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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
4
An unusually large New Ulm high school class heard Rev. 8 G Updyke deliver a baccalaureate sermon at the Congregational church on Sunday evening. The address blended truth and wisdom, more educational than religious, and was acclaimed by a full house with special music.
An old advertisement markets Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children used by a nurse in New York. Claims include breaking colds in two hours, curing feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and destroying worms. Contains pricing notes and a mail address in LeRoy Olmsted Ny.
June 24, 1903 event invites crowds to Storm Lake with Woodmen drills races boating and a baseball game between Algona Colored and Sioux City teams. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway offers special trains from New Ulm at 4 37 AM and returns at 7 PM with round trip $1 75. Note dates June 24 and related station details.
Dr J Currier formerly of Mankato now in St Paul traveled to New Ulm to gather views for the Minnesota Annual and to recruit authors for 1904 farm topics. He photographed local farms from Pfaender and Manderfeld homes and secured plans for articles on currants, gooseberries, and dairying.
The board discussed adding Greek to the study plan to boost classic language teaching. If approved at the La Crosse synod meeting in August, a new professor may be hired. Waterworks installation was also approved for consideration at the Minnesota Synod gathering.
One of the largest flour orders in years was received by Eagle Roller Mill on Saturday evening. A wholesale dealer in St. Louis, Missouri placed the order for about 70 000 barrels. Forty six box cars will be needed to transport the shipment, more than a train load of New Ulm product going south at once.
Delegates from St John Court 698 travel to St Cloud to invite the Catholic Order of Foresters to hold the 1905 state convention in the city. They push New Ulm’s bid, cite the order’s growing strength, and note major support from Mankato, St Paul, and Minneapolis. The St Cloud meeting runs through tomorrow with twenty delegates to the national convention and a vote on the 1905 site. Special summer excursion rates from New Ulm via the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway are advertised through September 30 1908 to Denver Colorado Springs Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden and other destinations.
The Minneapolis and St. Louis R R will shift trains 15 16 20 and 80 to run 45 minutes earlier on Sunday June 14. Train 15 departs Minneapolis 9 15 St Paul 9 50 A M. Train 16 leaves St Paul 4 55 Minneapolis 4 30 P M. Public urged to note changes. DeWitt Co advertises Witch Hazel Salve cures piles burns eczema and skin diseases.
A large crowd gathered at German park for the Second Regiment band’s first open air concert of the season. The program featured two parts with marches, overtures, polkas, waltzes, and medleys. Lighting delays due to lineman shortages were noted, with plans to install lights before the next concert.
Governor Van Sant says no official investigation will start over the Frank Tanke case unless a formal complaint is filed. He notes statutes require written charges to begin proceedings against sheriffs in Watonwan Nicollet and Blue Earth counties. A St Paul Pioneer Press interview quotes the governor urging citizens to file complaints if they seek action. The piece also mentions D L Williams buying his sisters interests in their father’s estate and a Cambrix farm valued at $35 000 with 700 votes.
A 1900s style column notes Mrs Emms Mitchell of Indianapolis praises Peruna for curing chronic pain and headaches, while saluting a “new woman” and urging readers to seek Hartman’s free medical advice from Columbus Ohio. It advertises low roundtrip coast travel via the Chicago and North Western with luxurious train service to California, Washington and Oregon, including drawing room cars and escorted tours.
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