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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 ...

At Country Kitchen: Non-union painters stay away from work

Construction workers are back on the job at the Country Kitchen restaurant site today, but painters are not. Walter Meidl, painting contractor for the job, said his men cannot go back to work because they are not union members. Valley Building and Construction Trade Union of Mankato sent a ...

Sleepy Eye, Winthrop get anti-trust refunds

ST. PAUL - Sleepy Eye and Winthrop are among governmental units in Minnesota receiving refunds from an anti-trust suit settlement. Alan Maclin, special assistant state attorney general, said Thursday the state is receiving a total of $175,000 in a settlement with C. Reiss Coal Co. of Sheboygan, Wis. Sleepy Eye’s share is $2,853.48 while Winthrop is to get $681.52. Checks were mailed Wednesday. THE SETTLEMENT covers the purchase of coal from that company for the period 1962-69, Maclin said. “Payment is intended to compensate purchasers on overcharges during that period for ...

Soon to be a memory

DEMOLITION WORK continued Wednesday on Alexander Home, 1355 Fifth N. The ruins at the west end of the building show what the home will look like after demolition is completed. (Photo by Art Hanson) New Ulm Daily Journal Dec. 4, 1975

Library to move in January

New Ulm Public Library will make the move to its new building in early January, Jan. 5, according to discussion at the New Ulm Library Board meeting Thursday. The new building is now in the finishing stages. The present library will be closed for two weeks during the move, so members felt it should be open during Christmas vacation because of heavy student use during that period. The move will take place after students have gone back to college. The board postponed a definite decision on when to hold and open house at the new library. A date in late January, maybe Jan. 18, was ...