The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-13
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from Various
Papers Of this Vicinity.

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/ The firm of Scott & Blomeke,
furniture dealers at Springfield, has
been dissolved. Scott will start
new store. while Blomeke continues
to run the old one.
M. P. Hanson, who has been a
renter on Chris. Olsen's farm near
Evan for several years, has decided
to embark in the livery business at
Milroy. Mr.. Olsen will resume
charge of the farm.
Granite Tribune: Roy futile of
Seaforth was in Granite Friday and
dropped in as he is used to the smell
of ink for he was practically raised
in a print shop. He says he is do
ing whaling land business.
/ New Ulm Review: Mrs. B. F.
Weber, who appears to be slightly
improving, was removed to Franklin
/ in private coach of the Minneapo-
lis & st. Louis Friday morning Her
son and DR.. Stricken and trained
nurse accompanied her.
A number of people living in and
near CORTLAND held meeting re-
Gently and agitated the organization
of the German Lutheran congrega-
ton. The proposition met with
favor and in little while the sum
of over $4,000 was subscribed for the
building of a church.
Franklin Tribune: Herman Reetz,
who was SO badly injured in run
away last Wednesday, an account of
which appeared in the last number
of the Tribune, died at St. Barnabas
hospital, Minneapolis, early Tuesday
morning. Besides the fracture of
the skull it was discovered that Mr..
Reetz had sustained internal in
juries Of a grave nature. An oper-
alton was performed but to no
avail.
Granite Falls Journal: 1t would
probably jar you some and yet you
need not be surprised to see the
Milwaukee road build a line from
this point down the river to Man
kato. What is known as the Alpha
bet road is surely being built, and
it is almost as surely the Milwaukee
is the builder. 1t would save many
miles haul from the west to Chicago
to go this way instead of by ST.
Paul.
A test was made by the Iowa
experiment station to ascertain the
actual shrinkage Of corn in the crib.
A crib was constructed on pair of
scales SO that an exact register could
always be made. Seven thousand
pounds of corn were used for the
test. 1t was weighed once each
month. During the first three
months. from January 10Th to April
10Th the loss was $50 pounds, or five
per cent. the original weight. Dur
ing the next three months the loss
was 100 pounds. The test showed
that bushel Of corn weighing 80
pounds when husked will weigh sew
enty-four pounds at the end of the
year Winnebago Enterprise.
News, Wood Lake: Last Monday
afternoon about five o'clock, while
Mrs. A. R. Filbrandt was working
about the kitchen she took gallon
pail of water off of the stove and
set it on table and undertook to
take off tight cover when the can
exploded and the steam and boiling
water struck her fair in the face.
scalding her most painfully. DR..
Moore was at once summoned and
did what he could to relieve the
sufferer, and about midnight she
was resting easy. 1t was narrow
escape from the loss of her sight
as the face is entirely blistered.
This is the second case of this same
nature to happen in this neighbor-
hood within a month, and more care
should be taken in placing water on
the stove to heat in an alright can.
Sanborn Sentinel: Twenty years
ago John H. Posi- had the good