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SCHOOL buses now must have stop signal arms. Bus drivers and the Department of Education have been warned that warning tickets will be issued. 1940


ENUMERATOR staff will start taking census work today. One hundred forty four enumerators will begin taking census in the northern half of ninth congressional district on April 4, 1940. These census will be opened for public view in 2012, or in seventy-two years. 1940


Frazee, MN someone purchased MATCHES from her grocery store several weeks ago, put them in a container and the family proceeded to use the matches. The other day, her husband went to get a match and pulled out a ladies god and sapphire ring worth $10. It is considered that it was lost in packing the matches. 1940


When George checked up on a trap which they had set for WOODCHUCKS recently, they’ve found quite a surprise. In the trap was a wood chuck; the animal looked more like a prehistoric creature than a modern version of a groundhog. It had curved tusks in place of the ordinary sharp teeth. One of the tusks in the upper jaw was almost 3 inches long. How he was able to pick its food with this equipment is a problem.


TAKES LEAD IN FINDING LOST BOY
Richard, a six year old has his dog to thank for helping him out of a tight spot. Richard was reported lost at 6:30 PM recently. The whole town turned out to search for him. At 10:30 PM, the fire department’s crew found Richard whose pants had gotten caught in a fence, the dog had stood close by his pal and his bright eyes were spotted by the lights on the fire truck caused them to see the child and the dog.


108,000 EGGS WENT A ROLLING
a few days back a truck overturned at the road intersection spilling 300 cases of eggs for a total of 108,000 . One half splashed the pavement and would have quickly turned into a tasty touch of scrambled eggs from the heat of the summer pavement the other half was salvaged. This is not to be confused with smorgasbord.


EMPTY TOOTHPASTE TUBES need not be turned in after March 1. That empty toothpaste tube formally demanded in return for purchase of a new tube will not be necessary after February according to the new ruling announced today. Consumers have toothpaste, shaving cream, and other products packed in collapsible metal tubes will be relieved effective March 1, of the requirement to turn in use to when purchasing a new one.

Tins salvaged from old tubes has been dwindling in quantity. Since tin content has been consistently reduced, the tombs were needed chiefly for other metal contents which are relatively unimportant for salvage purposes.

Removal of the requirement of turning in old tubes does not mean that they are no longer wanted. Purchases out products packaged in moves are urged to voluntarily continue to turn in their old tubes when making purchases. 1944


MORE RAZORS and razor blades to be produced
Razors and razor blades will be produced in greater abundance in 1944. The only restriction left on razors, which previously were limited to provide sufficient quantities for the Armed Forces will be the amount of materials allocated for their production. 1944


Bring your old card to renew your DRIVER’S LICENSE
Bring your old drivers license when making application for the renewal is the advice of the state highway bulletin. The old card must be turned in before the new licenses issue and it will expedite matters if you bring the old card when you apply for renewal. All drivers license issued before September 1, 1948, expire on the license first birthday after this date and unless application is made on or before the birthday, the right to drive motor vehicles on public streets and highways will lapse. Applications may be made to clerks of the district courts.


BEAVER population down; no open season this year
There will be no open season on beaver in Minnesota this year, according to the announcement made today by the commission of conservation. This decision is based upon recommendations made to the commissioner by the division of game and Fish. He states that surveys made by the research unit of the Bureau revealed that beaver population has been reduced approximately 50% of what it was in 1940. This reduction is attributed to the reading open seasons at a lower reproduction in the 1943 because of unfavorable weather conditions. 1944


THAT WAS HUNTING
Minnesota hunter up 1859 is believed to have been a man from Sibley County. On a two-day hunt Heard was credited with shooting for wolves, three-tier, 14 muskrats, 23 rabbits, seven Fox is, a big black bear, between 40 and 50 residents, and from a trap line, which he covered on the way, he took 17 mink.


KILLED ONLY IRISHMAN
Have you heard about the legend concerning the start of the Franconia cemetery? According to the legend it seems that there was need for a cemetery as early as 1857. However, there was no one to bury in the cemetery, because as of yet no one had died. Therefore, states the legend, someone took it upon himself to kill the only Irishman in the settlement.


TWO DOLLARS IF THEY SHAVED
Disciples of Paul Bunyan in the early 70s didn’t want to shave. They are at version 2 razors and barbers has been revealed by WPA workers investigating things as they used to be. A reporter for in Minneapolis paper of long-ago chronicle that Washburn had to pay his lumberjacks on the Rum River a two dollar bonus to get them to scrape their chins twice a week.


HUMAN BONES FOUND
Up who working on the new road south of where shoe lay came across some human bones. Found was the skull of the skeleton, which was buried 3 feet deep, was in good state, and indicated that some Indian brave may have been interred many years ago. Members of the crew will undoubtedly be on the lookout for more traces of America’s first residents. The article does not say what they did with them.


WOOLWORTH BUILDING
Foundation forms are being set up for the new building of the Woolworth store. A dragline Monday completed a large excavation for the newest store building to be erected by the Woolworth Co. on the Paris Avenue at second north of the post office, and carpenters are now erecting forms for the basement concrete work the new structure, 50 x 120 feet in dimensions, will be a bluff Art Stone and face brick construction with entrances on LaBree and Second Street.

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