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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1900
Page
7
The passage states that 42 Food is repulsive to an irritated sensitive stomach and that nervous disorders of the brain irritate stomach nerves, causing weakness and derangement. It notes many headache sufferers have weak stomachs and that all nervous troubles yield to treatment.
Postmaster General Smith estimates for the next fiscal year include 1 078 186 000 one cent stamps 3 209 834 000 two cent stamps 34 500 000 three cent stamps 35 500 000 four cent stamps 62 200 000 five cent stamps 9 800 000 six cent stamps 16 800 000 eight cent stamps 2 100 000 ten cent stamps 3 500 000 fifteen cent stamps 70 000 (fifty cent) stamps 40 000 one dollar stamps 3 000 two dollar stamps 4 000 five dollar stamps plus 7 850 000 ten cent special delivery stamps and 6 500 000 ones 14 150 000 twos 590 000 threes 1 500 000 fives 2 000 000 tens 4 000 thirties and 2 000 fifty cent stamps for postage due. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip approves printing plans and Pan-American exposition stamps in six denominations, about a billion next year with two-color designs including a lake steamship on one cent, a railroad train on two cents, an automobile on three cents, Niagara Falls bridge on five cents, Soo locks on eight cents, and an American eagle with hemispheric flags on ten cents. Designs follow Pan-American expo concepts.
The article cites Carmen Sylva arguing that modern sports could suit women if they remain gracious and charitable like Sakountala and Florence Nightingale. She praises women’s courage through history but worries sports may tempt brave men to fear a powerful modern Amazon.
In Hilton, Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell left their baby with older children while neighbors played circus with a toy express wagon hitched to a cow. The cart was smashed, the baby tossed but not seriously hurt, and the cow escaped. Also notes on the fading Old Maid of the past century, now active and busy in work and arts.
China's new railroad from Canton to Hankow with branches will span about 1000 miles and be financed by American capital. An American-backed project aims to connect major rivers and urban centers, signaling significant foreign investment in Chinese infrastructure.
Dr. George F. Wycke of the Isthmian canal commission reports from Lasardi Caledonia bay that a tide water level canal route across the Isthmus of Panama has been found. The Lasard harbor site adds about 50 million dollars in value per the Scorpion officers, signaling the practicability of completing the survey and presenting a report to Congress.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will establish an electric automobile cab service in Chicago for Grand Central Station transfers. Electric cabs, noiseless and uniformed motormen, will take orders at train porters before arrival and telegraph them ahead for arrivals. outbound orders handled at the B&O ticket office. The service mirrors a successful program already in Washington and Philadelphia.
Two boys in a St Louis neighborhood amuse themselves during school vacation with macabre toys made from decomposed bones. They use a skull as a ball and thigh or arm bones as driving sticks, relics from past generations buried at the old St Joseph convent cemetery near Ninth and Rutger streets.
Benjamin Griffin of San Francisco discovered a full grown mammoth skull in a creek bed near Half Moon Bay California. The skull measures about five feet with tusks a foot long still attached and six inches in diameter where they emerge from the bone. Griffin previously found a femoral bone in the same area years ago now housed at the Academy of Science in San Francisco. Teeth and bone fragments have been found nearby at different times.
The New York surrogate’s office records Mrs Emme Geney Schley’s will and two codicils valuing an estate at five million dollars. Major bequests go to daughter Emma Halsey of Fifty third Street, with a one million trust for her, while numerous relatives friends and even servants receive varied sums. Pets receive care provisions and a waitress Rose is left a legacy of ten thousand dollars.
Sir Robert Pullar of Perth donates 1400 pounds to support British scholarships at the exposition school. An American group reports 1000 dollars subscribed by four New Yorkers to aid American teachers, mainly from the West. Notable additions to the American staff include professors from Yale Harvard and Meadville Seminary. Jane Addams lectured. Schneider’s iron manufactory displays large guns and moving machinery. The opening tonight will be attended by M Millerand and other guests, touted as a French industry triumph.
Ernest Kumberg unveils an appliance coupling phonograph and telephone with a cylindrical sound amplifier. It can record messages if the owner is away and respond that the message will be kept for the master. The device promises quick message capture or deferred playback as needed.
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