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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
6
A cryptic plea urges care for children during winter, stressing strength and proper nourishment. It references Henliyy hartge and Hal feior, mentions Mount de Ten and a general call to guardians to protect the young, underscoring community responsibility and stability.
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Marty Risers as the best pills for constipation and headache. It lists Mugene A. Ptefterie as the seller.
Chicago physician Dr Sheldon Leavitt promotes laughter as the grip cure, arguing optimism strengthens the nervous system and boosts bodily resistance. He cites a patient who recovered within a day by adopting cheerfulness and humorous thoughts, while noting no drug cures grip. He contrasts his view with mainstream germ theory and describes clinical results with daily practice.
Chicago faces a teacher shortage with a new approach as pupils around fourteen take charge of classrooms to keep lessons going. Privileged pupils substitute for absent teachers, maintaining the usual study and recitation periods rather than sending students to the streets.
The Peking correspondent reports China may auction honorary titles as part of a state policy. Among the proposed titles, the marquis could fetch about a million taels, reflecting dramatic shifts in how nobility honors might be handled.
John W Gates declares that when Americans start wearing their old clothes, it does not take long to bring business back to normal, suggesting a thrift driven revival mindset. The remark ties consumer habits to economic recovery and practical resilience.
The U S forest service works with private landowners and federal agencies to conserve forests. At Fort Wingate and other arsenals including West Point Rock Island and Picatinny, plans guide ongoing harvesting and protection. Fort Wingate leads with 25 000 000 feet of western yellow pine sold under strict forestry rules. five year program aims for 5 000 000 feet annually with careful tagging and penalties for unmarked cuts. Forest officers supervise, ensure fire risk is reduced, and maintain steady buyer cooperation.
A group of six St Louis girls and guest Betty Sharpe of Norfolk sent a bold leap year marriage proposal to East St Louis Comptroller Frank Hanna a bachelor noted for declaring he would wed the first good looking proposer. The letter from Miss Sharpe describes herself as five feet four and striking, though no reply has come. Hanna, young and jovial, jokes about money changes and pension timing as the note circulates among local circles.
In a brief Harper's Weekly narrative a boy reports his father is ill and learning the illness is insolvency. The exchange depicts concern and puzzled questions about the unknown ailment. The piece captures a gaze into social or economic strain rather than a medical event.
The New York Times reports a dramatic offer from an Ohio man who promises to trade places with Harry Thaw and face the electric chair. He sent a 600 page letter with photos, details of the swap, and a disguise plan. Other proposals include hypnotism and a ventriloquist fake verdict to cause a mistrial.
A Schenectady special dispatch to the New York World reports a gas electric car built by a major electric company ran 75 miles over various railways at 60 mph with full control. The compact unit combines house, lines, substations and traction, powered by two 60 HP motors from a 120 V direct current generator.
The Majestic of the White Star line greeted a shipboard stork visit when Dr. French the surgeon was alerted by a purser’s summons. The stork delivered three kittens to Jennie the ship’s cat in mid voyage, and the litter joined three generations of Jennie’s family aboard.
Miss Lizzie Martin, eighteen, of Red Lion, has created a finger fall pen by growing and shaping the index nail, trimming and splitting it to resemble a pen nib. She says the device aids her letter writing and is an improvement over the ordinary pen.
An exhaustive advertisement extols Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription as a safe non alcoholic non narcotic remedy for nervous weak and overworked women. It lists ingredients printed on the bottle wrapper and touts endorsements from medical authorities. The piece offers free consultations and mail order for related medical guides and pills.
An OCR fragment touts a tonic claim to fill arteries with rich blood and renew flesh. It mentions Hollister's Rocky Mountain Ten at 85c and references Pioneer Drug Co in a low detail ad fragment.
An early advertisement extols Dr King's New Discovery as the best remedy for coughs and lung troubles, praising its efficacy for children with croup and claiming it quickly stops attacks. It also notes laxative alternatives and the need to avoid constipation, with Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup recommended for bowel relief.
An early 20th century ad promotes a tonic billed as a cure for misery malaria poison and various stomach and kidney complaints. It offers a blood purifier and quick relief, claims to be sold in cent bottles, and urges relief at first signs of stomach trouble such as belching gas nausea and headache. The copy also promotes Kodol for dyspepsia as a stomach aid and mentions M Olwen’s drug store and Eugens A. Pletorie.
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