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BOWLING ALLEYS OPENED TUES. EVE.

Quite a Number of Local Maple Artists “Warm Up” for Busy Season at Concordia Clubhouse. ———— AUTOMATIC PIN SETTERS POPULAR INNOVATION ———— City League To Commence Activities Next Tuesday Evening.—Home League, Thursday and Friday. ———— The bowling season in New Ulm was formally ushered in at the Concordia clubhouse, Tuesday evening of this week, when quite a number of local maple artists assembled to “warm up.” There were no official games played on the opening evening, but all of the alleys were occupied until a late hour, in spite ...

COOLING SHOWERS BRING RELIEF TO SUFFERERS HEAT

Rainfall Over Northwest Breaks the Oppressive Heat Wave. ———— TWO AND ONE-FOURTH INCHES RECORDED HERE ———— Farmers Thru Threshing Are Now Busy With Fall Plowing. ———— Residents in New Ulm and the immediate vicinity welcomed the cooling showers of rain which fell early Saturday morning, relieving the oppression of the excessive heat of the past week. Drizzling rains continued thru Sunday and Monday and a total of two and one-fourth inches of rainfall was recorded. The present week has been cooler and the sun has struggled thru the dark clouds at ...

ENROLLMENT IS 690 IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Increase of Fifty Pupils Over Attendance on Opening Day of Last Year. ———— INCREASE ALSO NOTED IN LUTHERAN SCHOOL ———— Total Attendance in This Parochial School Is Fourteen Over That of First Day Last Year. ———— The first day, Monday, of school in the public schools of New Ulm showed that the attendance was 690. This is an increase of 50 over that upon the opening day of school last year, when 640 pupils reported for study. The enrollment in the Lutheran Parochial school also showed an increase of 14, when compared with that of opening day ...

OFFICIAL DEFINITION OF SAUERKRAUT APPROVED AS CLEAN, SOUND FOOD

An official definition of sauerkraut has been approved by the secretary of agriculture as a guide for department officials in the enforcement of food and drugs act. The secretary ruled that sauerkraut is “the clean, sound product of characteristic acid flavor, obtained by the full fermentation, chiefly lactic, of properly prepared and shredded cabbage and the presence of not less then 2 per cent nor more than 3 per cent of salt.” “It contains, upon completion of the fermentation, not less than 1 1/2 per cent of acid, expressed as lactic acid,” said the definition. ...

Farmers await harvest with optimism

Although farmers still say they won’t be enjoying a full harvest this year, most display optimism when talking about their corn and soybeans. Soybeans especially have been helped by recent rainfall, which helped the pods fill out. “MY SOYBEANS look real good,” said LaRay Kral of Rt. ...

Dioceses in 3 states interested

A move which started in the New Ulm Roman Catholic Diocese Jan.1 to prevent quick teenage marriages may be expanded to a three-state area. Chancellors of dioceses in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, will meet Tuesday and Wednesday in Duluth to review a draft proposal calling for a four-month waiting period in many marriages. The Rev. John Kinney, chancellor for the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese, said Tuesday the diocese representatives will review a draft of a proposed pastoral letter they hope to propose to their bishops. “THE LETTER focuses on the whole question of ...