The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-05-18


Mrs. w. S. Brammer was visiting
with friends and relatives in Vino
ma. during the past week, return
| ing home on Sunday
| Herman Marquardt and his two
sons left last Tuesday for the form
er's farm, located near Walhalla,
North Dakota, where they win re-
side in the future. Herman is do
ing some land booming for q North
Dakota firm, in addition to farming
Miss Ruth Tompkins OF Mankato,
daughter of Ell. I'll, Tompkins of this
Icity. and niece of A1ditor 4. n.
Tompkins of this place, passed
away on Tuesday of last week, and
| u. N, with his daughter, Miss Beth,
| left for Mankato Wednesday to at
tend the funeral.
L. D. Golden of the clothing firm
of Radowsky & Golden on East
Seventh street, ST. Paul, was in the
city last Wednesday looking upia
location for portion of the stock of
that firm Mr.. Golden found two
rustling clothing firms in this city
and when he left he was very un-
certain as to whether he should re-
turn.
Postmaster Gebhard of Lamber-
ton gets an increase of 5000 in sal
airy for the ensuing year. Hereto
fore he has been receiving 81 200.
Now he will receive ST, 400. This
indicates that business at LANDER
ton is materially on the increase,
despite the statement of fault-fnd-
ers that the new towns on either
side of that lively place have been
a source of great injury to her.
Spurgeon Odell of Marshall, for
merly clerk of court of Lyon county,
was in Redwood Falls on real estate
business last Tuesday and Wednes-
day Mr.. Odell has retired from
active politics. but is enjoying the
present gubernatorial fight to the
extent of putting in a good word,
from his standpoint, for Hon. r. G.
Dunn, whom he regards as one of
the honest men of the country, who
is just now standing more unjust
personal abuse than any other man
in the country.
Rev. FIR. Woods of St. Catherine IS
church, and the committee APP
pointed by him to solicit funds for
the new school to be built for the
Sisters of St. Joseph at this place
are greatly elated over the fact that
despite certain draw backs, they
have secured subscriptions and
guarantees of each subscription for
the full amount, So, 900, which was
to have been raised by the mem
bers of this parish for the school,
and the committee and minister are
now only awaiting to hear from one
other town, where certain amount
was to have been raised, according
to the appointment of the archbish-
op, and from the latter himself, to
at once proceed with the work of
erecting a handsome school, and
also home for the sisters, in the
latter music and art instruction to
be given to all who wish to pay for
the same.
The contract for the completion of
the new two-story brick block to be
erected by Mrs. Lizzie H. Francois
on the site of the destroyed hotel
property, was awarded to Frank
Jaehn of Springfield last Wednes-
day afternoon. The cost of the
building complete, including the
work and the material on the sub
structure, the heating plant, plumb
ing, ETC., will be in the neighbor-
hood of $24, 900. Mr.. Jaehn has
been in Redwood Falls for some
time past experimenting the work
of putting the sub-structure in con-
dition, work now practically COM
pleted. The stone trimmings and
sills for the building arrived here
last week. Mr.. Jaehn will rush
the work on the building, expect
ing to have it ready for occupancy |
by Sept. 10Th. The salvage of
brick from the old building is even
greater than first estimated, the on
~ new brick needed being for the
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