Good Roads and Grand Jury Debate Highlight Minnesota News
New Ulm Review notes Minnesota voters will approve about 15000 for county roads through the Good Roads Amendment and cites a 1 million dollar boost to state railroad revenue from the Gross Earnings Tax. It discusses autumn health positives and, in Chicago, 1909 1910 1911 grand jury figures and calls for possible abolition of the grand jury to simplify justice and cut costs.
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Minnesota
Municipal Court of
Chicago
Gemmill
Municipal Court
Turner Julius Berndt
Turner Adolph Seiter
Turner Leiter
Globe Mills
Brown County
Soulleas
Judge Gemmill argues abolish grand jury system
The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology article by William N. Gemmill critiques the grand jury as an outdated Star-Chamber relic. It argues that over half of court failures to curb crime stem from this ineffective system, with the Chicago Evening Post endorsing the abolition view.
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William N. Gemmill
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Grand Jmry
Chicago Evening Post
The Ethics of Giving Christmas Gifts In Society
A Minneapolis Tribune column details a new song club aimed at stopping forced and commercial Christmas gifts. It argues for gifts from the heart, defending working girls from subscription pressure while critiquing gift debt and social obligations that turn giving into a mercantile system.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Machine Gun Companys First Annual Ball Patronage Note
The members express sincere appreciation for the public's generous patronage at their First Annual Ball, acknowledging support and encouragement from attendees and supporters.
Weather methods from 1864 Smithsonian letter at New Ulm
A fragment links Smithsonian guidance on early meteorology to New Ulm observations. It notes using a ribbon on a high pole to read wind, a tin cup for rain, and a tile gauge for measurement, plus recording aurora and frosts.
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Smithsonian Institute
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
New Ulm
Joseph Henry
Need of a Social Center Grows in Southern Minnesota
The article argues for a social center in Duluth and southern Minnesota to educate voters on public issues. It notes poor voter information in Brown County and critiques low engagement with amendments, especially taxes and road funding, urging study clubs to inform citizens before elections.
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Minnesota
Duluth
Tron Range
Social Center
Community groups push prevention to halt disease deaths
In Minnesota many die monthly from preventable diseases like consumption and typhoid. Clubs and organizations plan cooperative work during long winter evenings to study milk safety, filth, fly breeding, and sanitation. Officials say dollars spent on prevention lower death rates by funding inspectors and clean water efforts.
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Minnesota
Brighton nightgowns offered at Brown County dry goods store
A Brown County store advertises Brighton brand nightgowns for Ladies, Children, and Men. The note invites shoppers to compare prices, view the full stock, and begin Christmas shopping early while staff assist in selections.
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Brighton
Brown County
New Ulm Lodge Officers Elected At Saturday Meeting
New Ulm Lodge No 531 0 C BP held a meeting last Saturday evening electing a slate of new officers. In a separate line the notice advertises for sale several items from N Henningsen at favorable prices, inviting inquiries and promising favorable terms.
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New Ulm Lodge No
0.C. BP
Jobs L. Hoffmann
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New Ulm Review
New Ulm Publishing Company
City of
Robert Louis Stevenson
Chicago Health Bureau
Turner Theatre
Charles Klein
Mouse
Maggie Pepper
Pioneer Drug Store
Tate
State Bank OF
Nerman Bo
Hugo Roos
Turnverein
Julius Berndt
Turner Hall
Adolph Seiter
New Ulm Turnverein
Auty Ist
TELP
F. H. Retzlaff
the Ladies Aid OF the Congregational Church
Ottomeyer
United States
N. Henningsen
Alan
Beem
Paris
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