The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-04-01
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so YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO
o. B. Turren bought flock Of
20 sheep for his homestead farm.
- Carpenter Byram rented the
house over the river just vacated
by StorrS Byington.- Superin-
tendent Race bought a strip of
land from his neighbor Mr.. Sears
in order to have more elbow
ROOM Deputy Clerk Hale was
holding down Mr.. Ensign's office
! chair while the latter was paying
his farm visit Principal
Welles had sold two bicycles and
had negotiations under way for
several more DeGroat had
charge of the mason work and
John McIlreavie of the wood
work on Mr. Sorlein' sneW house.
- Ora Howe and Miss Jessie Nc
Lean were married at Sleepy Eye.
- The Knights of Pythias, lately
chartered in Redwood Falls, had
secured Ackman's hall for their
| lodge rooms Leibenguth and
Schmahl were to start their ice
route soon.- Mr.. Foley was pre-
! pairing to start up his brick yard
for the seasons business The
lands surrounding the village
that there was some doubt about
starting the customary town herd.
The plan of placing cows in pri-
Vate pastures met with more ap-
prevail c. w. French was de-
livery clerk at Mckay and Races.
- Miss Mary Murset had return
ed from her school in the city and
| was teaching in district IA and
+ keeping house for her brothers,
Oscar Mason of the creamery was
churning four times week and
planned to churn daily. Is cents
was being paid for cream Pat
, rick McGetrick, an old resident,
died at the Canada house A
county association of teachers was
formed Fences were destined
to become as obsolete in town as
they were in the country. The
Gazette hoped to see the time
when street fences proved 10 be
the exception rather than the
rule.
rs YEARS AGO
In movement to improve
roads around Redwood Falls,
John Colville and Mr.. Kennedy
made drags which they were us
ing on the southwest road and
William Carter was using one
near the city limits An expert
ment in which cornstalks which
had stood in the field all winter
were being put into silos was be-
ing made on the Sears-Gold farm
near Wabasso- H. A. Baldwin
sold the Kahler House to G. w.
Gibson of Andrew, Iowa Miss
Katherine Callaghan accepted a
position in the model school at the
Mankato State normal B. J.
Reynolds and w. B. Clement
drove to Vesta in a Ford. They
found several chuck holes but did
not get stuck G.. Huhnerkoch
expected to move his family to
Detroit, Minnesota, where he had
purchased an 30 acre farm.
III YEARS AGO
Mrs. Catherine Quigley who
formerly made her home with her
/ daughter, Mrs. Mary McGetrick,
here was buried at Renville.- ].
r. Keefe of the w. M. Smith land
agency sold 81 farms with total
acreage of 3211 acres during the
year o. A. Negaard Of the Red
wood Falls Cooperative Egg and
Poultry association became a
member of the Commercial club.
- New trustees at the Presbyter-
ian church were Gerald Engeman.
j. B. Philbrick and L. O. Bunpe-
Howard Whitcomb was elected
president of the junior class at
! Cedar Falls Teachers college
MIR. and Mrs. E. c. Falkum of
Crookston leased the Miss Marie
TolZman home.
S YEARS AGO
The golf club held its annual
banquet at Lauterbach's- Miss
Martha Wingate and Lloyd Ras-
mussen Of Minneapolis were to be
married.-Mrs. F. L. Parish died.
>. A. Appleton planned to put up
new building on Second street for
his auto supply company Fire
OF unknown origin destroyed the
Herman Blankenhagen home at
Milroy.- Ward Cuff was elected
captain of the high school track
team Miss Adele Northrup,
RenviIle county nurse, was hurt
In an automobile accident Dan
Mckenzie, former resident, died
in California Hazel Rudd, 20.
OF Milroy died after a long illness.
- Miss Iowa Jones and LYLE
Hessler of Minneapolis were mar
Red ben Hur" was showing
at the New Dream theatre.