New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10

~ The Actives Of the New Tim Turn.
averein had an enjoyable Kommers
at the hall last Tuesday evening.
The Pfenninger residence on So.
German street was sold last week to
P. H. Furth. Consideration $4,3OO.OO
Mrs. Mary Berdan, who was visitor
at the home of her son, Fred, at Nor
gan for couple of weeks, returned
home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hillger and A.
Tauer returned to New Ulm Thursday
after visit with the Wenzel and Andrew
Tauer families of Morgan.
Mrs. A. Wing, former resident of
New Ulm and now of Usage, Iowa is
here on a visit and will remain here
for several weeks. She is a guest at
the home of Mrs. Ed. Hoffman, on Ger
man street.
A recent order of the postoffice
department makes it misdemeanor
punishable by a fine or Imprisonment
to use front door mail-boxes for the
purpose of presenting gas and electric
light bills and as receptacle for dodgers,
bargain sale posters and other forms
of advertisement which do not pass
thru the regular post office channels.
John Groebner disposed of the Scenic
theatre and moving picture show the
first Of the week to C. N. Carver of Mar
shall, who will take possession Of the
business on March 18th. During his
stay in Lamberton Mr.. Groebner has
given his partons excellent service in
the line of film entertainments and has
made the Scenic a favorite resort.
Lan.berton Star. Mr.. Groebner is a
former New Ulm boy.
The friends of Chas. Rolloff of this
city will be panied to learn that he is
in critical condition as the result of
a paralytic stroke which he suffered
Sunday about the noon hour. He had
complained to. his wife that morning
that he was very tired and did not
get up until about ten o'clock. At
noon he had partly eaten his dinner
and shortly thereafter he commenced
to talk incoherently and physician
was summoned who diagnosed his
trouble as paralytic stroke. Since
then he has been sleeping most of the
time Mr.. Rolloff is about 68 years old.
A very enjoy able evening was spent
last Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
Otto Heymann on Center Street, when
those who took part in the group of suf-
fragettes at the Fastnacht masquerade
gathered at her home for the purpose of
celebrating their successful group fea-
ture. Most of the evening was de-
voted to card playing and the follow
ing were the prize-winners: Miss Mary
Korbel, star; Mrs. Regina Hauenstein,
punch; Mrs. Fred Pfaender, BOBBY;
whether or not this suffragette move
ment is to be permanent affair, re-
mains to be seen.
Roy L. Berg has made arrangements
to occupy the building where the Royal
Lunch Room was located until the
time of their fire recently and will use
it as store and sales room for the auto
tires which he proposes to carry in
stock and the Standard Hog Regulator
He will carry the Defiance tires and
also the Portage tires which are guaran-
teed for 1000 miles. Mr.. Berg also
plans to establish an exchange agency
where people can effect exchanges of
articles they wish to sell and secure in
their place something that they have
more need for This is Mr.. Berg's
particular speciality and there is no
doubt he will work up good business.
Vim. D. Comnick of Gaylord passed
away at his home in that village Sun
day, Feb. 28th. Mr.. Comnick was
known by number of New Ulm citizens.
He was engaged in the banking bust
ness at Gaylord for number of years
and was one of Gaylord's most prom;-
nent citizens. He was born in Ger
many and came to this country when
quite a small boy and settled near
Henderson, later moving to Gaylord
where he spent the greater part of his
life. Mr.. Comnick was one of those
who established the Gaylord Hub and
he retained his interest in it until 1899.
He was a member of the Masonic
Lodge and of the Sons of Hermanns.
At the time of his death he was 81
years old.
New Ulm grocers are becoming more
and more up-to-date all the time and
last week saw two of them add an
expensive improvement to their fixtures