5 years ago

Monday, March 17, 2020

Citizen’s Advocate

Henning High School was the center of the basketball world on Thursday night. Just hours after the girls basketball team defeated Fillmore Central in the opening round of the state basketball tournament, the boys team punched their second straight trip to the state tournament with a commanding win over West Central Area in the Section 6A finals. One day later, the euphoria surrounding the two wins came to an abrupt halt when the Minnesota State High School League cancelled the remainder of the winter sports season due to the Coronavirus outbreak. For two teams that combined to go 58-3 this season, there were many more highs than lows for the Henning sports teams. Unfortunately, the news of the season being cancelled was a double punch in the stomach that will sting for quite some time.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has closed all schools across the state beginning Wednesday, March 18 through Friday, March 27 due to the Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. As part of an executive order ordering the shutdown, the governor will require schools to provide care for elementary-age children of health care professionals, first responders, and other emergency workers. The goal of the shutdown, which could last longer than just eight days, is to slow the spread of the virus.

25 years ago

Thursday, March 15, 2000

The Henning Advocate

Though by dawn on Wednesday the area was covered by a thick blanket of snow, Goldie Eide received a surprise sign of spring earlier this week. Max Nosbish presented Eide with the flowers just as she returned from her yearly visit to Arizona. Eide and other “snowbirds” are beginning to return back from their warmer winter homes. Vivian Palm and other volunteers from the American Cancer Society passed out daffodils purchased to aid cancer research Monday. Palm reported a good volume of daffodils were purchased again this year.

Who, what, where and why… these were just some of the questions asked and answered during Newspaper in Education week at the Advocate Newspaper. Third graders and Kindergarteners visited the office, while other grades created ads about school.

A Parkers Prairie man has been reported missing. Gregory D. Ritter, 48, left home on March 9 and his family has not had contact with him since that time. He had been experiencing depression and possibly other medical related problems. Ritter is a white male, 6 feet in height, weighing about 150 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. He wears glasses and has a mustache.

55 years ago

Thursday, March 22, 1970

The Henning Advocate

Sgt. Clayton and Sgt. Curtis Magnuson, twin sons of Mrs. Selma Magnuson, arrived home on Sunday after being stationed in Korea for the past 13 months. They had not seen each other for 10 months when they met at the air force base for their return home. They will have a 50 day furlough at home before being reassigned to camps in the states.

Dale Hendrickson returned home Saturday after three months in the hospital. Hendrickson was in a car accident in November, we are happy to report he is walking without crutches. 

80 years ago

Thursday, March 22, 1945

The Henning Advocate

Frank Koplin of Fergus Falls, who bought out the grocery business of John Traub in Henning, has been here for about two weeks and is remodeling the place into a modern self-service grocery. The self-service is new to Henning, but in other towns where it has been installed it is a decided success. The reason is simply because it cuts down on the grocers’ overhead and when the merchant is busy you get faster service. 

Henning Creamery made 401,116 pounds of butterfat. 

105 years ago

Thursday, March 22, 1920

The Henning Advocate

The ideal condition of the world would be to have every dollar of circulation medium in every country backed by a dollar’s worth of gold, and to have the value of its imports. Then a condition of absolute stability would prevail. 

The new settlers continue to come. Those who arrived this week are: Mr. and Mrs. O.G. Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Dolezal and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hermeier and family and Walter Groff.

Wm. Brinkman met with an unusual accident a week or so ago. He was sitting on a stool reading his former home paper when for some reason the stool slipped out from under him and in trying to break the fall with his hands, caught a carpenter saw. His hand was badly torn.

G.W. Huffman of Girard has received the returns for a shipment of five turkeys he made last week. The five turkeys netted him $45.08. This is as much per fowl as pigs were years ago.

130 years ago

March 22, 1895

The Henning Advocate

Mr. Satre is having a sheet iron roof put on part of his store building this week. C.S. Longballe and Martin Rude are doing the work. 

This paper recently published some comments made on the legislature by persons visiting the capitol, among them being the remark of a state senator, on the intemperance proclivities of many legislators: these items were given as statements of other persons, yet the Big Stone County Journal says; “The editor of the Henning Advocate, which uses broad- gauge columns to express narrow-gauge ideas, sometimes allows his temperance crankism to cause him to overstep his bounds of decency. In characterizing members of legislature as drunkards he not only insults the members, but the people who sent them there. Be temperate in all things, brother, and the people will have a deeper belief in your sincerity.”