The Year Was 1906

August 31

1906 SCATTER SUNSHINE

Hans Langseth, pioneer dies in Minneapolis hospital
Mr. Langseth was one of the early settler's. He owned a hardware store. I wonder if this is a relative of Marilyn Langseth a 1962 graduate and a grade school chum.

Front page AD Have a good farm, only 37, and want a wife.

Births and deaths in Red Lake County for 1905 Births 412 Deaths 112

September 1906 News is scarce this week; people are either hunting or talking politics.

Great Northern Railroad sued by woman from Cass Lake stating her feelings was hurt. The suit states that on July 20th of 1906, Elizabeth, at the age of 13 years and 6 months, died at Cass Lake and that the body was prepared and made ready for shipment to White Earth for burial. The body was loaded upon the Great Northern passenger train at Cass Lake with instructions to be transferred to the Soo Line at Erskine. Then, instead of unloading this body at Erskine, it was carried through to Crookston and as a result delayed the funeral for twenty-four hours and caused the plaintiff great annoyance and damage.

Total enrollment in schools: 850 Names of buildings mentioned High school building Central building Knox building on the east side

Bijou Theater Automatic Vaudeville Show Open every afternoon from 2 to 5 and every evening from 7-11. Admission 10 cents; children 5 cents. Entire change of program twice each week.

September 27, 1906 School gets complete set of Dodd, Mead & Co. New International Encyclopedias.

Mandolin group organized

Mrs. Conway and her baby were thrown from their buggy when it was hit from behind by an automobile.

November 1, 1906 “Every voter in Red Lake County should vote next Tuesday. As patriotic citizens this is a duty they owe to themselves and to the county in which they reside. If every voter turns out and votes his honest convictions there is no question but what the gang at Red Lake Falls will be defeated by a decisive majority. Let everyone do his duty”

Roads are a topic. Automobiles are carrying off the dust and destroying the roads.

Drain the swamps!

AD French dry cleaning at Bjorkman’s It is the only thing that can renew clothes. Fine silk and wool cannot be washed, if you want to look like new, send it to B Dan Bjorkman, dyer and cleaner on the corner of Main Avenue and First Street.

Norman country divided to make Mahnomen County.

The confluence of the Thief River and the Red Lake River has a wooden bridge over Eighth Street.