New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-03-26
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OF Jos. degerie last Monday.
G.. A. Stolt Of Nicoilet is receiving
treatment at local hospital.
Mrs. Fred Kappeunann from Nico]let
visited at her home in New Ulm during
the week.
| Nick Flzen from Stanley, N. D.,
! is visiting with his mother and other
relatives in New Ulm.
G. Nelson Of Brighton township
fell from a barn on his farm recently
and was severely injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Wilking of Mic
Io.let township are rejoicing over the
arrival Of a son at their home.
Miss Leona Drusch and VIM. Drusch
have returned to their home in this
city after visit at the J. G.. Fullerton
home in Fairfax.
Mrs. Jacob Mertz has returned TO-
her home in Sleepy Eye after recover ing
from an operation which she underwent
here recently.
| Peter Welter, ST., spent several days
during the week visiting at the home
Of his daughter, Mrs. A. J. Goblirsch
and family in Golden.
! Miss Meta Dahms who is employed
as nurse in Minneapolis, is making
! visit at the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Gustav Dahms, in this city.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ernst Valentine
have returned to their home in Mime
apolis after short sojourn at the home of
the latter's mother, Mrs. Lena Frederick.
Herman Niebuhr from Gibbon was
in the city during the week visiting
with his wife who is recovering from a
serious operation at one of the local
hospitals.
J. F. Becker and sister, Mrs. VIM.
| Krumme and the latter's son, Milton
have returned to their homes in Waukon,
| la, after several days visit with their
brother, p A. Becker and family.
Iona Arbes, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Arbes, celebrated her fifteenth
birthday anniversary last Thursday,
About sixteen of her young friends came
as guests for this occasion. All enjoyed
merry time.
Peter Zwacn recently disposed Of
his farm near Pierz, M4nn., and has
returned to New Ulm. He has purchased
a farm in Sigel township and will take
possession soon. His many friends are
pleased that he has again removed to
| this community.
Art Schleif and family have returned
from weeks visit at the Chas. Schleif
home near Comfrey. All the relatives
assembled and a celebration was held
in honor of ADJ Schleif who had just
returned from France. He accompanied
them to New Ulm.
Segt. &Alb. Herriges who visited with
his sister, Miss Thecla Herriges, last
week, was on his way home from France.
He was not inclined to say very much
about his experiences over there but
confirmed the stories told by others
of the returning boys as to the hard
ships endured by the men in the trenches.
Asked about the matter of the prices
charged by the French, he said that
often he had stood in a French store
and seen a civilian pay less than half
the price he as soldier would have to
pay for the same article. He said,
however, that the soldiers thought
little of that because the Y. M. G. A. was
charging the boys in uniform two prices
for everything, and they couldn't blame.
the French for following suit. He
told of the scarcity of water and said
the boys we're happy when they could
find mud puddle to get drink and
The was once without food or water
for three days and three nights, "but
that was nothing compared with what
some Of the others went thru, starvation
and thirst for week and wounds and
lack Of Sleep" He found lot Of
bright, decent chaps among the German
prisoners they had taken and said they
were glad to be captured because they
were better off as prisoners than as
soldiers. Speaking Of soldiers mail,
Mr.. Herriges said it was a pity often
to see mail bags full Of letters that
meant SO much to the boys trampied
into the mud and mire of the roads,
where the mail carrier had perhaps
lost his life while on his way to the
soldiers. He said he often felt like
writing his home people not to bother
sending any mail, SO little Of it arrived
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