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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1920
Page
6
The Agriculture Department urges canning without sugar due to expected sugar price rise and greater cane and beet plantings. Despite a current shortage claim, U S consumption per capita has risen from 58.9 pounds in 1899 to 85-90 pounds recently, aided by soft drinks and confectionery demand.
At a meeting of officers and directors of the Redwood County Rural Telephone Company held last week Tuesday, steps were decided to increase telephone rates. EB C East of Minneapolis, secretary of the Minnesota Independent Telephone Association, urged the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission to permit higher rentals.
Program notes list pieces by I Marehs and W P Chambers with overtures and songs. Includes Paraphrase Wie schön bist du and selections from Wagner Lachner Nicholls and Voelker. Ends with marches The Favorite and Star Spangled Banner amid intermission and encore references.
L Shand of Lamberton recently returned to New Ulm for medical care after a local hospital stay. Arthur Uvans and sister Florence of Lamberton visited their mother, also under hospital care. August Frobrook of Morgan area lost a large barn and six horses in a midday fire, with injuries to his brother in law Herman Bielke who fell from the roof. The barn, hay, and gear were insured for about 1,800 dollars.
Former Indiana attorney general Tom Hohin recalls college days at Indiana University. He describes a hazing ritual where seniors would trap a freshman in a smoke session, using pipes and tobacco until the room filled with smoke, ending when the Kentucky boy refused to quit and they fled as tobacco ran out.
Early one morning Arabs delivered a frightened five year old to the Near East Relief orphanage at Kars Armenia saying he had no father or mother. The boy identified as Serkess joined the orphanage family and later reunites with a native helper who recognizes him as her son who had been taken by the Turks two years earlier.
Professor Williams toured the South Moroccan vault and discussed an ancient charter from the sultan of 1026. The vice regent noted the parchment remains in place, remarking the vault has never moved.
A reflection on living the gospel through deeds over words. The piece notes how true influence comes from warm, merciful acts that touch others, not printed preachings. It cites a teacher guiding fourth graders to use the word naturalist in a sentence and recalls a child’s insight about a grandfather.
A fragmented exchange contemplates equal standing between spouses with odd phrasing about second marriages. The dialogue hints at balance rather than advantage, noting neither partner holds a clear edge in their union.
Minnesota officials report federal regulations likely to allow shooting on duck passes half an hour after sundown. The advisory committee approved the change for Minnesota sportsmen, aligning federal rules with state limits on mourning doves and keeping the overall bag limit at twenty five while considering a lower state cap.
Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota and Wyoming will designate the Black and Yellow Trail as an official state trunk highway. Tour information bureaus and tourist headquarters are being set up along the route as surveys advance and preliminary work finishes. The trail will be the longest improved road in Minnesota and the first to be paved in the state, according to T. J. Caton for state highway commissioner Mr. Babcock.
Mrs. Otto Meyer and daughter Julia visit relatives in the Twin Cities. Mrs. L. A. Fritsche returns from St. Paul with relatives. Louise enjoys a St. Paul visit. Mrs. Wm Yoerg of Little Falls and Mrs. Bertha Andre of Minneapolis visit the George Marti home. Miss Margaret Hicks honored at a Hammermeister gathering before her fall wedding. Cecelia Siebenbrunner underwent a kidney operation at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul July 21 and is recovering. Col C H Hopkins of Fairfax discusses Aug 23 Fort Ridgely last battle commemoration plans. New officers of the Fort Ridgely State Park & Historical Association named with J A O Press as president and C H Nixon Hector as vice president. board members include R Pfefferle, J A Ochs, Wm Pfaender Jr., and Jack Klossner Jr.
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