New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-22


Peter Welter of this city attended to
business matters in Golden several days.
during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hoppe and
daughter from Gaylord visited with 10.
cal relatives the greater part of the
week.
p. Lambrecht Of the town Of Eden
came to New Ulm with his daughter,
Mrs. Aug. Petricht, of Butler, s. D.,
last week. The latter underwent an
operation at local hospital last Thurs
day.
Last Wednesday Martha T.. Starr, an
old pioneer of Tracy died at her home
in that city. The deceased was seventy
three years old and death was caused
by anaemia. She was mother Of f.
P. Starr Of this city,
Mrs. c. s. Robertson and the Misses
Kate, Ellen and Finlay Robertson have
departed for Tucson, Arizona, where
they will spend the winter. They made
a prolonged visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
G. N. Robertson in this city.
The next Liberty loan will bear in
terest at the rate OF four and one-half
per cent according to a statement Civ
en- out by the treasury department. The,
issue viii be for $5,00O,o0o, 900 and will
be for five years time. The drive is
to begin April 6.
Miss Rose Gruenenfelder was agree
ably surprised at her home last Thurs
day evening, the occasion being her
birthday anniversary The evening
was spent at cards and other games.
The Misses Nettie and Catherine Her
zog were the prize winners
This weeks Lafayette Ledger CON
tains the information that the building.
upon a farm not far from that village
were painted yellow one evening re-
Gently. A spray was used, and the trees
as we'll as the farm buildings were
covered with yellow paint.
Mrs. Ernst L. johnson has returned to
her home i'll Lafayette after receiving
attention at a local hospital. She re-
Gently had the misfortune to step upon
a darning needle, which broke off in
one of her feet. She was brought to a
local hospital where the needle was ex-
tracted.
.. j. Johnson, president of the Gusta-
vus Adolphus college, has received no.
tice from the war department at Wash
ington that Lieut.. Soren X. Ostergaard
has been detailed as professor of mill
tary science and tactics at the st. Pc
ter college. He was commanding Of
fcer Of the S. A. r. C.
Relatives in New Ulm received the
sad information last Thursday after
noon of the death of Mrs. John Dorm
i'll Iowa. Mrs. Dorm was Miss Lena
Epper Of Swan Lake before her mar
riage. She is survived by six children.
Mr.. Dorm is a cousin of A. S. Dorm of
this city.
According to a letter published in the
Hanska Herald, Hans Becken, former
publisher of the paper is in France. He
writes of having a very stormy passage
across the sea. He sailed on the British
ship, Cedric, November l2, leaving New
York harbor the day after the signing
of the armisticc
Jos. j. sperl, of Searlcs; Fl. F. Dohr-
mann, Of Leavenwortl, and Fred Prahl
OF Mulligan have been appointed as
delegates to meet with the Minnesota
Tax conference at the old state capitol,
in st. Paul Wednesday and Thursday.
The appointment was made by Herman
PolkoW, chairman of the board Of Coun
ty commissioners.
j. w. Ulrich, for five and a half
years employed as electrician at the
station in this city has pur-
chased the stock Of the Cooper Electric
Co., Oh North Minnesota street. Mr..
Ulrich has taken possession of the stock
and is ready to serve the people. They
expect to carry a full line of all electric
al goods. Mr.. Cooper expects to handle
farm lighting plants.
Howard Buenger, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. }. Buenger Of Minneapolis, who was
a student at ST. Thomas college, spent
several days last week in New Ulm
and from here he went to Chicago where
he enlisted as an apprentice seaman at
the Great Lakes Naval Training sta
ton. The lad is only sixteen years old
and his sudden decision to enter the
navy came as a surprise to his parents.
A crew Of some seventy-fiye men are
at work laying new ninety pound steel
rails west on the main line from Sam