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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
9
The New Ulm Review quotes an unsigned piece lampooning New Ulm’s lack of a public library. The cartoonish critique recalls lectures on Burns and war prep as locals debate funding a library and mock calls for immediate action.
The Public criticizes a proposed 500 million starter fund for a preparation program arguing per capita taxes hurt the poor. Sugar duties and a one cent per pound tax are weighed to raise funds, with opponents warning protection for growers would end. The piece warns readers to see through the veil of Preparationist rhetoric.
Four petit jurors excused, first case underway as Judge I M Olsen presides. Grand jury members, clerks and bailiffs named amid an extensive civil docket including trusteeship, bankruptcies, corporate disputes and estate matters before the court in New Ulm.
A dense docket recaps numerous civil matters in which parties including John J Schmidt Joseph J Schmidt Katharina Schrimpf Anna Schmidt Henry Schmidt Wenzel Schmidt Annie Schmidt Joseph Kamseter William Jaques Hattie Shaughnessy Percy Shaughnessy Anna Gieseke Albert Gieseke and others appear. Probate appeals relate to the estates of Jacob Pfenninger Christina Pfenninger and Wilhelmine Satkoske while tax collection and municipal dispute actions involving Brown County towns are listed. The report notes juries, citizen papers granted, attorney fees, and pending trial dates including January derivate actions over the Pfenninger estate with disputed sums.
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