Timber Wolf Battle: Logger Fends Off Wolf Near Cass Lake
In Cass Lake Minnesota on December 14 W Hi Gregory assistant supervisor of logging on the Chippewa reservation fought a large timber wolf that stalked him. Unarmed and with no trees to escape to he struck the wolf with a pine club on the jaw and killed it as the animal charged. The encounter left him unharmed but narrowly avoiding a fatal attack.
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Cass Lake
Minn
W. Hi. Gregory
Chippewa Reservation
Gregory
J. Cass & Co
Mr. Gregory
M Kown Faces Arsen Charge Again
Twin Cities routes tie into changes on the Rock Island line as Minneapolis and St Louis Hawley lines prepare to shift traffic toward Illinois Central Harriman. The long strained relations since the Chicago and Alton affair highlight ongoing battles for Northwest rail control, with little expected local business impact but clear strategic significance.
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Twin Cities
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Illinois Central
Rock Island
Hawley
Harriman
Chicago & Alton
Northwest
No Change of Venue Sought in Mackown Arson Case
Webster City Iowa December 14 Attorneys Chase and Martin defend George Mackown announce no demand for venue change in the indictment charging arson in the burning of the Northwestern Felt Shoe factory valued at 100000 The defense plans no delay despite a prior conviction overturned by Judge Lee The state faces questions whether to drop the embezzlement motive after a Fort Dodge verdict and may instead rely on revenge as motive if embezzlement evidence cannot be brought from New York
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Webster City
Chase
Martin
George Mackown
Northwestern Felt Shoe Company
Mackown
Lee
Fort Dodge
New York
Bride made a widow Hastings man dies in Montana
Hastings Minnesota announces the death by drowning of Henry Latchaw in Terry Montana on December 10 while employed with a bridge crew on the Missouri river. His body was not recovered. He married Frances A Dewe in Hastings February 28 of this year and is survived by his wife and his parents and several siblings.
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Hastings
Minn
Henry Latchaw
Terry
Mont
Illinois Central Enters Twin Cities Move Reported
Illinois Central rumors say the Rock Island line will enter Twin Cities next year with a new move announced from Albert Lea Minnesota dated December 14. The chatter notes potential expansion plans and routes under consideration as the carrier eyes growth in the region.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Rock Island
Des Moines man on trial for murder in first degree
J C Cain faced first degree murder charges in district court over the shooting of coal operator Charles H Morris at Cain s pool hall after Morris visited to press a sale. Morris died and his manager E C Johnson survives to testify. Cain claims the gun fired accidentally as Morris grabbed his hand.
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Des Moines
J. C. Cain
Charles H. Morris
Cain
Morris
E. C. Johnson
Johnson
Fire narrowly averted at Skinner Chamberlain store
A department store blaze was nearly caused by a hot goose in Skinner Chamberlain & Co of Albert Lea Minnesota. The electric iron in the clothing department ignited a fire around midnight but was discovered by the janitor and promptly put out.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Skinner Chamberlain & Co
Feels Young, Dilops Dead Fort Dodge Farmer Dies
Andrew Stromberg a wealthy farmer and landholder suddenly collapsed at supper in Fort Dodge Iowa after saying he felt twenty years old. He died within minutes at age fifty three. The event marks the death of a prominent local capitalist in the farming community.
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Fort Dodge
Andrew Stromberg
Northwest in Brief: Lid Clamped on Clarion in Iowa Falls
In Iowa Falls area, authorities report a shutdown action ending a local event in Clarion. Details indicate a final closure after a period of activity, with officials citing public safety and orderly conduct as the reasons. Further information was not available at press time.
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Iowa Falls
Clarion
Types of Washington beauty county and family survivors
Washington beauty county is survived by seven sons, one daughter, eighteen grandchildren and fifty great grandchildren. Mrs Ingersoll was eighty six years old and had lived in Otsego for more than half a century. Crookston Minn the entire teaching force of the Grafton N D schools arrived in Crookston this evening led by superintendent C C Gray to spend Friday in the city. Crookston Minn in the case of P L Berg versus James Campbell an action to recover three hundred seventy five dollars in a well digging case the jury disagreed after six hours out the jury was discharged and the case will be tried again. Crookston Minn Thomas E Gaston who was indicted by the Polk county district court last week pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the second degree Thursday and was sentenced to one year at Stillwater. Gaston held up a drunken man in an alley at East Grand Forks about a month ago and relieved him of forty nine dollars. Menominee Mich fire believed to have been of incendiary origin destroyed the barns and sheds with all contents and grain on the Kreuz brothers farm early Thursday morning. Three horses and a number of cattle besides hundreds of chickens and turkeys perished in the flames. The barn and outhouses of Michael Stauber adjoining the Kreuz property burned last week in the same manner causing a loss of five thousand dollars. If the firebugs are apprehended they will be roughly handled by the enraged farmers. The loss is six thousand dollars with two thousand dollars in insurance.
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Crookston, Minn
Thomas E. Gaston
Polk County District Court
Stillwater
Gaston
East Grand Forks
Menominee
Mich
Kreuz Brothers
Michael Stauber
Kreuz
Mayors order bans on gambling and minors in gaming halls
A city edict by Mayor Mickelson bans slot machines and dice throws and prohibits minors in billiard halls. The piece continues with brief notes from Pierre, Brainerd, Collegeville, Bertha, Appleton and Elk River on local civic efforts, dramatic club events, fires, and accidents including a fatal injury to a farmer and a death in Otaego.
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Mickelson
Crow Attack Leaves Hunter Critical Near Freeport
Paul Niles, a hunter near Freeport, was attacked by a large flock of crows after he fired at them. The birds wounded him, knocked him down, and battered him with wings as he crawled to a barn. He remained in critical condition despite escaping inside.
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Hunter Freeport
Paul Niles
Niles
Foley’s Kidney Cure Praised By Patient In Letter
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut writes that after trying kidney remedies and doctors he improved after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He says after the second bottle he improved and five bottles cured him completely and he passed a life insurance examination. C T Erhart.
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James Donahue
New Britain, Conn
Foley
C. T. Erhart
Fur Lined Coat With Gray Cloth and Velvet Hat
Practical winter garment highlighted is a fur lined coat featuring gray cloth and a gray squirrel fur lining with brown markings. Includes a small brown velvet crowned hat with a t ray chiffon brim and attached veil, offering versatile styling options.
Hoax Claims of Divorces and Wives Spark Wisps of Lore
A comic hoax repeats a rumor that Bjones has been divorced four times and mocks him for having more wives than brains. The salon-style jab circulates as a light political or social jab with no verified source.
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Bjones
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