The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-04-15

son and Mrs. N. R. Ryerson and
daughter spent last Monday and
Tuesday in the Twin Cities.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hansen, who
recently moved from Evan to make
their future home at Redwood Falls,
were guests of Sleepy Eye friends
Tuesday.
From Long Beach California comes
word that Mr.. and Mrs. George
Wright will leave there by motor
April 22nd on their return trip to
Minnesota. They expect TO visit
several places enroute and to reach
Redwood Falls the latter part of May.
Miss Grace Iverson of Minneapolis
spent last week in Redwood Falls the
guest of Miss Helen Lamberton. She
returned to Minneapolis on Satur-
day accompanied by Miss Lamberton
who spent until Tuesday there the
guest of Miss Iverson and of her
sister Mrs. MuHigan.
A serious accident occurred near
Renville Friday when team on one
of the school buses became fright
ened at a flock of sheep near the
road, and ran away. Fifteen children
were in the bus when it tipped over,
and several of them received injury,
but fortunately the injury, except in
one or two cases, was not serious.
DR.. Fred. A. Cook has started upon
his 14-year sentence at FIT. Leaven-
worth, Kans., being sentenced for de-
frauding through the United States
mail. He will now have sufficient
time to think whether a life Of fraud
and deceit pays in the long run. He
is the man, who claimed to have dis
covered the north pole, but later his
fabrications were exploded.
The w. F. Kull family of Murphys-
boro, Illinois, was one of the VIC
Tins of the devastating tornado that
swept that place recently. Mrs. Kull
will be remembered as Miss Elizabeth
Steinle, daughter of John Steinle of
Revere. Three Of their children were
buried under the Logran schoolhouse,
where sixty children were killed. Mr..
Kull's factory and his house were
badly damaged Light.
John Schmidtke, who has farmed in
the town of Shutdown for many years
has sold his farm to Herman Bittler
and will move to Springfield in the
fall. He has purchased the residence
property of Geo. A. Wurmstein, in
the northeast part of town and will
take possession, October 1st. Of late
years Mr.. Schmitdke has not operat-
ed his farm, but rented the land to
his neighbors. Mr.. Bittler purchas-
ed the farm as an investment. 1t
contains 100 acres.
Reaching her eighthy-first mile
stone, Mrs. E. A. MARITIME of this city
and one of the pioneer residents of the
community was surprised by thirty
five relatives and friends at her home
Saturday in honor of the occasion
An elaborate six o'clock dinner was
served after which the evening was
enjoyably spent. Among the guests
from out of town were: Mr.. and Mrs.
John knudson and family and Mrs
Emma Lee of Redwood Falls. and
the DIR. Ross Werring and Floyd
Werring families of Springfield.
Sleepy Eye Herald
DIR. L. A. Fritsche, pioneer New
Ulm physician and surgeon, informs
the Journal that plans and specifica-
lions are now being prepared for the
erection of substantial two-story
brick addition, 5Ox44 feet in size, to
the rear of his block at the corner
of Minnesota and First North streets,
this season. Building operations are
to begin as soon as the preliminary
work is finished, and the new struc-
ture will be rushed to completion.
The additional room to be provided
will be used by the Fritsche clinic,
which has already outgrown it's pres
ent large quarters and has been
somewhat cramped for space for
some time.
L. o. Streissguth, Second District
Legion commander was presented
with the D. K. Baldwin trophy, at the
close of dinner at Minneapolis, Sat-
urday evening, by the donor of the
trophy, who is past commander of the
Ramsey county organization. The
trophy, which is a beautiful. valuable
silver cup was won by the second dis
trict for making the best record in
the state membership campaign be-
tween March Is and April u. The
American Legions' campaign for the
establishment this year of a national
endowment fund of $5,OOO,0OO has
been launched in order that adequate
support may be provided for the
work of caring for disabled veterans
and war orphans. General James A.
Drain, national commander of the le- |
gion, said Saturday night in the prin-
cipal address Of his visit to Mime
apolis.