Warnings on Fraudulent German Austrian Drafts Reach New Ulm
A local alert describes scams selling German and Austrian government drafts at inflated values. Readers are urged to send currency directly by registered mail or via American Railway Express to avoid two-thirds loss en route, citing a case where 16.26 fell to 5.70. Esther Bauch and Wilma Gooler of Lamberton were noted visitors.
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Minneapolis
Ulm
Vienna
United States
New York
Germany
Austria
Europe
Esther Bauch
Wilma
Gooler
Lamberton
Ulm Vyivitore
Stockholders Vote to Suspend Manager at New Ulm Co op
At a large meeting of Peoples Co operative Association of New Ulm held in Creamery Hall, managers suspended O J Wicht after audit report by Bishop Brissman Co. Vedder Avis named temporary manager and Dietz Zeig Furth to inventory groceries. Directors resignations to be filled at April 6 meeting. Also a district school basket social titled Jumbo John raised 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Co-operative Association of New Ulm
O. J. Wicht
Bishop, Brisssman Co
Henry Vedder Avis
P. P. Manderfeld
Manderfeld
Joseph J. Dietz
Anton J. Zeig
P. H. Furth
Vedder
Creamery Hall
Four Cars of Corn Drive Brown County Farm Bureau Plan
Brown County Farm Bureau in re organization delays corn for starving Europe and Asia until corn gift day in April. Township groups will solicit four carloads of corn with pledges in towns lacking Farm Bureau organizations. Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation urges two train loads statewide. railroads donate transport. local counties already pledging.
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Brown County Farm Bureau
Sleepy Eye
Europe
Asia
Brown County
Farm Bureau
Wartorn
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
Illinois
Nicollet County
Minnesota
C. 0. Horlamus
Seaboard
Brown County 4-H Seeks Youth Entries For Livestock Contests
County Agent Willis Lawson encourages Brown County youth to enroll in Baby Beef Single Pig Sow and Litter and Acre contests with liberal prizes at county and state shows. Sixteen to nineteen year olds are eligible, with rules on calf class timing and pen records. Also Boys and Girls Week at University Farm in St Paul from April 4 to 8 offers stipends and lodging. twenty participants already signed up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Lawson
Sleepy Eye
Farmer Boys
Brown County
University
Farm
St. Paul
Twin Cities
University Farm
Simon Kills Self in Mapleton Residence
Frank Simon a 65 year old Democratic candidate for Congress from Minnesota's Second District was found dead in his Mapleton home cellar last Monday morning. He hanged himself due to despondency from ill health. A Mapleton resident for over 25 years he belonged to Masonic and Woodmen lodges and twice ran for Congress, first in 1918. He leaves a widow and several sons and daughters.
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Frank Simon
Congress
Minnesota
Mapleton
Simon
Hike to Sleepy Eye by New Ulm telephone girls
Last Sunday Miss Helen Wartha Leona Williams Viola Marks and Elsie Reiser walked from New Ulm to Sleepy Eye to visit the local telephone girls. They returned home on the afternoon train per Sleepy Eye Progressive.
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Helen Wartha
Leona Williams
Viola Marks
Elsie Reiser
Telephone Girls of
New Ulm
Sleepy Eye
Sleepy Eye Progressive
Nicollet Farmers Prepare 2550 Bushels for Near East Aid
County Agent C. C. Horlamus leads Nicollet County Farm Bureau in a corn drive to aid famine victims in the Near East. Two box cars depart today with Nicollet and Lafayette routes planned. one car stops at Klogsner and Traverse for donations before joining the Twin Cities-bound trains.
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C. C. Horlamus
Nicollet County
Near Bast
Lafayette
Nicollet
Traverse
Twin Cities
Minnesota
Near East
Easter Services Across Churches Mark Holy Week Observances
Easter services and Maundy Thursday Good Friday and Holy Saturday observances fill New Ulm churches next week. St Paul’s Ev Lutheran Trinity Catholic Essig and Nicollet churches schedule Latin German English services rites and Lord’s Supper with special programs and confirmations noted.
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New Ulm
Trinity Catholic Church
St. Paul's Ey
Ev. Friedens
Easler
St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
G. Mayer
Essig
Nicollet
Mayer
Methodist Church
Sunday Echo
Local letter from Germany details prices and theft rise
Mrs. Anna Maltzahn shares a February 18 letter from Herringshausen describing weather, crop prospects, and price shifts with rice at 2.50 marks and soap at 3 to 4 marks while firewood and coal rise. The piece notes a surge in petty thefts and a bear in a pig pen thwarting a thief, plus Cobden residents forming Cobden Farm Products Co. with $10,000 capital and named officers.
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Anna Maltzahn
Herringshausen
Germany
Ins Arance
J. P. Hol
Bertrand
C. W. Davis
Edward Bloemke
H. H. Schulta
A. J. Goblitsch
Cobden
Cobden Farm Products Co
Fn Capital
J.P. Ari
Gerteaud
H. H. Schultz
C. W. Davin
Sug
A. J. Goblirath
SOW YOUR WHEAT
J H Doty a St Peter landowner urges March sowing for Nicollet county wheat to drought and cold risk. His garden trial shows sprouting wheat by March 15 and predicts higher yields if planted early, noting past losses from late sowing and forecasts of rain making field work harder. He cites 1862 and the grasshopper era as earlier springs. Father and son banquets are growing but New Ulm churches have not adopted them.
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J. H. Doty
Courtland
St. Peter's
Nicollet County
Doty
St. Peter
New Ulm
American Legion Auxiliary Here Organizes In New Ulm
At the New Ulm Armory a meeting formed a temporary Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion. Charter applied for with a national charter to follow in about two weeks. An active recruitment drive will seek eligible women including wives, mothers and sisters of Legion members and gold star widows.
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New Ulm Armory
The
American Legion
Benjamin J. Seifert Post
William S. Cockroft
Misa Trene Smith
National Organization
Women's Auxiliary
Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies
New Ulm
Farm Home Burns in Bernadotte Township
The farm home of Mr and Mrs Laurence Wiick in Bernadotte township was destroyed by fire about 9 o'clock Monday morning last week. The couple were in the yard and could not save the residence. Jewelry and clothing were lost through a bedroom window. Neighbors helped save the barn. The blaze is thought to have started from a defective heating stove. The home and contents were partially insured. A temporary home is being erected for the Wicks while a new house is prepared. Mrs Witek is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Ole Paterson of Bernadotte.
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Laurence Wiick
Bernadotte Township
Witek
Ole Paterson
Bernadotte
New Ulm High Falls to Minneapolis in State Final
New Ulm high school basketball team, minus key players due to injuries and fouls, lost the state championship game to Minneapolis Central High School 19 to 16 at Carleton College Northfield. Norton and Hamann led Minneapolis with 17 and New Ulm’s Hamann scored 18 of his team’s 15 points.
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Minneapolis Centrals
Carleton
New Ulm High School
Basketbull Quint
Minneapolis Central High School
Cerleton College
Northfield
Minn
New Ulin
Defuetline
Fosston
Hibbing
Manketu
Llo
Minneapolis Quint
Farihault
Sandstone
St. Claud
Mitnropolis
Norton
Hamann
New Ulma
Haman
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Rooters
New Vim Boys
Mill City
New Ulm
Altho
New Ulmites
Graff
New Uim
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New York Bank
Stockholders’ Meeting
Milford Township
Elsie McNel
Baby Beef Club
Brown County Farmer
Club
Self
Salem
Friedena Church
Brain
American Legion Auxiliary
She Jaye
Heview
Mankato
Ulm Quint
Tmurzay
Steller Furwards
Schueller
Kretsch
John Graff
Stir
Hugo
Schlepder
Faral Boys
Tess
Poston
Uim
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