New Ulm review., 1918-03-13
LOCAL NOTES

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will visit for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Bjorneberg of
Hanska spent Friday and Saturday
visiting at the VIM. Bjorneherg home
here. s"
Rural carrier schmiesing of Route No.
l., Harska has resigned his position
| as carrier and will shortly move on
farm which he recently rented, near
Lake Hanska. :
The Junior Red Cross Society is
conducted by Mrs. H. Krook now. TIE
ccomplishments of the junior class are
praiseworthy. They are working on a
Second afghan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Waibel and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Tauer and
family of Hanska visited at the Henry
Baumann home Wednesday of last
, week.
The little Pelant baby who was so
badly scalded last week is recovering
nicely from the injuries and altho it
: suffered greatly from fever, the burns
| are healing very well.
| A letter received from Canadian
subscriber says that they are having fine
| weather in Saskatchewan now with the
snow going very fast and every body is
anxious to get into the fields.
New Ulm people will be sorry to lose
the Emmings family but glad to know
that they are going to so pleasant place
as Hutchinson to live. c.. B. Hough
of Shakopee is taking Mr.. Emmings place
here in the Simons yards.
| Ed Grams of Bertha, Minn., has
been in this vicinity buying corn for the
Farmers Elevator at Bertha. He says
| that the farmers Of Todd County did
not harvest an ear Of corn because of
the frost. He can't get much around
here either. Mr.. Grams is son of
j August Grams of this city.
Ernest Vogelpohl left Tuesday for
Arlington, M:nn., where he is installing
pipe organ in one of the churches there.
, The organ was built by H. H. Vogel-
poll & Sons of this city. From there
he will go to New Rome where he will
also attend to some business for the
firm.
| oI +i-,oo @1o%c o,,onh11Vy II, %hi,
mans town goes out and does something
desperate or noble or foolish or philan-
thropic. If any one thinks it's snap to
prepare newspaper when nobody does
a single thing personally to be proud of
or ashamed of or astonished over or
grieved about, he can just have our
job and all the pay that goes with it and
wewill live on the enjoyment we get out of
watching him fill the paper with news
when "tEey hain't no sch thing!'
In 'er new parcel post rules which
60 into effect Friday March 18th, the
weight limit on packages has been in
creased to 70 pounds for the first three
zones which embrace a territory with a
radius of 300 miles. The old limit was
so pounds for the first two zones of $50
miles. The size of packages will remain
the same, the limit of which is "a inches
in length and girth. There is also no
charge in the weight of packages tt at
can be sent to the expeditionary forces
in Europe, seven pounds being the
maximum.
Phillip Liesch is local chairman of the
-Four Minute Men organization, his
selection having been confirmed by the
director at Washington, the appoint
ment having been made by the State
! Chairman, Up-to the present time the
following local volunteer speakers have
been enrolled: Judge I. NJ. Olsen,
Supt. H. C. Hess and F. w. Johnson.
These will give short talks to motion
| picture theatre audiences upon topics
Of national Importance. The first one
to be called upon to speak was Judge
Olsen who appeared at the Ruby Theatre
last Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock and
SPOKE upon the danger to Democracy
Mr.. Hall, the new proprietor of the
Grand Hotel, arrived with his family
and took possession of his property
March 1st. After they have tho
roly renovated the building they expect
to have formal opening and at present
are considering the advisibility of chang
ing the hotel to the European plan.
In this event the dining room will be
operated as cafe in connection with the
rest of the hotel. They also expect to
continue to keep their regular boarders.
The family at present consists of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hall and their son William who
has charge of the bus line and Mr.. and
Mrs. Nefeler, the latter a daughter of
the family, and their little daughter.