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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1915
Page
7
Frank Kuehn returned home after attending school in LA. A barn dance occurred at Mitton Schmaus's last Saturday evening and another at Clarence Mays's. Ketting's hosted a separate gathering. The Farmers Equity meeting was spoiled by rain as prospects for a corn crop fade due to cold weather and rain retarding growth.
The Evans Greater Shows plan a Sunday arrival with a full program ready for the June 21 opening at the North German Street base ball grounds under the New Ulm Commercial Club. Local officials commend the troupe as clean and moral with six attractions and a prize concert band.
E C Dillon escaped custody by leaping from a moving train near Lamberton after locking himself in a toilet compartment. He had been captured in Wisconsin and was being taken to the county jail for passing bad checks. Sheriff Curtis led the pursuit, with alerts sent across the region. Dillon, known in the area for selling Underwood Typewriter Co materials and Northwest Catalogue work, was last linked to a stolen horse sighting near Redwood Falls. Lamberton Star reports nine directors elected, including C C Nelson and Andrew Anderson, with six new candidates joining the board.
NIC.CO and T. & T. plan uniform rates after July 1 across the system. Business phones will cost $2.00 monthly, residences and rural lines $1.25. At St. Peter meeting, M. B. Johnson chaired as Chas. W. Carpenter read the annual report noting record net receipts and 220 new subscribers, bringing total to 2124. A spirited contest developed during the year.
Washington state dispatches warn of a looming invasion by cicadas. The 17 year locusts will reach Minnesota in June and spread across the northern and central states. Female locusts bore into tree bark and can devastate forests. Bordeaux mixture or lime wash offer protection, while forest defense includes an unlikely method of collecting locusts at dawn with an umbrella and burning them.
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds with buyer seller names and property descriptions in Springfield New Ulm Sleepy Eye and North New Ulm areas. Amounts range from 1 to 2200 dollars with several parcels including blocks and outlets. Additional entries include Mary Foy to Martin Foy Jr and Magdalena Helget to Joseph J Helget among others. John G Demeier to Frank H Seifert appears as the final entry.
A grouped list records transfers of property in Sleepy Eye and surrounding towns, including parcels in Brackenridge and Center Street, Sleepy Eye, with prices from 1 to 6 thousand dollars. Several deeds involve lots in Brackenridge Fourth Addition and North City, with owners such as Herman Voge, Charles Black, and August Windhorn. Local notes cover community events, birthdays, church services, reunions, and a Labor Party picnic with attendance and receipts reported.
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