New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-03-14

Frank Eckert has returned from a
visit with relatives at Gibbon.
The post office at Tracy has been
moved to new and larger quarters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sondag are enter
tanning daughter that recently arrived
at their home.
The stork visited the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Frederick last Tuesday.
They now have son.
Christ Spelbrink has returned from
Sleepy Eye, where he visited at the home
OF his son, Adolph Spelbrink.
Thomas Sweeney, Joseph Hoyez and
James Gale of Arlington, were New Ulm
business visitors recently. +
Mrs. J. L.Lobben of St. James, has
returned home after a visit of several
days with friends in this city. ~
Miss Alice Irring, who visited friends
here for several days last week, has re-
turned to her home in Brighton.
A farmers institute is being held at
Redwood Falls this week. 1t begins
today and will close tomorrow evening.
Mayor Julius Krause of Golden was
in the city Friday. Mr.. Krause is pre-
pairing to move to New Ulm about
May 1.
Mrs. ]. C. Rothenburg, who visited
friends in this city for several days last
week, has returned to her home at
Springfield.
Mrs. J. L. Fritsche, of Tracy, was a
New Ulm visitor recently. She stopped
at Springfield on her way home to visit
friends there.
Gus Vogel formerly of this city, who
has made considerable reputation as a
boxer, has become disguised with the game
! and given it up. He says he has fought
his last fight. -.
Miss Ina Kremin has returned to her
home at Vesta, after spending several
weeks in New Ulm. She has been TAX
ing a course of instruction in dress
making.
Albert Haas has taken charge of the
farm machinery business at Lamberton,
formerly conducted by George Dougan,
who disappeared from that village several
months ago.
The Second District Editorial Asso-
citation will hold it's annual meeting at
Mankato next Saturday, March II.
There will be afternoon and evening
sessions, the affair to end with banquet.
On this date, in 1892, twenty-five
years ago, the market price of wheat in
New Ulm was 80 cents a bushel; flax
IS cents. Sugar was cents pound,
and some of the grocers advertised
twenty-three pounds for 81.
Comfrey has decided toshavexa base
ball team in the field this year. "a com.
mjttee is now engaged in soliciting funds
to finance tie team. There was said to
be more baseball "fans" in Comfrey than
any other town of it's size in the state.
Representative A. J. Praxel has in
troduced a bill in the legislature, pro-
viding for the publication of the per-
sonal property tax lists. Unless the
bill provides for the general publica-
ton so all the people may see them it
might just as we'll not pass.
Emil Rasmussen, for several years
postmaster at Evan, and long a resident
and business man of that place, has re-
turned with his family from Hutchinson
MIMI, and will again make Evan his
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Rasmussen say
they have decided that Brown county
is good enough for them.
William Henry Harris, of Sleepy Eye,
died Wednesday, aged 70 years. He
was born in Maine, July 8, 1888, served
in the Civil War and came to Minnesota
in 1870. For seventeen years he was
postmaster at Raymond and Gordon,
Kandiyohi county. He leaves two
children, A. w. Harris and Mrs. Carl
Dreher, of Sleepy Eye. The funeral
was held Friday afternoon at Sleepy
Eye.
For second time the hearing called
by the State Railroad and Warehouse
Commission to listen to complaint
against the train service afforded
by the Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
road Company on several of it's branch
lines, to be held at Sleepy Eye last
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