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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1907
Page
7
A vintage ad touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for lame back and kidney problems. It promotes a free sample by mail for readers who mention the paper, and highlights the product’s supposed medical success and availability in drugstores.
Cheap excursion rates to Arizona California Oregon Washington British Columbia Utah Montana Texas and Old Mexico start March 1 and run to April 50 with fares 15.00 below regular. Weekly through cars to Los Angeles and San Francisco travel via Kansas City Santa Fe System. Contact agents or address A B Cutts G P L & T Ay Minneapolis.
Santa Barbara May 18. A Union Pacific Shriner special wreck killed 25 or more, with 15 additional deaths since initial reports. The train, carrying Ismailia and Rajah temples members, derailed at a defective switch while traveling at speed. Rescue workers report scorched bodies, crushed carriages, and many injured. Alonzo B. Rogers of St Paul among the dead.
Springfield May 13 Chicago's new charter bill passed the senate 28 to 16 at 12 05 pm Saturday. Country senators Curtis Dunlap Acton Chafee and Hamilton opposed it while Orville P Berry delivered a masterful defense. The measure won by just two votes more than the minimum 26 needed to pass.
London officials uncover a London borough workhouse and infirmary described as baronial in scale with expensive touches. The Rate Payers association notes the site and building cost exceed 1.3 million dollars, equating to about 1675 dollars per bed, higher than many working family homes.
A Chicago Burlington and Quincy suburban train collision at Hamlin avenue left one woman dead and over twenty injured as the engine sped at 45 miles per hour. The cause is undetermined. In Ohio a rear end collision at Jones Station near Hamilton killed one, fatally injured another, and seriously injured two others. In Kentucky a street car and the Chesapeake and Ohio flyer collided in Lexington, killing one and injuring several.
A London Chronicle piece surveys how Britons, Germans, French, and Americans differ in table manners. It praises English restraint with the knife and napkin while noting continental bluntness and American tendencies toward concealment. It cites Lord Chesterfield and Emperor observations, contrasts spoon and fork use, and ends with a playful cartoon nod to Miss Critle and a yawning satire.
New York April 10 The San Francisco conflagration of April 1906 wiped out all prior profits of insurance committees since 1860 and cost them 79 708 174 in addition. President George W Burchell of the National Board of Underwriters said total property loss reached about 360 million. Loss to 243 insurance companies was 175 508 530 with substantial reinsurance abroad pushing world losses to 220 000 000 to 225 000 000.
About 450 journeymen plumbers in Toronto plan a Wednesday strike seeking a seven percent hourly raise. In other news a Wichita man who attempted to kill his ex wife shot himself, a Saratoga oil field settlement ends open shop, and a Montgomery car accident injures Brunsen. Salvation Army leader Evangeline Booth heads west on a multi city tour while the 119th Presbyterian assembly convenes May 11 in Columbus.
An electric commuter line wreck near Edwardsville injures nine as a southbound through car is demolished by a passing work train on the McKinley interurban. Edward Williams is among the injured. farmers assist with bandages until doctors arrive by relief train. A separate Bradenville fire destroys a Saxman Supply stable, wirehouse, meat market and several residences.
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