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Spice of life, Johnson Park now 50 years old

Few people have ever lived or come to New Ulm without visiting Johnson Park or athletic field. We are indebted to former principal, Harry Dirks for a history of this important park area,written in November 1939. He was the schoolman who died on the platform 1943 graduation night. Johnson Park was one of the pieces of land granted to the City of New Ulm by the German Park Land Association for athletic and recreational purposes with the understanding that it is for general public use and no charge or rent for the use of the land itself could be made. In long ago days the park was ...

‘The courts should not interfere’

Leon Olsen has failed in his courtroom attemp to force the city to issue him beer and licenses for the former Beyers’ Bar. A district judge, in a decision received Friday upheld New Ulm city fathers in their Olsen’s license applications for his establish ment at 121 S. Valley. Olsen had taken the City Council, mayor police chief to court after the licenses were dnied in June. DISTRICT JUDGE Walter Mann said in the decision that the councilmen, mayor and police chief are “responsible to the people of the community they represent. “They should not be deemed to have acted ...

More refugees arrive

Two more Vietnamese refugee families were to arrive in New Ulm this afternoon. A family of four is being sponsored by Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in New Ulm, and two single men are being sponsored by Immanuel Lutheran Church in Courtland. The latter refugees are friends of the Nguyen ...

AERIAL TRUCK TO BE MOTORIZED AT ONCE

Council Awards Contract to W.S. Nott Co. to Install Rebuilf Four-Cylinder Four-Wheel Tractor. ———— EQUIPMENT WILL COST $4750- -GUARANTEED ———— Installation Will Be Made Here in Ninety Days-Fire Apparatus Was Sold by Government. ———— The New Ulm city council, at a special meeting Wednesday evening, awarded a contract for the installation of a rebuilt motor truck for the hook and ladder, which is now horse-drawn, to the W. S. Nott Co. of Minneapolis, who are the representatives of the American-La France Fire Engine Co., Inc., of Elmira, N. Y., in the ...

MOON, MASH, BEER SECURED IN RAIDS

Local Officers Swoop Down Upon Farms of Paul Gutknecht and Richard Raddatz in Linden Township,Tuesday Afternoon,and Find Plenty of “Evidence.”— Both Men, Who Have Served Time for Previous Violations, Bound Over to District Court. Two raiding parties, composed of Sheriff W. J. Julius, Deputy Sheriff William H. Gieseke, Chief of Police Alwin Harmening, Officer Ed. Wagner, J. B. Forster and Isidor Gleissner, swooped down upon the farms of Paul Gutknecht and Richard Raddatz in Linden township, Tuesday afternoon, and secured plenty of “evidence” to convict both men on charges of ...

AGED MAN WANDERS FOR DAYS IN CORN FIELDS NEAR HOME

Stumbles Into Yard Of His Neighbor Saturday Afternoon. ———— COUNTY OFFICIALS OF IOWA AID IN SEARCH ———— Blood Hounds Brought From Sibley Follow Trail Many Hours. ———— County officials were called Wednesday to aid in the search for Henry Wrede, 72 years old, a wealthy farmer of Lafayette township. Nicollet County who mysteriously disappeared from his home Wednesday morning. Mr. Wrede had $700 on his person and it was feared that he had met with foul play. Late Saturday afternoon he stumbled into the yard of his neighbor Ed Olson who lives just ...