The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-29
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Flashbacks
20 Years Ago
20 Years Ago

who lives four miles north of this
village, narrowly escaped death
last Saturday night.
Mr.. Schultz had driven to st.
Cloud and as he was returning
home presumably asleep, his
horses, instead of keeping the road,
took the Great Northern railroad
track and had gone about half a
mile when the evening local
struck them. One horse was in
stantly killed and the other SER
iously injured, while the rig was
demolished.
Mr.. Schultz was thrown ten
feet through the air. The train
was stopped and Mr. Schultz was
taken aboard, brought to Albany
and taken to his mothers home. A
physician was called and made a
thorough examination of the in
jured man but found no bones
broken. The patient, however,
was found to be suffering from
conclusion of the spine. 1t will be
several weeks before Mr.. Schultz
will be out again. His escape
from instant death is regarded as
miraculous.
Great Northern passenger trains
Nos. 5 and collided, head on, at
Garfield, near Evansville, at 2:30
a. m. Wednesday. A brakeman
was injured and both engines put
out of commission. The track was
not cleared until 8 o'clock.
There is miniature experiment.
al farm at Ward Springs. Mr..
Ward has had an acre cleared and
sown to winter wheat and he is
now wondering what the harvest
will be. He thinks there is no
good reason why winter wheat
cannot be successfully grown
here. .
Paul Ahles, superintendent of
schools of Stearns county, is visit
ing schools in this vicinity and
making the Palmer House his
headquarters.
Howard Stewart, who has been
employed at the Northern Pacific
depot here for the past year, re-
signed his position Monday and
returned to his home at Westport.
Lew Sutton, who has been with
Lee, Gingery & Co. the past year,
has accepted the place.
Harry and David Caughren came
down Friday noon from Osakis
and will spend a few days visiting
their mother. David leaves shortly
for Washington state where he is
employed.
A break in the water mains
Tuesday morning left the city
without water all that forenoon.
The break was repaired, and the
water turned on again early in the
afternoon.
Gust Emblom, a prominent
farmer living four miles west of
the city, was picked up by a cow
which he was leading from his
garden, with the result that he is
laid up with a broken leg. He was
brought to town where physician
set the injured member.
so Years Ago,
The severest wind and rain
storm of the season visited Sank
Centre on Tuesday night. The
wind blew fiercely and was ac-
companied by heavy rain. Con-
siderable damage was done to
property. The tin roof on Lam
caster & Fry's block was torn off,
letting the water through into the
lodge rooms of the Masons and
Odd Fellows, which occupy the
upper floor of the building. The
wind got hold under the tin and
the caves and tore it up, but not
entirely from the building, leaving
it curlei up in rolls. A chimney
was also blown off the same build
ing. "A house which was in course
of erection by Rev. j. l.. Thomp-
son, nearly enclosed, was blown
down and broken up. Mrs. Kate
Bradley's house was blown entire
1y off the foundation blocks. The
front doors of Casper & Sprague's
and Bishop & Bros. store were
blown open and the rooms flooded
with water.
Signs were blown down, and the
interior of many houses drenched
with water.
Runaway-The following par.
ticulars of a frightful runaway
which occurred on Tuesday of this
week, were furnished us by Mr.
John Madland, the produce ex.
change man of the house. of Kel.
iogg, Chase & Mayo. "A team be.
longing to Mr.. E. Lawson, OF
Round Prairie, which was standing
at the produce exchange door
awaiting the exchange of load OF
blueberries for goods, became
frightened ait the futtering of the
piles of goods, which Mr.. Madlant
was handing into the wagon anC
darted around the corner by ths
Sank Centre House barn. Before
they had reached the street the
box went flying from the wagon
and they ran up Main stree
across the Sank river bridge, anc
taking the Round Prairie road
went on through the woods, owe,
stumps and logs, still attached t,
the wagon, until they reache,
Spriesdersgack's place, four mile
from the starting point, wher
they cleared themselves from tn