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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
2
Wm Pfaender Jr offers insurance against fire hail tornadoes and accident and death with reputable companies. Also handles real estate buying and selling legal documents executed loans negotiated and steamship tickets sold.
An advertisement claims Dr James cured his daughter of consumption using Calcutta herbs after other remedies failed. The doctor offers the remedy free by sending two 2-cent stamps to Crad Dock & Co. at 1032 Race St Philadelphia, asserting the herb also cures night sweets nausea and breaks a cold in twenty four hours.
Washington malaria spots blamed on Potomac marsh basins raise chills fever and debility statements tout Electric Bitters as the best tonic and cure for malaria and related stomach liver kidney and blood troubles. Endorsed by R M James of Louellen South Carolina they promise typhoid prevention at 50 cents guaranteed by C M gen.
A Washington DC notice reports the Department of Agriculture filed a strong document declaring Jell O and Jell O Ice Cream Powder strictly pure and compliant with the National Pure Food Law. The guarantee protects wholesalers and retailers and notes official confidence in the products.
Former Minnesota governor Samuel R. Van Sant was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at Salt Lake City after a tense contest. The vote stood 583 to 156 for Van Sant, with Ketcham urging unanimous support. Officers elected include W. M. Bastaph Ogden Utah and Alfred Beers Bristol Conn. Atlantic City N J was selected for the 1910 encampment.
Midsummer heat thinned the G. A. R. living flag parade during the forty third encampment as 109 children and twenty veterans were removed from the lines. Fifteen veterans and thirty children received care at emergency stations while three relief stations with nurses aided those affected. The 11 am start found the thermometer at 85 degrees, yet the parade proceeded with veterans marching four abreast.
Chicago August 14 resolution ended threatened upheaval as street railway companies and unions agree to a three and a half year contract. President Roach of North and West Side lines proposed the peace plan, accepted by NM Buckley for the unions and Mitten for the South Side unions.
In Chicago on August 11, articles of agreement were signed for a world heavyweight title bout between Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries. The fight must occur within eight months, with the match going to the club presenting the best arrangements and bids. Inside details to be announced later.
Washington reports Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang recalled to Peking for re assignment. Chang Yin Tang, former Madrid chargé and now deputy vice president of foreign affairs, slated to succeed him. Wu travels to Peru, with United States credence suspended. Recall shocks government circles despite Wu's long service since 1908.
A blaze in Monticello New York caused about 1 million dollars in losses, destroying thirty six buildings on Main Street including three hotels, banks, and most shops. Guests escaped with few personal effects as dynamite stopped the fire’s spread.
Spokane reports the National Irrigation Congress adopted resolutions urging Congress to provide 10 million dollars annually for five years to support irrigation work. Other measures call water access for homesteaders, swamp land drainage, waterways improvements, reforestation, timber regulation, and Mississippi deep waterway development. A proposed 3 billion bond issue was defeated after debate. Ballinger-Pinchot issue not raised.
In Hancock Michigan a dwelling furnace fire claimed five lives in a single-family outing. Victims included Mrs Juha Dionne Edward Dionne eight Peter Dionne twelve Aminia Dionne and a young girl Racine. The blaze started while the family slept and Mrs Dionne died after returning for a child. The fire's cause remains unknown.
In Tron Mountain Michigan on August 14 two young girls Christina Semenai and Berita Yuasy were killed when a Chicago and Northwestern train struck them on a bridge over the Me nominee river. They were berry picking and took a shortcut over the railway bridge. The train caught them midway and they were thrown from the structure.
Angelo Caprio awaiting murder trial fatally shot by a guard after wounding two keepers in Newark New Jersey county prison. In Ravenswood West Virginia a boat crew captured John Lloyd at a hidden shanty boat, finding counterfeit gear and 100 gold pieces aboard.
Nine people died and about fifty to sixty were injured as eastbound Denver and Rio Grande No 8 collided head on with westbound No 1 near Husted Colorado thirteen miles north of Colorado Springs. The crash followed a misread order as the speeding trains failed to stop at the switch. Fireman J A Govsage was killed aboard Smokers car 572 where most fatalities occurred.
About 200 Canadian Pacific railway special police and striking freight handlers fought at McTavish street and the sheds. Several were wounded, five CPR constables hospitalized, Chief Ball critically shot, and authorities banned firearm sales as rioters were hidden away. Mayor Pelletier and magistrates ordered liquor dealers warned.
Justice Mills ruled Harry K Thaw insane and denied a habeas corpus writ, remanding him to Matteawan State Hospital. The decision cites Thaws ongoing delusions about Stanford White and notes public safety would be endangered if he were freed. Also mentioned is Evelyn Thaws sensational testimony described as wildly improbable. In a separate item Clinton Armstrong Lancaster judge committed suicide at home after ill health.
Madrid reports that all Spanish navy vessels are ordered to Melilla where 38,000 troops under General Marina face a Moor threat after the murder of eight Spanish laborers. A ministerial crisis looms amid interior war tensions as Premier Maura avoids comment and reveals a personal wish to retire.
Alfred Haberman, a white man, returned home from Washington and shot his wife on Summit street after eight years of marriage discovering she was colored. He then shot himself, leaving a seven year old son. Mrs. Haberman cannot recover.
On a crowded street car in Chicago Thomas Katsnes shot and killed Victoria Kawalac after she rejected him. He then shot himself, wounding only himself slightly. Katsnes formerly ran two restaurants and had employed Kawalac as a waitress.
A blaze at the Camelia mine in Real del Monte, Real del Monte state, Mexico, reportedly killed a number of miners with six bodies recovered. In New York a burglary suspect, William O'Brien, was dragged by detectives along the Third Avenue elevated line after an attempt to flee, fracturing his skull and leaving his prognosis poor.
The report lists grain and livestock prices from Minneapolis, Duluth, St Paul, and Chicago on Aug 14. Wheat values include No 1 hard and No 1 Northern grades with Sept and May futures. flax prices for arrive on track and futures. Cattle and hog prices at St Paul yards are shown, along with sheep and lamb figures. Chicago futures cover wheat, corn, oats, pork, and dairy products with assorted May and Sept quotes.
Chicago Union Stock Yards reports mixed price data for cattle hogs sheep and calves. Western steers cattle and calves range values include per head figures from four to six thousand dollars for cattle and around seven to eight dollars for hogs with assorted quality grades noted.
Probate court records show an order for a hearing on the application to appoint an administrator. The court directs that notices be published and names the judge and docket details for the administration of the estate.
The Maud asks why the madam thinks the hat is unsuitable as the cook has just bought one item from a price list. The text mentions a Hodgepodge of terms and a catalog-like tone with unclear references.
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