New Ulm Review reflects on Chicago's rise and faults
A May 8 1907 New Ulm Review piece argues Chicago’s growth showcases Victorian era progress yet reveals urban corruption and violence. It cites Bryan Hearst and the Independence League, discusses northrop and patchin academic appointments, and notes a Minnesota Territorial Pioneers jubilee plans with a request for pope names prior to May 11 1858.
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Cyrus Northrop
Patchin
Minneapolis
Springfield
Minnesota Territorial Pioneers
Old Capitol
St. Paul
Views and voices on politics and life from a press panel
In excerpts reprinted opinions touch on a potential third term for the president, journalistic verification, and faith in leaders. The panel includes Charles Zueblin, Leslie M. Shaw, Luther Burbank, President Roosevelt, John W. Gates, Gen. Baron Kuroki, and Senator Hansbrough. The comments cover mortality, war, education, equality, risk, and loyalty to ideals.
Century-Loss French Spoliation Claim Payout to Heirs
William Cox, Mrs Irene Buell and Eugene Cox, heirs of EP St Julien Cox, receive from their grandfather’s estate checks for their share of US government allowances on French spoliation claims. The award relates to damage to French war vessels in reprisals from 1793 to 1800 and reflects a second allowance to the Cox heirs.
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William Cox
Irene Buell
Eugene Cox
St. Julien Cox
United States
Cox
France
Baseball News Highlights From New Ulm and Nearby Games
The College team lost 20 to 6 to New Ulm regulars on Sunday with a game at Gibbon planned next week. A seven inning tie between Stonewalls and College Juniors ended 5 to 5. Linden Stars defeated Searles Giants 26 to 1. High School team fell to Springfield 9 to 2, with a return game set for next Saturday in the city. Sleepy Eye and Springfield played a strong game 5 to 0, Lamberton edged Sleepy Eye 5 to 4. Plus brief notes on a Paris revue described by Herkimer James and talks of a world journalists’ parliament in Budapest.
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New Ulmi
New Ulmites
Gibbon Boys
Gibbon
Stonewalls
Linden Stars
Searles Giants
Springfield
Capt. Nuessle
New Ulm
Sleepy Eye
Lamberton
The Skull Banjo Makes a Creepy Instrument
A New York Herald report describes a brutal skull banjo from Paraguay. The weaponized instrument uses a dried skull, skin drum top, leg bones as supports, and hooked jaws that snap with each shake.
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Paraguay
South America
New York Herald
Riddles From The New York Press On Common Details
The passage poses a series of precise questions about everyday objects and symbols. It asks about teeth counts, police shields, waistcoat buttons, watch faces, crescent moon orientation, animal toes, coin directions, stamp words, color of eyes, and signatures on currency. The tone imitates a curious catalog of visual details.
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New York Press
A Crooked Toast to a Lady's Hospitality
After the entertainment one guest criticizes the fur and layout, another praises the wallpaper yet dislikes the art, a third doubts the book leaves, and a skeptic declares the hostess has been too kind yet merited roasting for her pains in entertaining.
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New York. Press
Manuscript Sales Talk in Scribbles and Ragman
In a brief exchange from the Chicago News, Scribbles boasts of unloading all manuscript pages last week and questions their value while Dribbles notes the lack of a single offer, with Scribbles estimating a rate of two cents per pound.
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Dea
Chicago News
Watch Stopped From Not Wound Up, Clerks Explain
Mudge notes the watch has not run for two or three days. Jeweler Lem inspects and says nothing is wrong aside from it needing winding. Mudge recalls being told to wind it before bed, and admits he has not slept for three nights.
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William Jennings Bryan
Hearst
Hearst Jeans
Bryan
Independence League
Democratic Party
Mudge
Spine defined by pupil near Chatham Square
A pupil in a school near Chatham Square in New York City defined the word spine as a long, limber bone with the head at one end and the body at the other, illustrating a playful physiology note from Lip Pincott's Magazine.
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Chatham Square
New York City
Lippincott's Magazine
Hard to Suit
A terse quip from Judy about in law tension. The speaker notes that nothing she has done ever pleases her mother-in-law, framing a sharp social barb about family friction and expectations.
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Judy
Royal Nicknames Tell Short Tales of Kings Careers
A column notes how monarchs earned nicknames across nations. England, France, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Hungary, Portugal, Spain are listed with a mix of bold, pious, fierce, or odd epithets reflecting each king’s life. The piece ends with a quip about human fault.
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England
France
Russia
Lightfoot
Denmark
Hungary
Mary
Portugal
Spain
Away
The Life Plant Its Leaves Die Bloom Again
The Life Plant fascinates Bermuda visitors as its four inch green waxy leaves sprout new shoots when placed indoors. Shriveling tan areas give way to white roots and tiny green leaves, continuing to grow months later. Growth depends on heat and light, with shoots reaching about an inch and multiple leaves. Source notes from the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Bermuda
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Fragmented London Tatler mock dialogue tease
A quirky exchange hints at a dream about a crown and a boy named Uncle Jack. TheLondon Tatler tone plays with whimsy as a wise man notes preparation for what lies beyond control.
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Jack
London Tatler
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