Former Nicollet official shoots self in head
G A Blomberg Jr a former Nicollet county district court clerk is dying at his St Peter home after firing a revolver into his brain to avoid trial for alleged public fund irregularities. He had faced a four count indictment after a public examiner found a $8500 shortage later paid, with his arrest in Montana and subsequent bail. His death appears imminent.
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G. A. Blomberg Jr
Nicollet County
St. Peter
Blomberg
Offiss
Public Examiner
Grand Jury
Montana
Hungarian Boys Band Coming to Turner Theatre
The Schilzonyi Hungarian Boys band of 35 youths tours America and will perform at Turner Theatre next Saturday and Sunday evenings April 6 and 7. The group has received high praise from Twin Cities papers after a two week engagement, and the band is noted as a popular concert attraction.
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Schilzonyi
America
Turner Theatre
Twin Cities
Justice Waives Fee To Aid Cupid In Courtland
Western Nicoliet county youths may wed at reduced cost as Justice W A Wagner offers free marriage services to engaged couples in Courtland village or township. The notice follows a village election elevating him to justice and closes with other local legislative and court items from Lafayette Ledger.
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Justice
Nicoliet
W. A. Wagner
Courtland Village
Wagner
Cloquet
Otto Menstul
Prairieville
Cobden
New Ulm
Chas. Bauermeister
Ridgely
C. Bode Jr
Courtland
H. F. Schrader
Lafayette
Andrew Jenson
Brighton
Lars Karstad
Bernadotte
Nicollet County
E.O. Bendall
Henry Simmet
A. Beyer
Frogs halt Omaha road trains near Mankato and Bingham Lake
A Mankato special reports thousands of frogs leaving winter quarters in warm weather slow traffic on the Omaha road. Frogs cross the tracks and are ground under passing trains, making rails slippery and stopping trains near Mankato and near Bingham Lake.
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Mankato
Pioneer Press
Omaha
Bingham Lake
Election surprises from Ward results and city races
Nagel wins First Ward by eleven over Beecher. Wicherski edges Buenger by one vote. Piaender defeats Meyer 241 to 120 in the Third Ward. St Peter follows with Philip Dick’s victory over Rounseville by about 200, and Tracy adopts dry policy. Chicago goes Republican. Buase ousts the mayor by 18,000 in a standout statewide tally.
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Nagel
Beecher
Flor
Wicherski
Buenger
Ptaender
Meyer
Hermann Nagel
St. Peter
Philip Dick
Rounseville
Tracy
Chicago
Buase
Mankato
Andrews
Best Taylor
Minnesota House Advances Indian Wars Pension Bill
The Minnesota house in committee of the whole recommended passage of the Wright bill granting twelve dollars monthly pensions to all citizen soldiers who fought in Indian wars, expanding beyond disabled veterans. It faced opposition as potentially costly, with Burdett Thayer's out-of-state residency extension defeated. Also approved were two amendments limiting pensions for those already drawing federal pensions and delaying operative year to 1907.
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Wright
Minnesota
John Lennon
Hicks
Minneapolis
Burdett Thayer
Loftus hearing marks best session in Shippers case
The Peterson committee resumed the Minnesota Shippers and Receivers association inquiry with George Loftus on the stand. Attorney George Armstrong conducted the examination as Loftus revealed he largely ran the group and handled finances. The by laws were poorly observed in officer elections. A Polish undertaker incident and a wartime hospital joke followed, illustrating the paper’s mixed anecdotal content.
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Peterson Committee
Minnesota Shippers and Receivers’ Association
George Loftus
George Armstrong
Tottug
Auew
Loftus
Bocan
Bociam
Supreme court shields stock liability in Germania Bank case
Minnesota’s state supreme court ruled in favor of Ernst Albrecht shielding him from additional stock liability sought by Gustav Willius as receiver of the Germania Bank of St. Paul. The decision holds the statute of limitations runs from when either form of suit could have been brought, affecting cases like Jacob Pfenninger’s demand for 12000 dollars.
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Supreme Court
Germania Bank
Jacob Pfenninger
Ramsey County
Germania Bank of
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