You’re probably still all thinking about the circus and what a great time it was, and I must confess that I’m still thinking about it myself. You see, this was one of the best dates I’ve had for a while. I’m new in town, but I’m out there trying to meet the young ladies. I…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-Henry Riley, frequent unsatisfied patron at Nellie’s Restaurant, believes he has pinpointed what is wrong with the establishment. “You see, I have it all figured out,” Henry excitedly shares. “The problem with this place is high turnover. I mean, look at all these employees you have here–first it was Nellie and it was…
Walnut Grove, Minn. – Sources report that the recent visitation of Benjamin and Edna Cohen has illuminated the fact that Percival Dalton (born Isaac Cohen), chose his name in an effort to fit in and find employment. “Harriet had all kind of issues with the Cohen family,” Nels Oleson comments, “but did it ever once…
New York, New York– Recent reports indicate that Elliott Reed, father of Sarah Carter, bets that his daughter’s family regrets not taking him up on his recent offer now that their house has been blown up in advance of the railroad coming to Walnut Grove. “I want to make it clear that I never approved…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-Recent reports from the small farming community reveal that Charles Ingalls wants everyone to understand that he would have punched Jenny Sherman’s husband anyway. It seems that recently while Jenny labored with the couple’s first child, Dr. Baker was out of town. Dr. LeDoux, recent addition to Walnut Grove’s professional community, rushed to…
Sleepy Eye, Minn.–Recent reports indicate that a large percentage of the workers installing telephone poles across southern Minnesota are disgruntled by a loss of alcohol that could have been easily and entirely prevented. Shaughnessy, cook for the work crew, spent weeks brewing and distilling moonshine only to abandon the enterprise when his machinery exploded. Crewmen…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-Breaking news from the snowed-in Ingalls home indicate that this Christmas has supplanted everyone’s Christmas they never forgot. “After spending all day, all night, and then this whole day again in this house, I am telling you, I have seen some things in my day but this about tops them all,” Hester Sue…
Walnut Grove, Minn.- A decision Charles Ingalls recently made has relegated his family to eating lightly for the foreseeable future with impacts possibly extending to the Christmas season. The Ingalls family, no stranger to times of poverty, is forced to tighten their belts for an unusual reason this time: Charles’s impulse purchase of a snow…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-Reverend Alden is disappointed that he once again had to remind his congregation that he has feelings. “This takes me right back to when I met Anna,” Alden shares. “People act like just because I’m a Reverend I don’t feel things, but I do. I am a man and I feel things. Like…
Walnut Grove, Minn.-Recent reports indicate that Isaiah Edwards’ sober escapades have that time he injured Albert in a drunk wagon driving incident and then didn’t take him to the doctor looking tame compared to some of his sober antics. “I think it was the monkey for me,” Nels Oleson, proprietor of Oleson’s Mercantile, indicates. “I…
