Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-15

HlESSEL WRITES II FROM GER.
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8essel, formerly Of this city; but nov
ot Brainerd, TO the Dispatch Of thai
place. Mi. Hessel is touring Cor
many, and it no doubt will be Of In:
terest to many Of our readers. 3' I'LL.
Frankfurt, Ger many, June Is, 1904.
"Just returned from the 1nterra-
tional Automobile race at Hamburg.
t was immense, The Emperor Will.
lam, whole lot Of princes from ali
countries of Europe aud thousands oil
people o>ervinR the Gordon Bennett
race of 100 or more machines made
the sight certainly worth seeing. Ger
many, Italy, Austria, ENGLAND,
France and Belgium took part. Jen-
atzi hsd the lead but soon the French
man Therry overlook him. The races
were the most exciting sight I ever
saw. The French were certainly ex-
cited and Vive La France with "vlve
pempereur' could be heard from
where l sat. Hamburg is about is
miles from here and We certainly had
a gala day.
''We returned to Frankfurt at 8 80
p. NJ, and while was seated in the
beautiful terraces of Hotel Royal,
psrtaking of my supper, the auto
mobiles returned so thick that traffic
had TO be suspended for q time. The
automo bilists, ladies and gentlemen
with busters over body and face,
looked tired ard in need of refresh
ments and a general cleaning up.
"This city is full of people from all
parts Of the world and in corridors Of
hotels you hear Babylonic mixture
Of languages. We found several
Americans. Today passed patriot
ic store. whose proprietor had our
red. white and blue flag with the
stars handing out. We saluted the
flag and felt homelike.
frankfurt, where clerked in 1859
is hardly recognizable to me. The
old and the new parts of the city are
so changed. Few old landmarks I re-
member in all this cosmopolitan rich
city. Fine public and private build
ings, elegant Offices and Stores with
lots Of parks and monuments, very
wide streets and.. Sidewalks, all asphalt
paved, an immense throng of people
in the new part of the city, with the
narrow streets and old buildings
erected 900 years ago, in old town
especially, the old stone bridge In the
middle of which stands monument
of Neponnick. is sight mingled with
the old and the new which certainly
cannot be forgotten.
''The crops are fine, and they look
better. than usual this year, although
businessmen complain. This morn
Ing 1t IT,, warm and raining which
made me retire to my room and do
some writing.
have made trip around Ger
many, from Hamburg went to Bre-
men, Osnabruck, Munster. Hagen In
Westphalia and then to Wermel-
ekirchen.. I also visited the interna-
tional... flower show at Dreeseldorf,
beautifully SITUATED on the banks of
the Rhine. I took q steamer and
sailed up the beautiful river Rhine,
whose narrow winding path through
the high hills clad with old castles
and surrounded by charming legends,
'ineyards and happy singing people.
l soon landed at Bingen, fair "Bingen
on the Rhine" from where I went by
railroad to Bad Crengnach, my old
home. where I found my relatives
we'll, but was greatly astonished to
see Uncle John as hearty and well. I
stopped with my UNCLE. q. Homes,
banker. and was treated royalty.
"This old town with old, old build
ings and narrow streets, built on
large stone bridge, reminded me
with tears in my eyes Of happy
spent youth. I could not helped be-
ing more or less excited all the time.
I spent days In my old home and a
happy five days at that. Visited my
mother grave. found but few Of
my relatives and friends alive, q sign
that am getting old too. From here
I 20 to Weimar and Saxony and back
to Hamburg. Hope you and all friends
are hale and hearty. With regards to
you and my friends I remain,
Very truly yours,
J. G.. HESSEL.
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