Wellner Farm in Dispute Recalls Historic Murder Case
In Nicollet County, the Wellner farm dispute pits two surviving children against attorney Jos A Eckstein over 245 acres valued at 12 250 dollars. They claim Mrs Tanke profited from the murder of John Wellner and seek recovery of the Lafayette township property once transferred to Eckstein. Hoidale Samson represent the guardians.
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John Wellner
Nicollet County
Jos. A. Eckstein
Wellner
Frank Tanke
Anke
St. Peter
Sibley County
Tanke
St. James
Eckstein
Hoidale & Samson
New Ulm
Warning Bell to Play at Turner Theatre Next Friday
Gordon and Bennett present Warning Bell in New Ulm at the Turner Theatre next Friday April 12. The drama follows New England home life with love intrigue and humor, featuring a strong cast led by Miss Ludlow and Mr. Barnard and painted scenery from photographs.
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Gordon & Bennett
New York
Theatre-Gorra
New Ulm
New England
Miss Ludlow
Thorpe bill ends private bank role under public examiner
The house passed a bill, already cleared by the senate, banning private banks from soliciting for business unless supervised by the public examiner. The Minneapolis Journal lauds a comprehensive state banking law, noting past defeats but citing the current act as strengthening the system and public oversight.
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House
Thorpe
Senate
Public Examiner
Minneapolis Journal
Great Catholic Cathedral Corner Stone Parade Planned
Plans for the June 2 corner stone ceremony of the new St. Paul Catholic cathedral advance rapidly. Organizers expect about 25 000 people in the parade drawn from Catholic organizations and church dignitaries with invited clergy possibly from leading nationwide churches. Invitations go to St Josephs Society Knights of Columbus Foresters and ladies societies in New Ulm. The Second Regiment Band will accompany and a special train is being arranged.
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St. Paul
Capitol City
New Ulm
St. Joseph's Society
Knights of Columbus
Foresters and Ladies’ Societies
Major Vogel Seeks County Tax Board Seat
County Auditor Vogel is a candidate for a seat on the proposed tax commission to share appointment power with the governor and attorney general if the measure passes. Other local items include travel plans, a May public school exhibit, and state road funding debated in the senate. A brutal husband attack leaves Mrs. Reinhart hospitalized. Reinhart, a well-to-do farmer, may face legal action.
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Vogel
Albert Pfaender
Winthrop
Augusta Seiter
Europe
August Heinz
Minneapolis
Heinz
Flour City
Marie Loreto
Catholic Auditorium
Eibner
Henle
Rausch
McGrew
Public Examiner's Department
Northwestern Telephone Company
State Treasury
Frank Reinhart
Courtland Township
Nicollet County
St. Alexander’s Hospital
Courtland Village
Itis
Suit filed for loss of arm in Leavenworth sawmill accident
Samuel J. Brown sues Herman Altermatt for 20000 dollars damages over a sawmill accident on Altermatt s Leavenworth township farm. Brown, a former civil engineering student, was employed when a slab dropped, Brown's arm was drawn into a saw and amputated. Attorney W A Funk of Mankato represents Brown.
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Herman Altermatt
Brown County
Altermatt
Leavenworth Township
Samuel J. Brown
Mankato
W. A. Funk
Brown
St. Louis
Alternatt
Rats undermine wagon road in five feet of mud
The Springfield Advance recounts a cement crew's traffic halt en route from Springfield to Clements when muskrat activity undermined a graded stretch between two sloughs. The ground collapsed, trapping the team and equipment before extraction.
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Springfield
Clements
Bayley Named Contract Surgeon for U S Army
Maj E W Bayley of Sleepy Eye has been appointed as a contract surgeon for the U S Army and will resign as Brown County coroner. A special county board meeting is set to appoint a successor. The post carries lieutenant salary but no commission, a step usually given to longer service. Dr Bayley has resigned from Gen TMolomp despl staff.
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Senator Hall
Senate
Hall
Peterson
Opera House
Josh Weltsch
Sleepy Eye
Dauer & Laway
Thundale
Harmony
Carlton
Medford
E. W. Bayley
U.S. Army
Brown County
Eckstein
Bayley
Iplerts
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Wellner Farm
Mr. Eckstein
District Court
Mr. Rockefeller
Houston Post
Wright
House Committee
Tracy
Minnesota
Slater
Charles Hanson
Redwood County
Carnally
Board of Pardons
Senator Clague
Hanson
Clague
Webber
Gordon & Bennett's
Turner Theatre
James
Mark
Louis G. Vogel
Canfield
Highway Commission
Samuel Brown
Leavenworth Farmer
A. Funk
Bertha Krupp
Queen Krupp
Essen
Miss Krupp
Ottomeyer
Cluny Cable
Brussels
Nottingham
Crone Bros
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