New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-09-23
LOCAL NOTES


Miss Irene Holmberg of St. Peter is a
guest at the L. B. Krook home this week.
Geo. Siege of Nicollet has accepted
position with the well-known Henningsen
Insurance Agency.
Mrs. Joe Karl and son Lester visited
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Bierbaum at Tracy.
Word was received here few days ago
that Rev. Campbell who was at one time
the pastor of the Congregational Church
passed away at Trinidad, Col. Death
was due to tuberculosis.
Mrs. Fred Spoerhase came down from
Winthrop Sunday to attend the Old
Settlers Picnic, and visit with her sisters,
Mrs. Alvin and Mrs. Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Jahnke, and
Grandpa Julius are all rejoicing over
the arrival of a fine baby boy who arrived
at the Jahnke home Friday last.
j. A. Ochs went to Faribault Sunday
morning and returned with Mrs. Ochs
who had been visiting there with friends
and relatives for few days.
The Misses Minnie Pfsterer, Agnes
Esser, Erna Holzinger and Jeanette
Meile spent Sunday al home. They
are all students at Mankato Normal.
The date of the recital to be given by
Mrs. Viola Frederick and Miss Frances
Krook has been changed from the 25th
of September to the LIST of October: It
will be given at the Congregational
Church.
Chas. Hauenstein made trip to
Chicago last week to accompany his
daughter, Miss Henrietta, back to school
at Mort hwestern University, where she
is studying music.
Lawrence Neumann and Gustav Sell
left Sunday afternoon to return to their
studies at Madison University. Law
renee had been at home all summer but
Gustav was here for only short visit.
Miss Frances Krook entertained at
dinner last Saturday, in honor of Miss
Leola Stricken and Mr.. Fred Stadel-
bauer, both of whom were leaving to go
back to school. Covers were placed for
twelve young ladies and young men, who
sof St. Peter was also an honor guest.
Miss Margaret Schoch will not return
to Rockford this year but will enter
Wisconsin University to continue her
course in Domestic Science. She left
Sunday. Madison has a big contingent
of New Ulm students, besides several
instructors who claim New Ulm as their
old time home.
Nicolet County takes great pride in
dhe preparation of her exhibit for the
State Fair and it's excellence is steadily
increasing. The first year they exhibited
they won 7th place and last year took
9th. This season they stood 4th and
TOOK 5000 prize in the bargain. Good
work.
It's something every week at the city
light station. Last week considerable
work was done in the line of repairs on
the wells and pumps. The new reservoir
is now in use after having been soaked
out with lime solution to sterilize it
and while the chemical is still going into
city water it is in such limited quantities
that is it scarcely noticeable. The old
cisterns have not yet been filled up and
probably will be kept for use in time of
sudden need.
G. A. Ottomeyer was agreeably sur
prised early last week when Geo. Doelle
of Royal, Iowa called on him at the store.
Mr.. Doelle is a prosperous Iowa farmer
who came here to look at some farms
He is very favorably impressed with this
community and may buy here He and
Mr.. Ottomeyer hadn't seen each other
for IS years. Since the days when
they went to school together in the old
fatherland.