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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Electoral Votes Count
in Electin1 President

A President may be elected by a
minority, or less than half Of the
total number Of popular votes cast.
This is possible, explains writer
in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, be-
cause the President and vice Pres
ident are not elected directly by
popular vote, but by electors who
are chosen by popular vote. A cam
didate for President receives all or
none Of the electoral votes cast by
state, except in rare instances
when the electoral vote Of a state
Is split. Hence. it is possible for .
minority Of the voters Of the coun-
try as a whole to elect a majority
Of the presidential electors.
In the election Of 1924 none Of the
four candidates for President re-
ceived a majority Of either the cleo
toral or the popular votes, and John
Quincy Adams was chosen by the
house Of representatives in ac-
cordance with the method pre-
scribed by the Constitution for such
cases. Since then James X. Polk,
Zachary Taylor, James Buchanan.
Abraham Lincoln, in 1850; Ruther.
ford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield;
Grover Cleveland, in 1884 and 1892;
Benjamin Harrison, and Woodrow
Wilson, in 1912 and 1916. were elect.
ed President without receiving q
majority Of the total popular vote.
But in the disputed election Of
1876, Samuel J. Tilden actually re-
ceived more popular votes thar
Hayes did, and yet Hayes was de
clared elected, the electoral count
being finally determined as 185 Il
1874. Likewise in 1888 the Cleveland
electors received $50, 900 popula,
votes to Benjamin Harrison's 5,444,
1877. But Harrison was elected, %;
electoral votes to Cleveland's 1853.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17

william Hickling Prescott was
born in Salem, Mass, In 1895,
where he continued to live during
the years he won his fame. He
wrote 16 thick volumes which are
classics without reading a word Of
them. One eye was destroyed, an
other made useless, by a schoolfel-
lows prank when he was sixteen
and a freshman at Harvard. Never
theless he completed college and
chose to make history profession.
Assistants read to him six hours
a day the vast sources Of material
which he assimilated-memorizing
as much as so pages Of printed
matter at time and dictated into
enduring accounts of Spanish con-
quest in the Americas. His first
volume was completed a century
ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Button, Button

There are probably so or 60 bill
lion buttons on clothes in American
wardrobes and on American people.
men averaging around $50 buttons
each, women less than that. A
mans business clothes are held on
by about 80 buttons. A woman may
have as few as none at all And
yet good button is not nearly as
common as one might think. It
should have certain definite char
acteristics. The back, just behind
the holes. should be reinforced on
built out a little; the holes should
have rounded edges SO as not to
fray the thread and the bridge be-
tween the holes should be not too
thin. These points any woman can
detect for herself when she buys
buttons; unfortunately, she cannot
tell how the button will launder.
Buttons are made Of many SUBJ
stances-wood, leather, bone, plas-
kon in gay colors, vegetable"
ivory, metals and cloth.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17

Besides being the birthplace Of
Lewis, the town also is the birth
place Of another author, James
Hendryx.
Sank Centre has a beautiful park
with fishing lake inside the city.
Big Sank lake provides bathing and
boating as well as fishing.
The city is the trade center for
a large farming and dairying re
gion It's industries include two
milk pasteurization plants, two
! creameries, the Sank Lake Coop
erative and the Blue Valley cheese
manufacturers; the Menasha Man
ufacturing Company which makes
butter tubs; a Swift and Company
poultry packing plant H. F.
Schmidt Produce Co. In addition
there is a farmers cooperative pro-
duce shipping association.
Sank Centre has a municipal
power, light and water plant.
Among the city's civic organiza-
tions are the Community, Rotary
and Gradatim clubs. Fraternal or
CARNATIONS include the Masons,
Odd Fellows, Catholic Foresters,
Daughters of Isabella and Modern
Woodmen.
The state school for girls is To-
Gated at Sank Centre. There are
two excellent public school build
ings and a parochial school and
nine churches in the city, also a
Masonic temple.
The city has a weekly newspaper,
the Sank Centre Herald.
Golf enthusiasts will find a nine
hole course available for their
play.
The city is served by two rail-
roads the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific. It is reached by
highway over U. s. 81, which is
paved all the way from the Twin
Cities to Sank Centre.-Minneapolis
Daily Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
PAGE NINE
Immigrants Held Aid to
the Progress of Ameri.

Yankee ingenuity, American ini-
tiative and the enterprise Of natives
in many states have been celebrated
in fiction and anecdote for decades.
But much Of that quality vaguely
defined as "the American spirit
has been evolved by grating an
American environment on foreign
born individuals, asserts q writer
IN the Detroit Free Press.
To the credit Of many immigrants
to the United States must 60 dozens
Of achievements which have con-
tributed enormously to advances
along cultural and economic lines.
1t is not generally known that for
eign-born or second generation
Americans were responsible in the
United States for:
The first sugar refinery. which
was built and successfully operated
in New Orleans in 1901 by Antonio
Mendez, a Spanish-American.
The first type foundry, which was
established in Germantown, Pa, in
It'll by Christopher Sauer, son of q
German immigrant.
The first vineyard, which was cul-
tivated on $50 acres of ground out
side Lexington, KY, in 1898 by
James Dufous, Swiss immigrant.
The first water pumping station
for municipal use, which was built
in Bethlehem, Pa, in 1755 by Hans
Christopher Christensen. a Swedish
American.
The first factory for the manu-
facture Of brick roofing tile, which
was built in 1875 in Montgomery
County, Pa, by a German immi-
grant named Hustler.
The first glass to be made in
America, which was blown by Polish
and German workers imported into
the jamestown colony in Virginia in
1908 to make glass beads for trad
ing with the Indians.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Strange Beliefs

Although most people do not
realize it, there are more than 200
religions in Britain. Some of them
bear unusual names-Holy Rollers,
Shakers, Four Square Gospellers,
Classics, The Peculiar People. The
Cookers, Anthroposophites, an d
Mazdaznans. Many Of them are
offshoots Of some form of Christi.
anity, though some are so extraor-
binary as to be divorced from
all orthodox religion. In London.
there is even a member Of the
Followers Of Shaitan - the Devil
- sect from Arabia. These
people believe that as God is good,
there is no need to concentrate on
Him. The devil is out to try and
harm them, so they insinuate
themselves into his good looks by
much fiattery. hoping that in the
hereafter they will have an easy
time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Women Wore Mems Shoes

During Ohio's yesteryears the
forests were so swampy that
women could scarcely walk to
church or to other gatherings in
their pretty footwear. So instead
they wore the rough heavy shoes
used by the menfolk. Close to their
destination they would deposit the
rough shoes in q fence corner or
some other nearby place and put
on their dainty shoes to wear in
side. Thus their Sunday footwear
lasted years and years.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Crossing Niagara Falls

Frenchman Jean Francois
Gravelet, thirty-five, known best as
Charles Blondin, provided astound-
ing, almost unbelievable news for
the world by walking across the
chasm at Niagara Falls upon a
tight rope in 1859. 1t was only the
beginning. On later crossings he
trundled a wheelbarrow, carried a
man on his back while blindfolded,
wore stills. An Italian woman, Ma
RE Spelternix. was routed to emu
late him, and walked across with
her feet in baskets.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Dueling Dummy Survives
to Keen Alive Tradition


An iron man which failed to
serve its purpose and has survived
to keep alive a tradition may be
seen at Camden, S. c., relates a
writer in the Washington Star.
The iron man serves also to take
some Of the romantic glamor out
Of dueling.
Fiction writer's are prone to pic
ture dueling in an exalted light
with men risking their lives to
satisfy some breach Of honor and
the code Of dueling was the code
Of gentleman.
The iron man, behind his change
less expression, knows otherwise.
It seems that a colonel and q
major came to the parting OF the
ways and in parting, only due
could leave honor satisfied. The
colonel was about six feet tall, his
antagonist about five foot six. The
duel was to be fought with revolv
ers, in the use of which both were
highly proficient.
However, the colonel decided tt
have a bit Of practice and secured
an iron casting Of man about the
size Of the major and he held daily
target practice, attaining great &C
curacy in his craftsmanship.
+; Came the morning Of the due
f! and the colonel attired in greer
! silk took his place with green foil
age behind him to confuse the ma
jor's aim. That gave the colone
an advantage, but the major wa!
undisturbed. Both men fired ane
neither hit his foe.
.Are you satisfied?" inquired tn
colonel.
'I'm disgusted," replied the ma
jor angered at his poor marksman
ship. The duel occurred in 1845.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Many Throne Pretenders

Throughout the British Empire
there are numerous small groups
Of Jacobites who, believing in the
248-year-old claim to the throne
by the descendants Of the exiled
Stuarts, regularly meet and toast
1.-The rightful king" Undoubtedly
each group has its own particular
pretenders, as a list Of them con-
tains more than 500 names. includ-
ing those Of Glasgow grocer and
a Hereford policeman. - Golfers
Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
First Wife Of Adam

In the rabbinical writings. Lilith
Is regarded as a beautiful woman.
the first wife Of Adam. She fed, be-
coming a demon: Eve was given
him In her place. She continued In
the Jewish folklore as an evil spirit.
the equivalent Of the vampire. Her
personality Is said to have been de-
rived from a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
demon Of similar name. She was
believed to be especially hostile to
children, and amulets were worn
by them to ward of her influence.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
'sThe Sick Man Of Europe"


The phrase, 'the sick man OF
Europe" probably had a Journal
istic origin, now lost. Montesquieu
(1689-1755) in one of his Persian
! Letters" speaks of the Ottoman
Empire whose sick body was not
supported by a mild and regular
diet, but by a powerful treatment,
which continually exhausted it."
The expression is also sometimes
credited to Car Nicholas I Of
Russia, in a conversation concern
ing Turkey held with British dip
lomat in 1858: I'VE have on our
hands a sick man, a very sick
man."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17

paraded in the loop, had luncheon
and trekked to the ball park to see
the Millers play the Milwaukee
Brewers.
The Sank Centre excursion was
sponsored by the Community club,
the arrangements being in charge
of Fred Unger president of the
club; Walter Gritzmacher, secre-
tary; Mayor M. F. Hintzen, Joseph
Dirnberger and J. A. Rose. The
band was under the direction Of
DR.. p. A. Hanson.
Sank Centre (the government
recently designated the spelling as
"Sauk Centre" but the new spelling
has not yet come into common
usage) is lit miles northwest of
Minneapolis and is situated in a
lake region in Stearns county. The
Stearns county fair is held there,
although the town Is not the coun-
ty seat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Art of Ancient Greece

In the British museum are a
unique collection Of many Of the
finest examples Of the art n d
sculpture Of ancient Greece. These
treasures were saved from threat
ened and imminent destruction by
Thomas, Earl Of Elgin, when he
was ambassador at Constahtinople
at the beginning Of the last GEN.
fury. They were removed to Eng
land under his direction and de.
posted in the British museum,
where they bear his name-the FL
gin Marbles.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
New York City Milestones

The first New York City mile.
stones were erected in 1859, start
ing from the second City Hall at
Wall and Nassau streets and run.
ming along the Bowery Road to
Kingsbridge. In 1901 a second
series was set from the second
City Hall to Middle Road. The
third series was erected in 1922
from the present City Hall along
the Bowery and Third avenue. All
the stones were Of uniform size.
being sixty-six inches high. four
inches wide and six inches thick.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Kicker were
Saturday morning caller 8 at the
Fred Ahrens home.
Henry Pauly, ST., was a dinner
guest at the o. +. Ilgen home Mon
day.
Miss Dorothy Ahrens Is employed
at the Belmont Cafe at Sank Cen
ire.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Cedar Lake

Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Mindrum
and daughters, Marjorie and Bet
ty, Of Minneapolis. Mr.. and Mrs.
Art Lloyd, Elmer and Alberta
Gamradt and Mrs. Ben Van Hav-
ermaedt were a week ago Sunday
supper guests Of Mrs. Minnie Gam
radt and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Rehkamp
and daughters Joan and Jane,
spent Sunday at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Michels.
Lynn and Donald Hesse accom-
panied the Drum Corps to Long
Prairie to the v. F. w. rally Fri
day
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Orth were
Sunday afternoon visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Thorval Han
son.
Ed Gamradt and Ted Anderson,
of Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs. f. J.
Tank and son, Rudolph, were Sat
urday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Art Lloyd and family.
Albert Keller, of Waubun, was an
overnight guest Thursday at the
Ben AhrenS nome.
Mrs. J. L. Drinker and daughter,
Reva spent Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. Hubert Rouslang.
Ed Gamradt and Ted Anderson,
of Chicago, left for their homes on
Monday after spending week
with relatives and friends here.
Ed Gamradt and Ted Anderson,
Mro Nhoc
Dicks and family, of Alexandria,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albin Weispfenning
and son, Freddie and Georgiana
Gray, of Willard, Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter Iwinski, Mrs. Minnie Gam
radt and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Art
Lloyd and family were Sunday din
ner and supper guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. f. j. Tank and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Voller and
family were Sunday dinner guesst
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs, Hen
ry Voller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Michels and
Rose Mary, were Sunday evening
visitors Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs Leo Miller visited
Sunday evening at the Charles
Hesse home.
A. J. Orth called Sunday after.
noon at the J. L. Drinker home.
Earl Gamradt accompanied Mr.
and Mrs. E. II. Mindrum to their
home Tuesday at Minneapolis and
attended the Minnesota State Fair
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Bosshardt
were Sunday afternoon visitors al
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Rogers.
Mrs. Leo Miller spent Monday
afternoon with her mother. Mrs
Charles Hesse.
Yolanda Lentz called on Mrs
Henry Pope Wednesday.
Martin Peterson; Arnold Pope
and John Lentz called Monday af.
ternoon at the Thorval Hansen
home.
Betty and Doris Hesse spent Fri.
day afternoon with Alberta Gam
radt.
Thorval Hansen was q business
caller at the Henry Poppe home on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Jacobs and
family were Sunday dinner guest,
and spent the afternoon at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Fon
er at Willard.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Montreal's Historic Crosses

Many Of the historic crosses In
Montreal were raised by the
pioneer inhabitants to commence
rate being spared from the St.
Lawrence rivers ravages before It
finally was brought under control.
Founded by the man who erected
it, first and most famous cross,
Paul de Chomedy, le Sieur de
Maisonneuve. Montreal is frequent
ly called the "City Of Crosses"
Maisonneuve'a cross was erected
almost 300 years ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Sinclair Lewis Home Town HOnors
Him In Loop
Parade

"Main Street" came to town to-
day.
Sank Centre, the birthplace of
Sinclair Lewis-the town where he
got his inspiration for his first sue
cessful novel, Main Street sent
delegation to Minneapolis for ar
On-to-Nicollet celebration.
Headed by huge sign, a replica
of the book Main Street." and a
60-piece band, about 400 Of the
2,750 inhabitants Of Sank Centre
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Habits of Flying Moth

The adult flying moth is a
menace in the propagation Of the
species. It is true that the adult
clothes moth apparently takes no
nourishment. The females begin
laying before they are fully one
day old and neither sex lives longer
than a month in the adult stage.
In fact, the individuals are more
likely to die between the seventh
and fourteenth days after emerg-
ence. It is the larvae only which
do the damage.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17

Henry Bickel Of Louisville, KY,
baseball bat maker for over SO
years, has seen only two ball games.
James Daley, New York apart
ment house superintendent, operat-
es a daily dog-walking service for
apartment jewellers. charging IS a
month for one walk a day.
+. Luis Mora, artist Of New York
City, recently painted portraits of
himself and wife as they will ap-
pear twenty years hence.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Strongest Indian Confederation

Strongest Indian Confederation
There are nearly 1000 mountains
In the Adirondacks, some Of them
towering more than a mile in
height, and the Iroquois, who pos
sessed them, built up in their Wig
orous and bracing climate the
strongest Indian confederation In
history. It's power extended far
down the East coast to the Caro-
linas, the group covering an area
Of nearly four million square acres.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
: Gnls--Make This
I'M, Beauty Test

A remarkable easy way to clear
the complexion and help put new
fire into listless eyes over night, in
most cases. Is to take a cup Of
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea at
bedtime. Hundreds Of pretty girls
In this section owe the roses In
their cheeks to this pure old ma
tural tea-HANSON & EMERSON,
Drugs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Occupants Of the Mayfiower

The occupations of the Mayfiower
passengers included the following:
Merchant, steward-servant, servant
man, servant-boy, ladies' maid,
bound-boy. printer and publisher.
physician. jailer, tradesman, wool
carder, farmer. lay reader, silk
worker, husbandman, carpenter.
cooper, seaman. Some were at
some time teachers. accountants.
linguists. writer's, etc. Some had
formerly practiced handicrafts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17
Carlyle ANNOYED

Carlyle, a great talker. once took
a friend. a much younger man, out
walking with him, and, In his usual
way. INDUCED in a monologue, in
which, once or twice, the friend
ventured to put in q word or two
Of objection in regard to some.
thing said by Carlyle. This an
noyed Carlyle intensely. and when
they reached home. Carlyle warned
him: Young man, I'd have ye to
know that we've the capacity for
being the greatest bore in Europe"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-09-17

(The pictures and the ac-
companying story have been Ia
ken from the Daily Star, in
which paper they were publish
ed in connection with Sank
Centres "On-to-Nicollet" day.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-04
ERIE CANAL IS STAR ACTOR IN
 CAPITOL SHOW
The Farmer Takes a Wife Features Janet Gaynor
 and Henry Fonda

The Farmer Takes a Wife col orful drama of the Erie Canal, plays for the last times tonight at the Capitol Theatre.
 Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda play the principal roles, with Slim Summerville contributing a fin 2 character performance.
 Dealing with the 1850's, when the ailroads first began to offer 8 hreat to the canals supremacy, the picture is based on the theme of en- durance of land in comparison with the ephemeral success or failure of she other business.
 Local color is for the most part aithfully managed. The hotel, for instance, in which the picture opens carries this placard typical of the 'oaring 1850's.
 RULES FOR THE TAVERN Four pence night for bed, six pence with supper No more than five to sleep in one bed. Organ grinders to sleep in the wash house. No dogs al- lowed upstairs. No beer allowed ill Ithe kitchen. No razor grinders or Tinkerers taken in"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-04
JACK HOLT IN STRONG THEME
 AT COLISEUM
The Aw a kenin g of Jim Burke Is Story of Mis-
 understanding Love

The Awakening of Jim Burke, ' starring Jack Holt. plays for the last times tonight at the Coliseum Theatre.
 Cast as stern construction boss on an engineering project who re- sents the genteel manners of his twelve-year-old son, Holt gets a chance to display the vigorous act ing ability that has made him a ranking favorite for the past two decades.
 In trying to turn his carefully nurtured son, a violin prodigy, into a granite chip off the old block, Holt estranges the boy, superbly played by Jimmy Butler, from him. Flor ence Rice. one of the newcomers to the screen again hands in a finely drawn performance as the girl who sympathizes with the child and fin- ally makes Holt realize that his treatment of him is all wrong. Kath- leen Burke, exotic and very talented, does exceptionally well as the other Woman.' who tries to keep Holt and his son apart
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-04
Rumbli,gs - m Nan,ing
 Mrs. Long
Some Thunder Heard in La. State Central Com. DH .at
 Is to Act,

NEW ORLEANS. La. Feb. 4. - Thunder in the ranks of the Admin istration's political machine over the appointment of Mrs. Huey Long to the United States Senate began to subside as dissenting leaders accept- ed her. There still are rumblings of political trickery" but leaders can find no way out.
 Efforts have been launched to get the Democratic State Central Com mittee to nominate Mrs. Long as a candidate at the general election on April 21 for Senator Long s unexpired term.
 Mrs. Long plans to wait until af- ter next Wednesday, when the State Central Committee meets. before making any move toward claiming 5he Senate seat. If the Committee nominates her, as it probably will, she expects to go almost immediately to Washington to present her cre- dentials. The Committee nominat ton is sought, together with the Cover nor's appointment, to avoid any pos- sible legal technicality in connection with her admission to the Senate.