New Ulm review., 1916-02-02

for ten days to- enjoy the carnival sports.
Mrs. Ida Bobleter is spending the week
with St. Paul relatives and friends. "
Lewis B. Krook entered upon his new
duties as cashier of the Brown County
bank yesterday morning.
Mrs. Olga Brandt expects to leave for
Sioux City, Iowa, tomorrow, to take a
position as nurse in the German Lutheran
hospital of that place.
According to story sent the Mime
apolis Tribune from Washington Cor
gresham Charles R. Davis of the Third
Congressional district expects to enter
the race for United States senator.
Otto Oswald left for the Twin Cities
Monday morning to attend the State
Laundrymen's convention and take in
tie winter carnival now in progress at
st. Paul.
Richard Pfefferle has received word
from Kenosha, Wis, that his daughter,
Mrs. E. J. Koos, who had been seriously
i'll with pneumonia, is recovering rapidly
and is out of danger.
Wrod has been received in this city
from California of the marriage of Mrs.
Viola Friedrich to Alois Maier. The
bride is the daughter of Mrs: Otto
Schell, formerly OF this city, but now re-
siding in California.
Mrs. Max Burg entertained at a five
o'clock dinner last Saturday afternoon
in honor of her sister, Mrs. Olga Brandt,
who was here for a few days before
leaving for her new work in Sioux City.
There were twelve guests at the dinner.
St. James has novelty in the shape
of midnight movie matinee, said to
have been. established to accommodate
the railroad men who form large part
of that city's population. The venture
is said to have proven a popular and
profitable one.
Mrs. O. C. Strickler and Mrs. E. G.
Hage entertained party of eighteen
ladies Saturday afternoon at the Strickler
home on Broadway at thimble bee.
The same hostesses are entertaining this
week at two card parties, one this after
noon and another Saturday.
Carl Gerstenmaier, recently arrested
in New York on a charge of having en-
bezzled certain sums as treasurer of
church societies of St. Paul, was brought
back to the state by the sheriff of Ramsey
county last week and at the preliminary
hearing waived examination and was
bound over to the grand jury.
Thursday, Feb. 3, has been designated
as "Thrift Day" by the banks through
out the country and is to be inaugurated
in this city for the first time this year.
No organized effort has been made, how
ever, to make the holders of savings
loosen up and take their mite to the
banks and no unusual rush is expected
at the local banking institutions.
R. E. Lien, formerly proprietor of the
Ruby Theatre, has leased the Gem and
will open up that show house for a seven
day week program beginning next
Saturday. With these two regular show
houses and the Armory showing pictures
Saturdays and Sundays and occasionally
feature at the Turner Theatre, New
Uln seems to be abundantly supplied for
the present.
Fred Muedeking, who claims Carver
county as his home, was picked up by the
night police Saturday night in the
vicinity Of the railroad yards, suffering
from the cold and an overload of booze.
Sunday he was taken to the county jail
to sober up and Monday brought before
Justice Henningsen on charge of dis
orderly conduct. He was permitted to
vamoose under a suspended sentence.
Andrew Wagner OF Essig who has been
attending Commercial College at Man.
kato has completed his course and
expects to return home this week. He
has been awarded his diploma of gradu-
alton from the college and in addition
thereto also received the penmanship
diploma offered by the "American Pen
man. of New York. Mr.. Wagner
writes very fine hand and any set of
books kept by him will be sure to be
models of neatness and beauty.
The regular monthly meeting of the
city council was scheduled for last
evening, but nothing Of great Importance
was expected to come before the board,
with the possible exception of discussion
of purchasing an additional pump for
the city water works. Councilmen Ha-
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