High School Pupils Enter Good Roads Essay Contest
Minnesota students enter the Good Roads and Highway Transport competition endorsed by state and national officials. Prizes include a $4,000 university scholarship from H. S. Firestone with additional state and local awards. closing date is June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Babcock
J. M. McConnell
H. S. Firestone
Akron
Ohio
Highway and Highway Transport Education Committee
Willard Building
Washington, D. C
New Ulm High School
Minnesota
St. Paul
National Highway and Highway Transport Education Committee
P. P. Claxton
U. S
Band Outing Sparks Park Concert Support
The Lafayette Ledger praises Hofmeister's Band for park concerts in Southern Minnesota noting the show is worth a $200 increase. It cites wide attendance from Lafayette and many nearby towns and warns that discontinuing concerts would leave a void for summer Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hofmeister
Lafayette Ledger
Minnesota
Lafayette
New Ulm Beats Winthrop In Friendly Fair Grounds Game
The May 22 baseball game at the Fair Grounds between New Ulm and Winthrop was friendly from start to finish with good treatment for players and fans. New Ulm used three pitchers, notably Hamann who outshone the older opponents, and the bats were strong for New Ulm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Grounds
New Ulm
Winthrop
Winthrop News
Hamann
Four Schei libel appeals dismissed by Red Wing judge
The four appeals of W E Schei editor of the Lumberton Star from Brown County justice court decisions were dismissed by Judge Albert Johnson of Red Wing. He ruled on a point not raised by counsel about jury waivers and jurisdiction, leaving the question unsettled and prompting speculation on next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Schei
The
Lumberton Star
N. Henningsen
Justice of Peace
W. J. Strate
Searles
Albert Pfaender
New Ulm
Albert Johnsson
Red Wing
Carl P. Manderfeld
Lamberton
Brown County
Johnson
I. M. Olsen
Schei
Justice Court
Schein
New Ulm Nine Tops St Louis Park and Janesville 10–0
New Ulm pitchers Hamann and Dister shut out St Louis Park and Janesville in consecutive games. Bonn Oates and Born led a ten-hit New Ulm offense with multiple extra-base hits while flawless defense limited the visitors to one error against Park and eight errors by the opponents overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamann
ST Louis Park
New Ulm
St. Louis Park
Janesville
Doc" Hamann
New Ulm Boys
Hastings
Bonn
Born
Oates
Ulm
Ahr
Hpoa
E. Melvie
G. Melvie
Williams
Staples
Tisdale
Masters
Larson
J Larson
Bunn
B. Melvic
G. Melvic
New Ulma
Balla
G. Melviec
Deppe
Balk- Hastings
Farrington
Janeaville
Duster
Keystone
Falvin
Crawford
John Lind Praises New Ulm Loyalty in Memorial Day Address
Former Minnesota governor John Lind lauded New Ulm and Brown County residents for wartime loyalty to the United States. He contrasted German American patriotism with disloyal acts like St Patrick's Battalion and urged world disarmament and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Ulm
Brown County
John Lind
Minneapolis
Minnesota Public Safety Com
Lind
St. Patrick's Battalion
United. States
New Ulm
Minnesota
Congress
Federal excise taxes remain in force nationwide
Announcement from F. J. Neano deputy revenue collector in Mankato confirms federal excise taxes are not suspended. Cream taxes apply monthly, ice cream cones taxable, and admissions at dances including barn and bowery dances incur tax. Autosharing, passenger transport to dances, and freight or passenger trucks are taxed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Neano
United States
Mankato
New Ulm High School Graduation Set for June Eight
Fifty four seniors will receive their diplomas at Turner Hall starting at eight this Friday evening. Dr. J E Bushnell of Minneapolis will deliver the commencement address as the program features music by the high school orchestra and the girls' glee club, a salutatory on The Chinese Famine and a valedictory on The Censorship of Motion Pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ulm High School
Turner Hall
Gloor
J. E. Bushnell
Westminister Presbyterian Church of
Minneapolis
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Bushnell
Myrtle Heim
One Sweet Day
Girl’s Glee Club
Verona Gebhard
Wreck Narrowly Averts Derailment at St Peter on Old Line
An eastbound passenger train between New Ulm and Mankato narrowly avoided a serious wreck at St Peter on Wednesday when a rear axle broke. The engineer regrouped and prevented the train from rolling into a ditch, with only a few hours of delay and no further damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ulm
Mankato
St. Peter
Dakota House
Park Concerts Arranged for New Ulm German Park
The New Ulm Park Board and Hofmeister's Band will host 10 free open air concerts at German Park this summer. The first is scheduled for Sunday evening June 5, with five shows on Sundays and five on weekdays. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Albert Bartel and others who motored to New Ulm to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ulm Park
Hofmeister
German Park
New Ulm
Albert Bartel
Messers. Poehler
Johnston
Clara and
Adela Mueller
Faribault
Wm. Hellmann
North Boradway
Vogtel Case to Jury in New Ulm Insurance Suit
The Vogtel estate seeks $210000 from Equitable Life Insurance and others after the death of Charles Vogtel in Minneapolis. The trial began with jury selection and testimony at the Radisson Hotel scene, detailing the fatal fall and subsequent investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Vogtel
Atttorneys Plaender & Erickson
Hoke and Richards
Minneapolis
Hoke
Twelve Men Good and True
Melvin E. Vogtel
Harold Vogtel
Radisson Hotel
Vogtel
Bissonnette
Hickenberg
A. Rolph
Two youths nearly killed by lightning in home
Edmund Ries aged 13 and Rudolph Ries aged 6 escaped death when a lightning bolt struck a telephone pole and followed an old wire into their Washington and Fifth North Streets home. Both boys were stunned, Rudolph burned, Edmund woke and extinguished the fire on his brother's hair. The upper floor filled with smoke. lights failed. the holy water font shattered. frame of a picture torn but intact.
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Edmund
Rudolph Ries
George Ries
Haeberle
Washington
Fifth North Streets
Rudolph
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Weiser
Idaho
Firestone
Dister
Ae Gilday
al Walch
E. Nyquist
Feist
Davis
Nyquist
Flavin
Siverson
Gouyupet
John Lind Lauds
Goe
Amann
Henry J. Backer
Martha Bentdahl
Ylona Ribner
Mildred Erickson
Burnis Graff
John Hamann
Elmer Harris
Bruce Harris
Lewis Hauenstein
Helga Heim
Myrtle Hein
Dorothy Herzog
Clarance Huelskamp
Josephine Kretsch
Roman Langmack
George Lingenhag
Barbara Lokke
Olevas Metzen
Gertrude Muske
Alma Olson
Howard Landau
Essie Schneider
Aurelia Schrader
Miriam
Alwina ScIeNtifIc
Schmidt
Alice
Bent Dahl
Margaret Epple
Rose Floettl
Angela Henle
Olivia Niemann
Edna Ouren
Evelyn Radtke
Adella Steinmetz
Magdalene* Stephan
Esther Tomschin
Lydia Woebee
Helen R. Volz
Florence Eee Teehee
Scqot Wrecked
Fre. Gruber
Charles Hickenberg
Mill City
Radisson
Eickenberry
Dayton
Bolt
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