The seeds of the Antebellum period in the United States were planted many years before the Civil War would tear the country apart. "For the newly independent United States, the first order of business was to establish a national government," explained Roger Micker, president of the ...
NEW ULM — In 1852, a number of young men and women of Wurttemberg, Germany, decided to devote their futures to aiding the development of a new world they called America. The group emigrated from Germany to New York City, but didn’t like it much, so they moved west to Chicago. Attending ...
To have a United States of America during its infancy, you had to have a truly united country. Not just by national unity with its citizens, but by physically connecting the east with what was then the western frontier across the Allegheny Mountains. Or at least that’s what President ...
Twelve of 24 persons who spoke up at a Second Ward public hearing Tuesday on a possible recreational complex in New Ulm favored an indoor pool. Six favored a pool plus multi-purpose arena, two were against the entire complex, while four had questions or comments,Several present suggested any bond issued should give voters a choice of an indoor pool alone or a pool choice of an indoor pool alone or a pool plus arena. “I’m afraid if an arena is tacked on. we’ll lose the entire issue and lose the indoor pool which we definitely need,” said Phil Liesch, 810 N. Washington. He ...
When the R.J. Adelmann family moved into their home at 1118 16th S., they soon had a telephone. Adelmann had contacted New Ulm Rural Telephone Co. three weeks before the family moved into town Oct. 13, 1975. The phone was installed as ordered and all seemed well. BUT THEN the Adelmanns received their first phone bill - and the trouble began. On that first bill for October service the phone company had charged Adelmann for a number of long-distance calls made before the family moved into the home, from a time “when our phone wasn’t even installed,” as Adelmann ...
CONCORDIA LANES house trophies to women bowlers were given out Thursday night. Left to right are Donna Mielke, Darlene Shay and Sharon Johnson. Donna Mielke and Sonja Freiderich (not present) shared the high series award of 603; Shay had top average of 174; Johnson had high single game of 258. ...
