The Tomahawk., 1924-01-03
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Rochester, skunk farm, financed
by local capital, is Rochester's latest
industrial project.
Austin-More than 1900 Austin chill
dren received gifts from the Austin
Elks' lodge at the lodges annual
Christmas party.
Rochester-A new $125,000 passen-
ger station is to be built here by the
Chicago & Northwestern railway, &C
cording to word received from head
quarters of the railroad at Chicago.
Detroit-Burglars broke into the FL
ott.Taylor-W company de-
partment store Sunday, blew open the
safe and got away with $4,000.
Warren-Bankers of this city are
getting behind the movement to boost
for alfalfa The. new slogan in Mar
shall county is get acquainted with
alfalfa"
Austin-Plans for the proposed new
bridge near the center Of the city.
which is to carry two state highways
over the Cedar river, have been placed
before the city council.
DuIuth-The population of Duluth
at the opening of 1924 is 111,2S2, an
increase of 1855 or 1875 per cent over
the census of 1920, according to po-
pulation survey just completed.
Henderson-Th Henderson -four
mill was totally destroyed by fire Of
undetermined origin. The loss Is esti-
mated at $4,000. Other property was
threatened and the LeSueur fire de-
partment was called.
Albert lea-A new exclusive resi-
dental district Is being added to AL
bert Lea with the rapid purchasing of
lots in a newly opened addition, Shore
land Heights. The new plat is situat-
ed on the north shore Of Fountain
Lake.
Montgomery-W. L. Sery, 43, for 16
years a publisher of the Montgomery
Messenger, died as the result Of an
accident which took place two months
ago, when a firearm carried by small
boy was discharged and the bullet
struck him in the shoulder.
Dodqe Center - Definite arrange
ments have been made by the Dodge
county farm bureau to get univer-
sity extension division specialist to
carry on clothing project work among
Dodge county farm women in the COM
ing year.
Park Rapids-Asher Kinds was res
cued from drowning in Fish Hook lake,
near here, by skaters when the auto
mobile he was driving ran into an air
hole. The car sank in about 40 feet
of water and Kinds was pulled out OF
the water by skaters.
Blue Earth-More than $50 passen-
gers escaped injury when Northwest
-ern westbeund train No. rs left the
rails. The baggage car plowed up the
rails and stopped only when part Of 1t
was over the river embankment. Had
it gone over other coaches probably
would have been dragged with 1t.
Jacksonville Okabena Press has
suspended publication after an exist
| ence Of more than six years. A far
| mers' union organization has taken
over the printing plant and will issue
publications in the interest Of the or
ganization in the future.
! st. CIoud-Oscar Omundson, St
Cloud, was killed and Albert Walleck
seriously injured when their auto ran
into Great Northern train No. 1. west
bound, between st. Cloud and Waite
| Park. According to trainmen, the en-
CINE already had passed the crossing
and the car ran into the tender, being
ground to pieces beneath the wheels
st. Paul-Trapped in a closed auto
mobile, a man plunged through raj
on the Sixth street bridge, st. Paul
fell 125 feet, the car turned over in
air and nosedived into the mud flats
and the driver was found later, still In
his seat, clinging to a piece of the
steering wheel He was Otto T
Hagna.
| DuIuth-Another achievemnt, the
last of the illustrious life Of Captain
Alexander McDougall, internationally
famous ship builder, inventor and
financier who died here last spring
has just been brought to light with the
issuance of patent for peat recov
ering and drying unit by which the
swamp deposits would be turned al
one process into high grade fuel II
either briquet or powdered form.
| Wells-One man Is dead, another II
believed to be MORALLY injured, while
third is in a serious condition as the
result of an automobile accident be
tween here and Easton. The three
young men, all from Wells were er
route to Blue Earth. VIII Stevens
who was pinned under the machine af
ter it went over high embankment
just outside the city limits, was killed
August Wetzel, is in hospital, ex
pected to die. Jacob Schortz, driver
of the car, received several broker
ribs and injuries to his back. He vii
recover. ,.... ....~s....
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