The Redwood gazette., 1939-12-28
COMMUNITY Will
EMBARK ON '4OIS
I'm HOPEFUL MOOD
PROGRESS CONTINUES
AT RAPID PACE IN
EVENTFUL YEAR


the splendid cooperation of
neighboring towns in observance
of the occasion and no event per-
haps in the city's history found
such universal effort on the part
of our citizens toward making it
successful.
Rural Redwood county will re-
member 1899 as the year of the
| dig harvest. Although prices of
produce are below normal, the as
surance of well-filled. granaries
| tended to improve business con-
ditions late in the year and the
thirties end with the entire COM
munity in hopeful mood for the
| fOrtieS.
The pace of progress set in
| other recent years of the decade
continued. Inventories taken to-
day of municipal achievements
! compare favorably with those of
a year ago. Redwood Falls and
Morgan are particularly fortunate
in the construction and furnishing
of memorial buildings to Charles
Duncan Gilfillan, by his son c. O..
Gilfillan. Schools, roads, parks,
municipal buildings and park i'm
provements here and elsewhere
are examples of achievement
while the many new homes are
further evidence of development.
Like every year, 1899 brought
its share of sad miSfortunes. Many
long associated with community
activities passed on. Accidental
deaths, while still too numerous,
were fewer than in 1888 Dry
weather contributed to a record
number of fires in the city and
rural fires were also numerous.
Following is the week by week
review of the years headlines:
January 5, 1889
Taking new offices were Mayor
j. c. Budik of Redwood Falls;
County Commissioner Ed Wells;
Senator Alex Seifert of Spring.
field and Representative Harvey
E. Swennes in tn state legislature.
Herman Muetzel was elected
chairman of the county board.
Avis Jean Sheets, born at $50
a. m. January /, won honors as
the first baby of the year in Red
wood county. She is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Sheets of
Redwood Falls.
F. E. Patten purchased the
Madison stockyards in Redwood
Falls.
January IL, 1889
Edward Dunlevy Sr., "a, died
after a automobile accident in
Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kaufen-
berg of Lucan, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Anton of Wabasso, Mr..
and Mrs. William Sickman of
Vesta and Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Kossel of Walnut Grove celebrat-
ed their silver wedding anniver-
SarieS.
Mrs. Lawrence Knigge, 33,
pleaded guilty to embezzling
$331.77 from the Cudahy Packing
company produce station at Nor
gan.
January 19, 1889
Authorities sought the person
who set fire to the Sleepy Eye
High school.
Toger Nelson was reelected
president, John Hoepner was
named secretary and Martin En-
lers, vice president of the Red
wood Falls Civic and Commerce
association.
Julian E. Morten resigned as
0f ,{of
council and returned to Redwood
Falls to practice law
A considerable sum of money in
trunk was destroyed when the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Miller
of Walnut Grove burned.
January 26, 1899
Joseph Serbus, 46, of Bechyn
was seriously injured when struck
by a car while he was changing
tire.
Deaths included those of Mrs.
Henry Zumwinkle and Mrs. Mary
Ellen Cummins of Morton and
Gustav Anderson of Delhi.
February 2, 1889
Presidents Birthday balls
throughout Redwood county were
successful, according to Leroy
Flore, county chairman.
Lamberton turned down a pro-
posal to prohibit beer sales on
Sundays by "A votes in a special
election.
Redwood Falls was pointing to-
ward second place in Little Ten
basketball standings, having de-
feated New Ulm, Sleepy Eye and
Springfield.
John Lakotich, 26, was senten-
ced to up to five years in state
penal institution for slugging Will
liam Stonebeck of Redwood Falls
over the head with a milk bottle
December %.
David Jacobson and c. A.
Marsh of Delhi, Emil Anderson
of Sanborn; John Hammerschmidt
of Wabasso and William Neihaus
of Walnut Grove won prizes at
the county barley school.
The Civic and Commerce asso-
citation hoped to eliminate racke-
teering solicitors with a new plan
to issue cards to legitimate cam
vassers coming into the city.
February 8, 1899
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stevenson of
Delhi made plans to celebrate
their golden wedding.
A fall of 31a inches of snow fol-
lowed wave of zero cold.
c. w. Squire came to Redwood
Falls as resident engineer inspec-
tor for the Public Works admins
tration.