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Remember the good old days of using a card catalog? You’d search along the cabinet drawers for the right heading, then you pulled it open to reveal a long stack of index cards. Flipping through them to find what you were looking for and then where it was located, you took off through the library’s stacks in search of the book you wanted. Actually it was both very time consuming and took up a lot of space. Any time books were added to the collection or weeded from it, the cards would need to be updated. Depending on the style of the cabinet, you might even have to go through the cards ...

Senior Meals

MONDAY Egg bake with sausage, overn baked potatoes, carrots, applesauce, coffee cake, milk. TUESDAY Meatloaf, baked potato with sour cream, blushing pears, dinner roll, Valentine’s Day dessert, milk. WEDNESDAY Past in meat sauce, romane salad with dressing, pineapple chunks, bread stick, dessert, milk. THURSDAY Roast turkey w/gravy, mashed potatoes, california/normandy vegetables, bread, dessert, milk. FRIDAY Baked ham w/sauce, scalloped potatoes, peas and carrots, dinner roll, dessert, milk. The New Ulm Community Center is OPEN for in person dining. Call 359-2243 ...

Country crafters’ work can bring big prices

Famous names add to the value of an antique, even if we know more about the maker’s work than about the maker. Few names of antique folk artists and country crafters are known today, and even less is known about the people behind them. John Boyer, who made seed chests in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the mid- to late 19th century, is one of these crafters. This seed chest, attributed to Boyer, sold for an impressive $28,320 at a Conestoga auction. The chest features grain painting, a popular decoration at the time. Grain painting meant painting an inexpensive material, such as ...

Celebrating Edgar Allan Poe

One of my duties at the New Ulm Public Library (NUPL) is selecting and purchasing Adult Fiction books. I use many tools to decide what to buy but I find curated lists to be some of the most helpful. So, when I saw that the Mystery Writers of America had announced the 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominations and had a list posted on their website, I was excited. Not only did I want to make sure I hadn’t missed adding a choice book to the library’s collection, I also wanted the information to use for readers’ advisory. Celebrated yearly in honor of writer Edgar Allan Poe, The Edgar ...

Senior Meals

MONDAY Biscuits and sausage gravy, roasted potatoes, cinnamon apple slices, dessert, milk. TUESDAY Liver or pepper steak, buttered boiled potatoes, stewed tomatoes, dinner roll, dessert, milk. WEDNESDAY Ginger citrus chicken, rice pilaf, peas and carrots, peaches, bread, milk. THURSDAY Sloppy joe on a bun, potato wedges, vegetarian baked beans, banana or fresh fruit, dessert, milk. FRIDAY Baked fish, rice, broccoli florets, pears, dessert, milk. The New Ulm Community Center is OPEN for in person dining. Call 359-2243 for Delivery, or to reserve a meal for in person ...

Eye miniatures kindled romance in Regency England

Popular fiction inspires fashions in real life. The period shows and royal romances on television today have renewed interest in antiques among their fans. One piece that has captured attention is the eye miniature on a pendant worn by a character on the television show “Bridgerton,” a romance set in Regency England, but with modern influences. An eye miniature is a close-up of a single eye painted on ivory and set behind glass or crystal in a decorated frame. They were worn as pendants or pins. An eye miniature set in a goldtone frame as a pin sold at Brunk Auctions for ...