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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1900
Page
10
An illustrated 4 part piece on national defenses quotes a veteran commander about volunteers. He cites Transvaal war lessons and notes citizens eagerly joining the militia out of patriotism and desire to serve, with pride in the volunteer spur.
A young woman in Still Southven town purchased her engagement ring with her own money, insisting on choosing it herself. She visited big shops in Chicago and returned home pleased, claiming the ring suited her taste better than anything bought by her fiancé.
A curious mineral called moldavite or Honteillenstein draws attention in Mistria and Bohemia. Glassy ovals from one inch to an inch and a half long show finger-like markings and radial furrows. Some scholars link them to prehistoric glass, others to meteoritic origin, with similarities to obsidian bombs in Australia. In Bohemia they occur in white deposits dated to the late Tertiary or early diluvial.
Naval constructors say a four day Atlantic crossing is not impossible but impractical to maintain speeds needed. They warn the plan would require unsustainable power and fuel, making such a voyage unlikely in the foreseeable future.
Over the last two decades the count of American women physicians practicing in Asiatic countries rose from about 20 to 289, reflecting a substantial increase in female medical professionals abroad.
A lobster fisherman recalls mornings when red codfish swarm around protected lobster sheds and strike at the soft crustaceans. The codfish disable the lobsters with blows and devour them, a pattern he has witnessed many times as lobster shells firm up for the season.
In St Gall Consul General Tubois cites a Washington Post report on a Swiss accident and military insurance bill defeated by two thirds. The plan would have compulsory sickness and accident insurance with shares for government labor and employers, but opposition from manufacturers and industrial districts, plus uneven canton support, led to a 195000 vote defeat. Glarus supported the measure while 21 cantons rejected it.
A reader asks why his calculation of ancestors from four generations per century yields 8.59 billion grand‑ ancestors at the Norman conquest, far exceeding world population. The note hints at a fallacy in assuming constant reproduction and generation length across centuries. The column also reports a priestly death in Hungary and notes on artesian wells and Victoria’s varied subjects including demographics.
A discussion of access to the president and family at the White House, describing public near the portico, privacy policies, guard practices, and a noted incident with a new reporter who was gently cautioned. It reflects on how even a president earns moments to himself amid visitors, diplomats, and tourists.
An observant man in the New York Tribune notes bicycles remain common among sailors. A petty officer aboard the Baltimore used an old wheel through seaports in Europe Hong Kong Japan Manila and elsewhere. The bicycle kept him busy during shore leave and helped save money by avoiding saloons and dissipation.
Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb and blind student, advances at Radcliffe with Arthur Gilman and Miss Sullivan guiding years of study. She mastered geometry, algebra, English, Latin and Greek using Braille and a typewriter, and attends lectures accompanied by Miss Sullivan.
A London correspondent notes tea tasters face deteriorating health from their work as a drug like stimulant. Proposals urge government pensions funded by employers, though firms resist, while some liberal merchants pledge care for veterans. A few firms report 1000 and 360 pensioners respectively, but most dismiss aging tasters. a mutual benefit society is suggested but not favored.
A London firm, famed as a city icon, traces its founder to a foundling case. Dropped at a church doorstep, he was raised by a Foundling Hospital nurse, later supported by a mysterious aristocratic benefactor. Raised well, he rose to lead a premier business, dying wealthy without knowing his birth.
Finland severs ties with the international postal union as imperial Russia withdraws the Finnish stamp and substitutes the Russian. Finnish collectors regard the stamp as suddenly valuable and Finns devise a clever method to mail letters using Finnish and Russian stamps on nested envelopes to provoke a response. A French remedy for vitriol burns is praised as instant and scarless. A Chicago Tribune jab at the emperor of Chin quips about retaliation for murdered ministers. A Hopkinsville Ky man claims possession of a long preserved tobacco twist from Virginia.
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