The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-06
February 4

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D. w. Buckley, owner of the
Redwood theatre, was granted a
permit to build another theatre
On Second street. The city council
also permitted G. E. Cobleigh to
plat a subdivision in the east
section of town.
The county commissioners an
nounced that uremployables and
widows with children would be
housed in the county-owned cot
tages in the spring. Relief clients
living here would be required to
move.
Mrs. G. E. Mckay and Mrs.
Marion Johnson died.
The Presidents birthday ball in
Redwood Falls netted $69.22 for
the Warm Spring foundation for
cripples.
February IL
Although not approximating the
blizzard of 1886, storm severe
enough to tie up traffic and mail
service swept over the county.
Miss Charlotte Martin, attend
ing school at Oxford, Ohio, wrote
her parents here describing the
flood suffering. Donations from
this county to flood suffers total
ed $2,251.61.
Russell Lauterbach and Robert
Parson were made Eagle Scouts.
The city council passed re-
solution protesting President
Roosevelt's proposal to increase
membership in the United States
supreme court.
The Scenic City band observed
its twenty-fifth anniversary with
banquet.
Remodeling of the Gamble store
was under way and the Light
and Power company announced
plans to move to the National Tes
| store building.
/ M. v. Kurschrer was made
head of the Civic and Commerce
association.
Forty All club members were
forced by a storm to remain in the
Wabasso schoolhouse overnight
after their annual party.
The H. o. Kramm and Alfred
johnson cars collided head-on al
Belview in a binding blizzard.
"The Falls" was selected as the
name for D. w. Buckley's new
theatre.
February rs
Business additions and change:
in the city included: the renting
of a part of the Burris building
for an electric shop by Robert
Reisinger and Kenneth Glerden-
ming; the redecoration of the city
hall; the removal of the offices OF
F. w. Stanton to the Duea build
ing; the remodeling of Ben's cafe
and the opening of a fourth beauty
parlor here by Miss Helen Towns
wick of Minneapolis.
The city council petitioneC
congressman for new postoffice
| building.
Emil Murset died.
! March 4
Walnut Grove and Gaylord wor
the two brackets in the sub-dist-
riot tournament which opened al
Springfield.
Deaths included those of Hell
muth F. Hagen, Mrs. Forest Nc
Conkey, James Dunno of Vesta
Peter Prokosch of Morgan, Rob.
ert o. Dahmes of New Avon, Mrs
Julius Maker of Lamberton.
Douglas Whyte left for a post
ion in Ripon, Wisconsin, after II
years with the Gazette.
Returning from the convention
of the National Education as
ISOLATION in New Orleans, Super.
intendert Reede Gray passed
through the flood area.
The Civic and Commerce as.
ISOLATION voted to sponsor a june
festival rather than the annua
July 4 celebration.
| A group of restaurant men as
| ked the city council to license pin.
ball games.
March IL
| Redwood Falls was defeated 1!
to Is by Springfield in the frs
round of the district basketball
| tournament.
4 Suit for $4,000 against the cit,
! # Redwood Falls was filed b,
j Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred H. johnson
Of Belview.
| Sidney Alexander representa-
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