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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
4
The New Ulm Review, issued by the New Ulm Publishing Co., is noted as published on Wednesday December 30, 1908. It mentions postal handling as second class matter in New Ulm Minnesota, reflecting archival newspaper filing details.
J. W. Olsen, state superintendent, urges annual medical inspections in schools with case reports to parents, plus sanitary building reviews and teacher training in sight and hearing tests and disease prevention. He favors county agricultural schools offering rural teacher and farm youth tracks and a minimum teacher salary law.
The Minnesota state board of control backs humane detention hospital plans enabling voluntary admission with doctor approval by relatives and probate judges without insanity adjudication. Superintendents could discharge patients when appropriate and transfers to regular hospitals would be allowed. The aim is early treatment free from stigma, endorsed by St Paul Pioneer Press. Aleus Spreckles, California sugar king, died Sunday.
A historical column argues against extraditing two Russian revolutionists from the United States to Russia. It cites humanitarian principles, criticizes elite lawyers, and asserts that Secretary Root should refuse the transfer to uphold American liberty, noting public sympathy for revolutionaries and the danger of surrender.
Mrs. John Fadden pioneer settler in two states survived frontier life in Minnesota now visiting Minneapolis with grandchildren at eighty seven. She recalls 1854 Minnesota arrival and the Yellow Medicine post during the Sioux uprising led by Chief Otherday guiding settlers toward Henderson and Fort Snelling. Her family later filed a Grand Forks homestead later sold to Hudson Bay company amid early territory growth.
Forester Pinchot says using about four million Christmas trees yearly is not a conservation threat. Trees are for use, and this holiday demand is small compared to timber needs. Four million trees equal less than 1,500 acres if planted four feet apart, while lumber requires over 100,000 acres daily. Also notes social visit of Miss Johnson, Miss Helmes, and Miss Spoerhase to J. W. Johnson at The Dakota.
A biographical sketch of General Nord Alexis, ex president of Haiti, notes his revolutionary rise to power, forceful tenure, and suspected belief in voodoo. It details his purge of conspirators, aims to curb foreign influence, and a notable railroad concession episode with Germans, ending with a portrait of his imposing appearance and his wife’s recent death.
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