New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-12
LIVE OVER EARLY DAYS
Pioneers Celebrate Founding Of
New UIn.
Fifty Years Since First-Comers
Arrived by Ok Team.
Loving Cups Presented to Venera.
bic Settlers of 81.

New Ulm was fifty years old Friday
and in honor of the event the New Ulm
Turnverein gave a celebration at its
hall Friday evening which was attend
ed by over 500 people, pioneers, Junior
Pioneers and other citizens.
The affair was in charge of COM
mittee of the Junior Pioneers and they
had made elaborate preparations for
the evening. A banquet was served
and following this a program in the
theater was given, including speeches
by Pioneers and Juniors. Present at
the celebration were four of the only
six surviving settlers of 1854, Alois
Palmer, Mrs. Elizabeth Henle, Peter
Mack and Meinrad Wall, and these
were the guests of especial honor.
It was fully 6:45 before the company
sat down at banquet tables. Prof
Herman Helm, one of the Junior Pho
neers, in a few words babe the guests
welcome on behalf Of the Juniors.
Covers had been laid for 300 and the
tables did not accommodate all. Dur
ing the progress of the banquet the
Turner Hall orchestra played a few
pleasing selections.
The spread over, Prof. Helm, acting
as POSTMASTER, introduced DR.. L. A.
Fritsche who formally welcomed the
Pioneers, dwelling on the appropri-
ateness of the occasion and the honor
due to those who had cleared the path
for settlement in this country. He
also gave brief sketch of the found
ing of the city, giving all his remarks
in German.
MAYOR ENTOLLS PIONEERS.
Following this the orchestra rem
dered selection. Then Ernst Brandt
spoke of the early days and recalled
some "reminiscences of his settlement
here. Hereupon Mayor Silverson was
called on and after briefly speaking in
German read an address in English,
expressing his pleasure at being able
to be present at such gathering, and
extolling the fortitude of the early set
tiers.
John Manderfeld, Ben Juni, S. A.
George and Herm. Plath gave incidents
of the pioneer days. This closed the
speaking and the company repaired to
the opera house above to listen to the
program that was announced from the
stage.
Col. VIM. Pfaender was first intro
duced and gave his address in Ger
man. He confined himself to history
of the city to the time that the same
was plated as it now stands. The de-
tails were practically as were given in
the last issue of the Review.
Mr.. Pfaender read the names of the
first company of settlers, consisting of
thirty-two. Of these only four we're
present and occupied seats of honor
in the boxes of the theater. They
were Mrs. Elizabeth Henle, Peter
Mack, Alois Palmer and M. Wall.
All Of these, except Mr.. Palmer, seem
to be in the best of health. About a
year ago Mr.. Palmer was stricken
with blindness and presented vener-
able figure as he sat among his early
companions.
COL. PFAENDER REMINISCENT.
Mr.. Pfaender mentioned the fact that
at the time of the establishment Of the
city the nearest railroad point was
Galena, Ill, and that there we're at
that time no Geographic connections
in the territory of Minnesota. The
speaker closed with special words of
praise for these first settlers, and ex-
pressed the hope that an organization
might be perfected which would make
it possible to have regular meetings
and recall the old days.
/ The next number on the program
was song by mixed choir under the
leadership of A. J. Alvin. That gen
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