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Remembering the final signer of the Declaration of Independence

NASHUA, N.H. — John Hancock will forever be known as the first of 56 delegates to sign the Declaration of Independence, but Dr. Matthew Thornton of Londonderry, N.H., has the distinction of being the last delegate to leave his mark on one of America’s greatest documents. Born in ...

The fur trade laid the groundwork for American expansion

NEW ULM – At the time of the American Revolution, the United States consisted of 13 colonies located along the eastern cost of North American, but Europeans had already begun expanding further west as early as the 1600s. Some of this expansion was related to exploration, but for others it ...

COUNTY POLITICS UNDER WAY AS TWO CANDIDATES FILE

Julius Bauch Of Springfield Files For County Treasurer ———— OLD OFFICERS TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION ———— Palm Carlson Will Make Run Against Julius For County Sheriff ———— With the spring primaries still two months away politics in this county are beginning to take life. Rumors have been drifting around during the past few weeks that there would be opposition for practically every office in the courthouse and it seems now as if the rumors will be true. Bauch Files for Treasurer. Julius Bauch of Springfield was in New Ulm Monday and ...

HENDERSON BROS.–BAD MEN WERE HERE

Erickson & Kisro Clothing Store in Comfrey In October, 1916. Have Long Record. ———— R. HENDERSON CHARGED WITH POSTAL ROBBERY ———— Being Held at Madison, Wis, for Complicity in $17,000 Superior, Wis., Burglary ———— Robert Henderson, who was charged with complicity in the robbery of the Drickson & Kisro Clothing store in Comfrey in October, 1916, and gained his freedom on an alibi, is the same daring robber, who is being held at Madison, Wis., charged with being a party to the robbery of the Superior, Wis., post office, when $17,000 ...

V. H. SCHLEUDER IS ARMY RADIO MAN

Will Receive and Transmit Messages for Company A and 205th Infantry Band Here. ———— GUARD UNITS LINKED —WIRELESS STATIONS ———— Modern Means of Communication Provided for Emergency Cases. State Lineup Complete. ———— Company A and the 205th Infantry Band, M. N. G., of New Ulm now have the use of a radio station to handle their communications with headquarters and other National Guard and Army Units throughout the United States as a result of arrangements made with Victor H. Schleuder and E.T. Sperling of this city, owners of ...

PIGEON SHOOTING ENTHUSIASTS FORM PARADISE GUN CLUB

Will Build Trap In Field Located On The Local Fair Grounds ———— MEN AND WOMEN ARE ELIGIBLE AS MEMBERS ———— Membership Fees Will Be $3. Individuals To Furnish Guns, Shells, Etc.. ———— Local parties interested in the organization of a gun club met at the salesroom of the Sportsman’s Paradise Monday evening and discussed tentative plans for the forming of such a club and discussed the kind of a trap to buy, the building of a trap house and other details. H. A. Fenske is sponsoring the club which will be known as the “Paradise Gun ...