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125 YEARS AGO
Dec. 7, 1900
A. D. Brown has just received an old family relic from Putnam, Connecticut. It is one of the old flint lock muskets and was used by his grandfather nearly 100 year ago, for killing wolves. The gun with its accoutrements is in a good state of preservation and as a family relic is highly prized. The old musket is well worth seeing, being in such marked contrasts to the guns of the present day. It will be given a place in Mr. Brown’s museum.
100 YEARS AGO
Dec. 8, 1925
Tommy Martin and Mans Wright, both of Pipestone, took a prominent part in the boxing card that was staged at the Flandreau armory last Friday night under the auspices of Battery A, 147th Field Artillery. Both of the local men lost their bouts but gave very good accounts of themselves. A large number of followers of the squared ring sport in Pipestone were in the big audience that greeted the boxers.
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In the opening games of the 1925-26 high school basket ball season the Pipestone boys’ team defeated the Beaver Creek boys’ team and the Pipestone girls defeated the Beaver Creek girls last Saturday night on the local gym floor. The girls game ended with the score of 22-17 in favor of Pipestone. The boys score was 15-12.
75 YEARS AGO
Dec. 11, 1950
An estimated $250 damage was sustained by a 1950 Nash, and a manure spreader was badly wrecked in a collision at the Cazenovia corner five miles north of Pipestone in highway 75 Thursday noon. No one was injured in the crash. The accident occurred when Wayne Lopau, Pipestone, who was pulling the spreader behind a tractor, attempted to make a left-hand turn off the highway. He was traveling north.
The spreader was struck by the southbound Nash driven by Mrs. Russell Steen, Dale, Minn. Other passengers in the Steen car were Mr. Steen, the Steen’s 15-month old child and a hired man
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A direct line to Santa Claus will be set up here Friday from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., according to St. Nick himself.
Santa said he will be available through the Pipestone exchange by special arrangement with local phone company officials. Any youngster who wishes to reach him should tell the operator he would like to speak with Santa Claus and his call will be put through.
50 YEARS AGO
Dec. 11, 1975
The Gamble Store in Ruthton burned to the ground early Tuesday morning. The fire started at about 2:30 a.m. Nearly 7 1/2 hours passed before firefighters could contain the blaze, 80,000 gallons of water was used before the fire was out. Cause of fire is undetermined.
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Wilmer DeVries, Louie Muller and Don Johnson, recently purchased, by sealed bid, one of seven buffalo, quartered at Blue Mound State Park, and offered for sale by the Minnesota Park Service. A five-year old female, weighing 930 pounds, was shot by the Park Ranger and bled out by Verlyn Slieter. The carcass was then brought to Slieter’s Market for processing. One thing is for certain, it is the first buffalo brought in by a white man, to Slieter’s Market, Jasper.
25 YEARS AGO
Dec. 7, 2000
The Pipestone-Jasper Elementary Booster Club is trying to raise between $30,000 and $40,000 to place outdoor recreation equipment at Hill and Brown elementary schools in Pipestone. Donations are being welcomed, and businesses are also being approached to donate to replace the community’s deteriorating playground equipment.
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Deputies issued more than 100 parking tickets Friday after several inches of snow fell Thursday night. City officials remind residents that they must also remove snow from their sidewalks, or face a $65 an hour cost if city workers must do the job.