The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-14
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Mrs Sophie Stuhr, "a years old, Wi
nona's oldest pioneer woman. died last
week of the first sickness she ever
had known. lt
Nine alleged slackers were arrested
ut Kinney by Deputy United States
Marshal William Bradley. The prison
ers were taken to Virginia for arraign-
ment.
Winona coal distributors, while
they are urging patrons to wait until
the government fixes the retail price,
began yesterday delivering coal sub
ject to government price regulations"
Precipitation, totaling II of an inch
for August, the lightest for that month
in the history of the Moorhead weather
station, is the outstanding feature of
the monthly meteorological summary.
At the farm of w. H. Johnston in
South Long Lake township near Brain.
erd there is a crab apple tree with
fruit hanging from it's limbs and bios.
SONS appearing second time this
season
twenty-five laborers were discharged
by the city council of Bull because
they had failed to observe the order
that all employees take out citizenship
papers. Several other aliens quit be-
fore they were discharged.
Shakopee is to be included in new
organization plans of the State HUI
name society, and Welcome w. Brad
ley. secretary and executive officer OF
the Minnesota Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty, announces that he
plans soon to arrange the work in that
county.
John Cochrane, one his farm adjoin
ing Winnebago City, threshed out an
eighteen-acre field of wheat that av
eraged twenty-eight bushels an acre
He sold the wheat raised ON this
eighteen acres for $1,050.4O. Forty
five acres of oats threshed averaged
fifty bushels an acre.
With the first frosts of fall comes
statement by Hibbing coal com
panies that they are short or out
of coal, and that no hard wood is tt
be had at any price. Coal prices are
the highest ever recorded here. Pros
poets. dealers claim, are for a 'modi
fed fuel famine at least. Orders
for coal are untitled to dealers.
If the city commission of st. CLOUD
plans it's permanent improvement pro
gram for next year as it is now con
templating, the city will contract fol
about two miles more of permanent
paving. About two miles of paved
streets are being built this season
A greater part of the work to be done
next year will be in the residence dis
trict.
Miss Alice Cynthia Archibald O
Northfield. has been selected by tn,
woman's bureau of the American Rel
Cross, to serve with Miss Katherine
p. E. Lansing and Miss Emma Ster
ling Lansing of WATERFOWL, N. Y, sis
tiers of the secretary of state, on tn,
first committee of 100 women to b,
sent abroad to take charge of the can
teens and rest stations along the route
to the French front.
Many club women of the state arr
planning to attend the Twenty-Five
annual meeting of the Minnesota Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, which will
be held at Mankato October 2, 3 ant
4. All sessions of the convention will
be held at the Presbyterian church
and Mankato women have made ar
rangements with the three large no
tells of the town, and with many pri
vate families, for the housing of dele
gates and guests.
Minnesota State Fair attendant,
records for all previous years wer,
smashed by many thousands at thi
years fair. The last days attend
ance of 60,525 brought the grand to
tai for the week to 3S2,205, which il
8,O13 more than the biggest other weel
on record, that of 1912, when the to
tai was 374,12S. The total in 191:
was swelled by 10000 which Fair OF
ficials that year estimated was tn,
number of children passed free oil
Monday in 1912. The estimate for tn,
number of children not checked at tn,
gates who passed in Monday of thi
year is only 1000, and this years fai
attendance averages more than tn,
fair of 1912
Investigation by county officials fol
lowing the discovery of the bodies o
Mrs. Park L. Day and her two chill
dren, all victims of poison, developed
q heart-rending story. Robbed of tn,
husband and father, who is a victim
of tuberculosis and confined to a san
itorium, herself ill and not able tt
supply the three children and prepar,
home for the fourth, which was ex
pected soon, the mother lost all hope
Purchasing some poison at a loca
store, she gave the three children thu
liquid mixed with food. Then takint
the remaining portion she lay dow1
and awaited death One of the chill
dren recovered and going to the HON,
of an uncle gave the alarm which re
suited in the finding of the bodies o
the mother and two little ones.
Dean Coventry, superintendent o
the Wilcox mine at Woodrow, found
ground glass in the sugar in his. cul
of coffee. He went to Brainerd fo
treatment and a stomach pump ap
piled recovered more glass from hi
stomach. An investigation is bein,
made of the whole incident.
Otto Anderson, 26, having relatives
at Morris, ILL.,, was instantly killed OF
the Doran road, near Breckenridge
when the car in which he and Sever
Bervin were rounding curve at. ;
high rate of speed skidded and turned
over. Bervin was picked up uncon
nnionc hut was not Seri0uSlu hurt