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Ridgely Considered As Guard Camp Side

Fort Location Endorsed As Suitable For Training State Troops. ———— Nicollet county may furnish the solution to the campsite quandary which is now facing the executive committee of the National Guard association, if recommendations favoring Fort Ridgely as a permanent site are approved. The adjutant general’s office has been instructed to prepare a survey dealing with the acquisition of a site for the yearly encampment that will accommodate all branches of the service adequately and without crowding. The results and the question as a whole will be presented to the yearly ...

$5,400 IS PAID ON PARISH BUILDINGS

Annual Report of St. Mary’s Catholic Church Will Be Distributed to Members, Today. ———— $63,519.35 REMAINING TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS ———— Interest in Sum of $4,206.07 Paid. Balance on Hand Dec. 10, 1925, Aggregates $580.68. ———— According to the annual report of St. Mary’s Catholic parish of this city, which will be distributed to members by Rev. A. J. Losleben, pastor, today, a total of $5,400was paid off on the parish buildings during the past year, leaving a total remaining indebtedness of $63,519.35. Receipts Total $32,329.82 The total ...

O. PREGLER NABBED ON “MOON” CHARGE

Officers Intercept Frank Altmann, County Poor Farm Inmate, on Bootlegging Trip, Friday. ———— BOOZE PEDDLER CAUGHT WITH GOODS ON PERSON ———— Acting on Tip, Sheriff W. J. Julius Observes Man Enter Pregler Home by Roundabout Way. ———— Friday did not happen to be the 13th of the month, and yet it was an unlucky day for Otto Pregler, residing on South German street, and long suspected of manufacturing moonshine by local authorities. He was arrested by Sheriff W J. Julius, that afternoon, on a charge of having sold one bottle of illicit booze to ...

His life’s wrapped around giving

SLEEPY EYE — The toys are neatly stacked on shelves in Lawrence Jensen’s basement. Dolls and dollhouses, stuffed dogs, games and wind-up toys adorn the limited shelving; wagons and pull toys are on the floor. There is plenty of space now to walk around between the toys, but it wasn’t ...

NUHS whips LeSueur 15-2

ST. PETER — New Ulm High School won its fourth consecutive hockey game with a 15-2 rout of LeSueur Saturday at Gustavus rink. This was the first “home” game in NUHS hockey history. The Eagles led 5-1 after one period, 11-1 after two and kept the LeSueur goalie busy down to the final ...

MANKATO YOUTH IS HELD FOR MURDER OF WALTER VINING

Nicollet County Farmer Was Fatally Wounded On Thursday Evening. ———— SIGNS STATEMENT BEFORE HIS DEATH ———— Wife Claims She Recognized Party Who Committed Brutal Act. ———— With the echoes of a heavy caliber pistol reverberating through the thin walls of an isolated farm house on the Minnesota river in Belgrade township Thursday evening, the curtain was rung down on another moonshine tragedy. Walter Vining, Nicollet County farmer is dead as the result of a shooting affray taking place on his farm, a short distance across the Minnesota river from ...