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  Information for 100, 75, 50 and 25  year news briefs was researched and gathered by Renee Geving and Cec McKeig from Cass County newspaper archives at the Cass County Historical Society.    

100 Years Ago

November 11, 1926

   A Cass County feller named Ricks; got his goat in a deuce of a fix. For according to talk, he fed him a clock, and Bill nearly died with the ticks.

   John Toland and Emil Hrdlichka helped Mr. Folwick at Silver Lake butcher last Wednesday.

   Clarence Lilyquist left Inguadona last Wednesday for Mankato to work and to visit his sister.

 75 Years Ago

November 13, 1951

   Richard Day was born at Sugar Point in 1850 and married Mary Bedeau. He was first employed by the US Indian Agency at Onigum, and at age 27 was Chief of Police there. He also clerked at the Kuhlander/Bilben store. He died November 11 and seven children survive him. He was a nephew of Bug-o-nay-ge-shig.

   Albert Gale, Boy River and Helena White, Bena, applied for a marriage license on November 13th.

Ollie Anderson and Warren Atherton sawed wood for the Riley Browns Saturday.

50 Years Ago

November 3, 1976

  Word has been received that Hilbert Countryman has passed away in Georgia. He is a brother to Doris Gish.

   Chester Bandemer and boys from Crystal were up at Inguadona township for duck hunting and, like many others, were disappointed.

   Gary Fritz from Medford, Wisconsin spent the weekend helping his father-in-law work on his new house in the Remer area.

25 Years Ago

November 11, 2001 

      A 50th Anniversary celebration honoring Audrey and Henry Tobiason will be held November 18 at Bethany Lutheran church at Remer.

  Just short of 56 years after being awarded a Bronze Star medal for his service to his country in Morotai, Netherlands, East Indies, Remer resident Frank Diedrich  has finally received his award.

   John Wright died October 28th. He was born September 20, 1948, to Williard “Pappy”  and Marion (Geiger) Wright and lived in Remer before moving to Grand Marias in 1956, where he attended high school and community college. He served in the Army Military Police Corps in Korea. He was an employee of the MN Dept. of Transportation for over 28 years. He married Barbara in 1988 at Grand Marais.

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