Warren sheaf., 1917-10-10

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bolic acid, having mistaken the acid
bottle for the whisky bottle. which hs
kept In his cupboard.
There has been o .sha ..e-up. = locally
speaking, in slot machines and SINH
lar games which started around Kelli-
her, SO that all slot machines are sup
posed to be out Of commission, accord
Ing to the order OF the council.
Fighting until every stitch Of cloth
Ing was torn from his back, Peter Erts
Of Bluffton was arrested on the charge
OF Introducing liquor in Indian terri
tory. His wife came to his assistance
and threatened to use gun before she
was overpowered.
The Little Falls Civic leagues tag
day was the most successful the
league has had since it adopted this
method OF raising funds The sale Of
tags on the streets netted 1921 and
shis does not include the receipts from
s,,e schools of the city.
Joel Thompson, who left Baudette
asst spring to join the army, has been
made a sergeant at Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Ind, and George Huntington,
who is stationed at Fort Douglas,
Utah, has been made a corporal, ac-
cording to letters received from them
this week.
Charles B. White of the firm Of
White Bros, Brainerd, fell from two
story house at Nisswa. where he was
completing q cottage for Harry Paine,
He broke rib and was painfully
bruised. He fell a foot from an eight
cot basement with hard floor, which
Wculd have meant death for him had
he landed in it.
Mrs. Emma F. MARSHALL has been
appointed Red Lake county chairman
or the war service committee of the
american Library association, and,
tssisted by ten Red Lake Falls ladies'
sho have volunteered their services,
III endeavor to raise this county's
1nota Of the $1,00O,OOO fund that is
1eing raised throughout the United
States.
When Sam Kandian, Breckenridge
Tor, was charged with violating
ae act of May 1S In failing
. register, FIVE Of his friends
ere brought from Winnipeg and
ave testimony that they had known
i'm for years that he was born
4 the province Of Galicia, Austria, and
hat he was 35 years old. There was
,othing else to do but to give Sam his
liberty.
Charles Jacobson, arrested at Vir-
sinia on an Indictment returned by the
ederal grand jury in Chicago few
ays ago in its Investigation Of the
:. w. w, was brought here by dep
lty United States marshal and ar
caigned before U1ited States Commis-
siener James A. Wharton. He was
sound over to the Chicago grand Jury
under bonds of $4,000 and was taken
to the st. Louis county Jail in default
o. the bonds.
With the election Of five new officers,
and a decision to hold the next con-
yentioq in Winona, the twenty-third an
nual convention of the Minnesota Fed
Grafton OF Women's Clubs closed its
three-day session at Mankato. Mrs.
George j. Allen of Rochester was
elected president Of the state fedora
ton; Mrs. Austin Kennedy, also Of
Rochester, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. j. G.. Buchanan Of Minneapolis.
federation secretary, and Mrs. William
T. Coe, Minneapolis, general fedora
ton director.
In an unusual accident O. G. Nelson.
brakeman for the Duluth & Iron Range
railroad, was probably mortally injured
at Biwabik. Working on the night
shift near the Union mine, Nelson built
fire near the tracks The mine was
In full operation and cars of ore were
shooting down an incline to the dump
ni,e. One Of the ore cars passed the
dump and raced toward the trainmen,
who were sitting on the tracks. Other
men managed to get out OF the way,
5Et Nelson was hurled into the fire
and held there by the car.
The bears are raising havoc among
The settlers in the northern part Of
Kanabec county and under the law
oes,ssed by tie last legislature they are
1.asensele5s against them. Fourteen
ssizes north Of Mora w. G. Dalby has
,'ready lost fourteen sheep, Nels
5l'umberg, four, and Hugo johnson,
one. The settlers think they should be
allowed to hunt and kill bears.
Merrill and Host Chase, 19 and 81
sears old, left their work on farm
aear Dakota when they went to Wi
mona to see G company Of the Second
Minnesota infantry entrafn for Camp
Cody. They did not return to the
farm. Instead, the brothers left in the
evening for Jefferson barracks to Join
the army. The fires Of patriotism were
kindled anew when they witnessed the
local demonstration and they could not
resist.
Peter "a. Nelson was chosen to- fill
the unexpired term of thesl late Mayer
q. 2 Pierce Of Red Wing at a special
election @
James H. Drew, who holds the
unique record Of being the oldest rural
mail carrier in point Of service and IN
age in the United States, celebrated
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