The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
Scaffold Falls-Four Men Hurt

Glencoe-The collapse OF a portion OF a scaffod on
the farm operated by f. Bermgann west of here caus
ed four men, who re-shngling barn. to fall a
distance of % feet. The workers escaped with more
less injuries, but fortunately fatalities occurred
William Zum Hofe, local contractor, and his crew
started the job OF Singing that morning Through
some inexpainable reason the part of the scaffold
on which the men were standing suddenly collapsed
under them. All rushed to the hospital here for
medical attention and since then have been able to
return to their respective homes. David Schmidt
tanned fractured coarbone and body bruises Arnold
Thiesfeld had badly wrenched back with bruises
and injured cords; William Khoel, sustained pain
full heel injury and Lawrence Breje bruised
about the body and limbs
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Boy, IL, Gives Up Trip When Hungry
Notwithstanding to take trip, frankie Carl
son, 11-year-old of Victor Carlson left here
day last week without telling anyone and rode
freight train to Aberdeen According to the story he
told Sheriff Pat DAILY, he changed his mind about
continuing the trip when he got cold and hungry. He
started back supposedly by the same means and got
far Milbank the next afternoon. There SILVER
ing and hungry, the Grant county sheriff, took him
in tow, fed him, warmed him, and returned him to
Ortonville He reported missing by school author
tiles and his family thought he had gone to spend
the night with relatives.
Stone Collection For Mans Hobby
Sleepy Eye-Gathering of sticks and stones is the
most interesting hobby in the world, in the opinion
of J. E. Poncin Morgan garageman. Pencin has
stones in his collection from all parts of the United
States and foreign countries and he has sticks from
strange foreign forests Ebony garnets, crystal
and lava, petrified wasp's nest, unusual diamond
willow stalks, ppestone from Minnesota and shells
from the Mediterranean sea are included in his dis
play window for Morgan residents. The window dis
play of his collection will be permanent and he is
building shelves in his garage to take of the
growing museum One of the most interesting items
in the collection is Mexican rosary made of good
sized stones with naturally formed holes through
them. Although Mr. Pencn gets many of the antiques
from his friends, he still picks up odd shaped sticks
and stones on his farm along Wabasha creek. Rec
entity he found buffalo skull in the stream.
County Attorneys Office Is Robbed
Breckenridge it comes to nerve, the fellow
who committed the theft in the office of County
Attorney, E. H. Edwin, either real dumb plenty
brave Mrs. Carl Hanson and son Carl, Jr or Fox
home experienced the strange sensation of being rob-
bed in the office of county attorney last week They
had gone to consult Attorney Edwin and when they
left the office to down stairs to the county audi
tors office Hanson left her purse the table in
Elwn's AS they were returning there ten min
utes later, they met stranger hurryng down the
stairs Entering the attorntys office, Mrs. Hanson
noticed her purse open. Twenty-Five dollars had
been taken from it.
Car Has It's Own Alarm For Fire!
st. Peter-Ultra-moder equipment Is the slogan OF
a local mans automobile which believes in being able
to sound it's own alarm in case OF fire. Continuous
blowing of the horn recently called attention to the
fact that Dick Maltby's practically new car was on
fire. The local fire department was summoned in the
wee hours Sunday morning to put out a blaze
which promised to consume the car Fire inside of
it, presumably from ignition wires, gained great head
way and completely burned the inside of the auto.
Dick had gone home at eight o'clock in the evening,
and the besides his home, he expected to
leave town early the next morning