New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-22

2. w. Hackbarth was confined to his
bed few days last week. 4. #
VIM. Muesing and F. A. Joel were in
st. Peter on business Monday.
Henry Ahrens attended the wedding
Of George Kueck and Miss Lillian Gar
land, both of Delhi, Mimi, last We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Critchett of St.
Paul arrived for visit with the Chas.
Vogtel family Saturday and returned
home Monday noon.
Mrs. Otto Hartmann has not been
feeling very well lately and had quite
sick spell last Friday evening. She is
recovering now however.
The R. E. Hartmann family of St.
Paul and DR.. Chas. Schorregge of Hen
derson will be guests Of Mrs. L. G. Vogel
and Mrs. I. Bobleter for Christmas.
Arthur M. Walser of West Newton
was one of the winners in the puzzle
contest recently advertised by D. M.
Jones of St. Peter. Young Walser won
third prize and was given camera.
Henry J. and Walter E. Kruger who
have been conducting the Comfrey
Clothing and Shoe Store for some years
have sold their business to John Erickson
and E. ]. Kisro. The new proprietors
will take possession January LIST.
Miss Willibalda Eibner, Miss Florence
Baer and Miss Adelyn Liesch who are
attending the St. Teresa College and St.
Clare Seminary at Winona arrived home
Friday and will spend the holidays with
their parents.
J. R. Higgs, local agent Of the Equit-
able Life of Iowa recently handed to
Mrs. B. Follmann the company's check
in the sum of $2,O21 .O8 in settlement and
payment of her twenty year policy with
this company which matured December
18th.
Last Sunday Prof. Ackermann was
again at Sanborn where he filled the
pulpit for Rev. Dysterheft at the morn
ing service. Altho Rev. Dysterheft was
able to leave the hospital at Mankato
and come home, he is too weak yet to
take up his pastoral duties.
DR.. Carl A. Scherer, New Ulm boy,
who has made speciality of childrens'
diseases and has been an instructor in
the medical college of the University
of the State has resigned his position and
will remove to Fargo, N. D. where he
will engage in the practice of medicine
and continue his study of children's
ailments.
Fairfax can now boast of town clock.
Last Monday the installation of tower
clock in the steeple of the new German
Lutheran church was completed. There
are four dials, each three and one-half
feet in diamter, made of milk white
glass, to be illuminated by electricity
through an automatic time switch. The
clock has striking mechanism which
marks the full and half hours. This
improvement for Fairfax was made
possible thru the energetic efforts of Col.
Charles H. Hopkins. The clock COM
pleted costs 100000. This, however,
does not include the lights for the dials.
In the annual declamatory contest
held Wednesday night at the Sleepy Eye
high school auditorium first prize was
captured by Edward Crumlett, the only
boy of the eight contestants. The
youngsters delivery was indeed COM
mendable, and his winning was popular
decision as we'll as a judges decision.
says the Herald-Dispatch. Second
honors were won by Miss Harriet James
and Margaret Fromm took third prize.
The judges were all city school super
intendents, H. c. Hess of New Ulm, F.
J. Sperry of Mankato and D. S. Brainard
OF Redwood Falls. The other contest
ants besides the winners were Clara
Siegler, Ruth Ruenitz, Evelyn Zellmer,
Kathleen Gibbons, Gertrude Hers. The
declamatory contest is provided for by
W. W. Smith of Sleepy Eye who gives
purse of $25 every year to be distributed
among the victors.