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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-06-09
MANY WOMEN VOTING

London, June 3 LP-The Dublin
correspondent of the British Press
Association says the women were
voting extensively in today's Irish
Free State elections and that the
government is expected to maintain
its majority In the Dali Eireann.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

Major General Dix, New York.
This evening at about $3.50 P. M, at
Ford's Theatre, the President, while
sitting in his private box with Mrs.
Lincoln, Mrs. Harris and Major Rath-
burn, was shot by an assassin, who
suddenly entered the box and ap-
preached behind the President.
The assassin then leaped upon the
stage, brandishing large dagger or
knife and made his escape in the rear
of the theatre
The pistol ball entered the back of
the Presidents head and penetrated
nearly through the head. The wound
is mortal.
The President has been insensible
ever since it was inflicted, and is
now dying.
About the same hour an assassin,
whether the same or not, entered Mr..
Stewards apartments, and under pre-
tense of having a prescription was
shown to the Secretary's sick cham
Der. The assassin Immediately rush
ed to the bed and inflicted two or
three stabs on the throat and two on
the face.
1t is hoped the wounds may not be
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

ClOquet; stop the cutting of pulpwood
by farmers and small operators, even
though owned by themselves; create
unemployment in Cloquet factories,
and reduce by so much the number
of homes and business concerns in
the city.
The Keep Minnesota Green" policy,
for which the Arrowhead country
stands to the last man and woman,
provides everything in the way of
recreational facilities that a park
could give and perhaps more, and
supports in addition the industrial
development which means so much
to the welfare of northeastern Mime
sofa.
The Superior National Forest was
established to grow trees, to market
the timber, to encourage and further
the same forest policy on private land,
and to give every facility for recre-
ational use of the forest. The park
idea would leave fire protection to
the shifting mercies of congress and
completely suppress any development
roads, taxes, farms, homes, indus
tries-based on forest resources.
1t should be realized that this fam
ciful idea is based on the use of this
immense region by a comparatively
few, many of whom are non-residents,
spending few days seeking pleasure
during our short summer season. To
leave this vast region idle the rest of
the year, to allow the mature timber
to fall to decay, for the sole reason
that a privileged few may disport
themselves for a few weeks, or per-
haps days, in each year is too absurd
to consider.
1t is unbelievable that Minnesota
or the national government would
pronounce the sentence of extinction
on Cloquet and its industries and
homes. 1t is, however, all too pos
sible that interminable delays in
reaching a decision might impose on
this community hardships scarcely
less grievous.
This whole region, with Cloquet,
must insist on a full hearing and
speedy decision both by state and
federal authorities on the proposition
that whole communities cannot be
wrecked and property confiscated to
make sportsman's paradise for a
few nonresident hunters.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

The alarm was sounded in every
quarter. Mr.. Stanton was notified anu
Immediately left his house.
All the other members of the cab
met escaped attack.
Cavalrymen were sent out in all
directions, and dispatches sent to all
the Notifications and it is thought
they will be captured.
About half-past ten O'Clock this eve
ming a tall, well-dressed man made
his appearance at Secretary Stewards
residence, and applied for admission.
He was refused admission by the SER
want, when the desperate stated that
he had a prescription from the Sur
geon General and that he was ordered
to deliver it in person. He was still
refused, except upon the written or
der of the physician. This he pre-
tended to show, and pushed by the
servant and rushed up stairs to Mr..
Stewards room. He was met at the
door by Mr.. Frederick Seward, who
notified him that he was master of
the house, and would take charge of
the medicine. After a few words had
passed between them he lodged by
Fred Seward and rushed to the Secre-
tary's bed and struck him in the neck
with a dagger. and also in the breast.
1t was supposed at first that Mr..
Seward was killed instantly, but it
was found afterwards that the wound
was not mortal.
Major VIM. H. Seward, Jr., pay
master, was in the room and rushed
to the defense of his father and was
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

About every so often canvassers
come around and ask people to SUBJ
scribe for this or that magazine or
newspaper, stating that they are earn
ing a tuition to attend some college
or university. The other day there
was a young lady making Pine county
towns on mission of that kind.
zine or newspaper from such a can
vasser to help her Out-an act that is
likely more on a charitable order than
purely business proposition. Some
times the children in public schools
are enlisted in work of that type al
so, the publications back of it figur-
ing that folks can hardly be hard
headed enough to refuse a child. Of
course in the event where children
are soliciting it is arranged that the
school gets commission on all SUBJ
scriptions for athletic goods, some
thing for the library, etc. 1t is on the
order of soliciting aims. 1t is far bet
ter that a publication is sold on it's
merits, on a purely business propo-
sition, and then if the reader likes
it and figures he is getting his
moneys worth, chances are that there
will be renewal of the subscription.
This house to house canvassing of
children when it is not necessary, and
some business firm gets the benefit
is out of date and is sort of
nuisance.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

A savings account advertisement
carries the following line: Every
year spent in school is step toward
a greater earning power in the years
ahead.-Keep the boy in school"
Generally speaking more schooling
will make for more earning, power,
especially if the boy is kept busy in
his spare time, learns what actual
work is and also learns to know the
value of dollar. The practical side
of life must always go hand in hand
with book learning. But it seems
that there is so much stress laid on
the earning capacity. Why so much
talk about the dollars and cents? A
common school education is neces-
sary in all walks of life so that a
person can read and keep abreast of
the times, do his own letter writing
and bookkeeping, but so far as higher
learning is concerned it would seem
that that should be more for the pur-
pose of living a richer and more
wholesome life. Of course instructors,
professional men and women, and ex-
perts are always needed. A living is
necessary and it should be good
one for all who are honest and am
bilious but the matter of dollars and
cents in the final analysis is of less
Importance.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

the head. The shot entered the back
temple.
The assassin then jumped from the
box upon the stage and ran across to
the other side, exhibiting a dagger in
his hand, flourishing it in tragical
manner, shouting the same words re-
peated by the desperate at Mr.. Sew
ards house, adding to it, "The South
is avenged" but in his passage drop
ped his pistol and his hat.
Mr.. Lincoln fell forward from his
seat and Mrs. Lincoln tainted.
The moment the astonished audi
ence could realize what had happened
the President was taken and carried
to Mr.. Peterson's house, in Tenth
street, opposite to the theatre. Med
zeal aid was Immediately sent for, and
the wound was at first supposed to be
fatal, and it was announced that he
could not live, but at half-past twelve
he is still alive, though in a pre-
carious condition.
AS the assassin ran across the stage,
Colonel J. B. Stewart, of this city,
who was occupying one of the front
seats in the orchestra, on the same
side of the house as the box occupied
by Mr.. Lincoln, sprang to the stage
and followed him; but he was OBJ
structed in his passage across the
stage by the fright of the actors, and
reached the back door about three
seconds after the assassin had passed
out. Colonel Stewart got to the
street just in time to see him mount
his horse and ride away.
The operation shows that the whole
thing was a pre-concerted plan. The
person who fired the pistol was a man
about thirty years of age, about five
feet nine, spare built, fair skin, dark
hair, apparently bushy, with a large
mustache. Laura Keene and the
leader of the orchestra declare that
they recognized him as J. Wilkes
Booth, the actor, and a rabid seces-
sionist. Whoever he was, it is plain
ly evident that he thoroughly under
stood the theatre and all the approach
es and modes of escape to the stage.
A person not familiar with the theatre
could not have possibly made his
escape so well and quickly.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

that its original settlers were among
the most virile and progressive and
adventurous of their respective homes.
The New England and Middle States,
themselves populated by similar
strains of energetic and courageous
people, sent out their hardest sons
and daughters. The British Isles and
Northern Europe contributed most of
the remaining first generations of
Minnesotans. 1t cannot be doubted
that it is the vigor and Drawn and
pluck of such as these that have held
Minnesota in the forefront of enter
prise and progress. 1t was such a
heritage that made a governor of
Minnesota offer the first regiment to
President Lincoln at the outbreak of
the Civil war. and that, only this
summer, made Minnesota airman
electrffy the habitable globe by flying
across the Atlantic in a one-seated,
single-engine aeroplane; and between
Governor Ramsey and Charles A.
Lindbergh of Little Falls, there have
appeared a constant succession of
Minnesota men and women who have
dared all and done great deeds. 1t
is in their blood and that of their
children"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13
SHALL TIMBER INDUSTRY BE
ERASED FROM STATE MAP?
(From Pine Knot, Cloquetl

| (rTOlu flue huOl, ClOqueI)
Cloquet's existence depends on the
manufacture of lumber, paper, box
lumber, Balsam-Wool, pulpwood board
toothpicks, woodenware, planning mill
products, chemicals, fabrics, and other
products of wood.
A population of more than 1000,
taxable values of more than $5,OOO,-
900, a payroll of $5,OOO,OOO, the per-
manence of one thousand homes and
the prosperity of a growing farming
population in Carlton and southern
| st. Louis cOunties-all hinge upon
| timber lands.
The main source of supply for
pulpwood and the only source of sup
ply of saw logs to maintain these in
dustries and homes is the timber
now owned by the Cloquet industries
in the region of and adjacent to the
Superior National Forest.
The group of industries at Cloquet
| has invested ten million dollars since
the fire of 1918 in timber and plants
with the idea of a perpetual supply
of raw material coming from the
Arrowhead country. This timber was
bought years ago.
These industries own timber re-
serves within the boundaries of the
Superior National Forest, calculated
to furnish raw materials for years,
at the end of which time reforesta-
ton methods will have built up the
forests, public and private, to a ba-
sis which will maintain not only the
Cloquet industries but twenty such
manufacturing centers in this Ar
rowhead country. That is on the
basis of sustained yield, with the
growth equaling the cut.
There is now an organized move
ment, under the name of Save the
Superior Forest Committee" to abol-
| ish the Superior National Forest, and
make it an immense park, larger than
some of our states. To add to that
park all the lands within the present
boundaries of the forest reserve and
to sweep into the same park practi-
cally all of Lake and Cook counties
and all north of Lake Vermillion in
ST. Louis county The object is to
stop all cutting of timber in the en-
tire forest region, even though now
privately owned by farmers, small
operators, and industries.
The immediate result of such action
would be to close the sawmills in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13
OPEN LETTER TO w. C.. T. UNION
OF ASKOV

1t has come to my knowledge that
you at your meetings are accusing me
of boozing and even smuggling the
stuff.
Now am glad am in a position
that 1 can tell you straight out, face
to face with God, that whoever of you
says so, is liar.
1 have respect enough for my family
and myself to keep out of such rot.
But if mudslinging is part of your
program, be sure to know where it
belongs, or consequences might be
serious. May I suggest that you at
your meetings take up the 9Th COM
mandment which reads: "Thou shalt
not bear false against thy neighbor,"
meaning you shall not falsely belle,
Islander or defame anybody.
AS far as our home life is concerned
I assure you that we feel perfectly
contented ourselves, so hope the w.
c. T. Union can feel rested in that
respect also.
FRED F. HANSEN.
Askov, Mimi, Oct. 10, 1927.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

mortal. My apprehension is that they
will prove fatal.
The nurse alarmed Mr.. Frederick
Seward, who was in an adjoining
room, and he fastened to the door of
his fathers room, when he met the
ASSASSIN, who inflicted upon him one
or more dangerous wounds. The re-
covery of Frederick Seward is doubt
full.
1t is not probable that the President
will live through the night.
General Grant and wife were adver-
tised to be at the theatre this evening,
but he started to Burlington at six
o'clock this evening.
At Cabinet meeting, at which Gen.
eral Grant was present, the subject
of the state of the country and the
prospect of a speedy peace was dis
cussed. The President was very
cheerful and hopeful, and spoke very
kindly of General Lee and others of
the confederacy, and the establishment
of government in Virginia.
All members of the Cabinet, except
Mr.. Seward, were in attendance upon
the President.
I have seen Mr.. Seward, but he and
Frederick were both unconscious.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

The Yankees made it four straight
against the Pirates and won the
Worlds championship in baseball for
1927. Playing only four games to
settle supremacy instead of five, six,
or possibly even seven naturally cut
down the gate receipts considerably,
but it goes to show that the teams
are so evenly matched that one is
taking no chances with the other and
they are not pulling on the public
forAall the gate receipts there is in it.
Organized baseball stands high in
America, it is the great national
game, and if it continues to be con-
Quoted as it has been in the past it
will develop even more enthusiasm.
There was one Pirate pitcher who had
Babe Ruth, the great Yankee slugger,
puzzled, and that was Meadows, the
man with the spectacles. His good
work will long be remembered. The
superb playing of the Yankee infield
appeared to be the high light in the
series. Not since 1914 has the
Worlds series been decided by four
straight victories. Then it was the
National league that won out.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13
Copy of Original News Report Of
President Lincoln's Assassination

Mrs. w. F. Greene, wife of DR..
Greene of Bruno, has amongst
her valuable keepsakes an origin
al copy of the New York Herald
containing the report of the as
sassination of President Abraham
Lincoln and the stabbing of Sec
rotary Seward. The copy of the
newspaper is dated April Is, 1865,
and being more than 81 years
old, is very worn and ragged and
yellow with age. Mrs. Greene
kindly consented to let the Amer
lean borrow her copy of the
Herald for the republication of
the article which is given here
with, also the editorial dealing
with the assassination in that is
sue:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

We move that the next politician
or congressman who proposes to help
the farmer by extending him addi-
tional credit, which he does not want,
be hit upon the head with a sledge
until said head shall show evidence
of brains. We repeat once more that
the average farmer is not asking for
more credit. What he wants to do
is get such prices for his products
as will allow him to liquidate his
debts. Increase prices for what he
consumes. That is the one and only
remedy, no matter what form in
which it is notwithstanding Cottonwood
County Citizen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

Prize fights are prohibited in Rus
STA Those Bolsheviks do not ap-
preciate the culture and civilization
of the United States where two men
can be trained up to physical per-
lection for the purpose of batting the
stuffing out of each other just to see
which one can stand up the longest,
while the people pay three millions
of dollars to witness the spectacle
Mile Laos County Times.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13
A GOOD HERITAGE

The Fergus Falls Tribune, edited
by H. M. Wheelock, one of Minnesota's
able newspapermen, and published
in a progressive town, that is the
center of good trade territory, came
out with splendid 16-page special
edition last week, printed on book
paper. 1t .bulges with well written
articles telling of opportunities there
and has many views of public and
other buildings. One of Editor Wheel
ock's editorials was headed "a States
Great Citizenship" and reads as fol-
lows:
''This state is peopled by those
who came from outside its border,
or their descendants. This means
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

Only four World war veterans are
left on the "Argonne Farms" near
Lakeville, the rest having been fore
closed out on mortgages. A big
graft was worked on these veterans
in getting them to invest in this pro-
position by real estate sharks, and
the fellows that worked this scheme
on them were among the biggest flag
waivers and 100 per centers" during
the war. The name of the locality
should now be changed to "Are Gone. u
Mile Laos County Times.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

Smaller villages in any state that
have the same names as large cities
in other states are sometimes an
noyed by having their mail mixed
Grand Rapids and Detroit in this
state have that experience frequently
but they are not the only ones. The
Saltwater Gazette reports that recent.
ly the postmaster at Hancock, Mimi
received seven letters in one day for
Hancocks in the states of North Da.
kota, Iowa, Maine, Wisconsin, Florida
and Mississippi
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

While in France with the American
army 1 obtained noted French pre-
scription for the treatment of Rheu-
matism and Neuritis. l have given
this to thousands with wonderful re-
suits. The prescription cost me moth
ing. 1 ask nothing for it. I will mail
it if you will send me your address.
A postal will bring it. Write today.
PAIL CASE, Dept. jill, BrocktOn, Mass.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

Tommy, have you been at those
three apples 1 left in the cupboard?"
asked fond mother of her little son.
Mother" he said, looking straight
in her eyes, 81 haven't touched one"
Then how is it that found two apple
cores in your bedroom, and only one
apple in the cupboard" she asked.
That" he replied, as he edged toward
the door, sis the one 1 didn't touch. a"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13
The Herald Dispatches.
Wachin ofon Apri1

Washington, April IA, 1865
Assassination has been inaugurated
in Washington. The bowie knife and
pistol have been applied to President
Lincoln and Secretary Seward. The
former was shot in the throat, while
at Fords theatre tonight. Mr.. Seward
was badly cut about the neck, while
in his bed, at his residence.
SECOND DISPATCH
Washington, April IA, 1865
An attempt was made about 10
o'clock this evening to assassinate the
President and Secretary Seward. The
President was shot at Ford's theatre.
Result not yet known. Mr.. Stewards
throat was cut, and his son badly
wounded.
There is intense excitement here.
Details of the Assassination.
Washington, April IA, 1865,
Washington was thrown into an in
tense excitement few minutes before
eleven o'clock this evening, by the an
nouncement that the President and
Secretary Seward had been assassin
ated and were dead.
The widest excitement prevailed in
all parts of the city. Men, women and
children, old and young, rushed to
and fro, and the rumors were magni-
fed until we had nearly every member
of the cabinet killed. Some time
elapsed before authentic data could
be ascertained in regard to the affair.
The President and Mrs. Lincoln
were at Ford's theatre, listening to
the performance of the American Cou-
sin, occupying a box in the second
tier. At the close of the third act a
person entered the box occupied by
the President and shot Mr.. Lincoln in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

IMPORTANT
Assassination
of
President Lincoln
The President Shot at the
Theatre Last Evening.
Secretary Seward
Daggered in His Bed
But
Not Morally Wounded.
Clarence and Frederick Sew
ard Badly Hurt.
ESCAPE OF THE ASSASSINS
Intense Excitement in
Washington.
Scene at the Deathbed of
Mr.. Lincoln.
J. Wilkes Booth, the Actor, tn,
Alleged Assassin of the
President.
The Official DiSpatch
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13
The Official Dispatch
War Department,

Washington, April 15-1:30 A. M.