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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1912
Page
3
A humorous sketch follows the ordinary man as he visits a florist a physician and a car salesman with jargon heavy explanations. He misreads technical talk and legal phrases then endures a comic sequence leading to a monument carved with the word Japan.
Aviator Wilbur Wright dies following a month of illness from typhoid fever. He had helped pioneer early air travel and co-founded the Wright brothers aviation effort. Public tributes note his contributions to flight and engineering.
Wilbur Wright, noted aviator, died in Dayton Ohio after a three week illness from typhoid fever. Death followed a prolonged decline with doctors saying recovery was not possible though hopes flickered at times for his family.
New York reports twenty one hotels and six top restaurants along with two clubs crippled by a waiter strike. Hotel Managers say no compromise and demand individual workers return, while strike leaders demand union recognition and collective bargaining.
Duluth price table shows Wheat and Flax values for arrival and forward months with No. 1 hard at 1.1494 and July at 1.12, Sept at 1.04, Flax at 2.24. South St. Paul lists cattle, hogs, sheep, and wool prices with steers 5.75 to 8.25, hogs 7.15 to 7.20, lambs 4.00 to 9.00, dairy items and wool. Chicago quotes Wheat July 1.08 1/2 and Sept 1.04, Corn July 12 1/2 and Sept 7 1/2, Oats July 48 1/2 and Sept 41, Pork July 18.40 and Sept 18.45, Butter 23 to 25, Eggs 42 to 42, Turkeys 12, Chickens 13 1/2.
Chicago and Minneapolis market notes show cattle with prices across categories including Texas steers about 908.00, Western steers 36.25 per cwt, stockers and feeders 4.20 to 6.95, and calves at 5.00 to 9. Hogs and native yearlings prices appear with scattered figures. Wheat futures in Minneapolis June 1 list July at 111 and Sept at 108, cash close notes show various No. 1 to No. 3 grades for hard, northern, and yellow corn, oats, and barley with multiple bid arrivals and freight values.
The Minnesota Supreme Court, in an opinion by Chief Justice Start, upheld the conviction of Dr. Delbert F. Dumas former mayor of Cass Lake for attempted arson. The case is remanded to the Beltrami County District Court for sentencing as the offense carries a state prison term. Evidence was found sufficient to constitute the alleged public offense.
Minnesota Republicans in St Paul refused to endorse a specific primary law and rescinded calls for county and state conventions set for June 25 and July. The move signals a push to pass a direct primary law through an extra session, with the committee noting multiple shifts toward a legally safeguarded primary.
In his first reply to attacks by Lieutenant Governor Gordon and opponents, Governor Everhart claims Gordon failed to cooperate, causing defeat of reapportionment, railroad rate readjustment, and the statewide primary bill. He asserts opponents harmed beneficial legislation for selfish political ends and says he is willing to stand or fall by his record.
A blaze at a Moose Lake Minnesota restaurant owned by Mary Lindskog killed one man and injured eight others, with five more hurt while escaping through upper windows. Clara Travis and Mary Lindskog jumped from the second story with three children. the children were uninjured.
A canvass of four transfer stations and city freight houses in St Paul and Minneapolis shows about 400 of 1,400 men quit work in response to James Kelly's strike order. Railway clerks stayed at work. officials say the strike backbone is broken and most strikers will soon return.
Woodrow Wilson won endorsements in a majority of Minnesota counties and, under the unit rule, will have all twenty four Minnesota delegates to Baltimore instructed for Wilson. F B Lynch's returns show Wilson 62 instructed delegates, Clark 193, Bryan 37, 66 uninstructed with many leaning Wilson.
Dan Ahern twenty five son of John J Ahern of St Paul drowned in Chisago lake while fishing with a companion who narrowly escaped. The two men dived from a rowboat as a stiff wind carried the craft away. Dan grew exhausted and sank while the other man tried to reach shore.
The state supreme court declares the oleomargarine coloring law unconstitutional when the coloring does not harm health. It reverses Ole Hanson of Manka toa’s conviction for selling oleo colored to imitate butter and grants a new trial. The court holds the act unconstitutional only for bans on hues produced by natural noninjurious ingredients.
Representative Davis states he is not a candidate for the United States Senate and rejects reports of an imminent announcement. He confirms his wish to continue representing Minnesota's Third Congressional District as long as the people desire.
Explosion wrecks the J. W. Hardwick milk depot in Winona causing one man to be seriously injured and damaging adjoining structures and nearby windows. The blast occurred after a gas torch at the chest freezer released gas and ignited.
Three Great Northern laborers James Lee Henry Lake and N Murphy were struck and killed five miles west of Carlton as they stepped onto a parallel track to let an ore train pass. The passenger train followed and fatally struck them on the other track. Two youths drowned in the Mississippi at Minneapolis and another man fell from a window in St Louis?
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