Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-12-31

DECEMBER a1,.l9lss /. -
! Morrison County Lumber company and
! the Adams Hardware company. The
theatre was leased the same week to
! Sherman & w atson. o3>s4 roles 9213 ga
! Aug, 20:--John' Lewis, lion trainer
with the Patterson Carnival company,
4 was killed by his lions, at Mortified
1 He had appeared here the week pre-
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! Aug. Pa. Dalrymple and John
Burkel Of Little Falls were injured
on a freight train at Staples, when
! the air brakes on the train were set
as the result of "a coupling breaking. "
Aug 25.--Carla Kummert had his
, hand crushed at the saw mill when he
was struck by! a, log: carriage. .It..G
Aug. 26.-John Hinder Of j. Little
=, Falls received q check fol. $2,250 in
settlement Of damage claim against
! the Ross Rifle company Of Canada, for
i injuries sustained. %...;..
! Aug. 3O.-The 4-year-old son of Au-
gust Kedroski Of Pike Creek had both
| his legs badly cut by mower.
Aug. 30.-Fred Bassett and Edward
johnson of Little Falls were killed in
I a freight train wreck near Barnesvill7.
Aug. 31.-Elmer Noe Of Swan River
had his right had shot off with shot
=; gun, which was accidentally discharg-
ed.
September
| Sept. 2.-Gustav Elk Of South Little
| Falls town was hit in the shoulder by
a stray bullet. The injury was not
! serious.
Sept. 7.-Smal game season opened.
Hundreds of hunters went out from
i Little Falls and vicinity.
Sept. 7.-Peter Anderson Of Elm
! Dale was hit in the stomach by hay
| rack pole. His death occurred the fol-
lowing day.
Sept. 9.-Morrison county was
awarded the second prize for its cx-
hibit, in the Central section, at the
state fair.
| Sept. 9.-An ordinance was passed
by the city council, establishing a
chain gang in Little Falls.
Sept. 90. J. Goodmanson of Lit
tie Falls captured six prizes for honey
at the state fair.
f. sept. lo.-d. NddCA, d Peuoioi ilo'n
Brainerd, was held up and robbed Of
$2S in cash and about $50 in goods,
near Round lake.
Sept. l6-Edward Bernhoft of Chip.
pewa Falls, Wis, visited his mother,
:; Mrs. B. Ashburn of Little Falls, whom
| he had not seen for % years. She had
mourned him for lost until short
! time before he came home for a visit
/ Sept. 17.-Dave Bushaw and James
Murphy were caught burglarizing the
Gale store at Motley. Bushaw was
sentenced to the county Jail for three
! months and Murphy was sent to the
St. Cloud reformatory.
Sept. 19.-The ladies Of Swan River
gave picnic for the benefit of the
women's exhibit building at the fair
, grounds. It netted $23.90. The Swan
/ River ladies in all raised over 800
for the building. -.
Sept. 22.-Wm. Beattie purchased
! the Star restaurant from Dana Brown.
! Sept. 27.-The 7-year-old son Of NJ.
Laiture of Green Prairie had his cheek
punctured by a bullet from a 22-call-
bre rifle.
/ Sept. 22.-John Pointek of Opole
was impaled on the tine of a pitch
fork while loading hay. The injury
did not prove serious. - ~:
l., Sept. 23.-Mrs. Anne Harvey of
Duluth fled notice of suit against the
city for $3.50 damages for injuries
!: which she alleged she sustained when
she fell ON "a defective~ sidewalk. Suit
/, ws settled for $3.50: ~ -
Sept. 24.-Mrs. Gertrude S. Hunter
! Of Minneapolis was in the city in the
interest of the suffrage cause. While
here, she, together with a number Of
local women, waited on Congressman
Lindbergh and thanked him for his
work and asked him for continued sup
port.
Sept. 25.-The County fair at Little
Falls closed. It LASTED four days and
| was very. successful: I~.'
Sept. 27-First snow fell; s.... .:
Sept. 23.-Mrs. Emma .Eggleston Of
Nehalem, Ore, was burned to death
in fire which destroyed her home.
She was the daughter of Mrs. Armin;e
Patnaude of Fl. Ripley. 49,
= October
/ Oct. 2-Little Falls high school foot
ball team won the first game Of the
season from Brainerd, 80 to 6. K:
Oct. 4.-Congressman G. A. Lind
bergh announced his candidacy for
/ governor Of Minnesota.
Oct; 5.-Stephen A. Malburn, a pio-
neer resident of Morrison zrounty died
| at his; home at the age of IS years.
;Oct.I GA choral club was organized
at Little Falls, with Miss Maude G..
Smalley az director. .5.s *4I.,a.t
| Oct. 8. &c. b. Buchanan announced
his candidacy for Congressman from
this district z>.<<%s j{5,e;, I'll Il
Oct. 8-John Meyer Of Morrill, plead.
| ed guilty before Judge Roeser to grand
T larceny, for theft At, Pierz, and was
sentenced to tie st. Cloud reformatory
for an indeterminate term. - .s::.@ i
/ Oct. 9-The high school football
team beat, Alexandria IS to o..
Oct. TO- Mrs. Margret Adams WAS
rendered destitute by fre<which de-
stroyed her home. She was forced on:
to the roof blythe flames and was res
cued by neighbors.
Oct. 11.-F. r. Ziske of Little Fails
! made a record catch Of fish in the
MiSsisaiDni near the Rio bend He