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By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 13, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on January 13, 1944. Perhaps one of the most vivid descriptions of a pioneer farm home ever to be printed in this column will be the one that follows…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 06, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 6, 1944. Perhaps one of the happiest 10-year-old boys to come to Rock county in 1878 was John P. Ingelson, now a resident of Luverne. When…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianSeptember 01, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Dec. 16, 1943. An old autograph, sent here recently by Leo D. Meany, of Austin, Minn., and mentioned briefly in “Chaff” brought back many memories…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJuly 25, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Nov. 18, 1943. A resident in this part of Minnesota for over 60 years, Mrs. Carolene Anderson, Kenneth, can truly be classed as one of the…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJuly 18, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Nov. 4, 1943. Thor Berg continues his life story from last week. Mr. Berg was always fond of the out-of-doors and since his boyhood days, has been…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJuly 11, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Nov. 4, 1943. One of Luverne’s oldest residents, Thor Berg, who will be 90 years of age next January 3, is the only Diamond Club member thus…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJuly 04, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Nov. 4, 1943. (Continued from last week when Nels Berg, in his first four months in Luverne, broke 100 acres of prairie with oxen.) When my brother…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 27, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Nov. 4, 1943. One of Luverne’s oldest living retired carpenters is Nels Berg, 85, who came here in 1881, and who with the exception of a few years…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 20, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on October 11, 1943. Two of Hardwick’s oldest residents, and two of its most respected citizens are Mr. and Mrs. John B. Iverson. As business man and…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 13, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on October 14, 1943. (Hardwick resident Mrs. Anna Varah continues her story from last week.) The Ostreich family lived in Clayton county nine years and…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianJune 06, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on October 14, 1943. This may sound funny, but Mrs. Anna Varah, Hardwick, swears it’s the truth. She owes her life to maple syrup water. Born in…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County HistorianMay 30, 2023By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on October 14, 1943. John Welzenbach, Luverne…was Early Day Cigar Maker (continued) He liked Luverne the minute…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 23, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on October 14, 1943. John Welzenbach, Luverne…was Early Day Cigar Maker Old time cigar smokers well remember the famous “Brown Beauty”…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 09, 2023Christian Boisen, Luverne, Owned Luverne’s First “Juke” Box Although there is no sworn statement on file, it is believed that Chris Boisen, Luverne, had Luverne’s first “juke” box. Before going any farther, it might be well to explain that the “nickelodeon” brought here by Mr. Boisen could hardly be compared with the gaily colored coin phonographs of today, but it cost as much,…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 02, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on September 23, 1943. (Continued from last week, where Herbert recounted his 1888 blizzard experience.) With the clotheslines to follow, the neighbor…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianApril 25, 2023The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on September 23, 1943. Maybe you knew him as the “shoemaker in back of the Handy grocery.” Or maybe as the man who made harness for Burley and Kennicott…
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