The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-20
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
Has Six Sons
In the Army

Aitkin-Probably the proudest
father in Minnesota these days is
William ]. Hoffman, Kelliher farm
er. It is said that on his occa-
sional visits to the village, the en-
tire populace is aware of his pres
ence as he seems to talk incessant-
ly about Herman, William, Ben,
Paul, Lloyd and Erwin. They are
all his sons and all are in the SER
vice Of the United States Army.
Has Sewing Machine
Used Fifty-Eight Years
Glendale Claiming a record
hard to beat is Mrs. Martin Spur,
of Glendale, who has a sewing
machine which has been in con-
tinuous use for the past fifty-eight
years. The machine, a Domestic
by trade name, was purchased
from Andrew Tyrholm, Of New
Richland, in 1888, the price being
forty bushels of wheat" Mrs.
Spur claims the machine has been
used constantly and is still in per-
feet working order.
Finds New Penny
In Old Cement Slab
Farmington-While breaking up
one of the concrete slabs which
once supported the Henessey Lum-
Der yard in Pennington, Bob
Stoneberg found a Lincoln penny,
dated 1886, inside the slab. Bob is
at a loss to understand how the
penny bearing that late date could
have gotten inside the slab con-
structed quite few years ago and
as yet no one has been able to
offer a reasonable explanation.
Mice Make Decision
For Grain Dealer
Grove City-A Minnesota seed
corn dealer trying to decide which
brand of seed corn to offer his
local trade, left ears of various
varieties on his desk. A crew of
mice made a nocturnal visit to the
desk and made up his mind for
him, as they had Systematically eat
en- some of the ears leaving the
rest untouched. Reasoning that
corn that is most palatable to mice
is also most palatable to hogs,
cows and steers he chose the nib
bled ears, all Of which were the
same brand.
Grocery Clerk
Finds Tarantula-
Lambertson = Devon Bengerter,
Revere grocery clerk, had the rare
and somewhat startling experience
of grabbing hold Of a tarantula
while plucking bananas from a
bunch at his store recently. De-
Won felt something fuzzy and
quickly let go of the two inch pois-
onous spider which was later cap
tured and placed in a glass jar.
Wanted: Use For
600 Tobacco Cans
Hewitt Robert McKellep, Of
Hewitt, built a new barn on his
farm in 1885 and after its COM
pletion discovered there was just
room on the joists overhead to set
empty tobacco cans. So, religiously,
he has utilized the space since,
placing all his empty tobacco cans
in neat rows along the joists. Now,
with over 600 tobacco cans in his
collection, he is faced with the
problem Of either disposing Of the
old cans or finding new place to
store the new ones.
Tunnels Thirty Feet
Through Snow to Granary-
Milaca-John Santema, of Mia
ca, was faced with a real problem
recently when he discovered after
the last snow storm that his gran
airy in which all Of the feed for
the stock was stored, was COM
pletely buried under a drift of snow
10 feet high, 100 feet long, and so
feet wide. His son, Sidney, solved
the problem by tunneling over 30
feet to get to the door Of the gran
airy.
Girl, 8, Unhurt After
Fall From Moving Car
Austin-M. o. Roseth, Of Austin,
is a very grateful person today
when he considers what might have
happened to his three-year-old
daughter when she fell recently
from the back seat Of his car while
the car was travelling at the speed
of 40 miles an hour on the high
way The girl spun around like
top as she fell, landing on the
shoulder of the highway, but when
Roseth stopped his car and ran
back to get her, she picked herself
up and ran to meet him with only
skinned ankle.
bankruptcies Born On
Grand Rapids Farm
Grand Rapids-Four kids were
born to a Grand Rapids mother
recently without benefit of anxious
doctors or incubators. Also, de-
spite the unusual circumstances as
yet there has been little talk of
establishing a foundation for the
kids or of government action to
care for them, nor have they yet
had offers for endorsement of
breakfast foods or favorite beauty
soaps. The kids, and their goat
mother who also gave birth to
quads last year, none of which sur
vived, are the property of Lyle
Franks, of Grand Rapids. Author