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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1907
Page
7
An old ad warns that kidney trouble affects both women and men, dulling mind and vigor. Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer’s is advertised as a remedy sold in 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes with sample offers and testimonials, urging readers to note the product name and address in Binghamton New York.
An advertisement touts Kodol as a remedy for indigestion and sour stomach. It cites relief from sour stomach, loss of strength, headaches, and other debilities, claiming the product digests what you eat and strengthens stomach mucous membranes. The copy mentions Ravenswood and E G DeWitt & Co of Chicago as producers.
Farmers and stockmen are invited to request a descriptive pamphlet about rare farm land bargains in South Dakota and business opportunities in new towns opened by the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad extension. Free postal pamphlet by writing B. Cutts, Minneapolis, Minn.
Seven Northern Pacific railroad workers in Duluth drowned when a tug tow swamped their rowboat as they returned from work. Names listed include Hanson Solberg Stafness Steeper Leiden and four others. Thorsen Skamfor Hansen and Johnson survived after swimming.
Two men killed in Minneapolis early Sunday appear linked to robbery. Andrew Bjorklund was found mutilated under a freight car on the Minneapolis and Western railway tracks at Twelfth Avenue South. A second man, identified only as a Black man, died of a gunshot wound and was found near Flint Street. Police pursue a murder inquiry as the motive and killers remain unknown.
State Auditor Iverson delivers 20 904 47 in reserved lands to Hastings and Dakota rail road trustees ending a twelve year dispute. Owen Morris of St Paul receives deeds for Swift Stevens Big Stone Chippewa Kandiyohi Yellow Medicine Lac qui Parle McLeod counties totaling multiple parcels now to be taxed. A final small deed remains to be issued, closing the case.
A hold up at the Columbia Heights post office near Minneapolis saw burglars lock doors barricade stairs to nearby restaurant and Postmaster J B Cornell rooms. They looted 50 in cash and 250 in stamps before fleeing toward Minneapolis. John Symonds, a St Paul salvage corps fireman, died from injuries after inhaling nitric acid fumes during a boxcar fire.
McGuigan announces resignation as first vice president of the Great Northern Railroad effective Sept 1 though his active official duties already end. The split with James J. Hill grew from April arrival in St Paul, with McGuigan renowned as a skilled railroad manager after eleven years as Grand Trunk fourth vice president.
Mines on the Mesaba range in Minnesota resume higher output as the Great Northern lifts ore shipments. In the 24 hours to midnight Wednesday the line moved 32 trains of 70 steel cars from Kelly Lake yards Hibbing, above the pre strike 26 trains of 60 cars. Duluth Missabe and Northern sent 30 trains of 48 cars, with most Hibbing district mines active except Winnifred United States Steel shaft. About 95 percent of normal ore is now flowing from Mesaba and Vermillion ranges.
Ross Clarke aged 53 a noted employer and political figure in St Paul took carbolic acid at his summer home on White Bear Lake. He was found dead days later after his wife and son left for Fond du Lac following a quarrel. Friends say jealousy and distrust drove him to self destruction.
The state board notes Mankato set a Boston like standard allowing no more than 500000 bacteria per cubic centimeter in milk. State health lab will test samples and offer testing to other cities adopting the standard. Also reports a Minneapolis potato peddler fined for cheating customers with a folding cup measure and local teachers securing higher salaries.
Professor Charles J. Bushnell warned that socialists may soon hold power in governments as trusts expand. He cited that one twelfth of US wealth is tied to United States Steel directors, while 10,000,000 people live in poverty and 4,000,000 are paupers. He urged awareness of rising industrial inequality and the global socialist vote trend.
The Alaska daisy conceived by Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa California will be the official flower for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. It was created by grafting a field daisy with a chrysanthemum and large beds of Burbank’s flowers will decorate the fairgrounds in Seattle for the 1909 event.
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