New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12

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Happenings Of the Week Briefly Told
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Melvin Morrell is dead at Mime
apolis from injuries received when he
was crushed beneath an auto truck.
Andrew Messer, sixty-fve years old,
who had served forty-six years as
janitor in Minneapolis public schools,
is dead.
At a patriotic celebration at Heron
Lake that village of 900 persons raised
81, 500 in forty-fve minutes for Red
Cross work
Mrs. Sophie Stuhr, ninety -four years
old, Winona's Oldest pioneer woman,
succumbed to the first sickness she
ever had known.
The Minnesota State Woman's
Christian Temperance union will hold
its forty-frst annual convention at
Minneapolis Sept. 1928.
John Mckinney, a pioneer resident
of Winnebago City, is dead. He was
born in New York in 1910 and was a
veteran of the Civil war.
Drafted men who leave Hibbing will
have individual hackers whose duties
it will be to provide the soldiers with
tobacco and reading material.
Minnesota beekeepers, at meeting
at the state fair grounds, fixed the
price of honey from Ia to 20 cents per
pound, according to quality and guam
tity
Seven of the eight surviving mem
bers of G company, Eighth Minnesota
infantry, met in annual banquet at the
home of Horace Voligney. at Still
water.
Two of the children of Charles Di-
mond of st. Paul are dead from diph-
liberia and four other children and
the parents are seriously ill from the
disease
President J. P. Foote of the Scandal
American bank of Crookston is dead.
He was sixty~three years old. Mr..
Foote had recently undergone an OPP
Grafton
The attendance at this years state
fair was 3S2,2o5, breaking all previous
records. In 1912, the former high
mark, 374,12S persons passed through
the turnstiles.
Frank II. Carleton, Jr., of Minneap-
oils, now. in the Red Cross ambulance
service in France, has been awarded
the Cross of War for bravery in re-
moving wounded under heavy bonn
bardment.
j. F. Turner, St Elizabeth, Wis.
died of a broken neck following an au-
tomobile accident on the Saltwater
road three miles outside the ST. Paul
city limits.
j. p. WhitweH of ST. Paul was elect
ed president of the Minnesota Spirit
ualists' association at the closing
meeting of its annual convention in
Minneapolis
At the farm of w. III. Johnston in
South Long Lake township, Grow
Wing county, there is crab apple
tree with fruit hanging from its limbs
and blossoms appearing a second time
this season.
Isaac R. Beery, Minneapolis con-
tractor and apartment house owner.
is dead. He was sixty-six years old
and had been resident of Minneap-
oils since 1871
Minnesota corporations In the past
fiscal year paid s4,618,464.76 income
taxes to the government The returns
by individuals in the Gopher state to-
tailed $1,S14,431.33
Lille Miller, sixteen years old, of
Benton county, won the oral spelling.
contest at the state fair and Joseph
Voldahl, twelve years old, Of Faribanlt
county, took first honors in the writ
ten contest.
Oscar L. Buhr of Stewart, this state.
has been appointed to succeed Floyd
Lyle as secretary to President Marion
u. Burton of the University of Mime
sofa. Mr.. Lyle resigned to enter mill
tary service. s
Wadena county won first honors for
county agricultural exhibits at the
state fair. Cass county captured first
honors for the northern section and
Nicollet secured first place in the
southern section.
The special employment bureau
opened by the Minnesota public
safety commission in Minnesota to
give statewide war time service fur
nished jobs to 2,O5S men and 961 WON
en- during August
John P. Karpen Of Hastings, super
intendent Of schools of Dakota county,
has been certified for service In the
national army. The board claims he
is the FIRST county or state Official In
Minnesota to be certified. @
Archie Thomas of Sheridan, wanted
by the police for attempting to kill q
rival, Harry Harder Of Mankato. who
was engaged to his former sweetheart.
killed himself after being surrounded
by the sheriff and posse.
In reply to the recent antidraft
meeting at New Ulm loyal citizens of
that town and the surrounding coun.;
try, to the number OF 10000, particis
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