The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on February 3, 1905.
 
In Social Circles
Record of a Typical Mid-Winter Week
Serial Life In Luverne Characterized by One Continuous Round of Pleasure—Dancing, Card, Dinner, Birthday Parties, Etc.—Wedding next Wednesday
This is continued from last week’s publication
         Miss Elsie Johnston proved herself a charming hostess Monday evening when she entertained the members of the Thursday Night club with a dinner party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. D.  LaDue on North Estey street. The affair was undoubtedly the most enjoyable in the history of the club. Dinner was served at 7 o’clock in five courses, covers being laid for twenty people. All of the guests were seated about one large table, which was decorated with carnations. The special souvenirs of the dinner were crimson hearts, some of which were appropriately pierced by cupid’s arrow. Later in the evening the guests devoted their attention to playing progressive Five Hundred. John M. Connell and Arthur M. Marsh tied for the honors, with Mr. Connell winning the tie.
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         Under ordinary circumstances a birthday club entertainment which occurred on the 21st ult. would be rather late for notice at this time, but inasmuch as the birthday of the guest of honor comes but one a year and the Kaeffee Klasche club meets only once a month, the Herald wishes to correct its oversight of last week. On the above date Mrs. C. O. Wright entertained the aforesaid club at her home on West Main street in honor of Mrs. A. E. Spalding.
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         Two social events, both in club circles, were held Tuesday evening, when the Neighborhood club was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferguson at their home on West Main street, and the Ladies’ Tourist club by Mrs. A. D. LaDue at her home on North Estey street. A large number of the members of the Neighborhood club were present and participated in progressive Five Hundred, and at the conclusion of the games dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. The meeting of the Tourist club was one of their regular events and the usual program, in which pleasure is combined with study, was carried out.
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         Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Huntington and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Young united Saturday evening in entertaining the Freeman Avenue club at the home of the former. Four tables were set for progressive Five Hundred. Refresh-ments were served.
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         Vying with other social entertainments Wednesday evening was the meeting of the Cinch club which was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. J. A Kennicott.
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         The chief event of the week in social circles for those concerned was the dinner party given Sunday afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. Will McDermott at their commodious farm home at the Mounds. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Kate Brazzell, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Beek, Mr. and Mrs. Harper Shaeffer.
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         Elmer Cunningham, of Beaver Creek, who is attending the High school in this city, entertained twelve of his boy friends at a card party Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Davis on West Warren street.
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         The marriage of Miss Laura Elizabeth Hinky to Mr. John Mitchell Connell, which is announced for next Wednesday will be not only the most important evening of the coming week but will also be the social event of the season. Invitations for the wedding were issued by the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hinkly, last week. Archbishop W. H. Knowlton, of St. James, will perform the ceremony which will take place in Holy Trinity church at 11 o’clock in the forenoon. From 11:30 until 2 o’clock a reception will be given at the bride’s home, and the bride and groom will leave at 3 o’clock on a trip to Chicago and other eastern points.
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         In addition to the events of Tuesday evening noted above, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fritz entertained a number of their friends and neighbors very pleasantly with a card party at their home on West Warren street.                
         Donations to the Rock County Historical Society can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, 312 E. Main Street, Luverne, MN 56156.
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The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on February 3, 1905.
 
In Social Circles
Record of a Typical Mid-Winter Week
Serial Life In Luverne Characterized by One Continuous Round of Pleasure—Dancing, Card, Dinner, Birthday Parties, Etc.—Wedding next Wednesday
      The social record of the past week, which has maintained about the usual average in such matters, includes eleven parties of various kinds with at least three more to be added to the list before the week closes.
         One of the first and also one of the most unique and delightful affairs was the character card party given Friday night by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gerber at their beautiful home on West Main Street, to which the following invitation printed in flaring poster style had been issued:
         EXCURSION! The Go Slow and Never Arrive R. R. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gerber invite you to take a trip with them in their special car, Colonial, on Friday, January 27. Train leaves on the Progressive Clinch route promptly at 8 p.m., stopping 20 minutes for lunch, returning home at 12 o’clock. This is an emigrant train—dress accordingly. Please answer promptly so seats can be reserved for you.
         The emigrants “dressed accordingly” and their appearance caused endless amusement. On their arrival at the “depot” their baggage was checked and the passengers passed on to the waiting rooms on the second floor which had been appropriately fitted up and decorated for the purpose. Two adjoining parlors on the first floor, with tables designated by the names of towns, represented the cars, and after obtaining their tickets at the ingeniously improvised ticket office the “emigrants,” as the name of the town on their respective tickets was called, entered the “cars” and found their destinations. Refresh-ments were served at a lunch counter in the dining room in true, railroad lunch counter style, though it must be admitted that the lunch itself was far different.
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         The “violet” luncheon” given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harroun by the Misses Ella Harroun and Alice Burleigh, with Miss Laura Hinkly the guest of honor, was a rarely pretty and pleasing event. As indicated by its name, violets and violet colors predominated everywhere. Covers were laid for eighteen and luncheon was served on small tables, which were fairly strewn with cut violets and held large center pieces of these flowers of “love and faithfulness,” happily symbolic of the approaching marriage of the guest of honor. In the room where the luncheon was served violet colored strands extended from the ceiling to the corner of the tables, joining them in a perfect mesh. The rooms were darkened and candles used for illumination, their soft light adding materially in the pleasing color effect.
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         A delightful little dinner party with Mr. John M. Connell and Miss Laura Hinkly as guest of honor was one of the happy evens of last evening. The dinner was given by Mr. Wm. Jacobsen, Jr., at the home of his parents on North Estey street, and was commemorative of the approaching nuptials of the two popular young people who were the guests of honor. The house was tastefully arranged and the table beautifully decorated with white carnations and smilax, while bouquets of carnations were given as favors. The dinner was elaborate in all its appointments and as properly befitted an event of this character was a very happy one to the guests who included only the more intimate friends of the guests of honor. Covers were laid for twelve.
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         The annual dance of the A. O. U. W. Lodge, the second event of its kind in the history of the local organization, was a pleasing success in every way and a credit not only to the organization but to the committee having the affair in charge. The company in attendance was very large, but the music of the Ainsworth orchestra, which is always in every sense perfect dance music, obviated much of the difficulty incident to the crowded condition of the dance hall. The Workman hall in the Drew block was used for the accommodation of the guests who preferred not to dance and at this place cards and other games were played. Supper was also served in this hall and the “spread” prepared was the most elaborate ever given by a local lodge.
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The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on January 6, 1905.
 
Birds Score High
Many Fine Specimens are Exhibited
Event Was a Big Success
Fourth Annual Show of Luverne Poultry Association Came to an End Saturday—Majority of Purses Won by Luverne Exhibitors—List of the Prize Winners
(This article is continued from last week)
Below we give the official list of the prizes won by the various exhibitors; in every instance where a first prize is awarded for pen it indicates that there were at least three pens in competition in that class:
White Plymouth Rocks—Winnie Babcock, Sioux City, 3rd and 4th pen, 2nd cock; 3rd, 4th and 5th hen; Wm. Grossenburg, Rock Valley, Ia., 5th pen; John Vickerman, Ellsworth, 1st and 2nd hen, 2nd pullet; Sam Foight, Luverne, 4th cockerel, 2nd pen; N. R. Reynolds, Luverne, 1st pen, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th cockerel, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, an 4th pullet.
Light Brahmas—S. L. Chapm, Luverne, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd pen, 2nd, 3rd and 4th cockerel, 1st, 2nd and 3rd pullet, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th hen, 1st cock; G. W. Law, Mitchell, S. D., 4th pen, 4th pullet, 5th cockerel, 5th pullet.
White Wyandottes—Mrs. W. A. Schelhamer, Luverne, 1st and 2nd pen, 1st and 2nd cockerel, 1st, 2nd 3rd and 5th cockerel, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th hen, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th pullet; W. A. Jones, Luverne, 4th cockerel, 5th pullet, 3rd pen; J. H. Adams, Luverne, 4th pen, 4th cockerel; Wm. Scallin, Mitchell, S. D., 5th pen, 3rd cock.
Single Comb Brown Leghorns—H. P. Larson Beresford, S. D. 1st pen, 1st cock, 1st hen, 1st, 2nd and 3rd pullet, 1st and 3rd cockerel; F. H. Windsor, Jr., Mitchell, S. D. 2nd cockerel, 4th and 5th pullet, 2nd and 3rd hen, 2nd pen.
Single Comb Buff Opingtons—R. W. Sherwood, Sioux Falls, S. D., 1st pen 1st and 2nd cockerel, 2nd and 4th pullet; W. B. Engle, Sioux Falls, S. D., 2nd pen, 1st, 3rd and 5th pullet, 3rd cockerel.
Partridge Wyandottes—L. J. Stick, Sioux Falls, all awards.
Silver Wyandotes—Mrs. M. Swedberg, Luverne, all awards.
Buff Wyandottes—Mrs. M. Swedberg, Luverne, all awards.
Golden Wyandotes—J. H. Adams, Luverne, all awards.
Buff Plymouth Rocks—H. P. Larson, Beresford, S. D. all awards.
Black Wyandotes—H. M. Avery, Sioux Falls, all awards.
White Langshans—E. C. Brooks, Beaver Creek, 1st cockerel, 1st and 2nd pullet, 1st and 2nd hen.
Black Langshans—E. C. Brooks, Beaver Creek, 1st and 2nd pen, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th cockerel, 1st, 2nd. 3rd, 4th and 5th pullet, 1st and 2nd hen; S. S. Metcalf, Sioux Falls, 3rd hen.
Partridge Cochins—I. J. Jargo, Luverne, all awards.

The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on January 6, 1905.
 
Birds Score High
Many Fine Specimens are Exhibited
Event Was a Big Success
Fourth Annual Show of Luverne Poultry Association Came to an End Saturday—Majority of Purses Won by Luverne Exhibitors—List of the Prize Winners
The fourth annual show of the Luverne Poultry association passed into history Saturday evening. It will not be remembered as a big financial success, but from every other view point it was all that could be desired and the members are one and all well pleased with the event. No less satisfaction, according to expressions heard from all who were present, is felt by the exhibitors from abroad, and it is this fact which adds to the satisfaction of members of the association as well as to the success of the show.
As was confidently expected Luverne exhibitors carried off a large majority of the prizes, winning four of the six silver cups and the silver water pitcher as special prizes. In addition to these the Luverne exhibitors won practically three-fourths of all the other prizes awarded. The fact that the judge who scored the birds and awarded the prizes is no less a personage than F. H. Shellabarger, of West Liberty, Ia., who is everywhere acknowledged to be one of the “two best” poultry judges in the United States, adds greatly to the value of the prizes. He is an acknowledged authority in the poultry world and his scoring is accepted in any state in the union. Birds are purchased everywhere without question on his scoring, which stands as the highest possible guarantee. He has the reputation of being the hardest “cutter” in the field and a bird that will score a certain number of points under him is pretty likely to pass muster in any show in the country. For this reason the show was worth a great deal to exhibitors, and those whose birds won prizes have the assurance that they have genuine prize winners.
The winners of the silver cups indicate the winners of the largest number of prizes, as the cups were awarded on that basis. The local exhibitors who won these trophies are as follows: Mrs. W. A. Shelhamer, association cup for ten highest scoring birds in White Wyandottes, and also silver water pitcher donated by Hawes & Houg for the best pen of White Wyandottes; Mrs. M. Swedberg, association cup for the best pen of Silver Wyandottes; N. R. Reynolds, association cup for the best pen of White Plymouth Rocks; S. K. Chapin, association cup for the best cock, cockerel, hen, pullet and pen in the Asiatic class. The other cups offered went to E. C. Brooks, of Beaver Creek, who won the cup donated by F. C. Wittenberg to the exhibitor making the largest number of entries, and to M. W. Baldwin of Sioux City, who won the association cup offered for the best pen of Barred Plymouth Rocks. In addition to the cups N. R. Reynolds won the three special ribbon prizes offered by the American White Plymouth Rock club for the best cockerel, pullet and pen shown by a member, and Mrs. W. A. Shelhamer the four special ribbon prizes offered by the National White Wyandotte club for the best cock, cockerel, hen and pullet shown by a member.
         Donations to the Rock County Historical Society can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, 312 E. Main Street, Luverne, MN 56156.
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The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Oct. 5, 1932.
 
Luverne Firemen are Hosts to 300 Visitors …
 (Continued from last week)
The visiting firemen who registered for the convention were: E. F. Zierke, George Duhmal, W. F. Schendel, Blue Earth; Edward Schueller, A. F. Zwaschka, Adrian Klein, Frank J. Fiebyn, Sleepy Eye; Wm. Kephort, George H. Ostiwald, R. C. Kephart, J. W. Will, Jr., Lakefield; V. E. Hayecroft, Edw. C. Yager, John J. Trowbridge, Bert Zwirt, L. H. Eager, Madelia; L. L. Willmert, Walter G. King, John Lasso, G. Malmin, A. G. Mass. Kent, Henry Luscher, H. A. Roske, C. S. Kent, W. B. Weber, J. F. Kopplin, Blue Earth; W. P. King, Jackson; Jos. F. Auel, Minneapolis; Ben E. Baugerter, W. H. Anderson, Mankato; E. S. Allen, Gus Running, Jas. Larson, Roy Gibson, A. E. Karst, Claude Karst, Ivor Jacobsen, John Keyman, G. E. Shafer, Valley Springs; B. L. Kingsley, state fire marshal, Minneapolis; L. M. Gladhill, J. F. Tinnis, Eli M. Pfieffer, H. H. Weissert, Adrian; R. F. Schultz, F. J. Herchow, C. A. Wayland, Sven Edmunson, Ivanhoe; Peter Jenson, John L. Olson, Oscar Handeland, Chas. A. Kaikai, Storden; C. M. Hanson, A. N. Erickson, Windom; R. E. Braden, deputy fire marshal, Minneapolis; E. R. Henke, Carl L. Hagger, C. W. Duncan, Blue Earth; L. S. Tobias, Julius Franz, W. E. Bushnell, John Piszek, Pipestone; R. A. Lynn, A. M. Kephart, W. H. Weinberg, Jack Ford, Dave Rorebeck, H. B. Grove, W. H. Huntley, R. S. Miller, Spirit Lake, Iowa; J. W. Pierce, A. D. Brown, Pipestone; Ben. E. Bangerter, W. H. Anderson, Mankato; Frank Pinney, Valley Springs, F. A. Newcomer, S. C. Toffleman, H. C. Toresdahl, Dan Moriarty, Pipestone; Nels Madsen, Hans P. Hansen, Ruthon; W. V. Leach, Valley Springs; A. A. Peterson, G. R. Stoakes, Hardwick; Otto P. Meyer, V. J. Fromm, J. F. Ewans, H. Pratt, P. Rheinhart, Currie; R. G. Hart, Pipestone; J. W. Else, F. L. Howe, Carl Barhydt, Roland Pinney, Valley Springs; John S. Thurman, John. C. Frohloff, Rock Rapids; Abran B. Diek, B. N. Hiebert, Henry P. Rempel, John D. Hippner, Peter A. Janyor, Mountain Lake; D. A. Braken, Otto Glese, Jasper; Fred Pfaender, John F. Herrog, Frank Niemann, Otto Niemann, New Ulm; Bert Sodemann, J. J. Overland, Hardwick; J. A. Roberts, Rock Rapids; August Niemann, Otto Stieler, C. E. Schmidt, Andrew Steinke, E. Adolphson, Springfield, O. A. Schofer, H. T. Myers, Dell Rapids; J. W. Stamman, Fritz Petersen, John Hoffman, Hardwick; Chas. A. Lehman, Conrad Ronning, Jim Williamson, D. J. Sinclair, H. L. Storhal, Jasper; G. A. Wicks, W. H. Beto, Dell Rapids; Ray F. Marth, C. W. Eddy, Paul Nonast, C. M. Stevens, T. C. Blaine, A. D. Gill, Peter Jordt, Albert Larson, Lake Benton; C. W. Sherman, Barney Richeter, L. J. Sisterman, C. R. Holleran, Ellsworth; M. C. Piszek, A. H. Westphall, Floyd Totman, Pipestone; C. A. Moede, Windom; M. O. King, Ed Scheppman, Art C. Ruthenbuk, Herman Kuhlman, Okabena; Dick Craig, Valley Springs; O. W. Gammort, Mat J. Tinbus, Walnut Grove; C. A. Hoard, A. Pilling, E. W. Davies, G. W. Knaack, Pipestone; J. A. Crane, P. J. Gillam, C. A. Moede, Milo Wymie, R. D. Allens, Windom; A. W. Olson E. E. Converse, Walnut Grove; A. C. Thomspon, J. P. Schemen, Henry O. Jelle; J. E. Eitreim, John Julson, Garretson; James P. Lund, Jasper; B. Y. Gray, Arthur Mortenson, A. Isakson, F. O. Baukson, Canton, S.D.; H. A. Geick, Rock Rapids; L. M. Aelann, Henry Stube, H. A. Ellis, E. J. Bruin, Slayton; C. L. Perrizo, L. A. Peterson, E. A. Iverson, Jasper; S. A. Tysland, H. Edwards, W. Transs, Canton; W. O. Shilquist; R. Sawyer, G. C. Olson, Wilmont; J. A. Daldrup, Rock Rapids; M. N. Johnson, E. H. Storerau, C. E. Sanders, C. C. Macfadden, Sherburn’ S. O. Simerson, Pipestone; Nick Bach, Ned Smith, A. Myerelas, Joe Stavas, Lismore; S. L. Pinchas, Geo. H. Shields, Geo Edwards, Woodstock; J. L. Howard, Thos. Flynn, H. R. Porkmann, Currie; J. P. Heins, J. F. Schrader, Hardwick; R. L. Woodman, V. G. Totman, E. F. Fields, I. L. Demaray, Pipestone; George E. Holliday, Rock Rapids; I. A. Jacobson, Valley Springs; W. H. Lake Alex Mitchell, Jasper; Wm. G. Bruns, Wm. Joul, Wilmont; S. Swanson, Web Drummond, Dell Rapids; Gerhard Lewis, C. M. Thompson, B. H. Hansen, Frank J. Sell, Adrian; Arnold Staver, Lismore; J. J. Kies, Lee Shell, Worthington.
         Donations to the Rock County Historical Society can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, 312 E. Main Street, Luverne, MN 56156.
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The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Oct. 5, 1932.
 
Luverne Firemen are Hosts to 300 Visitors …
 (Continued from last week)
The remaining topics up for discussion were each handled in equally as interesting a manner, and the afternoon meeting adjourned at about five o’clock to prepare for the parade. The procession was formed at the city hall and the line of march extended from Lincoln street to McKenzie, down to Main street and along to Freeman avenue, and thence to the Armory where the banquet was held. Two hundred and fifty firemen were served at the banquet, which had been prepared by the Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church.
The first attraction for the evening was the free movie at the Palace theatre, showing the National Board of Underwriters’ Film, “Fire.” Owing to so many objections being made to these plans, they were changed, and the event was held at the Armory instead. An immense crowd gathered for this occasion, and the festive spirit was everywhere apparent.
More excitement was added to the evening when shortly before nine o’clock a fire alarm was turned in for a blaze in a small shed in the rear of the Hinkly garage. The Luverne firemen responded immediately, but the fire had been allowed to gain too much headway before the alarm was turned in, and the building was almost totally destroyed.
The arrangements for the convention were in charge of a general committee composed of Chief Geo. W. Cotrell, C. J. Martin and H. H. Hagedorn, of the Luverne fire deparment; Ias. Horne, F. C. C. Smith and Chas. Merrill, of the Commercial club, and Wm. Kartrude, Ben Pelstring and Dr. C. H. Haggard, of the Kiwanis club. The sub-committees consisted of F. C. C. Smith and Chas. Merrill on fianance; Jas. Horne and Wm. Kartrude as banquet committee; and C. J. Martin as a committee of one in charge of the music. The Luverne band donated their services free of charge for the concerts and the use of the Armory was also donated for the dance. The business men of the city had contributed liberally to defray all other expenses incurred in putting on the several attractions.
(Continued next week)
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The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Oct. 5, 1923.
 
Luverne Firemen are Hosts to 300 Visitors
 
Semi-Annual Convention of Southwestern Minnesota Association Held Here Wednesday
State Fire Marshall Gives Main Address
 
Business of Convention Occupies the Day—Banquet and Entertaining in the Evening
Luverne entertained approximately three hundred visiting firemen Wednesday at the fourth semi-annual district convention of the Southwestern Minnesota Firemen’s association, and it was regarded as one of the most successful conventions, both from the educational and the social standpoint, in the history of the association.
Practically all of the departments who are members of the association sent delegations to the meeting, and in addition to this, there were representatives from many towns not included in this district, among them being Rock Rapids and Spirit Lake, Ia., Dell Rapids, Canton, Valley Springs, and Garretson, S.D.
As early as nine o’clock in the morning the visitors began to arrive, and by 9:30 a large crowd had assembled to hear the concert rendered on Main street by the Luverne concert band. The meeting was opened with an invocation by Rev. J. T. Brown and after this Mayor R. B. Hinkly delivered the address or welcome to all visitors. The response was made by Wm. L. King, chief of the Jackson department.
Following the roll call of officers and departments, an address was delivered by Burton L. Kingsley, state fire marshal, who spoke of the duties of citizens toward fire prevention, and advocated the standardization of fire apparatus. His address was followed by a talk by Hon. H. J. Farmer, of Pipestone, state representative, whose speech was of a humorous nature.
At 11:00 a.m. a demonstration was put on by the large pumping truck of the Luverne department, in the street near the Armory, and after this the official photograph of the convention was taken.
The session was resumed again at 1:30 p.m., at which time the business of the meeting was transacted. Since this was the semi-annual convention, the old officers of the association will retain their offices until the next meeting which will be held in May. The place of holding the next convention is to be decided by the executive committee.
Several topics of interest to all firemen were next taken up and discussed, the first of these being the question, “What Is the Best and Least Expensive Apparatus for Small Towns Having No Waterworks?” A delegate from Jasper and C. J. Martin, of the Luverne department, read papers on the subject. Mr. Martin’s paper showed that the small town without waterworks needs a pumping fire truck, more than does the larger town that has waterworks. This is true for the reason that the fire trucks of the small town without waterworks has so much more depending upon it, as it must to some extent take the place of a waterworks system, and must have a sufficiently large motor and pumping capacity to draft water from cisterns and other sources of supply and deliver it in sufficient pressure and volume to be effective.
The mayor of the city of Slayton and Dick Collins, of Windom, read papers on the question, “Are Cities and Towns Keeping in Pace for Fire Protection in Proportion to Other Improvements?” Substance of their talks was that in nearly every case the city or town is willing to provide new and better equipment for the fire department, provided the department asks for it.
The upkeep of club rooms for the use of firemen, interesting initiations put on annually by the different departments, and a series of questions and discussions put on from time to time, were advocated by J. J. Kies, of Worthington, and Fred Pfaender, of New Ulm, as the best plans to create enthusiasm in volunteer fire departments.
This article will continue in next week’s Bits by Betty.
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The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on April 6, 1923.
 
Beaver Creek Leads in Alfalfa Acreage
 
County Agent Roske Finds That Acreage in County is 1560 Acres, With 350 Acres in Beaver Creek
 
“Rock county doubled its acreage in alfalfa the last two years. In 1920 there were but 850 acres in the county. In 1922 there were 1560 acres in the county,” contends county agent Roske.
“The largest acreage of alfalfa is in the southwest part of the county. Beaver Creek leads in this with 350 acres; Martin township follows with 255 acres and Springwater with 181 acres; Luverne township also has 181 acres and Clinton township has 160 acres. It is expected that this average will be doubled again by the end of this year.
“Farmers have left orders at the Farm Bureau office for 3000 pounds of this seed already this spring. This seed is being secured from farmers in other parts of the county that have state inspected fields and the seed is known to be pure as to the particular kind, either grim or South Dakota, No. 12.
“We would like very much to keep a check on the alfalfa planted this year so as to determine the increase in the county. We know that five acres of good alfalfa is the most valuable five acres in crop that can be planted. Five acres of alfalfa will take care of 100 swine from May through the season. If five acres will take care of 100 to 150 swine one can readily figure up what that five acres is worth by comparing it to the amount of feed necessary to grow the amount of swine out during the same period.
“Besides the feed item, the condition of hogs that are grown on alfalfa should never be lost sight of. It produces the bone and stretch and that thrifty condition of swine that the farmer most desires when he places his swine in the feed lot in the fall.”
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The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 9, 1923.
 
Public Health Nurse For Luverne Schools
 
Board of Education Votes to Add Trained Nurse to Regular Staff of Luverne Public Schools
 
Action Hastened by Big Epidemic of Bad Colds
 
Mrs. Clara Herm Engaged to Fill Position and Will Enter Upon Duties Early Next Week
 
In order to further safeguard the health and physical welfare of pupils of the Luverne schools, the school board has completed arrangements for the addition of a health nurse to the school corps.
Mrs. Clara Herm, of Lake Mills, Ia., has been engaged to fill the position and is expected to arrive here next week from Tracy, this state, where she is at present engaged. Her office will be at the Central building.
One of the first duties of Mrs. Herm will be to make a physical examination of all the pupils of the schools in order to detect those who show symptoms of the grippe, influenza or severe colds. During the “cold” epidemic which has been sweeping over this city and vicinity the past few weeks, the number of absences at the high school daily averaged from 35 to 45 and at Central school this number is even greater. It is recognized that colds are contagious and spread rapidly, especially among school children.
The contention has been made that the county nurse is to take care of all the schools in the county, and that therefore the services of a school nurse would not be required. The county nurse, as she is often called, is not paid by the county, but receives her salary from the Red Cross funds. With her various duties, she is unable to give the time and attention that are required to protect the health of as many pupils as are enrolled in the Luverne schools.
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