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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1907
Page
2
An insurance agent listing highlights Josure with John E Bobleter offering coverage including fire tornado hall life and health through Anadent and All old line insurance. Safe and reliable options are presented.
Provincetown Mass Aug 20 President Roosevelt and Governor Guild unveil the Cape Cod Pilgrim memorial monument with a large crowd. He condemns corruption in high finance, pledges no action against honest wealth, and argues government will pursue ambidextrous enforcement to protect lawful enterprise and curb malefactors.
In Philadelphia on August 4 William H Hicks paymaster for Schaum and Uhringer textile machine makers was held up by three highwaymen in the northeast city section. They seized a satchel containing 6000 dollars. One robber was shot and captured after exchanges of gunfire. the other two fled with the satchel. Hicks is hospitalized with a bullet wound in the arm.
Five persons including three children suffocated by smoke from a fire at 438 Norfolk Street, Somerville. Two others were overcome. Cause unknown. Building damage described as slight.
Paul Barth former mayor of Louisville and former head of the Wiiea Shme company committed suicide in his private office. The cause of death is listed as unknown. Barth faced scrutiny after his ouster by court of appeals and critics noted concerns over city institutions while his administration was in power.
Three mail sacks said to hold about 250000 dollars disappeared from a Burlington train Sunday night between Denver and Oxford Nebraska. Detectives and post office officials are at work as the train carried seven sacks from Denver and four remained at Oxford. Superintendent J M Butler suspects the theft occurred west of the Nebraska line as clerks slept during passage. He believes a person slipped into the mail car and threw sacks from the window. Seven sacks were destined for Chicago and were to be placed on the Chicago train at Oxford. Three sacks were missing at Oxford and officials warn against releasing information on the robbery.
Lawson Purdy, president of the tax board, told the mayor that New York City land values are vast. He noted the assessed land value alone exceeds all real estate including improvements in Missouri and that six square miles around Central Park surpass the total real estate value of Missouri. He compared with Pennsylvania and New York outside the city to illustrate the scale.
New York city, facing money market stringency, raises interest on bonds for sale from 4 to 4.5 percent. The sinking fund commission approved the move as part of a push to curb spending. Affected bonds include corporate stock and assessment bonds, marking the first rate increase in twenty years.
In Panama on August 23 lack of funds halted progress on the new Panama railroad line. About four thousand men have been laid off with 1000 more slated by the department of municipal engineering. Clerical staff reductions are expected and August excavation is set for a sharp decline from July. In Wisconsin, La Crosse on August 21, widow Mrs Paul Malin is jailed in Viroqua on suspicion tied to the death of her brother-in-law Carl Schmidt. coroners jury recommendations led to the arrest without formal charges.
A cyclone and tornadoes hit Eau Claire and surrounding towns on August 24, killing at least two and injuring seven, with heavy property damage including 23 barns, five residences, two schools, and one church destroyed. Reports span Eau Claire, Brunswick, Clear Creek, Pleasant Valley, and nearby Osseo. In Ladysmith, a house was destroyed and two children injured with a fatality. Elena reports two deaths and many barns blown down, with telephone service disrupted.
A stockholders' circular and blank request urge every United States Express shareholder to demand a meeting for electing seven directors. The move, led by a committee claiming a majority of shares, targets replacing the Platt management amid alleged mismanagement.
New York aug 4 The Toledo St Louis and Western Railroad company has acquired control of the Chicago and Alton subject to conditions to be settled in ten days or two weeks. Ownership will not change until Hawley interests confirm that the government will not fine the Alton 29 000 600 over Standard Oil rebates. Two other minor factors remain unsettled.
Portland Ore Aug 21 The Pari Jani Trust and Son Dante of Wale City reported deposits around 3 000 000 ten days earlier but did not open for business due to a failure to realize on securities An interview with Vice President Lytle attributed the fault to cashier W Cooper Morris The board of directors posted the notice of inability to continue operations
Washington reports Raisuli has defeated a large force sent by the Sultan of Morocco to secure the release of Caid MacLean. The Moorish city Alcazar, two caravan days from Tangier, faces great danger as the situation develops.
In New York Aug 2 a physician previously treated by regular doctors now seeks cure through Christian Science. A healer with a Mrs Holdy diploma and supported by leading Scientists operates from Richard Mansfield’s seaside cottage at Seven Oaks New London Conn after traveling from Saranac Lake.
The New York stock market shows a clearer, improved tone after a week of serious conditions. Attention shifts from politics to monetary factors with a looming global money-tightness and looming crop-related reserve concerns prompting cautious lending.
In Concord New Hampshire Aug 21 the equity suit seeking an accounting of Mary Baker Eddy's Christian Science church property by George W Glover and others as next friends against Calvin S Frye and others ends abruptly The next friends counsel filed for dismissal citing the unprofitableness of immediate results and burdens of a potential decision during the competency hearing of Mrs Eddy before Judge Edgar Aldrich and co magistrates Chandler.
An explosion at George Sheerer & Co Hardware in Cedar Falls Saturday night caused a blaze and about 110000 in damage. Three connected buildings plus stock were destroyed, with Boston store and Willard & Alexander among losses. causes considered include dynamite jar and escaping gas igniting. Windows shattered for miles.
A Hottentot chieftain leading 600 warriors raided the Gaab river valley and routed a German force, killing fifty Germans in a surge reported from Cape Town on August 22.
Minneapolis and Duluth wheat prices vary with on track and to arrive bids for No 1 hard and No 1 Northern wheat. St Paul stock yards lists cattle hogs and sheep price ranges. Chicago grain shows slight gains in wheat corn oats and provisions with cattle and hogs price bands across markets.
St Augustine Florida the oldest city in the United States will host its first county fair in November. A capable committee leads planning with strong exhibits from St Johns county including Hastings area farming blooded stock poultry vegetables and a variety of fruits and woods products. Prizes will be awarded and rivalry will be keen as the fair aims to boost agriculture live stock and local manufacturing.
W J Anderson who just arrived from Colon Panama and Kingston Jamaica claims a family razor proves his right to a multi million estate. He says the heir tale goes back two centuries and a chancery court record names the Anderson estate. He worked on the Panama Canal and now seeks the inheritance while a cartoon joke about seeking work follows in Chicago news.
A fragment from Tunert's Mags extols a baby as making home happier and life fuller while noting the moral: the more one denies oneself the more received from heaven. Attributed Horace.
Legal advertisements outline Ordinance Eighty Five amending section one of Ordinance Seventeen of New Ulm City. It defines city limits along German Franklin Street and adjacent blocks and states the ordinance takes effect upon publication. Also notes signatures and approval dates in 1907. A separate notice describes western railway terminal development in South Dakota with acreage, cattle yards, artesian wells, gas, brick clay sites, and land and township provisions.
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