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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
7
Health notice explains kidneys filter all blood every three minutes and warns excess workload leads to heart and blood problems. Promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as kidney remedy with sample bottle offer and pamphlet. Mentions Binghamton address and to mention the paper.
This fragment advertises hides from cattle and horses for tanning into coats and gloves, with phrases about cheaper goods and freight terms. It promotes a new catalog and invites readers to request it, claiming better prices and shipping arrangements.
An advertisement promotes bargains in South Dakota farm lands and business opportunities in towns within the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway extension area. It offers a free descriptive pamphlet titled The New Empire Farmers and Stockmen’s Paradise, with a request to send a coastal card to A B Cutts in Minneapolis before editions run out.
Fragment of an old ad promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease powder for tired feet. Claims testimonials and mail order, with garbled pricing and vendor name.
A garbled OCR style piece touts lucky quarter stunts and “Mey” cures, claiming vision, headaches, and constipation can be solved by a product line. Fragmented names and nonsensical phrases hint at a dubious sale or health remedy advertisement without clear details.
London crowds react to Times report that Emperor William sought to influence British naval policy via secret correspondence with Lord Tweedmouth. Parliament debates, cabinet acts, Asquith explains the letters were private and personal, with calls to publish them.
Report from St. Paul notes Governor Johnson entered the presidential race and drew wide attention among Minnesota Democrats. The opposition to Bryan may coalesce around Johnson, with many seeking to thwart Bryanism. Bryan adherents worry if Johnson gains delegates at the Denver convention.
United States Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont died at the Champlain hotel in Washington following a grip that worsened into pleurisy and pneumonia with heart complications. He was seventy seven, long a political and business figure in Vermont and among the wealthiest in the Senate.
In Minneapolis a potash bottle left over from last July 4 caused a blast in the C A Ekelund home attic. Clifford four was killed instantly by glass shards while Herman eighteen lost an arm and later died. Conrad eight was hurt, Richard eleven and others injured as windows shattered and the roof collapsed. Herman rushed to secure the volatile bottle, dropping it as he acted.
Commissioner C F Staples of the Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission travels to Washington to defend the state grain inspection and grading system before the House Interstate Commerce Committee amid North Dakota claims that Minnesota grain is misgraded. Farmer R J Hall of Morris appears as a Minnesota farmers’ group representative to testify that Minnesota inspectors satisfy producers.
A Minneapolis report claims the Salvation Army plans to round up all stray cats and send them to India to fight bubonic plague. The plan cites fleas spreading the disease and notes India’s religious stance against killing animals, suggesting cats’ immunity to insects reduced deaths.
An obituary notes Dr Cushman born February 11 1819 Virginia died at eighty eight in Minneapolis claimed as the inventor of the telephone and first voice over wires. He worked with Samuel Morse in pioneer days. Separately three Minneapolis youths Frank Myers Martin Tobin and Tom Hargan aged 15 to 17 are arrested for stealing about 200 pairs of shoes from Hathaway Shafts Shoe Co valued near 3800 with motives linked to a daredevil spirit.
A laboring Austrian man aged nineteen is found dead on the Milwaukee and St Paul railway tracks at St Paul. The body shows severe injuries with a severed left leg, a broken neck, and a nearly detached arm. Papers in his pockets indicate the name Mark Popovich.
The Democratic state central committee at St Paul endorsed Governor John A Johnson for the presidential nomination after a tight vote 68 to 23 breaking Bryan opposition. Bryan adherents vowed a state wide campaign and created a parallel organization to contest delegates to the national convention in Denver next July. The panel set May 14 in St Paul for the state convention to elect delegates and left the nomination of state officers to a five member committee.
Obituary notes the death of Hon Albert L. Cole a Minnesota Republican nominee for governor in 1908 who died in Texas at age sixty after moving there for health. Born in St Laurent County New York he served two terms in the Minnesota House, worked as a school commissioner in New York and ran businesses in Fergus Falls Walker and Benz. He left a political legacy tied to the 1908 gubernatorial race.
Hon J C Moore state warden of Georgia testifies that after eighteen months of severe indigestion he found relief in Kodol. He says he gained weight and health, and that he keeps a bottle for ongoing use. The letter notes Chicago firm J DC DeWitt & Co as the sender and Pfefferle as seller.
Mrs. JP White of Rashboro Pa credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving her life from lung trouble. The ad touts the remedy as the quickest cough reliever and a cure for lung disease even when hopeless. Also advertised is King s New Discovery for coughs colds grippe and bronchitis with a guarantee from O M Olsen s drug store. Trial bottle offered free and bottles priced 60c and 1.00.
A bachelor maid Miss S- in her forties stays single and works in slums aiding women and children. She helps a mistreated wife who was cast out by her husband, dressing wounds and guiding her to shelter at charity headquarters. The scene contrasts her independence with the remark“Oh an old maid.” Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup advertises a remedy for coughs and bowels.
Therminatey architect Norman R. Goulter endorses Electric Bitters describing its food value and quick cooking claim. He praises the medicine as able to correct stomach liver and kidney disorders and to build up the system. Local druggists note it as a leading blood purifier.
A famed belle among fashionable company reveals a knot in her handkerchief and jokes it reminds her of something. The hostess quips that it may remind her she is married while scrolling through gossip and a tease for a patent tonic.
Homeseekers rates via the Minnespalis and St Louis BR BR list trips on first and third Tuesdays to Nebraska Konsan Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Colorado and other states. Overs allowed tickets limited twenty one days contact A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn for rates times and agents. An English cook dreamt of a story and, despite advice, invested her savings in a ticket. A few days later the employer was astonished to see that the Urkellan won 100000. He was a bachelor and she an old servant. They married next morning by special license. On leaving the church he asked if she also had a prize. She sighed that she did not and joked about the baker’s ticket profit.
Mr John Riba of Vining endorses DeWit's Kidney and Bladder Pills saying they give better satisfaction than any other pills. About a dozen local users report perfect results and the tester also notes personal fine results. Sold by Aw gens A Pfefferle.
A fragment narrates a tale about Stephen Girard's will restricting clergy from entering Girard College in Philadelphia. A neatly dressed cleric is refused at first by a janitor, who then permits him after a humorous exchange. The anecdote highlights the rigidity of the college’s rules.
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