Junior Pioneers Lodge Plans Memorial to First Settlers
Plans by the Junior Pioneers for a memorial lodge in New Ulm and Brown County advance. An 18 by 82 foot building with a brick or stone foundation, four to five windows, a prairie boulder fireplace, and a log with pioneer name and arrival date on the inside log will mark the site. Logs mainly oak elm hackberry ash butternut under one foot diameter will be used. Committees with C A Fred Seiter Otto Heymann Herman Held Henry Sustian oversee design and fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. A. Heers
Altho
C. A. Fred Seiter
Otto Heymann
Herman Held
Henry Sustian
W. G. Abin
L. G. Bell
L. B. Krook
Farmers Clubs in Brown County Unite for Community Action
A village correspondent details several Brown County clubs near Sleepy Eye. Home Boosters of Home Township organized in 1914, converted a creamery into a clubhouse, with meetings on the third Friday. programs include University Extension lectures and Senator Potter talks. Eden Community Club. East Side Progressive Club. Jolly Farmers Club near Sleepy Eye. Iberia Club rapidly rising. Inter County Fair held October 13-14, 1916, at Sleepy Eye. joint picnic planned for June. Home Boosters staged the play Kindling the Hearth Fire at Sleepy Eye Opera House January 9.
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Farmers’ Club
Sleepy Eye
Home Boosters’ Club of
Home Township
University Extension Bureau
Potter
New Ulm
Home Boosters Club
Cluths
Eden Community Club
Home Boosters
Eden
James Peterson
Bleepy Mye
East Side
Progressive Club
Erwin Molt
Jolly Farmers
Leavenworth Township
Alwin
Iberia Club
Brown County
Sleepyye
Committee Preparing for Soldiers Welcome Event
The Commercial Club appointed committee plans a Homecoming for Company A and the Machine Gun Company arriving from Worthing. They aim to raise funds for entertainment and will host a banquet at the Armory followed by a public dance.
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Immercial Club
Impany A
Machine Gun Company
Worting
Excellent
Sue
Pichers
Armony
Mustering out date drift at fort noted between Jan twenty and twenty four
The affair date hinges on the fort mustering out, expected between January 20 and 24. Last Saturday night a fundraiser at the Armory sold 275 tickets. Capt. Jos Hoffmeister of the Second Regiment Band visited on brief furlough and said the men long to return home.
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Jos. Hoffmeister
Banquet Honors Marshall Milling Stockholders at Dakota Hotel
Mr and Mrs Charles Vogtel entertained the stockholders of the Marshall Milling Company at a banquet in the Dakota Hotel in this city on Saturday evening following the annual meeting of the organization.
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Charles Vogtel
Marshall Milling Company
Dakota Hotel
Power in flood control plans for semi municipal corp
A proposed multi state flood control corporation would oversee large reservoirs at river headwaters to curb floods along the Minnesota and Red Rivers. Led by A B Kaercher the idea mirrors the Chicago drainage model and aims to reclaim vast arable lands. Delegates from Fargo to Blakely lifted the plan at Turner Hall with engineers and civic leaders in attendance.
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Chicago
A. B. Kaercher
Tri-State’ Flood Control Association
Minnesota
Red
Fargo
Ortonville
Blakely
Scott County
Civic and Commerce Association of
Minneapolis
Port Ridgely
Mirnesota River
L. A. Fritscher
A.B. Kaercher
Association
Addres
Furga
Fritsche
Newlin
Kuercher
North
South Dakota
United States
Good Committeeships in State Legislature Named
Representatives Alf W. Mueller of this city and A. J. Praxel of Lamberton gained committee posts after Speaker Ralph Parker distributed the committee assignments. Mueller became chairman of Villages and Towns and joined Elections General Legislation Judiciary Claims Compensation of Public Officials and Corporations Other Than Municipal. Praxel drew Appropriations Commerce and Retail Trade Crimes and Punishment Public Accounts and Expenditures Judiciary and Reapportionment. Lieutenant Governor Thomas Franklinson noted Senator L. E. Potter of Branch-Redwood district with four key committee slots: Agricultural Dairy and Livestock Finance Railroad and Warehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf W. Mueller
A. J. Praxel
Lamberton
Ralph Parker
Thomas Frankinson
L. E. Potter
Senate
Toqua Lake Fight Myth Questioned by Pioneer Pfefferle
Minnesota pioneer Richard Pfefferle debunked claims of a Sioux Chippewa battle at Toqua Lake Graceville in 1859 1869 insisting no such clash occurred. He cited earlier 1856 incident at Shakopee and noted forts and frontier tensions along the Minnesota River and Dakota territories.
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Toqua Lake
Graceville
Minnesota
Northwest
Richard Pfefferle
A. D. Preus
Richard A. Costello
Julius Lehmahl
Minnesota River
Shakopee
Fort Ridgely
H. O. Clark
Duluth
Wadsworth
Whale
Sisseton
S. C
Toque
Last Sioux Chippewa Battle Site Marked in Minnesota
A fragmentary report recalls the final Sioux Chippewa clash in Minnesota, noting one scalp taken yet troops drove the enemy away. It mentions plans for a state park at Skikopee to memorialize the last battle between the tribes.
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Minnesota
Skikopee
Crow River Country
Hutchinson
New Ulm to Have Community Singing Event
New Ulm will host a Community Singing at the High School Auditorium on Friday evening January 26. The joint Commercial Club and Current News Club will organize the event with Miss Louise Pederson directing the chorus. Songs include America The Old Oaken Bucket Die Lorelei and The Star Spangled Banner with German selections as well.
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Minneapolis
New Ulm
High School
Commercial Club
Current News Club
Love Nybody
Skat Players Busy at Monday Evening Draw
Ten tribles played in a Monday skat gathering with prizes awarded to R. Williams for 16 net games Paul Hackbarth for 470 net points Otto Oswald for Club Solo against oll and two special prizes to S. Dorn for high play and Backer for Club Tourney. plans to attend the St Paul February 4 skat tournament and a special train may be arranged by skat enthusiasts and New Ulm boosters for carnival participation.
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R. Williams
Paul Hackbarth
Otto Oswald
Oll
S. Dorn
Backer
St. Paul
St Paul
Skat Etthusiasts
New Ulm
Ottomeyer
Skat Oakels
Earm
Val
Wer
Second Regiment's Tedious Journey Homeward in 1916
Anxious troops of the Second Regiment complete a grueling transport from Llano Grande Texas to Fort Snelling Minnesota. The column split into sections under Col Mollison and Maj Pfaender, enduring snow and long delays across Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas Missouri Iowa and Minnesota before arrival. The journey taxed feet noses and tempers, yet physicals show 全 clear, and the regiment prepares to depart Fort Snelling the following week under the command of The Adjutant.
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Minn
Llano Grande
Texas
Ard
New Ulm
W. T. Mollison
Pfaender
Gamp
le Sieur
Minnesota
St- Paul
Minneapolis
Ft. Snelling
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Junior Pioneers
Fair Ground
Brownco
Tristate Body
New’ Ulm
John Tampbell
Canada
North Dakota
Brown
Blue Forth County
Jewett
Campbell
Mankato
Gabriel Renville
Renville
LE Sueur
Et. Snelling
Houston
Fe Worth
Rr Plaeader
Union Depot
Ft. Worth
Dallas
Ft. Smith
Ark
Fort Scott
Kansas
Arkansas
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