New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-10-18
LOCAL. NOTES

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The Gilbert and Honl families motored
to Mankato Sunday.
c. A. Conner of St. Peter was a recent
New Ulm visitor.
A daughter was born last week to Mr.,
and Mrs. Peter Seibel, of CORTLAND.
A. ]. Balk and family of Wadena.
have been visiting friends and relatives
in this city.
Minnie Arndt, a Springfield girl is
establishing record as corn-husker,
says the Advance. Each day of nine
hours she husks sixty bushels, and is
becoming more proficient every day.
Senator L. E. Potter and wife of
Springfield, have returned from tour
of Northern Minnesota, which they
took with large party of state solons
and their wives
Governor ]. A. A. Burnquist will be
at St. Peter on. Thursday, October rs,
where he will deliver campaign address.
The Governor will make eleven other
speeches in the state before election,
closi Duluth November 8.
John Kierzek, former member of the
New Ulm High School Faculty was in
New Ulm Sunday. He came here from
Mortified where he had attended the
Golden Jubilee. Mr.. Kierzek is at
tending the University this year.
An automobile party consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. E. Radlof and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gust. Radloff and family, Mrs.
Ernst Rolloff and son and Mr.. and Mrs.
Aug. Gerholz drove to Buffalo Lake
Sunday to spend the day with relatives.
Ferdinand Crone returned home Sun
day from his western trip. Thee.
Schonlau who accompanied him, re-
manned in the West for another week.
While in Montana they were snowbound
for several days near Great Falls.
Mrs. Margaret Sellner, wife of the late
Baptist Sellner, of Mulligan, died at her
home in that town on the 9Th inst.
Mrs. Sellner was born in German Bohe-
mia, October Is, 1860, and came to
America in 1884, settling in Brown
county. The funeral was held last
Wednesday.
The following item from an exchange
would indicate that bacon has become
SO high in price that meat dealers now
keep it in their cash registers: "a
robber recently touched the cash register
IN Henry Schotzko's meat market at
Comfrey. He accumulated $3.50 and
chunk of bacon'
+ Fire of unknown origin destroyed the
Pv elevator at Amboy south of Mankato,
Friday night. The elevator was empty,
as 1t had not been in use for several
years. The town was threatened with
destruction for time, but the firemen
succeeded in keeping the flames from
spreading.
L. H. Slocun, formerly auditor Kooch-
lching county, and recently removed
from office by Governor Burnquist, was
for several years a farmer of Brown
county, his home being near Sleepy
Eye. He went to International Falls
from this county about fifteen years
ago. 1t is alleged that there were about
100000 in illegal expenditures in
Koochiching county.
Last Friday was the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the wedding of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Durbahn, 303 North State
street, and about thirty Of their old
friends and neighbors surprised them on
that evening by calling at their home in
force, bringing along a goodly supply Of
refreshments. A very pleasant evening
was passed.
Last Tuesday August Thiede of this
city received call to come at once to St.
James and upon his arrival there he
found that his brother-in-law, Fred H.
Schweppe, Judge of Probate of Waton-
wan County, had that morning suffered
an apoplectic stroke. He was stricken in
the office where was found by one of the
attorneys of St. James. A physician
was Immediately summoned and the
stricken man was taken home where
according to latest accounts he is i'm
proving nicely and the fondest hopes are
entertained for his ultimate complete
recovery.
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