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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement asserts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription eases many female weaknesses including pelvic organ displacement and headaches. It touts natural ingredients, alcohol free formula, endorsements from medical writers, and promotes Pleasant Pellets as original liver pills for health and recovery.
A detailed portrait recalls Pat Garrett the Lincoln County sheriff who hunted and killed Billy the Kid after a string of outlaw killings. Garrett, famed for quick draws, tracked the youth to Maxwell ranch near Carizzo and killed him in his pursuit, ending the Kid’s bloody run in New Mexico.
A New York Herald piece surveys historic political killings from Philip of Macedon through Julius Caesar and Roman figures, linking assassinations to power shifts and broader historical outcomes. It notes parallels with Lincoln’s era, Rome’s Gracchi, and emperors from 37 to 68 AD.
A famed foreign born singer at a host’s dinner engaged in a Latin style compliment with the nineteen year old daughter, saying she seemed like a flower among vegetables, leaving him momentarily unable to reply.
A simple shoemaker once preached to Cardinal Richelieu with calm confidence. He explained that repeating his sermon to a field of cabbage heads, including one red head, trained him to address the cardinal effectively.
A Philadelphia Press quotation contrasts two capitalists discussing a son thriving in business. The first notes the son has a quarter of a million, while recalling starting him with a million two months ago and his current operations in Wall Street.
An exchange explains inconsistency as a man who growls all day then kicks the dog at night. A note on rivers describes the Zambezi two miles wide plunging 420 feet and Niagara at 158 feet high and about a mile wide.
Royal memoir recounts the death of Louis XVIII and the careful, ceremonious end of his reign. Louis XVIII corrects an error by the chief almoner as servants and clergy assist. a tense moment leads to a solemn bow and shared tears. Charles X forgives minor blunders, saying he is not in a hurry, before M. de Brewe collapses.
A New York Press note warns travelers about visiting the tomb of the Mings near Shanghai. The two colossal carved figures loom among lonely hills and attract many visitors, but the journey is dangerous for a lone traveler and advised against for women. A donkey, guide, extra provisions, and a night-safety party are recommended due to hostility toward outsiders and disappearance of a previous traveler.
In northern Germany a quaint figure appears in rural districts. An elderly man with a flower decorated hat and ribbons on a staff goes from house to house inviting guests to weddings. He recites a Platt Deutsch speech, nods, stamps the staff, and ends the day in high spirits.
A historic exchange recalls John Milton’s sharp reply to Charles II’s suggestion that Milton’s blindness was divine punishment for defending his father’s murder. Milton stated that if calamities are judgments, the king should recall his father’s beheading.
A playful exchange captures a visitor's remark about the town’s floating population during the rainy season. A Myer town native confirms the seasonal abundance, reflecting local color and humor from Puck.
A quirky note cites Harpera Weeki advising readers on cold care as friends offer to help, highlighting a social exchange about managing illness and support.
The piece profiles George Leaveux Lilley born August 3, 1859 near Oxford Massachusetts, later U.S. Representative from Connecticut, famed for challenging graft, leading a farmer aligned reform, and pressing accountability in paper pricing and seed distribution. It notes a rugged youth, early business ventures, and a career marked by strong anti graft stances and legislative actions.
Dr Taslee H Berry urged that every train leaving New York carry a kit with bandages whisky splints plaster sterilized cotton for use in accidents or sickness. He spoke at the annual Society For Instruction in that Aid to the Injured meeting noting many trainmen have been trained by the society.
A survey of classical and literary opinions on love and absence. Ovid, Coleridge, La Rochefoucauld, Addison, Hazlitt, Goethe, Goldsmith, Colley Cibber, Dryden, Heine and others weigh strategies to cure or manage love, including absence, travel, business, reflection, marriage, and switching affections.
The New York Tribune describes London lord mayor day at the high court in the Manstox House. The lord mayor enters in robes with retinue and lifts his cocked hat three times. Judges wear wigs robes and a black cap during the ceremony.
A St James Gazette excerpt recalls a Scots advocate mocked for dullness and lack of dignity. Lord Meadowbank urged declamation, saying address him as if before a popular assembly. The note highlights judges’ leniency toward overlong rhetoric and the value of clear, forceful speech.
A London Scraps gag recounts a theater mishap where actors in a court scene were told to perform appropriately. The band left and first actor notes the orchestra was sacked to a body. The joke centers on the judge wearing the blick cap and the cast breaking the mood with the song Where Did You Get That Hat.
An unsettled excerpt from the New York Tribune contains dialogue about family roles and a Danish proverb about debt. The garbled text references a sharp thrust and strained domestic exchange with lines about adding a family member and cold reply. No clear event or identifiable entities emerge.
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