to the groom, was bridesmaid.
After the ceremonies at the
church the bridal party and
guests repaired to the home of
the bride"s parents and indulged
in liquid and solid refreshments,
and in the pastimes of card-
playing, music, singing and
dancing, until a late hour.
May they  live long  and
happy.
die
Th e Pierz commercial club
held its monthly meeting in
the village hall Wednesday e-
venirg with a fair attendance
of members. The proceedings of the previous meeting
were    read     and     accepted'.
Bill of Meyer Bros, for
S3.60 was allowed.
Bill of J. Neisius for $3.85
was laid over.
President Virnig reappointed the old committee on
sports for the next Market
Day. It was decided to have
a 100 yard foot race in addition to the tug of war.
After some discussion as to
the best manner of promoting
and conducting the coming
Fourth of July celebration,
the chair appointed the following committees:
On Collections
C. E. Gravel,
E. L. Kaliher,
On Music
A. E. Macho.
On Sports.
Jos. Ries,
E. L. Kaliher,
C. E. Cravel,
E. H. Kerkhoff
On Parade
John Dombovv,
E. H. Kerkhoff,
Ed. Seguin'
Jos. P. Meyer.
On Fireworks.
Frank Grell,
P. A. Hartmann,
F. X. Virnig,
J. Blake,
On Advertising
E. H. Kerkhoff.
These committees will
meet again in the village hall
Monday evening, for the purpose of forming a more definite program.
Jos. Froelich left last Monday for Montana, where he intends to do some work on the
land he bought a few months
ago.
Andrew Stroman of Swanville was here Wednesday.
RESULTS OF THE
CO. EXAMINATIONS
Names of Those in this Neigborhood
Who Passed the Exam-
inations
Below we give the names of
those in this neighborhood
who passed the recently held
county examinations:
District 14—Frank Macho,
Albert Meyer, Anton Macho
and Mary Brunette.
District 36—Leo Saskoski.
District 39—RuthBeckman,
Christine Thielen and Lizzie
Tretter.
District 41—Jos. F. Mischke, Agnes L. Kapsner and
Nick L. Billig.
District 78—Clara Thommes and Marv Langer.
District 99—Edward Kobilka and Agnes Poster.
State of  Ohio,    \
City op Toledo,   [ ss.
Lucas County.    )
Frank J. Cheney makes oath
that he is senior partner of the
tirm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said tirm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.        F. J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this6th
day of December, A. D. 1888.
!**■*..   ,       A- W. GLEASON,
IbEAL.; notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, and acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY &Co.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family pills for
constipation.
EYES:
Dr. Walman, the
EyeSpecialist, will
be in Pierz, June 12. Office
at Hotel. Dr. Walman gives
special attention to difficult
eye troubles, such as cross
eves, chronic headaches, dim
and failing eyesight.
... Mrs. Jos. Blake of Lastrup
was a visitor in our village
Tuesday.
The people of Pierz and vicinity are t'> be given an op*
portunitv of seeir.g the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show
on Earth which will give two
performances in Superior on
Fridav, June 30, and in Duluth
on Saturdav, Julv 1.
Main wonder'lll features,
new to American circus goers
ar** promised. A companv of
400 of the world's most prominent circus talent, principal*
lv European, will prewent an
array of novelties. There
will De an elaborate forenoon
oarade and a new nianagerie.
In the menagerie among man-
v other wonders is to be found
Baby Bumbeeno, the only giraffe ever born in America. It
is just one year old.
Among the more sensational numbers on tile long- bill
are John Ducander's company
of bell-ringing horses, from
England; the FYmelli company
of Italian acrobats, the Siet
rist-Silbon family of German
aerialists, Jupiter, the baloon
horse, Charles the First, a
chimpanzee bicycle rider and
roller skater, the great Geor-
yetty cfamily of French jugglers, the Les Deko and Les
Silvas familv of French equil-
librists, Noonan's brass band
of elephants, Capt. Winston's
troupe of riding and juggling
seals and sea lions, Berzac's
com pan V of mule and pony actors, Nederweld's dog and
monkey circus, Victoria Co-
donna, the world's greatest
wire dancer,and the fifty funniest clowns in the  world.
The Barnum and Bailey circus is now at the zenith of
success. It travels on a train
more than a mile in length.
It employes 1,286 people and
has 700 horses. In the menagerie are forty elephants and
over 1,000 other strange animals. The show carries its
own dynamos illuminating the
twenty tents and the show
grounds with 4,000 incandescent lamps, arc lights, search
lights and beacons.
The railroads will make
special arrangements to convey visitors from outlying
towns to Superior and Duluth on show day.
Broke Auto Axle Near Rucker
W. H. Ryan of LittleFalls,
while on his way to MilleLacs
lake, last Sunday morning,
had the misfortune to break
an auto axle about one mile
northeast of Rucker. He
drove back to Little Falls
Sunday evening, but came out
again Monday with anew axle
and passed thru here again on
his wav home with his new
axleized auto at nine o'clock
in the evening. It was a hard
day for Ryan but a comfortable one for the fish.
One of Frank Altrichter's
best horses was found Monday
morning tangled in a barb
wire fence. The animal was
badly cut, especially in one of
its hind legs.
F. J. Gilbride and Frank
Waninger left last Tuesday
for Wilmar, S. Dak., where
Mr. Gilbride will go into the
jewelry busines; Frank will
do cement work.
And. Mohler of southwestern Hiilman was in Pierz
yesterday on a horse deal or
sale. He says that small grain
in his neighberhood has never
looked better than so far this
year. A large yield is expected and he savs he thinks that
some farmers will get 25 to
30 bushels of wheat per acre.