The Redwood gazette., 1936-12-31
WEATHER PLAYED LEADING ROLE IN 1886 NEWS

with minor injuries.
Harold Whittet, studying for ,
the priesthood in Louvain, Bel
gium, carried the American flag
in the burial procession for Faith
er Damien, famous for his work !
in a Pacific leper colony.
Russell Wright, 20, died in Min
neapolis.
May 20, 1886
600 Boy Scouts from 40 troops |
in the Minnesota Valley area
council were expected at the an
nual Camporee in Ramsey park.
Public swimming classes began |
in Lake Redwood under the aus
pices of the Red Cross.
Fifty-one high school seniors |
were planning their futures as the
school year ended.
MIR. and Mrs. o. J. Bollum OBJ
served their golden wedding.
Florence West, %, died in
Gales.
The New Avon Evangelical
congregation held church dedica-
ton services with Rev. E. w.
Praetorius of st. Paul presiding.
June 4, 1886
1t was announced that Redwood
county World War veterans would
receive 1884,, 1896 in bonus bonds.
Bernard Hasse, 18, of New Ulm
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Harry Beatty with over $500 stol-
en- from strong box at the Hugo
Meyer farm north of Clements.
Elevator safes at Walnut Grove
and Sanborn were robbed on sue
ceeding nights.
The Redwood Falls school safe
ty patrol received nationwide re-
cognition with the publication of
an article by Miss Mildred Will
son, organizer here, in the May
issue of Safety Education"
Mrs. John Longbottom, 70, Red
wood county pioneer, died.
Evelyn Olson ana Carl Melges;
Mildred Headrick and Percy Nell
son; Margaret Arndt and Arthur
Seifert; Rosella Duscher and Will
liam Malecha were married. An
nouncement was made of the
marriage of Miss Gertrude Hoppe,
faculty member and Maurice
Droen of Hanska in 1884.
DIR. Giles Pease, pioneer Red
wood Falls physician, died in CAL
ifornia.
The American Legion flag pole
on the bridge parkway and the
VIEW and Legion memorial lots
were dedicated at Memorial day
services. Jennings O'Conner, Rem
vile county treasurer, was prin-
cipal speaker.
June IL, 1886
Fred H. Dawson, state legislator
from Redwood county, was injur-
ed in an automobile accident.
E. N. Tersteeg opened an IGA
grocery store on Washington
street.
A car belonging to Miss Isabelle
Reed of Redwood Falls was stolen
in Winnipeg.
Four of 16 criminally insane
men who escaped from the st.
Peter asylum were still at large.
The county board ordered the
consolidation of the county's three
relief agencies under one head.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Steinkraus of
Vesta celebrated their golden
wedding.
Weddings included those of
Mildred Knowlton and Maynard
Jensen; Velma Steinhaus and
Paul Kruger; Elizabeth Johnson
and M. v. McCurdy; Mary Nc
Lean and Leroy Hassenstab; Elva
Larsen and Ernest Timm; Ruth
Kuntz and Kermit Decker; Helen
Estum and Clifford Murphy; Ma
bel Marshall and Walter Warner;
A. Julian Halverson and Agnes
Kalsem; and Leona Glib and
Wayne Smith.
June Is, 1886
In the county primary election,
E. w. Butcher and Morris Skow
were nominated as commissioners
from the Morgan district, j. p.
Kragh, incumbent being third.
Phil Raveling and E. H. Marks
were named to the third district
ballot and Herman Muetzel and
d. M. Tiffany were chosen can
didates in the fifth, John Hines
having been defeated by Tiffany
for second place by only one vote.
Fred Dawson and H. M. Aune
promised spirited contest for the
state legislative position and
Frank Baldwin and Mrs. Besse
Cameron were chosen clerk of
court candidates from field of
three.
Adrian M. Wilson, 26, former
assistant county agent, replaced
Nate H. Bovee as county agent.
M. H. Sandager of Vesta died of
cerebral hemorrhage while at
tending the English Lutheran
church picnic in Ramsey park.
Other deaths were those of Mrs.
Alice Gray, longtime resident of
Redwood Falls, Lauren Foster, SO,
of Walnut Grove; George Peer
man, SO, Of Morton; B. j. Schmitz,
Wabasso road contractor and
Mrs. Douglas Allan, rs, former
Paxton resident.
June Is, 1886
An inquest was planned in the
death of Mrs. Mary Ellen Bolger,
Granite Rock township woman
who had been the central figure in
a IS year old land dispute.
Frank Clague, returning from
the Republican convention at
Cleveland, predicted the victory
of Landon In the presidential
election.
The Skelly Oil bulk plant and
the North Redwood Granite
works were broken into and rob-
bed.
A $4,000 Improvement and ex-l
:tory-Strewn Path