New Ulm Founded by Chicago Workingmen 1853 Saga
The Chicago Land Verein formed in August 1853 to establish a German settlement for workers. After initial leaders and meetings in Chicago, a party traveled via Fort Ridgely and Milford, settling near Milford and later laying out the town site of New Ulm in 1855. They faced Indian threats, smallpox, a burned log house, and slow wagon transport before rapid growth and land purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ulve Review
New Ulm
Alfred Beinhorn
Winona
Colonization Society
Chicago Land Verein
Friedrich Reinhorn
William Fach
West Randolph Street
Beinholm
Fr. Matzke
J. Schwarz
Michigan
Minnesota
le Sueur
Minnesota River
Travert-de-Sioux
Joseph la Framboise
Fort Ridgely
Mr. la Framboise
Milford
la Framboise
U. S
Hayden
Redwood Agency
Chicago
Volk
Wuertemberg
Ulm
German Street
Court House
Milford Creek
Beinhorn
Chicago Landverein
Blatz
New
Chas. Flandreau
Supreme Court
Winond
German Land Association
J A Weeks Pleads Guilty To Forgery In County Court
J A Weeks of Fairfax admitted forgery in district court before Judge I M Ol gen after noon yesterday. He had drawn checks on banks with no funds, a crime tied to his Brown County activities. Sentence had not yet been passed when the Review went to press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Weeks
Fairfax
I. M. Olgen
Mr. Weeks
Brown County
County Fair applauded for success and good profits
Brown County Fair Association officers congratulate the event after a successful week despite a roughly 20 percent attendance drop following the 60th anniversary. Secretary Wm Linde Mann notes a small profit is likely, with strong free attractions and features like Amb gymnasts living statues contortionists flying circus fireworks and stilts dawn.
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Brown County Fair Association
New Ulm
Wm. Lindemann
Brown County
Amb
Rope ladder stunt over airplane shocks fairgoers
Witnesses describe a dangerous rope ladder act under a lying aircraft at the Brown County fair of 1922. Parachute drops drew a young crowd while authorities stopped gambling on the grounds, marking the event as a notably clean county fair.
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Brown County
Boy Sets Fire in Barn on William Walter Farm
A four year old boy on the William Walter farm near Fairmont started a fire with matches while unsupervised by an older sister. The barn burned in five minutes, consuming 70 tons of hay 8000 bushels of oats a prize Hereford bull and pigs and farm machinery. The building valued at 7000 dollars was largely lost but some oats may be salvaged. The child escaped with minor burns.
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William Walter
Fairmont
Rutland Township
Daredevil flyer dies in stunt over Minnesota fair
Wilmer Jacobson, a former Mankato resident who attended its public schools, died after falling from a swinging ladder attached to an airplane during stunt flying at the Minnesota State Fair. Witnesses say his desire to make big money drove him to perform. Two thousand spectators watched the fatal accident. Jacobson had left Mankato in 1918 to join the army. Brown County officials report additional arrests tied to painting the Journal building.
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Wilmer Jacobson
Mankato
Dare Devil
Minnesota
Lyndale
Minneapolis
Witmer Jacobeon
W. A. Kidder
Curtis Northwestern Airplane Company
Newton
Brown County
New Ulm
Atunt
Carpenter Falls at Catholic Church Scaffold
Frank Kyilett a carpenter on the South Minnesota street Catholic church project fell from a scaffold while underpinning joists Tuesday morning of last week. He died from internal injuries after being treated at Union hospital early Wednesday. Born in Cottonwood township he was 64, leaving a wife and eight children, with home at Matikate.
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Frank Kyilett
Minnesota Street
Union Hospital
Cottonwood Township
Seed Corn Time and Selection Tips From Minnesota Experts
Seed corn time returns with guidance from Andrew Ross of the Minnesota Experiment Station urging selection from the best plants. Choose ears before stalks dry, assess vigor and performance under hill competition, and seed quality leads to a stronger next crop. The extension division notes September 10 to 20 as the favorable window for seed selection in Minnesota.
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Andrew Ross
Minnesota Experiment Station
University Farm
Agricultural ‘College
Minnesota
First Battle Recalled By Mrs Ives Of St Paul
Mrs Ives daughter of the late Governor Swift recalls the Indian outbreak and the start of a rescue mission to New Ulm. She details her mother's distress and her father’s risky journey from St Peter with William Hayden the Nicollet County Auditor. He carried a telescope and both men traveled the Dew Ulo Road.
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Gibion
Ives
St. Paul
Swift
New Ulm
St. Peter
Fort Ridge
William G. Hayden
Nicollet
Battle of New Ulm Recalled as Hardest Indian War Battle
A 19th century reminiscence describes the defense of New Ulm during an Indian attack. The narrator notes his father and Mr Hayden repelled the first assault while observers used a telescope from the Dakota House to track advancing Indigenous forces. He claims evacuation was unnecessary yet later says the Battle of New Ulm was the hardest fought in the era.
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Heyden
New Ulm
Hayden
Dakota ‘Howse
New’ Ulm
Autoists Have Close Call Near Amboy
J W Wilcox and Miss Emma Severson of Winnebago near Amboy narrowly escaped serious injury when their car struck the Blue Earth river bridge railing, crashed through to a 30 foot embankment, and halted against a tree. Both occupants suffered cuts and shock, Miss Severson needing eight stitches on the forehead, while Mr Wilcox had a leg wound and head bruises. They are recovering well.
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J. W. Wilcox
Emma Severson
Winnebago
Amboy
Miss Severson
Blue Earth
Superintendent Reports County School Finances in Detail
County Superintendent R B Kennedy reports Brown County schools value at 985080 dollars with 82 districts. Four districts host state high schools. nine brick buildings in high and graded schools, 74 brick and 77 rural frame buildings overall. Kennedy made 232 visits. 110 enrolled at teachers' meeting. rural districts show small enrollments and voter counts. Tax rates vary with mills: New Ulm 22, Springfield 87, Sleepy Eye 32, Hanska 28.8, Comfrey 16.2. rural rates as low as 0.5. Financials cover July 31 1922.
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Brown
R. B. Kennedy
State Department of Education
Kennedy
New Ulm
Springfield
Sleepy Hye
Hanska
Addal
Sunrise and Sunset Schedule for Migratory Bird Hunting
The State Game and Fish Department presents daily sunrise to sunset hours permitted by the Migratory Bird Law. The schedule accounts for variation of about four minutes per degree, with adjustments for points west of St Paul added and east subtracted.
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State Game and Fish Department
St. Paul
Fragmented numeric sequence hinders readable record
OCR fragment shows a dense string of numbers and time stamps with scattered brackets and letters. The text lacks clear events, people, dates, or locations, leaving only a garbled sequence of times, numbers, and placeholder markers. No actionable article detail remains for a proper summary.
Sag Big BES Sports Score Ledger Glitch Report
A fragmented OCR table shows repeated codes and time stamps with entries like 7:41 and 4:32, interleaved numbers, and brackets. The readable portions resemble a score ledger or scheduling grid from a sports or event record, lacking clear names, locations, or dates.
Sleepy Eye Plans 50th Birthday Festival
Sleepy Eye prepares a two day 50th birthday celebration on September 20 and 21 with street amusements, two-horse races, many foot races, greased pig, pillow fights, sack races, a county fair like exhibit, livestock and automobile displays, a corn palace, parades, bands, and free attractions. Local papers promise special events and reduced prices with sizable purses to attract participants and spectators.
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Sleepy Eye
Merald-Dispatch
Mein Street
Folke
Public Schools Opened with New Features and Staff
New Ulm public schools opened their year last Monday with trained specialists in opportunity rooms and a full teaching staff. Superintendent Arnold Gloor enters his third year praising staff readiness, while new high school principal R J Stewart brings athletics experience from Draketon.
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R. J. Stewart
Drayton
N. Dak
Stewart
North Dakota University
Paul Hackbarth
South Broadway
Rollin Church
H. L. Beecher
South German Street
Treadwell
University of Chicago
Ayesha Russell
Madeira
University of Minnesota
John Henle
North State Streets
Edna Tripp
Anoka
Minn
Carleton College
Northfield
Mise ‘Marie “Lobren
Waseca
Lohren
Helen Halvorson
Madeira i
Barney Beser
South
Minnesota Street
Mize ‘Halvorson
Elizabeth Spriesterbach
St. Paul
the Columbis University
Mies Béataeager
Primghar
Town
Town State College
Ames
Comfrey
Marie , Galloch
Tomah
Wisconsin
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Barteder
Antor
A.henle
Journal
Ns Hennin
Prearh
Lis
Heechler House Palaglri
Carpenter-Falls
Erom
Andrew Boss
Mrs. Ives
Wits
LAW
Father
Defense “of
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Sister City
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