One of the oldest crops in North America was being harvested this month a few miles up the Minnesota River from New Ulm. Fred Schafer, 69, drew sap from the sugar maple trees and cooked it down to maple syrup. This has been done for centuries. White Europeans found the Indians making maple ...

Former New Ulm residents, Mr. and Mrs. David Ruthenbeck of Mankato are in Chicago today to meet Joel, the 6-year-old Vietnamese orphan they had been expecting “possibly in July.” “I received a call about noon today,”said Ruthenbeck Friday night, “telling us we can pick up our boy in ...

For the first time since the fall of 1973, the price of a gallon of regular gasoline in New Ulm dropped to 44.9 cents on Sunday. Fluegge’s Phillips 66 station, 7th N. and Minnesota, lowered the pump prices Sunday, then sold about 4,500 gallons of gas, almost triple the usual amount sold on ...

Capt. Wilson McK. Spann, Infantry, D. O. L, of Bismarck, N.D., Inspecting Officer. ———— 54 MEN REPORT IN CO. A, 40 IN REGT. BAND ———— Each Man Draws $7 from State for Unit Funds for Attendance. Service Co. Spreads Banquet. ———— Capt. Wilson McK. Spann, ...

No. 7 is to Be Relocated According to Recent Surveys Made by Highway Department. ———— DISTANCE SHORTENED THREE-FOURTHS MILE ———— Reconstruction Will Start Three Miles Northeast of Springfield. All Railroad Crossings to Be Eliminated. ———— The Journal is ...

Local Party Object of Downright Meanest Trick. Latest Turn Says Booze Runner Swiped It. ———— PURCHASE MADE AND STUFF HID ON FARM ———— When It Was Wanted It Came Up Missing, and Then “Hell Began to Pop.”--Stuff “Evaporated.” ———— Frequently in the ...