5 years ago

Citizen’s Advocate

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Dick and Bob Peterson were just one of five sets of Henning twins that threw out the first pitch prior to the start of Monday night’s baseball game at Target Field. The Henning twins included four sets of twins that were associated with the state championship boys basketball team from March. Prior to the first pitch, all of the members of the state championship basketball team were introduced on the field. The Petersons led Henning to back-to-back state tournaments in the 1960s.

The main topic up for discussion at the regularly scheduled Ottertail City Council meeting was once again the water contract with the City of Henning.  A response to the letter Ottertail sent Henning was received since the June meeting and reviewed. In the letter, Henning’s mayor Darren Wiese requested that the two cities select two representatives each to meet as a committee and discuss the contract and the future of the water agreement. According to the letter, Henning’s committee members would be Mayor Wiese and Acting Mayor Doug Trana.

25 years ago

Thursday, July 21, 1999

The Henning Advocate

A highlight of the Henning Area Festival held last weekend was of course the crowning of the new festival queen, in a ceremony staged indoors at the Henning School building because of rainy weather. Crowned queen is Lacey Johnson, daughter of Brent and Joan Johnson. The rest of the royal court includes Miss Congeniality Jana Peterson, daughter of Jim and LouAnn Peterson; First Princess Kristy Trana, daughter of Dick and Mary Trana; and Second Princess Bess Ellenson, daughter of Michael and Sam Ellenson. Crowns are from Kraning Jewelry and the queen’s crown was donated by he Jewelers Association of America.

Winners of this year’s Demo Derby are as follows: David Schwartz, champion; Mike Holm, runner-up; Tony Koop, third; Al Terveer & Wayne Schwartz tied in the consolation round; and in the 4-cylinder action Curt Zacharias was champion and Ron Engfer runner-up. First heat winners were Sally Fall, David Schwartz and Holm; second heat winners were Koep, Lonnie Olson and Dale Flom. This year’s crowd was treated to cooler, though rainy, weather.

50 years ago

Thursday, July 19, 1974

The Henning Advocate

Jim Gronbeck and Mark Souter of HHS will be attending the Minnesota All-State Choir Camp at Bemidji State College this week.

75 years ago

Thursday, July 19, 1949

The Henning Advocate

Walt Henderson, local banker, pulled a fast one on Judge Gray and paid his $10 off in pennies for the privilege of shaving. Walt had a good laugh with Art Fessenbecker, Martin Dust and M. J. Trana.

The Wiebe Brothers of Ottertail stand at the edge of their corn field to show height. The corn averages a good six feet over the whole field. According to sturdiness and heavy growth, it should prove to be an exceptionally heavy yield.

100 years ago

Thursday, July 18, 1924

The Henning Advocate

Dry agents in Sacramento, Calif., recently found in a bootlegging establishment six tiny black kittens mothered by a proud Rhode Island Hen.

Nickels and Dimes, paid at filling stations to speed needed road improvements by a “painless” method and extremely popular in 36 states where the plan is in operation this week started “to wise ‘em up” in Minnesota in advance of the November vote on the gas tax amendment.

125 years ago

Thursday, July 20, 1894

The Alliance Advocate

The constantly increasing strictness of the censorship of press dispatches from Manila which has prevented the cabling to the United States of anything that did not detect official views of important events and conditions, resulted in a united effort on the part of correspondents here to secure an abatement of the rigor of the censorship. People of the United States deceived as to the Real Condition of Affairs. Declaration that the situation is “well in hand” is erroneous. Gen. Otis Ultra-Optimistic dispatched and doctored stories of the correspondents have misrepresented the conditions.

The London, Kentucky reports that another outbreak of another feud in Clay County by which five meant lost their lives. These fatalities resulted from a pitched battle fought near Little Goose creek; three miles from Manchester. The feud dates back nearly two years. On Christmas, 1897, James Philpot was killed by Aaron Morris, but before he died he shot and killed William Bundy, a friend of Morris. The Morrisses and Griffins were closely affiliated. Since then the feeling between the two factions has been very bitter and it has been aroused recently by the White-Baker hostilities. The Philpots, who are the strongest faction in the mountain numbers about 750 voters, openly exposed the cause of the Bakers, while the Griffins took sides with the Whites. As of yesterday Robert Penilot, Ed Fisher, Aaron Morris, Jim Griffin and Hugh Griffin are all dead.