Village council passes ordinances and local events noted
The village council met Tuesday and enacted several ordinances to be enforced after publication. Delegates, callers, weddings, and local incidents are listed, along with posts about post office savings and various visits to New Ulm Mankato and St Peter. A wedding, fishing trip, ball game, and a death are among the day’s items. many residents attended events locally and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fous
Duluth
J. H. Doty
St. Peter
H. E. Stellmacher
Otto Sommer
Sophia Flusgge
Brighton
Ove Kohn
Ulm
H. Stresses
Max Burg
J. Berods
Frank Neave
J.P. Graf
J. Schneider
New Ulm
Thureday
G. W. Schlottwan
New Ulm Thureesy
Otto Berbrich
L. T. Precht
Mankato
F. W. Meyer
Fred Bobsin, Jr
Mra
Gust. Krueger
Sod Fritzle
D. W. Vomhot
Hall's Family Pills for Constipation Advertisement
An old medical ad copy promotes Hall's Family Pills to relieve constipation. It mentions a medicinal preparation sold by druggists and promises general relief, with promotional language and several unclear product phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
Baleares
Rugmista
Toledo
Hall
Socotra’s Maria Custom Noted In Seventeenth Century Lore
The island Socotra was famed as a pirate haven and Nestorian Christian enclave. In the seventeenth century its people reportedly practiced a custom of marrying all their women, a practice linked to local daring and maritime trade lore.
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Maria
Socotra
Indian Ocean
Far East
Socotrans
Woming
End to St Charles Sable In Rochester N C Kidney Pills Endorsement
O M Olsea reports St Charles Sable of 30 Cook Street Rochester North Carolina endorses Foley Kidney Pills. He says they gave prompt relief from a long lasting kidney trouble. The recommendation is presented as convincing evidence of the pills curative qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Charles Sable
Cook St
Rochester
N. C
Foley
Sable
O. M. Olsea
Tax Cost of Minnesota Government 1912 Study
The Minnesota Tax Commission outlines a 1912 program to reveal the total cost of government. It details the need to report actual receipts from taxation and payments for all purposes across counties cities and school districts to measure true government expense and debt levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesote
Joosif
Minnnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Commission
E. V. Robinson
University of Minnesot
Congress
Cities
Board of Education
How Explorers Find the Exact Pole by Solar Angles
A London Sphere article explains methods to locate the pole precisely by tracking the sun's height and shadow length over 24 hours. Measurements using theodolites yield the most exact results, while sextants are noted as less accurate.
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Pols
q@veryone
London Sphere
One Minute Gough Cure or Coughs Colds and Croup
An in and out remedy promising quick relief from coughs colds and croup. The ad touts rapid action and simple use with testimonials from unnamed patients. Claims emphasize ease of dosage and home treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gough
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Wis. Couple
A. L. Blomquist of Esdadle Wisconsin and his wife say Foley's Honey and Tar Compound gives the best cough relief among many tried. The couple notes Foley's provides quicker, more effective results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Blomquist
Esdadle
Wis
Foley
The Final Prank on Holliday's Hill
Albert Bigelow Paine writes in Harpers about Sam Clemens and his schoolmates who rolled stones down Holliday's hill to scare churchgoers. They undermine a great bowlder, triggering a dangerous crash toward a copper shop and a waiting laborer, nearly causing a deadly accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Harer’n Magazine
Albert Bigelow Paine
Sam Clemens
Sam
Holliday
Will Bowen
John Brigga
Will
Red River Special Threshers Promise Less Wastage
An advertisement urges farmers to switch to the Red River Special threshing system to reduce grain loss in straw stacks. It claims superior beating separation, less grain wasted, and lower threshing costs, promoting self feeders wind stackers and related equipment through branch houses and dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River
Rocks That Laughed: A Long-Dead Quarry Legend
A fragmentary story describes boys rolling a boulder toward a road and a mule handler. The rock leaps over a man and mule, lands beyond, barely damages a sloop, and lies half-buried for forty years before milling blasts end the practice. The tale ends with enduring superstition about the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowlder
Quicksand as Ground for New York Skyscrapers
An issue of Strand Magazine explains that quicksand under lower Manhattan extends up to eighty feet and bears limited load, while filled ground settles long after deposition. It contrasts dry clay gravel and bedrock bearing capacities and cautions against water as an unsafe foundation medium for tall structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan Island
Broadway
Strand
Mrs J E Henry on Foley Kidney Pills Save Bill
Mrs J E Henry of Akron Michigan explains kidney trouble nearly doubled her costs. After trying a Foley Kidney Pills sample she experienced relief, bought a bottle, and believes they saved a large doctor's bill as testimonial by M Olsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Henry
Akron Mich
Foley
M. Olsen
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