FREITAG, Max Paul

1899 - 1957  (57 years)

• Name	FREITAG, Max Paul
  Birth	8 Oct 1899
  Gender	Male
  Education	Mar 1917  [1]
  	Siegel Cup Goes To Senior Class Finals in declamation contest at high school are interesting Member of 1917 and freshman to represent school at Elmore. The finals in the High School Declamation Contest were held Wednesday and Thursday evening at the Auditorium. This was the first year of the contests and great interest was shown by the students of the local High School, in the innovation; students and faculty members alike are delighted over the result obatined (sic). Twenty-three girls and sixteen boys entered in the contest. Win Siegel Trophy Max Freitag, a senior, won first place in the contest for the boys, and Thelma Rinke, a freshman, was awarded first in the girls' contest. This not only decides the winners for the Siegel trophy, but entitles Mr. Freitag and Miss Rinke to represent the New Ulm school at the District Declamation Contest to be held at Elmore, Minn., March 16.
  		FR-Freitag Max Freitag wins award
  Misc	Max, McLean, North Dakota, United States
  	Max History (town of Max) The townsite of Max, ND was originally platted according to a certificate filed by J.G. Sheldrick, Surveyor, on August 8, 1906. Prior to this, people heard rumor that the Soo Line was building north of Garrison by Elbow Lake for the prupose of using water for their steam engines. Businesses were setup on the rolling prairies of an anticipated townsite at this location. The buildings and shacks were arranged in more or less of a haphazard manner due to the fact they could not be permanently placed until they had purchased a lot. The name of Max was given to this new town after some controversy. It was, at one time, to be named Junction or Junction City, where the Soo Line tracks from the South branched to the East and West. Max was the first name of the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Freitag. Paul Freitag was the first Postmaster and the frist post office to serve this community was on his farm. As the story goes, when the people would go over to the Freitag Post Office to get their mail, Max, a little shaver at the time, would ask the people if they came to "his' post office to get their mail. The people got in the habit of calling it Max's Post Office, and that is the name that stuck when it was moved two miles west to the new townsite. http://www.maxnd.com/history.html
  Occupation	1922	Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States   [2]
  	lawyer
  Occupation	Jul 1922	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States   [2]
  	admited to the bar
  Death	9 Apr 1957
  Person ID	I2838	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Freitag Family (Ellen's maternal)
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	FREITAG, Albert C. H.,   b. Abt 1870, Minnesota, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	SCHLIEMANN, Mathilda,   b. 1871   d. 1909 (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F3471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Family ID	F1012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S72] Newspaper - Minnesota - New Ulm Review - Chronicling America, Seigel Cup Goes to Senior; news article; 14 March 1917; Page 2, Image 2; viewed online; 31 March 2015; https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89081128/1917-03-14/ed-1/seq-2/. [S72] Newspaper - Minnesota - New Ulm Review - Chronicling America, Freitag-Hollenbeck; marriage notice; 6 December 1922; page 2 image 2; viewed online; 31 March 2015.