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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1909
Page
2
An 19th century notice claims Dr H James cured his only daughter of consumption with Calcutta herbs after other remedies failed. The ad promises a permanent cure and offers a recipe treatment for two 2-cent stamps to Crad Dock & Co of 1032 Race St Philadelphia.
An aged newspaper listing promotes Mother Gray Co remedies for women’s ailments including back, urinary, bladder or kidney discomfort. It claims a pleasant herb remedy named Australian Leaf and mentions a mastache or mistache style package with Letoy New York as a contact location.
James H. Boyle was found guilty of kidnapping Billy Whitla in Mercer Pennsylvania after the prosecution outlined a tight timeline of his movements from the eve of the abduction to his arrest in Cleveland. Whitla identified Boyle in court, and Mrs Boyle’s trial followed the verdict.
The jury convicted Mrs James H Boyle here on the charge of complicity in the kidnapping of the Whitla boy Billy Whitla with the second count accusing aiding and abetting. The maximum penalty is twenty five years in the penitentiary.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw did not go to Ludlow Street Jail. Dan iel O'Reilly paid 250 to George B. Hayes for the receiver of her affairs. The sum funds the extinction of Elsie Haytwix's 253 judgment from supplementary proceedings. Nearly 100 remains due in costs and receiver fees before affairs exit receivership.
Cleveland May 8 Fourteen crew members of the steamer Adelle Shores are believed dead as the vessel lies at the bottom of Lake Superior off Whitefish Point. The Shores, 724 tons, built in 1894, was owned by Manx Transit of Cleveland and manned by Captain Selvert Holmes of Milwaukee. Previously owned by Nef Transportation of Milwaukee.
Senator Cummins of Iowa warned in the Senate that failing to pass a tariff bill with lower duties could spark a new political fight over tariff revision. He argued the finance committee plan would not satisfy those seeking reform and predicted a campaign for lower duties after Congress adjourns. The Republican pledge for revision is noted as a political driver.
May 4 Adana Turkey reports severe lawlessness with 30,000 dead in Adana province and 25,000 homeless refugees. City deaths estimated at 6,500 as 4,000 soldiers loot burn and shoot. Foreign properties damaged. French schools destroyed and American school feared. Commercial and missionary interests ruined. Authorities suspected of permitting Christian extermination. Troops reportedly pour kerosene instead of water to spread fires. Fear for American missions at Hadjin and Tarsus.
Mrs Virginia Jenkins Hains 69 mother of Captain Peter Bains Jr testified in the murder trial of William Annis. Her tearful direct examination described a desperate effort to save her son and drew the court into a dramatic moment as she sobbed and was led from the room after cross examination.
Willis A White juror in the Chester Jordan murder case was sent to Worcester insane hospital by Judge Prescott Keyes after May 4 verdict. The court found White insane and in need of restraint, a development his attorneys may cite in seeking a new trial.
In Washington on May 6 Representative Murphy announced he would present formal impeachment charges against Federal Judges McPherson and Philips of the Western District of Missouri. He framed the move as a personal privilege and cited his resolution in detail with Rep Rucker corroborating that Judge Philips should have faced impeachment two decades ago.
Henri St Yves, the French waiter, repeated his May victory by leading from after the fifth mile and never conceding the lead in the Greek classic. John Svanberg took second, Crook third, Fred Simpson fourth, Fred Appleby fifth, with Pietri sixth and Edguanl Cibot seventh.
In Rome in May Baroness von Hutten the author of Pam and other novels was divorced by her husband for desertion in a German court with no alimony. She will be allowed to see her child for only death each year. Before marriage she was Miss Betsy Middle of Bee Pennsylvania.
Washington May. Notable speeches sparked intense debate as Senator Dolliver of Town attacked tariff bill methods and clashed with Senator Aldrich. Democratic senators stayed silent while Republicans dominated the discussion, with Dolliver delivering humorous retorts to keep proceedings lively.
In Seattle on May 7 a balcony railing collapsed during an athletic meet at the new national guard armory. None of sixty injured died. Captain Maurice W. Thompson and his wife are in critical condition. John Murray and Cyril Thornton suffered serious injuries. The crowding against a flimsy iron piping guard caused the collapse, hurling spectators onto the lower floor.
Theodore Roosevelt accomplished another big game feat in the protectorate, securing two more lion kills before the chase ended. Since Saturday last week he has bagged five sons and one loness, now holding the record for Yon killing in the protectorate.
United States Deputy Marshal Lou Holden was killed in a clash with moonshiners at Turkey Creek. A posse routed the band after multiple shots. Three moonshiners were captured, the still destroyed, and whiskey seized.
General Frederick Dent Grant unexpectedly attends the Chicago Association of Commerce banquet closing the three day Peace Congress session. He attacks pacifist theories, declaring a strong navy and army better at achieving peace than speeches, praising soldiers as peace lovers.
Grain and provision prices list reads: Minneapolis wheat May at 1.26 percent, July 1.25, Sept 1.08, various No 1 hard and Northern grades. St Paul yards show steers 5.50 to 16.50, hogs 86,80 to 7.00, sheep and lamb values. Duluth futures mirror on track and arrive pricing. Chicago pit quotes wheat, corn, oats, pork, butter, poultry. cattle and hogs at Union Stock Yards with ranges for western steers, stockers, cows, calves.
In Brown County Minnesota a probate court orders a hearing at Special Term to consider selling a ward Alasenda Webber Ward also known as Media Webber Ward s life estate in real estate deemed unproductive o hich proceeds will benefit the ward The hearing is set for the Court House New Ulm on a Thursday in May 1900 with publication of notice required for three consecutive weeks in New Ulm Review watered around 1909 ads mention go carts for sale from 1 76 and patterns by J H L
A London Mail fragment recalls a scene where a young man seeks permission to see a girl's father, the father’s witty retort about sending fourpence home, and the girl kissing her father in relief. The piece then shifts to an explanation of surname origins in England, noting Norman influence, medieval given names, and Welsh and Scottish patterns, with examples like Mac and ap forms and common surnames such as Johnson and Wilson. It closes with a Boston Transcript quip about missed signals in courtship.
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