Change of ownership at New Ulm Review announced
The New Ulm Review reports a sale of the paper to W. R. Hodges and Asa P. Brooks by E. R. Barager. The new owners outline aims for a strong local weekly independent of party politics and vow to maintain a first class job stock and fair subscriber handling. They note existing financial commitments and pledge to manage accounts accordingly.
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E. R. Barager
Review
W. R. Hodges
Asa P. Brooks
Barager
New Ulm
Brown County
Houses & Brooks, Publishers
Benefit Ball Game for New Ulm Boy Joseph Hans
Generous New Ulm residents organize a benefit baseball game featuring the Fats and Leans on Sunday June 16 at the park to aid Joseph Hans battling consumption. Tickets cost 85 cents with many donors pledging 50 cents to $5.00 each and crowds expected larger than any prior park gathering.
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New Ulm
Joseph Hans
Some Sleepy Eye Graduates The Sleepless Echoes of Ideals
A playful Sleepy Eye Herald contemplation celebrates graduates and ideals. It carves a whimsical portrait of youthful ambition, fame, and love, blending poetic imagery with local sentiment while musing on what the future holds for those stepping beyond school.
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Sleepy Eye
Sleepy Eye Herald
Commercial Union Meeting Deliberates Jail Site and Ordinances
The Commercial Union meets Friday to decide three key issues. The jail site location may shape county plans and avoid court house block disruption. Debates over the sidewalk ordinance and park commission work are also on the agenda for New Ulm residents.
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Commercial Union
Court House
Brown County
Preachers Tale About New Ulm Draws Laughs
The Review received a digressive letter from Washington alleging a Minnesota town founded by atheists with no church, burned twice, and attacked by Indians. The note cites Rev Alois Plot and Shakepeee origins, asking if the tale is true, prompting humor about New Ulm’s modern virtues.
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Washington
New Ulm
Washington, D. C
Minnesota
Congregational Board
Alois Plot
Shakepeee
Argus
Chrch
Farmers talk of oats markets and town telephones in New Ulm
A fragment from a localpaper discusses changing farm economics with small hay crops, notes on oats prices, and a pocket loss, and urges neighborly talk about markets and a cooperative farm telephone. It also highlights crowd goals for the Fourth of July in New Ulm, railroad ambitions around Great Western and Great Northern under J. J. Hill, and forecasts railroad viability.
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Cohen
Great Western Railroad
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
Sleepy Eye Dispatch
Hopeful for Porto Rico by visiting American observer
Victor 8 Clark, former Porto Rico bureau instructor now in Washington, predicts gradual progress for the island. He notes stark class voting limits favoring literate elites, calls the land rich but overpopulated for farming, and says the 15 percent tax pleases planters as they adjust. Clark has toured the island and Santiago, and will resume correspondence for Eastern papers after this visit. Excursion tickets to Lake Shetek offered by the North-Western Line from New Ulm at special summer rates with rail and regional lake access.
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Victor
Clark
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Instruction
Porto Rico
United States
Connecticut
United States Supreme Court
Admiral Grace
Santiago
Washington
Lake Sheteck
Tracy
Minn
North-Western Line
New Ulm
Lake Shetek
Current Lake
Siezel
Fremont
Sarat
Bear Lake
Long Lake
Buffalo Lake
Tron Lake
Beauty Lake
Willow Lake
Irabella
Clear Lake
Community Notes Include Weddings Births and Local News
Local items report Commissioner Miller visiting Comfrey, Dr Wood assisting in an operation, and a 720th birthday celebration for Grandma Durbahu. The piece notes rain aiding grain, strong wheat prospects, and a Des Moines marriage of jeweler Haubrich to Marie Hughes. It cites frost damage to corn, early planting issues, and a mustering out of Capt Steinhauser’s regiment. Delegates to the State Fireman's convention were elected with New Ulm hosting next year and council funding.
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Dr. Rotherburg
Springfield
Peter Miller
Comfrey
Grandma Durbahu
Wm. C. Haubrich
Marie Hughes
Des Moines
Iowa
Gruenfelder
Broadway
Haubrich
Steinhauser
Philippines
San Francisco
St. Paul
Urms
Henry Engel
L. G. Vogel
Fa. Pfaender
Chas, Toberer
Wm. E. Koch
Otto Seiter
John Herzog
Wm. Herman
Herman Nagel
Crookston
New Ulm
L.rosd
Emil Wicherski
For Sale Fine residence jot on Broadway near First South street
For sale a fine residence on Broadway located three blocks from First South Street. The listing notes the property sits in mu ie stonne area with details unreadable in the OCR fragment.
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First South Street
Muie'stonne
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University of Minnesota
School of Agriculture
Brown
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Minneapolis Journal
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Dispatch
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T. U
Scotland
Carnegie
L.D. WU
Pittsburg
Commercial Union Meeting
McKinley
Commissioner Miller of
City
Chas. E. Roe
The
Business College
Dr. Wood
Hunaxa
H. L. Beecher
Child
J. Newhart
Points
Texas
Alfred Bigot
Mary Ross
Irs
Springfield Baptist Barer
Cecilia Penkert
Wn. Hughes
Mrs
H. Frenzel
New Ulm, Minn
F. W
Joussox
Featherstones
O. M. Olsen
Model Drug Store
US Zilli
Park Mill
Forster Bros
Successors
H. L. Saverien
Miuteria
B. Follmann
New Ulm Roller Mill Co
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