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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
2
Wm. Pfaender Jr offers old line insurance including fire, tornado, life, health and accident in Tusure. Safe and reliable coverage highlighted for property and personal risk protection.
Dr Henry James cured his sole child of consumption using a Calcutta herb mix after other remedies failed. The child is healthy, and the physician claims permanent cure. The recipe is offered free for two 2-cent stamps to cover expenses. Also advertised are cures for night sweats nausea and quick relief from colds, through Crad Dock & Co. at 1032 Race St Philadelphia.
A strong Department of Agriculture filing guarantees that Jell O and Jell O Ice Cream Powder are strictly pure and comply with the National Pure Food Law. The guarantee under serial number 1681 protects all wholesale and retail grocers handling the products, asserting high regard in official circles for purity and wholesomeness.
A Republican dispatch from Hanne Wyoming reports fifty eight missing and five recovered bodies after two blasts at Union Pacific Coal Co mine No 1. Rescue work at the tenth level aims to extinguish the fire while closing the west slope. Names of the dead include Hubert Warburton Peter Munson Alexander Tennant Matt Huhtala and Benjamin Perry. Superintendent Briggs and eighteen rescuers were killed by a second explosion in the same area.
The Senate approved the Aldrich currency bill by 42 to 16 in a largely party line vote. It permits up to 600 million dollars of emergency currency for national banks against state and local bonds, to be approved by the secretary of the treasury. Banks would pay half of one percent monthly for four months, then three quarters of one percent thereafter, with distribution tied to bank capital and state needs.
Washington reports the judiciary sub committee censured Judge Wilfley of the U S court for China in Shanghai for harshness and legal ignorance. The panel did not urge impeachment but sparked a heated debate as Alabama's Mr Clayton moved for impeachment if the full committee balked. No action was taken by the full committee.
The circuit court affirms the lower court decision sentencing twenty Toledo lumbermen to six months in the workhouse under the Valentine anti trust law. The supreme court ruled imprisonment must be in the county jail, prompting re sentencing. Wealthy Toledo citizens seek a loophole to have wages considered for supreme court review.
Chicago coroner's jury finds Chief of Police Shippy and Driver J B Foley justified in killing Averbuch a young Russian Jew who attacked the chief in his home. Over twenty witnesses testified including Olen Averbuch sister of the dead man and Shippy's son Harry who is recovering from a chest wound.
Former Adjutant General Gi Bulkeley Wells narrowly escaped serious injury when a dynamite charge was placed under or near his bed at his Telluride home. The blast ripped the house wall and scattered debris, but Wells remained unharmed though shaken. He led labor troubles suppression in 1904 5 and helped prosecute Western Federation of Miners officers in Boise. He also aided extradition of Steve Adams tied to local miners strike related murder charges.
New York March 28 A premature explosion of a house bomb aimed to wipe out fifty patrolmen sparked a riot at Union Square during a 10 000 strong unemployed meeting and crowd. The bomber Selig Silverstein Brooklyn age 21 died at Bellevue Hospital. Hildebrand of Brooklyn was killed. Several injured. Police doubt Silverstein carried the bomb, suspecting a broader plot to slay officers as in Haymarket.
San Francisco reports diplomat Stevens died at St Francis hospital after surgery revealed six intestinal perforations from a shot by Whang Chang. Chang, told of the death, expressed pleasure, saying Stevens was no friend of Korea and is better dead.
Pittsburg March 28 Henry Reiber paying teller and John Young auditor of the Farmers Deposit National bank faced arraignment on extra charges by the bank examiner. The latest indictments raise defalcations to 1 105 000 dollars. Bond set at 250 000 each, they remain jailed after arreste Monday night. A subsequent charge accuses them of conspiring to defraud the bank of 200 000 dollars.
Marcus Lollis Lundy, the negro shot by Representative J Thomas Heflin on a street car, is greatly improved and expected to recover. The bullet lodged above his left ear remains unfound as X ray tests are planned. Thomas McCreary of New York, also shot in the incident, was only slightly injured.
In Chicago on March 25 the Illinois Democratic state central committee endorsed William J. Bryan for president in emphatic language. The group set Springfield as the site for the state convention on April 25, with Sullivan allies controlling the meeting and a split on delegate selection. The Bryan resolution passed 33 to 1, Donohue dissenting. Sullivan supported the affirmative.
The Springfield Iowa Republican convention endorsed Joseph G Cannon for president and praised Governor Deneen and other state officers. U S Senators Cullom and Hopkins and President Roosevelt were commended. The tariff plank draft was debated and aligned with the original wording.
Grand Forks North Dakota March 26 The Democratic state convention adopted without dissent a resolution endorsing William Jennings Bryan for president It states Bryan represents the truest type of American citizenship and the convention delegates are instructed to vote as a unit for Bryan at the national Democratic convention in Denver.
The Democratic state convention at Cedar Rapids endorsed Nebraskan for president with iron clad resolutions binding delegates. Bryan sentiment dominated the meeting as delegates to the national convention were selected amid large attendance and defeated attempts to restrict instructions. The resolutions followed the Nebraska platform.
By unanimous vote the Democratic state convention in Indianapolis adopts resolutions directing the thirty Indiana delegates to vote for William Jennings Bryan at the national convention in Denver.
An interurban from Jackson to Detroit derailed on raise mar thirty first street due to a defective raise and crashed into a store, wrecking the car and demolishing the front of the Wwowlory building. About forty people were injured in the March 25 incident on the Ann Arbor branch of the Detroit United railway.
Congressional activity outlines House and Senate actions over March 24 and 26. Major items include obstruction threats over employers liability, campaign contribution publicity, and free pulp bills. La Follette opposition to Aldrich currency bill. amendments from the finance committee adopted. sharp House attacks on the president. credentials debate for Maryland senator John W. Smith. a third currency bill passed. Williams of Mississippi moving to probe executive breaches of House privileges linked to the Wilfley case.
Buckford, suspected of killing Sheriff James Webb, shot himself in a Billings sheep wagon after being surrounded by a posse in Musselshell County. Deputies and locals tracked him to the Fus Thompson ranch where he lay dead with a pistol in hand and the murder rifle nearby. The surrounding posse had gathered by daylight awaiting capture.
Market quotes show Minneapolis wheat with May at 31.00 percent, July 1.02, and various other futures. Duluth and St Paul stock yards report cattle and hog prices with ranges, while Chicago roads list cattle, hog, sheep, and grain prices for March 28. The data includes grain futures for wheat, corn, oats, and pork futures, plus poultry prices.
A jagged passage presents strange phrases about power and health, then a joke about a turkey and Pioneer Deng Ou. A character asks to take the turkey, another asks if Farmer Jones would permit it, and the turkey replies probabilistically.
Jesse P Morris of Skippers Wisconsin recalls a 1906 spring pneumonia scare. He credits Dr Kang New Discovery for rapid relief from coughs and lung trouble after two and a half bottles, with a guarantee and a free trial bottle offered at Olken's drug store OWB.
A dialog about a proposal leads to an advertisement blend. The piece markets a fur catalog from Crosby Frisian Fur Co. Rochester NY and DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills via Eugene A Pfefferle, implying livestock to fur and medical remedies.
A fragmentary 1900s era testimonial extols Kedol For Dyspepsia by DeWitt & Co of Chicago. The writer claims stomach relief and enduring health after using Kedol, describing digestion improvement and long life promises, in a brusque, era-typical tone. The damaged text references other odd phrases and names.
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