New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-10-08
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an auto .acclQentssW ileHss kOAlE W LIE
Redwood County Fair about two weeks.
ago. Miss Holt formerly was a teacher
in the Comfrey public school. IN
the fateful tour, her two brothers were
in the front seat. She with her mother
and sister occupied the rear seat. The
car collided with another big car driven
by Selmer Cole who was slightly injured
when the collision occurred The Holt
car was struck on the side Miss Holt
being thrown into the ditch and killed
Instantly Her brother Edward had his.
head crushed and died instantly. The
three other occupants of the car were
seriously injured and are now at the.
local hospital.
a Sleepy Eye The Forty Fifth annual
meeting Of the Western Association of
Congregational Churches is being held
here, october Z and 5. An interesting
program had been arranged for the
meeting. Rev E r. Wheelerof New Um
will read paper on The Democracy
of Congregationalism z Wednesday after
noon.
Heretofore many Of the breeders
have had to ship their stock to South
st. Paul to hold their sales. The
great expense incurred in shipping to
PARKWAY market will be done away
with and the stock will be. in better
shape and command better price
/ than if shipped great distance. There
are many good breeders IN Brown
county but the industry, 50 to speak,
S but in its infancy and will amount to
ijust what the people make OF it AS
farmers will flock from hundreds Of
miles to Indiana and Illinois when
they wish to secure fine Percheron horses,
so can they be attracted to Brown
county if the breeders here excel in
various lines of live stock. The field.
| is great and the opportunity is ripe, and
it is now time to grasp it.
| St. Peter DIR. j. w. Daniels Of this
city, has received notification Of his
appointment as an assistant surgeon
! in the United States Public Health
service. Captain Daniels was selected
by Dr.. II. NJ. Bracken Of st. Paul, super
visor for Minnesota, and will act as
surgeon and examiner for Nicollet Coun-
ty.-St. Peter Herald.
Confrey Friday, October 18th, has
been chosen as the day for the enter
tainment to be given in honor Of the
returned soldiers and sailors Of Comfrey
and vicinity. A supper, movies" and
a dance are among the numbers of the
program.
Madelia. Stewartville, MINI, last
week began shipping livestock to the
Equity COOPERATIVE Exchange Live
stock Agency at Chicago, following the
organization of a big cooperative ship
ping association at that point. The
| Exchange assisted the farmers in the
| organization of the shipping associa-
ton, and the speaker explained that
1 local cooperation would be Of but
small value unless the shippers coop
eratively patronized terminal market
as we'll The Rural NeUs.
Manakto. The city Of Mankato will
levy the sum Of s2O1 500 against the
taxable property Of its citizens, this
year. This is SAL, 500 more than the
sum assessed last year. Mayor Waters
stated that the increased amount is
due to the advance in cost of material
! and labor, etc, and also the fact that last
year the city had licensed money from
| the saloons.
, Sleepy Eye. Fourteen breeders of
pure bred stock in this community met
] here last week to discuss the feasibility
of organizing company and purchas-
ing suitable location for sales pavilion
J in Sleepy Eye It was decided to
incorporate a company with a capitaI-
! zation Of $4,000 to $4,000 and sell shares
at about $50 each. giving each stock
| holder one vote The breeders see the
need Of pavil'o
Mountain Lake. Thieves entered the
ice cream parlor Of ]. j. Vogt and the
lSchraeder & Klassen Clothing store,
Escaping with cash and merchandise
valued at somewhere between $500 and
$3.50. This is the second time these
two business places have been robbed
during the last two months.
Nacollet. The village council granted
a franchise to the Nicollet Electric Co.,
at a special meeting, Monday Septem-
Der 20. The franchise entities this
newly formed company to furnish cleo
trio light for the period Of twenty years,
assuring the villageof the conveniences
derived from the use Of electric light
and power. A Delco-L Light plant has
been ordered by the company and viii
be installed and ready for service before
Thanksgiving, according to present ex-
Ipectations.
The incorporates of the Nicollet