Special Museum Announcements

Only a few weeks left!  Free admission to the museum this summer ends September 1.  Come in today!

Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Alexandria will conduct services at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on the museum grounds on Sunday, August 23, at 10:00.  Potluck lunch follows at Barsness Park.  Please join us!

From the Glenwood Herald, August 20, 1909

Airships Vs. Automobiles.  Having bought to Glenwood the first five-passenger automobile owned in the town, I have determined to on and operate the first airship.  Will sell my Jackson five-passenger auto, with top and lamps complete, to the first one making for same a reasonable offer, cash or bankable paper.  E.M. Webster.

The ball game yesterday afternoon between the Glenwood baseball team and the Star Bloomers resulted in a victory for the ladies by a score of three to two.  It was a clean fought game and quite interesting throughout.  Blanchard of Melrose who pitched for Glenwood made a record for himself by striking out nineteen of the Bloomers.  Glenwood had six hits to its credit and the Bloomers four.  Each team had two two-base hits.  The Glenwood players where McCauley, Rice, Reed, Landing, Blanchard, Kaldahl, Flesh, Durland and Bennett.  Jack Davis umpired the game and was criticized quite freely for decisions on balls and strikes.  These off decisions were generally against the Bloomers.

Many farmers attended the exhibition of the Minnesota binder at C.M. Pederson's last Sunday afternoon, and everybody seemed to be fully convinced that the prison force is putting out a binder that is in every way equal to any binder now on the market.  As to light running, it has no equal.  Osmund Tharldson and Lewis Olson proved this by taking hold of the eveners and pulling the machine several rods taking a full cut in a heavy oats field.  Mr. Pederson occupied the binder seat and he did not neglect to use his whip on the new pullers.  The only assistance that the two men had in pulling the binder was Mr. Aaberg, who carried the binder pole.  From this we can easily see that Minnesota is either selling a light running machine or that Langhei has some extraordinarily strong men.

Ole Rosten was turning flax for Mr. Weeg Monday. By the way he moved it looked as though he liked it.

Messrs. Webster and Cooley of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Mr. Reimer, a railroad man, were here the first part of the week on a fishing trip.

Stephen Finley and family of St. Paul have been spending the last couple of weeks with his brother, John Finley, at this place.  They also spent a few days at Ruddock's camp on lake Pelican.  That they are having a good time goes without saying.

Services will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church next Sunday, August 22 at 11 a.m., when there will also be a celebration of the Holy Communion.