New Ulm review., 1909-09-22

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! NEWS ITEMS OF THE NOR T1WEST|
Cleaned from the Big Dailies for the little
Weekly by the exchange editor.
Two Harbors is to have new Opera
House.
The South Dakota presbytery met at
Parkston.
st. Cloud volunteer fire department.
voted to disband.
Young America and Norwood
schools have consolid ated.
Hot Springs, S. D., has a preacher
who runs an airdome theatre during
the week, singing his own illustrated
songs.
Francis B. Hart, the Minneapolis
attorney who was disbarred for time
for contempt of the supreme court, will
appear for the first time since before
that court as counsel for G. G.. Lyford,
Minneapolis, in a suit against the
Schmidt Brewing Co. The appeal in
this case, $40, 1925 damage suit, was
filed with the clerk of the supreme
court last Wednesday.
Duluth, Minn.-The annual state
convention of the W. C. T.=U. of Min
nesota is in progress in this city, and
there are over 200 present. One of the
features of the meeting was the address
by Mrs. Marry Harris Armor, presi-
dent of the W. G. T. U. of Georgia.
She declared that if the organization
is to accomplish anything like what is
possible in Minnesota that the men,
bers must get money, and give that
feature of the preparation for accom-
plishing temperance work more atten-
tion. The sum of $675 was raised.
Brainerd, Minn.-It has just trans
pired that when the late S. Katz, for
merly of this city, died in Minneapo-
lis, he left a large sum of money con-
cealed under the floor OF his building
on South Seventh street. When his
grandson, Isaac Greenburg, was here
few days ago to look after the prop
erty he took up the floor in the store
building, and in place designated by
the old gentleman before his death
found an iron kettle covered with tin
and buried in the ground. In this ket-
tie were over 81 900 in gold coin which
had been hidden there some time be-
fore his death by Mr.. Katz, who lived
a life of apparent poverty. Almost
his entire property is said to have
been left to his daughter, Mrs. G.
Greenburg, of Fargo.
Winona, Minn.-The total attend
ance at the ball games in Winona the
past season was 81, 470. At meeting
of the stockholders just held it was re-
ported that the receipts had met all the
expenses of the season and left a small
balance in the treasury with which to
start next year. It was decided to do
little grading and seeding on the
outfeld this fall to place it in better
condition for next year.
Sauk Center, Minn.-The mail car
riers on the rural routes brought in
l,27l lmoney orders, valued at $6, ,295. IS,
from the farmers to be forwarded from
Sauk Center. This is last month s
record, and it is expected that this
months money orders will be in
creased. The crops were never larger
or in better condition. Wheat has
yielded from II to Is bushels an acre;
; oats, barley and corn are more than
an average crop, and prices are good.
Iowa City. Iowa.-Alarmed by the
city water conditions, the university
authorities have consulted with the
city health officers and an Immediate
analysis of the city water supply will
be made.
Jasper, Minn.-The Farmers State
Bank of Jasper has been Incorporated
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Englebritson, John Rudd, Geo. Wick
erman and A. G. Kartrude.
Wausau, Wis.-The annual county
school board convention will be held
in this city Nov. %. Between four and
five hundred rural school board Off
GERS will be in attendance.
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| Marquette, Mich.-At cost of ap-
proximately $4,000, a new high school
building is to be erected in the village
of Baraga. Contracts for the work
have been awarded.
1 Iowa City, Iowa.-When the Uni
versity OF Iowa opens Monday there
| will be fifty three new faces in the
faculty.
La Crosse. Wis.-Property valua-
tion just completed by the city tax as
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