Registering to Vote for 21 to 31 Year Olds Next Tuesday
Notices state June 5 1917 is the sole registration day for all men aged 21 to 31. Exemptions are narrow. officers and enlisted in US armed services may be excluded while in service. Penalty for non registration is imprisonment. sickness does not excuse, and a representative can file for those unable to register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Naval Militia
Gen. S. Crowder
Washington
Decoration Day City Names in Local Obituary Roll
A list of attendees and participants for Decoration Day ceremonies includes Baumgartner Bernd Baxter John Berry Dr C Blanchard Albert Bobleter Jos Brandt Fred A Castor J B me Mueller Adolph Meyer Adam Meyer John Neemann Henry Nix Jacob Nun John St Oeder Jos Paffrath Casper Paulson John C Pelas Karl Plaender Wm Sr Quense August Radke Wm Sr Scheidrich Theo Br Schilling Louis Sr Schmidt Jacob Schmucker Anton Simon David Spenner John Thiele William Toberer John C Walther Fred Warn Dan Wernz Alois Winkler Karl West Newton Afpemny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baumgartner
Bernd. Baxter
John Berry
Albert Bobleter
Jos. Brandt
Fred. A Castor
J. B. Me
Fred, Warn
Dan, Wernz
Alois Winkler
Karl
Heating Plant Expands as Alder men Approve Extension
New Ulm officials and New Ulm Heating Company directors agreed to extend the municipal heating district to include two additional blocks on Minnesota Street. The plan covers areas west of Minnesota from Second North to Third North, east side North Second to Grand Hotel, and west Minnesota from Center to South First. The project is funded, with stockholders receiving a distribution and a depreciation fund set aside. The city council ratified the agreement and noted ample steam for expansion, with coal supply concerns for the season addressed by securing extra cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Street
New Ulm Heating Company
Second North
Third North
Second Street
Center
South First Street
Fred W. Johnson
L. B. Brook
Fred Hamann
A. J. Vogel
Secretar Johnson
City and Heating Company
A. J. Mueller
Water and Light Department
Council
Ee A Ca
Krook
Thipie
Standard Oil Oil Company
South Side Auto Company
Pte A
L. M. Novelius
Albert Ring
Emy
Park Commission
Methodist Delegates Attend Southern Minnesota Conference
Rev C G Hahn represented the Methodist church of this city at the Southern Minnesota conference of German Methodist churches in Le Sueur last week. The conference was well attended with many addresses. Women’s Foreign Missionary society officers were elected in Le Sueur with several New Ulm members present. Miss Julia Frank represented the local young people’s society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Hahn
Methodist Church
Minnesota
le Sueur
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
New Ulm
Herman Grussendorf
Charles Grussendorf
Carl Borehert
William Durhahn
Henry Moll, Sr
H. F. Schrader
A. A. Alwin
Emma Remand
William Boemmele
Echo
Pothove
Jordan
Sorrespaadigg
Mtn
Albert
Peer Fecrere
Alwin
Lew Frencher
Sebrader
City approves bid for new water well improvement
Matt Holland of Cannon Falls wins the city council bid to sink a 12 inch well for the water department at an adjourned meeting. Three other bidders include McCarty Well Co St Paul S Swenson Artesian Well Co Minneapolis and Lynne Bowler Co Memphis Tenn. The contract price is 7.90 per foot with a 200 gallon per minute guarantee. Work to start in a week or ten days with completion about thirty days after. Location to be decided by council before Holland's machinery arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Holland
Cannon Falls
City Water Department
Holland
McCarty Well Company
St. Paul
S. Swenson Artesian Well Company
Minneapolis
New& Bowler Company
Memphis
Tenn
Woman seriously burned in kitchen accident
Mrs. Charles Lindemann of 223 North Minnesota street was severely burned while lighting the kitchen fire. Fire spread from her sleeve to her clothing as she was alone in the room. Mr. Lindemann extinguished the flames and a physician was summoned. The burns cover her body and arms with the face largely spared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lindemann
North
Minnesota Street
Union Hospitals
Red Cross Society Organized in New Ulm
Preliminary steps toward forming a Red Cross society in New Ulm were taken with a meeting led by Mrs. JF W Johnson at the Dakota Hotel last Friday. Temporary officers include Chairman Mrs Johnson and Secretary Mrs H W Beecher, with ten citizens' names forwarded to Red Cross headquarters as the process begins to establish a permanent organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Society
JF. W Johnson
Dakota Hotel
Chhosen
Johnson
H. W. Beecher
Red
Crom
Audion Cie
District Meeting Praised By Minnesota Women Clubs
The eighteenth annual Second District Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Springfield May 23 to 25 drew 167 attendees. Delegates and officers praised service, patriotism, and civic work, with resolutions supporting national prohibition, better films for children, Red Cross, and food economy. sessions featured talks on country clubs, suffrage, and Pan Americanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Springfield
Red Cross
Rothenberg
Federation
M. E. Mathews
Marshall
Rs. Mathews
New Ulm
Mathews
Robert Pederson
Sundown
Country Woman's Club
Woman's Club
Swall
P. H. Schouweiller
Nicolles
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sr. Kumm
Christian Lillie
John Manderfeld
Anton ‘McKittrick
James Meier
August Meile
Fred. Merkle
George Mowery
Rev
C. P
Courtland
West Newton
Afpemny
Altioaui
Bianchi
Chas. Beetle
David Bushard
W. N. C. Huhn
John Kusehnick
John Scheidel
Theo
Bobleter
Memoriam
Cottenwi Dahl, Christ
Gnethe
Christian Hamann Hen
Koester, Henry
City Council and Company
Aldermen
Financial Report
Lynne
Red Cross Society of
Hess
Ozias
Germany
Seinabakeen Ie
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