Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-01
HAPPENINGS OF PAST YEAR
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS :. THAT
ARE INTERESTING TO MoRR1-
SON COUNTY PEOPLE

Fails, morrison county, ana III MlHHe
sofa, as we'll as events of national and
world wide Importance. The state, ma
tional and world chronology is given
on another page.
Following is summary of events in
Little Falls and Morrison county or at
other places that are of interest local
ly, during the year just passed:
I: January
Jan. New parcel post schedule
went into effect, increasing weight linn
it to SO pounds in first and second
zones and reducing rates in other zones.
81. o. r. M. lodge held annual ban
quet and initiated class of seventeen.
9-E. s. Crog disposes Of Ideal Laun-
dry to A. P. Meister.
9-Mrs. Josephine Arendt of Little
Falls passed away at age Of "a years.
9-New high school dedicated. Pres
ident Vincent of the State University
delivered the address.
16-Annual convention Of Northern
Minnesota Editorial association opens
for a two-day session.
16-Columbus Gas Construction COM
pany of Milwaukee made application
for gas franchise in Little Falls.
l7-Little Falls high school basket
ball team defeated Brainerd high team
by score Of 27-18.
2O-Gym basketball team defeated
Staples All Stars, at gymnasium by a
score Of 64-l9.
21-Charles E. Dumont killed by
train at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
21-Meadowview Farmers club or
ganized at Brickyards.
23-Class of fifty graduated from
eighth grades Of local schools.
23-Little Falls high school basket
ball team defeated Crosby high team
by score Of 1924.
23-R. L. Cochrane won two prizes
for seed corn at state seed corn expo
sition at Mankato.
23-A. P. Robinson killed by falling
tree in woods near Onamia.
31-Elm Dale farmers organize Elm
Dale Farmers Livestock Shipping as
ISOLATION.
3l-Little Falls high school basket
ball team defeated Sauk Centre high
school team at Sank Centre by score
Of 1927.
February
Feb. 2-Hall hospital on Seventh
street northeast, Little Falls, opened
for patients.
City council passed ordinance re-
quiring the removal Of all telephone,
telegraph and electric light poles and
all standards from the principal streets
Of the city before September l., 1917.
Also passed ordinances prohibiting
the sale of liquor, tobacco, cigarettes
and cigars to minors, etc., and prohlD-
iting minors from purchasing such
goods or from entering such places.
3-Princess Theatre Circuit COM
pany of St. Cloud disposed of Milo
theatre to J. M. Totten of Superior,
Wis. They had operated the theatre
for three years.
6-Little Falls high school basket
ball team defeated on own floor by last
Aitkin team; score 1892.
6-State supreme court upheld YER
diet of district court in a ditch case
of Morrison County VS.. Chas. Lejjou-
berg, ct al, awarding the county $352
damages.
City council passed resolution ex-
tending time in which telephone, tele-
graph, electric poles and all standards
must be removed from certain streets
Of the city, to September l, 1919.
10-Fire in basement Of st. Paul
store causes damage of $4,000 to dry
goods stock.
1O-Pierz public school destroyed by
fire at loss of $4,000.
l3-Little Falls high school basket
ball team defeated Sauk Centre by a
score of 1925.
13-William Sans, farmer living
near Motley, committed suicide by
hanging.
13-A. P. Meister sells Ideal Laun-
dry to A. s. Monten.
l3-Royal Arcanum lodge organized
in Little Falls.
16-Rudolph Klappel Of st. Matthias,
aged 12 years, accidentally hanged in
hay NOW while playing with rope.
l8-Annual banquet of Little Falls
Fire department held at Maurin hall.
20-Men's Glee club gave annual
concert at high school auditorium.
21-Little Falls high school basket
| ball team defeated Royalton team ~
score Of 70-19, on local floor.
23-Spring term OF district court
convened.
23-Teachers' institute opened at
hlgn SCHOOL. was very successful, more
than 100 teachers attending.
25-Wm. Dobbyn, father Of F. W
Dobbyn, superintendent Of schools, eel
ebrated his Goth birthday anniversary
He is pioneer resident Of Minnesota
26-Little Falls Gym team defeated
st. Cloud Catholic team by a score OF
41-38.
27-Little Falls high school basket
ball team defeated Crosby by score
of 1923.
28-High school basketball team lost
to Aitkin high team. Score 1929
28-Morrison County Livestock
Breeders association organized al
meeting at high school.
2S-Frei' Dixon of Elm Dale burned
to death in fire which destroyed hi:
, nvlne.
March 2-Baseball fans started tt
! talk baseball for the coming season.
2-F. F. Turner gets patent on whea
heater, conditioner and dryer, which ht
had invented.
John Smith sentenced to indeter
inmate term in Saltwater penitentiary