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Heavy rains wash out some roads in New Ulm region

A number of streets were washed out Friday night as thunderstorms drenched New Ulm with 2.13 inches of rain. Damage throughout the area was scattered and apparently, in most cases, minor. Rain drenched most of The Journal area both Friday and Saturday. IN NEW ULM, a city street official ...

New Ulm battery – bastion of tradition

NEW ULM Battery recently won first in the annual Western Civil War Skirmish Association shoot at Eau Claire, Wis., proving it is on target as well as in demand for ceremonial appearances. Stan Mack, holding sabre, mustered the battery last fall to do a performance for students of Journalism ...

SWIMMING POOL UP TO SALE OF BONDS

Committee Will Become Active Monday in Offering Bonds to Purchasers for the Erection of the New Swimming Pool.-Ben J. Seifert Post, American Legion, Were Instrumental in Arousing Interest in Project. As was announced in the Journal last week bids were opened for the erection of a swimming ...

NEW ULM VICINITY STRUCK BY HAIL

Storm Thursday Evening Broke Just Before Six O’clock and Did Thousands of Dollars Damage. ———— CROPS IN VICINITY VIRTUALLY WIPED OUT ———— Phone Service Badly Crippled. Hundreds of Window Lights Broken.- Deer Killed. ———— The heaviest hail storm ...

POSTAL DEPARTMENT REVENUES FALL OFF

Returns From Local Office Show No Decrease Over Business of 1924. ———— Postal revenues, instead of being boosted by the increased postage rates which became effective April 15, are declining at the rate of more than $12,000,000 a year, it was indicated in a summary of receipts for ...

Loeffelmacher gets his biggest honor

For 30 years, Harold Loeffelmacher and the Six Fat Dutchmen averaged 325 performances annually. “I’m not as active as I used to be,” Loeffelmacher says however. “I’ve cut it down; I’m 70 years old.” For him, cutting it down means playing between 70 and 100 dates a year. There is ...