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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
Word "Yankee" Believed
to Be of Indian Origin

The exact origin of the word
Yankee" is vague, but since the
early English Colonists of Massa-
chusetts were first called that it is
commonly accepted that Yankees, or
Yenghees was the Indians effort
to pronounce English" says Path
finder Magazine. Others say it was
the Indian corruption of "Anglais,"
the French word for English" If
the latter is the case the name must
have originated with the Canadian
Indians, since they were the first
to come in contact with the French.
The word was used by the British
soldiers about 1775 as a term Of con-
tempt for the New Englanders. Dur
ing the Civil war the southerners
applied it generally to all northern
people, while in Europe it is quite
common to refer to all Americans
as Yankees. Properly speaking, it
applies only to citizen of the New
England states.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
Barbering Youngest Art,
Oldest of Professions

Barbering is the oldest of the pro-
fessions and the youngest of the
arts, says a correspondent in the
Modern Thinker. It has seen many
vicissitudes. 1t was indirectly con-
trolled by church and state long be-
fore it fell into the hands of the
more whimsical decree of fashion,
or confiicted in any way with the
laws of sanitation.
1t was an ancient craft before
union shops were thought of, and in
some Oriental countries the bar
Der still plies his trade by the road
side, or wherever it Is convenient
for his patrons to sit.
BARRIERS were our first surgeons,
first dentists and the first to make
a practical application of the sci
ence of oralogy. Combined with
these duties, the barber was also
a specialist in phlebotomy (the op-
Grafton of blood-letting), and when
under Henry VIII. the Company Of
BARRIERS was incorporated with the
Company of Surgeons, the BARRIERS
were still permitted to draw teeth
and let blood, while the surgeons
were forbidden to do any ''barbery."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
State Near Goal in Fight
On T. B., Says Farm Bureau
All But Three Counties Enrolled in
Statewide War on Bovine
White Plague

The saving of eastern markets to
Minnesota dairymen seems assured
as Minnesota counties hasten to Or
der bovine T. B. tests says the
Minnesota Farm Bureau. Settling of
the controversial problem of wiping
out tuberculosis in cattle seemed as
sured on March Is when all but
three counties of the state had
started action to wipe out the
plague, it was learned at the office
of DR.. Charles e. Cotton, secretary
of the State Livestock Sanitary
Board.
On that date, II counties had been
officially designated as accredited
areas, tests had been made or or
dered in Is and only Lac qui Parle,
Yellow Medicine and Chippewa had
not taken affirmative action. The
closing of eastern markets to dairy
products from untested areas and
the availability of CWA funds for
carrying on the test have greatly
stimulated the T. B. eradication
work, Farm Bureau officials said.
In his long fight to free Mime
sofa dairy herds from tuberculosis,
DR.. Cotton has had the support of
all of the states major farm CO.
operative organizations. The anti
testing agitation, which cost the
taxpayers of Iowa more than $685.
600 during the cow test WAR of
two years ago, was rendered COM
paratively harmless in Minnesota
by the support given DR.. Cotton by
the states cooperative groups.
Endorsement of the cow testing
campaign was given recently by
Gov. Floyd Olson. He urged coun-
ties to act now in order to take adj
vantage of CWA funds. These
funds will not be available after
May 1, says DR.. Cotton.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
AMERICANISM DEFINED

The word "Amercansm' is used very frequently,
but the average person would doubtless find some
difficulty in defining it Enthusiastically
Broadly speaking it is understood to mean an
appreciation of and loyalty to America and it's in
situations. But it more than mere passive
acceptance of the benefits which derived from
citizenship.
Probably no class of citizens is better qualified
to define Americanism than the veterans of the
which have been waged to defend it. Such defini-
ton was adopted some time ago by the commanders
in-chief of five leading veterans organizations as
follows:
"Americanism is unfailing love of country;
loyalty institutions and ideals; eagerness to de-
fend it against all enemies; undivided allegiance to
the flag desire to the blessing of liberty
to ourselves and posterity'
Persons who qualify under that definition are
truly Americans, whether native-born naturalized
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
GRADING PRODUCTS

No farmer would expect to sell at a good price
a barrel filled with onions cucumbers, turnips and
potatoes all mixed together. 1t is almost foolish
to expect to get the market price for barrel of
a single product in which all sorts dumped with
out regard to size, color cleanliness.
many farmers must sell it for much less than might
be obtained for the stuff by exercising little
care in preparing it for the market. In discussing
this important phase of marketing an expert says
Quality and uniformity in grains, fruit, cotton,
potatoes, dairy and poultry products command pre-
MUM from the buyer crate of large clean eggs OF
uniform color will bring more in a central market
than one in which small dirty many colored eggs are
included. Dirty potatoes of mixed sizes sell poorly
alongside of clean that have been graded.
The difference in price between graded and I'M
graded products often the difference between
profit and loss in farming operations.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
Most Successful Melodrama

"A Celebrated Case" was one of
the most successful melodramas
ever produced in this country. 1t
was from the French and was writ
ten by Adolphe Philippe D'Ennery
and Eugene Cormon, who wrote also
1.-TWO Orphans" Sheridan Shook and
A. N. Palmer, partners and man
ayers Of the Union Square theater,
New York, obtained 1t for produc-
ton for their theater. It was pre-
scented for the first time on Janu-
airy %, 1878. A. r. Cazauran, q
New York journalist and linguist
who was Palmer's house dramatist.
and literary adviser. was respon-
sibls for the translated or para
phrased version which became 80
famous In this country.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
GOOD PALACES

Popular ideas about food a strange admix-
ture of truth and fiction according to DR.. Lieb,
authority diet. Particularly is this the with
respect to notions of what is good for people, not
good for them, under varying circumstances.
For example, bananas and nuts long
thought to be hard to digest but if the bananas
ripe and the nuts chewed sufficiently they among
the most easily dgestible of foods
The prejudice against raw foods is also unwar-
ranted it is said. Raw corn, wheat and other
starches in moderate amounts completely digest
ed while potatoes 78 per cent digestibe The
craving of some children for potatoes may be
INDUCED to reasonable extent without harm, and
the same is true of raw cabbage and lettuce.
Drinking water during meals long thought
to be harmful to the digestion, but for normal per-
it is declared to be beneficial if slipped in
between swallows of solid food.
Forcing children to eat spinach other foods
which they do not like is not good for them, the
feeling of repulson which they experience binders
digestion.
While the doctor does not say it in as many
words it appears that rather safe rule of diet is
to eat what one likes provided it does not produce
any disagreeable after effects. And regardless of
advice, that is what most of insist doing any
way.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
Hurricanes Not Called
Cyclones at Beginning

Hurricanes originate in the trOp-
les. If they become large enough,
hurricanes become cyclones. But
the term cyclone seldom is used, be-
cause people in areas usually visited
by destructive storms have become
accustomed to needing the hurricane
warnings and would be confused.
and possibly lulled into feeling of
security, If the less ominous term
of cyclone were used in describing
the approach of q storm.
A tornado Is in the cyclone fam.
lily, however, because all Of the de-
structive windstorms begin with
high temperatures and areas Of low
pressure, which start the circula.
ton of air. Thereafter. the fury Of
the storm Is cumulative.
Tropical cyclones generate and
rage in the Caribbean sea near the
West Indies. in the China sea and
in waters near the Philippine is
ianQS. Inc F1nplnoS know Sucn
storms as bagulos, while a similar
storm on the China sea is known all
over the world as a typhoon. The
wind direction in all such storms is
horizontal and circular. In lorna
does, water spouts and twisters,
the motion is vertical and circular.
Weather experts, aided by tradi-
tons of the sea and actual observa-
ton. have found the center of hur
ricane origin as "the doldrums. The
doldrums was the prison of many
ship in the days of sailing vessels.
1t is a spot in the sea off the north,
east coast of South America which
becomes calm in late August or ear
ly in September.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
Compressed Spring Knocks Man Cuckoo

citizens of the peace and protection
of good government.
Courts must not lend themselves
to the enforcement of contracts
which give protection to those en-
gagged in crime. This court will
not.
1.-THE unlawful manufacture of
alcoholic liquor has presented a
major problem to the law enforce
ment officers and has written it's
chapter into the recent crime an
nails of the state. It is so likely TO
continue.
THE contract here considered
furthers directly the illegal manu-
facture of alcoholic liquor and
therefore furthers crime itself. To
uphold it would be subversive of
every decent public in the state"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29

taxpayer has incurred expense
which he wishes to deduct, is
whether or not it is connected with
a genuine sickness or accident. In
order to be allowable, the payment
Of such expenses must be made dur
ing the taxable year. If the expens-
es are incurred but not paid until
the following year, no deduction can
be taken until the following year.
If a taxpayer receives reimburse
ment during the taxable year for
any such expense of sickness or &C
cidents, he must reduce the amount
which he is claiming as a deduc-
ton by the amount of such reim-
bursement. For instance, if the cost
of disqualification and medical care
during the year amounted to $500,
and the taxpayer received reim-
bursement from an insurance COM
pany 70 such expenses to the ex-
tent of 5000, the amount which
would be allowable as a deduction
in his tax return would be the diff
ference Of $500.
Dues paid to social or fraternal
clubs or organizations cannot be
deducted. Dues paid to labor I'M
ion are deductible if no part Of
such dues is used for the payment
of death benefits, pensions or 9th.
er special funds that inure to the
benefit of the members. Dues paid
to profession societies are deduct
ible.
Amounts deducted from a per-
sons salary or wages, to be paid
into relief department for the pur-
pose of paying pensions, health, ac-
cident or death benefits, are usual
ly personal expenses and are not
deductible. This rule does not APP
ply, however, to amounts paid by
State employees to retirement funds
established by law, or city en-
ployees' or teachers retirement
funds. Amounts received by any
person from the United States or
the State of Minnesota by way OF
pensions or family allotments are
exempt from tax, but amounts re-
ceived from pension funds estab-
lished by private employers are
taxable If they exceed the total
amounts originally paid into the
fund.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
"Short" Sale on Change

"Short" sale on the Stock Elk
change involves the sale of any Sc
curity not actually owned by the in
dividual making the transaction.
The broker borrows the stock that
is to be sold and requires the same
amount Of margin that he would re-
Quire on a purchase, but not less
than $40 a share, the minimum mar
gin acceptable under Stock Elk
change sales. The short seller
hopes to benefit by Q decline In
price, and II the stock goes down
makes the difference between the
purchasing level and the sales level,
minus the commission charges and
federal and state taxes. When the
stock Is bought back the operation
10 known as covering"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29

In the United States the adjec-
tives Scotch and Scottish are ordi-
narily used almost INTERCHANGEABLE,
although literary usage prefers the
form Scottish. In Great Britain
the modern tendency is to use Scott
ish or Scots instead Of Scotch, the
first being favored in literature when
applied to the nation or its insti-
tutions except law, which Is known
as Scots law. It Is correct, how
ever. to speak Of the literature Of
the Scots or Of Scottish literature.
Scotch Is used Of bonnets, caps,
collies, mists. terriers, thistle,
tweeds, or whisky, and other things.
The people are Scots or the Scottish
people.-Literary Digest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
Siamese Twins Died in u. S.

The famous Siamese twins, Eng
and Chang, were, as their names i'm
ply, born in Siam, being Joined to
one another by band of flesh from
chest to chest. They were early
taken into the show business, being
put on display in Europe and Amer
lea. They finally settled in North
Carolina, but were ruined financially
by the Civil war. While residing in
North Carolina they married sisters.
Following the war they again re-
turned to exhibition, touring Europe
in 1869. They finally returned to
North Carolina, where they died on
January II, 1874, the second dying
two and half hours after his broth
er. They had lived altogether So
years.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
SUMMONS


State of Minnesota-County of
IN DISTRICT COURT
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
y. L. johnson Plaintiff
Matthias L. Kuhi, Robert A. Kuhl,
Susanna Kuhl. now Sister M. Ad-
rienne o. S. B., Bernard j. Kuhl,
Leo J. Kuhl, Katherine M. ,Kuhl,
B., Mathilda M. Kuhl, now Sister
NJ Agathene. Q. S. B., Eleanor v.
Kuhl, Joseph J. Kuhl and Ida M.
THE STATE Of MINNEs9TA 70
THE ! H;Es: ABOVE NAMED DEFEND
You are hereby summoned and
required to answer the Complaint
of Plaintiff herein, which Complaint
has been filed with the Clerk Of
f sSa Court T and s to file cp %gP
twenty days after the service Of this
Summons upon you, exclusive Of the
day of such service; and if you fail
to so file said answer within the
time aforesaid, Plaintiff will apply
manded in said Complaint.
This action is brought to foreclose
a Mechanics Lien held by Plaintiff
for the sum of $1O59.S2, with in
terest thereon from January II
1884, at the rate of six per cent per
annum, which Lien is claimed and
held to secure the payment for
materials furnished and labor furn-
ished and performed by Plaintiff at
the request of Defendants, for the
improvement of the real estate in
the County Of Stearns, State of
Minnesota, described as Lots Sixty
five (65) and Sixty-siX (66), of
Auditors Subdivision No. Seven CD,
being in the South Half of the
South west Quarter (Sk of SWA),
of Section Twenty-six (26), Town
ship One Hundred Twenty-four
(124), North of Range Thirty-two
1929 West. Lot Sixty-seven (6O,
Of Auditors Subdivision No; Seven
Of the Southeast Quarter (SWA Of
Township One Hundred Twenty
124), North of Range Thirty-two
1922, West. The Northwest Quart
er Of the Southwest Quarter (NWA
of SWA), of Section Twenty-six
(26), Township One Hundred Twen-
ty-four G24), North of Range
Thirty-two (32), West, according to
the plat thereof on file and of re-
cord in the office Of the Register of
Deeds in and for the County of
Stearns and State of Minnesota,
said improvement consisting of
the construction and drilling of a
J. N. Peterson,
Bank Of Long Prairie Bldg.
Long Prairie, Minnesota,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Published March 20, April s, ~,
1894
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
Supreme Court in
Important Ruling
Justice Rules Owner of Barn Con-
tanning Still Cannot Collect for
Fire-StearnS Co. Case

Fire insurance policies covering
premises where illegal enterprises
are carried on were declared void
Friday by the Minnesota Supreme
Court in a sweeping attack on
crime.
The decision held that George
Vos. Stearns county farmer, could
not collect on q fire insurance
policy covering q barn because
there was a moonshine still in
the barn when it was destroyed by
fire.
The law will not sanction any
thing which either directly or indi-
rectly furthers an illegal purpose,
Chief Justice John P. Devaney
wrote.
The decision was regarded As
broad enough to apply to any lille
gally used premises, where liquor
is sold outside the law or where
other law violations occur.
The decision was in favor of the
Albany Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, which had refused to pay
Vos after fire in 1881. The decis-
ion was unanimous.
BY obtaining insurance, the plain
tiff was seeking to idemnify him
self from one of the consequences
which might follow his prosecution
Of the illegal act, Chief Justice
said.
eff this court were to allow him
to do so, it would to that extent
foster and encourage the Illicit pur-
pose of the act. The average per-
son, cognizant of the increased fire
hazard, is much more apt to erect
and operate a still in his barn If
he can insure the building housing
the same than he is if he cannot"
he said.
1--WE are aware Of the fact that
the question here presented Is a
new one in this state. The fact that
this case blazes a new trail should
not, we believe, deter us.
1.-The law will not sanction any
thing which either directly or indi-
rectly furthers an illegal purpose.
Modern organized crime threatens
the very foundation Of constituted
society and the enjoyment by all
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
Tree Of Heaven Ancient
Product of Mystic East

The ailanthus-C Chinese sumach
or tree Of heavens a beautiful
creature when it is loaded with
seeds and stands like q blushing
school girl, its feathery leaves sug-
costing tropics and long dreams Of
Cathay. 1t is the tree on which
the Chinese silkworm originally fed,
notes a writer in the New York
World-Telegram, and its substance
has been transformed by these magic
and sacrificing creatures into deli
cate fabrics that have wrapped the
world In elegance and luxury. The
seeds-round dots in the center Of
oblong wings shaped like the pro-
peller blades Of a motor boat or air.
plane-held one Of the secrets Of
flight wrapped up in their artistic
shapes for untold ages waiting for
men to progress to the point of de-
velopment where the problem Of
flying could be solved. The tree,
like many weeds, has lived long with
mankind, being an ancient resident
Of the mystic East, where it must
have known intimately the begin
nings Of some Of the oldest races.
1t is most successful as backyard
tree in dense cities, being often the
first tree that millions of children
herded in towns and cities, see. In
the dense centers of population 1t
shares starved back yards Of tene-
ments with their clothesline trees
and is called by children ''the stink
weed tree" Flowering in early sum-
mer. the staminate flowers are very
evil-smelling.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
When Pins Were q Luxury

Before the advent of that neces-
sary little contraption, the pin,
skewers Of silver. wood. and bone
were used, and very clumsy they
must have been. too. In 1913 when
the common or garden variety of
pin was invented it was considered
q luxury, and, although it was in
tended for the upper classes, all
women became avid for it. Prepar-
Ing for the day-there were certain
ones during the year-when the
makers Of pins sold their wares
women of all degrees set aside
coins they called their pin money"
for the event. Thus was born the
phrase we hear even to this day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29

A few minor scratches were the
only injuries Mrs. Louise Shaw, of
Evansville, Ind, suffered when she
plunged 81 feet to the bottom Of q
well.
Take it or leave It," said Alex
Maddox, II, negro farmer Of Star
City, Ark, as he forked over 4,019
pennies to pay his taxes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
Natives Preserve Head.

Natives make models of the heads
of the important men of their coun-
try after their death In southern
Malekula In the New Hebrides is.
lands. If the man is important
enough they may even glue, his hair
fast to the dummy head and pro-
vide body. The heads are then
placed on posts or kept in the mems
clubhouses.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
Thursday, March 20, 1884
Citation for Hearing ON Petition
for Administrators

CITATION IOE nearing On EctINAOu
for Administration
State Of Minnesota, County OF
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Easte or
John Parks, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota, to All
Whom 1t May Concern:
Whereas, Grace Judkins has filed
in this Court her petition stating,
among other things, that she is a
creditor of the above named dece-
dent; that said decedent died inte-
state, g. resident of the County Of
Stearns, State of Minnesota, left
property in the County of Stearns,
State of Minnesota; and praying
that administration Of his estate be
granted to Leonard Wolfe.
Therefore, You are hereby cited
to be and appear before said Court
on the 9Th day Of April 1884, at nine
o'clock A, NJ, in the Court House
in the City of st. Cloud, in said
County and State and show cause,
If any you have, why said petition
should not be granted.
(sEAL) Probate Judge.
Dated March 18th, 1884.
v. T. Conklin, Esq,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Sank Centre, MINI.
Published March 1929, 1884.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-29
Wild Horse Graceful

There is beauty and grace about
a wild horse. and pride Of move
ment, with bounding, unfettered
spirit and redness of nostril and
flash Of eye. which pass like
shadow when they are captured and
broken" And though they 60 wild
again, after returning to their I'M
fenced home, this beauty and spell
never return to them. Once the
whitening touch of man has reached
them it never departs.-Our Dumb
Animals.