New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-01-26

meeting of the Minnesota Commercial
and Civic Federation to be held at the
state university today. :.>-~ -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Voss of Echo were
in the city over Sunday, visiting friends
and attending the German play at Tur-
ner theatre.
Chas. Emmerich has crew of men at
work at Nicollet, where he has the con-
tract for the installation of heating
plant at the new residence of Fred Stolz.
Mrs. William Reuter- was operated
upon Monday afternoon at local hos
pital. She withstood the operation
nicely and is expected to recover rapidly.
SEPTEMBER 4 to 9, inclusive, have been
selected by the State Fair Board as the
dates for the next Minnesota exposition.
J. C. Simpson was reelected secretary of
the society at the recent meeting.
William Pope of Arco, Lincoln County,
was in the city yesterday, looking for a
place to locate with his family. Mr..
Pope is an engineer and expects to be
employed shortly in this city.
Mrs. Robert Hounshell, who was so
painfully injured at the fire at her home
in Lafayette township, is recovering
rapidly at the Union hospital and is be-
lieved; to be out of DANGER Etls :, re a..
Otto Hummel left last Sunday for the
Twin Cities, where he is taking the
merchants short course at the state
university. From there he expects to
go to the eastern markets on a pur-
chasing tour.
A large electric sign, spelling the word
"drugs'' was placed over the entrance to
the Pfefferle drug store last Saturday.
It is quite attractive and the addition
of more of these signs would lend quite
a metropolitan appearance to Minnesota
street.
The leather-covered armchair presented
to the late Gov. Hammond by Twin
City friends. following his Inauguration
as governor, has been presented to the
Presbyterian church of St. James, as a
memorial to the governor, who was a
member of the church.
Mrs. Sarah Pfefferle left for Kenosha,
Wis.,, last Thursday in response to a
telegram stating that her niece, Mrs.
William Koos, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Pfefferle of this city, had been
taken suddenly ill and probably would
have to submit to an operation.
New Ulm will furnish it's quota of
motor enthusiasts at the state automo-
bile show, which will be held in the Mill
City the coming week. There is some
talk of holding an automobile day in New
Ulm in the near future and it is possible
that something tangible will develop
soon after the Minneapolis show is over.
w. H. Peterson, the telegraph operator
at the Omaha depot in St. Peter, who
robbed mail sack on Sunday morning,
December 10, and was later in the day
caught at LIE Sueur, had a hearing before
Judge Morris in the United States court
at Duluth. He was. found guilty and
sentenced to eighteen months imprison-
ment in the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth.
Mrs. John H. Siegel received word Sun
day morning that the condition of her
father, F. J. Lamb of Madison, Wis. had
taken turn for the worse and that he
was not expected to recover. Mrs.
Siegel left the same afternoon for her
former home where she arrived Monday
morning, too late, however, to see her
father alive as he passed away late the
previous afternoon. If he had lived
till March End, Mr.. Lamb would have
been 81 years old. He was lawyer
by profession and was we'll known here,
having visited New Ulm frequently since
his daughter has resided here. Mr..
Siegel left Monday afternoon for Madison
to attend the funeral which was held
Wednesday afternoon. The deceased
leaves one daughter and four sons.