New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-30
LOCAL NOTES

AOAx4A W. LIZ
J. H. Siegel left Sunday for Marshall
ON business, returning last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Gareis of Winthrop
were recent visitors in this city. %
Attorney A. L. Young of Winthrop
was in the city last week.
H. O. Schleuder was business visitor
at Sleepy Eye Monday. .. =.
Mrs. Emily Kiesling was the guest
last week of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Lind
in Severance township, near Gibbon. -
Mrs. Nicholas Franta was a recent
visitor for several days of MIR. and Mrs.
Peter Forst of Moltke.
The general delivery, stamp, registry
and carrier windows at the postoffice will
be open today, only from to 9 o'clock
a. M, on account of Memorial Day.
Several New Ulm attorneys were at
st. Peter last Monday, appearing for or
against the petition to lower Swan lake
by the construction of large ditch.
Tom Davies of Marshall and J. F.
! Russell of Fairfax were among the at
NHorneys from other counties here to
attend court last week. -....5
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Crutcher of Mime
:apolis and Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Gilbert
of New Ulm autoed to Sleepy Eye Sunday
to visit at the home of A. J. Stockstead-
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Flor were recent
visitors at Redwood Falls. The were
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. William
Boettger.
John c.. Loeffelmacher of Fort Ridgely
has returned home after, spending the
winter in the south. He has been absent
about five months, spending most of the
= time at Raleigh, North Carolina. =
Harry Laridaen, stenographer in the
law offices of Somsen & Dempsey, has
enlisted in the United States navy. He
left Wednesday for Newport, Rhode
Island, to join training camp.
Taxpayers should bear in mind that
Thursday will be, the last day for paying
the firstfof their real estate taxes for
1916. Those who wait until Friday will
find an extra 10 per cent added.
DR.. Geo. B. Weiser, who sustained in.
Juries by being run down by an automo-
.tbile on Minnesota street three weeks ago
is again able to be out, and was at his
office for the first time Monday.
Thursday, June ID, is Flag Day, the
one hundred and fortieth anniversary oil
the adoption of Old Glory as our national
emblem. The day is fittingly celebrated
in nearly every city, village and school
IN the land each year.
William Larson of Hanska was brought
to hospital here few days ago, suffer.
ing from appendicitis. An operation
was deemed unnecessary and he has
recovered sufficiently to be able to re.
turn home, leaving here last Wednesday
Sunday was busy day for the Rev
George Mayer, pastor of the Frieden:
church. After holding Pentecost ser.
vices here he drove, to Essig, where hi
held services at 80 p. m, going from
there to Nicollet where he also con.
Quoted services at 4:15.
+ More than 200 farmers in the vicinity
of Sleepy Eye have contracted to plant
from one-half to two acres of ground to
cucumbers this spring, for the purpose
of supplying pickle factory, to be located
in that village, according to the Herald
Dispatch.
V. E. Quist has moved his family tt
LAFAYETTE, and they are now settled il
the Swedish Lutheran parsonage in that
village. Mr.. Quist, who was formerly
cashier at the Northwestern freight
depot in this city, has recently accepted
the position of cashier of the Lafayette
State Bank.
John A Sellner of Sigel township
Palmer Carlson and Peter Sprengler
were at Sleepy Eye Monday to examine
and levy the assessments on the property
owners along proposed ditch No.
board of county commissioners to per
form this work.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Bingham enter
tained at a dancing party ,Wednesda!
evening, at their home on South German
street, in honor of Miss Aramint;
~Schoch, prior to her return to Lo
Angeles. The evening was enjoyed by
large number of Miss Schools New Uln
friends.
The corner stone for the new Swedish
Lutheran church at Comfrey will be lait
with appropriate ceremonies today. TIL
services will be in charge of DR.. P. A
Johnson of Gustavus Adolphus colleg
Of st. Peter, who will be assisted b.
Rev. T. A. Conrad of St. James, VIII
will speak in English, and by Rev. C. W
H. Samuelson of Comfrey.
~ Henry Schatz of Dryden, ~returne
ION New Ulm last Friday afternoo
Where he had been last week receivin
treatment for an ailment which ha
troubled him for nearly year past.
growth IN the left side of his face wa
removed. Mr.. Schatz was over tn