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ATTEMPTS ATTACK ON NINE YEAR OLD ON WAY TO SCHOOL

Roughly Dressed Man Accosts Hazel Meine On North Franklin Street. ———— SEARCH MADE BUT NOBODY IS FOUND ———— No Harm Done to Girl Except Making Her Extremely Nervous. ———— Quite a stir was created in this city Friday afternoon when nine year old Hazel Meine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meine, arrived at school and told her teacher that she had been attacked by a man while on her way to school. The teacher immediately notified Mr. Meine and Superintendent Andreen, the latter notifying Chief of Police Harmening. A search was started at once but no ...

BEST POULTRY SHOW HELD IN NICOLLET CO.

Annual Event at Lafayette Proves to Be Eminently Successful. Much Interest Manifest. ———— 740 BIRDS ENTERED AND PRIZES AMOUNT TO $673 ———— Eighty Exhibitors Place Birds--Twice as Many Entries as Past Nicollet County Shows. ———— The annual Nicollet County Poultry show, held recently at Lafayette, was the best ever held in Nicollet county. There were twice as many birds entered at the Lafayette show as was entered in past Nicollet county shows. The interest manifest was phenomenal and considerable credit is due the president and secretary of the ...

LITTLE IS DONE BY CITY COUNCIL AT SPECIAL MEET

Postpone Most Matters Until Meeting To Be Held Next Tuesday. ———— ACCEPT RESIGNATION OF SUPERINTENDENT ———— Get Protest On Assessment For Sprinkling On Minnesota St. ———— Not much transpired at the meeting of the city council held Tuesday evening most of the important matters were laid over until the next meeting which will be held on Tuesday, December 22. The meeting lasted less than an hour and was one of the shortest ever held by the council. Object to Sprinkling Cost Quite a few property owners on Minnesota Street between First and Second South ...

NEW RURAL SCHOOL HOUSES ERECTED IN BROWN COUNTY

Two Brick And One Frame Building Are Examples Of Good Work. ———— ARCHITECT PLAGENS DREW UP ALL PLANS ———— Teachers In Districts Are All Product Of This County. ———— Brown County has improved the school buildings in the rural districts during the past summer by building three new school houses and remodeling one to meet the requirements of modern structures. Architect Albert G. Plagens of this city drew the plans for all of the buildings and local contractors drew a goodly portion of the contracts awarded for the work. At the present time, according ...

BOOST FOR BIGGER AND BETTER FAIR

Enthusiastic Annual Meeting of Brown County Agricultural Society Held Friday Evening. ———— TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AMOUNTS TO BUT $4,300 ———— Ways and Means of Raising Funds to Liquidate Obligations and Erect New Buildings Discussed. ———— The annual meeting of the stock-holders of the Brown County Agricultural society, at the Commercial club rooms Friday evening, was one of the most enthusiastic held in years. According to the report of Secretary Wm. A. Lindemann the obligations of the society will be but $4,339.98 after the bills receivable are ...

New Ulm endorses 10-foot wide bituminous shoulders for Hwy.15

Ten-foot bituminous shoulders on Hwy. 15 from New Ulm to Winthrop have been recommended by the New Ulm City Council to the Minnesota Highway Department. The city engineering staff reviewed the state highway department’s proposal for upgrading Hwy. 15 and reported to the council. The entire report approved and forwarded to the state. The staff recommended bituminous shoulders instead of gravel shoulders for added safety, noting gravel shoulders tend to pinch traffic toward the center line and rock on the driving surface from the shoulder endangers traffic. THE STATE proposal to ...