Askov American., 1915-09-02
STATE BRfWTlES


Little Falls.--Adjudged insane on
the same day. Philip Bolstrom and his
wife. Anna Bolstrom, were taken to.
the asylum at Fergus Falls. They
lived on farm ut Upsala.
Rochester.-Six young persons OF
Rochester had miraculous escapes
from death when q seven passenger,
car In which they were riding ran o1s
Cascade bridge. dropped ten feet and
turned over. Five OF the occupantsl
were pinned beneath the car in the
water.
Hibbing.--Nnt to be outdone by the,
announcement Of postal officials OF thel
twin cities that postoffice depart;
ment will be in operation at the state
fair. ]. B. O'Connors, local postmaster.
declares that a branch postoffice win
be established at the st. Louis coun-
ty fair here
Faribauit.-Two automobiles collid-
cd near the village of Medford. The
machines are owned by C. C. Clausen
of Kenyon and l., j. Kinsell of Owa-
tonna- Mrs. Ciausen was thrown
through the windshield and badly cut
by the glass. The drivers say they
were blinded by the lights
Duluth.-William r. Stone, one OF
Duluth's leading business men and q
prominent figure In the early life OF
the city, died at Santa Barbara, Cal.
He was Ss years old. He is survived
by his widow and four nieces. two OF
whom, Mrs. T. L. Blood and Mrs. w.
| A Hardenbergh. live In st. Paul.
Stillwater.-Petitions were filed
with the county auditor by county op-
ton people. asking that special elec.
tion be called for some time In Octo-
ber. The county auditor will name
the date in the immediate future. The
first petition In favor of county option
was received by mail from Alton and
had four names.
Duluth.--Meyer Fonberg, age rs,
dreading the approaching cold wealth
er and coal bills. tried to end his life
In Lake Superior, but was pulled out
by the police. He declares he will
try again, but next time will 30 far
| enough away from the center of busi.
| ness not to attract attention. He de-
| clares the cold winters and the addi-
tional expense ahead cause him un-
told dread
Winona.-That his mother might be
successfully operated upon at a WI
mona hospital Nj. c. Shield submitted
to an operation whereby blood was
| transfused from his body to that of
his parent Mrs. Emma s. Shield.
Mr.. Shield is an employe of the
| appropriations committee of the house
| of representatives at Washington, ID
C., and is visiting in this city.
Minneapolis--Am meeting was held
In Minneapolis to extend the opera
tions of the Minnesota Game and Fish
Protective league to embrace the en-
tire state. The leagues activities
have been confined to Minneapolis
and Hennepin county.
1t Is the intention to organize q
society which will be composed oil
sportsmen from all parts of the state
Invitations to the meeting have been
sent to several hundred persons.
Brainerd.--In the presence of mining
and business men from Duluth. Supe
rior, Hibbing, Virginia, Barrows ant
Brainerd, the Rolly mine, of the Bar
rows Mining company at Barrows, was
christened. Little Olivet Martell oI
New Duluth broke a bottle OF sprins
water on the sides OF the 20, 000- pound
steel shoe" The Brainerd city band
played and luncheon was served
Speeches were made by John J. Moe o,
Duluth. c. B. Rowley and John A. Hon
bauer of Brainerd
Appleton.-When Joseph King o
Ortonville attempted to demonstrate
To Howard Lockwood that his car wa.
capable of running SO miles an hour
he approached a sharp turn and tht
car turned complete revolution il
the air and landed upright on the op
posite side of a ditch. King wa.
picked up from the ditch unconscious
The men were brought to town, where
1t was found few bad bruises was
the extent OF their injuries. The Cal
was practically ruined.
st. Cloud.-Newton r. Spear OF
Sank Center. who voluntarily went Il
the Fergus Falls insane asylum FOL
treatment. has served the officials
with the necessary three days no
tice demanding his freedom. Mrs
Spear has now filed a formal com
piaint against her husband. An Off
Ger from this county will meet Spear
at the door of the asylum when hs
is released. and will bring him here
for a hearing. II he is found to be
still insane he will be returned tc
the asylum
| ST Paul--Between 5000 and f0.00t
men representing the thirty-eight un
ion labor organizations OF St. Pau
will parade through the business sec
tion of the city Labor day, Septem
ber 6.
This was decided at meeting oi
the parade marshals at the Trades
and Labor hall.
The parade will be in six divisions
each headed by a band. 1t will be
made up OF marchers from the unions
and of floats representing the various
| Industrial activities In which the un.
| ion members are EMPLOYED