Days Gone By

125 YEARS AGO April 14, 1899 The plans for the improvements of the Calumet are now here and by glancing at the rough sketch one is able to draw some idea of how the building will look when completed, and we want to say right here that it will lay over anything in this part of the state in the […]

125 YEARS AGO April 7, 1899 Two or three soldier boys, members of the 15th Minnesota, reached the city over the Omaha last evening, but they were not boys who belonged in the city and they got out of town before they could be interviewed by our reporter. Since the above was in type, we learn that one of the […]

125 YEARS AGO March 31, 1899 Last night a couple of fellows tried to break into the office of Drs. Brown, in the Ferris Grand block, wherein is kept their X-ray and valuable electric treatment machine. Charlie Smith, the colored office attendant, sleeps in one of the rooms and he was awakened about 1 o’clock by someone trying to unlock […]

125 YEARS AGO March 21, 1899 Last evening as City Recorder M. Churchill sat in his parlor enjoying a quiet evening at home with his family there was a great commotion on the front porch and a loud voice began singing “When Johnnie Comes Marching Home.” Mrs. Churchill told Mr. C that he better go to the door and see […]

125 YEARS AGO March 17, 1899 An adjourned meeting of the City Council was held last evening and the matter of granting a liquor license to James O’Leary was taken up. As no one appeared before the council to protest against the issuance of the license it was granted, and the bond presented by Mr. O’Leary was accepted. *** Edgerton […]

125 YEARS AGO March 10, 1899 William Timm and Charlie Kreisher, the Pipestone County prisoners en-route to Stillwater, spent last night in the jail at Willmar. It seems that yesterday morning Sheriff Shepherd had to hurry up a little in order to get to the depot on time and he forgot that the commitment papers for the two prisoners’ were […]

125 YEARS AGO March 3, 1899 William Timm and Charlie Kreisher, the Pipestone County prisoners en-route to Stillwater, spent last night in the jail at Willmar. It seems that yesterday morning Sheriff Shepherd had to hurry up a little in order to get to the depot on time and he forgot that the commitment papers for the two prisoners were […]

125 YEARS AGO Feb. 24, 1899 At four o’clock this morning word was sent to Judge Brown that the jury in the case of Minnesota vs. William Timm had reached a verdict. The judge immediately went to the court room and the verdict was opened and read. The jury was out about 12 hours. But little of the proceedings of […]

125 YEARS AGO Feb. 17, 1899 At ten o’clock this morning the referee’s sale of lot No. 21, Block 15, of the original plat of the village of Pipestone, was held at the front door of the post office and the lot was sold by referee Edgar Shepherd to the highest bidder for cash. There were only two bidders but […]

125 YEARS AGO Feb. 1, 1899 A petition is now being circulated and liberally signed by our citizens asking the council to allow the people to vote on the question of the establishment of a public library and free reading room at the coming village election, and from appearances the proposition will have no trouble in carrying. Upon receiving a […]