You don’t have to be a Halloween collector to know the symbols associated with the holiday. And there are a lot of them. Pumpkins are always a favorite, especially carved into jack-o’-lanterns, but anything spooky -- witches, spiders, skeletons, monsters, ghosts -- fits in. Anything ...
It’s the best time of the year to read spooky stories! The following list features popular books—and fantastic writers—from the horror genre, published in 2024 and available at the New Ulm Public Library. Call the library at 507-359-8331 to place a hold or visit our website at www.newulmlibrary.org. “Memorials” by Richard Chizmar. Stephen King’s quote on cover of this book is enough to convince me to try this book: “I love Richard Chizmar. His novels are creepy, eerie and propulsive. Nobody does suburban horror better.” The description intrigues me, too. “It’s 1983: ...
amber, emerald, ruby: Decorative glass is often made to capture the vivid color and intense sparkle of gemstones. It isn’t limited to transparent stones, either. A type of opaque matte glass called opal glass or opaline became popular in Europe in the mid-19th century. Inspired by Venetian lattimo (milk glass) made since the 1500s and English Bristol glass of the 1700s, opal glass is a semi-opaque glass, usually white or a light color, with a slight iridescent sheen. Decorators found that it made a beautiful background for gilt or enamel designs, like this blue opaline vase that sold ...
The 2024 election is only two weeks away! Do you have questions about voting? I will be sharing information from the Minnesota Secretary of State website (mnvotes.org). If you have access to the website, you will find lots of voting information and answers to any questions you may have. We also have printed voting information at the Service Desk at the library. So let’s get started. How do I Register to Vote? It is too close to the election to register to vote online, but you can register on Election Day when you go to your polling place to vote. If you are registering on Election ...
For the past few years, the arrival of fall has meant two things: pumpkin spice in everything and jokes about pumpkin spice in everything. The flavor may have exploded in popularity during the last decade or so, but it’s been around much longer than that. This tin by the Frank Tea and Spice Co., which sold for $153 at Morford’s Antique Advertising Auctions (AntiqueAdvertising.com), is proof. The Frank Tea & Spice Company, probably best known as the inventor of Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, was founded in Cincinnati in 1896 by salesman Jacob Frank and his brothers Emil and Charles. By ...
October 20-26, 2024 is National Friends of Libraries Week. It is a chance for libraries throughout the United States to recognize the contributions of their Friends of Libraries groups to their communities. New Ulm Public Library is grateful to have an active group of library Friends who support our collections, programming, newsletters, and more through their efforts and donations of both materials and funding. The Friends of the New Ulm Public Library is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) community organization that believes in the importance of the library and its services for people ...
