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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1899
Page
9
A testimonial from Harrodsburg Kentucky reports long standing catarrh cured by Swift’s Specific. The letter notes failure of sprays washes and inhaling mixtures before success with a single remedy.
The piece recounts tales of lottery myths from Italy and Germany, noting how prizes altered lives and fortunes. It highlights a Peasant who died after winning £8000, a Brunswick lady who traded a winning ticket for a hat, and a banker who bought three tickets hoping for a “three” but lost the top prize.
A young barrister questions a woman in a courtroom about her identity. He asks if she is the prisoner's mother and then the prosecutrix's mother. She explodes in defense declaring she is nobody's mother and a single woman.
A quotation from the Tacoma Ledger features a humorous exchange about why getting one's feet wet might cause a toothache. The dialogue implies a misunderstanding of root causes and playfully challenges common beliefs.
Edward Bok lauds country living as healthful and vital for Americans. He argues suburban life promotes exercise, nature connection, and stronger bodies and minds for children and adults alike, calling nature the best teacher and urging closer ties to outdoors.
The albatross is described as a majestic yet clumsy landbound creature, massive beak, vast appetite, and thrifty on bitter sea drinks, with distant breeding rocks costly in hunger. A separate tale warns of a New England pond Swan boat hoax seen through a child's perspective. Napoleon statue in Paris and brief jokes follow with regional trivia and a joke about a bride named Joax.
A Philadelphia Press account details a dramatic New York trial where James I. Brady, famed attorney, defends a young woman accused of trying to win jury sympathy with her gaze. The woman, afflicted by total optic nerve paralysis, sat by her counsel as Brady delivered a moving address about beauty and perception.
Isabella G. Oakley argues that creating larger stone high school buildings harms communities by elevating vanity over need. She laments the loss of recess and the overbearing architecture replacing modest playgrounds with architecturally grand but impractical structures.
A column fragment describes a dining scene where dinner music shapes the mood, an orchestra plays Cavalleria Rusticana’s intermezzo at tempo, patrons hurry as the rhythm quickens, and the head waiter insists fast music is necessary to keep meals moving.
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