Newspaper Excerpts--1888 vs. 1988 Rock 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. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Perry ========================================================================= Worthington, Globe Newspaper--1988 " In our visit to Luverne the other day, ' says the editor of the Worthington Guide,' we noticed evidences of improvement and solid growth. We are always glad to see our neighbors doing well, and the capitol of Rock County is a good town. One thing we have noticed among them, the men who naturally lead, and there must always be leaders in a town, stand together and stand by each other. That ensures the success of any town." "{Taylor Kitterman came down from Rock County, Minn., Tuesday to trade with our merchants. He says Luverne is practically dead in the shell. --Rock Rapids Reporter. All of which goes to show that Rock Rapids can't repress an exhibition of its jealousy of Luverne's steadily increasing prosterity and its rapidly growing importance as a business center" NEWSPAPER KANARANZI NEWS -- 100 years ago --1888 "Taylor Kitterman came down from Rock County, Minn. Tuesday to trade with our merchants. He says Luverne is practically dead in the shell. Rock Rapids Reporter. All of whish goes to show that Rock Rapids can't repress an exhibition of its jealousy of Luverne's steadily increasing prosperity and its rapidly growing importance as a business center" "Kanaranzi news: Considerable threshing has been done in this region. Some of the grain is turning out well and some is very light. Prices are good. The families of Messrs. Baker, Kitterman, Reynolds and Dr. Bradshaw arrived here recently from Southern Indiana. The gentlemen, except Mr. Bradshaw arrived last Saturday with household goods and stock. They intend to locate here. They are relatives of B. F. and Benjamin Kitterman of Kanaranzi and are stopping with them until they locate. They report a good fruit crop in Indiana and grain very poor.