Probate office was very busy

From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, Jan. 8, 1925

One of the busy offices at the courthouse this year has been the Probate office. One of the last office lights to go out has been the lights of the probate office. It is found from the records of the Probate court of this county that some over 100 new cases came before the court during the past year. There appears to have been 62 cases of administration of estates of deceased persons, and in only 21 of these cases had the deceased left his or her will. There were 22 guardianship cases, six cases of insanity, five juvenile cases and ten cases of determination of descent of land. There were more than 260 hearings in all, and the total value of the estates to be administered being about $750,000. On the Probate court calendar for next Monday is hearing on claims in the estate of Mary A. Whittemore and hearing on final account in estate of Guy T. Boyer.

Wm. Engebretson was selected as custodian of the courthouse for the year and Pete Smith as the purchasing agent.

Lillian Dalager passed away at the General Hospital, Los Angeles, California, Dec. 29, 1924 at 2:00 o’clock p.m. Death was caused by an attack of acute pharyngitis, which extended over a short period of six days. Miss Dalager is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Dalager of our city. She passed her 25th birthday November 17, 1924. Miss Dalager left with her brother Rudolph and bride for the west on August 26, 1924. After a brief visit with her brother and sister-in-law, she registered for a 28-month course in nursing at the General Hospital, Los Angeles, October 1.

Dr. Brokaw, Eye Specialist, will be at his office in Glenwood on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of every week. Eyes examined. Glasses fitted at lowest prices. 

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From the Glenwood Herald, Thursday, Jan. 8, 1925

Sixty miles on a toboggan, after supper, with only one stop and that to take in a basketball game, isn’t so bad. That is what a number of the Glenwood outdoor sports enthusiasts did last Tuesday evening. They wanted to see the basketball game between Glenwood and Sauk Centre that evening and so hitched their toboggan to George Mithun’s Puddle Jumper, as they like to call his powerful gasoline engine and four wheels. The boys who took the trip in this way were Clarence Finden, Abner Wollan, Warren Hall, Geo. Mithun and Sophus Hafstad. A number of good spills were taken and the boys all looked like real snowmen, both when they arrived in Sauk Centre and later when they returned home. The boys claim they can ride the wildest bucking broncos that can be ridden, driven or dragged. Especially is this the case with Finden and Wollan who were both on the toboggan for the whole sixty miles.

On Wednesday, January 7, the American Legion Auxiliary held its installation of officers in a joint meeting with the American Legion. Mrs. Gibbon of Lowry acted as installing officer. The following are the new officers: President – Mrs. Aaseng, First Vice President – Mrs. Kalton, Second Vice President – Mrs. Solvie, Secretary – Mrs. Dahlquist, Treasurer – Elsie Wollan, Chaplain – Mrs. Atckison, Sergeant at Arms – Ethel Farmer, Publicity Director – Mrs. Selnes. During the social hour, cards were played and a lunch was served. All members are asked to pay their dues to Miss Wollan at the Pope County State Bank not later than January 10.

Miss Alice Dalager, daughter of Mrs. Amelia Dalager, was married on January 1, to Mr. August Carl Brandt. The ceremony was performed at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon by Rev. A. Belgum at the home of the bride’s mother. She was attended by Lucille and Helen Dalager and by Lavilla Dalager as maid of honor. The flower girls were Eleanor Dalager and Lorna Anderson; the ring bearer, Lester Ogdahl. The groom was attended by Selmer Dalager and Bernard Olson.  

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From the Starbuck Times, Friday, Jan. 9, 1925

A large barn on the farm of Frank Margeson, about a half mile from Kensington, was burned to the ground last Tuesday morning. He had turned out the stock and the wind being from the southwest, his other buildings were saved.

The board of county commissioners met at the court house on Tuesday for their first meeting of the year. They organized by electing Simon Swenson, chairman, and J. P. Ronney vice chairman. The big job that confronted the commissioners was the selection of a successor to Axel Olson as janitor of the court house. They found a host of applications from which to make their selection and finally agreed upon Guy Noe of Glenwood for the job. The county printing matter was quickly settled as the Herald made a joint bid for all the papers and was appointed the official paper for the coming year. By agreement the financial statement, the delinquent tax list and the January and July commissioner’s proceedings will be published in all the papers in the county. All other proceedings of the board will be published in the Times, Herald and Tribune, so that subscribers to each paper will get the full proceedings and other matters of interest relating to the finances of the county. No change was made in the salaries of the county officers. Mr. Swenson was reappointed a member of the Child Welfare Board.