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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1899
Page
10
Anecdotes on lottery luck and superstition reveal how tickets and numbers influenced fortunes. Stories include a Peasant in a race for prize money and a German banker chasing the number three amid fatal raffles and misfortune.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt describes a woman once paralyzed by optic nerve loss yet retaining eye beauty, her faded gaze giving a pathetic expression while she was accused of using it to win jurors' sympathy.
A critique condemns a push for grand school buildings and a high school, arguing it harms children by replacing recess with pomp. The piece cites Popular Science Monthly editorials and cites social tensions over centralization and prestige. It also weaves in humorous excerpts from Washington Post and London Chronicle items about dining, music, and clergymen.
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