Tidbits from The Post and Record July 1905, Olmsted Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Kathleen Crook Submitted: December 2007 ========================================================================= THE POST AND RECORD Friday, 7 July 1905 HERE AND HEREABOUTS J. W. Peck has returned from his trip to Duluth. Dr. A. F. Kilbourne has gone to Portland, Ore. Hugo Speier has returned from a trip to the Twin Cities. Miss Helen Woods is home from a visit in Stewartville. Miss May Kelly has returned from her visit at Stewartville. Born, to Mr. And Mrs. Otto Lagharr of New Haven, a son. Art Bogart has accepted a position in Reiter Bros. grocery store. Henry Hall has accepted a position as clerk in the Rochester Motel. Frank Reid is here from Minneapolis to visit at the home of Geo. Hall. Miss Mattie Knapp has gone to New York City to select fall goods. Miss Grace Matheson of Minneapolis, is the guest of Miss Bessie Bainley. Miss Matilda Tracy has gone to Minneapolis, to attend summer school. Mrs. C. P. Haskell and Mrs. S. H. Klock have departed on a trip to Boston, Mass. Cornelius Elford of Henry, S.D., is visiting at the home of Sam Elford in Douglas. Chas. McCloskey is reported as being very low at his home on West Fifth street. Miss Nell Chute has arrived in the city from Chicago to visit her brother, Chas. Chute. Mrs. Gustav Oelke has returned to Blue Earth City after a visit with relatives here. Mr. A. C. Quanimen has returned from a visit at Christiania, Minn., and Faribault. Mr. And Mrs. C. E. Fawcett of Stewartville, have departed on a trip to Portland, Ore. John Robertson is home from St. Paul, where he has been serving on the ???? grand jury. F. A. Zimmerman of Eyota, who has been visiting relatives and friends in Milwaukee, returned home on Tuesday of last week. Mrs. E. F. Teckeonius of Kansas City, and Miss Clara Schiltz of Los Angeles, have arrived in the city, and are the guests of Mrs. W. R. Moore. A. S. Elford and daughter, Gertrude, of Minneapolis, are the guests of Sam Elford of Douglas. A. S. Elford is superintendent of the New York Life Insurance company. The next meeting of the Olmsted county medical assocation will be held Friday, July 28. Papers will be presented by Drs. Crewe, Witherstine and Graham. Fifty years ago Saturday Wm. Eaton came to this city from Chatauqua county, New York. He has resided here ever since, and has many warm friends in Rochester. The Misses Gretrude (Gertrude?) Meyer and Martha Koiak (Kojak?) of Dubuque, Iowa, are the guests of their uncle, Emiel Ruff. They are now enjoying the pleasures found at Lake Shady. Chas. Chute is acting as day baggage master at the Northwestern, because of the resignation of John Sullivan. Clint Dewitt will be temporary night man, and James Maher will do Mr. Dewitt's work at the freight depot. John Stewart died Thursday afternoon at his home in Pleasant Grove. Death was sudden, coming while the victim sat in his chair. Mr. Stewart was about 60 years of age, and was one of the census enumerators this year. Thos. Hansen, wife and daughter of Minneapolis, spent the Fourth at their farm in Rock Dell, where they celebrated in great style. Rev. F. W. Witney and Al Be?cher "chaperoned" the band while in Byron. Thursday evening a large number of young ladies and gentlemen called at the home of Miss Ada Morse on North Main street to demonstrate the friendship which they have for this popular young lady. The evening was spent as only such events can be, and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely. The reason for this surprise was the fact that her friends wished to meet her in a body before she would leave for Portland. Rev. G. Wise, pastor of the Christian church in this city, and wife and child departed on the evening train Thursday for Tennessee. They will visit at Rev. Wise's home a few days. Rev. Wise will go from there to his new pastorate at Monroe, Louisiana, while Mrs. Wise and child will spend a short time with relatives in Tennessee. A large crowd was present at the depot to bid them farewell. "God be with you till we meet again," was sung as the train pulled out. Twenty boys called unexpectedly at the Iberg residence Thursday afternoon to surprise Master Erwin, who was eleven years old on that day. The surprise was all that had been planned, and Erwin was hoodwinked as completely as was desired. Nothing daunted however, he entertained his young friends in a pleasing manner, and a right good time was had. Each guest presented the host with a little gift which they had brought, and Erwin feels that he has friends who are staunch and true. WENTWORTH HOTEL Wm. Schwartz succeeds R. V. Russell as Proprietor The Wentworth hotel has changed hands and hereafter it will be operated by Wm. Schwartz of Chatfield. For the past three or four years R. V. Russell, "Uncle Sam," has been proprietor of this hostelry but he now retires and the family will take up their residence in some other part of town. The new proprietor, although a resident of Chatfield, will not be handicapped from lack of acquaintances, for few there are who do not know directly or indirectly "Happy Schwartz." He has been running the Medary House in Chatfield for a number of years and in the capacity of landlord there he has won the friendship of the traveling public. They will be as glad to be his guests here as they were in the smaller city, and without a doubt the Wentworth hotel will be well patronized. FINGER LACERATED BY CANNON CRACKER Ollie Spencer is Fourth of July Victim of an Explosive Happened at Lake Shady Companion Touches off Fuse Unknown to Mr. Spencer Quite early yesterday happened the most lamentable accident which has so far been learned of in this vicinity. It occurred at Oronoco, where a number of Rochester people had elected to spend the Fourth. Ollie Spencer and a number of companions were standing on the shore of Lake Shady. They were shooting off fire crackers. Mr. Spencer held in his right hand a large cannon cracker with the fuse turned behind him. He did not light it, and consequently was greatly surprised to hear someone call out "throw it, throw it." Although the victim did not just realize what to do, he involuntarily lifted his arm to fling the explosive into the water. Too late! The second that he raised his hand brought the peal of the deadly instrument as it shattered into bits in the loosening clutch of his fingers. Mr. Spencer felt a splattering of the fragments in his face, the pain of wounded flesh from his shoulder down to his finger tips, and he realized that his hand was badly injured. As much as possible was done for him at the time, and as quickly as possible he was taken to Rochester and brought to St. Mary's hospital, where a careful examination was made. It was found that he will probably lose the middle finger of his right hand, and the first joint of his first finger. The thumb and the other two fingers are badly lacerated as is also the rest of the hand, the flesh being literally torn away, leaving the bones in plain sight. The rest of his arm was bruised and blackened from the contusion. This morning Mr. Spencer is resting quite easily, after the treatment given his wounds. ========================================================================= Copyright Kathleen Crook 2007. 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