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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
3
Praiseful testimonials mark Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a trusted female remedy with clear ingredient labeling. The ad asserts no alcohol or habit forming drugs and invites sick women to consult by letter, promising secrecy and privacy, and touts Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a laxative and regulator of the bowels.
A Fedora Tennessee man reports life saved by Dr King s New Discovery curing deadly lung hemorrhages from C V Pepper after three weeks of use. The ad promotes relief for coughs colds bronchial conditions including hay fever la grippe asthma and offers trial bottles and guaranteed prices via M Olsen.
A brief ad-style notice touts Dr King’s New Life Pills to banish liver troubles. It claims laziness causes constipation headache nausea and a sallow complexion, and promotes the pills as a health boost available at O M Olsen.
An advertisement urges use of Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes, easing tired hot swollen feet and bunions, promising comfortable walking and long wear. It mentions Hickory rubber goods dealers and St. Paul Rubber Co as distributors.
An unclear advertisement promotes a urinary cure claimed to aid kidney trouble among women. It mentions a monthly regularter and a product touted as a sample package, inviting inquiries to The Stiri Gray Coy Leltoy in New York.
Seared with a hot iron or scalded by overturned kettle injures need Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to subdue inflammation and kill the Ro. It is touted as earth’s supreme healer for boils ulcers fever sores eczema and piles priced 25 cents at O M Olsen.
Turner Hall offers varied gymnastic and related classes for boys and girls of many ages. Schedules cover weekdays and weekends with multiple time slots and include fencing and Sunday school under instructor Herman Hern.
An old ad promotes Ce linoleum as the best value for money from J H Forster, highlighting cost efficiency and reliability. The snippet suggests a local storefront appeal and practical flooring choice for homeowners and builders alike.
Lot listings in New Ulm include multiple parcels from blocks 75 158 208 15 7 119 and 31 North with several south and north locations. A dwelling house is included on Lots 4 and 6 Block 31 North. a 30 day sale is noted with very cheap terms. Enquiries directed to Albert Steinhauser.
A severe storm across Minnesota caused extensive damage to farms towns and railroads. Lightning struck the Rock Island depot at Faribault igniting barns and hay. the Straight River flooded broad areas ripping bridges and wrecking properties. Losses reach into the hundreds of thousands with stock killed and communications tangled.
Judge S F Busey of Urbana and his daughter Mrs Anna McClain drowned while muskellonge fishing on Lake Mantrap near Park Rapids. Absence of poles and lines led to entangled lines as they moved in a boat to disentangle a catch, capsizing the craft. One pole later recovered in reeds.
Frances Plotek twenty year old Foley domestic and daughter of a Morrison county farmer was found dead beside a haystack with a two or three day old infant alive and thriving. No suicide indication. She had earned a good reputation and was noted as an attractive young woman.
Samuel M. Felton, former president of the Chicago and Alton Railway and later consulting engineer for I P Morgan interests, is named president of the reorganized Chicago Great Western. He starts Sept 1 and will have full charge, reporting only to the Morgan syndicate led by J P Morgan.
Ernest Lampe, nineteen, a painter, touched a high power wire at the upper point of Winona's steel bridge and was hurled 140 feet into the Mississippi where his body sank. A separate report notes Mrs. Arthur Stockman severely burned washing clothes in Duluth and believed to die from essential injuries. Another item states ten year old Van Delyne Hegner of Eveleth died of blood poisoning after a foot injury from white berry picking.
J G Ostby a prominent Duluth grocer was shot and killed by his eighteen year old son at the Ostby home. The son was arrested and offered no statement. The family had argued over a funeral bill of a child who died a month earlier. Ostby was long known for his large business and the son had been a high achieving student at Duluth high school.
Charles Baker aged forty nine and Gust Walstrom aged twenty one died when a feed wire snapped during a lumber yard fire at Midway a St Paul suburb. The blaze damaged St Croix Lumber and H B Waite Lumber yards with nearly 100000 dollars in losses. Baker and Walstrom were spectators on a fence when the live wire curled over the crowd causing a panic before both men died en route to medical aid.
Vermillion Steel and Iron Company of Duluth reports a Bessemer iron ore body on the Vermillion range near Lake Vermillion. Diamond drilling shows several million tons in a vein about 430 feet wide on the surface. A shaft will be sunk immediately as deeper exploration with heavier drills aims to 1,000 feet or more.
A Chicago Great Western freight train backing into Ortonville station struck a motor car carrying six men. Three occupants Theodore Seeley Fred Adelmann and Guy Craig died or will die from injuries. Frank Phalen Matt Hamburg and Frank Kraft survived with bruises.
In Hibbing, Joseph Josephson shot his wife twice in the head after a two week drunken spree, then killed himself. He died an hour later. Mrs Josephson is severely injured. Police report a fatal domestic tragedy linked to intoxication.
Minneapolis chosen as the International Typographical Union convention site for next year after a vote at St Joseph Missouri. Salt Lake City and Atlanta led a strong bid, but Minneapolis won 129 to 16 and 80 respectively. Fatally stabbed man in Chanhassen riot identified as Austrian railway laborer Sam Dica. Dica died from a stabbing after a drunken brawl in which about twenty Austrians attacked him and his cousin Pete Neegovan, who was badly wounded.
A New Iberia dog owner showcases a prodigy before Joseph Jefferson. The tale describes a clever dog fetching a left slipper and a second library volume, outshining a rival animal as Jefferson and the boys laugh at the prank.
Table Mountain in Capetown South Africa rises about 4000 feet with a flat top roughly three square miles. Clouds gathering near the summit form a tablecloth. A unique flower grows atop the mountain and a rare silver lent tree stands on its northern base.
The Slow Ons recount a moment in dim light when he asks if anger would follow a kiss. She responds with a sly, decisive line about their earlier light, while he muses on how other young men who started late could still surge ahead in life.
A visitor urges Tommy to love his papa as he loves him. Tommy replies he loves his papa more, but notes his father says he loves him only when he behaves.
A fragmentary quote from the Boston Transcript frames a pun on a lifeboat as a metaphor for blood vessel, with a prompt to run away to her. The excerpt shows a brief exchange highlighting wordplay and maritime imagery.
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