Minnesota Adopts New Motor Tax Law Explained
The Just Legislature approves a state motor tax shifting from local to state funds. It sets two percent rates based on price and age with a $12 minimum for low priced cars, $15 for heavier models, and a wheelage tax possibility for cities. Agricultural tractors and trailers are exempt or lower taxed. Gibbon hosts a baby clinic Friday.
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Minnesota
Ford
Hoit
House
Senate
Taw
De Molay Knights Attend St Peter Event
Twenty one De Molay Commandery members from this city traveled to St Peter on Friday to witness the Knights Templar degree conferment and attend the past commanders banquet. The New Ulm delegation included J H Behnke August Dahl A Dahl Emil G Hage Herman Held Ed Hoffmann Reverend C G Hahn and others. The Misses Alma Valk and Anne Hetlinger were guests of Mr and Mrs Lee De Rosin at Mankato over the weekend.
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de Molay
Knights Templar
St. Peter
New Ulm
J. H. Behnke
August
George Marti
Wm. B. Mather
Adolph G. Meile
L. A. Mills
Emil Mueller
N. E. Nelson
I. M. Olsen
George L. Schmidt
Henry N. Samson
G. B. Weiser
William FP. Wendt
Rev
FF. Wheeler
Alma Valk
Anne Hetlinger
Lee de Rosin
Mankato
Omnibus Wheel On A Rampage In Downtown Crash
A right front wheel detached from a Dakota House omnibus after axle failure near Minnesota and Second North streets. Mrs. Alfred Marti and her baby narrowly escaped injury as the glass storefront of Buenger Furniture Co was struck but not entered. No passengers aboard. insurers cover the plate glass loss.
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Dakota House
North Western
Minnesota Street
Second North Street
Buenger Furniture Go
Alfred Marti
Scobie
Mont
Rochester
Minnesota
Grant Schlottman
Franklin
Andrew Gerber
Buenger
New Ulm Plate Glass Insurance Co
Old Recluse and Moonshine Visitor In New Ulm
In New Ulm a local character known as South American George shared moonshine with a Sunday visitor at the old woolen mills near the Cottonwood river. Mueller pleaded guilty Monday morning to drunkenness, paying 12 dollars including a $6 fine and costs after two visitors and a buggy ride led to a troubling day and a hospital stay.
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George Mueller
George
Cottonwood
Mueller
George Hogen
Bis
Justice Hogen
Mr. Mueller
Justice Hagen
Alvin Harmening
New Ulm
Union Hospital
Burglars Hit Winthrop Stores In One Night
Burglars broke into the G L Bundlie grocery and the F N Nelson garage in Winthrop on Tuesday night, stealing about 4.00 in change and a few sardines from the grocery and 6.00 in small change plus inner tubes from the garage. An attempted break in at the office cafe failed, and the Winthrop creamery was entered Wednesday morning with nothing stolen.
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G. L. Bundlie
F N. Nelson
Winthrop
Winthrop Creamery
Veteran August Nehls Reaches Forty Years with New Ulm Brick
August Nehls, a longtime employee of the New Ulm Brick and Tile Yards, marked four decades of service late last month. Born February 4, 1847 in Pyritz Germany, he came to America in 1874 and joined the yard staff in 1881. He and Rosa Hartneck married in 1879 and raised eight children.
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August Nehls
Jim Brick & Tile Yards
Mr. Nehls
Pyritz
Pommerania
Germany
Patherland
Fifth Pommeration Infantry
America
New Ulm
Fred Aufderheide
Nehls
Broeper
Rosa Hartneck
Amelia
Fred Wandersee
Ida
Anton Henle
Otto
John Nehls
Clara
Louis Johnson
Albert Lea
Bertha
Fred Hager
Lydia
Hugo Hoffmann
Sleepy Eye
Ella Nehls
New Ulm Brick & Tile Yards
Lafayette Wins First Ball Game Over New Ulm 4 to 1
Lafayette defeated New Ulm 4 to 1 in ten innings at the fair grounds. Farrar pitched well for Lafayette, allowing six hits and eight strikeouts. Swenson P. Gutzke and O Gutzke contributed timely hits. Winthrop game scheduled next Sunday with lineup shifts anticipated.
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Lafayette
New Ulm
Lafayette Baseball Nine
Fairgrounds
Farrar
Milwaukee Association
Bruzek
Winthrop
Ulm
Pfeiffer
Swenson
Gutzke
Wm. Gutzke
Ed. Gutzke
Brusek
Strude
Farrington
New Ulmy
Lafayette AB
HPOA
H. Swenson
P. Gutzke
O. Gutzke
W. Gutzke
A Davis
Meixel
Peiffer
Bonn
Born, & Deilke
A Becker
Guentner
Rf Popetski
New Ulm Hunters Club Opens Season at Hunters Rest
The New Ulm Hunters Club held its first Sunday shoot at Hunters Rest. Chas Hauvenstein won with 157 points, Geo Wicheszki took the leather prize. Also noted: Mrs A A Anderson and children Lydia and Walter of Haneka spent Thursday afternoon in the city.
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New Ulm Hunters Club
Hunters’ Rest
Chas. Hauvenstein
Geo. Wicheszki
A. A. Anderson
Lydia and
Walter
Haneka
Three youths arrested for placing railroad spikes on main track
Peter Heck Ralph Simmet and Alvin Landwehr youths from the north end were taken before Judge William B Mather after confessing to repeatedly placing spikes stones and bolts on the Northwestern main line between Tenth North street and the city cemetery. They warned to refrain from such dangerous pranks.
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Peter Heck
Ralph Simmet
Alvin Landwehr
Alvin Harmening
Ed Wagner
Tenth North Street
Cuy Cemetery
William B. Mather
City Cemetery
F. P. Starr
Northwestern Road
Citizenship Papers Granted in Brown County Court
In Brown County, 25 final citizenship papers were granted on the first day of the May term, from a total of 33 applications. The session included questions by Federal representative MD. Herman and the denial of three aliens by Judge Olsen, with five cases continued.
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Carl P. Manderfeld
Brown County District Court
Court House
Cess
MD. Herman
St. Paul
Olsen
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Hy. J. Meyer
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Starr
Vogtel Insurance
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Fred Meyer
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Henry Stelljes
John Schmidt
Muske
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Charles Sperl
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