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Work at standstill on major projects

Union construction workers continue on strike at the new sewage treatment plant, new library and county courthouse in New Ulm. Workers went out on strike at the sewage plant June 19, the same day as at the other two projects. The strike of general laborers, carpenters, bricklayers and iron workers against Associated General Contractors (AGC) members started statewide June 16. The $6.1 million sewage plant is largely completed, according to City Manager Richard Salvati, but some minor things are yet to be done. Work also must be done on the access road. “We anticipate it will be ...

PROGRAM FOR JULY 4 AND 5 ANNOUNCED

Grand Celebration Will Be Held at Fair Grounds Here Both Afternoons and Evenings. ———— PATRIOTIC OBSERVANCE AND PARADE IN MORNING ———— Baseball Games, Horse Races, Calisthenic Exhibitions and Big Fireworks Displays. ———— The committee in charge of arranging the programs for New Ulm’s grand two-day celebration, July 4 and 5, is putting the final touches to the entertainment schedules. By this evening everything will be in readiness for the big event. Parade and Program. A grand patriotic parade is planned for tomorrow morning, ...

POULTRY BUILDING READY IN AUGUST

Boys’ And Girls’ Clubs Use Old Building On Fair Grounds. ———— The growth and success of the Brown County Fair has necessitated the erection of a new Poultry Building. At a meeting of the officers and the board of directors held last Wednesday evening the contract for the new building was let to Puhlman Bros. of this city for the sum of $2,545. Cement blocks will be used in the construction of the building which will be constructed along the same lines as the old building, only larger, as the new poultry house will be 24x65 feet. Boys’ And Girls’ Building. As a ...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS RECORDED IN JUNE

Precipitation During Month Exceeds That Of First Part Of Year. ———— Exceeding by far all records established during the past twenty-five years, eleven and one hundredths inches of rain fell in New Ulm during the month of June, Alex Henle, government weather observer, said this morning. During the month which came to amend at midnight Tuesday an amount far in excess of the total for the first five months of the year fell. The average precipitation per month in New Ulm generally ranges between two and three inches and as there was very little precipitation during the ...

H. HEALEY BEHIND STILLWATER BARS

Man With Many Aliases and Long Criminal Record Incarcerated for Not Over Year. ———— SENTENCED BY JUDGE I.M. OLSEN AFTER CONVICTION ———— Charged With Picking Pockets During County Fair Here Last Fall. Nabbed in West. ———— Howard Healey, he of the many aliases and a long, dark criminal record, was taken to Stillwater by Sheriff W. J. Julius and J. B. Forster, Friday morning, to serve a term of not to exceed one year at the state prison there. Healey had been sentenced by Judge I. M. Olsen in district court here, Monday of last week, following ...

CENTER BOULEVARD BROADWAY DROPPED

Improvement Plans Altered in Compliance With Request of Many Property Owners. ———— $90,000 CITY’S BONDED DEBT IS LIQUIDATED ———— Caretaker Engaged for Tourist Camp and Hermann Park. Much Business Transacted. ———— One of the busiest sessions of the city council in many a moon was the special meeting held Wednesday evening, when a great many pertinent matters were discussed and acted upon. At one stage of the proceedings, the breakers ran quite high, but the timely pouring of oil on the troubled waters restored a peaceful calm, and the ...