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1925: Charles Hawes memorialized in tribute
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
March 19, 2025
The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Jan. 9, 1925. Well deserved tribute paid late C.O. Hawes Kiwanis Club memorial service for much beloved business man brings out glowing attributes of character Sincere appreciation of his splendid worth as a pioneer, as a business man and as a citizen, was paid the late Charles O. Hawes in unlimited measures at the memorial service held in Mr…
1923: Record volume of livestock shipped
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
March 12, 2025
The 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…
1932: Rock County approaches 1914 flood levels
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
March 05, 2025
The 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…
1932: 5-cent bounty placed on dead crows
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
February 26, 2025
The 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…
1932: Emery collects $15 wolf bounty
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
February 19, 2025
The 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…
1932: Drifting snow closes mail delivery routes
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
February 12, 2025
The 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…
1932: Appearances of possum quite unusual
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
February 05, 2025
The 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…
1932: Tri-State Mutual office moves to Main Street
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
January 29, 2025
The 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…
1932: New maroon, gold auto plates debut tomorrow
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
January 22, 2025
The 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…
1932: Local tax units lower levies from previous year
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
January 15, 2025
The 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…
1932: A look back to two years ago, 'Good Old Days'
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
December 30, 2024
The following article appeared in The Rock County Star Herald on Dec. 30, 1932. “Good Old Days” were here not so long ago Market prices, reproduced from Herald of two years ago, are high compared with present figures Speaking of the “good old days that have gone by,” to use a frequent reference, one only has to run back two years to the issue of The Herald of December 26th, to discover…
1932: Manual training classes begin at LHS
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
December 24, 2024
The following article appeared in The Rock County Herald on Dec. 23, 1932. Part-time class in shop work organized Manual training subjects to be taught twice a week by Geo. W. Edmonds; more students wanted A part-time class in manual training, for boys not attending school, is being organized in the Luverne high school by Geo. W. Edmonds, instructor of the manual training and…
1922: Taxes lower than previous year
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
December 18, 2024
County’s November tax settlement under 1931 Apportionments of last five months’ collections with total $140,710; in 1931 figure was $170,933 The November settlement for taxes collected in Rock county from June 1st to November 1st, this year, aggregates $140,710.55. This is a decrease of $30,222.45 under last November’s settlement, and $39,867.82 less than the 1930 November settlement,…
Luverne and five other schools join new league
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
December 11, 2024
Organization to promote better athletic relationship among members and curtail expenditures Six schools in two states are included in the Interstate High School Athletic league, which was organized last week. Besides Luverne, they are Pipestone, Jasper, Dell Rapids, Flandreau and Garretson. So far only preliminary steps have been taken in the task of organizing the group, but another meeting…
Nov. 25, 1932 — Boxing program here next Wednesday night
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
December 04, 2024
Nov. 25, 1932 – Boxing program here next Wednesday night Five bouts with twenty-four rounds, arranged at armory by Dell-Hogan Post, American Legion Another sports event, featuring twenty-four rounds of boxing, will be held next Wednesday evening, November 30th, at the Luverne Armory, under the auspices of Dell-Hogan post 123, American Legion. The program opens at 8:15 o’clock. The main…
Red Cross roll call continued one week
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historian
November 26, 2024
Rev. E.C. Teachout, campaign chairman, outlines activities of organization during year Relief work depends on renewed support Unit distributed 3,000 pounds of flour and seven cars of feed; did much other relief work While the annual Red Cross roll call is usually carried on between Armistice day and Thanksgiving, it is being continued for about a week longer in Rock county, owing to…