Sleepy Eye and Brown County Social Notes
Miss Emma Ganske returns home after weeks with New Ulm relatives. Roman Lindemann and family host Thanksgiving at their Sleepy Eye home. Mrs. David Meyerpeter visits Denver after weeks with Kaiser relatives. Mrs. Kaiser hosted German street gathering for her sister. Pioneer Oshawa resident William Duehn Sr. dies at Perham leaving many descendants. Obituary note misstates other deceased children in prior St Peter article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Meyerpeter
Denver
Colo
Charles F. Kaiser
Brown County
William Duehn
Oshawa
Perham
St. Peter
Duehn
William Duehn, Jr
Fred Koetting
Court
Land Township
New Ulm High School Basketball Plans Season Start
New Ulm high school plans for a January start to the basketball season with practice to ready the team. The district splits into two sections and a six game January February schedule aims to prepare for the March 4 district tournament at Carleton College. Coach N E Kirchhoff leads a roster including Graff Hamann Schueller Herzog Harris Nelson Tauer Rieke Julius Schleuder Thies and Kretsch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ulm
State Association
State High School Athletic Association
Sleepy Eye
Springfield
Redwood Falls
Lamberton
Tracy
Marshall
Minneola
Canby
Tyler
Lake Benton
Ivanhoe
Carleton College
Kirchhoff
N. E. Kirchhoff
John Graff
Ibe
Elmer Hamann
Joseph Schueller
Clarence Herzog
Bruce Harris
Plymouth Nelson
Edwin Tauer
Elmer Rieke
Walter Julius
Hugo Schleuder
Reinhold Thies
Lewis Harris
Roman Kretsch
Fairfax Quintet
Sleepy Eye Pietrus Mill Burns At 6 30 P M Tuesday
An informada reports the Pietrus Mill in Sleepy Eye burned to the ground at 6 30 p m Tuesday. The item is part of a longer local notes section listing visitors, engagements, and social events from Sleepy Eye and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleepy Eye
Pietrus
Searles Clippings Highlight Local Holiday News
Miss Adelia Reinartz returns from Lamberton after Thanksgiving visit. The community enjoyed roast turkey or goose and a dance at the New Ulm Armory. St Elizabeth Society card party awarded prizes. Stella Groebner visited and headed to New Ulm. Nick Metzen moves family to New Ulm, Metzen farm to Hubert and Annie. New Searles restaurant opened with goose dinner. A local man seeks a wife before Leap Year ends. Amelia Preisinger returns home near Lafayette after work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelia ‘Reinartz
Lamberton
New Ulm Armory
St. Elizabeth Society
Ed. Groebner
Punch
Carl Schweinfurth
Edwin Seifert
Florence Kluck
Jos. Duetsch
Stella Groebner
Bird Island
Albert Haas
New Ulm
Nick Metzen
Minnesota
Fred Aufderheide
Metzen
Hubert Metzen
Annie
Searles
Carl Schwein
Amelia Preisinger
Lafayette
Anton Zwach
Anton Meidl
Bethel Church Begins Basement Excavation In City
Excavation for a new basement at Bethel church started early last week and is being rushed. The remodel will include an assembly room for Sunday school and Ladies' Aid, a kitchen, toilet rooms, and a furnace area. Herman Langmack of the city holds the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Church
Herman Langmack
Buy Undertaking Business Shifts to Buenger Co
Last Friday a deal closed transferring Jesse Majewski's undertaking business to Buenger Furniture Co. which will keep the Odd Fellows building as an exclusive undertaking parlor display room and chapel. The furniture store will focus on furniture and rugs. Majewski, injured in a prior auto hearse crash, remains on crutches and may be out of work for some time, planning a trip to Washington with his parents in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Majewski
Buenger Furniture Co
Odd Fellows
Majewski
Washington
Pleasant Surprise At Turner Frauenverein Gathering
Mrs. Franziska Bellin presided as members of the Turner Frauenverein surprised her Sunday at the Turner club rooms. Cards were played, prizes awarded, and a six o'clock lunch served with a birthday cake and an originalReading by Mrs. L. G. Bell. Thanksgiving Day featured visits by multiple families across Sleepy Eye Stewart and Winthrop areas as guests at various homes. A county board of audit meeting in Springfield finalized the quarter’s receipts and expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franziska Bellin
Turner Frauenverein
Turner Club
Fred Peuser
John Havenstein, Jr
Alfred Schroeck
Frances Krook
Bellm
L. G. Bell
Local Farmer Dies Saving Papers in Lamberton Fire
W A Rockwell a farmer six miles north of Lamberton perished when he entered his burning residence to rescue papers. The blaze started early morning likely from a defective chimney. His wife died of influenza last March. He leaves two sons and two daughters. Subscribe for the New Ulm Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Rockwell
Lamberton
November Weddings Celebrate Two Local Pairs
On Thanksgiving Day at the Courtland home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Karr, Velma Marshh became the bride of Robert Harris with a ceremony under an arch of smilax and pink chrysanthemums. The couple plans a stay in Ipswich before settling on the groom’s Cambria farm. The second wedding at St Paul’s Lutheran united Alfred Hamann and Miss Mabel Stoll with Ophelia roses and blue white decor. they will reside in the city after a celebration at the bride’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Karr
Courtland
Velma Marshh
Robert Harris
Evan Harris
Cambria
Rey, Fields of
Kerns
Wallace Harris
Florence Espenson
American Legion
Ipswich
S. D
Alfred Hamann
John Hamann
Mabel Stoll
August Stoll
Miningsota Street
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
C.J. Albrecht
Harry Hamann
Blaie Friedrich
Becker's
Puhlmann Brothers
Hamann
Social visitors and travels around Sleepy Eye area
Miss Imogene Beckenhauser of Sleepy Eye spent a day here. Bert Kotten and Edward Turbes of Springfield called at the Reinhart home. Miss Bella Quandt of Stewart visits Henry Simmet home near New Ulm. Rev and Mrs E A Pankow of St James were guests of F H Schweppe. Miss Freda Schwartz returned from ex two weeks with sister Mrs Arthur Bode Courtland township. Bill Born and Albert Ranweiler Thanksgiving at Mrs Wm Born Norwood home. They returned to New Ulm with Dewey Born who attended the local Armory dance. F H Schweppe left for St James to visit friends and attend opening of the Consolidated Citizens and Security State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Buenger
Baby
Albert Fohl
Sleepy Eye
Eichten
G. J. Pelzl
Hildegard
Lena Harmening
Elsie Schweppe
Minnie Lorenz
St. James
F. H. Schweppe
Henrietta Glasmann
William and Louis Glasmann
Russell
Manitoba
Canada
William
Paul Quant
Albert Sivert
Stewart
Charles Quandt
Winthrop
Herman Quandt
Lafayette
Martha
Ada Sievert
Martin Luther College
HF. Sievert
A. F. Kotten
Gertrude
Springfield
Edward Lau
Comfrey
William H. Boettger
Charles B. Hillesheim
This City
R. H. Reinhart
Courtland
Alex. Reinhart
Bella Quandt
Henry Simmet
New Ulm
E.A. Pankow
Freda “Schwartz
Arthur Bode
Courtland Township
Bill
Albert Ranweiler
Norwood
Dewey
Consolidated Citizens and Security’ State Bank
Blossoms for Christmas Suggestion from Pioneer Nursery
William Pfaender Jr of Pioneer Nursery explains a method to force flowering buds on apple plum or cherry twigs by placing them in water in a warm room. If twigs are broken on December 1 or within a few days after, blooms may appear by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pfaender, Jr
Pioneer
Flood Hearing Friday on Minnesota Valley Conservancy District
The Minnesota Valley Conservancy District flood control hearing will be held Friday at 2 pm in the New Ulm courthouse courtroom. Judges from ten judicial districts including Judge T. M. Olsen will preside jointly, expected to draw many residents from across the valley. Also noted are social mentions of Miss Bernice Schmidt visiting New Ulm relatives and Miss Alice Pfeiffer's Thanksgiving visit with her parents in Milford township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Valley Conservancy District
New Ulm
T. M. Olsen
Minnesota Valley
Bernice ‘Schmidt
Tracy
Alice Pfeiffer
North Star Township
Teachers’ Institute
Henry Pfeiffer
Milford Township
Sealed bids for $18,000 first mortgage on farmland
Emil Rohdes administrator of William Rohde deceased invites sealed bids for purchase of an $18,000 first mortgage on the E 12 section 14 T 145 R 44, due March 1, 1926, with 5 percent interest and a $650 coupon note due March 1, 1921. Bids to be marked Bid for $13,000 mortgage and filed with Attorney Albert Steinhausen by December 11, 1920, 2 p.m. Right to reject any bids reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Rohdes
William Rohde
Albert Steinhausen
Live Poultry Wanted for Christmas Market
Advertises immediate demand for live poultry with an advisory that prices may drop. Encourages sellers to contact for current prices and notes marketing now rather than waiting.
Card of Thanks for Funeral Attendees and Kind Solace
We express heartfelt thanks to all who attended the funeral of our mother Mrs Henrietta Glasmann and to pallbearers floral donors and Rev Dr C G Hahn for solace Also in Frank H Seifert Sigel Wm Radloff Home Herman Schrader Essig left for St Paul Tuesday to attend the State Equity Convention lasting two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Glasmannalso
C. G. Hahn
Frank H. Seifert
Sigel
Wm. Radloff
Home
Herman Schrader
Essig
St. Paul
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Jack Dempsey
Robert Warwick
Bill Franey
Frank Mayo
Olive Thomas
Arbuckle
Goldwyn
Jack Pickford
Grand Theatre
Eek
Emma Ganske
Roman Lindemann
Charles Lindemann
Limprove Air
Ieee
SEN
Muesing Drug Store
New Ulm, Minn
Emily Reinhart
B. M. Frantz
Cobden
Luella Dallmann
Focal Hospital
Russell Ulrich
State University
B. Esser
Peter Welter
Goodwin, M. D
John Hanschen
Minneapolis
August Muske
Mesdames
J. L. Schoch
Henry N. Samson
J. P. Graff
Jos. M. Arbes
Harry Bingham
Bridge
Turner Hall
Harkin Massapust
Rudolph Massapust
Eleanore Biebl
St. Teresa College
Winona
Andrew Biebl
North
Franklin Street
Bertha Esser
Laverne
Cathryn Ulrich
Esser
Gustav Albrecht
Fairfax
California
BUY Undertaking Business
Herman Schwerr
Child
Frank Schroeder
Charles W. Quandt
William ‘Quandt
Paul Quandt
Bella
Abert Sievert
Lyman Grosklags
Herman ‘Quandt
Board of Audit
Louis G. Vogel
Carl. P. Manderfeld
Polkow
C. A. Stolz
Minn
New Ulm Review
Harris Marsch
Hamann-Stoll
Imogene Beckenhauser
Bert Kotten
Edward ‘Turbes
Mrs
Grand View Stock Farm
J. W. Koester
DR. Martin Luther College Chapel
Eve
Rechlin
New York
C. G. Reim
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