New Ulm Chautauqua Week to Open June 9
New Ulm forms the Chautauciation to bring the 1919 Chautauqua to town with White & Myers Bureau handling acts. Opening day features Carmeling's Colonial Band and speaker C W Wassam, followed by a week of concerts and lectures from Emily Waterman, Metropolitan Symphony Club, Baldy Strang Entertainers, Musical Merrymakers, Davies Light Opera Company performing Pinafore, and speakers Dr John A Gray Robert Goldsmith J S Montgomery and B E Violette.
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New UN
White & Myers Chautauqua System of
Kansas
United States
New Lim
New Ulm
Ben
Beecher
Carmeling
Signor Carmeling
C. W. Wassam
Wassam
University of Iowa
Emily Waterman
Chautauqua
Metropolitan Symphony Club
Baldy Strang
Mr. Strang
Harry Lauder
Musical Merrymakers
Davies Light Opera Company
Chautauqua Bureau
Harry Davies
John A. Gray
del Gray
Gray
Robert Goldsmith
League of Nations
America
New Statesmanship
J. 8. Montgomery
Voice of the New Ages
BE. B. Violette
Federal plans large war goods gift to Minnesota roads
The Federal Government will distribute road machinery and tools to Minnesota counties, including 567 mobile trucks and steam shovels. Highway Commissioner Babcock is seeking county input on allocations, with the state retaining title and counties paying freight and care costs. Brown County’s exact share is not yet known but will include valuable equipment to speed graveling and road work.
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Minnesota
Babcock
Brown County
Ladies Convention in New Ulm Receives High Praise
Delegates from the Twentieth Annual Second District Federation of Women's Clubs praised New Ulm as a convention city. The three day event May 20–22 featured talks on women's roles in society and a praised venue at Turner Theatre. New Ulm elects local officers and selects Lake for next year’s convention.
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Second District Federation of Women’s Clubs
Turner Theatre
Turner Hall
Outide
New Ulm
Minnesota
Cregft
GC. H. Asch
Springfield
I. A. Potter
C. W. Miller
Herman Held
C. H. Asch
D. L. Morse
Blue Earth
F. M. Ledehour
W. Miller
J. W. Wolven
Worthington
Lake
Death of John H Siegel Mourned at Excelsior Springs
Obituary details John H Siegel a longtime miller and vice president of Eagle Milling died suddenly at Excelsior Springs Missouri after a trip with his wife He had suffered chronic heart trouble and retired earlier that year Burial took place in New Ulm with services led by Masons Shriners and local mills closed in his honor The article covers his career from early milling posts to leadership at Eagle Milling and notes survivors including his wife Mary Lamb and several sisters and relatives.
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John H. Siegel
Excelsior Springs
Mr. Siegel
Eagle Roller Mill
Hed Siegel
Mrs. Siegel
Francis S. Lamb
Towo
New Ulm
Shriners
de Molay Commandery
Jural Chapter
Blue Lodge
Harmony Camp
Woodmen of America
Wheeler
Second Regiment
Broadway
All That
Mother Earth
Newburg
Ind
Siegel
Elizabethtown
Ill
Lincoln, Neb
Jewell Milling Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Daisy Roller Mills
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Co
Roller Mill Co
Eagle Milling
Marshall Milling Co
Christie Mill
Minneapolis
Madison Wis
Mary L. Lamb
Josie Siegel
Washigton
Gust Katterjohn
Lynnville
John Sissel
Evansyville
Hopkins
Chas
Veeck
Petersburg
Josephine Siegel
Washington
Linda
A. F. Katterjohn
Ferd. P. Veeck
Petersburgh
Percy Veeck
Parole list includes Amelia Tanke in life crime case
Amelia Tanke, who began a life sentence in 1902 for the murder of her husband John Wellner, had her sentence commuted to 80 years and was made eligible for parole by the State Board of Pardons. Frank Tanke, the hired man and later widower, died of influenza while serving a life term.
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Amelia Tanke
Stillwater
Lafayette
Nicollet County
State Board of Pardons
Amelia ‘Wellner
Frank Tanke
Wellner Farm
Mr. Wellner
Moneys Returned by the Red Cross in Brown County
Final word in a controversy reports vindication for farmers of Brown County harmed by Vidian Wye during 1918. Checks totaling 6321.18 were issued by the Food Administrators office covering claims for Red Cross payments, with 69 checks ranging from 1.95 to 363.80 issued last Friday. Prominent recipients include Ed W Flor New Ulm $363.80 and Theresia Reinarts New Ulm $353.90, among others in East Brown County and nearby towns.
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Minnesota
Brown County
Red Cross
Food Administrators
W. H. Dempsey
Mr. Wilson
Ed. W. Flor
New Ulm
Theresia Reinarts
John Mack
Herman Juni
Wanska
William Geer Essig
Geo. C. Eckstein
Jos. J. Sperl
Searles
Edw. Vogel
Sleepy Eye
Wilson
Dempsey
Food Administrators Office
East
Amoun Mra
Lena Altman
Josef Boranek
Wm. Berg
Arthur Bessemer
Andrew Demeier
Ed. Demeier
Frank Forster
Emil H. Fritsche
Herman Fritsche
Adolph Ganske
Fred Guggisberg
Frank W. Guth
Anton Hacker
John Hauser
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New Lil S
New Crecinization
New Ulm Chautauaciation
HL. Beecher
H. L. Beecher
Ehalr
F. W. Johnson Eeling
Aseures
New Ulu
Wress
Pinafore
2Nd District’ Federation
Mille
Ciy
John Siegel
A. Tanke
St. Peter
Henderson
THE
Wye's
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