BURGLARY AT CEDAR FALLS
The store of Oas & Johnson at Cedar Falls was broken into Tuesday night by burglars who forced an entrance through the back door. They secured about $7 in pennies and about $100 worth of goods from the show case. The goods in the store were all thrown down and scattered about promiscuously. No clue to the burglars has yet been discovered. – April 4, 1902 Dunn County News
CHIEF MAKES REQUEST
When you park your automobile and leave it, be sure to take the key out, is a request made by Louis Frenstad, chief of police here. He states that if operators leave keys in cars, there is an encouragement for theft cars. Recently a number of cars have been stolen. Most of them were returned after they had been run for some time. Car operators can help the police department by meeting this request, making it more difficult for thieves to make a get-away with cars parked in the city. – April 9, 1931 Dunn County News
A ”SPELLIN’ SKULE”
Menomonie has caught the spellomania at last, and an opportunity will soon be given for the champion speller to win notoriety and numerous prizes. The ladies of the Episcopal church have taken the affair in charge, and a spelling match is announced to take place under their auspice at Concert Hall next Tuesday evening, April 13. The rules, etc., to govern spellers will be announced at the hall — as, also, will be the character of a prize. – April 10, 1875 Dunn County News
LIVELY DAY FOR THE COMPANY
It was a lively and a sweet day at Knapp, Stout & Co’s. last Monday. A barrel of molasses which was on its way from the depot to the store, rolled out of the wagon, on the bridge near the shingle mill, and came down with such force as to burst in the head, when a great body of condensed sweetness did flow copiously all over the rough boards. This mess had scarcely been cleaned up when a crazy man appeared in the grocery department of the store, and being offended at something grasped a large bowl of honey which stood on the counter and dashed it on the floor. The blacksmith shop was then discovered to be on fire, and the fun was transferred to that locality. The flames were scarcely subdued and all danger averted when, to keep up the excitement a team belonging to T.B. Wilson ran away “and smashed his new red buggy all to pieces” — as our informant expressed it. And yet, the boys did not consider it an unusually lively day. – April 10, 1875 Dunn County News
A RUNAWAY HOUSE
One of the strangest accidents occurred in the town of Spring Brook, last week, which came near being attended with loss of life. Mr. E. Delquist, living on the Chippewa bottoms, made a “bee” for the purpose of moving a house. The neighbors turned out and soon sixteen spans of horses were hitched to the building to be moved. Something occurred to frighten the teams, and they actually ran away the house, and drew it pell-mell some twenty rods before they could be stopped. Mr. Delquist was standing in front of the building when they started and before he could escape he was run over. When he was taken out he was more dead than alive, with collar bone, and two ribs broken. A team of horses running away with a house strikes us as something new under the sun. – April 10, 1875 Dunn County News
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