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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
7
Newspaper ad promoting Dr Kilmer Swamp Root kidney remedy. Warns of widespread kidney disease and offers sample bottle and a booklet. Claims the product cures back pain, frequent urination, and urinary discomfort, with addresses in Hinghamton New York and mentions city name in ad.
An advertisement from Dr Rek & Co of Minneapolis Minnesota promotes a weekly stewartine remedy claimed to cure varicose veins rupine and enlarged glands. The text touts the treatment as a personal discovery by a renowned physician with a one dollar consultation and a guarantee of cure.
Daniel W Lawler a Democrat was elected mayor of St Paul over Joseph McKibbin by about 4500 votes. Democrats swept the ticket electing Louis Betz controller Otto Bremer treasurer and eight of the ring assemblymen along with ten of twelve aldermen. Lawler carried most wards, losing four by small margins and surprising McKibbin supporters in several wards.
Minnesota Democratic convention appears set to endorse Governor Johnson as Bryanites cap their effort with a predicted 22 delegate unit for Johnson in Denver. Ramsey and Hennepin are Johnson strongholds, while St Louis is claimed by both sides. A drowning near Minneapolis claims Alexander Hamilton, 25, after a canoe incident by the Mississippi. James J Will and Thomas Lowry deed land to the park board for Lyndale farmstead improvements. A Winona cablegram reports Joseph Leicht of Witona dying of pneumonia aboard a steamship in Europe.
Catherine Segale three at St Paul was run down by a horse at Hice and University avenue. The horse trampled her causing broken ribs and multiple cuts and bruises. Driver Edward Anderson was arrested on reckless driving charges.
Thomas Winn a miner killed himself at a Virginia boarding house by tying dynamite to his head and lighting the fuse. He summoned women to witness but they fled when the fuse showed, one woman injured. The explosion tore him apart and wrecked the building. Poles in Winona hold mass meeting denouncing Prussia over Poland policy and expropriation act, urging Congressman Tawney to back the Bates resolution.
Pat Sheehan pleaded guilty at St. Cloud to assaulting Police Officer Becker which nearly cost the officer his life and was sentenced to eighteen years in the penitentiary. Johnny Green received eight years. Ed Carmody pleaded guilty but awaits sentences for the trio.
Judge Oscar Hallam approved a settlement between Dr. T E W Appleby and trustees of his wife s Wilder charity estate. Appleby accepts 169 000 in ten of all further claims, commuting his 10 000 annuity and ending litigation. Trustees gain clear field to carry out charity purposes.
Johnson says he is running for the presidential nomination and would not accept the vice presidency under any circumstances if he fails to secure the top spot. A separate report notes Michael Gavin was stabbed at the Grand hotel in St Paul and may die. police hunt the unidentified assailant after Gavin ordered him to leave for nonpayment. Also, Marshall County authorities release five suspects in a bank robbery case, with J E Raymond alias Joe Zalinsky and James Nolan in custody or under watch. Nolan is described as a well known felon with a photos in rogues’ galleries.
Samen Fanta, after bidding his wife farewell, placed a revolver to his temple and killed himself in their South Park residence near St. Paul. Officials cite business worries as the motive. Fanta had lived in South Park for two years, having moved from Oelwein Iowa. Nearby, St. Paul plans a new $1,000,000 hotel on the Windsor site at Fifth and St. Peter, financed by L. P. Ordway.
Robert, the two year old son of Jacob Steckenstein of St Paul, rolled down a thirty foot embankment near his home and fell under a passing freight train on the St Paul railroad tracks. He lost both legs and died at the city hospital.
Miss Bessie M. Tracy twenty seven of Minnesota Junction Wisconsin a nurse at the state hospital in Rochester Wisconsin was fatally burned while filling an alcohol stove to heat her lunch. She died several hours later.
Sullivan, about 45, died in a small Glenwood building while sleeping. His three children await at Reedsburg, Wisconsin, with investigators blaming smokers for starting the blaze. Minneapolis Boy Killed in Wagon Accident Near Northwestern Lumber Yard. Six year old Herbert Wilford Strand died instantly after being struck by a delivery wagon while hitching a ride in Minneapolis.
The Euclid Avenue Trust company assigned to Cleveland Trust. No liabilities listed. Capital $200,000. President J. P. Madigan says deposits total about 1.2 to 1.3 million and every depositor will be paid in full. Failure blamed on poor collections. clearinghouse operations halted, doors closed. Leading bankers say the impact remains limited and the city’s other banks are not endangered.
Percival Lowell warns that deserts expand as forests and grasslands shrink, signaling a planetary decline. He describes petrified forests in northern Arizona, rising aridity, and retreating verdure, arguing climate change will push green zones upslope and thin waterways, foreshadowing a parched world.
A dated tip explains bending wire into a loop and pulling ends to snap the wire. It claims this method easily breaks wire up to No 12 gauge and notes violence compares poorly to this technique. The piece ends with a biting quip about a babbler named Steele.
A celebrated belle attracting many suitors was styled Mrs but chatted with another woman and admitted a knot in her handkerchief reminded her of marriage. A hostess suggested she was reminded she is married. Afr John Riha of Vining lists DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills as highly satisfactory, with multiple local users and his own endorsement via Eugene A Plefferie.
A Philadelphia advertisement claims Dr H James cured his only daughter of consumption using a Calcutta herb after other remedies failed. The doctor now offers the recipe free for two 2-cent stamps and promises cures for light sweats nausea and cold. Address Crad Dock & Co at 1032 Race Street Philadelphia.
Charles F. Budalm of Tracy California says his luckiest day was buying two 25c boxes of Borklen's Alpha Salve which cured years of itching piles that resisted other treatments. Soldander guarantee offered at O M Olsen's Drug Store.
Washington January 1907 the Department of Agriculture filed a strong guarantee under serial number 1554 declaring Jell-O and Jell-O Ice Cream Powder strictly pure and in full compliance with the National Pure Food Law. The filing protects all wholesalers and retailers handling the products and underscores high regard in official circles for their purity and wholesomeness.
Advertiser A. E. Robinson offers a free plain sealed envelope with a prescription to help men suffering nervous debility, loss of power, weak back, or memory issues caused by excesses. Write from Detroit Michigan to receive the information.
An OCR fragment shows an advertising page with mixed product pitches and misspellings. It promotes Crosby Frision Fur Company catalogs for cattle hides and fur goods, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, Allen's Foot Powder, and a healer’s marketing line. The text is garbled and resembles a collage of ads and quack remedies from an old newspaper page.
Promises rare bargains in South Dakota farm lands and business openings in towns opened by the Minneapolis and St Louis Railway extension. Descriptive illustrated pamphlet mailed free upon request by A B Prinses G P T A Minneapolis, Minn.
A dialogue reveals Jack’s habit and a manipulative tactic. After every evening visit he departs with cigars in his vest pocket broken and crushed, suggesting a staged cue to feign withdrawal. The exchange questions the sincerity of his efforts to quit.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea tones the stomach and liver, aiding bowels. The ad touts Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a safe monthly regulator for women with urinary or kidney issues. Sample package offered free by mail for 1 cent postage. LeRoy, N Y address provided.
In a brief exchange the product touts its food value insisting it can be cooked in under a minute and eaten in under a minute more, challenging traditional cooking times. The dialogue emphasizes speed and convenience for meals.
On first and third Tuesdays monthly the line offers homeseekers rates to Nebraska Kansas Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Colorado and other states. Stopovers allowed and tickets valid twenty one days. For rates train times consult agents or A. B. Cutts GP T A Minneapolis Minn.
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