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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
7
A historical notice notes DeWits Little Early Risers as effective for constipation and headaches. Sold by Eugene A. Pletfarle, highlighting a period advertised remedy.
Five original Whistler drawings from 1851 to 1854 were discovered in a Civil War era scrapbook kept by West Point instructor Absalom Baird. The works include four pen sketches of a sleepy cadet on guard duty and a wash drawing of a cadet seated before camp tents. The pieces were hung at the academy after Captain William Baird delivered them to Colonel Charles Larned for framing.
Richard Cummings reports Apalachicola Times says a massive Florida cypress log, cut near Moccasin Slough by Robert Hathcock on land owned by an Apalachicola lumber company, will be hauled to Apalachicola for board cutting. The log measures forty feet long, seventy two inches at the small end, and contains 11 562 feet board measure, possibly the state’s largest timber.
A New York Times dispatch recounts John Hickey’s Christmas morning win of three turkeys and four geese at a West Caldwell raffle. A ghostly figure urged him to give to the poor, touching him as he fled, until dawn revealed five turkeys and three geese left on the veranda. Hickey claimed to have returned the birds to charity, while his wife and neighbors echoed the spooky adventure.
A Washington dispatch notes Congressmen congratulate Wallace Arkansas for three speeches in one minute with fake applause tags. Other items describe a Chicago infant Hercules lifting coal and dumbbells, Harvard students playing seven up on a 175 foot chimney, and a farmer spoof about Burbank celery planting and self-raising interests referenced in Harper’s January issue.
In Minnesota v Marciniak the U S Supreme Court affirmed a Minneapolis Sunday saloon ban. Marciniak, fined $25 by city court, lost on appeal through state court and federal court. Chief Justice Fuller announced the decision without a written opinion.
Sheriff reports a boy aged eight died after being attacked by wolves eighteen miles east of Fergus Falls. The incident occurred while the child, returning home alone after staying late at school, was found by his father near the brush where two gray wolves stood over the body. The father carried the corpse to the home for burial.
James Margastad was shot by Peter Nigg and is hospitalized in serious condition at St Elizabeth hospital in Wabasha. Nigg is jailed awaiting the May term grand jury and faces shooting charges. Nigg denies the accusation and had been ejected from the Margastad home after an alleged abusive incident.
Seventeen year old Thomas Nee pleaded guilty at Shakopee to first degree murder for shooting Special Officer Donald McCall on Christmas Eve at Prior Lake. He awaits grand jury action in March and will remain jailed at Shakopee.
An appeal targets thinking women, praising Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as the only medicine for female ailments with ingredients listed on the bottle. It cites physicians’ endorsements, home privacy, and free medical advice from Dr. Pierce, plus a note on The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser available by mail.
A vintage advertisement claims Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Ten fills arteries with rich blood, makes new fish and healthy men women and children. It promotes ten tablets for five cents from Pioneer Drug Co.
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