The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-11-24
State News.

Virginia dedicated it's new $65, 900
high school this week.
The Sank Center Telephone Ex-
change has been sold to j. W. Ward.
T. H. Garfield of Lake Park has
won silver cup at the St. Louis fair
for the best display of high grade
stock.
Roe G. Chase, editor of the Anoka
Herald, suffered an attack of brain
trouble and fell on the street last week
in Minneapolis.
Eight prisoners we're paroled from
the State reformatory last week as a
result of a recent visit by the State
board of control.
Fire destroyed the pretty home OF
Hugh Kennedy on the French Lake
road, Dayton township, Hennepin
county, last week.
The decrease in the numbering in
dustry is seen in the drop in the num-
Der of RATS passing Winona from 92O
in 1908 to TAO the present year.
Henry Doerr of Arlington, lost an
arm in a corn shredder while at work
on the Paul Roehler farm, southeast
of town. He is in critical condition.
j. J. Pehler of Winona, whose cleo
ton as a representative is being con-
tested by Theodore Sikorski, has Sc
cured legal counsel and will fight the
contest.
Olga Linfors, daughter of Jonas
LinfOrs of the town of Lake Lillian,
Kandiyohi county, committed suicide
by shooting herself in grove near
her fathers house. 49,
Paul Kurtz, sixteen years old, son
of Jake Kurtz Of Avon, was seriously
hurt by falling under a threshing rig.
The separator passed over both legs,
crushing them. He may recover.
Edward Mayher, insane, who made
a sensational escape from Great
Northern train while being taken to
Fergus Falls, was located in lum-
Der camp near Bruno, Pine county.
J. N. Masterman, who had lived in
Saltwater considerably more than
half century, died last week at the
residence of his son, w. G. Master
man. Deceased was born in Maine in
1914.
Olof Holstrom. wheat buyer OF
Parker's Prairie, who was indicted on
a charge of embezzling $500 belonging
to the company, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to three years at Still
water.
Postmaster c.. E. Wendlant of
Paynesville, has been notified that
the postoffice at Paynesville will be
discontinued and that hereafter all
mail addressed to that place will go
to New Paynesville.
The w. H. Walker Milling COM
pany's mill, elevator and -four ware
house at Alden, burned last week.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The loss is estimated at Sl8, 900, partly
covered by insurance.
The next annual convention of the
Minnesota State Butter and Cheese
Makers association will be held in
St. Anthony Park, Dec. l and ?. The
butter and cheese exhibit will be ready
to be scored on Nov. "a.
Fireman Orcott, who served in COM
pany l, First Minnesota volunteers,
through the Civil war and was for one
year State commander of the G.. A.
r. in North Dakota, died last week at
his home in Minneapolis, age fifty
nine.
Rev. Bradley Phillips, age eighty
seven of Minneapolis, died last week.
He founded the First Presbyterian
church at Hudson, Wis. He had
lived forty-fve years in the north
west and twenty-seven years in Min
neapolis.
The postoffice in a store at Holland
was burglariZed last week and
about 1925 in money and stamps
we're secured. The robbers broke a
window light in the rear of the build
ing to gain entrance, and they blew
open the safe.
John H. Gould, age eighty-four,
one of Hutchinson's best known citi-
zens, died suddenly last Friday even.
ing. He had returned from fishing
trip and as he sat down at his home
was seized with pain in his chest
and expired in few minutes.
The Crookston Steam laundry,
owned by G.. D. Billings, was de.
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss or
the building and plant of S12, 500,
covered by but So, 500 insurance. The
fire started in a pile of shavings out.
side the shaving shed near the boilers.
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