The Sauk Centre herald., 1938-12-29
Thursday, December 20, 1888

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Fatally burned, Mrs. Amandus
Rolfes, former Pleasant Valley
resident, died at Freeport We'd
nesday morning.
Week Of July Rs
c. e. Parkinson, born near Fairy
Lake In 1870, passed away at his
home here Friday. He was 68
years Of age.
Three signers, all on one block on
Oak Street, for the tarring Of the
| street are now dead 1t was learn
ed. The three are Marcus Mad
land, F. G. Lea. and William SIM
mer.
Premium lists for Stearns County
Fair, to be held August $3.50.
were mailed this week to Stearns
county exhibitors.
John Koppel purchased the Coffee
Shop from L. B. Ness this week,
took possession Monday.
Harvesting a crop they called
good" farmers this week were
offered employment assistance by
Minnesota State Employment
Service.
Bill Konop had a dandy birthday
present when his father took him
to Chicago to see the Cubs play
the Giants-and Dizzy Dean
pitch.
A. G. Anderson, professor of busi-
ness administration at the Uni
versity Of Illinois, spoke before
Rotary Tuesday.
Mosquitoes in such numbers caused
the weekly concerts of the band
to be discontinued this week.
Pat Dubois topped a field of %
golfers, to win Country Clubs
short stop tourney Sunday, over
Long Prairie's George Lee.
Week of August A.
A transient, temporarily identified
as Demyter Nyseyk, was found
Wednesday morning killed on the
G. N. tracks two miles east of the
city.
Erection of building on Fourth
Street was begun Wednesday
to house the Knapp feed store,
hunted off Main Street by theatre
purchase Of the Pangburn prop
erty.
G. Hillerud returned this week
from Devils Lake, where he Wis
tied for the first time in 48 years
the scene Of the Hillerud home
stead.
Ten bids offering sites to the gov
ernment for the Federal postof-
flee building to be erected here
were opened yesterday, will be-
reported to Washington.
Incomplete details to PWA in Oma.
ha resulted in delay Of approval
sent local School Board members
to Omaha to furnish complete
data.
Padua's buttermaker, Casper Nathe
scored $3.50 in a recent butter
contest conducted by Department
Of Agriculture.
Sauk Centre will be the 1899 con-
vention city with the addition Of
the state rural mail carriers meet
in June, and the west central band
festival in July awarded this
| week.
Bernard Deters, West Union, died
Thursday in st. Cloud hospital at
the age of 72 years.
Occupants, Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Kohl,
Jr. and Nick Koll, Jr., of Elrosa,
were only slightly injured Sunday
when the car plunged through a,
| guard rail and tipped over.
An eight pound daughter was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Anderson.
Week of August IL
Telephone service to 130 rural sub
scribers on IL Of 26 local farm
lines has been impaired by noises
set up by REA power lines par
alleling the telephone service, it
| was revealed this week.
G. ". Clark and U. B. Redman, Of
Minneapolis, this week purchased
the Coast-to-C Coast store.
Mrs. Henry G. Sohle died at her
home here Thursday morning af-
ter an illness Of four months. She
was 81 years old.
Architects drawing Of the Main.
Street theatre was pictured this
week as F. L. Parsons announc-
ed construction to begin on the
planned 563-seat building.
Mrs. August Otto was elected chair
man when II members of the:
planning board organized Mon
day evening.
Postoffice site inspector, c. F. Keas-
ling, will be in this city August
10th, according to word received
by Postmaster Ben Dubois.
Grading on streets preliminaried
blacktop surfacing this week with
work scheduled to begin next
week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver ROLAND.
Week Of August IS
With only one home under con-
struction this summer and real
estate agents besieged by would
be renters, housing shortage
loomed in Sauk Centre.
Threshing virtually completed
more than 1000 bushels have been
shipped out Of the Farmers Ship
| ping Association to markets, in
the last week.
Adelbert David Carpenter, Ashley,
died Wednesday afternoon in st.
| Paul at the age of 86 years.
John Gray, 83, died shortly before
two o'clock Wednesday afternoon
at the home Of r. c. Elliott in
this city.
Five home games are scheduled