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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31
Walnut Grove Asks
For a New Road
Men from Redwood County Ask High
way Commission to give Aid

If delegation from Redwood, Lyon
and Lincoln counties has its way with
the State Highway commission there
will be road of some proportions and
pretentions running across the south
ern part of this county in the near
future.
A delegation headed by w. B. Har-
wood of Walnut Grove was in st. Paul
Thursday and Friday asking the COM
mission to give first and immediate
aid to a great road project that has
been evolved.
A year ago Redwood Falls was &C
lively endeavoring to secure the rout-
ing of the transcontinental road that
is to run via Chicago to the National
park. The route now has been prac-
tically decided on through Winona and
Mankato to the Dakota line. This
takes it through Walnut Grove, Lam
berton, Tracy and Lake Benton.
The delegation which visited the
commission on Friday wants the state
to appropriate money to be used at
once in making the proposed route of
the road the best in the state. The
commission heard the argument and
has the matter under advisement.
Among those who appeared before
the commission were:
w. B. Harwood, Walnut Grove.
N. j. Robinson, Tracy.
T. G. Bonallie, Tracy, president of
the Southern Minnesota Development
league.
c. w. Sites, Lake Benton.
At the same time Senator H. N
Benson of ST. Peter appeared before
the commission and argued for the use
of the federal $4,000 allotted to Min
nesota upon the fifty miles of road
from ST. Paul to st. Peter. He wants
that strip of road made model in every
respect. 1t is the route of the ole
trading road and one of the most pic
turesque drives in the state The SEN
ator seems confident of securing his
request.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31
Redwood Alumni
Has Big Meeting
Fifty-six Graduates Get Together
Thursday and Form Permanent
Organization

A most pleasant and profitable
meeting was held by the alumni of
the Redwood Falls high school at the
K P hall Thursday evening.
Fifty-six members of the associa-
ton were present and organized for
the coming year. The officers elected
were: Pres. VIM. NJ. Smith; Vice
Pres. Glen Gold; Sec and Treas, Miss
Jennie Evans. An annual member
ship fee of fifty cents was also exacted
from each alumnus. After the tran
saction of business each member was
asked to state the year of his gradua-
ton and how he had been spending
his time since. Following are some of
the statements made in part: Carroll
D. ClipfeIl, OF: professor of mschan-
ical engineering at Wapheton, N. D."
Efie McDaniels Thorpe, 8:"taught
four years, now assistant in Thorp,s
studio"
Blanch Clark, 10: Teaching in
country school-Enough said"
Eva Hitchcock Towne, 04-"Taught
and now practicing domestic science"
VIM. Smith, '07-"Selling accident
insurance for last few years, start
ing with forty dollar overdraft which
has now grown to two hundred and
fifty dollars" This last was verified
by a statement from Clinton Bald
VIM
John McLean-"Let Billy Smith
write an insurance policy two years
ago. Have spent the time since in
trying to get even."
Grant Rain, '09-President of Luth-
eran College, DEBORAH, Iowa"
Jack Philbrick, ~, Selling calico"
Ada Tenney, 12-"Going to Beer
school since graduation"
vean Baldwin, '08, Attended school
at Carleton. Now at st. Peter but ex-
poets to be released in June"
The others of the alumni are listed
as teachers, students or farmers chief
ly, with few of the "girl-graduates"
as "housekeepers" All are appar-
emily honorably employed with the ex-
ception of VIM. Smith who is charact-
erized as "Grafter" in the official roll
of the alumni.
After the experience telling, the
former school mates got acquainted
over again. Light refreshments were
served.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31
Woman Lost And
Foul Play Feared
Patient At New Ulm Hospital Drops
Out o f Sight And No Trace
OF Her Il Found
MYSTERY BATTLES OFFICIALS
Morgan Girl Receiving Treatment At
Time of Disappearance-No
Explanation Offered

A young woman patient who had
been at the st. Alexanders' hospital
at New Ulm for two weeks dissap-
peared most mysteriously Thursday,
Jan. 18th. Diligent search by the
hospital authorities, friends of the girl
and the local police, has failed to re-
veal any clue to her whereabouts.
The patient is Miss Augusta Jen-
nings of Morgan. She has been at
the hospital taking tratments for mel
ancholia. Her trouble was scarcely
noticeable only showing itself in a
vague worry and fear of personal
harm.
Miss Jennings was very well salts
fed to stay at the hospital. Several
times she had expressed a wish that
she might stay there permanently as
she had such a feeling of security.
She had written to relatives that she
found her surroundings and the at
tendants most pleasant and had re-
quested the Sisters at the hospital to
make such arrangements with her
brother, Henry Jennings of Morgan,
as would enable her to remain there.
Wednesday evening, Miss Bolstad,
who had had especial charge of Miss
Jennings, was called home by her
mothers illness, and it was not
thought necessary to watch the pa
tient closely. She was allowed to go
for a walk at two o'clock. She is
known to have come back to the hos
pital once and then go out again. At
four o'clock inquiry was made and a
search started, and it was found she
had utterly disappeared.
Relatives and friends took up the
search and later the assistance of the
local police was obtained. Up to the
present no clue has been found.
Miss Jennings is known to have had
fifteen dollars in money which had
been given her by her sisters short
time before. 1t was at first thought
she might have gone to the cities.
However it was found she had not
purchased a ticket. Thorough search
of the woods in the vicinity of the
hospital and the river banks revealed
nothing.
Miss Jennings took none of her
clothing nor other belongings with
her. The money was the only thing
missing from her room. She wore a
black skirt, black and white dressing
sacque, black coat and white fasci-
nator over her head. Her other cloth
ing was left untouched at the hospital.
Miss Jennings is 80 years old, med
ium in height, light complexioned and
diinguished by quantity of reddish
hair She wears her hair in two
braids wound about her head and it
forms distinctive characteristic. She
She has many acquaintance in New
Ulm but up to the present none of
speaks both English and German.
them has seen her.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31
Parcels Post Rates
Effective Jan. 1st
Postage Under Present Law viii Be
Reckoned According To The Dis,
lance

Other countries have long had par
eel post systems. We will have one
after New Years. A recent law of
congress eliminates fourth class mail
matter and substitutes parcels post.
Fourth class mail matter has paid l
cent per ounce or fraction thereof. No
change will be made in case of pack
ages weighing four ounces or less, ex-
cept the character of the stamp. Lar
ger packages of farm and factory pro-
duce, not now included as first, second
or third class matter, may be mailed
at lower rates. Special postage
stamps must be useR
The package must not exceed eleven
pounds in weight or six feet in COM
bined length and girth. Thus pack
age two feet around in one direction
and three and one-half in the other
might be mailed, while one three feet
around in one direction and three and
one-half feet in the other could. not be
mailed because it had a combined
length and girth of more than six feet.
The contents of the package must not
be likely to injure the person of any
postal employee, damage ms-l sacks or
other mail matter, and must not be
perishable withinva period reasonably
required for delivery.
Packages mailed under this law will
not pay zone rate varying roughly
in proportion to the distance. The
rates are shown by the following table
but division of the country into
square areas for calculating these
rates prevents anything better than
very rough statements in the distance
col11ron.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31
PUBLIC AUCTION.

Our lease with Uncle Sam having
expired and having decided to retire
to private life, we, the undersigned,
will sell, or offer at our residence,
National Capitol, Washington, D. c.,
Friday, february 18th, 1913, all the
following property, to-wit: One ele-
plant about forty-nine years old; one
set of injunctions and high cost of liv-
ing old nough to war; one Republ-
can platform good as new has only
been used for campaign purposes; one
big stick somewhat worn from over
use; one republican machine, some
what out of repair; one financial sys-
tenn, well supplied with clearing house
certificates and little cash; a large
quantity of old dinner pals, grand pa
hats coon skins, Teddy bears, Taft
smiles and other things too numerous
too numerous
The sale will positively take place
on the above date regardless of wealth
er and everything must be cleared out
before March first, 1913, as the Dem
ocrats will then take charge Of Uncle
Sans bushes.
Roast crow viii be served by the Old
Boys Republican club. Everybody In
vited; this stuff must be cleared way.
Teddy Roosevelt,
G. %. P. Manager.
Joe Cannon, Auctioneer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31
Esther Lindenldnrl
MdnieS L. Gartner
Ceremony Performed at the Home Of
The Brides Mother Last
Thursday

Miss Esther Emma Liademann of
North Redwood and Louis Gartner of
DuQpoin, Ill, were married at the
home Of the brides mother Mrs. Mar
tina Lindemann at North Redwood, at
ten o'clock Thursday.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. G. w. Hielscher OF the Evangeli-
cal church in the presence of members
of the immediate family Of the bride
and groom.
The bride was clad i'm travelling
suit IF brown with corsage bouquet
Of cream roses. The couple was I'M
attended. Following the ceremony a
bounteous wedding dinner was served
Mr.. and Mrs. Gartner left on the
noon train. Their many friends gath
cred at the depot and gave them a
most hearty farewell send-off. They
win visit in Minneapolis, St. Paul and
Chicago before going to their home in
DuQuoin. The out-of-town guests
were; Mrs. Gartner and Miss Cart
ner, mother and sister Of the groom
from Chicago and Mr.. and Mrs. Fobes
of Sleepy Eye.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gartner have been en-.
tertained by several friends and rela-
tives during the past week. Mr.. anc
Mrs. Louis Lindemann entertained
them at dinner on Sunday. Mr.. anc
Mrs. Ernest Lndemann gave pre-
nuptial supper at their new home II
Renville county, Christmas Day.
Mrs. Gartner is an alunanus Of the
Redwood Falls high school and ha:
many friends in this city. She grad
uated from Hamline University II
1911. Since then she has been teach
ing in the high school at Webster, S
D. She has been very active in church
work and will be missed by the socia
circles of the Evangelical church, d
which she is a member. The gooc
wis hes of her many friends follow he
to i,ar new home.
Mr.. Gartner is engaged in bushes!
in DuQuoin, where the young people
will Be at home to their friends aftel
Jan. 1st.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31
Marshall Man Gains
!. Olsen Still Leading
Recount In Judgeship Contest Disclos-
es Serious Clerical Error In
This County
OLSON STILL LEADS BY OVER 100
Nothing To Indicate That Final Re-
suit Will Be Changed = Count
On In Brown County

Judge M. E. Mathews of Marshall
who is contesting the election of |. M
Olson to the judgeship of the Ninth
judicial district gained 81 votes by the
recount in this county.
The mistake that gave these votes
to Mr.. Mathews was made in Sheridan
and was due entirely to clerical er-
ror in copying the names. The clerk
reversed the names of Olson and Mr.
Mathews SO that the original returns
indicated that Judge Olson carried the
township when in reality Mathews had
it by 80 votes.
In Lyon county Mr.. Mathews did not
fare so well. Though he carried that
county by big vote he lost ten votes or
the recount.
Over in Lincoln county he lost q
couple of votes so that in spite of the
big gain made here he is still over 10C
votes behind his opponent on the total
vote in the counties of the district. The
judges are now at work recounting
Brown and Nicollet counties both OF
which Judge Olsen carried according
to the official returns.
On this basis there is apparetly lit
tie reason to believe that the official
returns will be changed by the recount
now in progress.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31
Vice On The Job
Most of The Time
Sin Can Work Longer Than Purity
And Not Get Out of -
Says Minister
HE PLEADS FOR CHURCH UNITY
]. F. AinswOrth Gives Christians His
Idea of What Should be Done
In Church Today

"Vice is good deal spryer than yir-
tue, has more staying power, can work
longer without getting out of breath,
and has less need of half holidays
said the Rev. J. f. Ainsworth of the
Christian church in his sermon Sun
day morning.
Mr.. Ainsworth found fault with the
mass of civic virtue declaring it lacked
Christian fervor.
Preaching A Great Work
Mr.. Ainsworth brought home tt his
congregation the fact that minister
needs the cooperation Of his people
by saying hat preaching was neither
fun nor play, but great work calcu-
lated to improve the community in
which he struggled.
He intimated that it is no easier
now to stand up in the presence of the
community nd speak the truth than it
was in Jerusalem two thousand years
ago, and that even twenty centuries
accomplished little in trying to alter
human nature.
Churches Should Help Each Other
Among other things he contended
that the churches Of Minnesota should
give to and help each other in times of
adversely. He said that every church
in the state of Minnesota should stand
ready to assist any other church re
CARELESS of the character Of help that
it needed.
He scored the combatant who quits
the fight when defeat threatens and
said that God rewards good loser as
well as a good winner. He made his
congregation feel that one man could
chase thousand If he has truth on his
side andwith it enough consecrated
hang-to-itiveness TO distinguish him
self as one who when knocked down
once still maintained his serinity, gets
up and goes at it again.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31
PARCEL POST RATES
Cost for

There is an exception to the rates
stated above. Matter mailed on a
rural route for delivery at another
point on that route or at postoffice
for delivery along rural route start
ing from that office vii pay 5 cents
for the first pound and cent for each
additional pound or fraction of a
pound. This applies also to delivery
by city carriers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31
sCHMAHL CAN'T VOTE
Secretary of State Will Not be in Red
wood on January to Cast
Ballot

julius A. Schmahl will not be in
Redwood Falls to vote on Tuesday,
January z.
That is the day upon which the leg
islature convenes and under the law
Mr.. Schmahl as secretary of state is
obliged to open the first session of the
house, which convenes at noon.
Mr.. Schmahl always makes it a
point to cast his vote when ever the
opportunity presents itself but he is
obliged to forego this privilege this
winter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31

Miss Maggie Allen is visiting at
the home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Douglas Allen. Miss Allen is steno-
grapher at Elmore, Mimi, and this is
her first visit home in q year. About
forty of her friends surprised her
most pleasantly Friday evening. Miss
Allen will return to Elmore soon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31

Strauss Brothers, Farm merchants,
are giving beautiful calendars to their
friends and patrons. The decoration
is q copy Of Doris i'm the original
colors used by the artist G. Ward
Traver. This il artistically mounted
making four ply calendar OF unusual
beauty. =
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31
THE PAST rs DEAD.

To live is to be up and doing
today, not to be counting on the
things that were, but to figure
on the things that are and will
be; not to say that today is not
so good as yesterday, but to de-
clare that tomorrow viii be the
best day the universe has ever
seen.-New Years Resolution.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-12-31

P. Fl. Farrell of North Redwood and
Mat. Schueweiler of near Redwood
Falls, returned from Mahnomen coun-
ty Monday night. Mr.. Schueweiler
invested in 24O acres Of land while
north.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
Tishomingo News

Health not good; measles and
pneumonia have been raging but
measles seems to be ceasing
Mr. Fred Belue's folks are up.
Mr. Luther Owens made his first
visit today after having been
housed up several days.
We are glad to learn that MI
Oscar Nelson is improving but the
community was greatly shocked
over the death of Mrs Nelson and
daughter Miss Salie.
Grandma Finch has severe al
tack of la grippe
Mr. K M Holley is real sick.
Our school is quite small on ac-
count of so much sickness
Mr. L H Turner ordered an or.
gan some days ago and received
it Saturday.
Two Little School Girls.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
From Pleasant Grove


There was large crowd al
Pleasant Grove school Friday af-
ternoon.
Messrs D L Short and T ] Troll
linger made a trip to Dennis last
week.
There was party at Mr. Oscar
Eatons Friday night.
The singing was rained out Sun.
nay at this place.
Prof Taylors school is progress
ing nicely. He has only three
more weeks to teach. We will
hate to give him up. CD Upton
bought $3.50 mule a few days
since.
We are going to have another
debate next Friday night.
There were three dances last
Friday night in this section.
Three Writers.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
Big Corn Shipment

Jackson, Miss, Feb 1e-It is not
only Mississippians who have gone
10 Oklahoma to get the new state
fully grown and developed mate
rally but other products of the
Magnolia state. The largest order
of Mississippi seed corn from out
side the stase on record has just
been filled for shipment to Okla
homa by Eastin c Jones, one of
the most successful among the
growing class of advanced farming
practitioners i'll the state. Mr.
Jones is a Kinds county planter
who has successfully developed a
very prolific and early maturing
variety of corn, and has hitherto
been called upon to fill orders for
large lots from different points.
Quite recently the Oklahoma peo-
pie sent representative here tc
see Mr. Jones corn and study his
cultural methods. He came, stud
led the situation fully and after {
considerable lapse of time, wher
other matters were occupying thu
attention of Farmer Jones, there
came an order for a shipment of ;
1000 bushels at So bushe1 to al
| Oklahoma address and a certified
check for $4,000 covering tn,
agreement.
| Mississippi is fast taking a posi-
ton as a grain-growing state an,
such incidents as this Jones-Okla
| homa trade deal is an evidence 0
| the fact that even the moderate
ldegree of advertising done b,
such farmers through the medium
of state fairs, railroad industrial
exhibits land shows and the like
profitable results are to be secured
from such enterprise.
| During the past few years thu
average yield of eorn in Mississip
tpi has increased over bushels t.
the acre, while the total production
| has grown from 100000 bush
els in 1906 to 6S, 100000 in 1911
mostly due to careful seed selec
ton combined with more inte1li
gent methods of cultivation.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
EOLEYsKIDNEYPILLS
Petition for Pardon
Iuka, Miss, Feb oath 1912
To Gov Earle Brewer,
Jackson, Miss.

l.
Jackson, Miss.
Your petitioner would show
that at the January term 1912 of
the Circuit Court of Tishomingo
County, Mississippi, he was con-
victed of assault and battery with
intent to kill and murder and sem
fenced to serve term Of one
year in The state penitentiary and
| most respectfully urge and ask
your Excellency to grant me a
pardon for the following causes,
to wit
1st Because l believe | have
already suffered sufficient punish
ment for the crime for which /
was convicted.
End Because if given my liber-
ty | will make law abiding peace
full and useful citizen.
3rd Because l have a wife and
six children which need my SER
vices to make them support and
provide them with the necessities
of life. Respectfully submitted
] E Brooks.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-29
An Old PAPER

we have before us copy OF the
Iuka Weekly Gazette, dated Feb
22, 1868, E P Odom proprietor.
1t calls itself Democratic white
mans paper and its subscription
price is 81 so per annum invari-
ably in advance. The advertising
rates were 81 so per square of ten
lines or less. Locals double price.
All advertisements inserted for |
less period than three months
were payable in advance. 1t con-
tains the following list of Iuka
business firms: Hammerly &
Price, Martina Martin, James H
Doan, R Il Marshall agent for M
Hamilton, J M Davis G. Co., Bates
& Burgess, Matthews & Moore,
Iuka Springs Hotel, J II Weaver,
c N Miller & Co., J D James, F
Dennis, Henry Ogden. Also the
1uka Female Institute with E
Douglass president. The office
where the paper is printed is given
as upstairs over Bates & Burgess.
The paper is all home print. We
searched the paper through for
locals and found just one and that
was a notice of a candy stew given
by Mrs Hart. Iuka is called the
most superb place this side of
Elysium" That is some but
nothing compared with the inhab-
itants, who are described as fol-
lows: 1t has more pureminded,
noblesouled, heaven born and
heaven bound women, and great
er number of proud-spirited, big
hearted, high-headed undaunted
men than can be found anywhere
on earth outside of the Southland"
An editorial says: We have
now in our possession some in
formation which we expect to lay
before our readers soon in regard
to the interest and prosperity of
our to Nn that will send a thrill of
joy through the hearts of all its
1900 inhabitants. and make many
more regret they do not own prop
erty here. We advise those who
have unimproved or vacant lots to
I, be in no hurry to sell them for
town property twelve month"; from
| today will be worth $50 per cent
more than now. There is an
obituary notice that tells of the
death of DR. John Henry Akin
son at Eastport, aged As years.
The notice states that DR. Akin
son is from County Kildare, Ire
land. d T Beal1 was sheriff then
and advertises the Trammel &
Washburn steam saw mill for sale
under execution, situated about
miles south of Iuka. P w Nash
was the Chancery Clerk at that
time and his name appears to a
nonresident divorce notice: also
in the nonresident notice of an
attachment suit of Jackson Akers
VS. L F Williams, the complainant |
having levied on the S E d of |
Block AZ in the town of Iuka.
These constitute about all the
items of interest in the old paper.
After all they acknowledge Bry-
an was right about probing the
money trust, but not until they |
began to hear from their constitu
ents. We are talking about the
Democratic members of congress,
headed by Oscar Underwood who
voted down Henry's resolution to
appoint a special committee to
investigate the money trust. They
consented to do the very thing
now that they voted down. I'm
derwood is against anything Bryan
favors. Bryan's name is as a red
flag to bull with Oscar. New
ertheless Bryan is usually right.
Strike out the silver plank and
Bryan's platform of 1896 is the
platform for the progressives of
all parties.