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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1921
Page
4
New Ulm Publishing Company takes ownership of the New Ulm Review with United Press and Publishing Company listed as publishers and lessees.
A 1921 column extols constitutional rehabilitation under Harding and critiques Wilson era overreach. It denounces banker power on Wall Street, cites Mrs James Stillman in a divorce trial, mocks reform talk, and notes political cynicism, naval tactics, and a proposed Dempsey Carpentier bonus resolution.
A Frenchman claims to have developed a substitute for tobacco devoid of its objectionable element. The piece laments reformers targeting pleasures and notes dancing as a remaining tolerated pleasure while criticizing Minnesota politics and the economy. It cites panic in financial crises with low prices and widespread unemployment affecting mills and industries.
The War Department informed Sleepy Eye relatives that the remains of Andrew Radl, killed on the St Mihiel front August 15 1918, arrived in New York and will be escorted home for burial with military honors by the Benjamin A Remmele Post American Legion. Radl left New Ulm for Camp Dodge on April 29 1918, trained then at Camp Travis Texas before going overseas with the AEF arriving France July 1 1918. He was 27 and born in Sleepy Eye.
A traveler’s letter from New York describes a nationwide downturn as he tours cities with populations over and under 50,000. He cites unemployment across sectors, coal and steel workers fed in Birmingham, severely reduced cotton prices, road labor shifts to Mexicans, grains fed to hogs in Arkansas, frosted fruit crops in California, and closed shipyards in Portland and Seattle. He notes President Harding meeting bankers Morgan and Warburg amid deep farm distress.
Postmaster General Hays announces restoration of The Liberator to second class mails and rejects prior censorship. He says New York Call and Milwaukee Leader soon receive second class status. notes refund of nearly $11,000 for overcharged postage. He stresses freedom of the press over bureaucratic censorship. Local notes include Lenora Langmack at New Ulm Candy Kitchen and travel plans of area residents.
George Schoeh enjoys his summer vacation after attending the University of Minnesota. Mr and Mrs James O Doherty were Springfield guests last Tuesday. Mrs George Putchner Jr and children visited relatives in Springfield last week. Sheriff and Mrs W J Julius and their son spent the weekend in the Twin Cities. He also visited Company A at Camp Lorentz Fort Snelling. The New Ulm contingent reports good health though quarantine dampened spirits.
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