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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
3
Advertises a broad selection of Fancy work including Pillow covers Library Table Covers Eyeset Center Pieces Doilies and Drawn Work. Promotes pure Linen Handkerchiefs Scarfs and a 50 percent discount on millinery items for Christmas shopping.
The column blends homely advice from December Farm Journal on dairy cows, pumps, corn stubs, and pole harvesting with cautions about practical arrangements. It also includes a pitch for The Prudential New Monthly Income Policy offering a wife’s guaranteed monthly income, plus a brief bank notice from Citizens State Bank in Tagus North Dakota.
Long Prairie Leader notes the bushel tax law lowered taxes for country and city elevators rather than raising them. Total county taxes to state exceed 35.6 million, mostly from few counties. Anoka Beltrami Cook Cass Isanti Itasca Koochiching Lake Pine lack elevators. Crow Wing Kanebee and others pay small figures. major counties list taxes and grain totals for year ending March 1 1909.
The Globe-Democrat offers a half price deal through a two year for one dollar option and one year for fifty cents in clubs of two or more. It promotes itself as a Republican, comprehensive weekly record with market data and special features for families. Also Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised as an internal cleanser from Pioneer Drug Co.
President Zelaya denounces U S condemnation and says he proposed to Knox a case referral to a committee. He claims coercion and seeks a successor acceptable to all parties, citing negotiations with revolutionists and the name Jose Madriz for the Cartage court. He disputes reports of blocking his departure from Nicaragua.
President Taft’s first annual message prompts opposition to an immediate congressional probe into sugar import scandals at the New York customs house and to any tariff revision now. It notes no specific Nicaragua crisis remedy and calls for legislation ending injunctions without notice in labor disputes and for postal savings banks.
Senator Rayner introduced a resolution authorizing the president to pursue Zelaya of Nicaragua for murder. It cites the execution of two Americans, Grace and Cannon, and says the facts from the state department warrant such steps. The resolution will lie on the table and Rayner will address the Senate in support.
Louisiana politician Ransdell is reelected president of the Rivers and Harbors Congress at its annual convention in Washington. Officials declare the gathering the most successful convention of its king ever held as it adjourns.
A devastating night fire in Kalamazoo Michigan killed one person and overwhelmed firefighters. Dozens of houses and blocks were burned or damaged with many residents left homeless. A rapid spread forced full evacuation and swift mobilization of local and state emergency teams.
President Taft spoke at the National Rivers and Harbors congress opening, endorsing waterways improvement. He urged Congress to declare river improvements for the Mississippi Missouri and Ohio rivers and start work with current revenue, postponing a bond issue for now.
Brussels reports King Leopold II, age seventy four, worsening from paralysis and nearing death as doctors acknowledge the condition spreading unrestrained. The aged monarch has reigned forty four years and faced accusations tied to Congo rubber interests.
Washington December 10 A controversy over railroad legislation will be precipitated in Congress this winter, with interest and importance expected to surpass the previous four years ago. The first gun was fired by Senator Cummins.
Cleveland reports a deadly Lake Erie storm wrecking four vessels causing heavy property loss. Fifty-nine lives lost, twenty sailors rescued, with the Clarion burning and Munro aground while attempts to aid from Conneaut continue.
London December 11 At a monster meeting in Albert Hall Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith outlined Liberal policy. He backed limiting the House of Lords power and promised self government for Ireland. The crowd of men filled the hall while women were barred to avoid suffragette demonstrations. Two male supporters interrupted with votes for women cries and were ejected.
Pittsburg reports the five month old strike by the Iron Steel and Tin Workers against United States Steel subsidiary in Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania escalating. A nonunion house in Struthers Ohio was dynamited injuring seven. A soldier fired at a striker in Bridgeport Ohio with no effect. Nonunion men were beaten at Newcastle PA and officials in Wheeling West Virginia and Martins Ferry Ohio brace for possible trouble at nearby mills.
The department of commerce and labor reports domestic exports rose by 17,009,000 in November compared with November 1908. But the eleven months of 1909 show a total decline of 51,000,000. Wheat flour meat and dairy products mainly show small decreases.
A maritime tragedy at Port Arthur Ontario reports six crew members drowned. Details on ship, cause, and rescuers are sparse in the fragment. Authorities investigated the incident and identified the missing sailors.
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