The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-04-05

/ in the Twin Cities over the weekend
SEE Frank A. Japs for Pyrami
Tolls and Greases. 38-1i
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Will Smith of Delh
were Redwood Falls visitors, Tues
day.
X. M. Jensen Of Morgan was bust
ness caller in Redwood Falls, Tues
day.
| Stanley Breckenridge broke hi
arm Monday while cranking his ca
Monday AFTER DON and is now carry
ing it in sling.
Mrs. Like Riedel, mother Of Mrs
Adolph Balko, died Monday afternoon
Funeral service will be held at st
Johns Lutheran Church Wednesda,
afternoon at two o'clock.
A. P. Rams president Of the Red
wood County Purebred Breeders As
ISOLATION and Max Treu, secretary O.
the Association, were in consultation
Monday regarding plans which are
being made for sales to be held with.
in the next few months. It is assured
that one sale will be held Immediately
after the Redwood County Fair next
October and it is possible that Com
munity sale will be held in June
Plans for the latter proposed sale will
be discussed in Mr.. Treu's office at a
Wednesday morning meeting.
Fritz Poscke, aged seventy-nine
years, died last Wednesday afternoon
at the home of his niece Mrs. Tom
Seifert Funeral services were held
at the Seifert home Friday afternoon
with Dr. Phil Ellsworth of the Church
Of Christ officiating. Mr.. Poscke
was never married and he is survived
by Mrs. Seifert and his nephews Dick
and Gustave Poscke. He has been a
resident of Redwood Falls for some
time but had been little known by the
townspeople for the past many years
as he was the victim of physical all
ments which confined him to the
house.
DIR. Charles E. Cotton Of the State
Live Stock Sanitary Board, is sounding
a warning, through the veterinarians
of the state, against the foot and
mouth disease which is threatening to
make it's appearance in this country
from England and Scotland where it
is now prevalent. The virus is easily
carried in the clothing of immigrant
farm laborers or in hay or straw in
which crockery, etc., is frequently
packed. He asks that stockmen,
county agents veterinarians and all
interested watch for any signs of this
disease and take every possible pre-
caution against it's making an appear
ance in the United States.
Mrs. Helen Rudd who has been an
inmate Of the County Home for the
past eighteen months passed away
there Wednesday evening of last
week. Burial service was held at her
old home at Sanborn Saturday a num-
Der of her former friends of Sanborn
and of Window attending her funeral.
Mrs. Rudd was seventy-three years
of age and had been an invalid during
her residence at the home. She was
at one time a woman of prominence
in Norway and suffered severe financi-
al losses after coming to this country.
Her only daughter died several years
ago and her sole survivor is her son
who lives in Washington. " .*
Roy MacPhee has opened an under
taking parlor in the Public Drug
building and will be ready for bust
ness within the next few days. Mr.:
MacPhee is a licensed undertaken of
considerable experience coming to
Redwood Falls several months ago
from Wabasso where he conducted a
similar establishment. Since his re-
sidence here he has been associated
with A. w. Hubbard of the Grapp
Furniture and Undertaking Company:
This is the third establishment of
this nature in the city. M. Odlaug
also conducting a similar business on
Mill Street. Mr.. MacPhee's announce
ment will be found elsewhere in this
issue.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Tonak of
Shutdown celebrated their fftieth
anniversary at their home
Sunday, April 2. Eight of their nine
children were able to be present for
the OCCASION as well as many of their
and many old friends
and neighbors. A bountiful dinner
was served at noon and luncheon
served at six o'clock. The company
consisted of about seventy-five or
eighty people among whom were Mr.
and Mrs. P. O. Callaghan and their
son Burt Callaghan Of Redwood Falls,
who were for many years near neigh
bors of the Tonak family while resld-
ing on their farm in Shutdown. The
'bride and groom" were presented
with many very pretty gifts by their
guests. They have been residents OF
Shutdown practically ever since their
marriage, coming here shortly after
their wedding and taking home
stead which is now included in their
farm. Mr.. Callaghan took an adjoin-
ing homestead at about the same time.
CARD OF THANKS.