St. Michael City

St. Michael City

St. Michael, commonly called St. Michael's, a thriving inland village, is located three miles south of Albertville (St. Michael's station), and nineteen miles northeast of Buffalo. It is well situated on the Crow river, is modern and prosperous, has good streets and sidewalks, and is the centre of one of the most fertile farm regions in this part of the country. Since the earliest days, the settlement has eentered around the Catholic church. The present building, cathedral-like in its grandeur, dominates the landscape. A daily stage connects the village with Albertville. There is a good hotel here, and flour and sawmills as well as a ereamery. <A brief business directory follows: Lena Zachmann, postmistress; John Barblen, shoemaker; Mathew Barthel, Jr., saloon; Berning Bros., flour and saw mill; A. Bridiws, general store; H. W. Dick & Son; A. Duerr, Jr., undertaker; J. Duerr, blacksmith; John Goeb, jeweler; John Jacob, blacksmith; F. Jaeger, harness; Milian Michael Co., medicine manufacturers, A, Ludeman, physician; Conrad Schumm, genera] store; State Bank, S. J. Mealey, president; R. A. Zachmann, cashier. Sunflower Cooperative Creamery Association, B. B. Bloms, secretary; G. Wachter, hotel; Zachmann & Bloms, general store.

dohn Igel opened a store at the present site of St. Michael's in the late fifties. In 1863 he sold to Henry Invie, who in the spring of 1866, sold out to F. T. Aydt and Joseph Vetsch. Aydt bought out his partner and continued in business for many years. John K. Zachmann was the next merchant at St. Michael's. He started July 4, 1878, and remained in business for a long period.

Henry Invie, who from 1863 to 1866 had a store at St. Michael's, later bought a farm in section 36, and in 1872 opened a store on the present site of Hanover. In 1877 he sold out to L. W. Haefer, who erected @ new building, opened a hotel, and became postmaster.

The citizens of St. Michael's on December 14, 1889, presented to the county commissioners a petition asking that the village be incorporated. The commissioners granted the petition, and called an election for February 10, 1890, at which time thirty-six votes were cast in favor of the incorporation, and eight against it. The inspectors of the election were J. H. Dick, F. T. Aydt and Nik. Engel. At the time of the petition for the incorporation the wensus showed the village to contain 192 residents.

The petitioners for the imcorporation were: Nik. Engel, Anthony Berning, John Boerbehn, Fred Gutzwiller, Math Mueller, Gottleib Stos, F. T. Aydt, Nick Georges, John Minth, C. Schuman, Peter Georges, Allex Dehmer, A. Brixius, Hubert Dick, John K, Zaekman, Joseph Hagemeyer, Frank Preusser, Frank Minth, U, Anselment William Zahler, George E. Weiss, J. H. Dick,

South Haven

Thurston William Weum, 8S. B., M. D., chief surgeon of the Weum Hospital, and general practitioner of South Haven, was born in Norcross, Grant county, Minn., May 7, 1882, son of Mons T. and Gertrude (Hoidal) Weum. Mons T. Weum is a prominent merchant and banker of Moorhead, Minn. He was born March 20, 1857. His wife was born August 5, 1859, and died June 15, 1903. Thurston W. Wenm passed through the graded schools and in 1900 graduated with honors from the Moorhead High school. After attending the University of Minnesota four and a half years, he entered the University of Chicago, from which he was graduated with the degree of S. B. in 1906. To complete his medical education he then entered the Northwestern University, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1908, His post graduate work was done as an interne for a year in St. Luke's Hospital in Denver. Thus equipped for the noble profession he had chosen for his life work, he opened an office in Duluth, November 1, 1909. He successfully practiced in that place for three years. It was on September 13, 1912, that he eame to South Haven. The results that his work would achieve were evident from the start. Dr, Weum has been remarkably successful in his work, both surgical and in general practice, and the reputation he is gaining is proving a valuable asset, not only to himself, and to the splendid hospital that he has established, but also to the village of South Haven. Mr. Weum's standing in the medical world is shown by his affiliations. While studying for his science degree he was made a member of the Phi Gamma Delta, while his medical school fraternity was the Alpha Kappa Kappa. He belongs to the Wright County and Crow River Valley Medical Societies, and to the Minnesota State and American Medical Associations, as well as to the American. Society of Railroad Surgeons and the ''Soo"' Railroad Surgical Society. Before various of these societies he has read papers of much value to the medical and surgical profession. He is likewise a member of the A. F. & A. M. and medical examiner of the W.-M. A. and the A. 0. U. M. The family faith is that of the Presbyterian church. Dr. Weum was married December 15, 1909, to Evelyn Zoe Schaffnit, and they have one child, Marjorie Gertrude, born February 27, 1911. Evelyn Zoe Schaffnit was born in Central City, Colo., March 26, 1886, daughter of Leonard and Emily (Miller) Schaffnit. She graduated from the Denver High school, and then attended Wolfe Hall, a select Episeopal school for young ladies, also at Denver. In 1907 she graduated from the St. Luke's Hospital Traiming School, in the same city. Leonard Schaffnit was born April 29, 1848, and lives in Los Angeles. His wife was born April 5, 1858, and died February 15, 1900.

The Weum Hospital is one of the leading institutions of Wright county, and is spreading the fame of South Haven far beyond the confines of the state. The institution represents the embodiment of a dream cherished for many years by its founder, Dr. Thurston William Weum, a distinguished physician and surgeon, 'The hospital is constructed along the latest improved lines, and has the most modern equipment throughout. The building was started in the fall of 1912, completed February 1, 1913, and the first patient received February 3, 1913. The structure, 50 by 38 feet, is set in the midst of spacious grounds, 125 by 129 feet. It is of brick veneer, two full stories high with basement, and a double-de:k front veranda, 10 by 46 feet, and screened. There are twenty-two rooms. Provisions have been made for twelve patients at the same time. There is also ample provision for offices and reception rooms, and living rooms for the family and the head nurse. The place is absolutely fire proof, with modern plumbing and septic tank, steam heat, eleetric lights, and complete scientific equipment. All cases except contagious ones, are received. Twenty-five cases were cared for the first eleven months. Sixty-three cases were attended the first twenty months. Seventy-five per cent of the eases were surgical. Clara Ruff, who has been the head nurse since the institution opened, is a graduate of St. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis.