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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1920
Page
2
Rev Emil G Fritz of Wellington Minnesota marked 25 years in the ministry on July 23. A jubilee service was held August 8 at the Lutheran church with many relatives and friends. Prof A A Ackermann conducted the sermon. Fritz studied at Dr Martin Luther College and Luther Seminary. Guests traveled from New Ulm in eleven cars and two from Boyd.
A fragment suggests Eskimos seldom suffer indigestion despite lavish eating. They cut blubber into strips and swallow large pieces, with teeth adapted to walrus skin. The text notes remarkable appetite and resilience, though it contains garbled phrases and misspellings.
Dr William T Hornaday describes the Rocky Mountain goat in Boys Life noting its adaptability to rock ice snow and meadow bands of two to twenty strong hooves with sharp front rims and rubbery dewclaws for braking feeding behavior herbivorous on mountain flora including pulsilla wild onions in spring imparting onion flavor to its flesh.
A tale of memory training and a chance arithmetic joke ends with a pun on tobacco and perambulate, while a Manchester Guardian piece discusses corn culture. It outlines how North American tribes like Mandan adapted corn through selective breeding and long-term seed preservation across generations despite harsh weather.
A farm near Rosewell New Mexico features a raised irrigation ditch regarded as one of the oldest evidences of human ingenuity on the continent. The stonelike walls were formed from sediment from a nearby spring and date to well before Columbus, echoing ancient irrigation practices seen in Egypt as early as 2000 B. C. This citation from Popular Science Monthly underscores long human effort to cultivate land.
The Military Knights of Windsor founded by Edward III are the world’s oldest military corps. Once serving at St George’s chapel, their current role is limited and the group now comprises 18 members split between upper and lower foundations, wearing scarlet coats, gold epaulets, crimson sashes, and elaborate feathered hats.
The account describes early Plymouth colony actions against dissenters led by John Liford and John Oldham. Oldham refused duty, was put on trial, expelled, and deported by musketeer guard. He later returned, caused peace breaches, and was roughed and sent to a boat for removal.
A scientist says tropical eucalypt plantations on mountain sides can yield 20 tons of dry timber per acre annually and reproduce themselves after harvest. He argues such timber, heavier and richer in heat than coal, could store solar heat and replace coal with ample sunshine and rainfall supporting rapid growth.
The New York Evening Sun notes the university’s original janitor possessed the gong and stick used to summon students. When NYU opened on January 8, 1830 in rooms behind City Hall, attendance relied on him, who at each hour rang a metal gong to end lectures and move students between rooms.
A Chicago Daily News quote by Orison Swett Marden emphasizes that friendship is a powerful skill that can be developed by all. It cautions against forming alliances with insincere people and warns that impatience leads to rash, foolish associations.
Horticulturist from University Farm St Paul suggests ordering bulbs for autumn planting as pleasant lake trips and woods trips offer rest. Rosa rubrifolia noted for purple polish leaves brightens lawns and shrubs through late summer in woods of northern Minnesota.
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