Minnesota-Western Transportation Co. opens bus service with Glenwood

From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, Nov. 27, 1924

Special, Saturday, Nov. 29: One quart of milk free with every three or five pound jar of Land O’Lakes Butter purchased at the creamery. Bottle and jar extra or exchanged. Butter 46 cents per pound. Glenwood Co-op. Creamery.

Mr. and Mrs. George Peacock and family have been visiting with friends in Glenwood this week.

The First National Bank and the Farwell State Bank, both of Farwell, and the Lowry State Bank and Farmers’ and Merchants State Bank, both of Lowry, will receive and receipt for Red Cross membership dues for the townships of Ben Wade and Reno during the drive and up to December 1st.

A new step in transportation between Glenwood and the Twin Cities takes places on Sunday when the Minnesota-Western Transportation Co. opens bus service between Glenwood and the Twin cities and Wapheton, N.D. The bus line will run over the Little Crow Trail to Willmar and from there to Lake Lillian. From there passengers will go to the cities on what was formerly known as the Luce Line. The morning bus leaves at 6:30 in the morning. Another leaves later at 11:20. One bus will arrive from the cities at 2:30 in the afternoon and one will arrive at 10:50 in the evening. This new bus service will undoubtedly be popular for those who wish to go to the cities in the morning without having to get up at an early hour. For rural points like Terrace and Sunburg it will make the Twin Cities seem very close.

Miss Hyacinth McGuire, who is teaching the third grade, has taken a short leave of absence in order to attend the funeral of her grandmother which was held at Minneapolis. Mrs. Pierce Serrin is taking he place at school during her absence.

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From the Glenwood Herald, Thursday, Nov. 27, 1924

The local creamery was entered by burglars last week during the night between Thursday and Friday. They went to the cash register and took a few pennies that had been left there. They evidently tried also to open the mail safe, but found they could not get into it and so took it bodily and carried it off. There was about $8.00 in the safe and four small checks so that the loss to the creamery was not very large.

The fall term of court started in the court house hall last Tuesday morning with Judge Flaherty of Morris presiding. The first case taken up was that of Butler Bros. vs. R.J. Bergum. The case was completed early in the afternoon when the judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff for $1,013.39. The examination of the jury for the next case was completed that same evening and the case was started yesterday morning. This is the case of Ira Hoffman vs. Hans O. Olson and Wallace Hoffman. The attorneys in this case are John Davis and J. Zima for plaintiff and L. Arctander and H. Zander for the defendants. The calendar this year is quite full as there are three criminal cases and 32 civil cases.

The lights went out again last Tuesday evening. It did not cover the whole city. The Herald office was hit as was also the court house where court was in session and where the attorneys in the Hoffman-Olson case were examining the jurors. There are many things that can be done in the dark, but there are many more that can not. In about fifteen minutes the lights came on again. Evidently a fuse burned out at some place.

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From the Starbuck Times, Friday, Nov. 28, 1924

Popular demand for good roads and willingness of the people to pay reasonable to get better highways without costly delays are reflected in the results of the recent election in the middle west states. Minnesota adopted Amendment No. 1 to put gasoline tax into the roads by nearly 500,000 “yes” against less than 200,000 “no” votes. On nearly 830,000 ballots cast, the proposal received 87,000 votes in excess of the number necessary to pass it, a far greater margin than any other amendment.

John M. Peterson, mail carrier on route 5, had a narrow escape from serious injury or death last Tuesday evening when his Ford sedan was struck by a box car on the crossing near the depot about 6 o’clock. The ladder on the side of the box car at the front end which projects down about a foot and a half caught the hood and radiator of his car smashing them and dragging the sedan several feet. Mr. Peterson was thrown against the steering wheel but did not appear to be much injured. 

Mrs. Mari Graasleten, mother of the late E.P. Byhre of this village died at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Byhre, Wednesday evening about 5 o’clock: Death was caused by the infirmaties of old age. She was 89 years old on March 23rd of this year. She had been failing all summer but was able to be up and around until a few hours before her death.