The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-07-06
Thursday, July 6, 1888
Looking Back
Through Time
Excerpts From the Herald Thurs
day, July 8, Twenty
Years Ago

Inc annual ". n. ". eucdupulent
of the sixth district opened at Little
Falls Wednesday and closes tomor-
row. The delegation from Sank
Centre left at 800 A. M. feeling fine
and anticipating a glorious time.
Those from here who left with the
delegation were: Commander Jen-
kins, Clark Case, VIM. Pangburn,
Geo. w. Loomer, J. H Canfield,
Bush, Matt Vanish, B. F. Carr, Jas.
A. Norris, w. Benner, Fred Schur-
man, II Fielding, D. Cleveland, Jos.
Parker, johnson and Oldham. Luz
cas- Kells and III. Sneesby left this
Thursday morning.
In the neighborhood Of one hun
dred farmers living in the vicinity
of Sank Centre met at the Com
mercial Club rooms Tuesday after
noon and formed a Shippers As
ISOLATION with a membership of IS,
and elected a president and board
of five directors. Thos J. Flahaven
was chosen president. The directors
elected were r. Gamradt, Albert J.
Molitor, B. Bonner, Fred Lathrop
and Henty Botz.
The last issue of the ALBANY En-
terprise, in its account of the meet
ing of representatives of Sank Cen
ire and Melrose, recently, at Mel
rose, to arrange schedules for Sank
Centre band and ball team, has this
to say of the talk given on that oc-
casion by John N. McGibbon, may
or of Sank Centre: Mayor McGib-
bon, of Sank Centre, made an elo-
quent talk, boosting the interests
of Western Stearns county in gen.
eral and the Stearns county fair.
He made a strong plea for the
county seat removal in particular"
Mr.. and Mrs. d. F. Dubois, hav-
ing completed their honeymoon
outing, came in from Cedar Lake
Sunday and are now settled in their
home on Third street presented by
the groom's father, DR.. J. A. Du-
Bots. The happy young Benedict
resumed his active duties as vice
president of the First State Bank
Monday morning.
The Board of Education is plan
ming to have an entire new venti-
lating system placed in the old
grade school building. A. s. Chall-
man, in the employ of the state, has
ordered it put in, as he in numer-
GUS other public buildings through
out Minnesota. The fan system will
be used and the machinery will be
installed this summer so that every
thing will be in working order in
the fall.
Saturday afternoon an automo-
bile sent out by the state commit
tee to tour Minnesota in the in
terests of the Prohibition cause,
made its appearance in Sank Cen
tire and attracted considerable at
tention by footing it's horns ar
ranged on one side of the car, and
making a noise a la caliope. After
rushing up and down the street a
time or two they drew up to the
curb at the corner of Main and
Third and speech followed.
After holding the visitors prac-
tically scoreless until the ninth in
ming and playing in over confident
manner, the local pill artists were
brought to their feet in the last
frame of Sundays game when Viii
lard threatened with a sensational
Twin in ninth" melee and made it
to count. Sank Centre won.
Chas. Weymouth, H. N. Carpent-
er and D. c. Whitcomb left last
Thursday for st. Paul to join their
comrades to attend the celebration
of the fiftieth anniversary Of the
battle of Gettysburg.