Et Cetera (Latin: “and other things”) section It’s showtime! Hastings high school show choirs spend many long hours perfecting their performances, big show is February 9

40 Years Ago THE HASTINGS STAR-GAZETTE February 11, 1982 Some headlines: Armory bonds burned in ceremony Some property taxes increased by 49 percent Plans underway for senior citizen center Officials react to proposed DWI laws Library to show John Wayne film (about a “legendary gunfighter” with cancer) DNR approves water posting (for open water due to aerators at Lake Rebecca Park and Natural Space) Film on child prostitution to be shown at Hastings National Guard Armory, show people what can be done about it.

News from Across the River 100 Years Ago THE PRESCOTT TRIBUNE The library was open to the public 63 hours during January.

February 4th was our banner day. 128 books were lent and $1.25 collected in fines and rentals.

The Librarian would like to call borrower’s attention to overdue books. Carelessness and forgetfulness are generally the causes for delinquency in this. Librarians are under no obligations to notify patrons when books are not returned by a specified date, but it is a courtesy and business regulation almost universally observed.

115 Years Ago CANNON FALLS BEACON February 15, 1907 A. Carlberg Dead One More of our Old Settlers Gone to the Better Land.

Andrew Carlberg died at his home in Clinton, Minnesota, on Saturday morning, February 2, 1907, at 2 o’clock a.m. He was taken sick Tuesday night, January 29, with pneumonia, and lived just 96 hours from the time he was taken sick till he died.

The funeral was held on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Swedish Lutheran church in this village, Rev. A. Engdahl officiating, and the burial was made3 in the Clinton cemetery. All of the children of the deceased were present at the funeral.

Mr. Carlberg was born in Sweden November 4, 1831. He was married June 24th, 1858, and moved to America in the year of 1868 and settled on a farm in Goodhue County, where he lived for four years.

He then moved to Cannon Falls, Minnesota, which at that time was an inland town. He was engaged as a teamster (wagon driver), hauling flour from the Hastings mills to the merchants of Cannon Falls, which he followed with other things til the year of 1878. He again pulled stakes and moved west to Big Stone county, of which he was one of the pioneers to file on a homestead and tree claim. And here he endured great hardships, especially during the winters of the 80s. But his home was always hospitable, and no way worn landseeker would ever need pass his door without lodging and food He was one of the organizers of the first Lutheran church in Big Stone county, of which he has been a member and hard worker to maintain and build up ever since. He lived on his farm till the year 1891, when he moved to Clinton where he has lived till his death. He was father of 10 children, of whom five are living, three boys and two girls.—Clinton Advocate.

Youngberg—Norelius A pleasant little home wedding was celebrated on Wednesday evening, January 30, 1907, at the residence of Dr. Eric Norelius, Vasa, Minnesota.

The bride, Miss Martha Elizabeth Youngberg, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Youngberg of Cannon Falls, Minnesota, and has during the past years resided in Minneapolis. M. S. Norelius, who during the past twelve years has been identified with this newspaper work, is a correspondent for the American Press Association of Chicago, and is well known, especially among the Scandinavian Americans of the Northwest.

The wedding was informal and characteristic, because it was absolutely free from cumbersome conventionalities. The immediate relatives of the contracting parties were present. Arthur W. Peterson, a life-long friend of the groom was best man, and Mis Ida Youngberg, a sister of the bride, was the bride’s maid Miss Mathilda Brynteson and Miss Hilma Hultgrean were the Vasa guests, and Miss Augusta Dotty of Minnespolis was an out of town guest.

The bride wore a dainty princess gown of white silk, and carried bride’s roses. The groom was attired in evening dress.

Dr. Eric Norelius, father of the groom, was the officiating clergyman. Mr. and Mrs. Norelius will reside in Minneapolis.—Red Wing Republican Also 115 Years Ago The Daily Gazette By Irving Todd & Son January 30, 1907 Asylum Notes P. M. Ringdal, the new chairman of the board of control, made his first visitation yesterday, being much pleased with the management of the institution and its beautiful surroundings.

Puncture Proof Tires Pneumatic Tube Protected by combination of steel and rubber What is claimed to be an absolutely puncture proof pneumatic tire has recently been placed upon the market by an Indianapolis (Ind.) firm. The tire is made in two styles—a heavy, solid rubber tread for pleasure cars and a steel tread for commercial vehicles. When fitted with the former, this new tire consists of a pneumatic tire resting on a steel rim and encased in two steel bands that follow the contour of the pneumatic tire until about one-third of the tread is covering, the steel bands being bolted to the rim of the wheel. 155 Years Ago THE HASTINGS

GAZETTE Edited by Todd & Stebbins Saturday, February 23, 1867 Soil for heat! Minnesota News The Winona Republican says that a peat bed of about ten acres has been discovered in the vicinity of Chatfield. The specimens gather, although in crude state, are said to burn well when used in a stove.

Music Written for the Gazette.

What is rhythm? Rhythm may be regarded as the life of music, and relates to the length of sound. It is a general name for all kinds of time. It is the variety in the movement, the longness or shortness of the notes. Strict musical rhythm is only perceptible by the ear. The rythmus of the ancients was very different from that of the moderns—the changes therein being only those made form one kind of metre to another. In good modern music the constitution of the rythmus differs from that of the verse, so far, that in setting music to words, the thing chiefly regarded is to accommodate the long and short note s to the syllables in such manner as that the words be well separated, and the accentuated syllables of each word so conspicuous, that what is sung can be distinctly understood.