Courtland Upholds Poehler Cart Way Assessment
Town board of Courtland confirms benefits assessment for Minnesota Street paving after hearing objections by Louis G. Vogel and Dr. J. P. Graff. Total project cost over 387 thousand dollars with 26 thousand assessed against abutting property. owners may pay lump sum by March 1 or in ten installments with 5 percent interest, penalties apply, and delinquent amounts may be sold for taxes. Public cemetery improvements include spring tree planting and fence replacement. Electric bill payment rule enforced with a grace period. City audit cost over four thousand dollars for eight years cited as wasteful. H F Blomquist named director of Minnesota Engineers and Surveyors Society.
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Minnesota Street
Board of Public Works
Louis G. Vogel
J. P. Graff
Council
Grade Instructors Attend Southern Minnesota Convention
Eight grade teachers from New Ulm Public Schools attended the Twenty-Eighth Annual Southern Minnesota Grade Teachers Association convention. Speakers included Supt. J Adams Puffer on The Boy and His Job and Miss Theda Gildemeister on Child Study. A Friday evening reception and the Model School exhibit were highlights.
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New Ulm
Southern Minnesota Grade Teachers Association
Miss Schmidt
Misa Lloyd
Ruemke
Lincoln School
Schilling
Miss Fensker
East School
J. Adams Puffer
Theda Gildemeister
Winona Normal School
Gildemeister
Minnesota
Winona Normal
Government attacks problem of unemployed
Postmaster Liesch runs an employment bureau at the post office with a city and rural job service. The government opened a main bureau in Minneapolis and local offices may collect applications at post offices at no charge. The service aims to place workers in farming, domestic, and land-share ventures and to move urban labor to rural work.
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Liesch
Minneapolis
New Ulm Saw Mill Logs Quarter Million Feet This Season
New Ulm develops a busy lumber industry as Emil Fritscher and Andrew Taver run a mill by the Minnesota river. A 26 horsepower traction engine powers five workers, hauling in logs by farmers and cutting lumber for farm improvements. In four weeks operations expect over 250000 feet sawed by season end. The mill and its product fill nearly a city block near the Eagle plant.
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New Ulm
Minnesota
Emil Fritscher
Andrew Taver
Eagles
Zoeglings edge Mankato Seconds in tight 18 to 20 win
Zoeglings defeat Mankato Commercial College Seconds 18 to 20 on their home floor. Despite a size disadvantage the Zoeglings relied on speed and teamwork with Maesing delivering standout play and all players contributing to the final score.
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Mankato Commercial College
Maesing
Minnesota Rivers Rise as February Thaws Break Ice Jam
Ice jam on the Cottonwood and delayed Minnesota break up, causing a fourteen foot rise in water levels in a few days. Boat houses flood near the boat landing while Bentzin dam sustains minor damage. Mill workers prepare to protect property as crews consider dynamiting the jam.
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Bret
Minnesota
Cottonwood
Redstone Bridge
Schell’s
Eagle Mill
Elsie
Bentzin
Court Rejects County Road Plan and Rules on Notice
Judge Olsen dismissed eight Dunn County road appeals after ruling notices were defective and county jurisdiction lacked. The Hanska east road project, estimated at $5000, was struck down with damages totaling $2145, while Poehler road damages of $100 were upheld for the Town of Courtland. Marriage notice for Miss Krause and Mr Reinertson noted. couple to establish home in Iowa.
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Olsen
Carl Manderfeld
Hanska
Gudman Anderson
Hans Ulen
Peter T. Ellanson
Martin Sorbel
Tolleff C. Strom
Ole Neilsen
Robert Olsen
Anton C. Ouren
Board of County Commissioners
Poehler Road
Courtland
Poehler
Nicollet County
Chambers
Herman Poehler
Emil Hopp
Bertha Krause
Springfield
Joseph Reinertson
Story County
Town
C. G. Hahn
Josephine Petereine
Victor Schleuder
Iowa
Supreme Court verdicts outline workers comp and murder case
The Supreme Court remanded a workers compensation appeal to align with its interpretation, clarifying widow and dependent benefits and deductions for an assistant's pay. In a separate ruling, Martin County farmer Virgens faces a life sentence for first degree murder of John Steen, with evidence tying Virgens to guns bought earlier. The court also upheld power company rights to condemn land for public service, and noted upcoming militia inspections in Fairmont and Worthington with Major Pfaender presiding.
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Gay
Ford Farmers Co-operative Creamery
Sibley County
Supreme Court
Steen
Virgens
Chicago
Martin County
Faribault
Ottertail Power Company
Edward A. Bradtail
Ottertail River
Bradtail
Power Company
Fisht
Washingtons Birthday Program by Ulm Public Schools
A Turner Hall program by Ulm public schools celebrated Washington’s Birthday with student recitations drills and songs. G A R member Jacob Kloeaner presided and Rev Christian Hahn gave a German address on Washington’s life and democratic ideals. The event closed with America.
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Washington
Ulm
Turner Hall
Tve G. A. R
Jacob Kloeaner
Christian Hahn
George Washington
Rev. Hahn
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Hansea Highway
Town Board OF
W. C. Heilbron
H. F. Blomquist
Mankato
Minnesota Engineers and Surveyor’s Society
St. Paul
Will
Zoeglings
Mankato . C
Vergins
Stillwater
Albert Pfaender
Fairmont Militia
Worthington
Piaender
F. W. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Grace Hoehne
Emerson School
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