The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-03-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stewart were
/ visitors in the Twin Cities last week
returning Friday.
/ Miss Marie Knudson returned
Monday from short visit with her
parents at Delhi.
Mrs. Kettlewell returned to Morris
Monday after visit with her mother,
Mrs. Hattie Fraser.
/. Mrs. F. w. Christensen of Cass
! Lake arrived here last Thursday for
a visit with Miss Grace Iverson.
Mrs. Iverson returned to Minnea-
polls Sunday after short visit here
with her daughter, Miss Grace Iver-
| son.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Hargis enter
tanned the members of the High School
faculty at a social evening at their
home Saturday.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid will hold
a food sale at the N. F. Dripps Store
Saturday afternoon, March 10 begin
ming at O'Clock.
Mrs. ]. B. Philbrick entertained the
employees of the Philbrick Store at
a six o'clock dinner at her home
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Mccormick of st. Paul was a
guest at the home of her brother Ed.
Cummins and family last week from
Friday until Monday.
j. w. Mathews, father of Judge
j. v. Mathews of Marshall, passed
away last Tuesday at his home in
Tracy at the age of n years.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Everett and
daughters of Redwood Falls were
guests at the parental Edwin Ander
son home the latter part of the week.
| -Lamberton Light.
John Bruer of Pontiac, Illinois ar
rived here last week. He will attend
to business matters while here for a
few days. He is guest at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Sommerville.
Mrs. A. w. Eckstein, formerly a
living at Comfrey, was operated upon
at a New Ulm hospital last week.
Her illness was caused by appendix
tits.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. C. Mott who have
been residents of Redwood Falls and
have conducted the Country Store in
the south part of the city for several
years moved last week to their farm
near Wabasso.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F.. Carr and dau-
/ ghter Constance returned Thursday
from a weeks visit with Mr.. Cars
parents at Hardy, Iowa. They also
attended the Golden Wedding of Mr..
Cars parents during their visit.
The members of the Woman's Re
lief Corps gathered at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Wells last Wednes-
day and enjoyed a social evening.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Wells moved this week
onto their farm near Redwood Falls.
John Schmelz, recently appointed
as postmaster at Springfield, took
possession of the pCstoffice March l.
VIM. Mueller, the retiring postmaster,
will take a rest for time and later
enter into some business in Spring
/ field.
Mrs. Lynn Sheldon and son who
have been visiting with Mrs. Shell
don's parents at Excelsior arrived
here Thursday and have moved into
the Ole Moe residence Mr.. and Mrs.
Moe have moved onto their farm near
Redwood Falls.
A cream agent at Worthington was
fined S25 and costs for over-reading
butterfat tests on cream. The over
reading was done, he said, in order to
get new customers, and is one of the
worst offenses which the state de-
partment of dairy and food has to
deal with.
~Grapp Furniture and Undertaking
Co. 34-2ts,
1t is reported that the radio swim
dler" who made his money by send
ing C. o. d. packages to hotel keep
ers throughout the northwest, has
been placed under arrest at Sibley,
Iowa. Some of the get-rich- quick
schemes are very short lived.-Madi-
son Western Guard.
Mrs. Frank Parish will return this
week from Minneapolis where she has
been the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Moses and her family for the past
few weeks. Practically all members
of the Moses family have been i'll
she has had the responsibility of nurs-
ing them back to health.
Goodyear Tires are our speciality.
Call and examine them. Our prices
are right. We do all kinds of repair
work. Kenneth Byram. lift.
Another of the pioneers of Red
wood County passed on, when Ole
Wigen died at his home north of
town Monday evening, February &c,
at the age of sc years, months and
days. For so years he has lived
in this community. Funeral services
are held today at the home by Rev.
o. j. Govig of the Norwegian Luth-
eran church and the remains were
laid to rest in the family lot in the
North Hero cemetery close by his
/ late home Ole Wigen was born in
Aadalen, Norway, October 23rd, 1886,
and lived in his native country until
he was 35 years of age, coming to
/ America in the spring of 1871 and
locating first in Dun County, Wiscon-
sin, but next spring he came further
west and took homestead in North
Hero Township, which remained his
| home until his death. There were
only three or four settlers in this vi
cinity at the time, and the railroad
was just being built. He thus passed
through all the severe hardships and
privations of pioneer days.-Walnut
Grove Tribune.