The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-12-29

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that no one activity dominates
news of the year in Redwood
Falls and Redwood county.
1887 featured major improve
ments in the city-the high
school, streets, numerous business
places and homes-which made
up the big story. While work at
Ramsey park, Memorial Field
stadium, on roads and other gov
eminent projects added to the
progress of several more new
business fronts and a new elevat-
or-the total locally did not COM
pare with last years figure.
1886 was characterized by
weather news, record cold waves
and record heat, billiards ,tieups,
Windstorms. The home building;
boom started in 1885 and the re-
cord of that year has never been
beaten although homes continue
to go up at rapid pace. 1884
was a year of municipal improve
ments while in 1888 the effort to
restore prosperity-the beginning
of new deal legislation-was east
ly the big story.
Ii 1888 has theme in Redwood
Falls it is one of renewed hopes.
Grading, nearly completed, of
highway II revives dreams of
paved road to the south. An al
lotment and site choosing efforts
indicate the long awaited federal
building will be a project of 1899
Other features of the year in
clude: Many new schools started
in village and rural districts of
the community. A taxpayers eff
fort throughout to not only reduce
taxes but to localize spending
and publicise relief items. An I'M
usual turnover" in ministers,
many city and country parishes
have new spiritual leaders. I
Much of the news was not good
news. While the rest of the ma
ton successfully reduced its acct
dent toll. traffic deaths in Red
wood county set new high mark.
An unusual number of pioneers,
many of them prominent in civic
or church affairs and often the
heads of large families, passed on.
Storms took a heavy toll of build
ings, crops and trees in some
areas. While crops were good or
excellent in most other areas,
prices again took to the toboggan
slide. In spite of this handicap,
business, particularly Christmas
trade, is estimated at approx
mately 1897 levels 49,
T Primary and general elections
stirred wide interest and the
county concurred in a change of
state administration. Local cleo
/ tons generally were quiet al
though frequent as voters passed
on proposed improvements to be
partly financed by federal grants.
Usually they were successful al
though in Redwood Falls water
softening plant failed by a wide
margin.
The city continued to take just
| ifiable pride in the ability and
success of Ted Balko, corn husker
and several other athletes, most
of them particularly proficient on
the gridiron.
The year, reviewed from
Gazette files:
January 6
Publication of county relief ex-
penses was banned by state well
fare heads.
Bishop Stephen E. Keller of the
EPISCOPAL church was involved in
an automobile accident near
Morton.
The city paid off the last of
the so year old bonds which
brought the Chicago and North
Western railroad here.
There were rs applications for
the new state unemployment
compensation.
MIR. and Mrs. George Fuhr of
Seaforth celebrated their golden
wedding.
January Is
Joseph Tyson, pioneer, RAM
sey park and county fair promot-
60, died at 90.
Toger Nelson was elected pre-
sident of the Civic and Commerce
association.
Au Della TompkinS was named
head of the county All feder-
/ alton.
County Farmer-Laborites en-
dorsed Francis H. Shoemaker fol
congress.
January 20
The Redwood Gazette was cleo
ter to membership in the Assoc
lated Press.
Burglars took $500 worth OF
tools at the c. c. Brosch and
Sons blacksmith shop in Morgan
Mrs. Rome Theiring and A. C.
Burmeister were married.
The Redwood county fair board
lost the first round in a legal
bout as Judge A. B. Gislason de-
MED a motion to dissolve tenn
porary restraining order agains,
gambling on the grounds.
January q
Redwood county was in the
cold grip of "snowless blizzard
in which temperatures dropped
so degrees in three days.
Work on Memorial Field stad-
ium was underway.
Mrs. Anna Guldan died al
Clements.
February 8
Mrs. Howard p. Sanders dice
following an operation at st
: Petersburg, Florida.
go easy on spray" farmers Of
Lamberton and Charlestowr
, townships urged county COM
| missioners as they met to discus:
the problem of weed eradication
, Theodore e. Stern of Sanborr
was seriously injured in an auto
mobile accident near Lamberton.