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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-31
OBITUARY.
MRS. JUSTINE KONAKoWITz

,MEtS. JUSTINE hN)NAhOWlIL
Last Thursday morning Mrs. Justine
Wilhelmine Konakowitz was found dead
on the floor Of her room in the Poor
Home" Death was due to an apoplectic
stroke. In the opinion of Coroner Geo.
+. Reineke who was called, death had
ensued before midnight. The deceased
whose maiden name was Justine Viii
helmine Kowalski, was born in Neu
Schottland, Germany August 31st, 1888
and was consequently rs years, months
and rs days old when she died.
5 She was married in the old country to
Gottlieb Adam Konakowitz April 18th,
1861, who preceded her in death over
year ago. In the year 1875 they came
to America and directly to New Ulm.
where the deceased has since resided.
Since 1905 she has been an inmate OF the
"Poor Home" She is survived by her
son Henry. The funeral was held
Saturday afternoon at 8 o'clock from
Buenger's undertaking rooms, Rev. Geo.
Mayer officiating. Interment was made
in the Lutheran cemetery.
MRS. ANNA HAENZE
Mrs. Anna Haenze, nee Ries passed
away Tuesday morning at three o'clock
at the home of her son, VIM. Haenze on
the old Haenze homestead in the town
of West Newton. Death was due to
bronchial pneumonia with which she
had suffered for four weeks.
The deceased was born August Oath,
1841 in Canton Bern, Switzerland and
came to America in 1868. She settled
first in the state of New York where she
lived for several years. Here she was
married to Fred Haenze about 81 years
ago. Her husband preceded her in
death ten years ago. From New York
they came to Wisconsin where they lived
for some years and about AZ years ago
they came to Nicollet County where
the deceased has resided continuously
ever since. Until about year ago she
managed the farm herself.
Eleven children were born to her of
whom two died in infancy. She is
survived by the following children:
Fred of Klossner; Mrs. Ernst Lippmann,
Mrs. Aug. Strate, Mrs. Gustav Johnson
and William of West Newton; Mrs. VIM.
Pillmeyer of St. Peter; John H. OF
Mankato; Mrs. Chas. Dobberstein, New
Ellington, S. D. and Mrs. Arthur Bau-
mann of Rush River, Nicollet County.
The funeral will be he d Friday after
noon with services at her late home at
one o'clock and at the M. E. Church,
West Newton at two o'clock, Rev.
Rinkel of Fairfax will officiate. Inter-
ment will be made in the M. f. Cemetery
in West Newton.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-31

Mrs. Chas. Brust, Jr. entertained a
party of fifteen friends last week Tuesday
in honor of her birthday. Cards formed
the afternoons diversion and a fine
supper was served.
While Judge Krook delivered his talk
on Good Roads at the Commercial
Club rooms Thursday evening, billiard
playing was INDUCED in by some of the
members of the club in the adjoining
room. The noise made thereby was
sufficient to disturb not only the audience
but also the speaker. There should be
no repetition of this. Either the billiard
players should be induced to give up
their sport while lecture is being given,
or other rooms should be secured fer
lecture purposes.
Miss Frieda Wiegand, a former teacher
in the public schools, who was caught in
Germany at the opening Of the war and
was forced to resign her position here
because she could not get back, has been
quite i'll ever since Christmas at her
home in GAINESVILLE, MINI. A severe
attack of pneumonia during the mid
winter left her much weakened and she
is only now beginning to recover her
strength. Miss Wiegand is looking for
ward to making a visit to her New Ulna
friends some time during the early
summer.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-31
Something Decidedly New:
Fine p|ayer-Piano For
$4,000

Something Decidedly New: A Fine
Player-Piano for $39S.O0.
Here is remarkable Offering. A fine
new Upright Piano, with superior in
terror player, for the price often asked
for a good upright piano alone.
Bear in mind that it is not an expert
mental instrument. 1t is full SS-note
standard in every way, and contains ex-
cellent expression devices.
1t would be an especially fine instru-
ment for dance music, etc., as it's tone is
bright and clear.
Easy monthly payments may be ar
ranged.
Best Piano Value in America
A very broad statement but
reputation gained by years Of Fair
Dealing is the Guarantee.
Do some Boosting for yourself. If
you are interested in Piano, come to
the Music Hall. We can not give
Pianos away but we will show fourteen
OF the different styles at right Prices
and Terms.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10
JAWBONE LIGHTS UP THE PAST
By Garrett l.. ScrvissD

When n fact cnIiSts the imagination
IL gains enormously in force and value.
such a fact is the following: In a
quarry in the province of Corona,
Spain, near the northeastern end of
the lyrcaccS Mountain chain, hu-
man awbonc. with a fun set OF sin
teen lower teeth, was found Embedded
in q very hard stratum OF travcrtinc
rock. a. depth OF some five yards be-
meath the surface.
The jaw was so thoroughly incor-
porated with the enclosing rock that
no attempt was made TO cut il out
lest i, be destroyed in the operation.
Tn" rock was simply chisclcd away
sufficiently 10 disclose the outer SUR
faces OF the jaw and teeth. Anatomi-
cal science is able 10 say that this jaw
belonged To a man who had reached
the age Of about forty.
Geological science is able to say
that his rocky tomb belongs TO Il time
so remote Ithe Pleistocenc period)
that 1T is useless to try to measure its
antiquity in centuries or mllcnnia.
Archa illogical science is able 10 say
that this man belonged to the Nous
tcrian race. or Ncanderthal group of
primitive humanity.
The discovery of this strange relic
was made by quarrymen saving out
building stone. rs long ago as 1887, but
it is only in this year 1915 that
the results OF compete SclcNlllic
study Of it have been published The
jaw. in It's solid setting of rock, re-
NAMED in the private collection of
Don Pedro .Alsius, who died a few
months ago.
If the jaw had been entirely freed
from it's mairiX, or stony mould, 1t
would appear far less impressive. II
is the same way with other fossils.
When / sec a palacoZoic shell that has
been freed from it's rock prison can
realize its enormous age only by pilihS
together the figures which represent
the probable millions OF years tha]
have elapsed since that she'll was IN
habited by a living creature.
But when ] see the same smell SUN
imbcdded in the original rock lis an
tiquity stands visible before me. IL
becomes a manifest fact, as soiu as
the rock itself. And so TINS hu,''ai i.
jaw, with It's perfect teeth, turned OF
the ycllowish color of the traVertlhe
matriX seems by virtue OF us situit-
ton, as an integral art OF that rocn'
TO he almost as old as the world itscli.
Travcrtine. by the way, is n massive
limestone, formed by depositioh rom -,
calcaicous springs or streams The
quarry in which the jaw was found
lies i'm tho bed of m ancient lake. of
which only a small part yet remains.
under the name of the Lake Of Ban
olas. Formerly this lake evidently
filled a large portion OF the depression
in the land, whose center alone Is oc-
cupied by the existing lake.
In that valley. around the shores OF
the lake, the man whose jaw has
been so marvclously preserved prob
ably passed his life. He was not alone.
He belonged to a race which has loft
many marks of It's presence and of is
ingenuity on both sides of the Pyre-
nccs Mountains, among whose foot
a.
toric men. seem to have loved TO dwell.
They were not beautiful to look upon.
They gave no promise Of Apollo in
their figures. Here Is what James
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10

Geitic, the geologist. says Of the
Mousterians:
'Anihrop"logists are now quite as
surcd that throughout Mousterian
times there lived on our continent a
race characterized by a low. retreat
inG forehead. enormous brow -ridge s.
large round eye orbits. massive jaws
and feebly developed chin. The heavy
limb bones are curved. and the whole
structure of the skeleton indicates n
strong muscular man some five feet
three inches in height"
The Mousterians could make fire.
They had good sized skulls. but
Professor MacCurdy says that their
brains still lacked the superior or
eanization that characterizes the
modern human brain. Nevertheless. to
make fro was n feat OF applied in
tclligence that must cause us TO re-
spect them. AS Il race they seem to
have disappeared somewhat suddenly.
and they We're succeeded by another
race the Aurignacians, "of different
tyne. both physically and mentally"
The Aurignacians. 1t Is generally
believed wcro tho inventors Of tho
decorative arts. They adorned their
caverns and their persons with prod
ucts of artistic taste and skill very
crude as measured by our standa rds,
Of course but intensely interesting as
tokens of the spirit of progress ami
mating man in his earliest days.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10

health. For nearly every one viii mr."
win Miss Annie S. Peck. the world-
, ,sn, mountain climber. who says
,hat most people not only eat alto
of food. N''''s
Miss Peck rs a mountain climber
mas had 10 make a study Of her die,
hiie living in New York CITY she
has been hirhly successful in getting
'he greatest amount OF strength from
me 1eaHt amount OF food at a cost o.,
:" cents day. Sometimes she eats AT
q restaurant where she can get a small
STEAK potatoes, bread, butter and cot-
Zee Tor 20 cents. But she does much OF
her own cooking, buying her staplo
groceries in fairly large quantities.
mus getting them much cheaper Fruit.
cc!"l! and coffee form her breakfast
y cake Of milk chocolate. IA banana or
"a dish Of oatmeal with raisins in /, sho
mas satisfying luncheon. Her dinner
sh" gets AT dclicat"ssen shop, where
she says she can buy enough for -
cents 10 last TWO days
Miss Peck has stated that on such n
regimen she-has kept In excellent trim
and that she finds a generous supply OF
nuts, fruits and vegetables. with little
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10
News Of Fifty Years Ago
From Newspaper Files. August TO- 1869

One OF the most interesting reports that comes
Andrew Johnson has definitely decided that MIR.
Davis shall not be tried by a military commits
sion or a military court, or whatever they call
It, The President has reached this decision. and
1t is said that he is going to stand by 1t. i'm
spite of the urgent arguments OF the radicals
the now element that has bobbed up to thirst
for moro blood.
There comes report from Washington that
President Johnson has intimated that If Mr..
Davis tho late President of the Southern Con-
fcderacy. will consent leave the country
never more to return, he will be released from
Imprisonment at Fortress Monroe for that pur-
pose. 1t remains to he If Mr.. Davis will
accept any such terms. II is not believed in
Richmond that he will
y Washington paper says Mr. Seward will
probably leave the Cabinet At very early date
and that ii is already settled that Preston King
will he his successor as Secretary OF State
To General Dick Taylor. who talked with
President Johnson the other day and ask ed leave
TO go 10 Europe. the President replied: Yes,
general if YOU want to 20 TO Europe but
this we need men like you here in this coun-
you to help 10 lead and your people back to
true and lasting Union
The Salisbury Union Banner paper printed
In North Carolina. that was duly suspended for
saying things that did not altogether please the
military authorities of that territory. has with
the consent OF Governor Holden and the military
authorities, been permitted TO resume publica ton
hereafter. The liberty OF the prcss-God save
the mark;-it may come some time or other but
down here in Dixie it lis dctunct
The Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad now announces that after next week
1t Will be able TO run two trains day, instead
OF one, as heretofore.
Rev Thomas Fl. Prtchard D. n. of North
Carolina has accepted the call to the First
Baptist Church of Petersburg.
The Richmond dock is plumi-fun of steamers
and schooncrs loaded with produce for Richmond
ana seeking loads of all kinds OF merchandise
to 20 hence. There was never moro activity in
the shipping business of Richmond.
The heavy rains of the past few days Ia We
Kept very many country people and truckers
ana trucksters from town. but all tho time the
markets have been we'll supplied with vegetables
ana fruits. and prices for Immediate country
produce are lower than they have been since
the cessation OF lighting by the men who were
arrasncd on the sides OF the Blue and the Cray
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10
How Belgium Gets Bread

In an account OF how tn, Relief
Commission in Belgium does what has
been called the greatest commissary
undertaking in history. a woman who
has worked with it says in the New
Republic:
Tho woman in America who buys
her six or seven loavcs of bread a day
has no idea Of the tremendous bust
ness OF the hreadmaking industry in
Belgium. In the first place the very
action OF buying thousands OF tons
of wheat affect the market price
acutely that it reaches every man and
woman in the civilized world. 1t is
not an easy thing to buy the wheat to
make bread for 100000 people If
the business end of it is not properly
attended to. it will lead to terrible dis
astcr; 1t must be gone about very
cautiously.
After the wheat reaches Belgium
and is ground, the -four is sold to tho
bakers of the various districts; but
each baker is allowed to bake only tho
amount indicated and desired by the
communal officer of his district The
bread is purchased from the baker by
and delivered directly to the local COM
mittec before 10 o'clock each morning,
and they sell it to the well-to-do at
a profit to the middle classes at cost
price, while the destitute received it
for nothing
Ihe tax paid by the well-to-do to-
gether with the elimination Of the mid
dlcman and volunteer labor, makes tho
price in Belgium 0 per cent under tho
price OF bread in London. In many
provinces it is possible to buy q book
of coupons like railroad mileage.
book, and these can be exchanged at
bakers for bread. In othor places
bread bonds arc SOldn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10
.ltC in knrAl SnIflcn1rn,-

THE question, Why Go people flock to
cites has been thrashcd TO fra2z!c
The concrete answer is. because OF ..cono,mic
conditions. The ambitious young man and
woman who quit the village for city advan
tages. constitute the minority OF The thrush
what is known as the better class Of The
small town stays thereof course with cy
ceptions They have opportunities for So
cial Intercourse which they cannot get
in the city
Ihere was time when the village was
snort on some forms OF recreation. The in.
hubitants made little Journeys to the nearby
city In order to enjoy the opera and the
thcatcr. Now they have the moving pic
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10

meat 10 vary the nonotony of the were.
tartan diet TO be ideal for strength snd
endurance.
physician in Chicago sanator,um
mas beaten Miss Peck as "A conservcr or
health ON limited diet This busy
DOCTOR, with much hard work To do
maintains perfect health and strength
on TWO quarts OF milk day--cos,inE
=" cents MIX, OF course, contains all
the necessary food properties
Rut these, OF course, arc extrem, ~,
amn!es. Most OF US would not be Will
ing 10 1--we according to the standards
described. but they serve at least tho
purpose Of pointing out that probably.
most OF US eat too much. thus mourning
unnecessary cxpens. and in.lictinr In
jury to on. health
Another growing extravaganza was
noted by n member Of Chicago
woman's club which is observing tho
signs OF the times. This woman brought
UP the topic At q meeting OF the club
snort time ago. She spoke OF tho
one black SILK dress our grandmothers
had In the days when thrift and econ
oHE were more extensively practiced
in this country; Of how il was kept year
after gear and worn only for hest"
Then she spoke of her dtscendan ts
many OF whom are distinctly less we'll
OFF. whose wearing apparel is all OF
silk. 4. At the conclusion OF this prac-
Teal Yak many OF the members of the
club decided not only TO enlist in the
thrift army, but to enroll their children
as well. For be IL remembered that
the hope Of n thrifty nation TO come
lies in the children. Teach them thrift
above all things else, AS John Wanna
maker once said NO boz ever became
great as "A man VINO in his youth did
not learn TO save
Re thrifty in your everyday habits
IN little thines-and If there arc chill
drcn In the home. above all things else
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10
The Voice Of the People
"WhHt Has England Donc."

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
ositd rn;hc Sol sp0mM.ns nave rrecnt!y
donc?" and then proceeded to SHOW that She has
done nothing but look after her own interests.
all precedent. No nation is supposed to he 50
selfish IN war times as 10 not have some regard
these corrcspondcnts really want TO know what
Ensl Land mas done: think ADMIRAL Tirpitz ana
mailon' me crown prince, too. and even tho
i,<EhlS"r. are not entirely ignorant MS 10 what
Turks, could add a little to the general fund
The Beers also could join in the chorus or add
Il line to the refrain.
notice in the Same paper that contains
Thomas I.omax Hunter. question a complete list
Of sailinGs OF the Cunard Line and the Frcnch
German saiiings adVer,isnt HIM R"t see No
naughty Of ENGLAND TO drive every German shin
on the seas Then. too. that navy that
tied ana corked ur so tight that II is AS useless
Well her" are some things England has no,
done: she has not deserted her colonies neither
have her colonies deserted her. She has not
taK"h 10 her hrcls on the approach OF an enemy
Shin Shc has not r"sortcd 10 tho of
not conquer any other way. Sr. has not BON
barned cnthedralS and hospitals and torpcdocd
ch'iGrcn' some of whom were of priceless worth
Then comes that food com plaint OF your cor
shHoals of food to the Germans 10 be dis dis
know that tn" Germans always keep their word
and thcy would have given every nlouthfl!l u
too,hnici<s they always treated the ' Begi ,ns
vito Great consideration. Any Belgian Will
testify to that.
not +" otherwise as n true American, since their
gentle and courteous treatment Of my country
men on ~" steamship I;usitania ! shall always
love them for that, ana especially since I have
here some Germans here express The opiniom
'hn M y served them RIGHT Z. Z. *.
iH"hmond, August ., 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10
Vedistrictinr.

Are states required by law to rcdistrict in
accord with census results? If n State have 60
redistricted may the districts he changed bofora
another census! If Il State be not entitled 10
additiohai representation in Congress by tho
tricted? A. O. KNOwTroE
y sufficient reply to your question is that tbo
matter OF districting and rcdisrictinr of :, state
is absolutely in the hands of tho Icpis,,turo
The Congress OF the United States has nothing
whatever 10 40 with 1t, and any act of Congress
seeking to interfere with il would no disrn
garded. The Legislature may take wbatnvc,
action il secs fiji and at whatever time If ,
State do not rcdistrct to avail ITSELF or od,i
tional representation permitted by a new cons,,s
it just loses this addiiio representation ,nJ
there is nothing less likely than that {. State
Will do this
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10

This is from the Lynchburg Advance: Few
things Will please Virginlans more than the
announcement that the Richmond Reserve Bank
In the period OF existence has made n better
showing IMAM any other reserve hank in the
United states. One other bank, the New York
institution, earned money during the
period. hut It's expenses cut down the profit
until very little WAS left. Atlanta, always the
rival or Richmond. and rarely the victor in its
rivalry except in point or populatio and boa st
came second in point of earnings over expenses
Even Atlanta, however, was poor second. The
Richmond bank cleared sos 900, while the
Atlanta bank cleared surplus expenses
or $4,000. But, Of course. in reckoning such
things II must he remembered that the Rich
mond hank has the cream of the world in point
OF territory
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10
"SAfcty INirSt,n

&C AFElh FIRST the slogan adopted by
~ the railroads of this country. and trans
lated by unremtt!ng labor into a rule OF ac-
ton for officers and employees, is proving
It's Ocneiccncc. In the last quarter of last
year no passenger on any American railroad
tram lost his life as the result of collision
and there were only scvcnty-eipht fatalities
to passengers. employees and other persons
due TO train accidents OF every description
me country is moving toward a better ,ay
III the quarter for which statistics are given
me railroads carried 230, 900 passengers
"S3i 100000 passenger miles. The record
MADE, OF only soventy-eight deaths. had never
bech equaicd, and il had been approached in
only one instance. a blot on railroading IN
inns country is being wiped out Only cour-
age and determination needed to com
plc'e the reform
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10
SONGS AND SAWS


When Binks decided no would be
No more Il slave TO smoking:
His friends all felt convinced that he
In earnest was-not joking.
And Binks himself took that same view.
For panEs he'd not expected
Replaced the happiness he knew
Ere smoking he'd rejected.
And so Binks stood it for Il week,
And Sloricd in his virtue:
But after that he had the check
To say smoke doesn't hurt YOU"
AT any rate" he snid. with giee.
I'D be pretty duffer
To sacrifice my habits free
When not to smokes TO suffer"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10

To tho Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Slr,-iHv" wc forgotten conditions when tho
jtn"NS Cnnic to rcsCuc' Thai stnndinp noon,
on the street cars was then 1T rrcmiu,n-and
frequently We stood on the n half nm hour
or more waiting to get even that? ,nd ha We
W" forgotten III" Move up" Move rp,'' ..NInyc
ni. oi tn" conductor, once were on until vo
wcr" packed like snrdincs in box from front
10 rear, even the aislos and platforms? Not alone
n" Stahdinr space hut breathing spacc l.f,
L., inc ntncNs be once pcrsccutcd out Of the
ncld, ana IN" same conditions will prcynfI
IhSn what redress have We? stop and drink;
nnd Hr,erninc that we viii hay" this public
crrnatinnSl w '' 49,
Richmond IS big city. and needs all Tho
iacilties !or transportation she can get Thor
IS pa tronaE" enough for all. Live and let live
busincss--tt is tonic in It's effect ana insurns
1 Rfch us S,ahG by th% jitneEs! JUSTICE.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10
Midnight Songs.

The dog that prowls around ut night
May not be long on pedigree:
In fact. that he is far from right
In many ways we all agree
Rut when he views the harvest moon
And in it's presence takes his stand
lie starts a clamor, all too soon.
That all admit just beats the band
TIE TATTLER
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10

Is there in Richmond law school which has
classes after the ordinary Office hours?
i. III. DEBOWER.
The only law school is that belonging to Rich
dnond College. The schedule OF classes varies
full information by addressing the president's
Office at Westhampton by letter by phone.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-10

Don't let give way to the dos-day feel
inG," says the Halifax Gazette; the cool
weather will be here before long and when it
comes we VIII feel better and we'll ind condi-
TONS Will be generally better: let's pull
through these days with n smiling face, and
when cool weather and better business come
along we will be in better condition TO APP
prcciate and take advantage of them"