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125 YEARS AGO
Sept. 7, 1900
C. W. Anderson of Jasper, who was reported a couple of weeks ago to have been fined $480 and relieved of his dog and gun for shooting prairie chickens out of season, flatly denies the report. Now if there were, in fact, no grounds for the report, Mr. Anderson has received a large amount of free advertising. All the city dailies contained good-sized reports of his being fined, while scores of country papers for a hundred miles around have devoted a piece of their space to the item and have commented on it extensively. Mr. Anderson has gained a widespread notoriety, if nothing more, from the circulation of the report.
100 YEARS AGO
Sept. 11, 1925
It is announced that the store room in the I. O. O. F. building in Pipestone, which was vacated several weeks ago by A. R. Howard, the grocer, has now been leased by the Consumers’ Grocery & Wholesale Supply Company, a chain store concern having its headquarters in Minneapolis. Negotiations for the lease of the property were completed this week and it is understood that the company will start shipping goods here at once, and will have the new grocery store ready for opening on or about the 1st of October.
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Catlinite Chapter D. A. R. has made arrangements for the dedication of the bronze marker recently erected by them near Winnewissa Falls to commemorate the Nicollet Expedition of 1838.
75 YEARS AGO
Sept. 7, 1950
A 19-year-old Pipestone county youth was killed almost instantly early this (Thursday) morning when the car he was driving failed to make a turn at the Playmor corner and rolled 50 feet before pinning the victim under the wreckage. In addition, another Pipestone county man, a passenger in the death car, is in Ashton Memorial hospital with injuries believed not to be serious. Dead is Arliegh Olthoff, and injured is Donald Henningsen, also 19.
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Pipestone band members had a big day at the Minnesota State Fair Saturday when they played two concerts and then headed a parade of 4-H’ers in front of the grandstand. Director Allen Opland said the two concerts, one in the morning in the Education building and the other in the afternoon on the grounds went off nicely.
50 YEARS AGO
Sept. 8, 1975
Ten head of cattle are missing from the C.M. Willey farm. The cattle were discovered missing by Willey Friday morning, Pipestone County Sheriff Gene Spicer said at this time the cattle can’t be said to have been stolen since the gate was open and it was possible that they may have wondered away. But when the cattle didn’t show up anywhere, Willey became suspicious and reported the disappearance to the Sheriff’s office.
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Mantoux test for tuberculosis detection will be given to students in grades 1 and 7 and all new school entrants in the Pipestone school district during the week of September 22. Seniors will have their Mantoux tests in the spring.
25 YEARS AGO
Sept. 7, 2000
County officials are expecting more than 1,500 people for the Saturday, September 16 re-dedication and open house at the Pipestone County courthouse. The event will, in the eyes of organizers, be an appropriate way to celebrate the 100th “birthday” of the historic courthouse. The open house will feature self-guided tours of the courthouse, a program, and an outdoor meal.