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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
4
In Probate Court special term the June term orders the examination and allowance of the account of Henry Basten executor of Anton Prysiinger deceased. The court sets July 20 as the hearing date at the Probate Office in New Ulm and directs publication of this notice in the New Ulm Review for three consecutive weeks.
State of Minnesota Brown County Probate Court orders hearing on W R Sun petition to determine descent of lands described as belonging to Florentine Westphal decedent who died more than five years earlier. Hearing set July 3 1914 at 9:30 AM at New Ulm Probate Court. notice by publication in New Ulm Review.
Public notice announces a July 10 1914 probate hearing in New Ulm Minn for the will of John Hauenstein deceased with Albert Steinhauser named to seek letters testamentary. The order requires publication in New Ulm Review for three weeks and directs all interested to appear.
Special term in the Matter of the Estate of Israel Washburn Jr deceased. Administrator Ze thy petitions for examination and allowance of the account of administration and for disposal of residue. Court to hear July 9 1914 at 10 am at the Probate Office New Ulm County. Notice to interested parties via New Ulm Review three consecutive weeks. Judge Geo Ross seal.
In Probate Court Special Term June 16 1914 the estate of Josef Schuelier deceased. Executor Nicholas Reinhart petitions to fix time and place for examining accounts and approving debts. Hearing set for Saturday July 7 at 10 a.m. notice to all interested via New Ulm Review weekly for three successive weeks. Dated New Ulm January 16 1914. Judge of Probate George Hoss.
An old advertisement touts Woley Cathartic Tablets as a regulator for a stout person to feel thinner and more comfortable, and Foley Kidney Pills promise to clear the blood of poisons causing rheumatism. It urges readers to buy from dealers.
Sealed bids due July 7 1914 by 5 PM to the City Clerk for paying curb work and new catch basins on Minnesota Street from Second South to Third North. Bids on each item may be submitted separately with plans by City Engineer F D Minium. Bid bond 10 percent. City reserves right to reject all bids. June 16 1914. Wm Backer City Clerk.
Application filed with the City Council of New Ulm seeks transfer of a liquor license from Anton Bartl to Julius Poeckert for sale at the front room of a two story building on Minnesota Street Lot 10 Block 66 North of Center Street. Hearing set for July 7, 1914 at 7 30 PM. Dated June 15 1914 New Ulm Minn.
A letter from Ottawa promotes 160 acre free homesteads across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta inviting families farmers renters and young workers to relocate for better living conditions. It touts cheap fodder from lush grasses and potential gains in butter milk and cheese profits with reduced railway rates and literature on immigration.
A letter from Jacob Becker proposes supplying eggs from his magazines to a recipient in Frankfurt. The second portion announces a June 1914 petition for Judicial Ditch Number Eight in Watonwan and Brown counties, with engineer and viewer reports filed and a hearing set for July 13, 1914, at the Watonwan County Court House. The notice includes the ditch route, branches, and affected landowners such as R. Hyne, Olof Forseth, A. Gunderson, and others.
Minnesota returns reveal tight races with William E. Lee leading Republicans for governor by a margin exceeding 14,000 in preliminary counts, while W. S. Hammond gains in the Democratic race to challenge him. Preus and Rines contest the state auditor spot with small margins and shifting second-choice tallies across counties.
Henry Wolfer, warden of the spent tentery at Stillwater, resigns effective Nov. 1. Charles A. Reed, superintendent of the state reformatory at St. Cloud, named successor. Henry K W Scott, former warden of the New Hampshire state Peniteniary at Concord, will take Reed’s post at St. Cloud on July 1.
Cameron Peterson eight and Elmer Anderson nine drowned near a pool by the Mississippi at St Paul after cramps. Four other boys aged eight to ten had swum earlier with Reuben Johnson and Harry Stein, then left to fish Crosby's lake and returned to find the group gone.
Governor Eberhart of Minnesota, a guest in Port Huron, blamed his primary loss on abnormally high taxes caused by road and educational work. He noted long service and said his opponent did not support the last Republican administration, reflecting on the election results.
Edward B Ryan a Civil War veteran and pensioner of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad died at Duluth at sixty nine. His rail service spanned fifty three years including enlisting in 1861 with the Twenty first Wisconsin Infantry and serving three years. After the war he was an honorary conductor on the Grant train to the North and later worked on the Duluth Chicago line to Biroy Wisconsin. He suffered a paralytic stroke a year earlier.
A wary bandit robs J B Erickson Sons in Minneapolis dazzling the store with lights and shoots the elder proprietor before fleeing through the back door with two customers and the son. The crime spree stretches over two months as police pursue the pair. Rosalie Jones, famed hiking advocate, visits Twin Cities urging voting reform.
Hillcrest Alta June 20 A mighty explosion entombed 225 miners in Hillcrest Collieries No 20. Death toll officially 205, 20 rescued. Rescue work hampered by blockage and fumes. Sup Thomas Quigley among the entombed. Most workers foreign born or English speaking. This follows two prior Crow Nest Pass disasters at Bellevue and Frank.
Premier Asquith refused to introduce a woman suffrage bill after meeting six East and working women at Downing Street. He listened but stated the government would not change its decision to not push suffrage legislation this time.
In Liège Belgium June 20 a fire trapped 200 coal miners inside the Vieille Marihage colliery as 400 men were at work. The entombed group endured hours with flames raging inside before rescue gangs freed them and they escaped to safety.
Chicago June 19 engineers and firemen on Western railroads are reported nearly 30 percent in favor of withdrawing from service. About 75,000 men operate over 140000 miles. The men will meet again on July 15 to prevent a final ultimatum.
Reports from Batavia on June 21 say a quake near British New Guinea destroyed homes and flattened settlements. The disaster burying and drowning locals as hundreds of houses collapsed and natives were lost in the upheaval.
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