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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 Jan. 20, 1905:
Last Monday was the beginning of the saloon year in Marshall, all liquor licenses expiring the night of January 14th. Seven of the eight saloons reopened Monday morning with new licenses, and seven thousand dollars was deposited in the city treasury in payment of them. One saloon, conducted the past year by Foster & Speth on Main street, between Hageimeister's and Jenning's saloons, is not reopened under a new license. The saloon is at present in the hands of the sheriff under both attachment levy and foreclosure papers, having been closed a week or so ago. The mortgagee is the Standard Brewing Company, of Mankato, and the property will be sold January 21st to satisfy in indebtedness of $1,065.40. The Ciesielski saloon is licensed to E.S. Reishus, administrator of the Ciesielski estate, and it is expected that the property will be disposed of before long either by sale or lease.
A new store front has been put in the Dibble building on Third street this week by contractor Fulton. The building has been unoccupied for some time, being formerly occupied by Blakeslee's meat market. It is now to be used by the Singer Sewing Machine Co. as a local agency and depot for their machines and supplies, with J.D. Martin agent. The company proposes to make Marshall a distributing point for a considerable territory in this section of the state, the nearest depot of supplies being now at Mankato, and it is probable that a complete line of machines and supplies will be kept here.
Sherlock Holmes will unravel the mystery of "A Study in Scarlett" at the opera house next Wednesday night.
Dr. F.C. Wheat located in Marshall this week. The doctor comes to this city from Ellsworth this state. Last fall he rented the dwelling and office formerly used by Dr. Wimer who moved to offices in the First National Bank building, and this week the new doctor has taken possession.
Fire destroyed Lawrence Hall of St. Cloud Normal School a few days ago. The Hall was the home of a large number of young women attending the school, and many of them lost a lot of their belongings. This Misses King of this city, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. D.M. King, had their apartments in the Hall but through their personal efforts succeeded in saving much of their property.
It is probable that the black eye on Main street caused by the destruction of the Baldwin building by fire two or three years ago will be removed early this summer. The Baldwin building was the finest building on the street and its loss was a severe blow to the appearance of the city's business district. Mr. Baldwin planned to rebuild soon after the fire, but did not feel able to duplicate the former building, and the property has unfortunately for the city laid idle since. Now Mr. Baldwin is seriously contemplating the building of a more modest building than the old one, a double store of two stories, and will quite likely begin building operations early in the spring. There would be little difficulty in finding occupants for the new building, as the location is about the most desirable in the city, and a new building on the site of the old would doubtless influence a return of a good deal of the large patronage of the former Baldwin store.
The photograph featured this week from the Lyon County Museum's collection shows a group of Grand Army of the Republic members walking down Main Street in Marshall. The photograph was taken prior to 1902, which is the year that the Baldwin's department store shown in the picture was destroyed by a fire. The Baldwin building stood on the location of where the building housing Noble Woman Boutique is located.
The Lyon County Museum is hosting David Johnston, the American History Story Teller, on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. Johnston will present on "Photography of the Civil War". This program is free and open to the public.