New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-02
Miss Gretchen Behnke was Mankato
visitor over Monday.

Miss Gretchen Behnke was Mankato
visitor over Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto D. English visited
New Ulm friends Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Lorena Buehrer came home from
St. Paul last week to look after the house
while Mrs. Buehrer is away on her trip
West.
Mrs. Lewis Merrill of Minneapolis
and Mrs. Antony Schiller of Jordan have
been visiting with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hy. Engel.
Miss Frieda Wiegand of GAINESVILLE,
Mimi, former teacher in our schools,
visited from Saturday to yesterday with
her former cO-Workers and other friends.
Internal Revenue Collector F. J.
Nenno of this district removed with this
family to North Mankato last week
where they will make their future home.
Last Wednesday afternoon Mrs. c..
G. Holm entertained quite number of
the older ladies of the Methodist Church
in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Holm,
Sr.
A. G. Wagner was in the city last week
visiting relatives and friends. He left
Friday afternoon for Henning, Mime
sofa, where he will spend his vacation
for the next four weeks.
F. H. Behnke returned from his
fishing trip in Wisconsin Friday evening.
During his absence his mother, Mrs.
Esther Behnke, visited with friends in
the Town of Home.
Miss Trunette Smith who has been
visiting with her sister, Mrs. H. H.
Walters, for several days last week left
for Ivanhoe Saturday where she will
visit for few days with her sister Irene,
one of the teahcers in the Ivanhoe public
schools.
Frank P. Zschunke received word
Monday morning that his niece Adebel
Zschunke had died Sunday at St. Paul,
aged II years. The remains were
taken to Mankato and laid to rest near
her fathers yesterday afternoon. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Zschunke and his
mother and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Zschunke
of Springfield attended the funeral.
Yesterday three young ladies from
Brown County and one from Nicollet
County graduated from the St. Clair
Seminary at Winona. They are Miss
Florence Baer of this city; Miss Irene
Forster and Miss Alice Ochs of Spring
field and Miss Ernestine Huelskamp of
the town of West Newton. In addition
to graduating from the regular course,
Miss Ochs will also graduate from the
vocal department Of the St. Cecelian
conservatory.
General Oscar Nelson came to New
New Ulm last Friday evening to spend
day with Mrs. Ida Bobleter whose son
Allie Schorregge was his dearest comrade
on the bennington" which was blown
up in San Diego harbor ten years ago.
General Nelson was on the boat at the
time but escaped death and was able
to rescue the body of his comrade.
His affection for the man who lost his
life made warm welcome for him at the
Vogel home where he remained until
Sunday. Since the time of the destruc-
ton of the Bennington he has been
travelling with the fleet all over the
world but is now at his home in Mime
apolis. Mr.. Nelson said that before
the explosion that wrecked the 'Benning-
ton" took place he had several times
warned the government officials that the
boilers were unsafe to carry the heavy
load put upon them but no attention
was paid to his advice. After the dis
aster when he and others were on trial
for carelessness, a note book he had kept
showing the notices of danger he had
sent to the officials was all that saved
him and his comrades from severe
punishment. He also told of the re-
pairing of the Bennington" which cost
100000 and it's sale to Mexico for
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