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The social news or gossip columns in the old newspapers are always fascinating to read. A special section in the newspaper was devoted to the social media of the day. The whereabouts of local people and events were often featured in these columns. Here are a few from The News Messenger of Lyon County on April 2, 1920:
A number of Marshall ladies acting with a committee from Luther I. Snapp Pos of the American Legion are contemplating the organization of a Womens auxiliary and a meeting will be called for the purpose at an early date.
Emil Versaevel and family, who have been Marshall residents for several years, left the first of the week for New York, where April third they sail for Belgium. Before leaving, Mr. Versaevel extended his subscription to The News-Messenger for two years to be sent to Ostend, Belgium, where they will make their home.
Oscar Bladholm, who attends the University of Minnesota, is spending his Easter vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Axel Bladholm.
The City Hotel has undergone considerable improvement and alteration during the past week. Mrs. J.E. Glaser, proprietor, has added a lunch counter and will make a specialty of home made pastry. The new lunch counter service will be opened on Saturday of this week.
The beautiful weather of last Saturday left the general impression that spring had come for certain and rapidly drying roads and fields brought forth much talk of auto trips and seeding. But this was given a cold plunge Sunday with a heavy snow storm and a stiff wind from the northwest which lasted most of the following day. Three succeeding fine days, however, have overcome the setback and spring work will be in full swing within a few days with conditions which were never better.
The Style Shop was the center of feminine interest last Saturday afternoon and evening, when crowds thronged the Shop for the spring opening, attracted by the display of spring apparel for milady's wardrobe. Five living models displayed the leading patterns among the diversity of styles included in the Style Shop's offerings. Music was furnished during the opening and cut flowers were presented to the ladies.
Wanted: A team of oxen for use on June 17 and 18. Prefer tractable animals that will not kick over the traces or otherwise act undignified before audience of ten or fifteen thousand. Inquire of the Pageant committee.
Wilbur Peterson came up from Des Moines, Iowa last week to spend a few days with his mother, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Eastman, leaving the first of the week for Thief River Falls where he has accepted a position.
The photograph featured this week is Wilbur Peterson, which was taken in Marshall in 1937. Peterson was a World War I veteran and one-time editor of the Marshall Messenger. He was born in Marshall in 1898 and passed away in Nevada in 1988. Peterson published his stories and letters from his service in the Army during World War I in books titled, "I Went to War" and "Solider WWI". The photograph is courtesy of his daughter, Mary Peterson Grota.
The Lyon County Historical Society (LCHS) is a nonprofit, member-supported organization. LCHS operates the Lyon County Museum at 301 W Lyon St in Marshall. The Lyon County Museum is open year-round to visitors. To contact us, visit our website: www.lyoncomuseum.org, call: 507-537-6580, email: director@lyoncomuseum.org, or on our Facebook page.