The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-27
Redwood G09ctte
WEDNESDAY. FEB. q, 1907.
AROUND TIE COUNTY.
Items of interest Taken from the
Coaatry Papers.

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his recovery was doubtful, but we
see by the Wood Lake News of last
week that he had so far recovered
as to be able to return home.
| Dispatch: We regret to learn that
Mrs. W. R. Hodges in Sleepy Eye
has been more or less seriously i'll
for several weeks. and it became
necessary on Monday for Mr.. Hold
ges to take her to Rochester, this
state. to have her undergo surgi-
cal operation.
Morton Enterprise: w. S. Parker
is confined to his room from an over
exertion of walking to Redwood
Falls, the result of a wager he
] could do so. Mr.. Parker is a paint
err and decorator, and for the past
three months has been decorating
chairs at the railroad hotel, and
walking is not in his line of work.
At the primary election in Man.
kato Mayor Chas 7. Taylor defeated
j. A. Hilscher for the Democratic
mayoralty nomination. Mayor Tay-
lor's majority was 1876. and he car
ried five of the six wards. The
Republican nominee for mayor is
DR.. j. w. Andrews, who had no
opposition. Both parties nominated
full tickets, and a strenuous cam
paign will soon be in progress.
The New Ulm Stone Co. last week
was awarded a contract with the
city of Minneapolis to furnish the
city all the crushed stone that may
be needed for it's streets during the
season Of 1907. Last year all stone
bids for that city were rejected by
the city council, but the New Ulm
company furnished the city crushed
stone for the year at the price il
had bid.
The Renville Commercial club is
hustling to get the creamery start.
ed. At meeting of the club last
week the owner of the RenvilIe
creamery was present and made
them this proposition. As soon as
% patrons that would deliver T00o
pounds of milk daily could be Sc
cured, he promised to rebuild the
creamery out Of solid brick and
concrete, and make a strictly fire
proof building. The size would be
Boxes. The members of the club
got out among the farmers, and al
ready have oyer a hundred patrons,
which of course inSures the success
of the project. A creamery is an
everlasting benefit to a town and a
gold mine for the farmer. 1t beats
sixty cent wheat.
A miser of the kind we read of in
books died at New Ulm recently.
4 Ferdinand Thiele, an old bachelor
| and a familiar character about town
for many years, died at the hospital
In that city after an illness of only
a few days. Several days before
Thiele asked Mr.. Schell's permission
to store his old trunk in SchelPs
buggy she'd Mr. Schell did not like
the idea, but consented when the
old bachelor told him it contained
nothing but rags and that if anyone
wanted TO steal it they could do so.
The Review says that Monday morn
ing Ferd. Crone and Otto ScheII
opened the trunk and discovered
among other old papers certificates
of deposit on local banks, amount
ing IN the aggregate to $1,000. One
certificate was issued by the Citizens
Bank and called for over SIS 900
This amount had been accommodating
in the bank for fifteen years. the
holder never even drawing the in
! terest.
| Granite Falls Journal: Not many
years ago family lived south of
town who have since moved away.
Among the children was young
lady who taught school for a time
but she decided to take up another
avocatlon for which, she felt she
was adapted, and one commenced
dressmaking. Foolish, she might saw.
but she was not satisfied with simp-
~ knowing how to sew up a seam. /.
she wanted to know more about the
business. than that, she wanted to