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By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 28, 2021The 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…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 14, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Aug. 12, 1892. Everything Booming This is The Condition of Things Generally In Luverne And The County at Large The present year will go into history, if present indications may be trusted, as the most prosperous ever known in the county. The fame of this county as the richest agricultural country in the west, has steadily been reaching…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 07, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 20, 1932. Raccoons are Latest Addition to Park Zoo Alderman Peschon Secures Pair from Arnold Schoon to be Exhibited with Deer and Bear at Park An important addition to the zoo annex at Luverne’s public park was made the first of the week by Park Commissioner Frank Peschon, when he secured a pair of raccoons, which are now on exhibit…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 31, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on May 10, 1935. Roller Skating Rink To Be Opened Here Amusement Company Erecting Portable Floor and Tent on East Main Street; Formal Opening Next Week The roller skating rink which is being erected on the vacant lot on East Main street just west of the B. F. Olberding filling station, by the Mott & Leach Outdoor Amusement and Concession…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 17, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 8, 1935. Taking of Muskrats Unlawful this Year State Game and Fish Division Issues Prohibitory Order After Dangers of Undue Depletion are Shown Trapping of muskrats or taking of them in any other manner will be unlawful throughout this year, according to an official statement received by County Auditor Ray Koehn from Erling Swenson,…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 10, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 22, 1935. Rock County Now in Drought Relief Area Farmers in Dire Need of Feed for Livestock Can Secure Emergency Feed Loans to Meet Situation Rock county is now included in the emergency drought relief area in Minnesota, which means that farmers who happen to be in dire need of feed for livestock can secure emergency feed loans.…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 03, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Star-Herald on Jan. 17, 1946. Rock County’s New Extension Agent and Soil Conservationist Are Named George Golla, 27, Shevlin, Minn., arrived this week to begin his duties as Rock county’s new extension agent. A native Minnesotan, he was graduated from Mahnomen high school in 1936, and from the College of Agriculture, University of Minnesota in 1942. He…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 27, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Feb. 22, 1935. Birthday Ball Shows $157.15 Net Proceeds Total Receipts From Sale of Over 800 Tickets, $215,10; Funds Will be Used for Health Activities A financial report covering receipts and disbursements for the President Roosevelt birthday ball, held in Luverne on January 30th, was presented yesterday by F. A. Leicher, treasurer for the…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 20, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Star-Herald on April 7, 1949. County Public Health Nurse Would Cost Residents Estimated 40 Cents Per Person Maximum Annual Outlay For Program Would Be $5,000, According to Report Cost of maintaining a public health nurse in Rock county will average 40 cents per person per year, it was announced here Friday night. A meeting, arranged for by the Luverne…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJuly 13, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on March 31, 1949. Monday Was Pay Day For National Guardsmen They’re Not Phoney So Don’t Pass Up $2 Bills Some over 1,000 two-dollar bills will be in circulation here during the next few days and weeks. And there’s nothing phoney about them either. The bills represent the quarterly payroll to members of the Luverne National Guard unit, who…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 22, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on Aug. 17, 1877. At a meeting of the St. Paul board of education held recently, a contract was entered into with Wilson, Hinkle, & Co., of Cincinnati, by which text books are to be furnished the city schools at one-half the rates formerly paid for the same books. The Superintendent was duly authorized, and directed to furnish an estimate to…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 15, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Star-Herald on March 17, 1949. County Pioneer Growth of Certified Southern Type Brome Seed in State Rock county has gained distinction as being one of the pioneer counties in raising certified Fischer and Lincoln brome grass, a plant of vital importance to soil conservation. Soil Conservationist Jerry Simpson said this week that Luverne was the only…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 08, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Star-Herald on Feb. 9, 1950. Lunch Program Inaugurated at Hardwick School Hot Dish, Sandwich, Dessert and Milk Now Are Served to Children The traditional lunch bucket — as important to the pupil as pencils and books in years gone by — has vanished from the Hardwick public school scene. The cold lunches, which for years were a part of the everyday life…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 01, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Star-Herald on Feb. 2, 1950. County Receives Larger Allotment For 1950 Soil Conservation Practices No Definite Information Available as Yet About 1950 Corn Acreage Cuts The 1950 appropriations for agriculture conservation practices in Rock county will be $51,600, about $2,000 more than in 1949, Leonard Arp, Rock county PMA chairman, announced on…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 25, 2021The following appeared in The Rock County Star-Herald on Jan. 26, 1950. $15,000 Polio Fund Drive Starts Nearly $22,000 Spent For Polio Care by Local Chapter the Past Year Civic and social organizations have united to carry the March of Dimes campaign through its most crucial test, John Kurvink, county director, said this week. Chairmen named to date for the various communities are as follows…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 18, 2021The following articles appeared in The Rock County Herald during 1895. Jan. 11, 1895 The HERALD takes great pleasure in announcing to its readers that it has again made arrangements by which it is enabled to furnish the Weekly New York Tribune to its patrons for 25 cents per year, or both for 58 cents, per year. This price is probably less than the cost of the white paper, and the offer is a…
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