The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1920-01-14
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ing an expenditure of $4,000 will be
made on the local armory next spring,
according to Col. +. M. Minnegerode,
commander of the Fifth infantry, Min
nesota National Guard.
Minneapolis.-Te thousand dollars
worth of diamond rings was the loot
obtained by masked bandit who held
up and robbed Mrs. e. J. Nugent in her
home in an apartment house here, &C.
cording to report made to the police
st. Paul.-Final organization of the
Minnesota Potato Growers exchange,
to be composed of state associations
now formed for the purpose of grow
ing and marketing potatoes, is to be
made at Little Falls, January 26 and
q.
Worthington.-Mr and Mrs. August
Anderson, pioneer residents of Mobiles
county, celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary at their farm home
in Indian Lake township. The couple
took up a homestead in this county in
1871
st. Paul.-Governor j. A. A. Burn
quist has appointed Kenneth G.. Brill,
st. Paul attorney to take testimony
in proceedings for the removal from
office of Martin J. O'Malley, Ramsey
county treasurer and make a report
to the governor.
Duluth.-G. N. Fishback of West Du-
luth gave his son, Roy, rifle for
| Christmas and, after showing the boy
how to operate it, they engaged in tar
get practice. The son took the rifle
and the father is in the hospital with
a wound in the leg.
| Pine City.-Postmaster Collins has
| purchased the fixtures in the post Of
flee from w. F. Glaswo and will move
them shortly after JAM to his build
ing, now occupied by F. J. Cassidy as
the Pine City hotel, on Third avenue
across from the courthouse
| eapolis.-Eleanor Kelley, known
to the police as "The Tam O'Shanter
Girl" pleaded guilty to a charge of
grand larceny in the second degree in
Hennepin county district court and
was sentenced to the state penitentiary
for an indeterminate term.
Duluth.-Clarence barrow of Chi
cago will defend Jack Carney, editor
of The Truth when he is tried in fed
eral court, Duluth, January 10 on a
charge Of obstructing enlistments in
the United States army. Carney so
stated during an address here.
St. Cloud.-William Zins, an employe
of the Pan Motor company here, has
been arrested on a charge of opening
mail, extracting money orders and
cashing them. 1t is said that Zins
cashed several money orders and sew
eral checks before he was detected.
Minneapolis Minnesota State
Poultry association has announced that
the Armory has been obtained for the
annual poultry show to be given in
| Minneapolis the last week in January.
Officials assert the coming show will
be the largest ever held in the Twin
Cities
/ St. Characterization of a livestock
sales pavilion here at the county fair
ground is practically assured. The st.
Charles Pavilion association has been
organized with the object of promoting
the project, which is expected to pro-
vide adequate marketing facilities for
stockraisers in this region.
Duluth.-Alleging that his daughter
Muriel, aged 6, was disfgured for life
last summer when she was struck in
thrown by workman on a street re-
pair crew, James Johnston has filed
suit for $4,000 damages in district
court against the city Of Duluth
St. Paul-The new state reforma-
tory for women at Shakopee will be
opened within a few days. The first
inmates will occupy quarters in the
main building completed few
months ago. Women prisoners at the
Saltwater prison are not to be trans.
ferred to the Shakopee reformatory
until two new cottages have been
erected.
Marshall.-Many cities and villages
throughout this part of the state are
planning the erection of community
buildings as memorials to their soldier
! boys of the late war. Minneota is the
latest place which has taken up the
community building projects. Plans
, as prepared call for building to cost
not less than $4,000. Tracy has un
dertaken a similar memorial and the
structure to be built there will cost
! approximately 100000. Redwood
, Falls has already completed it's com.
munity building.
Stillwater.-John l.. Holmberg of St.
. Paul, an engineer on the Omaha rail.
!, road, pleaded guilty in municipal court
to the charge of robbing a box car on
. the Omaha line at Baytow1, August s.
last. Holmberg, it is charged, obtained
loot valued at $400. He was held ia
the Washington county district court
Grand Rapids to word
: coming here from Marble, w. A. Mark
:, U.s. merchant, arrested since there was
fire in his store, has confessed start
!: ing the blaze and implicated Fred Ed
ner. It is said that Markus gave az