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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1901
Page
3
Adventurous photographer R Lawrence fell 20 feet from a ruptured balloon at Chicago while descending from 930 feet. He landed uninjured, describing how he bent joints and used the platform as a parachute to absorb impact. He credits keeping balance and tense muscles for a safe return to ground.
A Brooklyn registrar bought 400 acres in Florida to aid a friend in financial trouble. He later joined a stock company. a vast clay deposit on his land could supply the United States. A Missouri museum plan seeks a permanent building funded by a World’s Fair appropriation. Historic relics found in Lake Champlain include gun carriages and cannon balls. A Urge Permanent Muxeda.
A weeklong outbreak has swept Manhattan killing no horses yet but causing high fever cough loss of appetite and weakness across breed lines. Veterinarians say they cannot yet determine the cause or provide a cure and compare the crisis to an 1874 epizootic that lasted six weeks in the same area.
Rev Johnston Myers of Immanuel Baptist Chicago challenged the State Baptist Young People’s Union in Mexico Missouri about true soul winning. He warned churches are failing to provide heartfelt religion and chase trends like Christian Science and faith cures. He argued ministers are social, not salvation focused, and prioritized saving souls over education. If endowed, he would devote most to salvation, not schooling.
The London Daily Mail describes the Westinghouse factory at Trafford Park Manchester as a vast British industry hub directed by American brains. Stuart, the American contractor, employs 2,600 British workers with labor-saving devices and steady progress. He praises skilled labor but sees common laborers as inferior to Americans of the same class. A village grows beside the works, to be built on American plans, heated by gas and lit by electricity, a pocket edition of Pittsburgh.
A city board received a map and estimate for a park on Pen and Broad streets in New York, including Fraunce’s tavern site once frequented by Washington. The hat block value is about 185000, with purchase likely double that, and total park cost near 500000. Preservation groups praised the report and the tavern’s fate looks hopeful.
Albert Claggett once a tea taster earning over ten thousand yearly and a famed Broadway socialite, later a wine taster and Delmonico’s regular, is now an alcoholic ward resident at Bellevue Hospital after being found intoxicated on Madison Avenue. He previously mingled with Vanderbilts and Astors before his rapid decline.
Dr Daniel Lewis state commissioner of health announces a first statewide census of consumptives in New York. The effort aims to measure tuberculosis prevalence across the state and provide data for physicians, surgeons, and public health officials on trends and related factors.
A national research laboratory of pharmacy may be built in a leading U S city to honor William Proctor Jr of Philadelphia who died about 30 years ago. Known as the father of pharmacy he advanced the field and uplifted the profession. Dr A H Brundage of Brooklyn proposed the idea which gained favor with the New York State Pharmaceutical Association.
Gaston Deschamps, French critic, outlines a plan to connect Chicago University with the Alliance Francaise and to promote French language literature and history studies. He notes M. Carihon, the French ambassador, visited the institution and says it is good that all this be known in France. Mme Patti interview follows.
Golden souvenir features Snoqualmie Falls power works eight by ten inches with silver base and gold relief figures. G H Baker of Chicago, son of William T. Baker, former Chicago Board of Trade president, sent the gift from Snoqualmie Falls Power Co representing Seattle and Tacoma. Falls drop 270 feet, powering Seattle 32 miles away and Tacoma 44 miles. Value of metal about 3500.
Mrs Fannie Hall of Wentworth avenue returns to Chicago delirious with joy over reuniting with her husband and baby Helen after an abortive European visit. She drifted through London and Paris, traveled back by ship, then hurried home, declaring Chicago is good enough for her. Alimony not discharged by bankruptcy, says Illinois Supreme Court.
In Butler near Columbus Ohio twenty years ago maidens sang Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine. The Old Maids association grew from 60 to 75 and held a reunion at Richeys grave with many old maids present. no men attended. Speakers reaffirmed the pledge though the male population remains largely unchanged.
Sir Joshua Reynolds’ portrait group “Lady Delma and Her Daughters” has been purchased by J Pierpont Morgan from dealer Charles Wertheimer. The 1780 painting, a Reynolds masterwork, last sold at Christie’s for 55 000 dollars and is now alleged to have changed hands for 10 000 dollars. Lady Delma, sister of the Earl of Carlisle, was the subject and Reynolds earned 1 050 dollars for the work.
A fragmentary note suggests a Chicago Record-Herald reader movement to start with contributors who present their own poetry and begin reading it aloud to coincide with an echoed initiative.
Interview with French critic M. Berand on American art versus Regland and English art. He criticizes English decadence and European influence, praises American electrical execution but blames millionaire buyers and wives for taste gaps. Calls for a national salon, supports nudity bans in public spaces, notes religious influence on art, and mentions Berand’s fame.
Capt Henry N Manny aboard the battleship Massachusetts navigated Hell Gate on the way to Newburyport. A navy secretary order now restricts such passages without express department authority save in great emergencies. Rear Admiral Barker disapproved noting risk and captain would bear responsibility if an incident occurred.
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