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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1906
Page
11
In a remote canyon Pete Long confronts Lee Burrell over Bert Leonard's claim as gunfire and threats erupt. Burrell ties the fate to a risky escape, a blast in a tunnel, and a cliffside fall that ends with Burrell dying and Burrell’s murder plot exposed by the perilous chase.
An old Civil War anecdote recalls General Lee praising General Whiting when asked to assess him. Lee called Whiting one of the army’s ablest men and well qualified for high command, noting the president sought Lee’s view on Whiting not Whiting’s view of Lee.
A historical list notes Abbas T of Dersia designated as the Great and traces the title through rulers and leaders such as Alexander the Great, Alfred of England, Charlemagne, Constantine the Great, Louis XIV, Napoleon I, Peter the Great, and many others across Europe and Asia, highlighting the legend of majesty and dominion.
Olmstead visits a coastal sanitarium under cover for a Daily Star investigation while a young patient, whom he grows to love, turns out to be a magazine writer on a similar mission. Both learn they were sent to expose mismanagement, and their romance survives the inquiry until the truth is shared.
In an English case from about a century ago Job Taylor a quartermaster in the Royal Artillery and his wife Lucy drowned while trying to save each other after a shipwreck. Taylor left all to Lucy but she did not survive. A dispute over the estate valued at £4000 ended with administration granted to Taylor’s next of kin. The ruling followed a Roman civil law principle preferring the survivor who was stronger, though the judge noted Lucy’s likely greater timidity.
A jokey anecdote about employers granting false good character notes for servants. An Irish master writes a groom a flattering report, omitting a virtue. the groom demands honesty and receives a wry correction. A conscience-stricken wife adds a postscript to praise an inefficient cook, hoping to ease guilt.
The London Telegraph notes that Americans highly enjoy hotel life despite foreign critique. It contrasts hotel living with country house habits, highlighting a desire for change and independence. The piece observes hotels as a diverting interlude to domestic privacy, with Americans preferring it over European entertained hospitality.
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