Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-03-07
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/ 81. CLOUD arthur Melium, ~
years old, six feet or better. IN the eity
| iail acre, Is III with the small pox
Medium was picked up by the police
several days ago,
Minneapolis, Penny, III
wears cid, disappeared from his home
at 26i5 Firs. avenue south several
days ago and searching party has
been unable to find any trace OF him
ST. ps,ul.--Bids on the erection OF =
| new state normal school building at
Hemidji will he opened March IL by
the state board OF control. The build
ing is expected to cost approximately
| 100000.
Fertile.-Albert Refling of Fertile
| has returned from seven-year so.
iourn in Alaska, having been in bust.
ness at St. Petersburg. He stated
that business conditions in that part
Of the country were good.
Remer.-W. f. Provonost, chairman
Of the local war savings stamp
| committee, who made special effort
TO boost the stamps in Remer. an
| nounces that he succeeded in inter-
esting every family in the project.
Little Falls-The fire loss in Morri-
son county last year was S36*l3
from thirtynine fires. This is an in
| crease over the preceding year Of
s1?.25S with fourteen more fires, says
George Fl. Nettleton. chief assistant
state fire marshal.
st Cloud.-John Glaidon Of this city
has been given an honorable dis
charge from the army because he lad
failed to take out his second papers
He was drafted with the first mere
ment which left this city and has
been stationed at Camp Dodge.
Cass Lake.-Rev. G. NJ. Peacock,
former pastor of the First Congrega.
tiona! church here and who has had
charge Of the Congregational parish
at Detroit. Mimi, for the past two
years. has left Detroit with his wife
for Ault. Colo. where he will take
charge of church.
Saltwater. - Coroner Wells was
summoned to the southwestern por
tion Of the town Of Woodbury. to view
the body Of Nels p Nelson, So years
old. who committed suicide because
of Illness by hanging himself in the
basement of his barn. An inquest
was not deemed necessary.
East Grand Forks-Two recruits
fer the aviation section Of the signal
| corps have been accepted at the re-
cruiting office by Sergeant M. f.
Coonier and sent to the main re
cruiting station at Minneapolis: VIII
fred Gandette Of Erskine, Mimi, and
Frank Ostrander, Of Mentor, Mimi
Aitkin,-The attempt Of the Aitkin
| merchants to do away with deliver
les Of goods has proven unsatiseac-
tory and a new policy is now to be IN
| angurated in which all deliveries will
be made by one MANAGEMENT. The
deliveries will be scheduled to DIFF
ferent parts Of the town at certain
hours and only one delivery a day
will be made to each section.
st. Paul.The wartime farm a. the
state prison in Saltwater will com.
| prise 1000 acres, Warden Reed an
| nounced when the state board Of con-
troll leased an additional tract Of 1870
acres to increase the food production
at the institutions. The land was
leased for five years at an annual rem
tal Of $1,000 with the privilege of
purchase at 5000 an acre at any time
during the period
st. Paul.-Five Federal aid road
projects In Minnesota have been let
and contractors will begin work as
soon as the weather permits, accord
ing to c. NJ Bahcock. state highway
commissioner. The five projects are
the first OF thirty and they have an
| aggr< gate length OF 143 miles and
will cost s5t2,000, The thirty pro-
jects will ageregate 700 miles and
will cost 100000.
Minneapolis. Marietta, Mimi,
stands high at the Ninth District Fed.
eral Reserve bank of Minneapolis.
'HSi 'p'CihoI uSOuOTc WOlQ open.
ed his mail he found a letter from
Cashier A. c. Miller Of the Marietta
State bank. enclosing $4,000 in
drafts to cover the purchase of Unit
ed States government certificates.
me cashier wrote: 'Kaiserism'
must be stamped out and our boys
returned to their American homes.
Until this is accomplished. the mat
ter Of bank earnings becomes second
| arv."
Hutchinson. - August Mueller of
Lester Prairie entered a plea of
guilty to the charge OF blackmail and
was sentenced to an indeterminate
term in the st. Cloud reformatory by
| District Judge c. NJ. Tifft. Peter
Feltmann, farmer. living near here,
found note demanding that $4,000
be left in his rural mail box II he de.
sired to escape arrest because OF the
alleged fact he had a German flag IN
his possession. The note was written
| on typewriter. Mueller, who Is OF
German descent. denied he owned a