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NEW ULM IS ON NATIONAL ROADS ROUTE THRU U.S.

Systems Were Mapped Out At The Session Held In Washington. ———— MARKING HIGHWAYS TO AID TRAFFIC ———— Trunk Lines From North To South Border Run Thru Minnesota. ————— New Ulm is on the route of one of the newly selected United States highways, according to word received from Washington D.C., where a joint interstate highway board chose 50,000 miles of roadway extending over the length and breadth of the country, to be designated by uniform road markets. No thru routes are provided by the system which embraces all state capital and as many points of ...

LAKE SHETEK DREW BIG CROWD SUNDAY

Dedication Exercises Of Memorial Monument On Historical Site. ———— Twenty thousand persons attended the dedication of a monument at Lake Shetek, north of Currie Sunday in memory of fourteen white settlers who were massacred by Indians on August 20, 1862. The ceremonies, at which Governor Christianson was principal speaker, were held at the farm of D. H. Evans who donated the land for the site of the monument. A feature of the exercises was the presence of John Eastlick, survivor of the massacre. Mrs. Hotaling of Mankato, who is the only other known survivor was not present. ...

TO ASK TEMPORARY RESTRAIN ORDER

Property Owners Between Center and Fourth North Streets on Broadway Get Busy. ———— DATE OF HEARING SET FOR AUGUST 13 ———— Allege That Action Taken by City Council Was Illegal. — Hindrance to Business Also Alleged. ———— The curtain has not been rung down upon the imbroglio caused by the contemplated improvement on Broadway between Fifth South and Fifth North streets. It will be remembered that at a recent meeting of the city council the boulevarding of Broadway within this area was ordered as well as the boulevarding of a center zone of twenty feet ...

FILTRATION PLANT WILL BE NECESSITY IN NEW ULM SOON

Exhaustive Report Made By Heuvelmann On Plants Inspected. ———— HEATING CONNECTIONS FOR SPECIAL MEETING ———— Motorizing Hook And Ladder Truck Unanimously Approved. ———— That the city council is seriously considering the installation of a filtration plant to supply the citizens with water obtained in this way rather than thru deep wells now in operation, was quite apparent when at the regular meeting of the council Tuesday evening, a report was submitted of an inspection made of filtration plants at Watertown, S.D. and Granite Falls,Minn., by a ...

BOWLING ACTIVITY SOON TO COMMENCE

Four Special Teams to Be Organized to Take Part in Tournaments. Other Teams Also. ———— “CY” GROEBNER GETTING TOGETHER HOOK ARTISTS ———— Expected City and Home Leagues Will Each Place Eight Teams in Field. ———— Bowling activity is beginning to agitate maple artists in New Ulm. Hazy days, symbolical of approaching fall, has the effect of causing the pin shooters to contemplate the coming campaign on the local alleys with favor. There are rumors floating around that a Special league will be formed, consisting of four teams. The teams will compete ...

Dedication to be held for Flick building

NEW ULM – A special marker dedication will be held for the historic Flick building 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8 at the building’s former location. The Flick Building once stood on the 500 block of Center Street but was demolished in 1951. The location now serves as a parking lot between the ...