Lake County Past--1/30/1908

Taken from the Iron Trade Journal of January 30, 1908.

Typos and grammatical errors have been left as they were found.

Explosion of Kitchen Range

Does Considerable Damage in

Norwegian Lutheran Parsonage...

Water Pipes Freeze

The kitchen range in Rev. S. A. Johnson's residence was completely demolished by an explosion of the water pipes in the stove Wednesday morning...Fortunately the lady who built the fire was not in the room at the time of the explosion or she would surely have been killed...."

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The annual financial statement of Lake county for the year 1907, prepared by John P. Paulson, county auditor, was published in the official county paper this last week.

The total receipts for the year were $138,612.16...The expenditures for the year amounted to $147,319.45.

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The union gospel meetings which have been in progress in our city for the past two weeks and a half closed last Tuesday evening with a large crowd at the Opera House...A better man than Rev. Buswell could not have been secured for the work. His manly straightforward way of presenting God's truth appealed to all. He played no tricks on his audiences nor was there anything sensational in his methods...

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It is reported that August Tabor's Rhode Island Reds won third prize at the Minneapolis poultry show last week.

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33 degrees below zero by the government thermometor Wednesday morning. This sudden below-zero-weather came as a shock to most of us who were just becoming acclimated.

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An old fashioned 'possum supper was served at Cook's chop house in regular southern style last Sunday evening. About twenty were present and enjoyed the rare delicacies. The 'possums were shipped from Indiana.

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Johnnie, the four-year-old son of Mr. And Mrs. Dennis Hayes, third avenue, fell backward into a tub of scalding hot water Monday morning and was quite badly scalded as a consequence. The little fellow is getting along all right at this writing.

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Gust Anderson, age 40 years, was brought to the Budd hospital Tuesday afternoon suffering with injuries that may cost him his life. Anderson was employed at John Cloudy's lumber camp near the north branch on the Duluth & Northern Minnesota railroad, 20 miles northeast of Alger station and while working as a woodsman a tree fell and struck him on the head partially crushing the skull and laying it open.

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Chas. Bergman, Jr., the eldest son of Mr. And Mrs. C. E. Bergman, 410 Cedar (7th) street, died last Thursday, Jan. 23. The cause of the young man's death was typhoid pneumonia, complicated with a touch of brain fever. Deceased was 17 years old...

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Seventy men have been laid off at the D. & I.R. Shops this week. Very few were skilled workmen, a majority being helpers and laborers.

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An unknown lumberjack was killed by a D. & I. R. log train near Allen Junction Tuesday afternoon. The man stepped in front of the train when it was almost upon him and there was no chance to stop. Whether it was a deliberate suicide or not will never be known. There was absolutely nothing upon the man's person by which identification was possible. The remains were taken to Biwabik.

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A necktie party will be given at the I.O.O.F. Hall on Saturday evening, February 1st, given under the auspices of the Daughters of Norway. A short program is being arranged for the occasion. Refreshments will be served. The ladies will bring neckties which are to be disposed of during the evening.

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