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necessary operation and returned to their homes in Redwood Falls where their families had undergone much anxiety as to their fate.
The Redwood Falls directory of 1878 gives three physicians, W. D. Flinn, W. M. Evans and M. W. Vilos, as practicing in Red- wood Falls at that time. In 1880 the name of C. S. Stoddard ap- pears. Drs. Flinn and Stoddard appear in the lists of 1884, and the name of A. G. Hammer is added. In 1886, the Redwood Falls physicians were W. D. Flinn and Frederick H. Morton. In 1888 the names of Giles R. Pease and Hazen W. Wells first appear. W. D. Flinn and Giles R. Pease were the Redwood Falls physi- cians in 1892. C. P. Gibson was added to the list in 1894. A. B. Hawes appears on the list in 1896, the other three physicians being Drs. Flinn, Pease and Gibson. In 1900 the name of Henry E. Schlegel first appears, and in 1902 the name of W. A. Palmer is seen. W. Beet and William Corpron are new names in 1904. W. A. Brand first appears in the directory in 1906. The Redwood Falls physicians in 1908 were F. P. Boyd, W. A. Brand, C. P. Gibson and G. P. Pease. The name of A. G. Chadbourn first ap- pears in 1912. In the same year appears the firm of Pease & Flinn, T. E. Flinn having started practice with Giles R. Pease. In 1914 the four physicians were W. A. Brand, C. P. Gibson, Giles R. Pease and T. E. Flinn. Drs. Brand, Pease and Flinn are the present practitioners.
A distinct stride in the history of medicine and surgery in Redwood county was the erection in 1915 at Redwood Falls, of a splendid hospital, fitted with all the latest appliances and excel- lently equipped in all the departments usually appertaining to a modern hospital. The building is pleasantly located and is one of the city's most sightly structures. It was erected by Drs. Giles R. Pease and T. E. Flinn, these gentlemen being the present supervising physicians and surgeons of the institution.
F. V. Crandall was the first physician in Lamberton. Lemont S. Crandall, a physician there for some twenty years, first ap- pears in the directory of 1882. Christopher Queolis first appears in 1888. In 1894 the Lamberton physicians were L. S. Crandall, J. G. Ellis and A. F. Gooslee. In 1896 the name of J. C. R. Charest appears in place of A. F. Gosslee. In 1900 the Lamberton physi- cians were L. S. Crandall and C. P. Nelson. In 1912 the physicians there were George W. Boot, L. S. Crandall and Charles C. Walker. For a time, Louis O. Clements was the first physician, his name first appearing in 1904. The name of Charles C. Walker first ap- pears in 1908, and the name of Dirk V. Gleysteen in '1914. Drs. Walber and Gleysteen are the present practitioners.
The first physician in Walnut Grove was R. W. Hoyt. The name of H. B. Van Buskirk, for several years the only physician in the village, first appears in the directories of 1884. The name of Charles I. Remington first appears in 1900, the name of Robert
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H. Ray in 1902, and the name of E. Lawrence Meyer in 1906. The name of the present practitioner, Earl Jamieson, first appears in 1908.
A. Bickford was the first physician in Milroy. He was fol- lowed by Frank J. Bickford. Then for several years there was no permanent resident physician. The name of Bjarne Rvan, the present practitioner of Milroy, first appears in the directories of 1914.
The first physician in Morgan was James L. Adams, who is still practicing there. The name of David R. Butler appears in the directories of 1900.
0. A. Case was the first physician in Sanborn. The name of John Hobinecht first appears in the directories of 1896; John J. Platt in 1898; George W. Boot in 1900; Oscar E. Bennett in 1902; William G. Richards in 1906, and Arthur L. Kusske in 1908. The name of the present practitioner, Monte C. Piper first appears in 1916.
The first physician in Revere was Ernest R. Jellison. The name of Lars P. Solsness appears in 1906. There is now no physician in Revere.
Mrs. Rebecca Shoemaker appears in the directories of North Redwood as a practicing physician for the years 1900-1912 in- clusive.
E. R. Jellison was the first physician in Seaforth, moving there shortly after the coming of the railroad. He left not long after, and there has since been no permanent resident physician.
The first physician in Vesta was Frank D. Gray who practiced there some eight years. The name of Roy A. Peterson, the present practitioner, first appears in the directories of 1912.
Willis W. Creswell was the first physician in Delhi, his name first appearing in the directories of 1904. The name of F. A. Car- rell appears in 1912. There is now no physician in the village.
The first physicians in Wabasso were Alf. G. Chadbourn and H. E. Lucas. The name of Gilbert L. Goslee first appears in the directories in 1906. In 1912 the names of Frank W. Brey and H. G. Bickford appear. Dr. Brey is the present practitioner of Wabasso.
The physicians of Belview are F. A. Aldrich and Emma S. Aldrich. The first physician was H. P. Dredge, whose name first appears in the directories of 1898. The name of Thore N. Thore- son appears in 1914.
Following are the physicians whose certificates are recorded with the Redwood county clerk of court :
Wm. D. Flinn, graduated from the Rush Medical College in Illinois in 1868. He received his certificate from the medical board of the state Jan. 22, 1884, and filed it for record in this county May 3, 1884.
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Frederick H. Morton, graduated from the Rush Medical Col- lege in the state of Illinois. He received his certificate from the medical board of the state on April 28, 1884, and filed it for record in this county May 3, 1884.
Giles R. Pease graduated from the medical department of the University of Michigan. He received his certificate from the state on Sept. 12, 1885, and filed it for record in this county on March 7, 1888.
C. P. Gibson graduated from the Chicago Medical College in the state of Illinois. He received his certificate from the state on April 19, 1884, and filed it for record in this county on April 7, 1888.
Henry E. Schlegel received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 10, 1897, and filed it for record in this county on June 24, 1897.
William Algernon Brand received his certificate from the medical board of the state on July 1, 1904, and filed it for record in this county on July 15, 1904.
Walter A. Palmer received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 22, 1899, and filed it for record in this county on Feb. 7, 1900.
Alfred G. Chadbourn received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 19, 1900. He filed it for record in this county on July 26, 1900.
Thomas Edwin Flinn received his certificate from the medical board of the state on Jan. 25, 1911, and filed it for record in this county May 5, 1911.
Wallace E. Belt was given his certificate by the medical board of the state on Jan. 16, 1903, and filed it for record in this county on Jan. 21, 1903.
Stephen D. Sour received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 9, 1896, and filed it for record in this county June 4, 1904. He graduated from Hamline university in St. Paul, Minn.
C. P. Nelson received his certificate from the medical board of the state April 11, 1899. He filed it for record in this county on July 14, 1900.
Gilbert L. Goslee received his certificate from the medical board of the state Oct. 3, 1904, and filed it for record in this county Oct. 7, 1904. He graduated from the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons.
G. W. Boot received his certificate from the medical board of the state on Oct. 11, 1898, and filed it for record on Dec. 15, 1898.
Lucian Orville Clement, received his certificate from the med- ical board of the state on June 20, 1902, and filed it for record in this county on July 18, 1902.
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L. S. Crandall received his certificate from the medical board of the state Nov. 28, 1883, and filed it for record in this county on Jan. 3, 1884.
Dirk Gleysteen received his certificate from the medical board of the state on Jan. 17, 1912, and filed it for record in this county on March 4, 1912.
Charles C. Walker received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 9, 1896, and filed it for record in this county on Feb. 14, 1903.
Frank D. Gray received his certificate from the medical board of the state on Feb. 28, 1887, and filed it for record in this county on Feb. 19, 1904.
Earl Jamieson received his certificate from the Minnesota state board of medical examiners on Oct. 11, 1907, and filed it for record in this county Jan. 15, 1908.
Robert H. Ray received his certificate from the medical board of the state on Oct. 11, 1900. He filed it for record in this county on Oct. 15, 1900.
Chas. L. Remington received his certificate from the medical board of the state on Jan. 16, 1884, and filed it for record in this county on Feb. 18, 1899.
Bjarne Rvan received his certificate from the medical board of the state on April 19, 1911, and filed it for record in this county on May 6, 1911.
James L. Adams received his certificate from the medical board of the state on Jan. 6, 1893, and filed it for record in this county on Feb. 17, 1893.
Ernest R. Jellison received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 8, 1901, and filed it for record in this county on Oct. 7, 1901.
Arthur Louis Kusske received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 13, 1907, and filed it for record in this county on Sept. 26, 1907.
O. E. Bennett received his certificate from the medical board of the state on April 12, 1901, and filed it for record in this county on May 4, 1901.
William Geo. Richards received his certificate from the med- ical board of the state on July 1, 1904. He filed it for record in this county on May 31, 1905.
Monte Charles Piper received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 29, 1910, and filed it for record in this county on Jan. 16, 1912.
John Habenicht graduated from the medical university at Prague, Bohemia, in Europe. He received his certificate from the medical board of the state June 25, 1887, and filed it for record in this county on March 8, 1895.
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Roy Albert Peterson received his certificate from the medical board of the state on Jan. 25, 1911. He filed it for record in this county on April 21, 1911.
Herman E. Lucas received his certificate from the medical board of the state on Oct. 23, 1883, and filed it for record in this county on June 21, 1900.
Frank W. Brey received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 29, 1910, and filed it for record in this county on May 6, 1911.
H. G. Bickford received his certificate from the medical board of the state on April 12, 1901, and filed it for record in this county on Feb. 12, 1910.
Thore Nels Thoreson received his certificate from the medical board of the state on Oct. 12, 1897, and filed it for record in this county on July 5, 1913.
H. P. Dredge received his certificate from the medical board of the state June 9, 1896. It was filed on July 28, 1896, for rec- ord in this county. It was also filed for record on Oct. 30, 1901.
Frederick Herrick Aldrich was given his certificate by the medical board of the state on June 20, 1902, and filed it for rec- ord in this county on August 22, 1902.
Edward W. Gag received his certificate from the medical board of the state on Jan. 15, 1904, and filed it for record in this county on Feb. 11, 1904.
George P. Wilkinson received his certificate from the medical board of the state on April 17, 1903, and filed it for record in this county on July 30, 1904.
Hazen W. Wells, graduated from the Hahnneman Medical Col- lege of Chicago in the state of Illinois. He received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 29, 1887, and filed it for record in this county on July 1, 1887.
Henry C. Way graduated from the college of physicians and surgeons, Keokuk, in the state of Iowa. He received his certifi- cate from the medical board of Minnesota on April 15, 1887, and filed it for record in this county on April 30, 1887.
Raymond W. Whittier received his certificate from the med- ical board of the state on June 26, 1912, and filed it for record in this county on Aug. 20, 1915.
Emma L. Scholz received her certificate from the Minnesota state board of medical examiners on June 20, 1902, and filed it for record in this county April 4, 1907.
John Stevens, Jr., received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 10, 1897, and filed it for record in this county on July 25, 1905.
E. Lawrence Meyer received his certificate from the medical board of the state on June 17, 1905, and filed it for record in this county Ang. 21, 1905.
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Joseph Clement Micheal received his certificate from the state medical board on June 20, 1913, and filed it for record in this county July 26, 1913.
John F. Landry graduated from the medical department of Laral university in Canada. He received his certificate from the medical board of the state on April 22, 1884, and filed it for record in this county Jan. 15, 1889.
John Edward Doran received his certificate from the med- ical board of the state on June 16, 1898, and filed it for record in this county on June 5, 1902.
Wilhelm S. Anderson received his certificate from the medical board of the state June 19, 1903, and filed it for record in this county on March 16, 1904.
The Brown-Redwood County Medical Society holds its regu- lar meetings January and June, the annual meeting being in January. Dr. M. C. Piper, of Sanborn, is president, and Dr. G. F. Reineke, of New Ulm, secretary. The following are the members: J. L. Adams, New Ulm; W. A. Brand, Redwood Falls ; L. A. Fritsche, New Ulm; D. Gleysteen, Lamberton; F. D. Gray, Marshall; D. A. Herron, Comfrey ; Earl Jamieson, Walnut Grove; M. A. Kiefer, Sleepy Eye; A. L. Kusske, Hutchinson; W. A. Meierding, Springfield; R. A. Peterson, Vesta; Bjarne Ravn, Mil- roy ; J. C. Rothenburg, Springfield ; J. L. Schoch, New Ulm ; O. J. Seifert, New Ulm ; J. S. Shrader, Springfield ; O. C. Strickler, New Ulm; Mathias Sundt, Hanska; J. H. Vogel, New Ulm; C. C. Walker, Lamberton; G. B. Weiser, New Ulm; J. W. B. Wellcome, Sleepy Eye.
(Since the above was in type, Dr. Earl Jamieson of Walnut Grove has succeeded Dr. Piper as president. Dr. Kusske has removed to Hutchinson. New members are T. F. Hammermeister of New Ulm and F. A. Strickler of Sleepy Eye.)
Authority. R. L. Polk's Northwestern Gazetteer, 1876-1916. George C. Wellner in History of Goodhne County, Minnesota, 1910.
Personal testimony of Mrs. D. L. Hitchcock.
F. L. Puffer in History of Renville County, Minnesota, 1916.
Register of Medical Certificates in the custody of the Redwood county clerk of court.
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CHAPTER XXVI.
NEWSPAPERS OF REDWOOD COUNTY.
The first settlers of Redwood county came from a stock in which there was a general desire for knowledge, and with the de- sire for knowledge there was a call for the printing press, and with the printing press there came the call for a newspaper long before the county itself, by virtue of a small population, was able to sustain in proper form the publication of the newspaper.
With the first settlement of Redwood Falls, the first town in the county, the early settlers had plenty of work to do for the time being in erecting a stockade, in erecting homes, and in pre- paring a defense against a possible attack from the not then too friendly Indians, and in addition to obtaining from the soil, as well as from the hunt, and from the timber nearby, sufficient to maintain a livelihood until more prosperous times should arrive.
But with all these manifold duties, the settlers never forgot that they were a part of the outside world. So the spare hours of these pioneers were spent on the street corners, or on the benches in front of one or two of the establishments of that period, in discussing past events, not only those that had passed weeks before throughout the United States and the rest of the world, and which had reached this important frontier post through belated newspapers, but also in the late happenings that occurred in the little community. Growing out of these corner curbstone meetings, there came a desire for something like a newspaper, and in the restless breast of Col. Sam. McPhail, the founder of the townsite of Redwood Falls, this desire became intense, not only by reason of his wish to boom Redwood Falls and Redwood county, but probably from that other desire to "play even" (if such a term may be used) with some of the set- tlers who had "riled" his spirit or had played some inexcusable joke upon the old Mexican War veteran.
As a result of this feeling there appeared on the streets of the then sparsely populated village on March 23, 1866, a paper known as the Redwood Falls Patriot. This was a small folio newspaper, but very little larger than ordinary legal cap, but it was brim full of the pointed thrusts characteristic of the old Colonel. The paper was printed in St. Peter, from the press of Thomas M. Perry, himself an original character of Nicollet county, and his name appeared as proprietor of the paper, and Col. Sám McPhail as editor. This issue of the Patriot contained some busi- ness advertising, but none of the latter pertained to the business institutions of Redwood Falls. The news columns contained the pleasing information that "Redwood Falls was destined to be-
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come the half-way house between New York and San Francisco," and that its future was destined to be great. Here and there ap- peared an allusion to some of the settlers having paid nocturnal visits to the tents of the Indians camped just across the river, and intimating that unless there was a general let-up on the at- tacks on the editor, the Patriot would be obliged to continue the expose. Politically the Patriot was a strenuous Republican sheet, seeing the county's safety by alone keeping the Republican party in power. It boosted Redwood county real estate, and that con- trolled by Col. McPhail, in particular. The editor apparently came to the conclusion that the few issues could not be improved upon and that rather than have a failure by many and subsequent issues, the Patriot should "die aborning," and the few random issues ceased apparently with the issue of April 27, 1869, which contained the delinquent tax list.
The Redwood Falls Mail. The first bona fide newspaper was the Redwood Falls Mail, the first issue of which appeared more than three years after the Patriot made its appearance, or to be exact, on Sept. 25, 1869, over 48 years ago. The printing press and material were brought to Redwood Falls on one of the sev- eral steamboats that plied between St. Paul and Riverside, lo- cated two miles from Redwood Falls on the Minnesota river. During the summer season of this year, and for several years thereafter, the editor was V. C. Seward, who was full of wit and originality, and who, from its first appearance, made the Mail an exceptionally lively paper. It was a seven-column folio and the first issue proclaimed itself to be the official paper for Redwood, Renville, Lac qui Parle, Big Stone, Pipestone, Murray and Cottonwood counties. It was, in fact, the only newspaper published in all this vast territory. One side of the paper was printed at Milwaukee and the patents were shipped to Redwood Falls for final printing. The paper was Republican, and the first number had the Republican state ticket at the head of its first column, with the name of Horace Austin hoisted for governor and proposing the Hon. Schuyler Colfax for president in 1872. The salutatory said in part: "Scorning all narrow minded local jealousy we shall aim to promote the material welfare, not of this place and county solely, but of this entire section of the state, which we consider, in many respects, the finest portion of the great West."
The advertisements in the first edition were from St. Peter, Mankato, New Ulm and St. Paul business houses, those from Redwood Falls only being the advertisements of H. Behnke & Bro., dry goods, groceries, clothing, etc .; Redwood Mills by Worden & Ruter; W. H. Sigler, druggist and insurance agent ; W. L. Eaton, hardware and tinware; and Peter Ortt, livery sta- ble. Mr. Ortt advertised that he ran two stage lines, one to
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Lynd, now in Lyon county, leaving Redwood every Monday and returning on Wednesday, and the other to Yellow Medicine, leaving every Friday and returning on Saturday. In this first issue Mr. Seward stated that the issue of the first newspaper had been delayed three weeks by reason of the non-arrival of his material, the steamboat Pioneer, running between Redwood Falls and St. Paul, having been delayed somewhere along the Minne- sota river. The Pioneer was engaged in carrying all kinds of freight, but more especially lumber, the common grade of which sold in Redwood Falls at that time for $37.00 per M, while wheat was being marketed at 70c a bushel.
Mr. Seward's restless disposition did not permit him to re- main long in the community in which he felt his talents and his ability were more or less circumscribed, and nearly four years later, or to be more exact, in April of 1873, W. B. Herriott, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., a lawyer by profession, but not caring to practice, came to Redwood Falls from St. Paul and purchased the Redwood Falls Mail. The announcement was made in the issue of April 25, and in the issue of the following week Mr. Herriott announced that the name had been changed to the Red- wood Gazette. Mr. Seward returned to Stillwater, where he long after edited the Messenger.
The Redwood Gazette. The Gazette was issued as an eight- column folio, with a patent inside, by Herriott & Beal, J. S. Beal having come up from St. Paul with Mr. Herriott and associating. himself with that gentleman in the publication of the paper. Mr. Herriott was regarded as the politician and editor of the paper, while Mr. Beal gave his time to the mechanical end of the pub- lication. But money was scarce, times were hard, and the two gentlemen realized that there was not sufficient in the plant to give both a livelihood and on October 15, 1873, Mr. Beal with- drew and Mr. Herriott once again became the sole proprietor, this continuing until April 29, 1880. Mr. Herriott, however, was appointed receiver of the land office at Redwood Falls in 1876, and in a measure received his reward for the early newspaper struggles in that city and county. He was regarded as a person of more or less nervous temperament, but of a conservative dis- position in political and business affairs, and it may be stated that from a newspaper standpoint he made very few enemies while his passive friends were numerous.
His position as register of the land officer justified his retir- ing from the newspaper and on April 29, 1880, he closed out his interests in the Redwood Gazette to James Aiken and W. R. Rigby under the firm name of Aiken & Rigby, the two gentlemen having graduated from the printing office of the Topeka Capital, and coming to Redwood Falls wtih the hopes of securing both health and wealth. Mr. Herriott continued to reside in Redwood
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Falls until he retired from the receivership of public moneys, after which he and his wife moved to California and made that state their permanent home. Messrs. Aiken & Rigby continued the Gazette as an eight-column, patent inside folio by using both long primer and brevier in the composition.
The winter of 1881 was one of unusual hardships. With the blizzard of October 18, 1880, blockading the western railroads and shutting off practically all avenues of trade, with the single exception of the local community, the publishers experienced newspaper hardships which they did not anticipate. No trains were run between Sleepy Eye and Redwood Falls from October until the following March or April. The mail and groceries were brought in by teams. The patent insides of the Gazette failed to arrive and a number of issues were printed on ordinary wrapping paper. When spring came Mr. Rigby concluded that he had sufficient of one Minnesota winter and that Redwood Falls would not support a paper with two publishers, and consequently on May 5, 1881, he retired from the firm and James Aiken became the sole editor and publisher until August 1, 1892, when he was succeeded by Julius A. Schmahl and Herbert V. Ruter, doing business as Schmahl & Ruter.
Both of these young men had acquired a knowledge of the printing business in the Gazette office in previous years and came up from St. Paul, where Schmahl had been a reporter and Ruter a job printer, to purchase the plant in which they had received their earlier instructions. They changed the form of the paper to an eight-column quarto, made it an all-home print proposition, and equipped the office with a power printing press and other up-to-date machinery, as well as materially adding to its equip- ment. This partnership continued for a year and three months, when Mr. Ruter retired from the firm. James Aiken repurchased his interest and the publication of the Gazette was continued under the firm name of Aiken & Schmahl until December 1, 1906. In 1905 this firm built the magnificent brick Gazette block and moved the plant to that building, its present home.
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