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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
8
A large team of scenic artists and stage mechanics are building a replica of Fort Ridgely from 1861 on the state fair grounds. Over 30,000 square yards of canvas and 30 workers plus 1,000 participants including 300 Sioux Indians will bring the infield spectacle to life, as the big fall feature.
A collection of brief humor lines and witty exchanges from 19th and early 20th century papers. Jokes reference weather, finance, racing terms, and daily life with names like Louisville Courier Journal Chicago News Harper's Weekly Washington Star and Judge. Pieces mix playfully with puns about animals and vaudeville style observations.
Two friends discuss killing a man without physical harm. Lang Ting Fung, a San Francisco washwoman's counterpart, is charged by the Ti Whang society and sentenced to death by an execution in front of members. The judge spares him. he learns the postered reality of his supposed death remains. Charlie's fevered afterlife ends when he shoots himself in the Melican district, proving the talk is possible and often worse than torture.
A large study of premonitory dreams reports a case where a mother and son both dreamed of a fishing lugger wrecking on the same night, then indeed perishing as the vessel was sunk. The Sydney Mrs Spruit case adds a daughter’s dream of her father’s shipwreck preceding a real voyage calamity and rescue.
St Peter State Hospital outlines a three year training school for nurses with lectures textbooks and practical work. Applicants aged 18 to 27 must provide evidence of at least a common school education and a photo. two months probation pays $18, then $1 monthly increases to $25. graduates may earn $30 monthly with free board lodging and laundry. A Tomlinson is listed as contact in St Peter Minnesota.
A collage of wry lines and comic exchanges from various papers. A teacher tests a boy on a buttress, a boy mistakes it for a nanny goat, a burglar in a parlor interrupts a piano, and remarks on nervous women and election hopefuls. Quick quips wrap a week’s light, scattered humor.
A humorous skit in Circle Magazine features Pat chatting with a farmer about pasture shortages. Pat jokes that they once put green goggles on cows and shaved the gate, but the milk tasted like antique furniture.
A local candidate appeals to Democratic friends to back a renewed run for county treasurer regardless of party. The pledge promises to offer the best effort to serve the people if nominated and elected.
The candidate proclaims renomination for the office of Judge of Probate. He asserts two years of trusted service, fidelity, and effort to maintain public confidence. If re elected, he pledges to continue serving to the best of his ability.
Low round trip rates offered from North Western Line points for the Prohibition National Convention in Columbus Ohio July 9 to 13 B Y P A Cleveland July 6 to 8 G A R encampment Toledo August 21 to 30 Knights of Pythias Conclave Boston area July 31 to August 3 Full particulars available from Chicago North Western Railway agents.
Special term of Probate Court of Brown County Minnesota orders that three months be allowed for filing claims against the estate of Kuni Griebel deceased, Letters Testamentary granted to Andreas Dauner. A general public hearing is set for the first Monday in October 1906 at the probate office in New Ulm, with notices to creditors.
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