The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-17

The Freeport Catholic Order of For
| esters initiated FL new members into
the order on Feb. 9.
The Catholic Foresters of Albany
have taken in twenty-four new men,
bers at the last three meetings.
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Insurance adjusters fixed the loss
on the Wolfram livery barn at Grey
Eagle destroyed by fire at $2,350.
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Negotiations by the Ottertail Power
company of Fergus Falls to purchase
the Glenwood light plant have failed.
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Julius Gadbaw, one of the early set
tiers of Todd county, died at his home
in Leslie last Thursday. He was 80
years old.
H. L. McChesney, of Brewster, Min
nesota, has purchased the newspaper
plant of the Hewitt Banner from L.
A. Grover.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Pennie of Viii
lard have lost their little son, Rob-
ert, by death. The lad succumbed to
pneumonia.
The Clarissa creamery made 2O,91S
pounds more butter in 1915 than in
1914 and the total business ran slight
ly above 100000.
Feodore Feierabend has sold his
farm of 100 acres in Grey Eagle town
ship to Mr.. Paf of Freeport. The con-
sideration was $4,000.
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The Stroeter Pickle Company has
been seeking information as to the de-
STABILITY of establishing a picking
plant at Grey Eagle.
The West hotel at Long Prairie has
been sold by Perry Knapp to Thomas
F. Graham Of St. Cloud, who has TAX
en- possession of the property. i
Miss Myrtle Hardin of Bruce and
Walter J. Scofeld of Swanville were
married at Long Prairie last week.
They will make their home at Swan
vile.
Poultry enthusiasts in Douglas
county have organized poultry as
ISOLATION and an annual show will be
held. w. H. Horton is president and
K. A. Norsen secretary.
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John Wertin, merchant of Albany,
has retired from active business,
transferring his store to two sons. Mr..
Wertin came to Albany when that re-
gion was a wilderness.
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John Brown of the firm of Brown
Bros, Osakis, who was raised in the
town of Ashley, has been seriously i'll
for several weeks and is taking treat
ment at the Park Region hospital.
David E. Stephenson, for the past
two years deputy postmaster at Glen
wood, has left for the Panama Canal
Zone where he has been given an i'm
portant position in the postoffice de-
partment.
The Willard Farmers Club has Sc
lected officers for the ensuing year as
follows: Earl Remington, president;
Ray LeCount, vice president; John
Kerr, secretary; Edward Gaffaney,
treasurer.
The body of Emil Ficken was found
frozen in the hay loft of the barn on
his brothers farm near Willard. The
farm was vacant and the deceased
had not been seen by friends for six
or seven weeks.
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The Todd county board of commits
sioners last week sold $4,000 of ditch
bonds to Minneapolis concern at 4 u
per cent interest, which is one of the
lowest rates ever procured by coun-
ty for bonds in the state.
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The Teacher and Home Association
has been organized at Glenwood hav-
ing for it's purpose the bringing about
of closer relations between teachers
and parents and closer cooperation
between the school and the home.
While driving from Park Rapids to
Osake, Miss Edith Crawford a school
teacher, lost control Of her team which
ran away and stranded in deep snow
bank. Before help arrived both of
Miss Crawford's hands were badly
frozen.
Harry Hall of Ishpeming, Mich,
won first honors in the national ski
tournament at Glenwood with a total
of 285 points. Ragnar Omtvedt was
second with 281 2-3 points and Carl
Hall, Steamboat Springs, Colo, third
with 275 Pa points.
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While members of the Park Rapids
school board were visiting the public
school, fire broke out in the basement
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