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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
8
Public health alert notes rising kidney disease prevalence and urges action. Claims Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root remedies kidney, liver, and bladder issues, reducing nocturnal urination and daytime urgency after liquor or dairy use. Offers free sample and booklet from Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
A garbled late 19th or early 20th century advertisement lists numerous illnesses from eye and ear problems to digestive, nervous, and reproductive issues. It touts patent remedies and surgical options, claiming to offer prompt relief and cures, with contact details and a street address for a Mr or Dr. DE. REA in Minneapolis.
Chicago reports clairvoyant Billek condemned for poisoning Mary Vzral and four relatives. A stay of execution was ordered by Judge Landis at 11 10, narrowly averting the fatal march as Billek prepared for the noose. Mrs Vzral, mother of Mary Veral, died by suicide after arrest.
In Cadillac Michigan on June 13 Mrs Daniel Cooper killed her husband and five of her six children with a revolver, wounding the sixth child. The mother, described as subject to dementia spells, was found by her mother Mrs Kealy in the home with the gun nearby and the children dead or dying.
Harrisburg jurors clear three defendants in a state capital furnishings fraud case after binding instructions. Remaining defendants Congressman H. Burd Cassel and Joseph M. Huston face ongoing questions of guilt or innocence. Dispatch notes possible Mexican whereabouts for Mrs Belle Guinness linked to Indiana murders.
Market notes show Minneapolis Wheat with July at 1.06 and other contracts around 9c gains. Duluth lists on track prices for No. 1 Northern at 1.08 and July at 1.05 1/6. St Paul stock yard reports cattle and hog ranges and calf prices. Chicago Grain and Provisions give various wheat oats corn and fats with May and July figures. dairy and poultry prices listed.
J U Barnes, president of the Insolvent Minnesota Title Insurance and Trust company of Minneapolis, was found guilty by a jury on grand larceny charges. The indictment charged manipulation of funds through loans to himself. Several other indictments remain untried. Barnes took the verdict calmly. a ten day stay was granted on appeal, and he was released on a $10,000 bond.
Ney Dunne, captain of the University of Minnesota football team, shot himself on a Jackson street after a jealousy dispute with a young woman who spurned a dance. He died hours later after the self-inflicted wound. he was due to graduate next year from the law department.
The State Federation of Labor held a three days session at Winona. The convention backed initiative and referendum and a constitutional state employers liability bill. They supported an eight hour law for state employees and a state printing plant. Prohibition was disposed of by a resolution opposing sumptuary laws and pledging support to affiliated unions. They urged closer ties with the Society of Equity.
Directors of Northwestern National Bank and National Bank of Commerce of Minneapolis vote to merge their operations under Northwestern National Bank. The combined bank raises capital to 2,000,400 and surplus to 2,000,000 and will pay a 20 percent dividend on July 10. The National Bank of Commerce will liquidate its stock.
Josiah Blodgett Chaney eighty, longtime assistant librarian of the State Historical Society and early St Paul resident, died. He came to Minnesota in 1858 settling at St Anthony. He served in the Civil War with Minnesota sharpshooters allied to First Minnesota. After 1861 he resided in St Paul where he had lived since.
The former Kentucky turfman James Duncan Loyn, once a millionaire, faced rampant reverses and a divorce from his wife. He moved to Minneapolis, working in private and public barns before ending his life by hanging in a Minneapolis stable at 256 Selby Avenue. His rise from a stable boy to a famed South regional figure ended in tragedy.
The Minnesota Prohibition convention at Minneapolis sent a message to the national convention of brewers in Milwaukee. It declares the saloon must go as the Prohibition army moves against the main body, noting the church and society have declared the same and the state will follow.
The Minnesota Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Minneapolis chose Marcus W. Bates of Duluth as commander in chief with a slate of officers including F C Greening Grand Meadow as senior vice commander and E Racey St James as junior vice commander. Other posts: Dr W J Taylor Pipestone medical director, Charles H McCreery Northfield chaplain, Byron W Mosler Stillwater and A W Guild Minneapolis along with John F Perry Minneapolis as council members.
Former Governor Samuel R. Van Sant was unanimously endorsed for commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the Minnesota state encampment in Minneapolis. He delivered the welcome address to about 200 veterans from across Maine and was cheered when announcing his candidacy for the top GAR position.
Market report from Chicago Union Stock Yards dated June 1 lists cattle categories with prices for Reeves Texans Westerners stockers cows calves and heifers hogs including light mixed heavy rough and pigs with varied bids and ranges. sheep and lambs priced per hundredweight.
Mrs Agnes Gonin of St Paul, aged 53, died in a state of uncontrollable excitement shortly after her daughter Katherine wed John Modevyaa. Coroner Miller ruled heart failure aggravated by excitement caused the death.
A mosaic of short, humorous lines and quips from various sources. It blends farce on farming methods with political and social witticisms, including a farmer's scheme for pig feeding, a candidate’s stance on majority views, and aphorisms about unanimity and neighbors.
Dr H James cured his only child of consumption using a Calcutta herb after all remedies failed. Child now healthy in the United States. The doctor offers the recipe free for two 2-cent stamps to cover expenses. Also claims cures for night sweats nausea and fresh colds within 24 hours. Address Crad Dock & Co 1032 Race St Philadelphia printing this paper.
Lester M. Nelson of Naples Maine writes that Dr King’s New Discovery saved his life after years of use for coughs and colds. He says it offers reliable relief for throat and lung issues and would not be without a bottle. The remedy, sold with guarantee at O M Olsen’s drug store for 0c and 1.00, includes a trial bottle free.
A Department of Agriculture document labeled serial number 18 confirms Jell O and Jell O Ice Cream Powder are pure and comply with the National Pure Food Law. The guarantee protects all wholesale and retail grocers handling the products, and officials regard their purity as unquestioned.
A pamphlet style notice offers a free home cure for nervous debility, weak back, memory loss, and deficient manhood. It claims a simple home remedy and invites letters to A. B. S. Robinson at Luck Building, Detroit, Michigan, to receive the sealed envelope with the prescription.
An Irishman longs for a whiff of boiled ham as he lies in bed waiting for the wake. His wife warns she has saved the meat for the wake, tearful yet hopeful, while brands and local suppliers loom in the background.
The product known as Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is described as popular with children for its pleasant taste and maple sugar likeness. It is said to be gentler on the bowels, not constipating, and to help drive a cold from the system. Sold by Eugene A. Pfeiferle.
A promotional piece extols natural digestion and blood health, urging prompt action for stomach issues. It promotes Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion, sold by Eugene Pfefferle, and includes a catalog offer from Crosby Frasier Pur Compass Roc ester, with Allen's Foot-Ease and related foot care products advertised, featuring a free sample and address in Le Roy New York.
A reader recalls tense exchanges about smoking, noting that after being confronted in the evening, Jack leaves with cigars in his vest pocket broken and crushed, implying pressure to quit. The fragment suggests familial or social friction around tobacco habits.
A fragmented ad page touts farm lands bargains in South Dakota and opportunities in new towns opened by the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. It also mentions free descriptive pamphlets, and an illustrated catalog from Crosby Frisian Farm Co. Rochester. Also notes a patent remedy for women and a quick food value claim from a cereal product seed.
Homeseekers rates via the Minneapolis and St. Louis on the first and third Tuesdays monthly to Nebraska Kansas Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma territory New Mexico Colorado and other states. Stopovers allowed and tickets limited twenty one days. For rates and train details contact A B Cuts GP T A Minneapolis Minn.
Fire of unknown origin devastated the Duluth Brewing and Malting yard, causing losses estimated at 20 000 to 30 000 dollars. Six animals perished including nine horses and three mules. Barn boss Edward Graham narrowly escaped death when awakened by his dog.
A humorous exchange features a poor man with a coat full of rents and a kind woman offering needle and thread. Gritty George dismisses the suggestion, noting the tents are too big to collect.
Giles Gibert, a Duluth pioneer who died recently, left $25 000 to Miss Maith Buin a music teacher of Chicago Hig estate valued at 223 000.
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