News of New Ulm from 100 years ago

July 15, 2023

DEDICATE ST. MARY’S CHURCH WEDNESDAY ———— Archbishop Austin Dowling of St. Paul Performs Solemn Rites and Delivers Sermon. ———— MANY VISITING CLERGY ASSIST IN CEREMONIES ———— Cafeteria Dinner and Supper Served. Open-Air Amusements in Afternoon and Evening. ———— The new Church of St. Mary on was formally dedicated with imposing rites and ceremonies by Most Rev. Austin Dowling, D. D., archbishop of St. Paul, assisted by local and visiting clergy. This memorable day in the history of the new Catholic parish, here dawned bright and clear, and ...

Antiques & Collecting

July 8, 2023

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, biologist Ernst Haeckel published a series of books called “Art Forms in Nature” that captured the geometric structure and intricate beauty of sea life, microscopic organisms, plants, animals and insects. While art nouveau designs are stylized and exaggerated, especially human figures, the influence of ...

Off the Shelf

July 8, 2023

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 research into the “million word gap” came from one of her earlier studies. In that study they found that almost one-fourth of children in a national sample were never read to and another fourth were seldom read to, perhaps only once or twice a week. “The fact that we had so many parents who ...

DO YOU REMEMBER 354-5216?

July 8, 2023

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 Ulm, noted that the current police phone number, 354-5216, is confusing and hard to call, compared to, for example, the Scotland Yard number in England, which is 9999. Paquay said people might be fearful to turn on a light which would be necessary at night to look up the police number and dial it. ...

Not loud enough to wake the dead

July 8, 2023

Minnesota has silenced firecrackers on the Fourth of July, except for illicit “works” smuggled in from other states, but one big noise goes on here. Unmuted, undaunted and, alas, unheard by most New Ulm residents is the annual Independence Day salute fired by the New Ulm Battery. The 13 volleys at sunrise every Fourth from the New Ulm cemeteries. The 13 shots are for the 13 colonies that founded this nation. The salute goes back not quite to 1776, but almost. No one knows exactly when the traditional Fourth opener commenced. The Battery used to line up in a field near Loretto ...

Hanska celebrates Fourth

July 8, 2023

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 cart. Individuals-Groups 1st - Ursula, Gina and Heather Kehl, Hawaiian group. 2nd - Jana Larson and Nancy Smesmo, also Hawaiians. 3rd - Sara and John Overland, Raggety Ann and Andy. Floats-Wagons 1st - Nancy and Ken Olstad, Mary and Tommy Oss and Bruce Friesth, cart with horse. 2nd - Anne Kjelshus, Mark, Jon and ...