New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-26

/ Albert Pfaender has been putting in
considerable time the last few days in
| getting out among the voters in the
country and getting acquainted. He
says that things are looking very
favorable for his candidacy for the
Legislature.
M. Mullen and Charles Stuebe left
! Wednesday for Everett, S. D., to
superintend the work on their ranch
near that place preparatory to the fall
shipping of cattle. The length of their
stay will be determined by the work at
hand.
The rifles which the city ordered for
the police department arrived last
\ week and New Ulm now will be even
better protected than ever against evil
doors. The guns will stand in the
station, but are to be used only in
case of emergency.
Andrew j. Eckstein entertained the
officers of the Seventh battalion and
| General Bobleter and his staff at a
six O'Clock dinner Thursday evening.
After the dinner the party adjourned
to the parlor and listened to music by
Miss Elsie Eckstein.
The suit of Einar Hoidale VS.. G. L.
Wood, Mr.. Hoidale being the nominal
! nj int ~
supreme court in favor of the defend
ant. Albert Pfaender was attorney
for Mr.. Wood. The sum involved was
only few dollars, and the suit had
been carried up from the justice court
through the district court.
T.. Mrs. B. G.. Weber has been placed
| by the nominating committee of the
| Federation of Women's clubs on the
| committee on mothers clubs. Mes
| danes Jacob w. Welcome and G. D.
Griffith of Sleepy Eye were also honor
ed, the former being placed on the
library committee and the latter on
the legislative committee.
Louis j. Buenger was host at a
bowling party Friday evening at the
New Ulm Bowling alleys, attended by
about fifty friends. The alleys were
| in excellent condition, but for some
reason some remarkably low scores
were made and many of the men found
themselves outdone by the women.
Shortly after eleven supper was served
at the Grand hotel.
De Wolf Hopper in "W ang" drew
large crowd from out of town Sun
day. Among those who were here
were: Edward Gieseke and wife, Geo.
Glotzbach, Rudolph Jensen, Rex and
William Bingham, DR.. and Mrs. r.
i w. Bayley, Miss Martha Eichmann,
Peter Hanson, Ed. Runitz, and Misses
Gertrude Franz and Adelaide Schnei-
der, from Sleepy Eye, and Robert
Pless and Joseph Fridel from Gibbon.
A small boy, a gasoline tank and a
match were the triple combination
which caused a fire in the storage
building in the rear of Mrs. Minnie
Laudenschlager's hardware store
Thursday night. Before the depart.
ment arrived the fire was out and the
only damage a few burned planks in the
floor. Prompt work was all that pre-
vented an explosion and big blaze.
First prize in the state butter scoring
contest has been awarded to Alfred A,
! Schroeder of Lafayette. He has beer
given rating of 96.43 per cent il
twelve consecutive tests dating from
last November, and held every month
since. The prize offered by Governor
Van SAINT is $75 silver cup. Second
and third prizes go to J. G. Joslin O.
Winsted and M. Sondergaard O.
/ Hutchinson.
Work on the telephoneimprovements
was practically at standstill fol
several days last. week. The cables are
all up and all that the company was
waiting for was experts in the art O
splicing cable ends. This class O.
help is scarce at the present time or
account of the demand created by big
building operations in the east. 1t is
expected to finish the work some
time in December, probably abou
Christmas.
| Several New Ulm hunters are camp
ed at Swan Lake on the old ground
where they have been every fall fol
). several years, and are putting in thei1
time shooting ducks. They expect tt
stay until it freezes up. The party in
cludes John Hauenstein, Jr., DR.. Petel
Graft, William Julius, Nichola!
Berndt, Thomas Kretsch and William
Herrian. Visitors from New Ulm ar.
many and the campers themselves com,
and go a great deal between camp ant
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