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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1900
Page
9
Advertisements invite several persons to represent a candidate in their counties. Compensation offered up to $600 yearly payable weekly with relocation and opportunity benefits. References requested, response via envelope addressed to L A Park at 820 Caxin Building Chicago.
Fragmented text describes holiday celebration prompts and promotions with vague figures and garbled venue names. It mentions a railroad company contributing to the occasion and a sale with unclear pricing and dates. The legible content is minimal and not enough for a full event summary.
Naval board approves three new battleship designs for the American fleet named Georgia New Jersey and Pennsylvania Each vessel displaces about 14000 tons with speeds of at least 23 knots armed with two two story turrets and a heavy main battery plus 12 6 inch guns and Krupp armor The cost tops 7 million dollars per ship and range about 7000 miles.
Park Commissioner Clausen issues the first Central Park automobile permit to Miss Perence E Woods of 182 West Eighteenth Street. At about 20 years old she demonstrated skill by driving a light runabout from Fifth Avenue Arsenal to Seventy second Street and back, impressing Secretary Willis Holly who recommended approval.
Five busts of American newspaper men will be shown at the Paris exposition in the Publishers Building. Sculptor R H Park has finished Joseph Medill and will bronze and ship it to Paris in January. Other busts include Benjamin Franklin Horace Greeley George W Childs Charles A Dane and Medill.
Le Roy and Neikirk recount a trip with three companions to Chicago. They rode the elevated road and visited the library and the Masonic Temple. They found the library attendant helpful and relied on canes to navigate the city while downtown sights failed to impress them.
W F Beck a Bibb county planter sues Western Union Telegraph in Birmingham federal court for 10000 damages claiming a Centerville telegraph delay cost him his marriage. He says Dara Ward received identical messages from all suitors the same day and Ragland married her first. Beck alleges Centerville operator delayed delivery despite instructions.
A Manchester man A. W. Howison married Miss Maggie Grizel of Grant county Kentucky at Williamstown under romantic terms. After the ceremony Howison informed rival fiancée George McKinley of the wedding as agreed, and McKinley offered best wishes. The tale details the bride’s coercive engagement and the groom’s task to inform, ending with amicable wishes from McKinley.
The preliminary estimates show gold production totaling 777,694,170 with silver output around 74,424,690 for the year 1898. States contributed to the gains with increases over the previous year, reflecting a stronger mining sector in the calendar period.
Allen county farmer J. W. Dice unearthed ancient fossils 30 feet deep near Neosho Falls. Finds include two erect buffalo skeletons with a nearby four foot walnut tree, and peculiar human shapes of probable stone or concrete, suggesting an ancient civilization forgotten since the area was last occupied by Indians about 35 years ago.
The New Year ceremony settled military or naval precedence by historic custom not rank. The army would precede the navy, based on older organization, with age guiding order. Admiral Dewey’s presence did not alter the line as supreme officers. only longstanding tradition determined the procession.
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