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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
10
A fragment reports a head waitress warning that any girl allowing a young man to kiss her would be suspended. The Pretty Waitress recalls Twadd’s kiss last night and mentions being suspended as others comment. Names like Wasta and Bammock appear in the overheard dialogue.
Annie Besant, leader of the Theosophists, arrives in New York and outlines a coming era with a rational tolerant religion and stronger family bonds. She predicts the third eye will restore lost sense, airships of past ages, and society where divorce fades, women are not suffragettes, and duty replaces rights in a new civilization.
The Lincoln cent debate centers on Victor Brenner's Lincoln portrait with the 1902 dated obverse and the new simplified reverse. Brenner, a Russian-born engraver, designed the coin, admired Lincoln's anti slavery stance, and government plans to issue fresh dies replacing the designer's initials with a single B.
The Payne tariff bill signing drew rivals for pens from Congress and officials. Taft approved the record at 5 pm on August 1909 with a second pen for Langley of Kentucky. Payne requested the signing pen, but Frank Stillman received the vice president's pen and Payne got a second signature pen. Cannon used a single pen, presenting it to Asher G Hinds.
New Orleans Councilman Frawley advocates releasing hairworms to curb mosquitoes spreading yellow fever. He cites backing from the United States marine hospital service and proposes large scale release in swamps gutters and cluttered areas to exterminate the hereditary mosquito foe.
An exhibition of clothes opens August 14 at Madison Square Garden New York. It promises gowns unseen in history with delegations from every major manufacturing city attending. Prizes will be awarded for the most attractive model judged by a panel. Shoe dealers plan to participate.
A travel reminiscence set on Lake Como at Bellagio describes multilingual life among hotel guests boatmen and locals. The narrator, an American student, interacts with a signorina spanning Italian French English and pantomime, aided by a trilingual boatman as they communicate across tongues and dream of love.
A Detroit advertisement by Dr. A E Robinson promises a free simple prescription to men suffering from nervous debility weak memory and deficient manhood. The offer invites readers to request a sealed envelope by writing to him at 30 Luck Building Detroit Michigan.
Local dealer Mr. Pfefferle announces he has secured the agency for Zemo the remedy claimed to cure skin and scalp diseases including kezema pimples and blackheads. Zemo advertised as a clean liquid for external use offers instant relief and destruction of the disease germs with proof of cures.
Sweet powders claimed to cure teething disorders stomach troubles and worm infestations for children. Advertised as used by Mother Gray in New York at the Children’s Home with claimed success and widespread testing figures.
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