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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
7
A vintage health advertisement claims two diseases threaten the nation and kidney trouble causes bladder and systemic issues. It touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder problems with a sample bottle offer and address in Binghamton New York.
On Tuesday May 12 from morning until 4 30 pm a one day only offering medical consultation by Dr Rea at 212 Nicollet Ave. Educated in Europe and America he provides German and English language consultations for varicocele rupture enlarged glands and related issues. No pain no blood loss claimed and cure emphasized with alcohol abstinence not required. Fee one dollar.
Minnesota Republican convention in Minneapolis lasted two hours. Four delegates at large and alternates chosen for the national convention. Eleven presidential electors nominated. Resolutions direct delegates to vote for Taft until he is selected. Big four named Kellogg, Heffelfinger, Putnam, Hawkins. alternates listed. Platform endorses Roosevelt, supports waterways development and tariff revision.
Two masked men robbed Northern Pacific train passengers in a Minneapolis sleeper, escaping with 41 dollars and two gold watches. Despite a large police presence, detectives, and railway agents, the robbers eluded capture as the train slowed near Twenty-fifth Avenue North. The description is unclear, but both are said to be small, one around fifty, and the suspects wore masks.
Rushford city threatens bankruptcy after a city clerk allegedly embezzled $1,200. Saloon licenses expiring April 29 will cut off $4,400 in revenue, raising the anticipated loss to nearly $8,000. The clerk Alm was arrested and pled guilty, deepening the city’s cash crisis. The council has yet to find a solution before next winter.
Giuseppe Crea of St. Paul hunted a former lover across hundreds of miles after she deserted him to elope. In Chicago he stabbed the woman three times, each wound enough to kill. In Duluth, Charles F. P. Leland, ex-president of the Commercial Bank, killed himself with two gunshots in a despondent act over business troubles.
Two masked men held up Karl J. Fieseler's drug store in a suburb of St Paul. They shot the clerk in the arm, robbing about $50 from the cash drawer before escaping.
John O'Neill of Duluth a brakeman on the Duluth Migsabe and Northern railroad was killed at Saginaw Station thirty five miles from Duluth He attempted to build a freight train in motion and fell under the wheels.
William Senck an American customs officer of Port Francis Our drowned while trying to run the rapids in a canoe. Brack was a resident of St Paul where his parents were.
A Twin City delegation led by Harrie of the National Bank of Commerce Minneapolis appeared before the House Banking and Currency Committee in Washington to oppose the Aldrich bill. Bankers and business leaders from St Paul and Minneapolis argued it would curtail lending and objected to the La Fallette amendment restricting bank directors. They urged no need for an emergency currency measure and favored a carefully considered permanent bill.
A Minneapolis federal jury found Herbert F. P. Robinson J J Layne and F J Holliday guilty on a conspiracy indictment. They operated a grain brokerage in 1905 and allegedly collected between 74009 and 100100 through circulars sent by mail promising inside grain market tips and high returns.
August Kisser, a farm resident five miles west of Bemidji, was arrested at gunpoint after allegedly attempting a bold blackmail scheme. He reportedly confessed writing an anonymous letter to George B Thompson demanding money left at a lonely spot near the city, and deputies staged a sting with Thompson to trap him.
Twenty two St Paul Bryan backers urge county convention caucuses at 7 20 p m on May 6 to shape delegations for the state convention The Democratic county committee sets a 5 to 8 o clock May 6 window to include workers who cannot attend at 5. Otlo Stann nine of Minneapolis drowns during a river dare while Will Zeeb seven attempted to show bravery by stepping onto boom sticks near Thirty third Avenue The drowning occurred as Zeeb slipped and fell into the river and his body was recovered
A jury awarded Mire Olga Bergman of Flibbing $4730 for a Kise, reduced by $250 from the first verdict. Bergman testified that Jacob Kitz of Hibbing took two Kiss by force when he came for the pent, but Kitz claimed blackmail. Two juries found Bergman acted under duress and the damages were set accordingly.
Minneapolis telegraph operator Hoffman aged twenty eight locked himself in a Beaufort hotel room and turned on the gas. He had married Tennessee Buller of Glenwood, Tennessee, a year earlier and had attempted suicide before succeeding.
An American observer at a Russian palace dinner notices a noblewoman's anxious glances and a hidden powder on a folded paper. He uses a burning paper to destroy evidence, wins release from Cossacks, and later learns the plot involved a Russian secret political society and the danger to the noblewoman.
A fragment recalls Bolin asking if a dream placed him in heaven. The reply jokes that he once dreamed he was in a jam tort, a playful mishearing or misspoken line reflecting humorous mid sentence banter.
An obituary style brief reports a physician in Calcutta discovering a herb cure for consumption after trial on his daughter. The recipe is offered free to all upon two stamps, promising relief for night sweats nausea and colds, with the address CRAD DOCK & CO. Philadelphia.
A Ohio clergy story recounts deacons visiting a pastor to complain he swore after a fishing trip. The minister asked for specifics and learned the other man had exclaimed about a “darned good bite” and the pastor cheerfully replied that he too had a bite.
Washington report from January 1907 notes the Department of Agriculture filed a strong guarantee that Jell-O and Jell-O Ice Cream Powder are pure and comply with the National Pure Food Law. The serial number 1564 protects all wholesalers and retailers handling the products, with officials praising their purity and wholesomeness.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a remedy called Mother Gray's, with unclear references to a monthly feature and an address in New York. The readable entities include Mother Gray and New York.
A fragmentary affair mentions a farmer answering about a hat band of three colors as a sign of college degrees. It then notes a supposed twenty year sentence and a testimonial by O. 5. Woulever of Leltaysville NS praising Buckley’s Arnica Salve for healing piles and various ailments.
A customer named Newrich requests a complete set of Old Sleuth while browsing a shop. The dialogue notes a clerical exchange and mentions Allen's Foot Exa, a powder for walking, bunions, growing nails, swollen feet, and a shoe store sample offer with a specific address in Le Roy New York.
Edward Stevens, an aspiring actor from San Francisco, recalls his early stage dreams and a tense audition at a Reading variety house where a German manager demanded laughter. Also an old advertisement promises cattle and horse hides sent to Crosby Frisian Fur Company Rochester NY for coats robes rugs gloves and mittens with freight paid.
An anecdote from His Antecedents recalls Stephen Girard’s will barring clergymen from Girard College Philadelphia. A clerical looking man approaching the entrance is halted by a janitor who then misrecognizes the visitor and escorts him in, after a comic exchange.
On first and third Tuesdays monthly, homeseekers rates toNebraska Kansas Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Colorado and other states. Stopovers allowed. tickets valid twenty-one days. For rates and train times, contact agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
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