28 Jun 1893
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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1893
Page
1
A rough night at the depot ended in violence when a one legged tramp provoked a watchman with profanity and a knife. Galles intervened and forced the assailant away as another man was knocked down. Blood marked the depot floor where the fight occurred, and the cripple fled with his companions as dawn broke.
Dan Tella reports on the Postmaster General Biscell who adopts a serious stance toward public duties and enforces disciplined conduct, signaling a strict approach to official responsibilities and accountability.
City residents approve 161 to 34 to issue 11000 in bonds for municipal waterworks and electric lighting. Celebration follows, with band music and fireworks as the town eyes a summer start. Also reported: Otto Lehne loses eyesight after dynamite accident. Norman Cook’s Milligan house burns. Minnesota Evangelical Lutheran Synod session notes.
The Congregational church hosts a Y P S C E convention with G A Ottomeyer elected district president and A H Lienhard as treasurer after officers were chosen. Delegates total around 150 with addresses from Mayor Koch and Rev Rule. A separate court summary notes a Julius Jensen case dismissed, Geo Sturges found guilty, and Dr Schoch winning a small verdict against a railroad. A tragic find reports Leonard’s body recovered from the river after a dream led Nelson Breed to the scene near Homer.
Last Thursday morning at Mrs. Richard Fischer’s home the marriage of Miss Louise Fischer to Dr. Ludwig Bell was solemnized by Justice Nix. The couple left for Chicago after dinner. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Richard Fischer, is well known in New Ulm with a wide circle of esteemed friends. The groom, a dentist of five years, is popular in social and professional life. The Review joins others in wishing the pair enduring happiness.
The trial concluded with a guilty plea from the defendant amid a sparse courtroom. Christian Jensen and a Johange of selling Gyner Withowt bins are noted in the fragmentary report, but details remain unclear.
The Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows exhibit comes to Newim on July 13 promising new and undreamed of novelty. The enterprise has drawn wide attention for its expansive reach and ambitious feats across diverse locales.
Exotic Pampas displays ecologic and aquatic marvels while European circuses showcase riding and acrobatics. Charles W. Fish is hailed as world’s champion equestrian, with the Brothers Veron among aerial stars. The prose extols grand ballet and daring feats, noting a giraffe as part of the spectacle.
A facsimile of Edwin Booths letter to a friend argues against leaving a vocation for the stage. Booth cautions that acting brings wearisome drudgery, missed opportunities, and lifetime subordination, urging the friend to remain a spectator and preserve home life while Booth notes his own dissatisfaction with theater.
On the Soo Line between Payneaville and Glenwood a packed coach carried travelers to an encampment. A dusty veteran with a missing sleeve and saber scarred forehead stood in the aisle as a young man offered his seat, sparking tension with another grip-wearer in the rear.
Dying men and a weary army linger between life and death as talks of peace unfold. A local district reports the creamery with a cow separator, a new store frame nearing completion, and a reorganized board of Lake Hanaska with Ole Johnson Anton Ouren P. H. Dahl Ole Syn ateby Thor Shalley. A horse falls in a pasture well, Sunday schools multiply, and residents plan moves and asset sales including ditching equipment transfers.
Horatio King recounts memories of President Lincoln including a White House crowd in spring 186? who complained. Lincoln answered with a Blondin rope crossing metaphor, urging patience as the government bears weight. The anecdote ends with the West demanding restraint and calm, leaving the audience reassured about the administration.
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