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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
3
Insurance advertisement promoting John E. Bobleter as agent for fire tornado hail life health and accident coverage. Claims old line policies and reliable service with office in Strickler Block and telephone 165.
A Philadelphia doctor reports his daughter was cured from consumption by a Calcutta herb preparation after other remedies failed. He offers the recipe for two stamps, claiming the herb also cures night sweats nausea and can break a fresh cold in 24 hours, with Craddock & Co. in Race Street handling requests.
A Department of Agriculture filing serial number 154 certifies Jell-O and Jell-O ice cream powder as strictly pure and compliant with the National Pure Food Law. The guarantee protects wholesalers and retailers who handle the products, reflecting strong official approval of their purity and wholesomeness.
Senators and Congressmen weighed President Roosevelt’s pledge not to seek a third term with varied views. Bourne pressed that the public will may compel obedience while others predicted Democratic Bryan nomination and possible Republican Cannon support. A few lawmakers criticized doubts about the president’s sincerity since his initial third term stance.
President Roosevelt, weary from constant speculation, reiterates his decision not to run. He says he will not be a candidate or accept another nomination under any circumstances, a stance unchanged since the last election.
Sixty bandits derailed a mail train between Tiflis and Baku injuring passengers and soldiers. The train guard repulsed the attackers after a fierce fight, stealing a large sum of money. The robbers retreated, leaving casualties and are pursued by troops as a hospital train carries the wounded into Tiflis.
Three men in a buggy robbed the Bank of Aldrich Missouri of about $3,000. Two entered the bank and demanded cash from the cashier and bookkeeper, while the third remained in the buggy. The crew forced the officers to walk in front of the buggy, which sped away as the bank men watched.
High water at Bloomburg Pennsylvania causes a new bridge under construction over the West Branch of the Susquehanna to fail. Seven workers killed and about twenty others injured as forty men labored on the middle span. Some victims were found entangled in girders, others lost downstream.
T Otsay Suldeir manager of the West End branch of the California Safe Deposit and Trust company on De Viladero street died by self-inflicted gunshot in the bank office. A watchman found his body. Suldeir was a close friend of J Dalzell Brown who is imprisoned for alleged embezzlement at the same bank.
Postmaster General Meyer orders that letters arriving at post offices addressed to Santa Claus be delivered to any responsible charity in the city or town of address. If multiple societies claim a letter, it will be divided equally among them. The policy runs until June 1, 1908.
Judge Smith McPherson in a federal district court barred Missouri officials and the state board of warehouse and railway commissioners along with Attorney General Hadley Trem from enforcing a new express-rate law. The injunction, sought by six carriers led by Pacific and Wells Fargo, pauses the 21 percent average rate cut set to take effect January 1. A hearing on permanency is set for December 21 in Kansas City.
John G. Jenkins former president of the First National Bank of Brooklyn and his three sons were indicted by the Kings County grand jury on conspiracy and perjury charges. The elder Jenkins faces a first indictment, while his sons have prior charges. Their counsel pleaded not guilty. bail set at $10,000 for John G. Jenkins Sr. and $2,500 for his sons.
State Mine Inspector Paul conducts a thorough examination of Mines Numbers 1i and 8 as work halts. Company estimates 223 men remain unaccounted for, while 320 bodies have been recovered, with eight more believed still in the mines.
Lifeboats sought to aid the American seven masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson during a fierce gale off the Scilly Islands. The vessel sank bottom up with eighteen dead and one survivor, George Allen of London, gravely injured.
The Democratic National Committee chose Denver to host the 1908 convention on July 7 after a brief debate over accepting Denver’s $100,000 gift. Alabama Representative Clayton urged declining funds not needed for convention expenses. Denver received 22 votes on the first ballot, with 17 for Jolietville and 1 for Chicago and St Paul.
Chicago reports a $250,000 blaze at Coole brewery as the third fire since a Sunday closing crusade began. Police Chief Hogan suspects a fanatic may be behind the suspected arson, calling for a thorough investigation to determine if a pyromaniac started the series.
New Britain savings bank treasurer William Walker, who fled after a large shortage, has been captured in the mountains of Mexico and is being taken to Los Angeles under guard. The missing funds reportedly reached about 3,000,000.
Landing site to be built on the New York Hippodrome roof with a six ring anchor system and a fueling tank. Sauert and Anderson offer 1000 dollars to the first balloonist to land there, plans by Artie Voeguin under John Corrigan supervision, gas pipe hookup planned for refueling.
Washington correspondent describes a mobile sterilizing plant on wheels used for soldiers in the field. The wagon contains a steam boiler pump boneblack filters and a storage reservoir with fourteen faucets for rapid serving. It draws water from any source and produces safe clear cold water within minutes, even from polluted streams.
Walter Clifton of a Formosa mercantile firm alleges Japan uses electrified fences and gunfire to drive off Formosan head hunters after a 800 person ambush. He claims about 100000 tribesmen infest the island and civilizing efforts failed.
The Board of Public Works of New Ulm Minnesota will meet December 2 1907 at 7 30 PM in City Clerk's Office to hear the assessments of benefits and damages for local improvements. Property owners may appear to contest charges for laying water mains on Franklin Street and North Washington Street drain work with a concrete sewer along the western city edge from near North Garten to Franklin Streets.
The notice promotes Homeseekers' rates via the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway to multiple states with first and third Tuesday departures, stopovers allowed, tickets valid twenty one days, and directs inquiries to A. B. Cuits, G P and T A in Minneapolis. It also markets Hollister's Mountain Tea for health, and small ads for DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills sold by Eugene A. Pfefferie.
A garbled regional notice highlights Mound City healing cases and local remedies. It mentions Dr King s New Discovery and Hollister s Rocky Mountain Tea, with promotional blurbs for pharmacies and a New Ulm paint shop.
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