Local Ward Contests Highlight City Elections
Friendly contests enliven election battles in the first and third wards with candidates for mayor Dr. L. A. Fritsche treasurer Gottlieb Oswald and clerk William Backer. Aldermen vie in two wards and Justices of the Peace are listed. Registration 436 with light turnout expected. polls open Tuesday 6 am to 9 pm at the court house opera house and city clerk's office.
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Tussaay
Court House
Opera House
New Ulm Skat Players Win Big at Mankato Meet
More than thirty New Ulm skat players traveled to Mankato for a district tournament at the Sons of Hermann hall. T W Manderfeld won afternoon prizes, Eli Klugherz and Peter Schweitzer placed second and third. In the evening Robert Williams led with 25 games, Fred Palchow and John Forster followed. The event drew praise from both cities and may spawn quarterly tournaments. The New Ulm club plans a midsummer state league event in June or July with many regional players anticipated.
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New Ulm Kat
Mankato
Sons of Hermann Hall
New Ulm
T. W. Manderfeld
Eli Klugherz
Peter Schweitzer
Robert Williams
New ‘Ulmook
Fred Palchow
John Forster
Mankato Skat Knights
Hermann
Ulm Skat
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Stillwater
Winona
Young America
City Election Preview Highlights Quiet Races and Named Candidates
The piece surveys expected winners for mayor treasurer city clerk third ward alderman and two justices with little opposition. It notes calm campaigns in wards one two and three and profiles candidates Herman Nagel F H Behnke Emil Mueller Herman Vogtel Christ Filzen and others plus potential challengers for constable. Historical voter totals show third ward turnout around 490, second ward 350, first ward 188.
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L. A. Fritscre
Gottlieb Oswald
William Backer
Fred H. Behnke
Herman Nagel
Emil Mueller
Christ Filzen
Herman Vogtel
Justices of the Peace
John Buschers N. Henningsen
Alfred Baltbusch
F. H. Behnke
Theo. Mueller
John Buschers
N. Henningsen
Alfred Bultrusch
Hugo Windhorn
Henry Ahrens
Wm. Pfeiffer
Roy Berg
Deposits in Minnesota State Banks Jumped In Year
A report by Supt. of Banks Turrittin shows state bank deposits rose by 24.6 million to reach 192.15 million, with total assets up 26.98 million and loans increasing 16.52 million from March 4 1916 to early this month. Ninety seven state banks now operate in Minnesota, with 79 new openings this year.
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Minnesota
Supt
Turrittin
Sleepy Eye man jailed for after hours saloon theft
Frank Pechtel twenty seven of Sleepy Eye was jailed after an after hours burglary at a Sleepy Eye saloon. He faces petit larceny charges after allegedly duplicating a key, stealing snake bite medicine and about twenty five dollars from the cash register. He was bound over to the May term grand jury after waiving examination.
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Frank Pechtel
Sleepy Eye
District Court
Black
Pechtel
Club Sets Agenda for Next Meeting and Proposals
The Commercial Club will hold its regular monthly meeting next Monday evening. Key items include committee reports on a summer business men and farmers picnic feasibility, the banquet committee report, and a possible proposal from advocates of a white way to the two depots.
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Commercial Club
Haag appointed rural carrier on Route 8 at New Ulm
Geo. J. Haag named rural mail carrier for Route 8 out of New Ulm, taking over from H. C. Fiene who resigned last October. Erwin Alwin has served as substitute carrier for the past six months.
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Geo. J. Haag
New Ulm
H. C. Fiene
Erwin Alwin
Hunting accident leaves 21 year old badly injured on Minnesota river
Joseph Schroepfer aged 21 was shot while handling a shotgun on a hunting trip with Albert Roth. The load shattered his arm damaging muscles ligaments and bone. He was taken to Loretto hospital in serious condition as doctors assess repair prospects.
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Bow
Joseph Schroepfer
Schroepfer
Albert Roth
Minnesota
Touskrate
Diepolder
Rothidt
Laretto
Duck Schroepter
North Bromsway
Northwestern Road
Hodges Begins Postmaster Duties in Sleepy Eye
W. B. Hodges, longtime Sleepy Eye Herald publisher, assumed postmaster duties succeeding J. P. Graff as term expired. He has long served in Democratic ranks and now leaves Sleepy Eye to form a partnership with A. R. Kelm to open a new store in Mankato. Local Standard Oil agents met in Mankato for their annual conference and banquet with Herman Held representing the New Ulm agency.
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W. BR. Hodges
Sleepy Eye
Bya
Mankato
Standard Oil Company
Herman Held
New Ulm
Former Nicollet Resident Believed Murdered
Fred Riegel, a retired Nicollet resident, is believed murdered on his farm near Detroit Minnesota. His body was found last week after he disappeared around March 1 and may have been in the snow in the field since then. Becker county authorities investigate. Riegel was a bachelor with relatives in Nicollet.
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Fred Riegel
Nicollet
Detroit
Minn
Riegel
Redwood County
Dakota
Becker County
Organ Dedication at Gibbon Lutheran Church
The new two manual pipe organ at the Lutheran Church in Gibbon was formally dedicated last Sunday with Rev. Henry Boettcher and Prof. A. Ackermann leading services. Prof. Fr. Reuter presided at the organ as Ackermann delivered the dedication sermon and the Gibbon church choir and D. M. S. College double quartet provided music. An organ recital followed in the evening with Prof. Reuter at the instrument and participation by college singers.
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Lutheran Church At
Gibbon
New Ulm College
Henry Boettcher
A. Ackermann
Fr. Reuter
Ackermann
Gibbon Church
D. M. S. College
Civil Service Exam for Local Post Office Laborer
An examination for the laborer position at the local post office will be held Saturday April 8 under federal civil service rules. The salary is 600 dollars per year and the job is year round with life tenure potential. Applicants are scored 40 points for physical ability and 60 points for training and experience. age limits are 20 to 50, with exceptions for honored military or naval veterans.
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William Rausch
Birth of a Nation at the Armory Draws Large Audience
Review notes the film's vivid Civil War antebellum and reconstruction scenes. Music, scenery, and a large cast of Clansmen enhance a three hour spectacle that follows history through Stoneman and Lynch, ending with hidden bands of resistance and social upheaval.
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Mason and Dixon
Virginia
Southland
North
South
Congress
Austin Stoneman
Lincoln
Union
Stoneman
Lynch
Capitol
Sir Semper
Friends
Washington
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