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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1900
Page
3
The article reports signs of a downturn across Germany's industrial sectors. It notes strikes, factory stoppages, and wage pressures as capitalized electrical works face contract end limits. Textile mills show mass layoffs with wages near starvation levels amid rising costs.
Richard B. Ferris proposes a Pringle memorial home for aged men in Poughkeepsie New York. He manages a $250000 trust fund from Samuel M Pringle for erection and maintenance. Ferris seeks to buy the Heard mansion on Academy Street for about $115000 including furnishings.
Miss Nellie G White and her sister Alice, en route from Glassport to McKeesport for lessons, defend themselves with revolvers when two tramps try to seize their purses. Nellie fires wounding one assailant, as the other escapes into the woods. The sisters are Vassar graduates.
The article discusses upcoming naval session plans for coaling stations and fuel handling facilities along the sea coast. It notes a $150,000 allocation as insufficient for early torpedo boat storehouse needs and warns of rising coal costs as ships of war require larger supplies this year.
Two expeditions to the South Pole for 1901 are planned with government and private funding. The German group led by Prof. Drygolski will depart from Kiel with 40 men aboard a wooden ship built to withstand pressure, aiming for Kerguelen lands in September 1901. The British party led by Capt. Scott with Prof. Gregory will depart August 1901, May involve 50 to 60 men, and coordinate with Royal and Royal Geographical societies plus Sir Clements Markham.
Franz Lida and Karl Gretsch, 23 year old Austrian electricians, arrived aboard the Kaiser Frederick. They wager $20,000 with Russian nobleman Chevalier de Kamaros and aim to beat the world by visiting every capital and landing in Vienna unseen. They traveled as pantry stewards across the Atlantic and plan the Pacific journey with little funds and a cold winter ahead.
An Australian inventor unveils a rifle firing 40 shots per minute, a pace often exceeded in history. Earlier devices include the Super rifle with 60 shots in a minute and the Spencer rifle unloading seven rounds in ten seconds. Modern service rifles average around 40 shots per minute, while auto genetic designs imitate the Maxim but rely on rapid ammunition supply.
The Lewiston Journal asserts a claim about the country’s latitude center near North Perry, Maine. The report hints at a disputed calculation involving ten thousand Irish children and the Erse language, reflecting a sensational geographic anecdote.
The report covers ore discoveries under a Duluth bank building with iron ore assays at 65 percent, exploration success near Mesaba Ver and Duluth field notes, and a deadly lamp explosion in Minneapolis. It also notes public school funding milestones, iron ore shipments, injuries from machinery, and various regional incidents and appointments.
A clever fraudster, elusive under various aliases, dupes firms by sending packages to be delivered to different recipients in the states. Detectives in St Paul trace his New York arrivals and losses of $10,000 parcels that vanish after dispatch. A female accomplice is suspected as some deliveries are demanded by a woman.
Prospectors funded by H. W. Treat of New York and Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper of Vancouver report a vast surface copper showing at the Daisy claim near Vancouver. They claim 282 assays, a 428 foot high copper bluff, and 1 500 feet of exposed quarry with water erosion revealing rich ore. They compare to Britannia, asserting a bigger showing.
The seven foot four inch skeleton of an Indian chief was found by Joseph and Charles Everett in Rogers Park near Pratt Avenue. Copper knife arrow heads and gold were recovered. The skeleton and artifacts were reported to police and later given to Dr John Klein who will mount and send the body to Leipsic University.
Mary Anderson wife of Antonio Navarro admitted age beyond her youth while at a Broadway Worcester bazaar. A rector called her motherly to the group and she replied she felt honored yet perhaps sisterly.
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