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Traveling dresser sets kept gentlemen well groomed

Father’s Day is a time to treat Dad to the finer things in life. What could be finer than accessories for a Victorian gentleman? Maybe the box that holds them. This Victorian gentleman’s traveling dresser set, which sold for $243 at an auction by Rachel Davis Fine Arts, includes nine bottles and jars to hold the various lotions, colognes, pomades, hair oils, and other personal products that a well-to-do man of the late 19th century couldn’t possibly do without. If you have seen photographs of Victorian gentlemen with their slick hairstyles, sculpted mustaches, and well-maintained ...

Augie Babel’s music journey gets moving, grooving

MINNEAPOLIS — Augie Babel isn’t by any means new to expressing himself through music, but he is, however, getting more comfortable and motivated to get out and share his talents. Now residing in Minneapolis, the 2019 New Ulm High School graduate has been playing guitar since 2015 and ...

51 years ago, a Fairfax High School wall came crashing down

Retired Fairfax High School business teacher Jim Becker recalled the day and night stormy weather blew through Fairfax in late June 1974. “It got really dark out around noon. There were very strong winds, bending trees way over. It rained hard,” said Becker. A day later, a high school ...

New Ulm’s shot to preserve battery

The New Ulm Battery, one of the city’s oldest institutes, has a new home. For 44 years, the battery’s headquarters were located at North 21st Street next to the city’s compost site and trap shooting range. In March this year, the headquarters were moved to a new building next door, to ...

Tietz takes over again

MANKATO — After finishing his senior year of baseball with the Wabasso Rabbits in 2023, expectations were high for Adryen Tietz as he approached the summer and prepared to join the Bethany Lutheran Vikings baseball team in 2024. Tietz, who ended his senior year at Wabasso as the 2023 ...