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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1899
Page
10
Classified ad seeks several district office managers to represent the advertiser in local counties. Early $600 pay, weekly installments. Desirable uncommon opportunities. Respond with self addressed stamped envelope to A. Bark, 120 Gaxton Building, Chicago.
A French report outlines a grand tunnel project to connect Tangiers with Tangiers via the Atlas system, estimating a 254 mile cross country bore costing 24.6 million dollars and seven years to complete. It would tie into the Tangiers to Lalla Maghnia railway extension at a total cost near 28.4 million dollars with annual revenue around 3.05 million dollars. Spain has given consent and the scheme seeks Moorish authorization for a tunnel terminus.
Casualty reports from Manila describe a novel man trap in the Sudlon mountains of Cebu. Private Peters Carl of Company L, Ninth Infantry, was seriously injured when a sharpened bamboo trap caught him during a reconnaissance near insurgent positions. A detachment of about 45 men from several units moved from their camp at dawn to scout the area and encountered traps as they moved to engage.
William Wilderman of Mont Vail New Jersey and a friend traced foxlike footprints through woods between Mont Vail and Pearl River on a Saturday. They found a young dog tied by a rope near a sapling with feathers and chicken remains scattered around. The scene suggested the dog had been used to steal chickens from nearby farms over the past fortnight.
In a murky listing from the Dewey Arch column, names such as George Manin and references to Cavite and four kittens appear amid cryptic notes. The fragment hints at adoptions and christening by a caretaker, with unclear broader context and placement within a western column.
War pressures crippled commerce as industries faced shortages and labor disruptions. Local firms report halted production lines, delayed shipments, and reduced customer demand, signaling a broader economic strain tied to ongoing hostilities.
Reports to the state department show Mexican progress driven by rising imports of machinery and new factories. In the year to June 30, 1897 imports reached 3.6 million dollars, later rising to 5.43 million, boosting cotton mills and diverse goods. Modern water power fuels vast mills, with Guanajuato pursuing silk, linen, wool, leather, and bone of wood products, plus sugar and alcohol. Protective government policy spurs enterprise, inviting American machinery makers to invest in expanding Mexican industry.
John Balle a 25 year old baker from Tarmowita Pagen eloped with his 14 year old wife and her mother Mia Sophia Brussig. The trio traveled via St Louis to America where immigration officials questioned their age gap and intentions. Balle confessed to loving his mother in law and they face return to Posen for examination.
A New Brunswick report describes a syndicate or cooperative foster plan to raise Gertrude Davison of Carman Street. The 21 month old child’s mother Jobo Davison recently died, leaving five children. four are with relatives while the syndicate seeks to take guardianship. Names of lawmakers and older political figures appear in a separate, garbled section.
Washington awaits December 22 23 details as a joint committee of seekers and citizens plans the unveiling ceremony. Stilson Hut and a perfected file will present an address at the Opera House in January with President McKinley to accept the gift for the United States. After exercises at the theater the committee will move to Scott Circle for the statue unveiling.
Washington reports Senator Foraker denying authorship of the 1896 gold plank. He states Payne Merriam Hannas and Prostor did not claim he drafted it. The debate centers on whether Kohlsast drafted and pressed adoption. He insists he had no role beyond common Republican ties and refutes the accusation. In San Francisco, J Dinglienne, sentenced for counterfeiting tools, refuses to pay fines or take a pauper’s oath. In Cleveland, Pickard, Martin Co. reports their whaling barge crew safe after a storm. telegram from Middleton Ont confirms voyage near Wes River.
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