Artus Van Briggle and his wife, Anne, were decorators at the Rookwood Pottery in Ohio. They moved to Colorado after Artus was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and he opened his own pottery there, the Van Briggle Pottery, in 1901. After Artus died in 1904, Anne took over the pottery. Van Briggle ...

BROWN CO. BOYS’-GIRLS’ CLUB TOUR ———— This Annual Event Will Take Place Next Tuesday, Start Will Be Made At Sleepy Eye at 7:30 0’Clock. ———— T. A. ERICKSON, CLUB LEADER, TO MAKE TALKS ———— Tour Arranged by County Agent Willis Lawson.-Wm. A. Lindemann, Fair ...

By Terry and Kim Kovel In design, the line between art and science isn’t always clearly drawn. This has been true for centuries. One of the most influential figures in the art nouveau movement of the late 19th to early 20th century was a scientist, not an artist. Beginning in 1889, ...

Did you know that children whose parents read to them just five books a day will hear over 1.4 million more words by the time they enter kindergarten than children who are not read to each day? Ohio State’s Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy member, Jessica Logan, says this ...

A rural New Ulm man suggested Wednesday to the Journal a new phone number for police as one way of encouraging people to call police about suspicious incidents. Several persons heard screams the night a New Ulm woman was raped recently but failed to call police. Arthur Paquay, Route 1, New ...

KIDDIE PARADE winners in the Hanska Fourth of July parade sponsored by American Legion Post No. 365 Wednesday were: Bikes-Trikes 1st -Jennifer and Jeff Smesma, clowns on bikes. 2nd - Anne Miller, patriotic bike. 3rd - Jana Johnson, Susan and Lisa Bjorneberg, grocery ...