are forcibly reminded how fast the
civil war veterans are passing away.
Dodge Centre Star: E. L. Harmer
and wife came up from Austin Sunday
for a visit with his parents. Lew re
turned home Monday while his wife re
mained for a longer visit.
Brownsdale Leaflet: The Browns
dale postmaster during the past year
issued 176 money orders to Sears, Roe
buck & Co., the great mail order house
of Chicago, the total amount of which
was $1,133.11.
St. Peter Herald: Mrs. Ella Cooley
and children, of Austin, are visiting
relatives at Kasota and St. Peter. Mrs,
Cooley is a daughter of Contractor and
Mrs. H. J. Perry, St, Peter, and a sister
of Mrs. C. W. Clark, Kasota.
Rochester Post and Record: The ar
rangements for the preliminary survey
of the Lake Pepin and Omaha railway
from Wabasha through Plainview, El-
E re on or at in he or a
packing and Standard Oil monopolies! Brownsdale to Austin, are progressing
favorably, and the survey will be made
this season
Lanesboro Leader: We had visible
evidence of Lanesboro's prosperity the
day before yesterday. We saw a man
light a cigar with a two dollar bill, and
he is not a man who is classed as a
millionaire, either. But he could
afford to do it, for it was a bill for $2.00
we sent him for subscription for the
Leader.
Bemidj Pioneer: The preachers have
begun their annual crusade against the
peek-a-boo waist, and some of them are
jumping on the short sleeves demanded
by the styles of this year. In the mean
time the women just laugh. Ministers
don't have any more influence than
just ordinary folks when it comes to
bucking dame fashion.
