The Redwood gazette., 1902-03-12

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It looks like seed time at this
writing. 0
! Full township election returns in
our next. @
| Uncle Asa Perkins was in Nor
gan last Wednesday.
Commissioner Carlile was up
from Morgan the early part of:last
week
The bowling alley IN Masonic
block opened for business last
Thursday.
Spring advertising is coming into
style. Drop an adv. into The GA
zETTE and you'll get results.
Miss Christine Sample has been
making purchases of spring milli-
merry goods in St. Paul and Mime
apolis during the past week.
The March lion lasted only three
days, and by the 9th the genial sun
had thawed almost the last vestige
of the snow, which came in with the
first of the month.
The Minneapolis Journal notes
that Robt. Watson, a former post
master at Redwood Falls, has been
very i'll at his home on Portland
avenue, but is now convalescent.
There should be no hitch in the
organization of the farm telephone
project. It means an increase in
the value of every adjacent farm,
and more intimate relations between
farm and village communities.
H. M. Hitchcock attended a meet
ing of the State optical association
at Mankato on Wednesday Of last
week, and reports a profitable ses-
sion. Fl. 0. Schleuder of Spring
field was among the members who
contributed valuable papers.
The infant child of DR.. and Mrs.
E. L. Halves died at Mankato one
day last week The Red wood friends
of our former popular dentist will
hear of this with regret, death hav-
ing previously taken all of the doc
tor S family but his oldest boy.
Mrs. D. Mortimer is expected
home from her visit to St. Paul and
the east this week Mrs. Mortimer
was purchasing millinery in St.
Paul up to last Wednesday even
ing, when she left over the Milwau-
kee for Chicago to make purchases
in that city.
Since the announcement a few
weeks ago that Miss Eddy Donovan
had resumed her former position as
stenographer at the First National
Bank, that lady has written to
Cashier Baldwin that she would
have to defer her coming for several
months, as her father and brother
needed her services for the present.
f. W. Philbrick is having some
material changes madein the Third
street frontage OF his store. A sec
ond story is being erected on the
west end of the block, and plate
glass front is to be put in on the
ground floor at that end of the build
ing. He has already had applica-
tion made for tenant of the new
front, but at present is OF the opin-
ion that he will need the room for
the requirements of his own busi-
ness.
A meeting of the postmasters OF
Redwood county gathered at the
Commercial House last Wednesday,
Belview being represented by Post
masterlPottratz, Clements by Post
master L. j. Rongstad, Delhi by
Postmaster E. Atkinson, Morgan
by Postmaster Kinman, Wanda by
Postmaster.Val Eichten and Wabas-
so by Postmaster J. H. Rashkoff.
We are informed that motion to
put up the price on postage stamps
was voted down, but that otherwise
the meeting was quite harmonious.
Judge Bowers received a letter
from ]. r. Lankard of Kingfsher,
dated March 9th, informing him
that his son Fred. was undergoing
a mild attack of small pox, but was
getting along nicely, being isolated,
with a special nurse in charge. Mr..
Lankard writes that although it is
quite dry in Oklahoma, stock has