Above-ground potatoes grown in Pope County

From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1924

Pope county can now boast of having another Burbank in our midst. Although the Californian plant wizard has discovered many new plants we have never heard of him having a potato that grew above the ground. Such a potato plant is a reality in Pope county. Joe Furney, who lives just south of Glenwood brought a potato plant to the Tribune office this week that had 20 potatoes growing on the stalks.

A very pretty wedding took place at the Wm. Bennett home at Lowry on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 24, when their daughter, Bessie Willa, became the bride of George Dale of Dawson, Minn. The bridal party descended the stairs to the strains of Logengrin’s wedding march played by Miss Rosella Hagstrom of Lowry, Minn. A reception was held immediately after the ceremony at the home of the bride’s parents in Lowry, which was attended by about twenty-five guests. 

P.S. Otteson carried off quite a number of prizes on his Minn. 13 corn this year at the fair. He got first on his 10 ears and then sweep stake prize on the same ears and second place on his basket of 50 ears. He sold his 50 ears to a man from Little Falls who wanted it for seed. Cornell Otteson, his son, got first prize for his corn at the school exhibit.

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From the Glenwood Herald, Thursday, Oct. 2, 1924

The new children’s books that have been received at the Glenwood Library were very much appreciated last Friday when Miss Wood’s third grade came to the library in a body to enjoy its books. The group numbered 34 out of which 15 had never taken books. The library is a healthful place for the young minds.

Glenwood Creamery Advises Its Patrons: This week we want to ask the patrons to bring us more Land O’Lakes cream. We want enough good cream so that we can make this high quality of butter for the people of Glenwood and vicinity. We pay an extra premium of 2 cents, or 4 cents over common cream, for cream that is perfectly sweet, free from all of flavors and not over 48 hours old. This kind of cream was worth 42 cents in August. Form a route among your neighbors, take turns and bring in the cream sweet. Cool your cream in water the year around. Stir the cream while cooling. This eliminates the animal heat and makes better cream. Deliver regularly.

C.J. LeCount was the speaker at the Kiwanis dinner last Friday. Mr. LeCount is one of the most successful dairymen of Pope county and as such had a very interesting and instructive message. It was the intention of the club at this time to have a number of farmer guests, but the farmers were so busy at this time that no one could get away from the work to come in. Mr. LeCount is a Guernsey breeder. He is at the top of the list of the patrons of the creamery at Villard, the largest creamery in Pope county.

Mr. Gunnar Bjornson, candidate for representative in congress spoke at Sedan last Saturday evening. A large crowd was present considering the threatening weather. The crowd was very sympathetic and cheered the speaker at many points in his address.

Thomas D. Schall, member of congress from the Fifth district of Minnesota, and at present candidate for the United States senator, addressed a gathering that packed the village hall at Starbuck Monday evening. He spoke for two hours and discussed some of what he considered the most vital issues before the American people today.

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From the Starbuck Times, Friday, Oct. 3, 1924

A number of song books entitled “The American Song Book” has been procured for the High School. Every Tuesday and Friday P.M., from three-thirty to four o’clock is devoted to assembly singing. This week the English IV Class memorized the first eighteen lines of Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. If you hear them speaking in a strange language, you will know that it is Middle English. A Bumble Bee found its way into the English I Class Tuesday but as a result no one got “stung.”

Oscar Vinge cut a deep gash on the left wrist Thursday morning while cutting wood at B.O. Smedstad’s. He had gone out there in company with John Evjen to cut wood and his ax in some way caught in a branch overhead throwing it out of his control and it came down striking him on the upper side of the left wrist. Mr. Evjen brought him into town at once and Dr. Christenson took several stitches, choking off the large blood vein that had been severed.

Typewriter ribbons for sale at the Times Office.

Simon Swenson became reminiscent the other day, and told how 30 years ago on October 8, he had gone a considerable distance to visit a friend in the southeastern part of the county, a big snowstorm came up blocking all the roads with drifted snow. He had to leave his horse and walk home. In a few days, he says, the snow was all gone again.