21 Feb 1900
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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1900
Page
1
The store promotes a spring line of overcoats all wool and silk lined, tailored shapes, with prices at 8 10 12 and 15 dollars. It denounces old style Mackintoshes as dressy for spring and promises best value, not cheap goods, with new neckwear arriving soon.
Hermen Amestor Hirt designed a 68 by 73 foot red brick high school with Kasota stone superstructure. The $18 000 to $20 000 plan positions the building on Public School Square with a 98 foot height, two large exercise rooms, four grade rooms on the first floor, a 400 to 500 seat assembly hall, and specialized rooms on the second floor. Bid notices set for April 10 after March 1 specification completion.
A lullaby in verse about a baby traveling to Shut Eye Town a realm of sleep guarded by a gate at dusk. The poem imagines a mystical valley shaded by hills where pixies and fairies hold revel and tired travelers rest beneath lotus leaf shade as angels guard the journey.
Ash Wednesday falls on February 28 and Easter on April 15 with Lenten observance rules to be read next Sunday. Rules govern fast and abstinence including a single square meal and exceptions for age, pregnancy, and workers. Archbishop Treland urges fasting as a duty and respect for others. General Moses E. Clapp criticizes trusts, proposing double liability for stockholders or prohibition of new corporations where individuals can perform the work, plus public ownership where feasible. He notes the trust era and industrial servitude rising from old freedoms. The piece references the Fulton Parking Stock Company and a theater on February 23.
Emily Baarsch and Albert L Young were married last evening at the Baarsch home in New Ulm with about 50 relatives present. Rev Cross officiated, Augusta Baarsch served as bridesmaid, and George W Bisson acted as best man. The couple will reside in Gibbon after a wedding supper. The report includes a second note about a Stately Jewship couple’s marriage and social commentary from the Hopkins News about advertising.
In a late Saturday bowling match at Frank Burg's alley, the Columbia Bowling Club defeated Teutonia Kegel Club of Minneapolis 2287 to 2029. Notable performances included Bobleter and Burg for Columbia and Naumann for Teutonia, with the Minneapolis team impressed by New Ulm bowlers and local entertainment.
The Waterbury American and Springfield Republican debate England's rise, arguing England already tops out in power. They cite agriculture, manufacturing decline, and looming economic limits. They warn only the United States and Russia supersede Great Britain amid global rivalries and dwindling resources.
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