The Redwood gazette., 1937-07-01
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Chances
SO YEARS AGO

oO 7 YEARS AGO
Chief Goodthunder and his wife
Of Sherman township, accompan-
led by an interpreter, spent July
4 in Good Thunder which was
named in his honor.-Col. Sam
McPhail wrote a letter to the Ga
zette protesting the removal of
William p. Christensen as register
of the land office at Redwood
Falls.-Albert Dahms was build
ing two new houses on his land in
Three Lakes.-Edith Cheney was
graduated from Winona state
normal school.-George Dicken-
son as pitcher ad John Lichtwark
behind the bat demonstrated that
young Redwood wasn't so slow at
baseball.-At the last meeting of
the building association $3.50 was
loaned at As per cent premium.
French of Golden Gate
sold his farm in Sheridan to his
two sons, Gordon and Angus, for
STOOL. L. Byram of Walnut
Grove celebrated July 4 in Red
wood Falls as became a sober cit
izen.-O. B. Turren returned from
st. Paul and reported that the
real estate craze there was be-
yond the bounds of reason.-The
Leibengluth and Schmahl ice
house was set afire by small
boys and fire crackers but the fire
brigade had it out in short
time.-Assistant postmaster Fin
lay Gray opened the postoffice
one morning to find that bur-
glars had attempted to blow open
the safe but had apparently been
frightened away before they had
accomplished the job.-At the
Fourth of July celebration Moons
two traction engines drawing sew
eral wagonloads of people behind
were feature of the parade
They also took about a hundred
persons 10 the fairgrounds where
the races were held. H. Moon won
the bicycle race; Hansen's horse
beat Dan McMaster's in the run
ming race; F. J. Peabody, T. r.
King and S. E. Baily had horses
entered in the trot; Harry Stewart
won the foot race and George
Duerre won the firemen's race.
25 YEARS AGO
Redwood county'S corn was
jumping ahead so fast that Mar
shall Kuck was on the point of
arresting it for exceeding the
speed limit.-Joe Keefe wired
from Baltimore that Woodrow
Wilson was nominated president
on the forty-sixth ballot.-George
Lechner died at Fergus Falls
where he was seeking relief from
asthma.-G. A. Southworth of
Belview fractured two ribs when
he fell from Wagon.-The
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. j. j.
EhrStein was struck in the eye
by thrown ball and it was
doubtful whether she would ever
recover complete sight-A. D.
McRae who was umpiring the
Observation-Disclosures ball game re-
tired to the Sidelines after a lot
of rag-chewing over decision.
The Redwood boys were doing
well until Mayor Tom Davis of
Marshall leaped wildly from his
automobile, shook out his long
raven locks and electrified his
teams. L. Robbins and Eldon
Robbins had erected a new mod
ern building for their canning
factory here. - The Minnesota
house of representatives played a
huge joke on Albert Pfaender of
New Ulm when they pretended to
believe he was confined in a pest
house in New Ulm, passed a re-
solution of sympathy and had it
delivered at the end of a fish pole
by a special messenger.-G. A.
Schilknecht of The Palace lost his
coat from his car on a trip to
Marshall. On his return he found
it displayed prominently on fence
where the thoughtful finder had
hung it.-Jake Neuenburg of Wa
baSSo was a candidate for county
treasurer.-Frank Evans who had
a position as station agent in Ida
no was visiting here.-Mr. and
Mrs. H. A. Baldwin had recep-
ton for Governor A. 0. Eberhart
who was visiting them.-John
was exhibiting some
rye nearly eight feet tall.
10 YEARS AGO
F. H. Shoemaker of Green Bay,
a former Renville
county boy, purchased the ripar-
ian rights along the Minnesota
river between Flora township and
Delhi and planned to erect a
100000 electric plant. - Della
Sokolik and John Senkyr were
married at Bechyn. - William
Hosken of Company L was pro-
NOTED to captain and Wilbur
Lamberton received the rank of
first lieutenant.-Everett Addison
of Walnut Grove cut his head
when his team staged runaway.
Mrs. Floyd Reynolds, who was
to leave for California, was guest
of honor at several parties.-A
daughter was born to Mrs. Norval
Weeks.-Frank Cliff was serious
ly hurt in an automobile accident
at Tamarack. - A very small
crowd attended the American Le-
gion's racing program July A.
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