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By Betty Mann, Rock County Historical Society presidentMay 25, 2015The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on June 2, 1922: NEW MASONIC HALL FORMALLY DEDICATED Handsome New Home of Luverne Masonic Orders Consecrated to Masonic Uses Wednesday OFFICERS OF MINNESOTA GRAND LODGE OFFICIATE Many From Adjoining Towns Assemble to Witness Simple but Impressive Ceremonies With deeply impressive services, Luverne’s handsome new Masonic hall was formally…
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historical Society presidentMay 11, 2015The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on May 12, 1922: BURGLARS RANSACK BANK; BUT DON’T PROFIT GREATLY Pry Into Drawers, Desks and Safety Boxes; Cut Through Vault Wall — Safe Unmolested Gaining entrance in the building by breaking out a glass in the front door, the Farmers State bank, at Kanaranzi, was burglarized Friday night. Everything except the safe, was pretty thoroughly…
By Betty Mann, Rock County Historical Society presidentMay 04, 2015The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on May 5, 1922: Next Wednesday, May 10th, Will Be Big Bargain Sale Day in Luverne Sixty-one Business Houses Join in Holding Community Sale Day, All to Offer Special Bargains in Seasonable Merchandise Sixty-one of the business houses of Luverne have united for the purpose of making next Wednesday, May 10, a community sale day — a day of unexcelled…
April 28, 2015The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on April 28, 1922: TWO LUVERNE COMPANIES SECURE LARGE CONTRACTS National Concrete Co. Secures $36,000 Tile Order; Quartzite Quarries, Inc., Sells 200 Carloads Crushed Rock Two of Luverne’s manufacturing concerns, the National concrete Materials Co., and the Quartzite Quarries, Inc., have secured substantial contracts for their products during…
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