Trouble in Labor Circles Labor Meeting Plans Aug Ninth
Reports from New Ulm indicate brewing labor tensions as employers allegedly discriminate against workers who joined unions. A central body was formed, planning a large patriotic mass meeting on August ninth with speakers including John T. Smith. A wage-scale discussion emerged amid broader labor actions and a note on war-time newspaper distribution changes. John Meronil was detained at Lafayette for lacking a registration card and intent to enlist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waiong
Unione of
New Ulm
Ulan
State Federation
Department of Labor
Ulm
Sew Ulin
John T. Smith
John Meronil
Lafayette
Help Furnished to Farmers for Harvest Labor
The Commercial Club formed a committee led by Andrew Suffert Otto Oswald and Adolph Schulke to recruit at least twenty five workers for local farms. About twenty men are already secured and most farmers report ample help for harvest though some may need extra hands for stacking.
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Stolz
The
Commercial Club
Andrew Suffert
Otto Oswald
Adolph Schulke
Review
Favorable crop conditions ease threshing wait in two counties
Farmers in Brown and Nicollet report good crops with harvest nearly finished by week’s end. Rain mostly spared fields though hail caused some damage. wheat and oats expected to match last year’s yields while rye may dip slightly. Government orders show no delay before August 15, only ensure grain ripens in shocks.
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Brown
Nicollet
Altho
Hanska
Milford
Anton Schmidt
Food Administration
Webb
Minnesota
Long Range Gun Mystery Over Paris Air Raid
In Paris on a Saturday morning in March, French planes darted about the war zone while bombs fell at roughly 15 minute intervals. Civilians sought shelter in cellars and subways as observers noted the pilots' tense movements and a new explosion sound unfamiliar to those watching from the street.
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Paris
August Draft Sees 1918 Registrants From Brown County
Brown County expects to supply about ninety men for the August draft as 1918 registrants fill the quotas. Minnesota's August order calls for 10,000 men with 2,500 more needing entrainment under prior calls. Local men from Springfield New Ulm Sleepy Eye and Comfrey depart for Jefferson Barracks and Camp Wadsworth amid adjustments to the draft list.
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Brown County
Minnesota
Leonard Schumacher
Lawrence Chooghe
Springfield
Camp Forrest
Lyt
Jefferson Barracks
Edward E. Winsemann
Holstein
Robert F. Schnobrich
New Ulm
Arthur J. Janka
Charles L. Robertson
Sleepy Eye
Anton Benson
Otto Grabner
Alonzo R. Bird
Bernhard J. Engelen
Camp Wadsworth
8. C
National Army
Henry F. Unger
Springfield William Montgomery
Mike Helger
Emil G. Berg
Leonard W. Quarnstrom
Comfrey
Frank A. Schavesdick
Johnny Vetter
Eddie E. Nelson
Egwin B. Scheibel
Henry R. Jululen
William E. Otto Gust Haas, Jr
John Ubl
Anton M. Sprenger
Alfred A. Stark Lawrence Weiss
George A. Roiger
Springfield Lloyd Renberg
Comfrey Jens QO. Hansen
Arthur J. Schnobri
Victor W. Peterson
Henry A. Jacobs
Otto Huhn
George W. Lundt
Herman F. Schapekahm
Clarence H. Halverson Rud
S. Christiansen
Fred G. Banker
Alois G. Braun
Pullman
Band of the Brown
Sonny Tatara i
Schapekahin
Thin Bem Tonotalag
Jon
New Sugar Orders For August From Food Administration
Retailers receive new sugar allotments for August while household ration drops to two pounds per person. Ten pounds per capita allowed for canning with limits based on prior canning totals. Hotel keeps get two pounds per ninety meals. Some confusion over August allotments resolved by officials Stolz and Hicks. Meat saving measures cited by Hoover show exports to Allies rising significantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
Stolz
Hicks
New Ulm Grocery Company
Mr. Stolz
The
United States
Hoover
Wilson
Threshermen Ordered to Report Monthly Grain Threshed
The Food Administration requires threshers to file itemized grain threshed on each farm for the coming season. A wheat report is due monthly to the county agent, who will forward it to Washington before the fifth of the next month. County agents will provide blanks. further details available from the agent.
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the Food Administration
Washington, D. C
Ice Cream Social for Red Cross Benefit
The Young Ladies Society of Holy Trinity Church plans an ice cream social to aid the Red Cross. It will be held next Tuesday evening on the schoolhouse lawn with Hofmeister's bard performing gratis. He is linked to Camp Dix New Jersey.
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Holy Trinity Church
Red Cross
Hofmeister
Local mills run on Kansas wheat for eastern flour
Local milling firms will operate from now until new grain moves, grinding Kansas wheat. New Ulm Roller Mill is already at work and Eagle Mill plans to start this week. Flour is for eastern use and mills claim ample hard wheat to meet local demand. No limits on grain use, and steady operation expected. J A Ochs of the Bee Hive Liar business in the Twin Cities noted several days this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Ulm
Eagle Mill
J. A. Ochs
Bee Hive Liar
Twin Cities
Establish School For Selected Men In Wartime Draft
A pamphlet from the Provost Marshal General calls local boards to form instruction groups to prepare selectives before the draft. Men will receive medical interview, preinduction talks on government benefits, war aims, and camp life, plus preliminary drill and ethics. The appointed board includes Albert Pfaerider and four others with Spanish American and Mexican service backgrounds. The first instruction session should occur this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
America
Aver
Board of Instruction
Focal Board of Instruction
Albert Pfaerider
L. G. Vogel
B. Groebner
Klause
Alfred Puhlman
National Guard
New Ulm Red Cross Tag Day Raises $700 for War Needs
New Ulm held its first Red Cross tag day with six teams of young women generating a final sum of 700 dollars after expenses. Silent jars, house to house canvassing, and street tagging took place from early morning. About 700 dollars will fund yarn and local chapter necessities. The effort was led by Ida Ozias with many volunteers acknowledged for their role.
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New Ulm
Altho
Worl
Red Cross
8Th South
8Th North Street
Ida Ozias
Park Concert Program Highlights Various Works
The seventh Park Concert program features pieces including Concert Polonaise and Star Spangled Banner March, Royal Bridesmaids overture, Csokonay Fantasia for Solo Cornet, Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night's Dream march, and a Civil War reminiscence interlude. Solo cornet and clarinet solos are planned with an intermission between performances.
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Royal Bridesrauids
John Wartha J
Mendelssohn
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War Industries
Isue
Federal Department
E. G. Pipp
Old
Camp Dix
N. J
New Ulm Pub. Co
R.R. Kemski Printing Co
Liesch Printing Co
Mrs. Poynter
Joyce Alwin
Alice Hummel
Nora Hartmuth
Anng
BE. Schmidt
Julia Meyer
Eleanor Biebl
Irene Stamm
Mabel Durbahn
Grate Rinke
Marion Schrader
Joe Arbes
Florence Baer
Rosebud Engel
Catharine Weiser
Gretchen Winkelmann
Agnes Gieseke
Eunice Starr
Alma Mayer
7Th Park
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Todiann
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