Black and white photograph of the old Marshall Hospital on S. 4th Street, which was torn down to build a retirement home.

For this column, I often share social news or the gossip columns from the old newspapers. The social news is always fascinating to read and a lot can be learned of local people and events from the communities in Lyon County. For this article, I’m going to share the classifieds from one of the newspapers. The classifieds are interesting to read as well. Here are a few from the News-Messenger of Lyon County on May 9, 1919:

LET MILLER BROTHERS figure your painting and decorating; also paperhanging and hardwood finishing. 2 phones; Frank Miller 393, Lester Miller 227, Marshall, Minn.

SPRING CLEAN UP – See me about making your old floors new, painting or paper-hanging. I have the only electric sanding machine in Lyon county. Prices are right. Otto Klein, 406 N. Third St., Phone 381.

EGGS FOR HATCHING — Pure bred Brown Leghorn, $5.00 per hundred. $1.00 per set of 15. Phone 4-F-2. W.E. Davis, Tracy, Minn.

FURNITURE FOR SALE — We are leaving town and will sell our household furniture of all kinds. Will Forbes, 203 W. Redwood St., Phone 500-W.

FOR SALE — A Ford Roadster, all thoroughly overhauled and in first class running order. Horace Dove, Tracy, Minn. Route 1. Phone 2-F-11.

FOR SALE — A House, Barn and large lot. Inquire at 508 Saratoga St., Marshall.

LAWN MOWERS — It is a pleasure to use a lawn mower which runs easy and cuts smoothly. Let us put yours in that condition. Gits & Gits, Marshall.

YOUR GLASSES tightened and straightened free of charge by the optometrist, Milton A. Schweiker, who will be at Mathis Jewelry Store Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17.

HOUSE AND TWO ACRES OF LAND for sale. Fruit trees and pasture. Mrs. Josephine Lague, Marshall.

FOR SALE — Reed Cab and Push Cart. Call at Hess Studio or phone 168.

LAUNDRY GIRL WANTED at Marshall Hospital.

GIRL WANTED — for kitchen work at Marshall Hospital.

The photograph featured this week from the Lyon County Museum’s collection shows the Marshall Hospital in 1963 before it was torn down. Dr. F.D. Gray purchased the Southside School building at S. 4th and Lynd Streets after moving to Marshall from Vesta in 1911. Dr. Gray renovated the building and called the hospital the Marshall Hospital.

The hospital closed in 1950, along with the Anna Maria Memorial Hospital on West Lyon Street, after the Louis Weiner Memorial Hospital opened. After 1950, the Marshall Hospital building was used as a nursing home until being torn down in 1963. A new building was built and it became the Lyon County Retirement Home. Today, that building is referred to as the Lyon County Retirement Apartments.

The Lyon County Historical Society (LCHS) is a nonprofit, member-supported organization. LCHS operates the Lyon County Museum at 301 West Lyon Street 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.