Union Labor Wins In Duluth And Other Minnesota Cities
Union Labor candidates swept Duluth’s city offices in a bitter campaign. FE Snively won mayor by about 7000 votes, with Phillips and Merritt elected as city commissioners. South St. Peter elected Mrs. A K Gault as mayor by 29 votes, the first woman mayor in Minnesota. Other cities like Mankato Sleepy Eye and surrounding wards also saw Labor victories shaping city councils and offices.
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Duluth
FE. Snively
P. G. Phillips
Leonidas Merritt
Good Government Club
Loyal' Soldiers’ and Sailors
Labor
Nonpartisan League
Socialism
Prank & Cutting
Richard Munck
Harry W. Lanners
New Ulm Merchants Plan Monthly Bargain Day
New Ulm shopkeepers join to invite residents within 25 to 30 miles to New Ulm for a monthly bargain day. Each trader offers special prices to attract shoppers from surrounding areas, aiming to compete with mail order houses. Readers are urged to request the bargain bulletin from the Review if not received.
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New Ulm
Ulm
Local Auxiliary Charter Arrives in New Ulm Armory Meeting
The Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion, Benjamin J. Seifert Post, received its charter after a temporary organization at the local Armory on March 21. A general meeting is set for Monday April 18 at 8 pm to elect officers, finalize the permanent group, and enroll eligible women in New Ulm and vicinity whose husbands, sons, or brothers served in World War I. The group aims to organize regular meetings and extend membership to all qualified local women.
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Women’s Auxiliary
Benjamin J. Seifert
American Legion
William S. Cockroft
Mise Irene Smith
New Ulm
Auxiliary
Women’s Auxiliary of the
Women's Relief Corps
Tocal Auxiliary
Legionaires
Local Ward Election Results Highlight Charter Amendments
In the First ward the race featured three candidates. M asperson received 202 votes, while Fialka tallied 378 and Berkner 376. Proposed city charter amendments failed to reach a three-fifths majority, though they attracted more votes than their opponents.
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Masperson
Fialka
Berkner
New Ulm Baseball Team Rolls Out Committees Named
Spring talks turn to the New Ulm nine as four players are listed with more under discussion. Billie Born returns as catcher along with Burn at first and Ham Davis at shortstop. Thurman Burra, Bruseck, and Maxwell are tipped for key roles. Committees named include Finance Entertainment Grounds Transportation and Advertising to run a two weekly game plan.
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Ulm Nine
Billie
New Ulm
Born
Inj
Bruseck
Thurman Burra
Burn
Bunn
Ulm
The
Ham” Davis
Iowa
J. P. Graff
Minneapolis
Earl J. Maxwell
Maxwell
Aberdeen
Montevideo
Minn
Ed. Berg
J. A. Ochs
P. d. Eichten
J. B. Woebke
R. Schmucker
G. Schneider
Alois Eibner
Buenger, Furniture Co
Gates and Grounds
Cy” Groebner
Wm. Mather
Hackbarth Shoe Store
A. J. Schmidt
Wm. Pfeiffer
Alfred J. Groebner
Transportation Committee
A. W. Mueller
Puhlmann Bros. Games Arrangement Committee
F. D. Minium
Elmer Backer
Chas. Emmerich
H H. Walters
John H.woebke
H. C. Schleuder
Sister Mary Korbel Attends ManKato Knights Carnival
Miss Mary Korbel and her sister Mrs Clifton H E Smith attended the Knights of Columbus carnival at Man kato last Tuesday afternoon and enjoyed the affair. Mr Smith accompanied them to New Ulm Tuesday night.
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Mary Korbel
Clifton HE. Smith
Mankato
Mr. Smith
New Ulm
Some Skin Game 15 Farmer Receives One-Cent Stamp
A New Ulm area farmer who sent a calf hide to a fur and wool firm reports 13 pounds of hide at 5 cents netting 66 cents, freight 62 cents, remitted by stamps 3 cents, leaving him a one cent payment. The note praises the farmer’s careful skinning while condemning the stamp deduction. Alexander Jonson and Alois Kosek of Lafayette visited Thursday.
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New Ulm
Siim
Consignee
Palmer
Aufderheide and Kuehlbach Win Council Seats in Quiet City Election
Despite rain and weak turnout, Karl H. Aufderheide won re election in the Second ward by 77 votes over Herman Vogel while Charles Kuehlbach captured the Third ward seat with a 96 vote margin over William S Vercoe Oswald retained his First ward councilor seat without opposition, polling 105 votes. The overall vote total across three wards was 1010, far below last year and the November general election.
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Thomas
Schneider
Ray Brust
George Foster
A. R. Kelm
Joseph Piaska
George Berkner
F. E. Beech
George Martinka
Aufderheide
Kuehlbach
Karl H. Aufderheide
Herman ©. Vogel
Charles Kuehlbach
William S. Vercoe
L. B. Krook
Vercoe
Oswald
Ho Dovice
Near Beer Sale Law Battle Sparks Minnesota Debate
Attorney General Clifford L. Hilton rules that malt drinks sale outside licensed saloons remains illegal under Minnesota statute 8189, despite 1919 prohibition. Assistant County Attorney Markve plans a test case to resolve whether patent medicines and similar beverages fall under intoxicating liquor rules. Local officials hesitate awaiting Supreme Court guidance while Town, County, and state actors push varied interpretations of the dry law.
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Clifford L. Hilton
Arthur Markve
Hennepin County
Markve
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Markwe
Hilton
Attorney General's
Supreme Court
Albert Pfaender
Wotth
Wilson
Jamaica
Sleepy Eyeite Home From South America Visit Spurred
Mr and Mrs Adolph Dover arrived from Venezuela to see his mother Mrs Caroline Dover and sister Mrs Rudolph Jensen in Sleepy Eye. Dover, head geologist for Sun Oil Co, plans brief Oklahoma visit then New York to visit parents before sailing back to Venezuela on April 27. He notes jungle dangers and brings back curios shown at Jensen Mercantile Co window.
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Adolph Dover
Venezuela
South America
Caroline Dover
Rudolph Jensen
Siys the Sleepy Eye
Dover
Sun Oil Co
Oklahoma
New York
Uncle Sam
Modern Woodmen Plan Big County Picnic
At the Brown county Modern Woodmen of America county convention in Sleepy Eye a plan was launched to hold a six-camp county picnic next summer with a national reputation speaker. A 2-member sub-committee per camp was appointed to arrange the event and fix date and place. B. A. Macho of Springfield elected delegate to the state convention. August Niemann named alternate.
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Woodmen of America
Sleepy Eye
Otto Heymann
New Ulm
M. Raymond
F. A. Macho
Springfield
Brown County
Virginia
Minn
H. C. Petersen
That Place
Hubert Berg
New Ulman
Albert Hauser
B. A. Macho
August Niemann
New Ulm Seeks Conservancy District Plan With Roads Boost
New Ulm officials and Commercial Club members debate creating a Minnesota River basin conservancy district. Amendments limit benefits to uplands, drop a dam plan, and appeal routes exist. Signs urging shopping in New Ulm proposed. road plans hinge on highway commission decisions and Babcoock plan status.
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New Ulm
Minnesota River
Commercial Club
H. H. Flor
St. Paul
Conservancy District
Flor
Hank
Senate
House
Fler
Brown County, District Court For
Good Roads Committee
State Law Mill
New Highway Commission
Babcock
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South ST. Paul
ST. Peter
Kato
George F. Kramer
Union Labor and Citizens
R. Stevenson
Frank O'Donnell
W. A. Schultz
A. Ellsworth
Justice of the Peace
St. Peter- St. Peter
A. K. Gault
Adolph Bornemann
Gault
Bornemann
J. J. Edwards
C. A. Johnson
St. Peter Free Press
Beach
William A. Seacn
Erastus Watters
Chris Steiner
Gunt. Kileinschmidt
A. W. Anderson
J. A. G. Lasck
Laack
Armory
Davin
Short
Alexander Jonson
Alois Kosek
Lafayette
Kueblbach
Hing No Dbpeai Tae As
Sleepy Eyeite
OU Company
Visite
Sleepy Vee
W. R. Hodges
C. C. Hansen
George D. Erickson
Charles A.stolz
Woodmen
Frank Scobie
Marshall Beach
Dr Rounds
R. A. Palmer
Mecsames Raymond
Wentworth and
Ladd
Etieress
Mercial Club
Minnesota Valley
Riverside
John H. Woebke
United Press & Publishing Co
Review
C. A. Stolz
A. Schulke
N. Henningsen
Woebke
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