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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
2
Fire tornado hail life health and accident line of insurance offered by Rice Strickler Block. Contact phone 165 for safe and tradeable coverage options.
An English physician Dr H Ismees cured his only child of consumption using Calcutta herbs after other treatments failed. He now offers the recipe free for two 2-cent stamps to Crad Dock & Co. Address 1032 Race St Philadelphia for the herb that also cures night sweats and accelerates recovery from a cold.
A 197 page from Westington Washington reports strong USDA guarantees that Jell-O and Jell-O Ice Cream Powder meet National Pure Food standards. The declaration covers both wholesale and retail grocers and affirms ongoing official approval of these products.
In North Collinwood Ohio a school fire trapped 170 to 180 pupils in narrow hallways as doors opened inward. About 167 bodies recovered, many killed in the crush at the rear doors while 80 or so escaped unscathed. Teachers acted bravely, with several losing lives attempting to organize evacuations.
Democratic State Convention in Moraes favored William Jannings Bryan for president with strong enthusiasm. Delegates endorsed immediate tariff revision, Federal control of emergency currency, and eight hour workday while supporting irrigation and reclamation projects. No call for government ownership or personal liberty clause appears in the platform.
At Columbus Ohio the Ohio Republican state convention showed unanimous support for William Howard Taft as the party’s presidential candidate. Four delegates at large were chosen to back Taft. Governor Harris Former Governor Herrick Arthur I Vorys and Charles B Parl were named. Congress man Nicholas Longworth spoke briefly then read from manuscript after memory failed. The platform praised Roosevelt Harris administration policies and called for tariff revision an extra congressional session a strong navy and Panama completion while reaffirming civil and political rights and forward government.
Nathan Vidaver special deputy attorney general was arrested on extortion charges. District Attorney Jerome says Vidaver threatened to obtain $500 from William Montgomery former Hamilton bank president now under indictment for over certification. The alleged $100 bills were passed during a lunch at the Astor House in a pre arranged plan. Detectives identified the marked bills after the meeting.
New York March 7 Governor Charles E Hughes has won the endorsement of the New York Republican state committee for the presidential nomination. Resolutions adopted unanimously praised President Roosevelt for opposing wrongdoing and demanding justice, placing him among Washington Lincoln Grant and McKinley.
Baltimore March 7 twenty six railroad laborers were overcome by gas in the tunnel of the Pennsylvania railroad. Four died and ten were badly affected sent to hospital. Six others revived. Three of the dead are negroes and two are white men. The men were at work grading in the tunnel when the accident occurred.
Tuesday through Thursday highlights show the House debating the postoffice bill and rail mail concerns, with Lloyd charging $70,000,000 stolen by mail carriers. Senate currency talk continues with McCumber and Newlands. Hepburn opposes the currency bill. March 5 observes Proctor’s memory with adjournment and a naval committee inquiry. Army pay bill advances in Senate.
Tokyo reports a high foreign office official saying Japan will refrain from force in the Tatsu Maru case unless China compels action. He cites Canton viceroy’s hasty seizure based on smuggling claims, notes papers showed arms and a Macao firm’s manifest, and says Portugal aided before seizure within Portuguese waters.
In Pittsburg on March 4 Augusta Hartje a millionaire John T. L. Welshons a hardware merchant and Clifford Hope a coachman who had been on trial for conspiring as Mrs Mary Scott Hartje were all notified with binding instructions to the jury to return such a verdict and place the costs on the county
Vermont Senator Redfield Proctor who died in Washington told a fish tale at a Fort Frederick fish and game league meeting. He recounted Capron of Rhode Island owning a club scales that once weighed a baby at forty seven pounds, and a Salt Lake City stroll where tourists teased him as an old Mormon with many wives.
Barry Avery of the Chicago board of trade debuts a curious monogram waistcoat described as a color between London fog and soiled mortar. The design mimics a new suburb plat, with buttons depicting a mysterious Brazilian beauty. John H. Wilkins bets the senorita awaits Rio de Janeiro. the monogram sits two inches above the lower left pocket, requiring the left hand in the pocket to display initials. Avery predicts it will become a fad.
A Collinwood girl Helen Marks who skipped school reappeared at her father amid the Lake View school ruins. He believed she had died as authorities recovered bodies and searched amid the debris. She cried out calling him papa and startled him with the surprise reunion.
A compact market report lists March and May wheat prices in Minneapolis to 31.05 with figures for No 1 hard and Northern varieties. Duluth shows on track prices for wheat and flax with May and July values. Cattle and hog ranges are given for St Paul Chicago with prices for beef, cows, calves, stockers, and lambs. Grain futures for Chicago show wheat corn oats and provisions with May July and September figures. Butter eggs and poultry prices are included from Chicago markets.
W. W. McLaren of Ensley Alabama proposes a sea coaling scheme using captive balloons attached to two ships a Naval collier and a target vessel. Coal would be lifted from the collier by balloon and slid into the receiving vessel via a bottom sap in the balloon bucket system claiming faster service than current methods.
At a League of American Sportsmen meeting held at Mrs. Henry Fairfeld Osborn's New York home, funds were raised to push laws banning schooling of gray squirrels and to curb wild fowl killings on northward migrations and the use of automatic sketch. The group aims to have twelve state legislatures in session pass such laws.
On a New York harbor liner one celebrity dinner produced a witty clash. Mark Twain teased Chauncey Depew as the latter retold his after dinner speech word for word and left Depew in a humorous, awkward spot. The next morning an English onlooker teased Clemens about Depew’s act.
Kodol is presented as the best known remedy for digestive complaints such as dyspepsia heart burn and belching. It contains the same gastric juices as a healthy stomach and is described as pleasant to take and guaranteed to give relief. Sold by Eugene A. Pfefferle.
In a rustic exchange, Farmer Kornkob notes his son wears a hat band of three colors. The son’s degrees, earned at college, are proudly described by the farmer as marks of achievement.
A Rochester based Crosby Frisian Fur Co catalog showcases hides from cattle and horses revalued into fur coats robes and rugs. The ad urges readers to obtain the illustrated catalog to see the potential in hides and freight details from Crosby.
Mrs Lion questions her son about his greeting to Miss Sheep. The young Lion replies with a playful exchange about meeting her, saying he is pleased to meet you.
Pioneer Drug Co advertises Hollie ter's Rocky Mountain Tea as the most reliable spring regulator. Claims it cleanses impurities and fills the body with warm tingling life. Prices listed as 350, Ten or Yublets.
Dr Henry Van Dyke spoke at Gate Day on church fundraising. He quoted a canny Scotch minister who said the kirk stood in need of silver and, since honesty failed, they must see what a bazaar can do for them.
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