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GIBBON VILLAGE NEARS THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR

Railroad Company Gave Free Lot To First Saloon Proprietor. October 25 marks the thirty-eighth year of the incorporation of the village of Gibbon. Chas. W. Anderson, a pioneer of that vicinity, has recalled that the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad offered a free lot to the first man who would start a saloon in the village. Wenzel Friedl was the lucky man and he was given the lot. The Friedl store now stands on the same lot. Grew Rapidly The advent of the railroad and the founding of the village were great events for that community. Prospects brightened and a marked activity in real ...

T.E. LEWIS HEADS S.W. DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ASS’N

Sessions Held In Mankato Last Thursday And Friday. ———— MANY LOCAL TEACHERS ATTEND CONVENTION ———— High School Teachers To Go To State Meet In November. ———— Superintendent T. E. Lewis of Sleepy Eye was elected president of the Southwestern Division of the Minnesota Educational association during convention elections held in Mankato Thursday and Friday. County Superintendent, J. R. Campbell of Pipestone was elected vice-president of the association, Mrs. Ruth Drake Tuttle of Mankato, secretary and treasurer; Superintendent Harry D. Kies, executive ...

87 MEDIAN, ENGLISH ESSENTIALS TEST

87 MEDIAN, ENGLISH ESSENTIALS TEST ———— Contest Sprung on Unsuspecting High School Students by Principal Harry Dirks. ———— SENIORS,JUNIORS AND SOPHS SHOW UP WELL ———— Freshmen Need Drilling. Carelessness Precluded Some From Getting Perfect Grade. ———— Principal Harry Dirks sprung an essentials test upon the unsuspecting students of the High school during assembly period recently and the results show capability as far as Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores are concerned, but on the other hand the Freshmen, by their median, show that they ...

MUCH BUTTER MADE IN BROWN COUNTY

Twelve Creameries in 1021 Turned Out 4,804,518 Pounds of Butter Valued at $1,040,871.90. ———— NUMBER OF PATRONS OF CREAMERIES 3,870 ———— Statistics Relative for Butter-Making in Brown and Nicollet Counties for Past Year. ———— Minnesota is rightly called the “Bread and Butter State.” Not only does Brown county produce its share of the bread-making material-flour-but on the other hand its creameries produced over four and a half million pounds of butter during the year 1924. The flour and the butter placed on the market by this county will go a ...

Newlywed Lippert pleads guilty on 2 kidnap counts

BULLETIN FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Thomas Lippert, 25, of New Ulm, pleaded guilty today in Federal Court here to two counts of conspiracy to kidnap. Lippert admitted to the judge that he conspired with Harold Tenneson to kidnap two women. The 10 a.m. plea ended negotiations and will mean a possible maximum sentence of 10 years prison and $20,000 fine total. All other charges against him were dropped. He will be transferred to a federal facility for psychological testing and returned to the court after 90 days for sentencing. Judge Jesse Eschbach gave Lippert a few days to get his ...

New Ulm defense leads win over Saints

What more could you ask to improve on New Ulm High School’s 35th football homecoming game? First and foremost, it was victory,14-0 over a game but, on this night, out classed St. James eleven. And then there were all sorts of other goodies for the home town team and fans: Like a perfect ...