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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
2
Insurance ad promotes Fire tornado and hail coverage plus life health and accident policies. Office located in Strickler Block with phone contact 165. Safe and reliable agency featuring old line insurance services.
Dr H James in Calcutta developed an herb preparation that cured his only daughter of consumption after other remedies failed. The doctor now offers the recipe free, for two 2-cent stamps to cover expenses, and claims it also cures night sweats nausea and breaks a cold in 24 hours. Send requests to Crad Dock & Co at 1032 Race St Philadelphia.
The Department of Agriculture filed a strong assurance that Jell O and Jell O Ice Cream Powder are strictly pure and comply with the National Pure Food Law. The guarantee covers all wholesale and retail grocers using the products and is widely regarded in official circles for purity and wholesomeness.
About two hundred foreign miners observed a holiday and celebrated their escape with heavy drinking. Six bodies have been recovered after Thursday’s explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, with rescuers advancing three miles into the mine to search for more victims.
In Yolande Alabama an explosion trapped miners, raising the death toll to sixty one with nineteen more bodies reported. Rescue teams labored amid heat smoke and dangerous air as efforts continued to reach the lower passages and recover victims. Officials expect the mine might reopen in four to five days once all bodies are recovered.
Government experts under Secretary Garfield report 22 840 miners have died in the county mines over seventeen years. Fatal accidents this year double the 105 level, with 6 881 men killed or injured in 1906 and 2 061 deaths. The study aims to improve conditions and prevent accidents, especially explosions.
Tairmount West Virginia December 21 1910 bodies are being recovered from the Wairmont Coal Company mines at Monongah scene of the December 6 disaster. Total recovered reported at 411 and the public fears about 400 men may have died in the mines.
The late King Oscar of Sweden, who died December 8, was buried at Ridderholm church with a simple ceremony. Crowds lined the snowbound route in Stockholm as the hearse passed, bells rang, and flags and emblems of mourning appeared on buildings while troops lined the streets.
Gus Ringling, head of the Ringling Bros Barnum Bailey and Forepaugh Seils circus combine, died at a New Orleans sanitarium from complications of diseases. He had come to the city two weeks earlier seeking relief from illness and hoped the Southern climate would aid his recovery.
Rescue efforts continue in Palermo after a blast at a military powder magazine. Ninety three dead and over a hundred injured as fire from the explosion destroys an immigrants lodging house and nearby homes. The event causes widespread panic as flames rise and tremor shakes the town.
Federal court granted a temporary injunction in the Buck Stove and Range Co case to stop the American Federation of Labor from continuing to boycott the St Louis firm and listing it as unfair. The company had filed for a permanent injunction and further suit after alleging ongoing boycott activity.
James H. Oliphant senior member of James A. Oliphant & Co. is killed by a Beaufort South Carolina man Charles A. Geiger after Geiger fails to settle a $5,000 debt. Geiger shot Oliphant then killed himself following a rejected plea for stock credit.
Secretary Cortelyou issued a signed statement denying rumors of political activity in his circle aimed at advancing his interests. He asserts neither he nor his friends have promoted any presidential candidate and he remains focused on his duties as Treasury secretary. He promises to announce candidacy openly if he ever seeks any office.
Minority Leader John Sharp Williams of Mississippi and Representative David A. Me Armond of Missouri clashed over a bill on the House floor after adjournment. Williams bore a gash on his left cheek as an assistant sergeant at arms intervened to separate them.
The confrontation involved Mr. De Armond with red forehead and no clear injury. Over 110 members of the house and many in the galleries witnessed the clash as spectators pressed the rails and crowded the chamber. The dispute centered on Democratic members’ seats on standing committees.
Secretary of War William H. Taft and his son Charlie Taft arrived in Washington. When asked about his trip and politics he joked he was not prepared to discuss. He said he was tired and eager to go home, appearing in good health but low spirits. Miss Tait and Helen Tait stayed in New York with Henry W. Taft.
Chicago December 26 Judge Rath ordered the Uttwota Central railroad stockholders meeting postponed to March 2. Stock transfer banks will close the day before Judge Ball delivers his injunction decision. Transfers of the 281,231 affected shares are halted until the adjourned meeting resumes and court views on ownership. No decision expected from Judge Ball in February.
Denver reports a historic trial with a jury of women rendering a verdict on a garment fit case. Justice Carlton presided as the suit questioned a garment purchased by a woman from a local merchant. The jury ruled the garment lit the purchaser. Indianapolis notes John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers became seriously ill at a millers and coal operators conference at the Claypool hotel. He was taken to a room with pains, after recent abscess operations.
The Senate paused committee work for a two hour speech by Senator Newlands of Nevada advocating an inland waterways commission and national upgrades to rivers. Tillman’s resolution seeks federal state authority definitions over liquor traffic via interstate law, referred after debate. House leaders announced committees and actions, Gaines condemns a Washington paper over a Ben Williams DeArmond altercation.
President Roosevelt ordered U S troops stationed at Goldfield Nevada to quit after ten days. He says insurrection was imminent but that state police powers are adequate and can maintain order if allowed to act.
Kansas Fly December 2 Bryan says he knows Governor Johnson personally but will not discuss him as a presidential possibility. He adds he will not volunteer for the Democratic ticket but would not desert if drafted.
At Fiume Hungary the Clinard steamers show a sharp drop in emigrants to the United States. The Caronia carried about 200 steerage passengers while the Carpathia had fewer than fifty. The few aboard will be sent to Liverpool for transfer to another vessel.
Grain and livestock prices listed for Minneapolis and Chicago trading areas on December 21. Wheat futures and cash bids feature No 1 hard and No 1 Northern grades. cattle and hog quotes shown for St Paul and Chicago Union Stock Yards. butter poultry and other commodities also tabulated.
An old rail fare notice lists Homeseekers rates via the Minneapolis and St. Louis F R to many western states with stopovers and twenty one day tickets and invites contact for details. A playful verse about Jack and Jill recalls blues and headaches followed by an advertisement for DeWitt's Little Early Risers Pills sold by Eugene A. Pfefferle.
A fragment mentions South Dakota’s mining and farming areas as a wonderland and highlightsDr King’s New Discovery as life saving for a child in Mound City. It also advertises O M Olsen druggist remedies DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Hollister's Rocky Ten Tea by Pioneer Drug Co.
The notice advertises an illustrated catalog from Crosby Frisian Fur Co of Rochester offering fur coats robes and tugs with freight paid. It urges stock raisers to value cattle hides and skins for tanning.
A dubious antique ad extols electric bitters by O. M. Olsen and a druggist in Eugene A for stomach troubles dyspepsia indigestion and kidney concerns. It promises relief from a harsh mixed up testimonial and urges taking the remedy with meals for better digestion.
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