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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…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 30, 2024The 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…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 24, 2024The 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…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 18, 2024County’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,…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 11, 2024Organization 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…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianDecember 04, 2024Nov. 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…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianNovember 26, 2024Rev. 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…
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