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YEGGS AT COBDEN GET SMALL LOOT

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Entered J. R. Towne & Co. Soft Drink Parlor Through Rear Window, Tuesday Night. ———— $22 TO $57 IN MONEY, FISHING TACKLE TAKEN ———— Leave Small Screw Drivers.- Neighbors Heard Noises Early Wednesday Morning. ———— Burglars entered the soft drink parlor of J. R. Towne & Co. at Cobden, Tuesday night, but secured only small loot for their trouble, according to a statement given Sheriff W. J. Julius of this city, who was called to Cobden to investigate, Wednesday morning. The yeggs gained entrance to the building by means of a rear window, and the ...

Vlaminck brings new styles to vases, canvases

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Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), born in Paris, was one of the painters who exhibited at the 1905 Salon d’Automne, considered the beginning of the Fauvism art movement. The name “Fauvism” came from a critic’s negative reaction to the exhibition, insulting the paintings on display as the work of “wild beasts” (“fauves” in French). Fauvism was characterized by the use of highly saturated color, abstracted shapes, and loose brushwork, a marked departure from the naturalistic, representational styles that dominated the art world at the time. Although de Vlaminck’s fame ...

‘A storybook journey’

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On Aug. 3, 40 athletes were crowned national champions at the 2025 USATF Outdoor and Para National Championships and were selected to advance to the 2025 Para Athletics World Championships this September in New Delhi, India. Among them was Courtland native and 1999 New Ulm High School ...

Summer reading and beyond

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This year’s summer reading program theme was Color Our World. I want to take a moment to thank all the parents, caregivers, children, and teens who participated this year. I would also like to thank the library staff. They did an excellent job helping to make the program happen throughout a very busy summer. We recorded 1,115 people in attendance at the 48 programs scheduled for this summer. Visitors completed 1,130 in-house scavenger hunts, and 374 crafts during the eight weeks of the program. At the end of the program, finishers received a free book, a grand prize ticket, temporary ...

Penny rugs provide a historic example of repurposing

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The environmentalist movement popularized the saying “Reduce, reuse, recycle” in the 1970s, but the sentiment goes back much farther than that. Historically, people avoided buying new items to save money, or simply because said new items were not as readily available to purchase as they are today. Reusing and recycling materials was done out of necessity, too, but the effect of saving resources remains the same. Rug making is one of the best examples. Throughout the 19th century, American families had many ways of transforming fabric scraps into useful rugs. The earliest were ...

Dostals shift into 2nd-year gear at Redwood

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REDWOOD FALLS — Operating and promoting a race track isn’t a foreign concept to Velvet Dostal. It involves careful planning, community involvement, plenty of driving — in more ways than one — and many sleepless nights. Despite all of that, after helping bring Redwood Speedway back ...