Mrs. Anna T. Rice, aged years,
was working about the gasoline stove
at her home on north: Third street Sat
urday evening when in some way her
clothes caught fire. The gasoline of
the stove caught lire and she tried to
carry it out of the house and then ran
screaming towards a neighbor's They
threv^ her down and rolled her on the
ground in a rug atrd extinguished the
flames but notuntil Mrs. Rice was
terribly burned about the feet and legs,
arms and back. She was taken to St.
Olaf hospital where she died Sunday
evening. She was born near Madison,
Wis., Dec. 20,1845 and was married to
Thomas Rice. They moved to Moscow
township, northwest of Austin, about
35 years ago and owned a small fares
there. Deceased had. lived most of the
time in Austin for the past 12 years.
he leaves four children: Jens of Mos
cow, Louis, Anna and Ella of Austin.
The son was -married Saturday noon
and her accident was a sad ending of
the happ day. The husbandsurrives,
ialso three sisters live in Wisconsin. It
is expected that the funeral will he
held the Lutheran church-Thursday
afternoon at 8:30 6'cloek.
mmm
made the proposition to pay the wag
es of a competent superintendent of
the state roads in-Mower county for
the season of 1911. provided the
county board would appoint such an
one and take hold to make these
roads what they should be. The
one-ha11'
Offei
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of the
^peiise
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ed to
])llt Oil
a
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f)l
the summer on any piece of state
road'Tive miles long in Mower coun
ty and have, him devote his whole
time in maintaining such section in
first class condition. These generous
offers will no doubt be accepted.
