The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
1904 Period Of Rural
Development; Good Fishing

t0ay In perhaps as interesting
style as more formal writing.
Like scanning the headlines, one
caption may be of little interest
while the next draws your eye
and holds your attention.
Also using the Backward
tGlanceS" method, Mrs. Cora
ELLISON of the Quality club has
reviewed events from 1904 to
1909 in the following para
graphs. As in the Everett article,
items covered elsewhere have
largely been deleted. - The
Editor.
August 10-Postmaster A. E..
King was allowed $18 a month
for clerk hire. He was directing
two men in survey of the
county to investigate the posi-
:bility of rural mail service
Auditor TompkinS and Treasur-
aer j. Albert Johnson returned
from Diamond lake with a big
catch of fish. - Otto Grapp
bought the Redwood Falls Fur
niture company.
August II = The knights of
Pythias lodge held its first meet
ing in the new hall (the Aune
and Thune building) which was
lighted with both electricity and
gas.-The opening of the prairie
chicken season September l was
announced.
September 7-B. F. Southwick
received the $40 first prize in F.
C. Hubbard's pumpkin contest,
his pumpkin weighing So pounds.
September 8 - The formal
opening of the Aune and Thune
clothing store at its present loca-
ton was held.
October 1O-A farewell recep-
;tion was held for Rev. George
Lutz and family at the Metho-
dist church.-Helen Lamberton
won a trip to the st. Louis
worlds fair in a newspaper con-.
;test.-Rev. F. B. Cowgirl was the
new Methodist pastor.
November 2 - The First Ma
tional bank was in its new home
in the Francois block.
November Sd. E.. Laird re-
ported an old buggy placed on
top of his building on Mill
street and two other buggies
pushed into the lake on Hal
llowe'en.
November 16-Dr. j. w. Gold
en- was talked of as candidate
for mayor this is to be the
last great worlds fair in our
time it is our duty to see it,
said the Gazette. The fare was
only $3.50 from North Redwood
to st. Louis and return. - The
magnificent new farm home of
r.. E. Fuller was nearly ready
for occupancy.
1906
January William D. Lines
was elected mayor; F. A. Gray,
recorder; H. A. Baldwin, trea-
surer; w. T. Wilcox and Will
liam Rosendahl, aldermen.-A
final decree of distribution in the
estate of Charles D. Gi1fillan was
filed. He left $470,950.07 in pro-
perty, aside from trusts estab-.
lished during his lifetime, to his
widow and four children.
January 25-A. c. Burmeister
received contract to operate
the city water pumping station
for five years at $1,000 a year.
New officers of the Women's
Relief Corps were Adele Rob-
inson, E. McClintock, Mary Bak-
er, Phebe Fuller, May Gale, V.
Rowley, E. Kenney, Rhoda Fer
ris, Luella Moon, Tinnie Race,
Ella Bell, Cora Grapp, Alma
Tenney, Lelah Pease, Blanche
Lyman and Ella Tibbetts.-
tation for a new high school
building was begun.
February 8-Joseph D. VIM
-Schildknecht and Gales
succeeded S. G.. Peterson in bust
ness, February 1905.-The sons
and daughters of Bernhard
Kuenzli celebrated the eightieth
birthday of their father at his
North Redwood home.
March &c. O. Chapman cele-
brated his eightieth birthday
with the j. H. Bowers and j. B.
Robinson families. - New trus-
tees of the Presbyterian church
were E. A. Pease, j. A. Johnson
and j. p. Cooper. Other elders
elected were DR.. c. P. Gibson,
w. w. Carter and A. NJ. Welles.
June IA class of 13 gradual
ed from Redwood Falls High
school.-Commodore T. Tibbetts,
Admiral G.. w. Vaughn and En-
sign H. A. Baldwin made trip
to New Ulm and st. Peter in a
1aol, .rin tho NGinno-