The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-01-02

An Epitome Of all ths- Big and ln.
terestfng Events Of tho Past
Few Days in the State

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Bemidji, the Lincoln school in the
Fifth ward; will be completed dur
ing the holiday vacation, and about
the first of the year an elaborate
dedication service will be held. #
Mrs. E.sfT. Howard, for over fifty
yearsza resident of Red Wing, died
at the Red Wing hospital. She was
Is yeas Of age and the widow Of the
late E.. T. Howard, prominent in the
business circles of that city fifteen
years ago. ~ T.. -. ! :.
While at Cambridge shopping, Mrs.
Eric Terrell Of East Cambridge, fell
in front of. the E. F.. Gillespie store
and although she was taken to- a
physicians office, nothing could be
done for her. She lived only few
minutes after being taken to the
office. Il.
An appropriation Of $1,000 was made
by the Clay ounty board at Moore
head to be used for the purchase of
uniforms for the Moorehead Home
Guard, the ar. sppriation being made
subject to the approval of it's legal
ity by County Attorney C. B. Dos
land.
The lumber sheds, office building
and entire stock of lumber Of the
Rudd Lumber company at Braham,
was destroyed by fire. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000, covered by in
surance. The origin of the fire is
not known, but is thought that de-
fective wiring was the cause. -
Funeral services have been held at
Endid for John Schuldt, one of the
pioneers of this section of Polk coun-
ty, who died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. John Geise. He was
alone in the home and when found
sat in his chair dead, having expired
while reading. and smoking beside the
fire. d. :
George Morrison, formerly clerk at
the Arlington hotel at Hibbing, was
arrested by the Indian agents as he
stepped off a street, car, charged with
importing liquor into dry terri
tory. 1t is alleged that several
quarts of liquor were found on him.
! Morrison was taken to Virginia for
a hearing:
The annual convention of the
| Northwest Central Minnesota Educa-
tional Association was held at Moore
head last week at the state normal.
On Friday night county loyalty ral-
ly was held at the normal school au-
ditorium and DR.. Marion L. Burton,
president of the University of Min
nesota spoke.
Reports have reached Brainerd of
car loaded with Firms and booze
which ran into high bank near Ri
verton, everything falling out except
the liquor. The Films then hired a
teamster to carry them and their
cargo, the towline broke, the team
ster fell down and got hurt and the
team ran away.
"A large service flag bearing the
figures 1868" has been unfurled
from the district headquarters of the
Northwestern Telephone company at
Minneapolis, denoting that 6,863 EN-.
ployes have gone into some branch
of the service since the declaration
of war. Of this number the Minnea-
polls branch has given 112 men. -.
In view of the increasing shortage
of pennies, a movement to give post
age stamps as change has been inau.
gurated in Minneapolis department
stores. Several stores reported that
they had stated such a plan and that
it was working successfully. Short.
age Of pennies in the northwest has
become so acute that bankers in
small towns have declared an embar.
go on coppers.
Donald Dow, alias Fred Anderson
convicted Of the murder of George
Sheffield, Great Northern operator at
Moorehead, shot and killed in a hold
up there in September, has beer
taken to the Minnesota penitentiary
| to begin q life eor+onoo ~