Looking Back

              125 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
October 16,1890
A gentleman by the name of Mc-
Donald has leased the old post office
building of G.W. Baker and will put in
a harness shop.
Tillie White has secured the school
in the Mellinger district.
G.W. Williams is making arrange-ments
to build a large corn crib in
Olivet and will deal in this cereal the
coming winter.
100 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
October 14,1915
J.C. Boyles of Yankton has been
visiting at the home of his brother-in-law
W.C. Haynes. Boyles bears the
distinction of receiving the first cer-tificate
to teach school ever issued in
Hutchinson County and taught the first
school at Olivet 41 years ago for $16
per month and boarded around among
the scholars. He was also clerk of
courts for 15 consecutive years.
Helmuth Schnaidt, Fred Bender Jr.,
Henry C. Edelman and others were
busy all day Tuesday arranging places
for stock during the stock show. Albert
Jungman was around collecting the
subscriptions.
John Hasz bought a team of black
horses of Fred W. Mettler for which he
paid $475. Mettler was offered $600
for the team early in the spring but
could not let them go. Hasz is using
the team on the oil tank wagon to de-liver
Standard Oil Co. products.
John Decker has sold the home
ranch on the Jim River, formerly
owned by John Decker Sr. and yet
some calamity kickers are howling
hard times.
The farm known as the Grandpa
Kelly farm near Milltown sold at auc-tion
for $65 per acre.
When a pig comes in contact with a
motor car, there is usually a dead pig.
Keep your hogs off the track.
Christian Kirschenman rigged up
a Moon car to pull a road grader and
was at work on the streets Monday.
He put another axle under the auto in
front of the hind axle, then took off the
demountable rims and tires and put
them on this additional axle. He next
put small sprocket wheels on the hind
driving axlejand large sprocket wheels
"on the additional axle. This gives him
about four times the power so he can
pull two road drags with two men on
each. He proposes to use this on the
farm and laugh at those who thought
he could not make it work.
John Koerner Sr. and Mrs. Wm.
Ulmer were married and all Kleinkas-sel
people have the best wishes for the
two people.
80 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
October 17,1935
Art Edelman and wife drove up to
Ree Heights to visit Sunday and Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Mueller came home
with them Sunday evening.
Henry Sayler passed away at 59.
George and Merle Larson, Leonard
and Ernest Gunderson, who are at-tending
Augustana Academy at Can-ton,
spent the weekend with the folk
at home.
50 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
October 14,1965
Theodore Donner died Oct. 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Elver Hehn and son
Warren of Missoula, Mont., came to
visit in the Richard Hehn home, also
the Lindy Corth and Clarence Her-rboldt
homes and with others.
Elaine Carol Dummer became the
bride of Jerry Cooper Sept. 26.
30 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
October 16,1985
The Menno Fire Department was
called to the Wally Neth farm south-east
of Menno. There was consider-able
damage done to the wiring of a
tractor.
At the regular Olivet Town Board
meeting the decision was made to
keep the old fire truck. It is believed
that the old truck of nearly 40 years
can be useful as an advertising imple-ment
in parades and in other entertain-ment.
There are many uses for older
vehicles if people want to work with
the project.
Sunday morning, Oct 13, Rev. and
Mrs. Wenzel announced that a new
granddaughter, Heidi, had recently ar-rived
in the home of their son, Mark
and his wife Martha, who live in Ari-zona.
Sarah Rames accompanied her
niece, Patty Roske, from Denver,
Colo., and has been a houseguest in
the home of her sister, Mrs. Elmer
Johnson. She plans to spend this week
as the guest of her sister, Winifred
Winne.
15 YEARS AGO
Hutchinson Herald
October 18,2000
Henry and Janelle Bender announce
the birth of their son, Samuel Henry
Oct. 1.
Jeremy and Dara Bezug announce
the arrival of a baby boy Sept. 30,
named Jacob Samuel.
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