The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-02-06
COUNTRY NEWS
Items from Live Correspondents
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Fred Moehring transacted business
at Sank Centre Saturday.
Mrs. Otto Anderson visited relatives
at Osakis two days this week.
w. N. Smith was at Sank Centre
on business two days this week.
George Moore was at Sank Centre
on business Thursday and Friday.
Joe Weiss was to Sank Centre or
business between trains Wednesday.
John Konzak was at Sank Centre
between trains on business Saturday
Several from here attended the
dance at Westport Friday evening and
report a good time.
Miss Bessie Sohle of Sank Centre
spent Sunday NTH friends here, re-
turning on the Monday noon train.
Miss Ella Owen of Gordon came
over the last of the week for few
DAYS stay at the Hugh Owen home
here.
Bernice Wagner spent Sunday
with her folks here, and returned to
Sank Centre on the Monday noon
train.
Joe Sauers of Sank Centre visited
his son, John, west of town several
days this week, returning home Sat
urday.
Conrad Beste returned from Free
port Friday after about two weeks
stay with his son Henry in that town
and other old friends there.
Mrs. Joe Sauer left for her home
at Sank Centre Friday, after sew
eral days visit with her son at the
John Sauer home north of town.
Mrs. Hugh Owen left for Thief
River Falls Saturday for few days
stay with her daughter, at the l.. A.
Lampert home in that city.
Henry Phelps was to Sank Centre
on business between trains Saturday.
]. F. Coyle of Sank Centre is
busy at the Whitney farm drilling n
well. On account Of the long dry
spell, several wells are dry in this
locality.
Fred Bike of Oklahoma, Mimi,
came up this week for a few weeks
stay with his sister at the Henry
Quistorff home east of town and
other relatives and friends here.
Mrs. Ben Deters visited her daugh-
ter at St. Joseph Wednesday and
returning on the evening flyer;to Sank
Centre, where she spent Thursday
with her mother, returning home on
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Kane received n
letter from their son Will,-who is in
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, stating
that he was able to sit up all day and
getting along nicely, which is good
news to Wills many friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Owen received 3
letter from l.. A. Lampert of Thief
Rivsr Falls saying that they have q
new 8-pound boy at their house. All
arc doing nicely and presume that
Len is so proud over the fact that he
is trying to smoke two cigars at once.
Mrs. Joe Orbeck received a letter
the past week from her brother, HUI
bert, who is in France, stating that
he was fine and received a Christmas
package on the 4th of January,
which was not bad considering sew
eral moves he made since the package
started.
Mrs. Herman Niermann was called
TO ST. Cloud the first of the week
nv the serious illness of her daughter,
Mrs. John jaeger. Later it was
learned that the disease was diptheria
and Mrs. Niermann writes that the
patient is doing nicely and apparently
out Of danger.
Owen Wagner received his honor
able discharge from the navy at
Newport News, Va, Jan. 26, the
date the U. S. S. Rhode Island arriv-
ed in port and arrived home Thurs
day night, and will resume work as
brakeman on the Great Northern
shortly. He is looking and feeling
fine and says Uncle Sam does sure
use the navy boys right and now that
the war is over he is glad to get
back to civilian life again. He thinks
the army and navy has been a great
benefit and lesson to all the boys who
were in it.
Frank Lang of Minneapolis came
up for a few days stay with his
uncle at the Joe Weiss home east of
town. Frank just returned from over
seas duty; he say service in tho
Argonne forest and around Metz for
several weeks during the ending of
the war. Frank says he was right
in the thick of it where the arms and
legs were flving in the air. but was
lucky enough not to receive any
wounds except a few scratches from