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By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianApril 30, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 13, 1925. Luverne on Chicago-Black Hills trail New highway projected from hub of traffic to nation’s beauty spot crosses southern Minnesota Definite route of new airline fixed South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois Highway Association formed Wednesday Luverne and Southern Minnesota will be on the new airline…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianApril 23, 2025The following article about the merging of the First National bank and the Farmers National bank of Luverne continues this week. It first appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 6, 1925. In the organization of the new bank, the board of directors elected was as follows: A.D. LaDue, chairman; E.A. Brown, Herman Fitzer, A.A. Anderson, Wm. Jacobsen, Jr., Carl Muller, Chas. L. Johnston, D.W.…
By Betty MannApril 16, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 6, 1925. First and Farmers Nationals merged Complete Reorganization effected under title of First and Farmers National Bank Capital and surplus of new bank, $150,000 Stockholders of two banks to liquidate real estate holdings and frozen assets The merging of the First National bank and the Farmers National bank of Luverne into a new…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianApril 09, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 16, 1925. Consolidation of Hardwick banks found beneficial Results attained following merge held to justify elimination of double overhead expense In proof of the assertion that nothing is to be gained commercially or economically by too many institutions of a similar nature in a restricted field of endeavor, officers of the…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianApril 02, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 16, 1925. Masons celebrate 50th anniversary of lodge Ben Franklin Lodge, No. 114, chartered January 13, 1875, happily commemorates event The 50th anniversary of Ben Franklin Lodge, No. 114, A.F. & A.M., was celebrated Tuesday evening, at Masonic Temple, in an appropriate and delightful manner. A large crowd from Masonic…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMarch 26, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 9, 1925. Report of county nurse shows need of health work Inspection of pupils in sixty-seven schools shows majority have minor or major defects In a report of activities in Rock county from the first of August until January 1, County Nurse Florence L. Green shows that the number of children found with physical defects aggregates…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMarch 12, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 9. 1925. Shipping association ships 219 cars stock Luverne livestock shipping association handles record volume of shipments during 1924 Value of shipments aggregates $285,399.07 Annual meeting of association held Wednesday — all officers and directors are re-elected Two hundred nineteen carloads of livestock have been…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMarch 05, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 4, 1932. Bridges threatened, roads washed out as all streams go on rampage Dynamite used to clear river channel; Luverne park flooded; fences and telephone posts snapped off by floating ice; highways almost impassable As a result of the mild weather the latter part of the last week and the first of this week, the volume of water…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianFebruary 26, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 26, 1932. Will pay bounty on each crow killed in county Rock County game association will protect game birds by paying five-cent bounty on dead crows A bounty of five cents for each crow killed in Rock county will be paid until further notice by the recently organized Rock County Game Protective association, as a measure promoting…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianFebruary 19, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 19, 1932. Vienna Township man collects wolf bounty Pair of wolves follow dogs on Joe Brandenburg farm; M. C. Emery bags one, second escapes after being hit The inquisitiveness of a pair of full grown wolves in following a dog on the Harry Binford farm in Vienna township into the farm yard made possible the killing of the female…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianFebruary 12, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 5, 1932. Rural carriers buck big drifts on routes Carrier Mosby travels 69 miles Friday — delivers mail to six patrons; roads opened Monday The difficulties of the mail carriers of Rock county were materially multiplied the latter part of last week by the drifting snow, and none of the rural carriers out of the Luverne postoffice…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianFebruary 05, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 5, 1932. Four ’possums caught in past few weeks Appearance is unusual for this section of country; two similar instances were reported last year Four opossums have been caught in Rock county during the past few weeks, all of them in Magnolia township. This is clearly a noteworthy occurrence, as these little animals are seldom known…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJanuary 29, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 8, 1932. Tri-State Mutual moves into Moreland building Fire insurance company occupies suite formerly used by Luverne commercial club and other organizations The Tri-State Mutual, Southwestern Minnesota’s largest fire insurance company, is getting nicely settled in its new office suite in the Moreland building on Main street, in…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJanuary 22, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 1, 1932. New auto licenses to be ready tomorrow 1932 plates are maroon and gold; penalty for delay begins February 15th; many apply early The time for the purchase of the 1932 automobile license plates will soon be here. New plates to early applicants will probably arrive some time this week. They are sent direct to the applicant…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJanuary 15, 2025The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 1, 1932. Majority of 1931 tax rates are below 1930 Reflects action taken by local tax units of Rock County levying lower budget for coming year Tax levies for 1930 are given for comparison Total tax rates for any division of county may be computed from accompanying figures With a few exceptions, the 1931 tax rates, to be…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJanuary 08, 2025The following article appeared in The Rock County Star Herald on Jan. 1, 1932. Sheep owners move to prevent flock menace Backers of movement plan association county-wide in scope; many owners sustain heavy losses A movement is on foot to organize the Rock County Sheep Owners association and it is planned to have the organization county-wide in extent. The sole purpose of the…
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