5 years ago

Citizen’s Advocate

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019

Paige Jagol always wanted to get back into the assisted living care industry; she was just waiting for the right opportunity. That opportunity has brought her to Willow Creek in Henning as the Detroit Lakes native will replace Susanne Torgerson as housing director/RN.

As the area was getting its first taste of this winter’s polar vortex, Henning Festival Queen Samantha Witt was representing the community at the annual St. Paul Winter Carnival.  Witt, who is the daughter of Randall and Charlene Witt of rural Henning, attended the St. Paul Winter Carnival from Jan. 24-27.

25 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, Feb. 10, 1999

In regular session Thursday, Feb. 4, the Ottertail City Council held preliminary discussion on development of a dock leasing enterprise business on Otter Tail Lake. Also in the meeting, the council mulled its responsibilities in preparing for the dawn of the year 2000 (or Y2K), and discussed various other topics. Brad Carr was on hand to discuss with the council his proposed plans to develop a 12-slip marina on the north shore of Otter Tail Lake, just across County Road 1 from his home on the west end of the city.

Riding as a group in Saturday’s first annual Lowell Dreyer Memorial Scholarship Fund Snowmobile Ride, the Dreyer group has a sign explaining that part of the local snowmobile trail system is dedicated to the memory of Lowell Dreyer, who was instrumental in development of the trail.

A third generation of Tranas took over a Leaf Lakes landmark restaurant at the beginning of this year, when Doug and Mary Trana purchased it from Doug’s parents, Dave and Louise Trina. The name was recently changed from Dave and Louise’s to Doug and Mary’s.

50 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, Feb. 7, 1974

Members of the cast of “Comin’ Round the Mountain” to be staged during the banquet sponsored by Henning Commercial Club Saturday. Cast members include Janice Olson, Sue Helander, Kim Peterson, Mark Soutor, Colleen Estes, Dave Koppe, Mary Tennison, and Vince Whitley. The Drama Club’s one act plays will also be presented at a matinee on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the schoo. Those included are Kevin Gutknecht, Dave Iverson, Deb Taylor, Roxanne Bjorklund, Bobbi Johnson, Wanda Kenyon and Darrel Eggers.

75 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, Feb. 10, 1949

Warden O.B. Olson had talked with Robert Sigfrid of Parkers Prairie, who has been hunting fox with winter by plane and the latter disclosed that the fox population is on decrease. So far this year Sigfrid has taken 115 fox and one wolf, but the fox are not nearly as numerous as they were last year.

Arnold Volden has received three new contracts to build elevators in Minnesota and Iowa.

100 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, Feb. 7, 1924

Just as last week’s paper was out Wednesday evening came a message from Minneapolis announcing the death of Dr. Hoffmann. The report struck like a bolt from a clear sky among his friends and neighbors in this community. The doctor has been a sick man for a month or two, but his indomitable spirit and sense of duty kept him going among his patients, when he should have been under a physician’s care himself. Dr. Jacob Hoffmann was born in the province of Trondhjem, Norway on June 2, 1865. His father was a physician and he sent Jacob at an early age to the Christiania medical college. He is survived by a wife and three children.

125 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, Feb. 9, 1899

When Julia Ward Howe was a young girl her first literary venture was favorably noticed in the local newspaper. “This is my little girl who knows about books,” said a favorite uncle, “and writes an article and has it printed; but I wish she knew more about housekeeping” – a sentiment which in after years Mrs. Howe had occasion to echo with fervor. Few women reach adult life without finding themselves so circumstanced that a domestic training is invaluable to them.

In some of the New York department stores babies can be checked like so many umbrellas, while their mothers pursue the elusive bargain from counter to counter. A small boy is detailed to stand guard over a certain number of infants. The small boy and the infants have not been asked an opinion, but the mothers are enthusiastic in their approval. In Brooklyn the checking system as applied to babies has appeared in a new form. Rev. Dr. Wiley of the Nostrand Avenue Methodist Episcopal church is the originator of the scheme, and the mothers are once more gainers. A large room has been fitted up with hammocks and cribs, perambulators toys. Here a volunteer committee of young women assemblies every Sunday morning and here and the mothers, who would otherwise be kept home leave their babies, while they themselves attend the regular church service. The plan is a novel one, but promises and deserves to be popular.

An alarm of fire was given Monday night at 12:30 and flames were discovered issuing from the dwelling house of A. B. Barney located near the Park hotel. On account of the hour of night few people were up, but Marshal Hanson assisted by a few others got the hose to the burning building. After steam was up the suction pipe refused to work for some unaccountable reason and not a drop of water was placed on the fire through this source. The fire burned leisurely until it died out from lack of combustable material. Mr. And Mrs. Barney and little daughter had a thrilling and very narrow escape from the flames. An Advocate reporter saw Mr. Barney and he said: We have not been physically well for some time, and I have been accustomed to getting up about midnight to put wood in the stove. It was cold and I did this last night and went to bed. I had not been in bed long before I heard a crackling sound overhead, but thinking it was the noise of rats, I paid no attention to it. I was in a doze when my wife awoke me and saw then that the house was on fire. The room through which we had to pass was ablaze and I grabbed the little girl and the three of us got out safely. We had not time to save an article of our goods and we were thankful to get out in our night clothes with out lives.” Mr. Barney had no insurance on his house or household goods. He values his house at between $200 and $300; the household goods at between $300 and $400. There were many things the family lost which Monet cannot buy or replace, such as heirlooms, paintings, etc.

Since the anti-convict labor law went into operation on January 1, 20 prisoners in the Kings county (N.Y.) penitentiary have lost their reason. Madness began to assert itself without anything to attract public attention. It attacked the victims one at a time until last week, when nine convicts under the dull torture of enforced idleness went mad.