02 May 1900
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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1900
Page
1
Ottomeyer announces a special sale next Monday May 7 featuring parasols from 38 cents to 76 cents and silk parasols and umbrellas up to 1 50. The store highlights its large selection including children's fancy parasols and men's umbrellas with plain and fancy handles. Savings range from 10 to 50 cents per item.
A brief notice discusses Crone Bro's Goods selling only class goods and notes that price is not the sole proof of quality. It advises wearing a blue serge suit in warm weather and mentions price points of ten and fourteen dollars.
A jailed man named Henry Davis attempted a bold escape Sunday afternoon by breaking from a county jail cell. He tore the wall, removed bricks, and broke the window frame before being recaptured. Davis, 28, known also as Kneight, is an old offender with prior jail time at Stillwater and here. he was fined for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
At last night's meeting Dr J L Schoch and Otto Schell asked the city council for an expression on whether the city will launch its own lighting system at the end of the current contract or extend the existing franchise. The issue, referred to the Lights Committee, centers on municipal ownership as the company plans substantial improvements costing thousands and seeks assurance about future lighting arrangements two years hence.
The Retail Liquor Dealers Association of Minnesota plans its annual meeting in this city on June 8 9 and 20 with anticipated 500 to 1 000 visitors and an estimated $5 000 in external spending. Committees for arrangements grounds rates and music were named including Peter Herman Frank Burg and others.
Twenty years ago The Review highlighted reminiscences of Ulm’s history with mentions of the Leauffel drama The Sea of Ice cast including Joseph Bobleter J A Eckstein and others. It notes delays in production due to a missing manager and records local events such as land office relocation to Tracy county assessors setting land values, hail damage, Burns station name change to Springfield, sugar company sales, bar admission for J A Eckstein, Governor’s Guards rifle issue, horse theft, mill wheat intake, and multiple marriage licenses in May. The piece also cites New York Herald observations on Senate delays and a record of private pension bills passing quickly.
County assessors met at the auditor's office on Saturday to determine the basis for valuing property. The minimum real estate assessment was set at eight dollars per acre, with improvements on the property assessed at one third of value.
A statewide Democratic delegate convention is called for June 20 1900 at the Exposition building Minneapolis to select eighteen delegates for the national convention in Kansas City Missouri and to elect a state central committee County representation is listed and county conventions are set for June 14 1900 Invitations extend to reform citizens to join in the effort for constitutional government and party unity in Minnesota.
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