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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1906
Page
4
The March 14 1906 Ulm Review discusses Attorney General Hadley and national issues. It notes the Standard Oil leadership appointment, rising living costs, labor wage trends, and the press handling patent medicine debates. It mentions Minnesota politics including Julius Block and Minnesota governor nominations, with local editorial concerns about centralization and party prospects.
A set of public notices announces candidates for City Clerk of New Ulm. Ernst Wichersel Henry A Herrian and Ruman Nob seek votes for the April election. Each candidate urges citizens to support them in the race for city government.
A Chicago official Joseph Medill Patterson resigns from public works amid his shift from municipal ownership to socialism asserting the social ill cure lies in state control. The piece notes Debs Weaver and Populists as historical context, warns of political shifts, and argues county superintendent should remain nonpartisan and tenure-based.
A Minnesota city inspector praised local FNOS groceries for clean stores and well-handled stock with little old merchandise. He noted many merchants comply with the new law and expect it to prove a wise state government expedient. Community members and officials, plus attendance at funerals and local meetings, are mentioned along with election results in Springfield and garden seed distribution by Gen Bobleter.
The article warns thrifty parents often send tuberculous children to school, while healthy children stay at home to farm or housework. It notes the danger of coughing and spitting spreading bacilli, risking teacher and class. Outdoor life is urged. sending sick children to school is described as hastening grave outcomes.
At a Sunday service in a Georgia colored church a preacher described creation with humor. He claimed God made man from dust and stood him against a fence to dry. Deacon Jonson interrupted, asking who made the fence, prompting the crowd to laugh and the preacher to dismiss the visitor.
Prof. Heim, geologist and Alpine climber, spoke at the Swiss Alpine club in Geneva about his fall from a precipice in the Alps. He described a calm descent with free breathing, rapid mental flashbacks, and a soft music cue before losing consciousness upon ground contact.
The article traces artificial eyes from the outside worn devices of ancient Rome and Egypt to sixteenth century hollow and painted options by Ambroise Pare. It describes early methods using linen, earthenware, and glass, noting crude workmanship and a shift to inside socket wear and porcelain and gold enameled eyes. It cites Shakespeare’s King Lear as a literary reference to glass eyes.
An 1698 Latin traveler’s account describes Muscovites as tall and strong, fed on cabbage and cucumbers, with brandy and leeks aiding digestion amid fasting. Giles Fletcher recalls a 1571 Tartars attack on Moscow, fire, crushes, and an inflated death toll, while Ivan allegedly disposed corpses into the Moskva to flood the river.
In court Sergeant Kelly known as Counselor Therefore due to his habit of drawing conclusions that contradicted his premises. He addressed the jury asserting the case was clear and promised to explain it minutely, a remark that reflected his flamboyant style at Trish bar.
The passage notes that Mohammedans thank God first when receiving a present and again to the giver. Some comply perfunctorily, while others do so sincerely, reflecting inherited customs. The aside about Lottie Brown and the quip on marriage adds a anecdotal, tongue in cheek social critique.
A brief Philadelphia Record item recounts a comical misadventure with the camel at Noah's Ark. Nash issues a blunt jab, the camel reacts, and the mishap ends with a punchline about the odd arrival of the animal.
A fragment cites Swift noting fortune serves only the prudent and that happiness rests on prudent action, reflecting a reflective, wisely framed sentiment about luck and planning.
Ida Caldwell of 806 Pearl Street Sioux City says a change of climate advised by physicians failed to help her respiratory catarrh until she tried Peruna. She reports relief within three days and full recovery after two and a half months. The ad claims thousands owe their health to Peruna and cites letters praising the remedy.
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