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125 YEARS AGO
Oct. 26,1900
About 8 o’clock last evening a fire got started in the restaurant back of Ed. Crook’s billiard hall and gained such rapid headway that an alarm was turned in. Before the engines reached the spot, however, the flames had been checked and they were sent back to the house unused. A portion of the wall of the building was scorched and the entire room filled with a dense cloud of smoke, but no serious damage was done. The fire started from a gasoline stove.
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Pipestone is at present suffering from a lack of houses to rent. All agents report a much greater demand for houses than it is possible to fill and if there is a single one in town standing vacant it is because of its extremely undesirable location. Pipestone still continues to grow in population as well as in business.
100 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30, 1925
The Milwaukee railroad crossing on the North Hiawatha street has been designated as one to be marked by a “stop” sign, requiring that all vehicles be brought to an absolute stop before passing over the crossing. The old bell signal is to be removed and a new safety sign erected.
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When the government thermometer in Pipestone recorded 3 below zero, sometime during the night Wednesday, a record for minimum temperatures for the month of October was no doubt reached. The Star is in possession of government records covering many years back, but no sub zero weather in October is shown in these reports.
75 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30, 1950
All October 30 heat records for the thirty years in which government weather bureau records have been kept in Pipestone went by the boards today, when the mercury here climbed to 85 degrees this afternoon.
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When Pipestone meets Luverne here Wednesday night the Arrows will be aiming at their 16th win over the Cardinals since the Luverne-Pipestone series started back in 1922. In the last 11 years Pipestone has been able to chalk up an impressive string of victories against its old foe – only once since 1939 have the Cardinals been able to wrest a victory from the Arrows. It was in 1947 that Luverne chalked up a win by the narrow margin of 13-12.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30, 1975
A dream came true this week for Mr. and Mrs. Alan Van Veldhuizen of 836 West Main. They will be going on an all-expense paid trip for two weeks anywhere in the world they choose. This dream vacation was the Grand Prize won by Mrs. Van Veldhuizen (Elaine) in the Bank America Travelers Cheques Sweepstakes. Elaine works as a teller at the Pipestone National Bank. Her name was entered each time she sold Bank America Travelers Cheques. Names of tellers in Bank America’s 32,000 outlets across the country were entered too. All the names were collected in Los Angeles where Cary Grant drew Elaine’s name as Grand Prize winner.
25 YEARS AGO
Oct. 26, 2000
Pipestone County Sheriff Lyle Landgren said a recent drug search at Pipestone-Jasper High School yielded eight lockers which contained “residue,” but he said there was “nothing major” discovered during the recent canine search. Landgren said the county’s K-9 unit conducted the search. He said the dog “hit” on eight lockers which were opened and searched by school officials. No drugs were found on the premises, but a knife was found in a coat pocket.
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The Pipestone-Jasper Arrow marching band made sure its final performance of the season was a good one Saturday at Brandon. The Arrows won first place in Class AA (84 points) and took fourth place overall in the final week of the season.