New Ulm Flour Salesman Ends Life in Louisville Crisis
C. H. De Wolf, a New Ulm flour salesman for Eagle Roller Mill Co, committed suicide in Louisville Kentucky after a week of drunken sprees and personal losses. He had recently moved from Chicago to St Paul to serve as the company’s representative but left his hotel and vanished before authorities found his body. His despondency followed the death of his wife, son, and brother, with no irregularities in his accounts detected.
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A. de Wolf
St. Paul
Eagle Roller Mill Co
Louisville
Kentucky
da Wolf
Chicago
Capitol City
de Wolf
New Ulm
Jewell Hotel
Te Wolf
Will Company
C. H. de Wolf
Falls From His Wagon and Dies in Sleepy Eye
Prank Augustine of Albin collapses while riding home near Iberia and dies of heart failure, seen fall from a wagon at age fifty four. Deputy coroner Dr. Wellcome attributes heart paralysis. Augustine was prominent locally and related to county officials. Lamberton report notes Sleepy Eye village water well filled with quicksand, halting supply and uncertain return of service.
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Augustine of
Augustine
Lamberton
Pioneer Press
Farewell Dinner For O'Donnell Cements Bonds At Mill
Dr. Robert J. O'Donnell left his post at the Fagle mill offices last week and travels to Cleveland to resume medical practice. A banquet at the Dakota House on Wednesday, with 26 guests including Mayor Silverson, honored him. Toasts praised his leadership and the growth of the institution. Critchett notes fall enrollment will exceed last year, with 640 pupils on opening day. The new Washington building will open October 1, with Miss Mary Yanke as principal and a staff of teachers named for high and grade levels.
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Robert J. O'Donnell
Fagle Mill
Cleveland
Ohio
Dakota House
Mayor Silverson
J. H. Siegel
Chas. Vogtel
A. W. Bingham
J. F. Armstrong
N. Henningsen
J. J. Green
Albert Olsen
A. P. Boock
Philip Liesch
Herman Raabe
L. B. Krook
F. W. Johnson
Emil Buenger
Edgar Zelle
John Sc
O'Donnell
Eagle Mill
Critchett
Washington
Minnesota Street
Mary Yanke
Bretta Price
Margaret Groehler
Mathilda Meile
Katherine Taney
A. I. Jedlicka
Jennie Owens
R. B. Roberts
Ethel Rockwood
Hertha Wescheke
Harriet Payne
Frances Skinner
Rose Staley
Ida Koch
Laura Remund
Mabel McLennon
Bertha Pfeiffer
Antonia Zieber
Lily B. Ebel
Anna Schmidt
Nellie Russell
Olivia Schapekahm
She Has Troubles Of Her Own
A harvest laborer Snape was found dead in a barn on Wellner farm near Springfield. His Chicago home was reported and Mrs Snape answered a police inquiry with a blunt reply about supporting five children and washing for a living. Other notes mention Mrs A Alwin visiting Sleepy Eye and Second Assistant Postmaster General McCleary attending a fourth class postmasters convention in Minneapolis.
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Wellner
Springfield
Snape
Chicago
McCauley
Central Station
A. Alwin
Sleepy Eye
McCleary
Washington
Minneapolis
Conscience Leads to Restitution in St Peter Story
A prominent St Peter wheat buyer William Schimmel was posthumously linked to a 1865 overpayment of 45 dollars to a farmer in difficulty. The farmer, now seeking restitution, contacted a local merchant who traced an heir in Minneapolis and mailed the principal and interest. Also noted are farm rentals and assignments including depots and land parcels in nearby areas.
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St. Peter
Wm.Schimmel
Wm. Schimmel
Mr. Schimmel
Schimmel
Minneapolis
Turner Theatre opens season with The Sweetest Girl in Dixie
Turner Theatre inaugurates the season next Sunday with The Sweetest Girl in Dixie prompting praise for its Southern aristocracy portrayal and strong cast led by Hnid Jackson as Bobbie. Also announced are Hans Hucke bein at Turnverein and Denman Thompson’s Our New Minister slated for late September return.
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Turner Theatre
Dixie
South
Hnid Jackson
Bobbie
Hans Huckebein
The
Turnverein
Denman Thompson
New England
Loss of Life on Quebec Bridge Sparks Mourning
An immense bridge project over the St Lawrence at Quebec collapsed last Thursday, claiming eighty workers and the foreman Ben Yanser who oversaw the Minneapolis and St Louis road construction. Locally, the La Salle band’s picnic featured Congressmen Hammond, and Gov Hanley and Gov Johnson were noted for speeches and introductions. Local resident W J Morawetz endured a runaway horse incident, while Mrs Elizabeth Koch of New Ulm died after months of illness. She was born in 1841 in Buena Vista Pa and leaves four children: Mrs Jos A Eckstein, Mrs Herman Schapekahi, John G Koch, and Mrs Frank Drew. The funeral is set for tomorrow afternoon.
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St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Ben Yanser
Yanser
Jas
Minneapolis & St. Louis Road
la Salle Band
B Gruenenfelder
Congressman Hammond
Gov. Hanley
Indiana
Minnesota State Teachers’ Association
Mankato
Gov. Johnson
W. J. Morawetz
New Ulm
Jos. A. Eckstein
Herman Schapekahi
Elay
John G. Koch
Canby
Prank Drew
Colorado City
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Watterson
Bad
Osing
Berryman
Washington Star
Nicollet County
St. Louis
la Salle
William Tosch
Wooldrich
Golden Gate
Myron Pickle
Bertrand
Albert Hummels
Montgomery
George Pickle
Will Raverty
Opera House
Cripple Creek
Lyceum
Ben Yansor
Ottomeyer
Ladies
Gentlemen’s and
Children’s Hoseat
Trarabrut
Crone Bros
Choice Farm Lands
North Dakota
Antony & Brandt
Munich, N. D
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