The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05


the Lords prayer, the Rev. Alex
ander B. Mcleod, Of Poughkeepsie,
N. Y. fell dead In his pulpit during
services at the First Congregation
al Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Tew, Of AZ
ton, N. z, are the proud parents
Of twin daughters, often referred to
as the Tew twins.
After testifying that her husband
left her on their wedding day,
Beatrice w. Nutting, was granted a
divorce in court at Bridgeport,
Conn.
Tests af certain make of pens
are said to include dropping them
from the oath floor Of skyscraper
and having them run over by mo-
tor trucks without damage. That's
the kind Uncle Sam should supply
for postoffice Hobbies.
Evere hear of Snorri Karlseful?
No? Well, according to DR.. Aman-
dus johnson, Of Chicago, decipher-
err Of old Scandinavian records,
Snorri was the first white child
born in America, in 1904. some 1888
years before the birth Of the famed
Virginia Dare.
Nova Brown, Of New York, has
old-fashioned ideas about wifely
duty. Charging that Mrs. Brown
neglected her home and children
because Of her craze for golf, he
beat her with a golf club. At his
trial he pleaded in extenuation that
she was flirting with another man
at the time.
Some five hundred students Of
Temple University signed without
fully reading a petition for an extra
holiday, which ended as follows:
WE are resolved to spend the day
in merrymaking and leisure, at
which each one will decapitate him.
self with extreme JOY"
An undertaker's bill rendered In
Baltimore in 175S included these
items: AT pounds loaf sugar, IA
dozen eggs, 20 gallons white wine,
IL bottles red wine and 10 gallons
rum It would be interesting to
know the number Of mourners pres
ent to partake Of such an array Of
refreshments.
A lawsuit started In the year 1927
in which four district in France
contended for 10000 acres Of land
was recently settled by dividing the
land among the four districts. An
apparently reasonable decision, even
If It did take more than 600 years
to get around to 1t.
James Rooney, Of Newark, who
can not read, argued with traffic
cop who stopped him for having no
license plate. He exhibited to the
policeman q document which he
said entitled him to drive his car.
It was marked back seat drivers
license" and Rooney said he had
paid stranger So for 1t.
DR.. Cruez, of Vienna, declares
that few women have legs which
are mates, and that in most cases
the difference between the two Is
very marked. Tt must have been
an interesting survey which led to
this conclusion.
Protection from kidnappers Is Of
fered by baby crib equipped with
automatic alarm devices which
sound IL the occupant is disturbed
Capable Of putting points on
twenty pencils per minute, an cleo
trio pencil sharpener starts auto
matically when a pencil Is inserted
in it and stops itself when a point
Is made.
Designated to eliminate confus-
ion over failure to understand the
conductors or drivers announce
ment Of street names, an indicator
has been produced for motor buses
or street cars.
Constructed Of laminated bake
lite. a new instrument for use on
the drawing board Is an aid to pro-
duction Of perfect crosshatchdng.
Enough iron to make four ten
penny nails Is contained in the hui
man body.
In a series of tests to determine
which language Is most easily un'
derstood over a telephone, 1tahan
stood first.
The treaty providing for the
Panama Canal was signed Nov. IL
1903. between the United States and
Panama.
Helen johnson has been named
manager Of the Brownsville, Tex.
municipal airport, the first woman
to hold such a post in the Lon'
Star state.
Margaret Crank, a lawyer Of con
siderable prominence, has recentl!
been elected an alderman OF Ed