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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1909
Page
6
A Philadelphia doctor claims his home remedy cured his daughter of consumption after other treatments failed. He offers the herbal preparation for two postage stamps, promising relief for light sweats, nausea, and quick cold recovery, and invites readers to write Crad & Co., ACE Street, Philadelphia.
The piece claims malaria germs thrive by the Potomac in marshy areas and cause chills fever and debility. It promotes Electric Buyers tonic as a cure and preventive for malaria and other organ troubles, citing R. M. James of Louellen South Carolina and offering a 50 cent guarantee by O. M. Olsen.
The House backed the conference report on the tariff bill by 195 to 183 in a marathon eleven hour session in oppressive heat. Twenty Republicans voted against the report while two Democrats supported it. Notable defections and brief remarks framed a close confidence vote, with three votes swing enough to have changed the outcome and sugar duties among the disputed issues.
President Taft compels conferees to revise the Payne Aldrich tariff report halting high rates on lumber and gloves. He demands Senate gloves rates and Senate finished lumber rates while keeping hides on the free list and reducing leather goods duties. Some concessions on rough lumber and a change to tallow on the free list follow the mandatory directive.
Reports from Tokio detail a catastrophic flood in Changchun province Manchuria. In Kirin city near the Sun Kat River 41 000 people drowned and 7000 boys submerged amid wrecked homes and panicked survivors.
A deadly acetylene gas tank blast at the Kuhlo Manufacturing building at 79 and 81 West Third Street in St Paul kills six people and injures several others. The blast, part of an apparatus for filling automobile lamps, levels two two story adjoining buildings and unleashes a fierce fire that lasts an hour. Victims include Arnold Kuhlo, R J Patterson, Rommie Suskey, Clifford Gamble, Agnes Gagnon, and Herbert Wodgeman.
In White Plains July 31 the judge pressed the witness on Thaws inflated ego and belief in supreme ability as District Attorney Jerome questioned and Justice Mila probed Thaws conduct. Thaw admitted interrupting counsel to offer evidence with disclaimers about trusting his attorneys.
William F. Sasson, arrested on two murder charges, allegedly drew two revolvers after a bartender refused service in a Paterson saloon. He fired into the crowd, killing two men and seriously wounding another, according to the report from July.
Official dispatches report a disastrous defeat for Spanish forces outside Melilla on July 27. Moors cut the railroad and communications, forcing abandonment of advance posts. Spanish losses include one general, several officers, and about 1,000 men with 1,409 wounded. Melilla’s hippodrome reportedly filled with wounded soldiers. Two generals were mortally wounded.
Madrid dispatches report Catalonia shows improvement with King Alfonso and Premier Maurw deeming the worst passed as troops rush to the area. Private leaks speak of great slaughter in Barcelona and widespread destruction of churches monasteries and convents amid the rebellion though official figures are not released.
July wheat futures surged to 1.50 a bushel in New York on July 31 as shorts paid the price in the open market before defaulting on 20,000 bushels. The defaulted grain settled at 1.49 a bushel, marking the season’s highest level.
Harry C Pulliam president of the National League of baseball clubs killed himself with a pistol in his rooms at the New York Athletic Club. Friends attributed the act to sudden emotion with no forethought, noting a recent illness and reports of melancholia.
A major quake jolted central Mexico from Querato to Oaxaca, waking a region over 100 square miles. Official tallies list fourteen deaths and over twenty seriously injured. Chilpancingo in Guerrero state was completely destroyed while nearby Acapulico suffered partial destruction.
Market notes from Minneapolis and Duluth dated July 31 list grain prices for wheat and oats, with on track and delivered bids for No. 1 hard and Northern grades, plus Dec May and Sept futures. St Paul stockyards report cattle, veal, sheep and lamb quotes, while Chicago grain markets show July and December prices for wheat corn oats pork butter eggs and poultry with assorted futures and spot figures.
Chicago July 31 cattle and hog market quotes list varied grades with prices for cattle calves cows and heifers stockers and feeders and hogs across categories with unit prices and totals shown in a dense archival feed. Prices include high quality western steers around 4.00 to 4.90 per hundredweight and hogs near 7.90, with mixed lots and specialty figures.
The New York Press notes that homemade ice cream improves with aging overnight. Churn firmly but not excessively, then pack in salted ice to remove ice crystals. Freezing a day or two before serving yields a smoother texture and healthier product, while shipping cream under a week old risks quality.
Haydn settled a dispute over tempo by asking if the singer was handsome and favored by the prince. When the conductor replied yes, Haydn ruled that she was right, illustrating courtly influence on musical timing.
An unnamed advertiser promotes New Life Pill as a non habit forming remedy that supposedly prevents trouble from laziness and idleness. It claims to ease constipation headaches pimples and poor appetite while boosting overall health with claimed buildup.
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