New Ulm review., 1909-02-17
DEATH CALLS CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Survivor Of First Minnesota Battery
Answers Final Summons at
St. Peter.

| Fred Gerboth, an old soldier and
for many years a prominent citizen OF
New Ulm died at st. Peter last Fri
day and will be buried today, the fu-
neral being held from the family resi-
dence on Washington street this after
noon.
Mr. Gerboth was born in Prussia on
the llth of June, 1910. He came to
America with his parents in 1916 and
located at Brownsville, Pa. Fourteen
years later he became a resident of
Courtland township in this state, and
it was while living there that he enlist
ed in the First Minnesota Battery, an
organization with which he served
until 1864, taking part in the battles
OF Shiloh and Corinth, the siege OF
Vicksburg and Sherman's famous
march to the sea.
After the war he returned to Court
land and married Carrie Grimmer who
with one son, Edward Gerboth Of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, survives him.
In 1857 be moved to New Ulm and
for several years was an engineer in
one Of the local mills. After that he
conducted a store in Iberia and still
later worked on farm near Sleepy
Eye. In 1897 he returned to New Ulm
to spend his declining days.
A couple of years ago terrible af-
Fiction overcame him and only recent
ly was necessary to send him to a
hospital in st. Peter. He died there
unexpectedly while his wife was at
the home of her son in Iowa.
Miss Vera Stricken came home from
Carleton College at Mortified Thurs.
day evening for brief vacation.
John Schneider is again mingling
with his friends about town after
nearly months wrestling with the
smallpox.
Miss Ida Bierbaum succeeds Miss
Carrie Schmidt as long distance oper.
ator for the Minnesota Central Tele.
phone company.
Mrs. William Alvin was eighty-tour
years old Sunday. All of her chill.
dren living in the city and Mrs. Her.
man Breitkreutz of Arlington Joined
with the venerable old lady in cele
brating the event.
Ferd. Crone, VIM. Huevelmann
VIM. Gluth and Wm. Bethke, mem
bers of a newly organized stock com
pany, went to the Twin Cities yester
day with the view of purchasing ;
thoroughbred stallion
II. j. Tom, father of Mrs. L. J
Buenger, was pleasantly surprised a
the latter's home Wednesday evening
by a number of friends who hat
gathered there to assist him in cele
brating the sixty fifth anniversary o
his birthday.
: The marriage of Herbert Bruesk,
and Miss Bertha Nagel occurred a
the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
J and Mrs. Carl Nagel, Wednesda,
/ afternoon. The Review finds pleas
) ure in offering the deserving yount
couple its heartiest congratulations
The Lincoln memorial exercises a
the court house Friday afternoon wer
enjoyed by several hundred people
The program, although a lengthy one
: was not tedious and praise is heart
: on every hand for the fine addresse
, OF Prof. Ackermann, Rev. Sauter an,
7 Miss Mathilda Meile.
Mrs. SCHNEIDER, who went from her
to Wisconsin Immediately followin,
the death of her husband, returne,
last week and has been in charge q
her Photographic studio in the Henl
building since Monday. J. P. Wed
mark, an experienced photographer Q
minneapolis, will have charge of tn
studio after this week.
Court litigation is apt to resul
from the failure of the ire insuranc
companies to satisfactorily adjust th
loss on the Wilson drug stock i
Sleepy Eye, incurred in recent fire
The owners of the stock carried S5, 70
worth of insurance and claim thi
amount is no more than sufficient t
cover the extent of their loss. Thi
the insurance companies refuse t
i concede, and a settlement seems In
+ possible.
As an aftermath of "Mrs. Temple
4 Telegram" it is related that the nea
i day high school boy, who had see
I the show, annoyed his teacher an
was ordered to take a seat in the fror