Sincere confession purifies wrong says Maeterlinck
A Bel gian mystic argues sincerity comes from self scrutiny and honesty with oneself not moral perfection. Truth should be tailored to the listener, revealing only what fits their capacity, while urging more truths than offered. Confession reshapes desire, linking confidence, love, and renunciation of hidden faults.
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Shylock
Many bids arrive for training school site in Minnesota
Applications from at least ten cities and villages pour in for the new girls training school location. New Ulm leads, followed by Ribow Lake Litchfield Fairmont Redwood Falls Farmington and towns on the Duluth line. Cannon Falls in Goodhue County is favored by some legislators but bid status is unclear. A separate note recalls an ancient sharp metal tool used in maple wood cutting near Columbus discovery. An 18th Lyceum association forms in Hanska led by Chambrard Peterson Hage to host lectures and music.
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Industrial School
New Ulm
Ribow Lake
Litchfield
Fairmont
Redwood Falls
Farmington
Duluth
Northern Pacific
fHawkley
Rush City
Lindstrom
Counly
Chisago City
Bul Wing
Board of Control
Cannon Falls
Goodhue County
Rosing
Giant maple hides 400 year mystery stump near St Peter
Former Lieutenant Governor Gideon Ives attests to a remarkable find in a Minnesota woods near St Peter. A huge maple four feet in diameter yielded at its heart five or six deliberate cuts made while the tree was a sapling. Counting concentric rings shows an age of at least 400 years. The discovery is presented as evidence of prehistoric activity in the area.
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Gay
Ives
State Historical Society
St. Peter
St Peter
Public examiner allots deputies to audit Minnesota books
Capt Schaefer gains leverage through Chapter 344, General Laws of 1907 enabling the public examiner to inspect books of 10 000 districts statewide. Deputies at 5 a day will be paid from county funds as campaigns loom. Democrats and Republicans react, noting political leverage and patronage concerns.
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St. Paul
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Minnesota
Schaefer
Road Appropriation Unconstitutional Opinion Sparks Challenge
Attorney General Young warned that the $400,000 road and bridge fund law is unconstitutional, casting doubt on the legislature’s creation of the fund and urging courts to adopt a ruling differing from Attorney General Childs 1894 stance. The dispute centers on state road financing and legal admissibility.
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Young
Childs
Bill Creat
Maxims From the Pen of George Bernard Shaw
A collection of Shaw observations on society government and virtue. The selections critique religion politics and human behavior with pithy contrasts between idols bureaucracy crime decadence economy and obedience versus disobedience. Several maxims compare moral standards to social power and memory.
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George Bernard Shaw
Governor Questions Legality of 400000 State Fund
The speaker notes no funds will be paid under the law until courts decide. An 1895 Gen Childs opinion suggests doubt, referencing Frank Day’s earlier request. The 1907 1908 appropriation of 400000 is challenged as unconstitutional, since interior improvements rely on land revenue and a one twentieth mill tax yielding about 360000 annually.
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Senate
Gen. Childs
Frank Day
Wheat price plan nudges higher at equity meeting
The American Society of Equity aims to set a minimum bushel price in the five leading wheat states. Delegations from Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas will attend Omaha June 5 6 7. A central bureau will share supply and demand data fix a floor price and coordinate grain handling to prevent market gluts.
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American Society of Equity
Grain-Growers Department of
Omaha
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Everett
Indianpolis
United States
Central Bureau
State Union of
State Bankers’ Association
Characteristic Epigrams of the Tron Chancellor Recited
A curio of remarks attributed to Princs Bismarck highlighting his self description as clear rather than oratorical and a string of epigrams on war politics responsibility and nationhood. The collection reflects his diction and views on diplomacy and leadership.
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TRON
Princs Bismarck
Gladstone
Legal calendar opens in Nicollet county court
The Nicollet county district court convened with Judge Olsen in charge for a long term. Key cases include Gustaf Widell versus W G Hoerr and National Citizens Bank over a $25,000 loan with a $25,000 premium, alleged usury, plus a $3,500 claim by Hagberg and Sampson for surveying services to Swan Lake owners. Criminal matters include charges against four St Peter saloonkeepers for selling liquor to minors and possible highway robbery indictments against Fred Phillips and C F Brooks.
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District Court
Nicollet County
Olsen
Gustaf Widell
Mankato
W.G. Hoerr
National Citizens’ Bank
Hoerr
Lake Prairie Township
C. A. Hagberg
Hordale&Samson
New Ulm
Swan Lake
St. Peter
Fred Phillips
C. F. Brooks
le Sueur County
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Hanska
FP. S. Chambard
Joel Peterson
Emil Hage
Gideon Ives
Capt. Schaefer
Public Examiner
Jacob Scherer
Daniel Webster
Prof
Myer
Reid