The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1920-01-07
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Duluth.-William Howard Taft will
lecture in Duluth Feb. 10 under the
auspices of the American Legion, rela-
tive to the Legion's work.
Duluth.-The annual meeting of the
Minnesota Dairymen's association was
at meeting of officers here.
Hastings.-Mrs. Henrietta S. Dean,
8S years old, mother of Steward A.
Dean, businessman Of Hastings, died
here. Interment was at Rockford,
Mimi.
Owatonna.-More than $4,000 DAM
ages were awarded in six cases by
juries in the Steel county district
court which adjourned here after IA
day session.
Pipestone.-At the reopening of the
Pipestone public schools following the
Christmas vacation, manual training
will again be part of the courses Of
fered the students.
Virginia. by a falling tree
he had felled while employed at one
Of the lumber camps of the Virginia
district, Henry La Page, International
Falls man, suffered a broken back.
Shakopee.-Premium lists have
been issued for the first annual poul-
try exhibit by the Scott County Poul-
try association at Shakopee, Jan 3, 4,
5. A large list of prizes is offered.
Owatonna.-In the first interscholas-
tic debate of the Minnesota High
School Debating league, Owatonna
high school was given unanimous deci-
sion over the Blooming Prairie school.
St. Peter.-Twenty-fo students
were suspended from Gustavus:
Adolphus college here, found guilty on
the charge of dancing at a private
home. The students, it is said, will be
reinstated Jan. 6.
Grand Rapids.-Unless further de-
lays are experienced in securing need
ed transformers, Grand Rapids, Co.
hasset and Deer River will be supplied
with electric current from the Mime
sofa Utilities company.
Duluth.-The subregional coal COM
mittee with E. D. Brigham and w. H.
Groverman will continue to mobilize
cars for the distribution of the coal
stored at the head of the lakes, until
coal production becomes normal.
st. Cloud.-Minneapolis has been Sc
lected as the meeting place for the
second reunion of Company K, the old
"St. Cloud company" organized for SER
vice on the border and later Federal
lied and sent to France and Germany.
Moorhead.-A pouch containing first
class mail was stolen between the
postoffice and the railway station. It
has not been recovered. One letter
in the pouch contained Liberty Bond,
but no money or negotiable papers
were inclosed.
Minneapolis.-Two southern Mime
sofa train wrecks on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad resulted in in
juries of Sc passengers and demolition
of five engines, baggage car and one
passenger coach. None were killed.
Fairmont.-District Judge E. c.
Dean granted an extension of one
month to attorneys for A. G. Townley'
and Joseph Gilbert to file their briefs
to support their motions for new trials
for the two who were convicted at
Jackson last summer of having con-
spired to teach disloyalty.
Buhl.-That civil action to recover
some of the alleged shortages in the
handling of school funds will be in
stituted by parties interested is
rumored here. The trial of those in
dicted at the last term grand jury
session of the charge of mishandling
school funds will be conducted in Hib-
bling in February.
observation-disclosures Nels jacobson
was awarded $4,431.50 in the first Of
series of 10 appeals of property own
ers to the district court for damages
resulting from the opening of three
new streets in the city, the Owatonna
city council last night dropped all pro-
ceedings relative to the opening of the
new thoroughfares.
st. Paul.-Seach for the slayer of
Mathew Smith, caretaker at St. Jo-
5eph's Novitiate, St. Paul, ended when
two boys were brought into the Gen.
trail police station by their parents.
One of the boys told his parents of an
encounter with Smith in the wood
back of the Novitiate, which resulted
In the latter's death, the police said.
The other is said to have confessed
after church services. He approached
the Rev. Edward M. Cross, rector of
the Church of st. John the Evangelist,
and told him what he knew of Smiths
death.
ST.. Paul.-Possibilities of diver
sion of the center of the steel industry
from Pennsylvania to Minnesota will
be discussed by Judge Ebert H. Gary,
chairman of the board of directors of
the United States Steel corporation at
the second annual convention Of the
State Realty Owners and Dealers as.
ISOLATION which will be held in St.
Paul on Jan. Is and 16.
Jasper.-Because the bonds recent,
ly voted for the completion of the
community building here are dated to
run too long a period, the state invest.