Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21

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Crookston. ~ The relk county chap
| er OF IN. Red Cross plans To pn, on .
| ais Red Grass auction sale In SfoeA
stou Saturday. Marh 80,
| 81. Cloud %. r.. Cottins died on
| train while on his way from his nome
near Sank Centes 10 ST, Paul. where
he was TO have entered a hospital Tor
treatment.
st. paul.---The state Ia condemntng
| fourteen lots on Langford avenue win
| which to enlarge the state fair
| grounds at a point opposite the Hippo
| drome building.
Mankato.-Total sales OF war saw
| ings stamps and thrift stamps In Blue
| Earth county up to March amounted
to $lS,74S,l5. according to Il. h.
Brown, county chairman.
Brainerd.- Two weeks after the
| death of his mother, Mrs. John Peter
son, Sr.. her son, John Peterson, Jr,
died at Ellensburg. Wash. He was
Wash. and formerly lived here
acknowledgement Rundgren. IL,
son of Charles Rundgren, a carpenter,
sustained broken leg when hit by
courthouse street car while riding on
a horse in front of the comstock hotel
Luverne-During an electrical storm
here a barn on the farm Of Jens
Thorsen Of Magnolia township was
struck by lightning and thirty-th
head OF cattle and horses were killed
Jacksonville township Of Sioux
Valley voted Monday to consolidate
seven school districts and erect one
of the finest schools in Southern Min
nesota. A teachers home will he built
near the school.
st. Cloud-Georga W. Helm, mana
ger Of the LIE Sank Milling company,
denies the report which was being
circulated that his mill had been clos
ed and he had been fined for violation
of the food regulations.
st. Cloud.-Articles of incorporation
for the Farmers State Bank of
Georgeville have been filed with the
county register of deeds. This Is the
first bank to be located in Georgeville.
The capital stock is $4,000.
East Grand Forks.-Extensive re-
pairs are being made to the manse
Of the Mendenhall Memorial Presby-
terian church to put the house in com.
plete repair before the newly called
pastor, Rev. f. c. Oliver, arrives.
Hinckley-The electric light COM
pany will replace the line between
Hinckley and Sandstone with heav-
Ter wire some time during the COM
ing summer. The increase in business
has caused the present wire to be
rent
Pipestone.-Andrew J. Knudson, the
first Pips stone county man to die in
tie army service during the present
war. was buried with military honors
here. Knudson died after an attack
Of appendicitis in a hospital at San
Antonio.
st. Cloud.-Miss Daisy Gudgell, who
has been principal Of the. Jefferson
school during the past year, has re-
ceived an appointment from Wash
ington to position in the war risk
insurance department and has left to
accept the new position.
Fergus Falls.--The first sedition
| case to be tried in Fergus Falls came
up for hearing before Judge Hagen.
son in the municipal court here. Ped.
er Sandbeck was the defendant. He
was convicted of making seditious
statements and given three months.
st. Paul.-Albert Steinhauser. edi.
tor Of the New Ulm Review, and the
German language publication, the
New Ulm Post, was expelled from the
Minnesota Editorial association by
the executive committee of the or
ganization at meeting in the Hotel
Saint Paul.
st. Cloud.-Machinery for the man
ufacturfng and assembling of Pan au
tomobiles is being moved into Factory
Building No. 2 of the Pan Motor com
pany plant west Of the city, and work
Will commence at once on the turning
out of the $3.50" model Pan cars in
this structure.
Minneapolis.-Joseph c. Mulholland
So. member Of the civil service com
mission and well known labor leader
der from burns received in a boile,
explosion in the hospital heating
plant March s. His was the second
death resulting from the explosion, ir
which six men were severely injured
New Ulm.-Dr. l.. A. Fritsche has
Withdrawn as candidate for re
election. His withdrawal Is said tc
have been caused by the opposition
developed among citizens who be
lieved his candidacy, after he had
once been removed from office by the
State Public Safety Commission TO,
his part in alleged disloyal demonstra
tons last summer. was a reflection
of New Ulm's loyalty to the Stars and
Stripes
st. Paul.-Appointments of two new
assistants in the state dairy and fooi
departments announced by Commits
aoner James Sorenson. w. S. New
gard OF Shakopee was appointed q
state food inspector. and will have
headquarters at Duluth He fills the
vacancy caused by the apDo;ntment n,