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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1911
Page
3
A fragmented notice parodies shoe fit issues and overshoe advice, describing one shoe missing its counterpart and urging not to accept substitutes. The piece mocks fashion and comfort concerns with oblique references to “rubbery overshoes” and widespread commentary.
Henry P. McCoy of Tucson is famed as a reluctant Carnegie medal recipient. Six years ago in Mendon Adama county Illinois he saved Frank L Sherrer from a gasfilled well, then fled as publicity followed. He wandered from Chicago to Honolulu and other places to escape hero acclaim, finally settling in Arizona where he is again found. The medal and a $1000 prize accompany him, though he remains determined to avoid hero status.
O M Olsen reports a serious kidney trouble with backaches and dizzy headaches. After taking Foley Kidney Pills as directed, pain and headaches eased, vision cleared, and she feels much healthier. The testimonial cites quick results from the product advertised by E G Whiting at 360 Willow St Akron.
The ex-sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid, reported June 12 at Sofa, is said to be in critical condition with kidney disease and frequent fainting spells. Rumors claim an attempted suicide from a window, thwarted by his women, with doctors labeling him insane.
Carrie Nation the Kansas saloon smasher died in Leavenworth on June 10 after a period of poor health and a sanitarium stay for a nervous breakdown. Born in Kentucky in 1846 as Carrie Moore she married David Nation and devoted her life to temperance after her first smashing at Wichita in 1900. Her militant campaign left ruined barroom fixtures and inspired a statewide temperance awakening.
Grain and provision prices show Minneapolis wheat grades steady with slight premium for No 1 hard and Northern types. Duluth futures list July wheat at 9 1 2 cents and flax at 2 28, while St Paul cattle and hogs range with steers at 5 50 to 6 00 and hogs at 5 75 to 6 10. Chicago quotes July wheat at 8 1 2 cents and corn at 14 1 2 cents. oats around 37 to 39 1 2 cents. pork near 15 12 4 dollars with July and Sept contracts. Butter and eggs hold modest gains in dairy markets.
Chicago June 1 cattle and hog prices across Texas steers western steers and mixed classes with cows heifers calves hogs and sheep listed. Notable figures include Texas steers about 4.50, western steers around 4.71, hogs mixed from 6.00 to 9.00, native sheep yearlings near 4.35 to 5.20 and lambs about 4.25 to 6.65 with various quality brackets.
In a Waldorf Astoria stake, Walter Beott known as Beatty of Death Valley wins a $4,500 wager claiming pins will appear at every block to the Knickerbocker hotel. Weldy Young, famous Klondike mail rover, loses after a long, dull New York day ends with a parade of pins and cash along the route from Waldorf to Knickerbocker.
Weldy Young’s stake hunting in Central Park ends in a wild chase along Fortieth Street where hairpins turn into cash. Scotty claims a massive profit, grabbing a treasure of hairpins picked from the pavement. Weldy loses four thousand five hundred dollars.
Louise F Weinland a Spokane valley irrigation rancher plans to market alfalfa roots as a substitute for early asparagus. The discovery shows alfalfa root is nourishing for humans as well as livestock, with initial cooking trials by neighbors deemed satisfying and similar in taste to asparagus.
Four generation Hopkins County family led by James Madison aged 102 on January 20. His wife approaches 92 this spring. Mrs. Lillie Satter Held, a slater connected to Mr Madison, is 104. James Madison Sr. died long ago at 106.
The Rev. Herbert Macy of Congregational Church Newington Conn offers humorous Beatitudes for latecomers printed in the church calendar. He praises early risers who reach church on time while rebuking those who arrive late during scripture or prayer and noting those who slip in at the eleventh hour as the service begins before the quarter to H.
Professor J E Slaught of the University of Chicago is preparing a geometry textbook that applies theorems to football. The project aims to make geometry more popular by connecting theory with athletic strategy and play design.
Peru proposes a 10 percent duty on crude rubber exports to raise revenue as the government faces a revenue shortfall. An extensive cable conversation notes about 40 million words annually pass undersea through cables linking British and North American ports.
Acoma, an ancient village atop a 400 foot mesa in New Mexico, is described as the oldest inhabited settlement in the United States with a cliff built adobe pueblo, a centuries old cathedral, and annual tribal rites including the mens and women dances and a sacred saint parade. The article notes Coronado’s siege, a population once spoken of as high as 0,000, and details the multi terrace houses, guarded religious relics, and a demanding foot race using sticks.
New York June 9 Held without bail to await the recovery of multimillionaire hotel owner and sportsman William B. Stokes who is in Roosevelt hospital with three bullet wounds in his legs Lillian Graham an actress and Ethel Conrad an artist aged twenty two and eighteen respectively were arraigned charged with first degree assault and claimed self defense after shooting Stokes in their Verona apartments. They say they acted to save their lives while Stokes denies the claim saying he was lured by the women who attempted to blackmail him for 25000 dollars. Stokes wife Miss Helen Elwood and his son are at his side as he recovers.
Washington June 9 The senate finance committee reported the Canadian reciprocity bill without recommendation. The root amendment to the print paper and wood pulp provision passed by a 6 to vote in its favor. An attempt for an unfavorable report produced a tie, another tie blocked the recommendation before passage was achieved. The outcome surprised members who expected the committee to shift blame to the senate.
Cleveland reports a strike riot as one hundred police charged rioters at Prints, Bieder man & Co. factory. One man wounded by a shot, several seriously injured, and many others battered as bricks and stones flew and windows were smashed. About six hundred workers gathered as nonunion men prepared to depart.
In Hragovieshtchensk Asiatic Russia a steamer named Muravtel Amurst was destroyed by fire. Passengers leapt into the river and scores of people were drowned as the vessel burned.
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