The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
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Chances
5 YEARS AGO

president of the board of educa-
ton to succeed Joseph Corbett.
DR.. j. w. Inglis, secretary and
Mrs. C.. L. Farver, treasurer,
were re-elected.-Leon H. Brown
was elected commander of the
American Legion to succeed L. P.
Winter.-Dr. w. A. Brand, w. L.
Hardy, ]. F. Knudson, Rud Stems
vad and H. D. Thorp were named
as directors for the new hotel
project.-Edwin Charles Hansen,
two years old, of Milroy, was in
stantly killed when a threshing
machine separator wheel ran over
his head.-John Arnett was nam
ed temporary chairman of the
Farmers Holiday association to
represent this county Judge A.
r. A. Laudon was initiated into
the exclusive order of hole-in-one
golfers.-Dorothy and Vivian
Bravinder graduated from Iowa
State Teachers college.-Ben
Ping1e and Robert Henke re-
ceiver minor bruises when they
lost control of a tractor they were
d.
home at North Redwood.
Is YEARS AGO
J.. Albert Johnson became iden-
titled with the Ed. T. Young
campaign for the Republican
nomination for governor.-Carr
and McClelland reported that
1000 bushels of wheat were
threshed on their farm a mile
from Gilfillan.-Governor Eber-
hart, Frank Clague and Julius
SchmahI spoke at the Fort Ridge
ly dedication.-C. F. Martin, pas
tor of the Christian church, re-
signed.-M. S. Tolman of Nor
| gan led a caravan of Is cars to
Redwood.-William Crowley, re-
turning here for a visit, related
his experiences coming to Red
wood Falls by covered wagon 43
years before.-Numerous can
didates from Redwood county fill
ed for legislative ard county
offices.-Mr. Burnquist, candid
didate for lieutenant governor,
spoke at Walnut Grove E.
P. Byram who had been
visiting his son at Watertown,
South Dakota, returned home
-Fifty-four friends were guests
at a reception given by MIR. and
Mrs. H. M. Aune, Mrs. c. A. Neu-
fert, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Kuenzli
and Miss Mary Thune.-Mr. and
Mrs. Rud Stensvad and family
drove to Hartland for a visit with
Mr.. Stensvad's parents.
so YEARS AGO
The new mill at North Red
wood was slated to open in about
four weeks.-A new neat iron
staircase was put up at the west
side of the new O'Hara building.
"A delegation left from Red
wood to go to Delhi to witness
the dedication of the new Pres
byterian church, j. E. Leonard
had his foot badly crushed while
digging a well.-G. P. Greene, re-
sident architect, was employed by
Henry Schleuder to draw up
plans for his new home.-Seven-
teen people left from Redwood on
an excursion to Sleepy Eye to see
the circus Byram and company
were figuring on the contract for
construction of a new church at
Morgan.-A prohibition conven-
ton was slated to be held in this
village September 3O.-Charles
Johnson was severely injured at
McMullen's quarry at Morton
when the derrick collapsed
V. R. Hunter purchased the C. W.
Belt reSidence.-The attention OF
Gazette readers was called to the
Harvest excursion over the Chic
ago and North Western road
A. Phelps was the highest in q
number of bidders to run a re-
freshment stand at the fair
grounds.-Messers. Hunt and
Boswell and Miss Atkinson were
among the workers in the unde-
/ nominational meetings held each
: evening at the Methodist church
{ -Wolcott and company who had
4 erected a building here stated
that they were paying more for
; wheat than any other buyers
, The hotels of Redwood reported
} a heavy business, all rooms being
filled the last three weeks.