Minnesota Odd Fellows Open Forty First Annual Session
The Minnesota Odd Fellows begin the forty first annual grand encampment session in St Paul at I O O F hall Fifth and Wabasha with over 300 delegates. Officers elected include Grand patriarch W A MacDowell and Grand scribe Dr T T Warham. The grand lodge meets at Knights of Columbus hall and the Rebekah assembly convenes at Woodman hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Odd Fellows
I. O. O. F. Hall
Fifth
Wabasha Streets
W. A. MacDowell
Laverne
George Engel
T. T. Warham
Minneapolis
W. W. Churchill
Rochester
R. E. Patterson
Duluth
August Hohenstein
Grand Lodge
Knights of Columbus
Rebekas Assembly
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Woodman Hall
Local Lansing Church Marriage and Community Notes
The Catholic church in Lansing hosted the marriage of Joseph Knopp to Martha Wendler with Oscar Pfeifer and Ella Wendler in attendance. The couple will set up housekeeping near Rieths store. Other items include visits from Ada Bakewell to her sister Helena, family visits from Mr. and Mrs. Gance of Tacoma, a chimney strike on Front street, and ongoing repairs at the Hartbauer building. Steamer B Hershey and a tow boat passed with a log raft bound for Burlington. Several residents and visitors are mentioned, including Emma Sorlie visiting from Strathmore and Bernice Boeck preparing to study in Minnesota. a drowning scare near the river is recounted. Blind man's buff remarks close the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Knopp
Martha Wendler
Oscar Pfeifer
Ella Wendler
Haxmier
Rieths Store
Prof. Hilliard
Ada Bakewell
Helena
Bakewell
Dubuque
Waterloo
P. H. Gance
Tacoma
Wash
James Doyle
Duffy
Ganoer
Doyle
Round Island
F. A. Hammerstrom
Front Street
Hartbauer
Reppe and Burke
West End
B. Hershey
Burlington
H. C. Short
Joseph Wallace
Chicago
W. H. Dikeman
Bakkum
Readstown
Wis
Mesdames Knut Reppe
A. O Nelson
Sever Johnson
Emma Sorlie
Andrew Sorlie
Emma
Strathmore
Robert Guides
Milton Fellows
George Kinney
Guider
Bernice Boeck
State University of Minnesota
Martha
Sacred Heart college opening exercises and prohibition events
Prairie du Chien lists Sacred Heart college commencement Thursday at 9 in the college auditorium and St. Mary's academy graduation bring many visitors. A Crawford county prohibition convention is set for Saturday in Gays Mill with speeches by prominent speakers as part of a campaign in 1912. Weathered, Guttenberg beat Prairie du Chien 8 4 on the association diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart College
St. Mary’s Academy
Crawford County
Gays Mill
Prohibition Party
Guttenberg
Prairie du Chien
Jessie Atchison
Wauzeka
Earl Bisbee
Chicago
Spencer
Iowa
Indian camp at Wigwam Bay destroyed by fire
The Chippewa Indian settlement at Wigwam bay on Mills Lake, between Garrison and Vineland, is in ruins after a fire that consumed dwellings, goods, relics, and food supplies. An unconfirmed report says an old chief was tied to a tree to witness the destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainerd
Minn
Wigwam Bay
Mills Lacs Lake
Garrison
Vineland
Endowment Plan for Lutheran Clergy Pensions Formed
Duluth Minnesota June 14 The synodical council of the Augustana synod of Swedish Lutheran churches of America approves a national pension endowment fund. A $150000 goal will be raised by an assessment of $1 per member across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Synodical Council of the
Augustina Synod of Swedish Lutheran Churches of America
Body of Peter Nestes Found Near Home
The body of Peter Nestes, who vanished from his Farris area residence in late March, was discovered near the house at Cass Lake. The remains were found last evening about thirty rods from the home, missing head arms and legs. Nestes' daughter and son-in-law Mr and Mrs Lloyd Carlton face a hearing at Park Rapids today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Lake
Minn
Peter Nestes
Farris
Nestes
Lloyd Carlton
Park Rapids
Barged Cabin Fire Ends Life of Carlton County Bachelor
The Carlton county authorities investigate after the Carlton area cabin of Otto Holt burns down and the charred remains of a man believed to be Holt are found among the ruins three miles from Carlton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Otto Holt
Carlton
Holt
Carlton County
Woodmen Convention Opens in Rochester for Two-Week Session
The Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World and Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle begin their annual gathering in Rochester New York, with proceedings set to run for two weeks starting yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Woodmen of the World
Supreme Forest
Woodmen Circle
Jew’s Mother Thanks Taft for Army Exam Reconsideration
In Washington on June 14 Mrs. Joseph Bloom, mother of Frank Bloom the young Jewish soldier slated for re-examination for a regular army commission, sends a letter to President Taft praising him for understanding citizenship and the Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Taft
Joseph Bloom
Frank Bloom
United States
Express Firms Targeted by Proposed Government Mail Bill
A Senate bill introduced by Rep. Kenyon of Iowa proposes a government monopoly on the carriage of letters and merchandise parcels weighing four pounds or less and would effectively put express companies out of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, PD. C
Kenyon
Rep
Iowa
Senate
Monitor Puritan Junk Sold by Government
The monitor Puritan, built twenty years ago for $2,395,465, will be ordered sold as junk by the government at a minimum figure of $12,200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Local Visitors and Church Activities Highlight Grand Forks Rumor
The First Congregational church of Grand Forks hosted visitors en route to Madison for commencement and a class reunion. Local officials and residents including City Marshall Charles Lindner and Roy Cole traveled between Milwaukee and La Crosse. Miss Stella Caya visited Waureka, the Catholic Ladies Sewing Society met at Mrs. Will Hazen's home, and eight candidates were confirmed at the Lutheran church led by Rev. Wm. Radler. Mrs. R. D. Paris returned from a three week eastern trip with daughter Margaret, while Fred Evans of Chicago visited. Henry Otto attended Milwaukee for Ma sonic lodge sessions, and G. W. Wolf of Savannah, Ill., spent Sunday locally.
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First Congregational Church
Grand Forks
N. D
Madison
Charles Lindner
Milwaukee
Roy Cole
la Crosse
Stella Caya
Waureka
Catholic Ladies’ Sewing Society
Will Hazen
Lutheran
Wm. Radler
R. D. Paris
Margaret
Birnamwood Wie
Fred Evans
Chicago
Henry Otto
Masonic Grand Lodge
G. W. Wolf
Savannah
Ill
Tobacco Lands Bring Fortunes Tobacco Company Is Rich
A local tobacco lands development pageant celebrates a surge in wealth as a tobacco company reports strong profits from expanding acreage. Investors and officials praise new leases, rail access, and market demand driving continued growth.
Tobacco boom in Baldwin County raises hopes in Alabama
A soil discovery in Baldwin County, Alabama, shows potential to match Cuban and Sumatra tobacco quality. Investors led by Walter O. Hosely develop plantings under the Cuba Baldwin Planters’ Co. with strong yields and a growing local industry including Summerdale and Robertsdale canning plants, higher local land values, and widespread labor demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Alabama Sumatra & Havana Tobacco Company
Chicago
la Crosse
Walter O. Hosely
Baldwin County
Ala
United States
Cuba
Sumatra
Cuba, Baldwin Planters
Havana
Alabama Sumatra, Havana Tobacco Company
Mobile
Register
Summerdale
Robertsdale
Summerdale Canning Factory and Produce Company
Foresters Meet Opens In Mankato With Hundreds Attending
The Order of Foresters gathering in Mankato Minnesota opened at St Peters and Pauls Catholic Hall. Nearly 400 delegates and as many visitors attended the event in June at the state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mankato
Minn
Lic Order of Foresters In
State Vention
St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Hall
Hogs Attack Iowa Girl and Kill Her Near Iowa City
A drove of hogs attacked 134 year old Miss Nettie Williams west of Iowa City as she moved to pass a pasture. The animals knocked her down and mauled her severely, tearing off one hand and causing fatal injuries before farm workers repelled the attack with pitchforks and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
Miss
Nette Williams
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