New Ulm review., 1921-03-16
LOCAL. NOTES

Victor Lund and family of Lafayette
were recent business visitors here.
Mrs. F. w. Lund of Lafayette was
New Ulm caller the fore part of last
week
Mrs Julius Hagberg and Miss Ellen
Youngblom of Lafayette were New
Ulm callers, Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs Siveren Midtbruget
and Arnold Kinde of Hanska were
New Ulm visitors, Thursday
Miss Annie Hanson of Hanska spent
few days last week visiting her
mother, who is receiving medical at
tention at the Union Hospital here.
Mrs. Felix Brust has returned to her
home at Sleepy Eye, following a
pleasant visit with her parents and
other rela tives here.
Lafayette Ledger was pleasant caller
at the Review office one day last week.
He gave our printing plant the "once
over"
Charles Chute of Hanska spent
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week
with his brother, Roy, who was operat-
ed upon for appendicitis at the Union
Hospital here, the previous day.
Mrs. w c. Schrap and daughter,
Mata, Mrs. Fritz, Mrs. George Marti
and daughter, Esther, of Sleepy Eye
recently enjoyed an auto trip to New
Ulm and brief visit with local friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Prafke of
Fairmont arrived here, Saturday after
noon for a visit at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Martin L. F. Eyrich on North
State street Mrs. Prafke is Mrs.
Eyrich's sister.
T. f. Bergquist was a New Ulm
caller last Saturday. He was ac-
companied on the return by Mrs.
Bergquist and daughter, Dorothy.
The latter had received medical treat
ment at the Union Hospital
Ledger.
Sixteen years ago today (Wednes-
day, William J. Bryan, the 'Pee1less
Leader, delivered an address in New
b Ulm. A special train on the NJ & St.
l.. from Winthrop brought people from
along that line here to listen to the
"Silver-Tongued Orator of the Platte"
according to the Sixteen Years Ago"
column in the Lafayette Ledger.
William Schaleben, former repre-
sentative of Watonwan county in the
lower branch of the State Legislature
and wel-known in New Ulm, was
elected mayor of Madelia at the cleo
ticn last Tuesday. He received 323
votes, as against 265 for his opponent,
giving him majority Of So votes.
Mr.. Schaleben previously served three
terms as chief executive of that village.
Dependency over continued i'll
health is believed to have been the
motive for the suicide of Jerome M c.
Coy, who killed himself with shot
gun in the granary on his farm near
Madelia, Wednesday, Death was in
stantaneous. Mr. Mccoy had moved
to that locality from Iowa with his
son-in-law's family about year ago,
He would have been 63 years of age
April 7.
Christ. Hanson has resigned his
position as buttermaker for the Hans
ka-Linden Creamery Co., which took
effect yesterday. He has been in the
employ of that prosperous farmers
organiza tion for 20 years and during
the past 16 years as buttermaker
He has accepted like position at the
Farmers COOPERATIVE creamery at
Nelson, Douglas county, MINI. Law
renee Lee is the new buttermaker at
Hanska and Marvin Frederickson is
his assistant
Our esteemed fellow-citizen, Peter
Penning, is now completing the final
year of his -four score" having
passed life's 10th milestone, Wednes-
day The event was fittingly observed
in the family circle at the Penning
home on Summit avenue, near DR.
Martin Luther College, that evening
A very pleasant social time was en-.
Joyed. During the day, neighbors
and friends called upon the jubilariar
to extend congratula tions and best
wishes for many more happy and con.
tented birthdays. Mr.. Penning is a
veteran Of the Civil war and unusually
SnrN for q 10 q n Of L;s n 4 .ra,.e.e-l go