County Board Moves Through Busy Special Session
County Commissioners met in a special session at the Courthouse. Actions include tax appeals referred and denied, settlement agreements in bankruptcies, road expenditures on State Roads No. 1 7 and 8, and inspections confirming Judicial Ditch work. The board approved payments for ditch work and directed audits and future metering to locate electric waste. Regular business closed with adjournment after totaling expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Wilhelmine Salkowski
Com. Steinke
Sleepy Eye
Henry
State of Minnesote Agate
Lavi Larson
Emma Arndt
Larson
Board of Audit
Steinke
Polkow
Burnatown
North Star. Com
Prairieville
Leavenworth
Cobden
Erickson
Linden
G. E. Gilbertson
Judicial Ditch
Themelves
Apecifcations
Nicollet County
Lars Solgaard
State Board of Control
Elizabeth Allen
Comfrey
Theoas
Stele Rosd
Jom
Mha.Co
Comminslopars
Watonwan
State Highway Commission
Jacob I. Barges
Cottonwood County
Minnesota River
Eden
Albin
Com. Erickson
Fred Krentz
County Ditch No. 6
Com. Polkow
Billa
Brown County Farmers Association Meeting Recap at Springfield
The Springfield meeting of the Brown County Farmers Association drew local farmers merchants and the Ladies Literary Society with a strong showing of farm exhibits. Prizes went to Pioneer Nursery New Ulm Aug Dehn Milford Otto Friton Sleepy Eye and local Springfield entrants. Prof Olesen and Prof Mayne spoke on corn growing soil fertility and farm practices. A Corn Dinner followed with pork beans corn bread and pumpkin pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Co. Farmers Association
Springfield
Ladies Literary Society
Potter
Jacob Rueck
L. Olesen
New Ulm
Dehn
Milford
Otto Friton
Sleepy Eye
Pioneer Nursery
Olesen
The
Agricultural College
Mayne
Agricultural School
Mayon
Pres. Vincent
University
Opera House
Christmas Parable on Giving and Selfishness
A critical voice laments Christmas gift giving as wasteful and fiscal folly. The writer argues money saved is wiser than spending on toys and favors, insisting receiving brings greater benefit than giving and urges restraint this holiday season.
Christmas Spirit and Giving Joy in the Holiday Season
The passage extols Christmas joy and the delight of giving, contrasting it with merely receiving. It celebrates annual cheer, buying toys for children, and the warm glow of generosity as essential to the season's meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uae
Aloues
Bos
First Judgeship Contest Clashes Over Citizenship and Venue
The district judgeship contest sparked with motions before Judge G. E. Quale to strike the citizenship challenge against Olsen as sham and to require sworn ballots. A second motion sought a venue change from Lyon to Brown county. Jury and court activity continued with various civil and criminal dispositions as sessions progressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Mathews
G. E. Qualest Marshall
Quale
Willmar
Marshall
Olsen
St. Louis County
Mai Ishe
Lyon County
New Ulm
Brown County
Samson
Minnesota Jury Convicts Hale After Deliberation
The Minnesota case against George Hale ends with a guilty verdict after brief deliberation. The court recessed until Monday morning while awaiting action on a plea change from not guilty to guilty. Remaining trials include William Die Polder and Harris Wallin as they proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kaping
Barris Wallin
George Hite
Carnally
Jos. F. Garrow
Louis Shapiro
New Ulm
George Rothmeier
Albert Koepke
Andress Ubl
Sleepy Eye
Gustav Richter
John Baptist. Roigér
Springfield
Peter Boros Sveum
Ole Andrew Seomume
Henska
Christian Hang Pedersen
Evan
Thomas Hovde
Lake Hanska
Hugo Friton
Stark
William Wieland
George Hale
Rose Schneider
Carrie Anderson
Thomas Larson
Emma Larson
State of
Mibneso
State of Minnesota
Wm. Die Polder
Harris Wallin
Prize Offered For Hardy Fronts Horticulture Seedlings
Martin Penning returns from a Minnesota horticulture meeting where a $100 annual prize was announced for the best plum seedling and a similar prize for the best winter apple produced each year for seven years. The awards target growers in Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, northern Iowa, the Dakotas, and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Penning
Minneapolia
A. J. Alwin
Mr. Peoning
Penning
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Lows
Dakotas
Meno
Pesotog
Middle West
Great Subscription Contest Rules Urge Quick Participation
The piece urges contestants in the New Ulm Publishing Co’s subscription contest to rally friends before the December deadline. It highlights an extra votes offer and notes standings as of December 16 with numerous participants in New Ulm and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ulm Publishing Co
Boliot
Ulm Publishing Co
Elfrieda Toberer
Martha Winkelmann
Hanska
Myra Alwin
Ida Engelbert
New Ulm
Leo Seifert
John Wiescer
Sleepy Eye
J. M. Rockvam
Courtland
Pred Christiansen
Linden
Big Attendance At Men's Club Meeting
The Congregational Church Men's Club held its monthly meeting with about seventy five attendees led by C. J. Buell of St. Paul. Hofmeister's Bayn Orchestra featured fourteen boys ages nine to sixteen, and violin duets by Victor Reim and Capt. Hofmeister. The next meeting is planned for Thursday January 9 with program committee Dr. C. C. Strickler and Mr. H. S. Beecher. Buell criticized taxation on basic goods and land, arguing equal tax treatment for quarter sections regardless of improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Buell
St. Paul
Hofmeiater’s Bayn
Victor Reim
C. G. Reim
Capt. Hofmeiater
Mazas
C. C. Strickler
H. S. Beecher
Buell
Bingle
Brown County
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Chusias
Kaping
Eutlty
Gilbert Knudsen
Emil G. Hage
Mr. Hage
Turner Hall
Geo. 8. Whitney
Geo. Wood
Col. Whitney
Hela Thurs
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