New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-31
BONDS GO
ABOVE ALL INT
AMOUNT REQUIRED IN NEW ULM
ovER-sUBscRIBED BY GOOD
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SIZED MARGIN.
COMMITTEE DOES EXCELLENT
WORK DURING WEEK OF THE
BIG DRIVE.

New Ulm over subscribed its all
lctment in the sale Of Liberty Bonds,
the total amount bought by the people
Of this city being $685. $50. The amount
required was $3.50, 900. One in every
ten of the inhabitants are now the
owners Of United States government
bonds, the total number of subscribers
being 682. The AMOUNTS Of bonds
purchased ranged from $50 to $50, 900.
While the committee worked hard
to secure the required amount, it. was
done quietly and with no special dem
onstration to urge the people on.
Campaign Lasts Week.
The campaign started on Monday
morning, October %, and ended at
midnight, Saturday, October q
When the. committee closed its meeting
Friday evening there was some SIC, 900
lacking to fill the quota, and few
weak hearted ones were fearful that,
New Ulm was going to fall short of
the goal. But early Saturday morning
people who had not yet been approached
began to show up with their subscriptions
OF to telephone them inland when the
books were closed at midnight New Ulm's.
allotment had been over subscribed well
towards $4,000.
COMMITTEES Is Tireless.
The committee in charge If the
campaign, headed by r; w. johnson.
and William Backer secretary, with
q number of hustlers as associates,
kept up steady gait from early Mon-
day until the last name had been re-
ceived and tabulated. The personnel
Of the committee IS rs follows:
d. Eishp fee Il IaLs, ma Karl Auf-
derheide, Christ Filzen, IT., Emil Mueller.
Chas. Vogtel, II. w. Beecher, N. Hem
ningsen, F. 81. Retzlaff, Chas. Stclz, z
DR.. o. G. Stricken, DR. G. B. Weiser,
Dr.. ]. Z. Schoch, n. N. Somsen, Ferdi-
nand Crone, G. A. Ottomyeer, ]. A.
Ochs, Jos. M. Arbes, Theo Mueller,
Albert Pfaender, F. w. johnson, E..
Metzinger, ALI. w. Mueller, John Henle.
F. P. Zschunke, Eugene A. Pfeferle.g
II. Q. Schleuder, John G. Siebenbrunner,
ALI. j. Vogel, Charles Stuebe, ST.,
August G.. Dahl, Robert Fesenmaier,
William Backer, G. Oswald, Fred Behnke.
In allotting the second Liberty Loan,
the government set the number of those
expected to subscribe at one Of every
ten persons in the United States, in
Guiding men, women and children.
This was outdone so far as New Ulm
is concerned. It required $50 names
to reach the allotted number here, and
it went to G82.
The following team captains, with
their assistants did the hustling for the
money:
H. L. Beechsr, Fred Behnke, A. L..
Book, Wd. Eibner, DR.. j. P. Graft.
N. Henningsen, Prof. 81. C. Hess, Her
man Field, Ath. Henle, r. NJ. Hicks,
Rev. G. G. Holm, F. W. johnson, Jacob
Klossner, L. B. Krook, r II. Krook,
Eugene Koehler, Philip Liesch. George
Marti, Emil Metzinger, ALI. w. Mueller,
o. nj. Olsen, A. J. Ochs, G. A. Otto
meyer, Albert Pfaender, Fred Pfaender,
E. "A. Pfeferle, F. H. Retzlaff, Andrew
Saffert, H. N. Scmsen, Or. ]. L. Schoch,
C. "A. Stolz, Chas. Stuebe, ST., B. A.
Schell, A. J. Vogel, FL. Zschunke.
Joseph Epple Of the Eagle Roller Mill
company's sales forca spent the entire
week at the committees headquarters
and rendered valuable assistance in
tabulating the amounts as they were
returned, and in other ways assisting