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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
2
John E. Bobleter Insurance Agent offers life health accident and property coverage including fin tornado and hail. Old line policies promise safe reliable service from offices in Strickler Block with phone contact 165.
An old advertisement describes Dr A Jones Wak using Calcutta herbs to cure his only child of consumption. The narrative claims permanent cure and offers a pamphlet for two two-cent stamps plus expenses. It asserts benefits for light sweats nausea and rapid cold relief, directing readers to Crad Dock & Co in Philadelphia for the pamphlet.
A Washington DC notice filed with the Department of Agriculture asserts Jell and Jell-O Cream Powder are strictly pure under the National Pure Food Law. Serial number 18 covers wholesalers and retailers who sell the products, guaranteeing purity and safety.
A fierce early morning fire in Baltimore killed three firefighters and seriously injured sixteen others, including Fire Chief George Horton. The blaze began on the third floor of the J. Regester Sons building at Holliday and Saratoga streets, with heavy losses to Regester plumbers supplies, Baltimore Bell and Brass, and William L. Hollingsworth firms. Strong northwest winds and freezing temperatures hindered efforts, and a collapsing wall caused the fatalities as bales fell with little warning.
A devastating Portland January fire wrecked city hall and police buildings causing extensive property damage estimated near 1,000. More than 700 people attended a Knights of Pythias jubilee inside the city hall auditorium when flames broke out. Chief Engineer Melville Eldridge led firefighting efforts with limited injuries, while the blaze started in the city electrician's office due to crossed wires inhibiting calls to fire crews.
Jan 24 report describes King Alfonso Maurii narrowly escaping death during a hunt when a wild boar charged. The king shot the animal, dropped his gun thinking he had killed it, and the beast leapt again until a companion fired a head shot. The king was unharmed.
In downtown Chicago on January 4, a planned march by Socialists aimed at the unemployed sparked two police confrontations. Several demonstrators were clubbed and routed. Dr. Benjamin L. Reitman and two followers were arrested for organizing the effort.
Providence RI January 21 Former United States Senator George Peabody Wetmore of Newport was elected to the United States Senate on the first ballot in both branches of the general assembly receiving KE votes. Colonel Robert P J Goddard of Providence was given 36 votes as Democratic and Lincoln Republican nominee.
Fifty masked riders seized tobacco buyer John Heath at the Arcadia hotel and forced a vow not to sell tobacco after threatening him with a ducking. Guests fled hallways as shots rang out. Heath was robbed of sleepwear before being paraded to a river near the hotel and returned unharmed. The riders dispersed after the incident on January 25.
Walter G. Friedlander testified in the government Sherman act case noting a 75 percent drop in Day and Night tobacco sales after a 1907 boycott by labor unions. He attributed the decline to the American Tobacco Company’s organization in Cincinnati and its fallout over the past year, with the hearing adjourning to February 6.
Morris K Jesup, former chamber of commerce president and longtime banker active in civic life, died at his home in New York City from heart disease at age seventy eight.
Jame Anthony Com stock vice president of the Society for the Suppression of Vice testified at the Thaw case, detailing alleged obscene practices and letters between White and others. He described a house at Tenty-Fourth Street as consecrated to orgies controlled by several criminal figures and named White as "the blackguard."
New York Jan 24. District Attorney Jerome’s long cross-examination of Mrs Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw at her husband’s trial concluded. Defense later introduced a 1902 letter from the defendant corroborating her story about relations with Stanford White. Jerome’s questioning grew heated but the court intervened during several clashes.
New York faces a $150000 bill to clear recent storm snow plus indirect losses from injuries, 10 horses and vehicles, transportation delays, and higher coal costs. Snow Inspector Worth warns that even with 5000 workers at streets, thaw or warm rain may leave snow on the roads for five or six days.
Omaha reports say Union Pacific will cut shop hours from six to five per week at Omaha only, with broader mechanical force reductions across the system. Vice President Moller blames President Roosevelt's reform drive for retrenchment, noting thousands may lose work while service values are kept.
Washington officials report Samuel Gompers comments in the American Federationist editorial accusing the injunction of invading liberty and free speech. He says the Federation will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after securing leading lawyers to challenge the decision over the Buck Stove dispute.
Rioting occurred near the Reichstag in Berlin as 2000 unemployed men and youths attempted to reach the Reichstag for a Socialist interpellation on the Prussian system. Police used force, forcing many rioters back, with a large number wounded and sixteen hospitalized after clashes with officers.
Lansing Mich Jan 25 a drastic prohibition proposal was unanimously reported to the constitutional convention committee on liquor affairs. The section reads that manufacture and sale of all brews vinous and intoxicating liquors shall forever be prohibited in the state after May 1 1908 except for medical scientific sacramental and meritorious purposes.
Jean Jumeau, leader of an uprising around Dessalines near Gonavaives, was captured by government troops and executed on the spot. Gonavaives is now controlled by a government force after the crackdown.
The record covers January 21 to 24 with House discussions on a penal code revision and urgent deficiency funds while the Senate debates include a resolution to probe the Hitchman Coal case and topics on Cortelyou’s actions and the harvester trust. Debate highlights include Champ Clark predicting Bryan’s nomination and warnings about a potential deficit.
Washington January 24 The urgent deferency ironication bill dominates the House business. Chairman Tawney of the appropriations committee warns that a 100000000 deficit looms unless cuts are made. Tariff revision debate follows as leaders seek a firm stance on post election legislation. Lapaz January 21 The American minister to Bolivia William B Sorsby, who suffered a paralytic stroke, remains in danger with physicians at his bedside.
Minneapolis wheat prices mixed with bid levels for July and on track figures. St Paul stock yards report cattle and hog values, with northern wheat prices at Duluth and Chicago cattle and hog quotes reflecting regional market activity. Wild fluctuations and typographical errors pepper the listing, yet key figures include No 1 hard and No 1 Northern wheat, cattle and hog totals, and flax and oats futures noted for Duluth and Chicago markets.
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