Brown County Fair Highlights and Races
Brown County Fair drew strong crowds with 600 free children and over 3000 attendees Friday, plus 1500 Saturday. Reports credit better exhibits, heavy horse show entries, dairy cattle includes King Dillard, and a state inspector crackdown on padding funds. Racing featured Edna Parker and other close finishes, while exhibits spanned fruit vegetables grain dairy poultry and art.
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Brown County
G. A. Ottomeyer
W. J. Winkelmann
Goode
Gastler
Wickerski
Florsheim
New Ulm Hardware Co
Ochs
Alex Garrow
Thomas Pfaender
Louis Riederer
Victor Schleuder
Stanley Alwin
Reariment
Mire
M. Higgins
Creepy Bye
Katharine” ‘Helossner
Mex
Crescentia Klinkhammer
Wm. Stoll
Minnie Wendt
W. T. Eckstein
Lyman S. Matthews
Lake City
Cleer
Andrew Backer
Willow Grove Farm
Milford
Minnesota
Riverside Farm
John Mack
Imperial Stock Farm
Bergstrom & Son
Thor Thormodsen
Hanska
Enrashes
Tmes
Edna Parker
Fred Spoerhase
King Dillardy
Hal Dillard
Minnie K
King Dillard
A. F. Crow
Janesville
Minn
Chas. Hoffman
St. Paul
James Carr
Ed. Hilliker
Fremont
Neb
Harland Smith & Son
Nashua
Iowa
Clarence Walker
Pipestone
J. A. Hawley
Darnall
Alex J
Bi Gray Eagle
Riley B
Twater D
Ann Russell
Fred D
Uyzieno
Lord Bingham
Black Rose
Rags
Dr. Cram
Judge Parker
Betty B
Mambrito
Sonoma
Alcon Terret_ Nobiliss
Roy Savage
Mysterious Brush Car Sparks Local Wonder
Local reports describe a mystery automobile seen in New Ulm tied to the old Conrad Alex Brush. Attorneys, experts, and townsfolk speculate if the car once belonged to the rural carrier, noting a scorched private seat mark and a photo bearing the number 11317 as a striking coincidence.
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Jos. A. Eckstein
Roy L. Berg
Fliat South
Broadway
Eckateln
New Ule
New Ulm
Conrad Alex
Alex
Atn
Conrad
Uonle
Conrad Ajex
Plans Outlined For Festival Old Settlers Picnic Date Set
The Junior Pioneers committee outlined this year’s Old Settler’s Festival to be held Sunday September 1 at Turner Hall Park. Eligibility for the old settler badge is limited to those who arrived in the area in 1874 or earlier and are at least six years old, with Mayor Fritecheg to give the welcome address. The Second Regiment Band will supply music and the program will include a German speech and physical culture numbers.
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Turner Hall Park
Todian
Mge
Brows
Nicollet
Friteche God
Drunken stranger jailed then released on promise to leave town
A man named Post admitted guilt to drunkenness after attempting to raise his pay check by 900 percent. Chief Krause and Night Policeman Emmerich captured him, and he was arraigned before City Justice N. Henpingsen. He received a suspended 60 day sentence conditioned on leaving town, while authorities pursue the larger matter of his fraud. The episode exposed his heavy drinking and alleged felony under the influence.
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Adolph Krause
William Emmerich
N. Henpingsen
R. M. Post
Oime
Post
Gollnick & Company
West Newton
New Ulm
Sherlock Holmes
Klause
Emmerich
Dragoet
Bastian
Maril & Brand
Kimuse
Depraved Act Destroys Threshing Gear Near New Ulm
On a Monday afternoon near the City Cemetery in New Ulm, Manderfeld Bros threshing for John Schons found the separator’s cylinder damaged. About thirty two teeth were knocked from the machine while threshing rye, triggering an investigation into the reckless vandalism.
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Threshers
New Ulm
Roward
Manderfeld Bros
Louis Ochs
Jos. Tauer
John Schons
Farmers Sue Over Hail Insurance Schemes in Brown and Redwood
About twenty five farmers in Brown and Redwood counties face court action over hail and tornado policies sold by M M Bierlin a former Springfield saloonkeeper turned insurance agent. The Minnesota Farmers Mutual Insurance Company seeks five years of premiums totaling roughly $100 per policy plus court costs. Litigation may move to Brown and Redwood counties under attorney August G Erickson.
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Brown
Redw
M. M. Bierlin
Springfield
Redwood
Minnesota Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Minneapolis
Bierlin
State Insurance Department
Hennepin County
Gallec
Suneta
August G.erickson
Local Firm Finishes Calking Public Schools Then Homes
Two representatives of Mione sore Weatherproof and Glaxing Company finished calking windows at public schools and moved to the homes of G. B. Welser and Emil G. Hage. The firm also completed calking for the new Loretto hospital earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mione+sore Weatherproof and Glaxing Company
G. B. Welser
Emil G. Hage
Loretto Hospital
Brown County School Progress Report 1913
Brown County education progress report details enrollment 4063, state apportionment 3719, and 344 pupils missing forty days. It notes teachers numbers and wages, school-house counts and values, library holdings, Arbor Day observance, debts, and term lengths across 84 districts for the year ending July 31, 1913.
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R.B. Kennedy
Brown County
Kennedy
Ind
Coat
Dist. No
Linden
New Ulm
Sleepy Eye
Springfield
Comfrey
Evan
Cobden
Hanska
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Elmer Epple
Harry ‘Theisen
Asta Gag
Delta Gag
Willard Vogel
Elsie Retzlatf
Louise Witt Alwina Klingler
Mildred Eibner
Martha Verna Rose Lip
Norma
Liga and
Olivia Klause
Linda Leibold
Helen Fritache
Aline Fritsche
Herta Macho Jos, Eibner
Thusnelda Gag
Clarence Herzog Sherburn Beecher
Walter Hoffmann Frieda Schaefer
Florence Fredrickson
Elsie Hager
Clara Epple Frieda Olstad
Lenora Lang
Helen Barth
Ella Hartmann
Miss Hauser
Julia Hauenstein
Laula G. Vogel
H. A. Rider
State Game and Fish Commission
Gude
County Fair
Supt. Kennedy
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