The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-29
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20 Years Ago
Excerpts from the Herald
of 20 Years Apo

II. u. Sinks, OF the state board
of health, was in Sank Centre Fri
day to cooperate with the local
health authorities in doing some
thing toward regulating the con-
troll of small pox and measles.
There has been and now is small
pox in this part of the country and
no reports have been made to the
proper authorities. 1t is hoped
that the matter will now be proper
ly looked after.
Frank A. Day, chairman of the
state democratic committee, has
issued the call for the state con-
vention which is to select dele
gates to the Denver convention.
The state convention is to be held
in St. Paul May 18th. The pri-
maries, under the call just issued,
will be held on the evening of May
9th and the county conventions
are to he on May 9th.
The local granite works has
started to put up big building.
This industry means much for
Sank Centre and the enlargement
shows that business is corning this
way.
A sudden snowstorm Tuesday
evening continued through the
night and when daylight came some
six inches of "the beautiful" COW
cred the ground. The snow was
moist and lay where it fell. A
thaw set in on Wednesday.
AS the time for the city election
approaches interest increases. One
fight has developed, that for alder
man in the second ward. l.. j.
Irish has a petition out for the
place, thus making three cornered
contest between himself and E. S.
Richards and T. w. Peart. There
are no other contests in sight. May
or Ward has filed his petition.
Owing to the scarcity of sons of
the emerald isle in these parts, St.
Patrick's Day passed without any
particulr notice last Tuesday. There
was a little green ribbon and few
shamrocks in evidence but no gen.
eral demonstration. The day was
a cold March day with a snow
storm in the evening. -.
The westbound Oriental Limited
that passes through Sank Centre
Friday was boarded near Bonner's
Ferry Sunday morning by man
who represented himself as a spec
ial mail agent. He entered the
mail car and soon had one of the
men locked in the closet and the
other bound and gagged under a
table. He deliberately went
through the registered mail and
stayed on the train two hours or
more, finally leaving it. When the
train arrived at Spokane the men
were released. Later it developed
that the robber secured only $2.40
for his trouble. No clue has yet
been discovered as to the robbers
identity.
Change in Firms-Two changes
in business firms Of Sank Centre
are recorded this week. The firm
of C. ID. Marshall & Co., dealers
in agricultural implements, be-
comes Marshall & Lyman; while
n. P. Stadtherr succeeds to the
DuICIlST UuSlIlSSS VI JUS. AuSDds
Both changes were announced
Monday morning.
The firm of C. D. Marshall &
Co. is an old and well established
one. 1t first started under the
firm name of Townsend & Mar
shall in 1894.
Jos. w. Kusba's retirement
from business came as something
of a surprise. "Joe" has been in
the meat market business here for
some years and everybody knows
him. M. p. Stadtherr comes from
Edgerton, MIMI, where he has a
meat market.
Fred Browne, assistant engineer
for the Northern Pacific, arrived
in Sank Centre last Sunday eve
ming with two assistants and has
since been at work running lines
for "stub" from the company's
line to the grounds Of the indus
trial school.
The interior of the Model store
has just received fresh coat of
kalsomine, making the walls and
ceiling bright and attractive and
adding much to the appearance OF
the store room, TO say nothing OF
the additional brightness of Ee