History of New Rockford: July 17, 2023

About 5 p.m. Feb. 9, 1906, W.S. Farquhar suffered a stroke and died at 11:15. He had shown no signs of ill health during the day. For six years he had been the representative of the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co. in New Rockford, but his home was Farmington, Minn., where his wife and daughter lived. They were reached by telephone and went to Minneapolis to catch the train, but another call...