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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1902
Page
3
Local notes describe new house construction by Parmer of town Stark, a creamery rebuild by Steinke-Beidel Lumber Co, and progress on the German Lutheran church with Highmark overseeing. Also mentions horse sales, threshing results, gas lamp installations, and community notices across Sleepy Eye and nearby towns.
ESSIG AND MILFORD. Special correspondence. A girl born to Mr and Mrs Nic Metzen on Friday. A R Eggensperger visited Sleepy Eye on Saturday. Miss Louise Mueller now of New Ulm spent Sunday with her parents. Essig district opened school Monday with Mr Franc as teacher. A social hop will be held in the Kesig hall Saturday evening by Hey mann Bros with good music. M W A ball at Milford Club hall Saturday night drew a fair crowd despite bad weather. W R Hodges spoke on Wood Craft and Hoidale discussed the campaign, with some GOP resonance noted. Forty Years Torture relates DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve curing piles after 40 years for C Haney of Geneva Ohio. Beware counterfeits. Eugene A Pfeiferle notes.
Springfield Advance notes Obns. Birkemeyer formerly of Springfield will open a cigar factory and retail store in Raymond on November 1. Mrs. Frank Borg of New Ulm visited with her sister Mrs. Wm. Mueller and returned home Saturday. Ferdinand Bigot and his brother Gilbert went to St. Paul where Gilbert accepted a butcher shop position. Ferdinand returned Wednesday morning. Hoo. S. D. Peterson, Republican nominee for representative, was in town interviewing voters and remains a popular campaigner.
The page records a blend of local visits by Hagberg and families, farm and elevator news, price reports from Wheat markets, and repairs by Great Western Elevator Co. crews in Minneapolis. It notes subscription totals for a farmer's elevator, staffing changes at the railroad station, and advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials.
Special reduced excursion rates are offered from all points on the Chicago & North Western Railway for trips to Illinois Minnesota football games in Minneapolis on November 8 and November 15 with return by November 17 and November 10 respectively. Also discounted fares to New Orleans during November 6 to 9 for the American Bankers Convention and to other western routes. Home seekers’ excursions run on the first and third Tuesdays monthly from November 1902 to April 1908 to western territories with standard sleeping cars and reclining chairs. Entries for the International Live Stock Exposition at Chicago, Nov 29 to Dec 6, show strong turnout and hopes of record participation. M and St. Paul lines offer low rate round trips to home seekers with 21 day limits.
A Victorian era All Hallows Eve guide outlines games and rites for youths. Apple bobbing and apple and candle contests test wit and luck for marriage. Mirrors, candles, flour gestures, nuts, and lead fortunes reveal love, fate, and future spouses with playful, cautionary notes.
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