Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-11-22

AIOm OIldWd, Out.. 10 Tie Ndluc VI II.
Anderson, Gonvick, Mimi, listed
among the wounded and missing.
Eighteen Minnesota merchants paid
fines totaling more than $3.50 last
month for violations of the state pure
food laws, Commissioner James Sor
ensen of the dairy and food depart
ment announces.
With road conditions growing worse
daily, the prospects for relief Of the
| International Falls wood famine grows
more unfavorable. No hard coal can
be secured by dealers, so the fuel sit
uation is very serious.
Inheritance taxes Of 1898 were paid
the state on the estate of Emerson
Hadley, a st. Paul attorney, who died
Nov. II, 1916 Mr. Hadley left prop
erty valued at $s9,565 to his widow.
daughter and grandchildren.
Several bad cases Of black diphthe-
ria have developed in the Kuppela
family. living about four miles east OF
Plummer. Mary, eight-year-o,d daugh-
ter, and John. a 14-year-old son. passed
away. The school in that district has
been closed.
Fergus Falls Elks donated $3.50 to
| the Y NJ. G.. A. fund and $50 to the
knights of Columbus fund for tho
boys at the front They also set aside
$50 for the poor fuel bills in the city.
besides making arrangements for their
Christmas charities.
The little parks OF the Great North
ern at GAINESVILLE will not receive
their usual winter covering to protect
the tender plants and shrubs this Win
ter. as the officials OF the Fergus Falls
division refused the expense necessary
for their protection,
established and at work in the follow
ing Polk county centers: Angus, Bel
trami. Chester township, Climax,
Crookston, Erskine, Euclid. Fertile.
Fisher. Fosston, Lengthy. Mallory. Nc
lntosh. Mentor. Neilsville. Trail, TIA.
Dor, Key West,
Sarah Olson, mother of Baby Ruth
Olson. who is fighting George Weston,
living near Faribault, for the return Of
her baby. is willing to take her
chances on jury OF IL men. Through
her attorney. James r. Hickey. the
mother asked Judge Childress Of Rice
county to have Jury trial. When
the case goes to trial Nov. % moth.
ers night to her child born out of wed.
lock will be considered by the jury.
| new dividend OF IS per cent will
he paid creditors OF the defunct Osseo
State bank about Dec. Is. The an
nouncement was made by F. r. Pear
son, state superinte Adent of banks ant
receiver of the Osseo institution, TO-,
low ing the payment OF $4,000 by the
surety company on the bond OF James
Fl Thompson. former cashier of the
bank. who was sentenced to state
prison for misappropriation of bank
funds.
The entertainment committee of the
Crookston Red Cross chapter ha
planned a series OF afternoon or even
ing chain parties. each member Of the
committee to entertain four Of theil
friends at q party, each one Of the -four
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The four guests are then to promise
that they will each entertain four 81
their friends. who will contribute q
quarter. Each OF these guests will b
requested to do the same thing, thus
making a continuous chain. II ha'
been figured up that this series for siy
weeks would raise $500.
4 From now on all manufacturers
miners. dealers and soremen handling
explosives in Minnesota will be 90
liged to take out licenses, and to keeI
itemixed records Of all such explo
sives that come into their possession
. telegram from Washington to Labor
Commissioner w. f. Houk stated. Thu
state labor department IL charged will
the enforcement Of the law.
Postmaster Henry J. Schaefer Of Al
BABY sent In his RESIGNATION last Jun,
and not until recently was 1t accepted
by the postmaster general. Owing T.
the vacancy there viii Do an examina
don for the positioa q st. Cloud.