The Tomahawk., 1920-12-30
News From All Parts of Mime.
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Minneapolis-Paris Gibson, 80 year
old, founder of the first flour mill
Minneapolis, is dead.
Melrose-William Unger, aged z;
died at his home here, after an Hines
of one month. He was one of tn
prominent and pioneer citizens of thi
city.
Adrian-The police department b.
order of the mayor has removed al
slot machines, punchboards and othe
gambling devices from poolrooms O
the city.
st. Cloud-Frank J. Lorinser,
resident Of st. Cloud for the last hal
century, employe of the city almos
continually for nearly two score years
| passed away.
| st. Peter-Dr. w. w. Covell, former
Regular Army captain, was elected
president of the Nicollet-LeSueul
County Medical association at their
| annual meeting bere./
st. Paul-The St. Paul city armistice
day committee will urge the Legisla
ture at it's coming session to designate
November IL Victory Day. and make
, it legal holiday in Minnesota.
St: Paul-T. w. Doughty, a banker
of Armstrong, Iowa, was suffocated
or burned to death in his room on the
ninth floor of the st. Paul Athletic
club, when fire was discovered in the
room.
Red Wing-Three of the older boy
inmates of the state training school
here stole an automobile belonging to
one of the officers of the school and
fled. A search for the boys has been
started.
Rochester-An approximate in
crease of 20 per cent in the electric
light and water rates of Rochester will
go into effect on Jan. 1, according to
an announcement by the public utili-
ties board
MISUNDERSTANDING miles of Wi.
mona county roads have been accepted
by the state highway commission for
inclusion in the trunk highway sys-
tenn, according to announcement by
the county board.
st. Paul-Carlos Avery, state game
and fish commissioner, returned from
where he attended a
meeting of the Gopher camp Fire club,
a sportsmen's organization, which was
attended by 600 persons.
Minneapolis valued at $500 |
1920 price stolen from the Of !
Fees of Paul D. Keller, supervising fed !
erai prohibition agent, Mr.. Keller an
nounced. The thieves had forced the |
1oor by the use of "jimmies."
rainerd-Brainerd soon is to be-
come the home of a new publication,
he Minnesota Lakes" monthly
to be published in the inter-
9sts Of summer tourists and all who
enjoy the Ten Thousand Lakes.
Minneapolis-Loot valued at ST. 900
which included $4,000 in cash and
$4,000 in negotiable bonds was OBJ
aimed by bandits who held up the
train between Hopkins and
December 8, postoffice in
pectors announced.
Fergus Falls-The commission ap-
ointed by the Legislature to admins
er the $165,0O0 fund appropriated at
he last session to reimburse this city
nd school district for tornado losses
let here to close up its work and pre-
are it's final report.
st. Paul-His feet slipping on an icy
1indowsill on the ninth floor of the
Guardian Life building, Steve Bodner
years old, window washer, fell
TX stories to the roof of a three.
tory building next door and was al
lost instantly killed. \
Sleepy Eye-Paul Christensen, a
,lephone worker, received fatal injur- {
IS while assisting in the removal Of
telephone pole at Springfield. Chris
ansen became entangled in a guy s
ire and was thrown to the ground,
Is skull being fractured: t
Appleton-A machine gun company I
it'll II members, was mustered into q
deral service here by Captain T. w. e
lack, U. s. A. Lester A. Hancock is r
lptain of the new organization, +. L. O
Ill, first lieutenant. The company is 8
most entirely composed Of former
rvice men. t
Minneapolis-Retail lumber dealers d
Minnesota, Iowa, North and South G
akota will gather here January IS, A
and 20 to attend the thirty-first an G.
lal convention of the Northwestern !,
association. Secretary s,
fred Pfund, Minneapolis, announces r,
at hotel reservations coming already D.
dicate the largest attendance in the b.
story of the association. /!
amount of soft coal re-
wed here since December totaled A
z 400 tons with the arrival of the d,
It two cargoes. There were 43,S00 ST
as Of anthracite received in the same CT
ne. Aggregate totals FOR the season re
E 1,560,470 tons of hard Goa! and T. fr
|, 800 tons Of soft coal. pl
of Mime. OF
Ia trust companies showed a gain of
),564,039 for the year ending June W
1920, according to statement just til
ued by the United States Mortgage til
Trust company of New York The til
al resources in 1920 were $34, 900, 063 ";
""mnared with S24.426.024 in 1919.i fu