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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1922
Page
4
A 1922 New Ulm Review editorial urges citizens to engage with local schools in 1923. It argues American civic duty requires watching school quality, guiding governance, and ensuring children receive proper education, tying youth schooling to national democracy and American ideals.
Minnesota Daily Star reports state agriculture commissioner N J Holmberg shows farm numbers up from 157 170 to 170 891 since 1920 while farm owners rise modestly and renters surge from 38 463 to 46 583. If trends continue, all farms could pass to renters in 30 years.
Charles W. Moree, a New York ship builder indicted for conspiracy to defraud the Shipping Board in wartime contracts, petitions the District of Columbia Supreme Court for permission to travel to Rome to consult Professor Machiavava regarding his illness. He was pardoned in 1912 by President Taft after a 15 year banking law sentence and White House notes warned he would die if kept in confinement.
The piece notes H. M. Daugherty as counsel for Morse’s release and criticizes his stance on Ricardo Flores Magon, who died in Leavenworth after years of opposition to World War I. It contrasts U S legal actions with Mexican reaction and mentions Librado Rivera remaining jailed.
Workers in pottery plants belonging to the United States Potters Association resumed regular hours at the previous wage scale after a two month strike aimed at a 7 percent raise. Proponents of the Fordney McCumber tariff argued high duties would shield U S workers from Czech Slovak and German competition, but the wage gains did not materialize and consumers face higher prices as tariffs took effect.
Representative Walter H Newton of Minneapolis declares in Congress that if immigration bars are loosened to allow Greeks and Armenians driven from Turkey to enter the United States the nation may have to provide refuge for all discarded minorities. He argues quotas fail to meet family needs and that enforcing them harms those in relief camps in Greece and Asia Minor.
A Home Products Dinner item notes two earlier pee items about Yulong Washington, sourced from a magazine aunt by E Velikatije, an attorney based in Yakima. The record cites Velikan as the attorney, detailing the publication lineage and regional connection.
Personal letter notes Yakima Commercial Club staging a Home Products dinner using local goods for a dollar a plate to fund club activities and foster community ties. The writer describes large interest, a hall shortage, and plans to share this approach with New Ulm.
Senators Shipstead Wheeler and Brookhart, named by La Follette as Progressives, led a bold gathering seizing control of the party agenda. They oppose White House proposals, plan a spring program, and vow to block the ship subsidy bill while reinforcing the liberal bloc in Congress against party machinery.
I M Kalnes, editor of the Review last summer, now at Northwestern University, is hailed for a short sharp editorial titled Moving The Milk Stool. Chicago Tribune’s Brutnell calls it a gem. The piece mocks the Turk and Bolshevik moves, and ponders how far Washington must shift to keep the teat beyond John Bull.
The annual Firemen's ball will be held at Turner Hall on New Year's Eve with John F. Herzog as chair, Frank Niemann Jr and Peter Hermiane on the committee. Music by Jay Gould's orchestra de luxe starts at 8:30, supper by the Ladies Parlor Society before midnight, grand march led by Fred Pfander. Dancing runs to 2 a.m. Also notes South Dakota State College basketball in Austin and Mankato. Raymond Globes, son of Mr and Mrs Globe of this city, on the team.
The management thanks the people of New Ulm and vicinity for their patronage at the theatre opening. They pledge to show the latest, best and cleanest productions and state the motto the best is never too good for patrons.
Thomas S. Griffing reports several personas failed to meet citizenship basics during naturalization heating. Five petitions pending. tenured attendees at the class anticipated to ensure worth and enrollment. Free government textbooks in history and civics provided. Local school authorities urge applicants not to miss the opportunity. Mrs. Kate Streissguth of Minneapolis visited T. C. Streissguth’s South Minnesota street home for Christmas, joined by Ida Doctor Ella Streissguth of Minneapolis.
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