Presence of Mind Averted A Severe Railroad Wreck
Conductor Joseph Weber formerly of New Ulm credited with stopping a stalled Omaha line train four miles south of Mankato by pulling the emergency cord. Eight cars derailed, three passengers lightly injured. steel construction prevented greater loss of life. Weber, praising steel cars, helped evacuate passengers and reported no medical needs. He and his in law ties noted in New Ulm. Two hoboes detained after burglaries in German Park.
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Joseph Weber
New Ulm
Omaha Road
Mankato
Weber
St. James
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Omaha
Mendota
Pigeon Hill
Minneopa Falls
Mr. Weber
Henry Fortwengler
Cottonwood Township
Important Business Before Meeting At Commercial Club
This evening the Commercial Club holds its regular monthly meeting with urgent business. Topics include planning summer auto tours, visiting towns, setting trip times, and restoring community picnics after harvest. Reports from the good roads, central heating plant, and White Way committees are due.
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Commercial Club
Good Roads Committee
Engineer Resigns Over Street Committee Conflicts
City engineer F. D. Minium resigns amid conflicts with the street committee which has taken over his duties. Salary disputes and countermanded orders hindered progress on Washington street and other projects, prompting Minium to return to private work in New Ulm. The resignation was expected to be considered at the council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Minium
Minium
Watertown
S. D
Schernan
Filzen
Mr. Minjum
Loretto Hospital
New Ulm High School Graduates Highlight Women’s Roles
In a commencement program, salutatorian Ruth Olsen discusses education for girls and the value of college training for any path. Valedictorian Stonia Kunze analyzes barriers to women in business and outlines needed changes to compete with men. Prof. A J Todd then addresses the audience.
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New Ulm High School
New Ulm
Victor Reim
Ruth Catherine Olsen
Girls Glee Club
Stonia Adelaide Kunze
Miss Kunze
Supt. Hess
A. J. Todd
University Week Programs Delight Attendees and Donors
University Extension Division reports a successful University Week with strong attendance and positive feedback. Prof H C Preston spoke on retail distribution and newspaper advertising as a remedy against catalog houses. Lectures at the Armory covered Shakespeare lyrics and Spain and Spaniards, while Rev Herbert S Bigelow delivered a forceful talk on The Religion of Inspired Politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Extension Division
H. C. Preston
Commercial Club
Preston
Armory
Lyric Quartet
Maximilian Dick
James Davies
W. J. Plummer
Spain
England
Herbert S. Bigelow
Cincinnati
Concert Preview at German Park Hits Sunday Series Start
Ideal weather as Second Regiment Band opens the season at German Park with a ten week Sunday program. The mixed concert features Marek Caesar’s Triumphal Overture, Poet and Peasant, Rocked in the Cradle of the Deer, Pfingsten ist gekommen, Red Feathers, Barber of Seville, La Torpille, Two Little Bullfinches, The American Up to Date, and ends with The Star Spangled Banner.
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German Park
Marek
Mitchel
Suppe
C. Lovenberg
E. Kiesler
Ee G. B. Mann
Ermussian
Loney
E. Vogel
Gen. Grone
Sergi
P. Kitaberger
Jos
Tastela
Duss
Kitchener and Staff Bound for Russia Reported Drowned
A Liverpool cable reported Lord Kitchener British secretary of war and his staff drowned off Scotland while en route to Russia to direct the campaign against Germany. Dispatches confirm a torpedo strike by a German submarine on the transport carrying the party.
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Liverpool
Lord Kitchener
Scotland
Lord
Kitchener
Russia
Germany
If a man will not work, neither should he eat
A moral sermon extols honest labor and fair wages while condemning beneficiaries of unjust laws. It cites Colonel Goethals at 15 000 a year and Vincent Astor at 800 000 for doing nothing, arguing work sustains society and even hobos must labor.
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Colonel Goethals
Panama Canal
Young Vincent Astor
Young Astor
Noah
White and Black in Cutting Affray at Coal Chutes
A white employee known as Slim Sloan and a Black worker nicknamed Yellow fought with knives and a sewer-pipe blow, injuring each other but none seriously. Police jailed both men at the county jail as county authorities prepared a formal charge in this ongoing labor crew dispute.
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Dixie Land
Northwestern
Yellow
Slim
Slims
East End
Durance Vile
City Water Sanitation Report Sparks Official Confusion
City officials clash with state health findings over water quality as reports claim the supply is sanitary yet not safe for public use. Health officers push concrete cistern coverings while authorities debate data and call for clearer state guidance.
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State Board of Health
State Board
College Hill
Supt
Mueller
Seifert
Water Committee
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Jos. Karl
Street Committee
Street Force
Prof
Todd
Northwestern Road
Hamlin Bros
Kansas City
la Crosse
Rochester
Frederickson
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