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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
7
An old advertisement notes kidney trouble harms mind and vigor and affects women as well as men. It promotes Swamp Root by Kilmer and Co. as a remedy, claiming relief for urinary issues, bladder problems, and general well being, with sample offers and receipt instructions.
A promotional note offers bargains in farm lands in southern Minnesota areas and new towns along the Minneapolis and St Louis extension. It advertises an illustrated descriptive pamphlet on the “New Empire” for farmers and stockmen, mailed free with a postcard to A B Cums in Minneapolis, Minn.
San Francisco reports show Mayor Schmitz pledged to obey the seven member committee of city leaders, with the panel probing police, works, and street departments. Patrick Calhoun accuses Abe Ruef of lying about bribes, while Ruef testifies on the Parkside franchise. Police and public works leaders face potential removal as the city government undergoes a sweeping inquiry.
July wheat rose to $1.02 on Friday morning at the Chicago board of trade, the year's high, as traders cheered and brokers crowded the wheat pit. Short sellers faced a sharp rush of buying orders while September and December contracts matched the rise near $1.02 to $1.03.
A brief tornado like storm swept Grundy Will and Kendall counties Tuesday afternoon. It lifted Caton 2 school building with 20 pupils, swung it around but no injuries occurred. Many barns and outbuildings were blown down while sturdier homes mostly withstood the shock. The cyclone, 3 to 4 poles wide, crossed several miles, with gusty, brief destruction across multiple areas.
St Louis judge denies habeas corpus for H Clay Pierce of Waters-Pierce Oil. He is remanded to police for extradition to Travis County Texas to answer perjury indictment from May 1900. Two appeals planned to circuit court of appeals and to the Supreme Court. bond set at 20000 on each appeal.
Washington May 17 The American Baptist Missionary Union fourth session adopted resolutions urging Baptists to give one tenth of income to advance Christ’s work and to urge the president to inquire into the Congo question. Over 2,000 delegates attended as advocates pressed for higher funding to meet urgent missionary needs.
Washington May 15 The interstate commerce commission holds that when two rates between the same points are in force the shipper must be given the benefit of the lower rate. The decision affects freight charges and carrier practices nationwide.
A St Louis Globe Democrat recounts a Guttenberg era racing yarn about jockey Hugh Penny and a down-on- luck owner. Penny’s sheer nerve and a single bet create a dramatic six furlong finish on a foggy slick track, with Penny admitting he slowed to let the old horse appear to win while the owner scrambled for a payday.
The piece notes slavery is ancient as civilization, persisting from Mediterranean cultures through feudalism to modern times. It reflects on humanity's long memory of enslavement and hints at a cautious, perhaps humorous, reassessment of pessimism.
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