In 1898, Jordan’s Cole and George factory caught fire | Jordan News

Ideal Minnesota weather prevails.

Broom maker Broos made a large delivery to New Prague yesterday.

Machinist Rick went to Shakopee and purchased the elevator from the old Wampach wagon factory.

The quarantine restrictions have been raised and Banker Schreiner’s family is again liberated from that law.

The electric light plant is completed and on Tuesday evening manufactured an electric current for lighting purposes. Those who now receive light are the Mill, Merchants Hotel, American House, C.W. Kaufman’s saloon, C. Juni’s hardware store, John Stimel’s saloon, The Jordan Independent, J.H. Nicolin’s residence and the editor’s residence. Many others are having electricity put in at once.

Nicolin’s Mill Pond will be a busy scene next Monday when their ice house will be filled, the butcher’s ice houses and other private ice houses, besides several farmers will haul ice for home consumption on Tuesday and Wednesday. All wishing ice will be accommodated.

Yesterday morning soon after H. Nicolin opened his elevator a fire was discovered coming from the office door. As soon as noticed he rushed to the office and found the timber around the safe and the stove pipe to be on fire. It was soon extinguished with a few buckets of water, without an alarm sent.

William Golden is the new proprietor of the Adams saloon. He will take charge on March 1.

At 5:30 a.m. the factory of Cole and George burned. The fire department responded promptly, but there was no water available anywhere. Originating in the workshop in the second story, nearly in the center of the factory had made considerable headway and was breaking through the roof. Of the property destroyed the main building and store room were burned to the ground. A burned-off steam pipe in the engine room permitted the steam to escape and the site of the engine room was blown out. The fire was extinguished early saving the engine and boiler. Carrying buckets of water the fire was cut off saving the pattern house. Nearly 50 employees lost all their tools and entire hits. During the past year the factory had done a large business and sold over $50,000 worth of machines.

Last Tuesday Mr. Albert Pekarna and Mrs. Anne Ouski were married at St. John’s Church.

The Jordan Sand Company is putting in new machinery and bins for screening and washing sand. Owners are W.F. Dietrich and son Leslie.

There will be four eclipses in 1921. The sun eclipses will be April 8 and Oct. 1. The moon will eclipse on April 21 and Oct. 16.

Mrs. Nettie Kincel, 89, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Kipp.

Now that baseball is over — Home Run King Babe Ruth is switching to basketball playing and capturing the New York Passaic team.

A big drop in Jell-O — two packages for 25 cents.

Mudbaden announced it has installed a motion picture machine free to guests. All reels are standard.

It rained a little early yesterday. The idea of rain is usually unknown.

Hubert Allman left for Chicago after being here for his brother’s funeral and visiting family members.

Nice solid winter weather with a few below zero mornings. It should ensure a good ice crop.

There will be English services at St. Paul’s Lutheran at 9:30 a.m. Sunday and German service at 10:30 a.m.

Last Sunday, Dr. N.J. Marxen, dentist, succeeded to the office and practice of Dr. A.H. Jani.

John Michel purchased the George Schmitt property on North Shakopee street.

The young people of the Jordan Methodist Church will hold a social in the newly-renovated church basement this evening. All are welcome.

Jeweler Paul Hunzinger is back at the store after a week’s illness with tonsillitis.

This is a better winter than last for getting out cordwood and wherever there is timber more cordwood is being prepared.

Considerable grain is being hauled to market during the recent raise in prices. The rain and sleet of yesterday has made roads so slippery that not much hauling could be done.

Protesting one decision of umpires Geno Taddei and Paul Sunder, the Montgomery basketball team walked off the floor at the game last Saturday afternoon. Montgomery was playing the wheels at the time and quit the game at the score of Jordan 51 and Monty 50 with a minute and a half to go. If they had stayed, would they have won?

Damage will run into several thousand dollars as the result of a blaze of undetermined origin in Tiller mercantile and residence building (former Lebens property) on Water Street. Fire started in the North end— two-story frame porch at the rear of the brick building. The fire swept upward, heat broke three windows in the kitchen and bathroom upstairs. All of Miss Tiller’s wardrobe was a loss. It was a hot fire and the firemen worked hard and quick.

The Methodist church will have a Father and Son Banquet at the church on Feb. 1.

Many residents expressed themselves as pleased with the week’s weather. Five nights had subzero temperatures and one day was subzero all day. Two days had mild thawing. One light snow flurry came Monday evening. Most days were sunny and pleasant winter weather.

Two Jordan boys, Paul Wermerskirchen and Donald Peller are among the Scott County boys called for selective service with the armed forces and will report Jan. 31.

Charles Ransom, 79, died and is buried in Chaska. He will be remembered driving his big greys as he hauled the water-carrying street sprinkler on Water, First and Second streets and Broadway.

Terry Morlock is ill at home with a touch of pneumonia. He took sick at school in St. Paul last week.

Mrs. William Breimhorst, R.N. is employed in the office of Dr. Frederick M. Hass.

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Schwichtenburg was given the name Arlen Gene at his baptism on Sunday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

Battle of Music — Jerry Dostal and Harold Picha will be at Mertz Hall next Thursday. Dance starts at 9 p.m.

A Masquerade Party and old-time music this Saturday evening, Jan. 27, at Ruppert’s Bar.

Scott County will have a child care center near Jordan sponsored by a Mobilization of Resources grant through the Scott-Carver Economic Council, Inc. Opening day is planned for Feb. 15.

To be known as the Creative Play Center for the day care of 3- to 5-year-olds, the center will be located on the grounds of Valleyview, two miles North of Jordan, just off Highway 169. A building on the nursing home grounds has been remodeled for childcare use.

The Jordan High School junior and senior bands will present their seventh annual winter concert Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 8:15 p.m. in the high school gym under the direction of Cliff Klehr.

Bell Telephone Company crews this week removed the overhead telephone lines along Sunset Drive and along the St. Lawrence Township road to Old Highway 169.

The toll lines were all placed underground last summer in a $6 million project and put into operation then.

School board accepts “with regrets” resignation of two of its members. Susan Hoffman gave no reason for stepping down but did state in her letter that she would continue to support them in all their efforts to provide a quality education to the children of the district.

Robert Hansen felt compelled to resign because his youngest daughter has enrolled in a private school in Excelsior and is no longer in the district.

Names of persons who would be interested to fill the two vacancies will be considered and appointed for the remaining term of one-and-a-half years.

First days of Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf, made people stop and listen.

At Jordan High School instructor Jim Simon posed questions to his sophomore English class the day after the attack. Approximately two dozen students submitted a short composition about their feelings about the war.

Remaining sole survivor of the Last Man’s Club, which has a fraternal group of Jordan World War I veterans, John Hagie, died Jan. 9, 1991, at the age of 96.

It was in 1939 that these men decided to form this group. The charter of membership was open until Feb. 28, 1940, after it was permanently closed at 51 members. They met annually. In their later years wives were included, so now included a supper.

The Scott West Panthers Wrestling Team took no prisoners as it ambushed the Norwood Indians on Thursday, Jan. 17 by a lopsided 51 to 9 score.

The Jordan Hubmen made a change from their normal man-to-man defense by using a zone against the New Prague Trojans. The results were good as Scott Franek and his Trojans hit a barrage of three-point baskets to overturn Jordan 61-44.