The Tomahawk., 1921-07-21
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BalatOn-A movement Is on lOOt
here to have all of the English speak
ing churches of the city select one
pastor and conduct services in but one
of the churches.
Fertile-Crop damage in this vlcln-
ity, due to the long siege of hot Wea-
Their, is estimated at from rs to so per
cent of the entire crop. Rye suffered
most, with wheat next.
st. Paul-Osteopaths cannot pre-
scribe morphine or use narcotics IN
the practice of their profession, &C.
cording to an opinion given by Rolln
l.. Smith, assistant attorney general.
ChishOlm-Rendered unconscious by
being struck by an overturned raft,
Hyman Spire, aged %, was drowned
in Perch lake before his companions
could rescue him. They were bathing.
' Luverne-John Bliss, aged 46, Lu-
verne police officer, was killed in an
automobile accident near. Herman,
Mimi, according to advices received
here. Bliss was Writing with relatives
at Barrett, MINI.
st. Paula plan to finance erection
of rest home for disabled war vet
Grams of Ramsey county through pub
lie subscription is being discussed by
q committee of so veterans and repre-
sentatives of war work agencies.
Crosby Farmers report that a
whirlwind struck Carlson lake, small
body of water and caused a water
spout The spout tapered to a point
which was several hundred feet in the
air. The lake was nearly emptied.
Northfield-TheE third regular con-
vention of the Young Peoples Luther
League and Choral Union of the South
ern Minnesota district of the Norwe-
gian Lutheran Church of America met
here at st. Olaf College heights.
Fergus Falls-Threshers of this To-
cality held a meeting here and plan
ned to organize a mutual liability in
surance company. Action was taken
following passage to the new law
which compels them to carry Habllhy
insurance for their employees.
nneapolis-William LANCER, for
mer attorney general of North Dakota,
who has been appearing in series OF
debates with A. G. Townley, president
of the National Nonpartisan league, an
n6unced that he had cancelled all fur
Their debates. ->-
Jackson-By large majority OF
voters Jackson at a special election
authorized the issuance of bonds in the
amount of $4,000 for the erection Of
an Armory and municipal building
here. Work on the structure will be-
gin Immediately.
Elmer Lee, Negro arrest
ed with w. L. May, about a week ago,
on, a charge of stealing automobile
tires from St. Charles concern, was
sentenced to so days in the county Jail
here. May is now serving an indeti-
mite sentence at St. Cloud.
Winona-Mrs. Ida Jones Sobehart,
aged 30, was killed when the automo'
bile which she was driving turned ov-
er west of this city Mrs. Sobehart
was strangled to death when the
steering wheel broke after the ma
chine had turned over, permitting the
steering rod to press against her
throat. +-.'] 49, '~..
Moose Lake-Erick Lofgren, So
+ years old, a farmer living four miles
south of here, committed suicide by
exploding about $50 pounds of dyna-
mite in a chicken house. The shock
rocked the country for miles around,
the building being totally destroyed.
Small parts of his body were found
several hundred feet from the wreck
age. ,=.-.sse,esz . I. =. -.
| Winona-Wine, imbibed after he
| had burglarized the house OF Arthur
Weis, farmer near here, proved the
| undoing of Carl K1omund, road
worker. According to Sheriff George
Huck, Klomund, made drowsy by the
effects of the wine, was found asleep
| under a tree in grove about half a
| mile from the farmhouse, with his loot
nearby. - ~ - -. -"
| Tracy-Charging that Mayor j. c.
Filkins failed to have the flag flying
| over the city hall on July 4 and that
! he failed to show such courtesy and
respect as is due the governor of the
| State of Minnesota, during Governor
| J. A. o. Preus' visit on July 4, the
Earl Ray post, American Legion, in a
resolution has asked Mayor Filkins
Resignation. /,
Minneapolis Present conditions OF
sugar beets in Minnesota point to rec
ord crop, II. A. Douglas, president Of
/ the Minnesota Sugar company, said
The dry weather has not hurt the CROP
and has made the beets go farther in
the ground for moisture, tending to
make better product.
Duluth CELEBRATING twenty min
utes jury in circuit court here Thurs
day awarded Mrs. Thilja Bloomstrom
mother Of five small children, $500
damages S.om Mrs. Lettie Campbell
for alternating the affections OF her hus
band. Mrs. Bloomstrom sued for $40,
900.