Silk Robbers in Blue Earth Jail After $2000 Silk Heist
Three burglars arrested at Blue Earth in a Silk robbery case tied to a Springfield haul of $2000 in silks. One suspect identified as Charles Larabee of San Francisco was shot and captured after a shootout with Sheriff W J Iuling. Two suspects later jailed at Worthington. Claimed gang ties include Henderson Murphy crew member Curley Clause, alias Adams, with Clifton Adams suspected. Sheriff Julius to Blue Earth to aid identification. trial possible for Spinehiels robbery.
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Blue Earth
Unty
W. J. Iuling
H. F. Jahnke
Springfield
Charles Larabee
San Francisco
Worthington
Henderson Gang
Curley" Clause
Henderson-Murphy
Erickson & Kasro
Comfrey
James Henderson
James Murphy
Stillwater
Clause
Adams
Murphy
Julius
Spinehiels
Larabee and
al. Thorsen
George Black Enlists in Coast Defense Army Life
George Black formerly of New Ulm now living in Mankato has enlisted in the U S Army for coast defense and is in St Louis to be mustered. He writes of daily drills band concerts and a bustling camp of 1500 to 2000 men with plans to go to Washington San Diego or Panama. He says the life appeals to him despite harsh conditions and mentions experiences with the barracks and campus dancing.
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George Black
New Ulm
Mankato
United States Army
Coast Defense
St. Louis
Minnesota
Missouri
Washington, D. C
San Diego
Panama
Company A Members to Be Paid for Service
Capt Adolph Klause oversees paying Company A servicemen who served on the Mexican border. Eligible members receive 105 dollars for 210 days with 50 cents per day extra for Texas service. Signatures are required before payment, with about 10 000 dollars expected to be paid in the city.
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Adolph Klause
Texas
Nicollet Commissioners to Meet Here Very Soon
Nicollet county board plans to inspect Keehnel road and Cummings bridge site at Golden Gate then hold a joint session with Brown county officials to study highway improvements linking the two counties over the Minnesota River. A large delegation visited St Peter to urge prompt action and set a meeting date.
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Board of Commissioners
Nicollet County
Keehnel Road
Golden Gate
Brown County Commissioners
Minnesota River
St. Peter
Nicollet
Waa
Brown County
Brown County Board
Commercial Club
New Dim
Brown Country
Citizens to Help Recruit Army Men in New Ulm
A meeting at the Commercial Club formed a ten man committee to boost Company A recruitment. Col Mollison favored keeping the current unit, with time to build a stronger company, while Laverne’s unit grows. Local leaders urge action amid concerns the German community faces scrutiny. Committee members include Liesch Crone Samsen Metzinger Vogtel Pfaender Stolz Meile Klause Groebner Vogel Puhlmann.
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Tooms
N. Samson
Ferdinand Crone
Mollison
Faribault
Lew Ulm
Laverne
New Ulm
Fort Snelling
Phillip Sieech
Burngmuist
Crone
Liezek
Charles Hauenstein
Company A
Jess
Uttomeyer
P. Liesch
J. N. Samsen
E. Metzinger
Charles Vogtel
Adolph Meile
Charles Stolz
Albert Pfaender
Adolph Klause
B. Groebner
L. G. Vogel
Alfred Puhlmann
Prison Relief Society to Aid War Prisoners
The National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, recognized as a relief society by the War Department, will assist in humane work under the Hague Convention. It plans to distribute relief and form a new society in the United States during the war, recruiting agents to handle interned prisoners of war. The internment committee is led by William Hamlin Childs with Adolph Lewisohn as president and Joseph D. Sears as secretary.
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War Department
Washington
National Ceuttee On
United States
Bureau
Committee On Internment
National Committee On Prisons and Prison Labor
Adolph Lewisohn
Willian Hamlin Childs
Raymond B. Fosdick
Frederick A. Goetze
Sam A. Lewisohn
George W. Wickereham
B. Stagg Whitin
Joseph D. Sears
Red Wing Hosts Knights of Columbus Delegates
County Treasurer Henry Berg and Carl P Richten led St Patrick Council K of C delegates to Minnesota state convention in Red Wing where about three hundred attended. J J Moriarity also attended. officers re elected. Next year to be in St Cloud. Delegates were entertained with a steamboat trip on Lake Pepin.
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Henry Berg
Carl P. Richten
Red Wing
St. Patrick Council
Knights of Columbus
J. J. Moriarity
St. Cloud
Minnesota
United States
Selegattes
Lake Pepin
City Considers Fourth Water Well and New City Hall Plan
City council moved to advertise bids for sinking a fourth water well aimed at 200 gallons per minute. A special May 28 meeting will open bids. Reports discussed land use for a new city hall and gravel, licensing, and electric line extensions through Wallac district.
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Cerman Park
William Backer
Paralyzed Man Sent to St Louis by St Peter
A partly paralyzed man found near St Peter could not speak or write. After examination the sheriff learned the case and, when shown a map and the city of St Louis, Mo, the county commissioners ordered a ticket to St Louis and he was sent there.
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St. Peter
St. Louis
Decoration Day plans near completion in Hecker Post event
Jacob Klossner Jr commander of Hecker Post G A R with committee has nearly completed Decoration Day plans. L G Vogel to marshal the day. Procession forms at the Indian monument at 9 o clock on May 30 and proceeds to cemeteries for exercises. W H Dempsey to deliver English oration. German orator not yet secured. Committee urges all to join at the monument.
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Jacob Klossner
Hecker Post
L. G. Vogel
W. H. Dempsey
Altho
Fourth of July Observance Pursued Quietly Across Nation
The Christian Science Monitor advocates a non-explosive Fourth of July, arguing fireworks wasteful and money better spent on utilitarian uses. The piece stresses a quiet holiday with only lawful sounds from labor with spade, rake, or hose, highlighting broader practical considerations.
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United States
Sleepy Eye District Court Opens With Dozens Of Civil Cases
The Sleepy Eye district court convenes next Monday for a May term featuring numerous civil matters. Notable cases include Albert F. Gieseke versus Otto Friton over a cow theft story and Matthew Lang charged with the murder of Miss Ganske on Sleepy Eye’s Main Street. The calendar lists guardianships, probate appeals, and various civil actions involving local individuals and firms such as Betcher Lumber Co, Stuebe Bros, and the City’s sanitary issues. John Reese and Charles Berg are held to the grand jury for boxcar robberies in Sleepy Eye.
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Albert F. Gieseke
Otto Friton
Gieseke
Friton
Gieteke
Matthew FE Lang
Ne Ganske
Sleepy Eye
Lang
Workan
Aman
Wickemi
Aatier
Inna Rosina
Boehser
Nick L
Sibert Guth
Jon Cc
BRD
Ae M
Margaret Rieger
Anna Zupfer
London Guarantee and Accident Company
Andrew Steinmetz
Fischer & Youngman
Greane Eee
The
Mystic Workers
Vierling
Maggie Vierling
Sleepy Eye Money
Dyer de Bro
C. J. Woodmanmy
State Bank of
Kahn
Cora Kahn
August A. Petrich
Edward Ferkner
Wilhelmina Lent
Henry E. Lent
Carl Dittbenner
Ferdinand Gluth
K. B. Nelson
Edward F. Berkner
John Reese
Charles Berg
Joins Forestry Service Plaender Enlists in State Work
Walter Plaender son of the local postmaster has joined the forestry service. He spent the past year at the state level and now takes up a new assignment in the forestry division.
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Walter Plaender
Fred Plaender
Antes Eyo
United
Aatteontee
Wate
Delegation Secures Ten Day Extension For Company A
Delegates from New Ulm meet Governor Burnquist in St Paul to press for recruitment of Company A. A ten day extension is granted, with a plan to return the company to New Ulm later. The visit clarifies recruitment delays blamed on Secon Regiment conditions and Mollison.
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Luverne
St. Paul
Ulm
Nder
B. Groebner
J. B. Brook
Spe i
Aeen
Mollison
New Ulm
Secon
Colonel Mollison
Lee Mollison
H. N. Samson
Ferdinand Crone
Faribault
Lison
W. F. Rhinow
Ernor Burnquist
Pecune
Mankato
Program 18 Graduation Sets Day at Turner Theater
Graduation lines the end of the year with forty three graduates across Latin Scientific and English courses. Commencement at Turner Theater on Engey evening features salutatorian remarks, a valedictory, and class roll presentations.
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Thrse
Turner Theater
Engey
Nefmme
C. Puchner
Henate
Fredericks
Aimee F. Ki
Eeif Jahnke
Ellen M. Goks
Agnes J. Basil Zoeeph A. Eppsethte
Wilofmeister
Edward Leonhardt
Emanuel C. Manderfeld
Ey Abase A. Ppabht
Wheat futures trading halted as millers curb purchases
Minneap olis Chamber of Commerce and other grain exchanges restrict futures trading to cover open trades. Millers quit buying wheat except in small farmer sales, driving May wheat 27 cents lower from Monday and 69 cents over two days. Directors posted a resolution barring futures deals beyond cash trades, effective at 12 45 p m, with limited impact on afternoon activity.
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Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
West
Northwest
Tuillers
Charles Vogtel
Eagle Tele Milling Company
Ile
Alleged Check Raiser Sentenced After Plea Debacle
Edward Schultz, accused of check raising, was arraigned in Mankato after a background of past labor and livery work. Judge W L Comstock imposed a three month jail term suspended on condition he obtain steady employment and comply with terms.
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Edward Schultz
Blue Earth Poery
Sherif
Mankato
Beliere
W. L. Comstock
Tin soldiers march through Cobden street scene
A cobbled report notes local residents traffic a curious procession of tin soldiers crafted by a Cobden man nicknamed “car pest.” The unusual display, forwarded by vehicle, calmed anxious onlookers and left the creator satisfied with the reception.
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Cobden
New Ulm Boys for Navy Enlistment Next Month
Three New Ulm youths Victor Schleuder son of Mr and Mrs H O Schleuder Peter Herman and John A Groebner applied last week to Postmaster Fred Pfaender to enlist in the United States navy The trio left Friday for Minneapolis to take physical exams If they pass they will be enrolled at once for service
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Victor H. Schleuder
New Ulm
Minneapolis
United States Navy
Victor Schleuder
H. O. Schleuder
Peter Herman
John A. Groebner
Fred Pfaender
Fort Ridgely Defender Passes Away at Richfield Home
Everett F. Irwin of Minnesota died in a Minneapolis area home after a long illness. A pioneer resident and veteran defender of Fort Ridgely during the 1862 Dakota uprising, Irwin was also a noted breeder of Holstein cattle and remained active in regional pioneer circles.
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Fort Eee
Richfield
Everett F. Irwin
Minnesota
Jennepin County
Rs Irwin
Torial Association
Fort Ridgely
Mr. Irwin
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Faribault County
Committee of
Prison Committee
A Relief Society
John Wilie
Layne & Wilie Company
Matt Holland
Cannon Falls
Holland
North German Park
City Hall Committee
Behnke
Hamann
Christ. Filzen
Carl Aufderheide
Henry Engel
J. P. Graff
H. N. Samsen
Union Hospital
Filzen
Tandtar
Ue Phat Pilarling
Clan Fishoeo
Washington and
First South Streets
Committee On
Wallac
Sane
Tribunal OF Justice
Charles Stuebe
Gustav Stuebe
State of Minnesota
Jerkner
P. Beckwith
I Incorporated
Ama le
Sale Otto Pole
Hazel C. Barnes
Theo
J. Vollmer
J.ent Bintermann
Gustav Wisch- Joseph Wartha
John ‘Wartha
Spaediee
Jobo Bart
Alfred B. Henry N. Sorusen
Joseph M. Aoe
Oe L. Arbes
Fred Schru
Catherine Defiel
Anton Steffen
Annie Faas
F. J. Krook
Guardian
A.N. Pads
Courtland Creamery Association
Forestry Service
Schleuder
NAVY
Lydia Anderson
Louise A. Augustin
Jeanette Rose Hartl
Hilarius H. Berg
Elisr A. Dehn
Rey William Fenske
Max A. Freitag
Eleanor Frey
Ella Elvira Hartman
Henry F. Herzog
Armin E. Kohler
Herbert G. Kogue
Wenzel Joseph Kral
Gertrude EB. Meisinger
Phyllis T. Neumann
Olga M. Olson
Adela J. Ouren
James Arnold Our
CajHiso
Wea Ene Puch
Aimee Consa
Buen
Ale Dakeshen Jama Cp
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