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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1908
Page
7
A grocer pamphlet style health ad promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for lame back kidney bladder and related troubles. It claims wide testing and a free sample by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY with bottles sold nationwide.
A dramatic catalog of ailments from head to toe is offered with claims of universal cures. It lists conditions like deafness, eye trouble, paralysis, and sexual debility, then touts TRAM Me treatment and quick relief, all priced at £1.00. Consultation advertised at BeNivallev ave Minneapolis.
The president proposed Milton D. Purdy of Minnesota as United States judge at Minneapolis to replace Judge Lochren. Senators Clapp and Nelson had backed W. E. Hale for the post. Purdy, since July 1905, has led enforcement of Sherman antitrust and Interstate Commerce Act in the Justice Department and argued major government cases before the Supreme Court, including wins for the government against Great Northern Railway and Armour Packing.
Captain Francis B. Hart of Minneapolis is suspended from practicing in Minnesota state courts for six months by a special supreme court panel. The decision, written by Judge Frank C. Brooks, upholds the court’s earlier rulings and notes immunity for private citizen criticism but disbars Hart for personally violating his oath as chief justice. Stolen cash recovered by St. Paul police includes $275 from Keble’s brother and a $500 galise find, with the burglar Keble linked to multiple church and parsonage robberies. A separate case reports Watkins Hall shooting his son in law Sam King after a grocery bill dispute, while a Spring Grove boy dies entangled in a hay rope while trying to swing.
In St Paul the state and railroad company lawyers asked Judge Sanborn to appoint a master in chancery to take evidence for a Supreme Court case. Names floated for the position were George P. Wannery and Judge Charles E. B Otis. The judge reserved ruling on whether the master would report only facts or include legal conclusions as well. Authorities differed on the necessity of a master in chancery in this parallel proceeding.
Father J H Keil aged 35, pastor of Holy Name parish near Hamel Station in Hennepin County, drowned when a rowboat was capsized on Ditter’s Lake during a crossing. Father Laventure aided in the rescue but Keil died soon after reaching shore.
Buffalo jury convicts John J. Mooney a Waverly real estate dealer of murder in the second degree after a one hour and three quarters verdict. He is sentenced to life in the penitentiary with execution stayed until May 4. No appeal planned. Also notes a pardon board commutes Dr. Jacob Force’s sentence to two years six months.
The text profiles H. H. Asquith, newly premier of Britain, detailing his career from MP to chancellor and his reputed intellect. It notes his early obsession with reading parliamentary reports, his legal success after initial reverses, and his imagined future as prime minister. It compares him to Roosevelt and Choate in bold terms and praises his forensic prowess.
Mrs Donald McLean denounces William Waldorf Astor for gifting Chesapeake’s battle flag to England. DAR members in Washington express shock at the move calling it un-American and urging relics be preserved, stressing pride in Revolutionary War and War of 1812 deeds and the line Don't give up the ship.
The Montville Maryland? No near Richmond Virginia. The colonial home of Patrick Henry's descendants is to be burned by its owners due to a bat infestation. Warm weather has brought thousands of bats into grand parlors and bedrooms. Extermination attempts with poison and clubs failed. bats hang from furniture, ceilings, and walls, forming curtains and rendering the house uninhabitable.
In an audience with distinguished Americans Pope Pius X produced a railroad ticket return coupon from Venice to Rome. The card was gifted as a keepsake of the visit. The ticket was bought by Cardinal Giuseppi Sarto for the cardinal meeting in Rome after Leo’s death. He never returned to Venice.
Hip, a Chinese artist in Philadelphia's Chinatown, shapes potato statues using wire and a pent knife. His works, colored with india ink, include Psyche at the Bath Venus de Milo and heads of great men, with demand rising in Tenderloin shops. He plans a piece titled Washington Crossing the Delaware using about a peck of potatoes. The Primitive Methodist church of Great Britain launches a pension fund for 125 dependents aged seventy-five to ninety-four.
An old Doctor cured his only child of consumption using a Calcutta herb. The family claims permanent recovery and offers the recipe for two 2-cent stamps to cover expenses. The herb purportedly also relieves night sweats nausea and breaks a fresh cold in 24 hours. Address Crad Dock & Co. Philadelphia.
Clergy in Ohio face a perplexing complaint as deacons report to the pastor that he swore. The pastor asks for specifics and learns the gist of the quarrel: last week he fished with a worldly man who cried out about a good bite, to which the pastor cheerfully replied that he also had a bite.
A tax supported notice shows the Department of Agriculture accepting a guarantee that Jell-O and Jell-O Ice Cream Powder are pure and wholesome. Serial number 1534 covers all wholesalers and retailers handling the products. Official circles regard the purity of the brands as longstanding and trustworthy.
A collage of quirky lines from old ads and anecdotes. It includes a farmer boasting a son’s college degrees, a twenty year sentence reference, medicinal salves, a request for literary sets, and an anecdote about Edward Stevens aiming for stage work. The piece blends product pitches with humorous misreadings and small-town chatter.
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