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Bicentennial tree felled by vandals

A tree planted in front of New Ulm City Hall Arbor Day, April 30, as New Ulm’s part in the U.S. Bicentennial Tree Program was killed Monday night. Police arrested two males they said broke the tree by hanging on it at 11:30 p.m. Monday. The other, a 20-year-old Madelia youth was scheduled ...

Family takes tin off garage, discovers authentic log cabin

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Aufderheide have long been looking for a good, authentic log cabin. Mrs. Aufderheide reasons that such a cabin, especially one with a spacious interior, would be an excellent place to display her huge collection of quilts, most of them dating from the 1800s. The Brown County Historical Society also has sought a log cabin in mint condition; the fact that Mrs. Aufderheide is a historical society director makes for a convenient situation for both parties. NOW THE cabin has emerged-from 50 years or so as a tin-covered garage at the Donald Rewitzer home, 1126 N. ...

PREPARE PLANS FOR BOILER AT PLANT

Council Takes Cognizance of Precarious Condition at Municipal Plant. Recommendations Made. ———— PAVING PROGRAM GOING FORWARD- NO PROTESTS ———— Hearing on Broadway, Minnesota and Center Street Projects Held Friday Evening. ———— The Electric Light and Water committee, composed of Councilors John C. Siebenbrunner, Isidor Gleisner, Frank Woratschka and Otto Heymann, unanimously recommended that a new boiler with stoking equipment be installed at the municipal plant, at the special meeting of the council Friday evening. This recommendation engendered ...

DESIGNATE BOTTOM ROAD AID HIGHWAY

Nicollet County Commissioners in Session Monday, Take This Important Action. ———— NEW ULM TO FT. RIDGELY ROAD TO BE IMPROVED ———— Long Agitation Ended in Victory for Citizens of New Ulm and Towns Across River. ———— Nicollet county commissioners officially designated the bottom-road along the Minnesota river from New Ulm to Fort Ridgely as a state aid road, accepting the offers of cash support for its improvement from the communities interested, and instructing Nicollet county Highway Engineer H. W. Daniels to proceed at once with the ...

DEPUTY SHERIFF RAIDS ALBIN FARM

John Kastner Bound Over to District Court by Justice Pfaender, Friday Afternoon ———— STILL IN SHED WITH 5 BARRELS OF MASH ———— Ten Gallons of Beer Also Discovered on the Premises.-Some Trouble in Making Arrest. ———— Deputy Sheriff Wm. H. Gieseke, together with Arthur Dahl and Isidor Gleisner drove out to the John Kastner farm in Albin township, Friday morning and conducted a well-planned raid. It is said when the officers appeared upon the premises that trouble was experienced in making an investigation. Two other parties, in addition to Mr. and ...

Unitarian Session Was Successful

Many Young People Enjoy Annual Meeting At Hanska ———— Many young people from over the state of Minnesota attended the third annual Summer Conference of the Minnesota Federation of Unitarian Young People which was held at Hanska from Friday to Tuesday. Despite the cool weather the sessions were greatly enjoyed. Principal speakers who appeared on the program were: Prof. M. C. Otto, University of Wisconsin; Rev. Charles Francis Potter, formerly pastor of the West Side Church, New York, now Executive Secretary of Antiock College; Dr. Smiley Blanton, director Child Guidance ...