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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1909
Page
7
Ladies' and Gents' Gavarents Cleaning and Repair service advertised as a specialty in Mankato Minnesota offering cleaning dyeing and repair of garments by a fine tailors merchant house.
A Rome cable details Queen Helena organizing a labor room in the Quirinal where aristocrats and garment workers sew clothes for poor Calabrian children and babies. Princesses Yolanda and Mafalda join, learning to cut and sew as relief stories from Messina and Reggio unfold around the disaster.
A newly opened club on Hu eid avenue in Cleveland imposes a 1 o'clock closing for all members with the building vacated by that hour except on special occasions. The ordinance prompts questions about its purpose as members give mixed reactions.
Representative Tawney of Minnesota says he has been elevated from the criminal class to the Ananias club after President Roosevelt’s special message on the secret service. He returns to Washington and declines to comment further, accusing the president of misinterpreting his House speeches and insisting the dispute belongs between the executive and legislative branches.
William Baxter, a Minneapolis private detective, waived a hearing before Judge C. L. Smith and was jailed awaiting grand jury action. Baxter and two others are charged with extorting Herman Rhine, a saloonkeeper, under threats. The case will proceed in district court.
Ernest A. Meadows aged nineteen of Minneapolis dies after firing twice in the air during a church walk with his two sisters. In the final shot the revolver is fired at his head, killing him instantly as he falls in the snow. A separate report notes Joseph Biers found starved and unconscious across a streetcar track, hospitalized with four days without food. circulation failing, recovery doubtful. A third item recounts Conductor Charles Larson of Minneapolis fending off two masked highwaymen who demanded arms. Larson fought them off but the robbers escaped.
St Paul subscribers to the Chisholm relief fund received checks for 72 percent of their contributions, denoting unspent relief funds. Ruling prevented using the remainder for Italian disaster sufferers. M W Savage of Minneapolis, owner of Cat Patch, has acquired Minor Heir, last year's pacing sensation, for 45000 at Johnstown. Minor Heir, a brown horse foaled in 1202, finished last season with a 1759 percent mark. Anselm R Manning of Northfield, famed for aiding in the Younger brothers case, died of heart disease after gun violence decades earlier.
The thirty six session met in St Paul and completed organization. A J Rockne of Zumbrota was elected Speaker of the house Archibald H Vernon chief clerk George W Peachey chosen secretary of the senate.
The House of Representatives, led by Mr Tawney of Minnesota, adopted a sweeping inquiry into midyear funds for fraud detection and fraud trial efforts, though no five member committee was appointed, and the authorization to compel testimony was unclear.
The record covers January sessions with Senate leaders Culberson defending presidential authority and denouncing the steel trust action as arbitrary, a House focus on civil service messages, and passage of the thirteenth census bill along with retirement pension actions.
Union City Tenn Jan 8 a jury returned a guilty verdict in the night rider trials. Garrett Johnson Tid Burton Roy Ransom Fred Pinon Arthur Clear and Sam Applewhite were found guilty of murder in the first degree with mitigating circumstances and Bud Morris and Bob Huffman were found guilty of murder in the second degree. Punishment for the six first named was set at death or life imprisonment with the court to pronounce sentence after overruling a motion for a new trial. The court sentenced the first defendants to death.
In a Calumet Michigan blaze an apartment house fire killed Mrs Douglas Bolton by jumping from a window and two young children of Mrs Fred Curtis died. Eve Bolton was fatally injured and John Bolton Mrs Fred Odell and Mrs Fred Curtis were seriously hurt. Odell carried his baby through the flames.
Minneapolis and Duluth report wheat and flax prices with on track and arrive values for No 1 hard and Northern grades. St Paul stock yards lists cattle, hogs, sheep, and lambs with ranges. Chicago market shows Wheat, Corn, Oats, Pork, Butter, Eggs and Poultry prices for the day.
Market report lists cattle and sheep categories with price ranges and lot identifiers. Entries cover Texans, Western cattle, stockers and feeders, calves, hogs, mixed, heavy and rough categories, plus sheep and lambs with assorted price quotes and totals.
Describes Yuan Shi Kai as empire's leading statesman, early 1900s reformer, and viceroy of Chili. Notes dismissal for leg rheumatism, credited modernization, abolition of torture, and promotion of military service. Lists rapid career rise to governor general and key posts in Korea and Chili, shaping central government.
Washington dispatch reports General Keifer recalled President Lincoln’s remark to Samuel Shellabarger about a white shirt anecdote from Sangamon days. The tale followed a discussion on a District of Columbia militia reorganization, illustrating Lincoln’s humor on army staffing.
Minneapolis plan introduces slips of paper as fare promises when travelers are temporarily broke. Conductors issue notes promising to pay the fare at the first opportunity. Notes warn lawsuits if remittance is withheld, reflecting cash‑flow strain on the Twin City Rapid Transit company.
A historical notice touts Busklea's Arnica Salve as a universal healer for burns, scalds, wounds, cuts, bruises, skin eruptions, boils, and ulcers. It claims instant relief and lists O. M. Olsens as a retailer offering a two-cent price.
An advertisement invites readers to send cattle and horse hides to Crosby Fiction Fur Company in Rockford New York for conversion into posts cokes gloves and miltedss petter at lower prices. It promises to pay the freight and directs readers to a new illustrated sales page.
An OCR fragment advert describes stockings that promise relief for swollen feet and comfort during wear. It mentions a product claimed to prevent annoyance and presents a sales pitch style, with references to price and place but many garbled words. The readable entities hint at a generic midcentury promotional notice.
A Washington North Carolina writer recounts a decade ago his brother’s struggle with oak consumption and weak health. He praises Dre Ring’s New Discovery, claiming six bottles cured him and left him strong. The ad touts relief for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and related issues with a trial bottle offered.
A Rochester New York advertisement highlights Crosby Fur Co for fur goods including coats robes and robes from cow, steer and horse hides. It touts freight paid and urges readers to explore the illustrated catalog for value and purchase options.
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