Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-07-08
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Condensed Stories d HappeninSs
Of the Week n Minnesota

sandstone-Thieves broke into the
dynamite storage house Of the Deming
Hardware Company and carried away
a quantity Of explosives.
Hibbing-The village payroll has
been reduced to $4,000 month by
recent slashes made by the council,
it was said here for Recorder Jack
RIVAL.
So. st. PauI-President Calvin Cool
idge has signed the act authorizing
construction Of bridge across the
Mississippi river at South st. Paul to
connect the various packing plants.
MinneapoIfs-Lieut Karl Tasteman,
graduate of the school of engineering
at the University Of Minnesota, and
a resident of Minneapolis, was killed
at Rantoul, ILL.,, when an airplane he
was plotting crashed to the ground.
Remidji-275 traffic officials from
throughout the U. S. met at Birch
mont for a three-day outing. Two
special trains, including nine private
cars were used IN transporting the
visitors. :
Mapkato-Funeral services were
conducted here for c. L. Benedict, for
mer state senator from Blue Earth
county and, at the time Of his death,
village attorney at Crosby. He died
at Crosby at the age of So years.
virginia-The question Of replacing
the old Roosevelt grade school build
ing with $750,000 junior high school
building will be submitted to the vot-
ers of the Independent school district
of Virginia, at the annual school cleo
ton July 20.
Minneapolis Fifteen hundred
scientific housekeepers, experts in
cooking, child raising, dressmaking,
and in all the business of making
comfortable homes, attended the 18th
annual meeting of the American
Home Economics Association here.
MinneapoIis-The third week Of the
American Institute of Cooperation at
university farm school, opened with
Judge John D. Miller, vice president
and general counsel of the Dairyman's
league, cooperative association OF
New York. presiding.
misunderstanding in the axiom
that IAN active mind means healthy
body" Knut Mo, 3044 Pleasant avenue,
IS years old, has just completed the
state bar examination in the capitol
Mr.. Mo is credited with being the
oldest person ever to take the bar
examination in the state.
MinneapoIis-The Minneapolis Civic
and Commerce Association, the Min
nesota State Agricultural Association
and the st. Paul Association signed
contracts pledging financial support to
the Northwest Dairy Exposition, to be
conducted in connection with the Min
nesota State Fair, September 4 to IL.
NorthfieId-Herman Roe, editor and
leader in public affairs for many years,
is the new president of the National
Editorial Association, elected at the
annual convention Of the organiza-
ton at Los Angeles. H. G. Hotaling
of st. Paul, former Minnesota news
paper man, was reelected executive
secretary Of the association.
st. PauI-With Senator Henrik Ship
stead of Minnesota delegated by Pre-
sident Coolidge to represent the ma
tional government at the first interna-
tional dental congress to be opened
August % in Philadelphia, Minneap-
oils and st. Paul will be represented
by 81 dentists, who will read papers
before the first congress to be con-
Quoted since 1914.
Morris-Mrs. John D. Sherman,
Washington, president of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs and DR..
Lotus D. Coffman, president Of the
University of Minnesota, are to be
speakers at the thirty-second annual
convention of the Minnesota Fedora
ton of Women's Club at Morris, Sep
TENDER Is, 16 and II. =
DuIuth-A new constitution for the
Minnesota State Bar association prob
ably will be adopted when justice
Of the United States supreme court,
Pierce Butler of st. Paul, between As
and so district court judges, and 500
lawyers of the state attend the asso-
citation convention here July to 9.
Howard T. Abbott, president Of the
association, said.
nneapolis-Professor +. L. Wash
burn, widely known authority on in
sect life, who for "a years has been