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Be cyber smart

October was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. With more people working online and many students participating in school online, it is important that we all take the time to consider how secure and safe our devices and digital information are. Just about every week here at the library, we have a patron come in who has forgotten a password, gotten locked out of an account, or something similar. Your passwords are your keys. We all know how frustrating it is to forget our keys or accidentally lock ourselves out of where we would like to be. Many of us also remember how easy it was to ...

“Calamity” banks are rare and expensive

Football fans might consider it a calamity if their favorite team loses. The calamity bank made by J. & E. Stevens in the early 1900s depicts a different kind of football disaster: Insert a coin and the three players’ heads collide. Frequent collisions over time often damaged the figures, ...

140 years at Martin Luther College Old Main

NEW ULM – On Nov. 9, 1884, Christian Johann Albrecht, pastor of St. Paul’s and president of the Minnesota Synod preached the dedication sermon for the newly completed Lutheran Seminary in New Ulm, then known as Dr. Martin Luther College (DMLC). Today, the college name is shortened to ...

NEW ULM BOY IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

Private John J. Macho is Member of Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Kamehameha, Honolulu. ———— Interesting Letter Describing Trip Written to Member of Brown County Journal Staff. ———— John J. Macho of this city, who was employed in the New Ulm Bottling Works for a long time and is now a private in Battery B, 15th Coast Artillery Corps, U. S. A., stationed at Fort Kamehameha, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, writes very interestingly of his trip to that place and the ideal climate and picturesque country, in a letter written to a member of the Journal staff. Wonderful ...

Eye on St. Peter

New, popular horror novels

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: ...