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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
2
Old line insurance promotion highlights life health and accident coverage from Firs Tornado Hall. Emphasizes safety reliability and enduring policy options for families and individuals seeking dependable protection.
Chicago June 18 William H Taft of Ohio was nominated for president on the first ballot by the Republican national convention receiving over 70 votes. The ballot list included Knox Hughes Cannon Fairbanks La Follette Foraker Roosevelt and others. Nomination was made unanimous after an eight hour session and platform adoption.
Nominating speeches were made for Cannon Fairbanks Hughes Taft Foraker Knox and La Follette. A large demonstration followed Congressman Burton nominating Taft, the cheering lasting twenty five minutes before the ballot. A second burst of enthusiasm for President Roosevelt lasted about half an hour.
Chicago June 19 Congress man James S Sherman of New York chosen as vice presidential candidate and running mate of Taft at the Republican national convention. The final session lasted under two hours with committees named to notify the candidates and Willam Warner and J C Burrows placed to lead respective delegations. Sherman’s nomination gained broad support as New York backed his bid and Speaker Cannon praised him on the floor.
Scattering votes appeared for Vice President Fairbanks and Nebraska Governor Sheldon, but Sherman secured an overwhelming 819 votes, making his nomination unanimous. The scene reflected a decisive, party unity as the roll call closed.
In Chicago on June 17 the Roosevelt yell electrified the Coliseum for about forty five minutes, overshadowing a day highlighted by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge leading a steady procedural session and the convention seating Taft delegations in large measure. The credentials report passed with 700 delegates aligned with Taft, and a controversial plan to cut state representation by Republican votes failed 506 to 471 after a heated floor fight.
The Republican platform calls for a post inauguration tariff revision by a special session. It pledges a permanent currency system, a postal savings bank, stronger government control and publicity of trusts, federal rail supervision, and notice or full hearings on injunctions. It supports good roads for farmers, land conservation and reclamation, overseas trade with American republics, civil service enforcement, a national health agency, a bureau of mines, greater home rule for the Philippines, equal justice for Negroes, readiness of the armed forces, and revival of the merchant marine.
Associate Justice David J. Brewer told Clark College graduates in Worcester on June 18 that the restraining power of the court of equity should be enlarged not diminished. He warned that restricting this power would be a step backward toward barbarian rule.
President selects Luke E Wright of Tennessee to be secretary of war, noting his strong ties with the army and Civil War veterans. Wright, a renowned lawyer and former Confederate captain, is praised for administrative skill and fairness to colored people. The move reflects a unifying shift between North and South.
In New Orleans on June 13 four blackmailers were shot or wounded after being invited to dine by Pietro Giacona a wealthy Italian wine merchant and his son Corrada. Two victims Giovanni Barreca and Ciro Cusimano were killed while Francisco Vattali of St. Louis was wounded. One or more assailants may have escaped.
Two New York National Guard privates, John Welsh and George Harvey of the Ninth regiment, died from injuries after a flareback during a mock war game. Private McDowell is reported near death, with Harvey’s skull fractured and McDowell’s arm blown off in a premature powder explosion as the simulated battle continued.
In Los Angeles on June 20 Mrs Herman Gerson a head keeper at East Lake park zoo battled a large male tiger to rescue her husband who was being ripped apart. She page forth with a pitchfork driving the tiger’s teeth away and prying its claws from him.
Federal officers raided three Chicago houses arresting about twenty five women and several men in a crackdown on an alleged syndicate smuggling women from Europe to the United States for immoral purposes. The alleged head N Duval and his wife were arrested as they prepared to depart for France.
The Philippine assembly voted 57 to 16 to say independence is the Filipino aspiration and immediate independence is desired. Speaker Osmena stated the people’s acts show readiness, while Progressist leaders urged a separate vote noting the time is not yet ripe for complete independence.
Market notes show Minneapolis wheat with July at 1.033 and Sept 98 3/4 cents, No 1 hard around 1.07, No 1 Northern 1.053, No 2 Northern 1.05, and varying prices for Duluth wheat and flax. St Paul reports cattle prices up to 6.75, hogs to 5.76, lambs 5.25, while Chicago lists wheat around 86-87 cents and pork near 14.5 for July and 14.72 for September. butter at 19-22 1/2 cents, eggs late, poultry prices for turkeys 14 cents, chickens 10, and springs 20-23 cents.
Annie Jereheiman, an insane Denver woman, believed the governor possessed $40,000 left by W. S. Stratton and planned to force him to marry her. She visited the governor’s office with a revolver concealed under her jacket, was refused admission, and later arrested.
Chicago Union Stock Yards market notes show cattle and hog price ranges for June with figures for Texans western cattle feeders cows calves and calves. hogs priced by weight with light mined heavy rough and good to choice categories. sheep yearlings and lambs listed with various price points.
The Baltimore American reports on loco weed Enoor causing irrational behavior in humans and animals. It describes cattle and horses going mad after grazing, with some victims never regaining sanity and insanity deemed incurable. The note mentions the fate of a woman named Charlotte allegedly drugged by a foe using loco, linked to her husband’s alleged evolution.
A wife and husband spar over word origins. The wife asks about linguist and dentist etymology. The husband quips that a linguist does not pull tongues, and adds a wish that they did.
The Wind reports a senator in a crowd around a punctured vehicle asking what the trouble was. A man with a dinner pail notes a puncture and requests a speech, while a New York Press quote frames the scene. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve is advertised for quick healing of cuts and piles. Sold by Eugene A. Pletfarle.
A fragment describes a gager from Decastus near a tower in hades with a winking eye. The narrator muses on its purpose and compares it to other wonders including the Singer building as a passerby leaves a stranger.
An old ad claims Dr Rinu's New Life Pills cured indigestion after 16 years of illness. It praises the product as the best ever sold, with a testimonial from F. Aysclay of North Carolina. Availability at M. Olsen's drugstore.
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