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Gas prices up; further increases loom on horizon

Gas prices have taken a mild jump in New Ulm over the past two weeks and it appears they will go higher in coming months. Service station operators said they have increased their prices by one or two cents during the last two weeks. Conrad Hilbert of Con’s Texaco said his supplier raised his price two cents, “but I just raised our price one cent. I absorbed the other cent.” The price of full-service regular gas is 58.9 cents at Texaco now — about what most other stations are charging. Self-service is generally two cents less. Hilbert said that by absorbing a penny of the ...

Players on the rooftop

MEMBERS OF THE Dr. Martin Luther College band gathered on the roof of the school’s Old Main building early this morning to continue the tradition of playing there on the last day of the school year. Following the band’s half hour of playing. Old Mian’s bell was rung three times for each ...

REV. A. E. NORMAN GIVES ADDRESS AT ARMORY MONDAY

Because Of Rain, Program Was Given In Local Armory ———— POOR ATTENDANCE DUE TO WEATHER ———— Boy Scouts Appear First Time In Full Dress Uniforms ———— Local showers interfered with the scheduled program for Memorial Day in New Ulm and instead of the services being held at the beautifully decorated cemeteries as planned, the exercises were conducted at the Armory. Parade Cut Short Rain fell at intervals during the early morning and delayed the formation of the parade which did not get into motion until 10 o’clock. The line of march began ...

FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND OVERDRAWN DURING PAST YEAR

Improvements And All Other Expenses Aggregate Sum of $14,430.73 ———— OVERDREW INTEREST AND SINKING FUND ———— Park Fund Also Expended More Money Than It Received ———— There was received by the fire department fund from the County Treasurer during the past year the sum of $8,200. This, together with a loan for $5,000 to buy a new tractor, constituted the entire income in this fund, bringing the total to $13,200. Salaries Nominal As against this there were expenditures aggregating the sum of $14,430.73, leaving the fund overdrawn at the end of ...

GRAVES DEPARTED HEROES DECORATED

Memorial Day Observed in New Ulm. -- Showers During Forenoon of Day Precluded Cemetery Services. ———— LARGE NUMBER PRESENT FT. RIDGELY EXERCISES ———— Short Parade Wended Its Way Through Principal Streets of New Ulm Between Showers. ———— Decoration day was observed in New Ulm in the usual manner. The weather man furnished a showery morning, which precluded holding the usual services at the City cemetery. The program was at the Armory. The usual parade formed at the intersection of Center and State streets and marched the business section of the ...

UNIDENTIFIED MAN FOUND HANGING IN RAVINE NEAR CITY

Discovered By Henry Neuman While Seeking Ginseng Last Saturday ———— NO IDENTIFICATION PAPERS ON BODY ———— Believed To Have Committed Suicide Several Weeks Ago ———— An unidentified man was found hanging to a tree in the Emil Fritsche ravine last Saturday afternoon at about four o’clock by Henry Neumann, a farmer living in the vicinity of Essig, who was searching for ginseng in the woods on the Fritsche farm. The body was hanging far back in the woods where it remained undiscovered for several weeks. ‘Mr. Neumann immediately notified the ...