Indictment in Wheat Hoarding Case Hits Brown County
Vidian Vye of St Paul and Ed Cutting of Sleepy Eye face Brown County grand jury charges of extortion for collecting expense money from farmers during wartime wheat hoarding actions. Cutting jailed on $1000 bail. Vye sought by sheriff. Father of Vye defends son citing German propaganda, notes Wilson and Food Administration views, and cites return of donated Red Cross funds as evidence against the charges. Parade and memorial events described with local officials, veterans, and bands. Fort Ridgely observance canceled due to weather. Missionary society meeting announced for Friday afternoon.
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Vidian Vye
St. Paul
Ed. Cutting
Sleepy Eye
Red Cross
Brown County Grand Jury
Cutting
New Tim
Sherif Herman Jahnke
Wm. J. Julius
Vidian Wye
St. Pat
Wisconsin
Food Administration
Twin City
Brown County
Minnesota
Wilson
Wye
Memorial Day Tribute in New Ulm 1919
On May 39 1919 New Ulm observed a solemn Memorial Day with sunny weather and large crowds honoring soldiers who served in Europe. The City Cemetery program included Hofmeister’s band, G A R services, English and German addresses by Judge Frank Cagh e and Pastor Rev Leon Koch, plus the Hecker Circle songs. A roster of the dead was read, a salute fired, taps sounded, and a parade formed at the monument on Center Street before touring the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ulm
Europe
France
C. H. McKenzie
Sibley County
Hofmeister
Hecker Circle
Frank C’aghe
Englsh
Leon Koch
Sleepy Eye
Junior Pioneers organize Home Coming week committee
The Junior Pioneers Executive Committee met to plan Home Coming week. A committee led by A. C. Dahl and others was named to arrange programs and logistics. By laws were adopted and a flag staff to display the Stars and Stripes was approved. Memorial plates for log cabin names and arrival dates were discussed with cost near three dollars per plate.
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The
Junior Pioneers
New Ulm
New Ulm Turnverein
Washington Street
Meeting Postponed By Local Commercial Club
The Commercial Club’s regular monthly meeting is postponed to an unspecified later date, with the next meeting likely before the hot season recess. Postmaster and Mrs. Fred Pfaender await their son Armin’s arrival, and a letter from Lieut. John Neumann notes expected home arrival before mail stops as Armin plans to move home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Pfaender
Armin
Farewell Exercises for Ibal High School Class of 1919
The largest graduating class in Ibal High School history, 33 girls and 22 boys, heard Dr. L D Coffman of the University of Minnesota speak at Turner Hall. He urged moral and civic ideals and noted the need for physical education and practical schooling, recounting his wartime work organizing hospital schools for 2,800 teachers. The graduates pursued Latin, Home Economics, Scientific, and English courses, with two girls completing Teacher's Training and salutatorian Violet Dorothy Steinmetz addressing domestic science.
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Ibal High School
Turner Theatre
L. D. Coffman
Education Department
University of Minnesota
Coffman
Eleanore C. Biebl
Violette Dorothy Steinmetz
Hilda A. Sommer
Rosa W. Tepe
Miss Steinmetz
Misa Sommer
Military Honors for Captain Burg at Turner Hall
Captain Frank Burg longtime county resident and former city school board member is honored in a military funeral. The Battery named for him donated the medal in recognition of his tireless military efforts and civic service. Burg helped bring two cannon and equipment to the city about a decade ago and was esteemed for his jovial nature and satirical poetry.
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Turner Hall
Frank Burg
Burg
Burk, Captain Burg Dies After Long Illness at New Ulm
Obituary notes Capt. Burg, a German born artilleryman who settled in New Ulm in 1870. He organized a local battery in 1875, earned a bronze medal for ten years service, and left a legacy through his cigar factory. He survived by his widow and four sons, with services at Hall and grave, pallbearers from the Battery, and a final salute.
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Offenburg
Baden
Germany
Carolina Baumann
Karlsruhe
America
Milwaukee
Middle West
New Ulm
Burg
Gupt. Burg
National Guard
Althe
Austria Accepts Peace Terms In Austria Treaty
The peace terms handed to Austrian plenipotentiaries on June 2 cover political and territorial changes. Austria must recognize Hungary Czechoslovakia and the Serb Croat Slovene state, renounce European rights, demobilize naval and air forces, and accept League Covenant and Labor Charter. The treaty sets borders with Bohemia Moravia and the Yugoslavs, promises equality before law for all nationalities, and requires restitution rights and neutralities in several regions.
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Austria
Hungary
Bohemia and
Moravia
Marburg
Tarnburg
Republic of Austria
Greece
Roumania
Poland
Belgium
Grecko Slovakia
Jugo
Luxemburg
Turkey
Bulgaria
Robbers Strike Sleepy Eye Lumber and Coal Elevator
A Sunday morning burglary at Lampert Lumber Co and H. H. Bingham & Son coal elevator in Sleepy Eye left $30 in damage from broken glass and a forced desk, while thieves took $250 in government bonds, $75 in war savings stamps, and home insurance papers from the Lumber Co. police seek arrests of suspects connected to the early week crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lampert Lumber Co
H. H. Bingham & Son
Sleepy Eye
The
Lumber Co
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Vye
Young Vye
Minnesota Street
Louis G. Vogel
and. C. Amann
Ed. J. Berg
Hofmeisier
Union Band
Fort Ridgely
Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Gottlieb Schmidt
Herman Held
A. C. Dahl
Jos. Diepel
Fred Haremn
Otto Iiensinn
Herman Hein
Henry Held
Carl P. Manderfeld
W. J. Julius
George Marti
Henry Engel
Ida Eral
Martin Hose
Frank Niemann
Ida Koch
Louise Meile
Ida Ochs
F. H. Retzlaff
Hertha Weschke
Ernst. Wicherski
O'Ethok
Captain Burg
City Cemetery
Odd Fellows
Albert Sceinhauser
Clover
Battery
Capt
Center Street
Frank
the Dalles
Oregon
William
Portland
Oreg
Carl
Max
Union Hospital Association
Union Hospital Association of New Ulm
H. L. Beecher
Jacob Klossner, Jr
Beecher
Jacob Klossner
Wm.Gluth
Association
Sam’ Gieseke
Muesing
Klossner
ST. Germain
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