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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
8
Advertises Swamp-Root by Kilmer and Co as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues. Claims broad misery for women and men, promotes sample bottles by mail, cites testimonials, and urges readers to mention the paper and spell the product name correctly. Provides company location in Binghamton New York and states bottle sizes fifty cents and one dollar.
Disease and weakness of the kidneys described with references to bladder inflammation and urinary troubles. Promotes DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as fast relief and cleansing of poisons. Also mentions Crosby Frisian Fur Company trade, women’s remedies, and farm land bargains in South Dakota with pamphlet offer from Minneapolis organization.
In Minneapolis federal court Judge William Lochren sustained demurrers to indictments charging nineteen lumbermen with conspiracy to defraud. The case centered on the so called little black book used to badger competitors and obtain costly catalogues, with numerous requests and inquiries. The ruling ends the prosecution.
James J. Laundergan, Lyceum theater stage manager in Duluth, saved the audience from a potential panic by extinguishing a moss lit flame on a swinging prop. He climbed the burning rope and put out the fire with his bare hands, finishing with calm composure despite burned hands.
Mrs Elias Matson was arrested in Chisholm on a murder charge after confessing to Chief Madden about killing her husband, whose body with a double-ax injury was found on a bed above a saloon. Six men were detained for questioning. four released after her statement, while she remains in custody.
Four men were injured during rock blasting for a sewer excavation at Lakeside in Duluth. The contractor, Mr Johnson, was among the injured. The seriously hurt include P Tolm and Ernest Mollen. The blast occurred as Minnesota commercial clubs form a new federation in St Paul with officers named D N Neil, John H Hearding, Spurgeon Odell, Frank J Moist, and Curtis J Mosher.
Albert Clasing of Minneapolis aged thirty five a non driver for the Mineral Springs Water Company was almost instantly killed when struck by a Bryn Mawr street car. He was crossing the street in front of the car and was struck by the fender.
Sherman S. Smith of Minneapolis is jailed on $5,000 bail in St. Paul on contempt of court charges for allegedly tampering with a Woods jury in a U S district court case involving the Wisconsin Grain and Stock company. Two jurors, Lyman Bachel or and B C Benedict, were also bonded on the same charge. Judge Morris postponed the case to the June term. the Wisconsin Grain and Stock defendants include J A Wood G W Wood and others charged with mail fraud through a commission concern. Smith, a prominent Republican, previously served in the Minnesota House.
The Hart disbarment hearing begins in St Paul with Captain Francis B Hart opposing the action. He argues the case should be a libel suit and that punishment for his citizen acts is improper. A Jan 24 adjournment was set to prepare his defense. A separate note reports a Polish threat letter to Father Majer over church donations, and a Duluth freight house fire causing significant loss and injuring several from a gasoline explosion.
Two minor banks owned by A Z Drew registrar of Imamline university have closed their floors at Hamline suburb St Paul and at Midway Exposition Building. Mayor Robert A Smith of St Paul suffered ptomaine poisoning from chicken at his daughter’s home but all are said to be out of danger now. Attorney General T Young of Appleton seeks GOP governor nomination after announcing he will not run again for attorney general.
Arthur Rose a stoker on a Duluth fire engine was killed when he fell from the engine en route to a blaze on Eighth avenue west. He was not missed at once and found lying across a street car track by a motorman. Robert Wilson or Spooner a Wisconsin head brakeman on a freight train dying near Omaha yards at St Paul was ground to pieces under the tracks with his body scattered for almost a mile along the tracks.
A 295 acre primeval redwood forest on Mount Tamalpais near San Francisco will be deeded to the United States and set aside as Muir Woods national monument. Guided by Forester Pinchot, the site will be preserved for scientific study and public enjoyment, with access for two thirds of California's population within fifty miles.
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