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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
4
An advertisement asserts rapid relief from indigestion through a digestive product. It emphasizes a scientific approach with acids matching those in a healthy stomach and claims adherence to standard food and drug principles. Sold by Eugene A. Pier.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a powerful tonic for women, claiming it restores health for wearied workers and nursing mothers. It touts nervous system relief, better sleep, and treatment for female weakness, with mentions of other products and confidential correspondence with the doctor.
A playful Lincoln tale recalls his first business partnership Berry and Lincoln a grocery venture that failed as hunger and thirst divided stock. The partners split amid a ruined stock and Lincoln paid the debts, learning the lesson that a partner is solidary. A rare copy of Blackstone’s Commentaries found in a barrel sparked Lincoln’s turn to law and to success after the grocery collapse.
Maggie tells a tale about an Ireland conversation centered on Elim and his good qualities. She notes his market purchases and laments that such a kind husband rarely lives long, reflecting on domestic expectations and mortality.
A young girl stares at a visitor's bonnet and answers that though her mother and Aunt Milly call it a fright she is not scared. The oddly phrased tale contrasts childish honesty with adult judgment and echoes a Platonic line about injustice making the wrongdoer wretched.
A magazine piece contrasts the Japanese as a polite child and a ferocious combatant, calling him a bundle of contradictions. It paints him as both cheerful and savage, capable of elegance and brutality, and argues true character only appears under stress. The essay labels the Japanese as a mix of Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter the Hermit, and Sitting Bull.
Old violins command fabulous prices as masters like Stradivarius and Guarneri. A renowned authority suggests a warped arching of the wood near the f holes and sound post gives old instruments their superior tone, a change not replicated by merely arching new violins.
A Kansas City Star excerpt describes a hotel detective describing “plugging” a guest by placing a plug over the door keyhole so the guest must settle up or depart with baggage. The method leaves the plug in the lock when the key is withdrawn.
An Oversight shows Chapple waking in his flat in pink pajamas in deep distress. His valet Alphonse discovers the cause, noting the lack of creases in the trouserines. The humor rests on a trivial wardrobe fault revealing a comic vanity.
The text notes Cannae as Hannibal's greatest victory location on the Aufidus river near the mouth, six miles away, with three bushels of gold rings sent to Carthage from slain Roman knights. It places Cannae about 200 miles from Rome.
A disappointed poet questions the editor after receiving his latest productions. The editor replies that he does not think much of the verses, prompting a pointed exchange about taste and opinion in literary critique.
The piece asserts that global renewal comes gradually through reform of human character, a perpetual duty shared by every person. It emphasizes individual responsibility as essential to collective progress and enduring change.
A compact, period tone item noting that women often complain about servants as a display of wealth, contrasted with a Victorian moral line about covetousness diminishing true purpose. The brief quips reflect social satire and class signaling in newspaper humor.
James G. McCurdy argues in Outing that fore and aft schooners beat square riggers in speed and handling. They require less ballast, cost less to operate, and can sail closer to the wind. Loaded with deck cargo, especially in Pacific Northwest lumber trade, they prove safer and more versatile despite occasional deck loss in storms.
A noted ocean liner card sharp, aboard near Queenstown, lured a bridge group into poker. He claimed to keep quiet cards, then exposed a straight flush after claiming each man had strong hands. He warned the steward, citing the lesson: don’t play poker with strangers.
The term barbecue derives from barbacao and Haitian roots, describing a wooden framework for smoking meat and the broad open air feasts. The Barbecue State Georgia is linked to early roasting of deer and bear, with the first barbecue's author unknown, per the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece notes a butcher’s blue smock preferred for neatness as dry blood supposedly shows less on the hue. The quote cites family tradition from father to son urging blue attire to keep the work tidy.
A scrambled collection discusses crouton preparation from bread slices and frying, noting thinner shapes fry better. It then references southern India marriage customs with plantain trees as symbolic third marriages, followed by brief, disjointed quotes about learning to earn and hypocrisy in villainy attributed to Dr. Johnson.
A fragmented list outlines multiple classes across ages and genders with days and times. Includes boys and girls groups from 6 to 15, youths, Misses, aaa class, and men, plus fencing and Sunday School timings. Instructor attribution appears as HERMAN Hey Testructor.
In Feilora Tennessee W Pepper recounts a dramatic illness story. After failing to improve with medical help he used Dr King’s New Discovery for a severe cough and hemorrhages of the lungs. Relief was rapid and within three weeks he returned to work. The note advertises a trial bottle free and full sizes at Olsen drug store with prices 60 cents and 1.00.
A historic prospectus describes the Le Beau terminal of the Western division of the New Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. It outlines 80 acres of terminal grounds with shops, a round house, cattle yards for 1000 animals, riverbank sites, artesian wells, natural gas, and free fuel. Details include land for 20 cattle towns, depots for Cheyenne reservation access, and a target rail arrival date of September 1, 1907. Information via Way of Aberdeen and Bert Barber of Elton, Wis.
An advertisement extols Dr Addison Jones as a specialist for chronic diseases. It promises permanent cures for catarrh deafness and ENT issues, eyes and cataracts, rheumatism, paralysis, epilepsy, skin cancer, heart liver stomach kidneys and nervous disorders. It claims guaranteed results with absorption treatment, glasses, and surgical attention, plus confidential consultations.
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