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Spooky vibes

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Believe it or not, it is October, so it’s time to think about celebrating Halloween. The library has some new Halloween, supernatural and ghostly books on the shelf. Come and take a look! If you like to crochet cute stuffies, you will want to check out Cute ‘N’ Creepy Crochet: 20+ Easy Amigurumi Patterns for Scary Creatures, Cuddly Cryptids, Sinister Slashers, Dangerous Dragons and More! by Donielle Broderick (746.43 Broderi). The patterns call for easy-to-find bulky yarn and take very little time to complete. I can’t pick a favorite; they are all so cute. You will want to make ...

Off the Shelf

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Here are few of my favorite recent reads. Library staff would be happy to help you place requests on these or any other titles. If you’d like to place your own request, visit www.newulmlibrary.org and choose Library Catalog. Memoir ghostwriter Olivia Dumont is close to financial ruin after a devastating public humiliation. When famed author (and Olivia’s estranged father) Vincent Taylor taps her to ghostwrite his final book, Olivia sees no other option than to accept the job. But Vincent isn’t writing another novel, he’s writing his memoir. And he wants to include what really ...

Once in a lifetime vehicle sale

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On Saturday, Sept. 13, Joshua Helget of New Ulm sold his hot rod, a modified 1935 Ford Pickup, to George Moehring III and his family. Helget said the Moehring family are the only people he would sell the vehicle to, because technically their name was on it—literally. Long before Helget ...

Swatow porcelain, named for a port city, has a rustic look

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Collectors often categorize types of East Asian porcelain by region or place name. For example, within the broad category of Chinese export porcelains, you have Canton and Nanking, both of which are blue and white with scenic patterns. Swatow porcelain, also named after a port city that exports passed through, may not be quite as popular, but it is more distinctive. It often has a more rustic look than other types of Chinese porcelain, with a coarse texture and gritty base. Designs have a looser, freehand look, and color fields often spread slightly past their outlines. It can be blue ...

Napoleon-style table features extravagant decorations

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Furniture styles before the 20th century are often named after the rulers or governments of the time. Here in the United States, we have furniture periods like William and Mary, Federal, and Victorian. It follows that furniture styles, like their namesakes, are usually particular to the country or region. However, contemporary styles from different countries often share similarities. Take the style of the Second French Empire, which lasted from 1852 to 1870, the reign of Napoleon III. It drew inspiration from many past styles from antiquity to the 18th century. Decoration was ...

Stepping into a new home

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Since beginning in New Ulm in 1996, New Ulm’s Just for Kix (JFK) — a youth dance class organization — has had no permanent place to hold its classes. “We’ve been all over the community in different locations, really needing a place that we can be at permanently,” Molly Reinhart, ...