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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
2
Wm. Pfaender Jr offers real estate insurance covering fire bail tornadoes accident and death with trusted companies. Real estate bought and sold. Legal documents executed loans negotiated steamship tickets sold.
Insurance notice for John E Bobleter agent offering fire tornado hail life health and accident coverage. Office located in Strickler Block with contact phone 165. Safe and able service emphasized for residents seeking old line policies.
Dr H James cured his only child of consumption using a Calcutta herb after remedies failed. The doctor offers the recipe free to readers sending two 2 cent stamps for expenses, claiming rapid relief for night sweets nausea stomach issues and fresh colds. Address Crad Dock & Co Philadelphia, naming this paper.
A vintage advertisement touts Nothar Gray's Australian Leaf as a monthly regulator for female health. It claims relief for back pains and "woman's trouble" with easy mail order from The Mother Gray Co. LeRoy New York.
Henry H. Rogers, vice president of Standard Oil and organizer of Amalgamated Copper, died at his New York home from a stroke. He woke in the morning and, feeling unwell, told his wife he was not well before lapsing into unconsciousness. He was 69 and had suffered earlier health issues, including a stroke in 1907.
Henry H. Rogers, longtime associate of the Standard Oil trust, began life as a Fair Haven boy and rose to become a leading figure in the industry. He built a vast fortune, commanded respect as a friend and yachtsman, and led the Standard Oil company after John D. Rockefeller’s retirement, with J. D. Archbold handling routine matters.
Taft, after consultations with Senate and House leaders, believes the tariff bill will be sent to him no later than June 20. He thinks the conference bill will be a revision in the generally accepted sense and a measure likely to receive his signature. President expressed positivity about timing during a visit to Charlotte on May 20.
Julian W. Swift nephew of a Chicago meat packer and New York society figure married Mary Emma Miller, a Lafayette heiress, after eloping from the Knickerbocker Hotel to a Hoboken tenting car. Few intimate friends accompanied them.
Chicago traders report May wheat contracts up to 1.32 percent with six days left to deliver. The surge surpasses James A. Patten’s earlier bullish forecast from two months prior as the Bull campaign remains active and July contracts also advance.
Governor John A. Johnson refused a direct denial of Senator Bailey Texas and said he did not claim railways of the South influenced Southern senators. He asserted the Republican party bears responsibility for the tariff related extra section and cannot shield itself with a few cooperating Democrats.
Springfeld Illinois May 20 on the eightieth joint ballot for United States senator Hopkins gained support as Brown Jones Olson and Schmitt shifted from Foss to Hopkins. Hopkins secured 87 votes twelve short of a majority. Five representatives also moved to the Hopkins column from Foss: Hagan Hamilton Mull Mills and Pierson.
President Taft visited Petersburg Virginia on May 19 to unveil a bronze statue honoring General Hartrandt and Pennsylvania volunteers. He toured Fort Stedman and Fort Mahone, paid tribute to Union soldiers, and praised Confederates for their valor, stressing the war’s enduring lessons and Pennsylvania’s pride in victory.
In New York on May 22 an employee moved over 600 million dollars in cash stocks bonds and securities from 66 Broadway to the new Knickerbocker Trust Company quarters a few doors down Broadway. About a dozen police kept watch along Broadway and inside the two buildings as the vault contents predominantly consisted of corporate and individual trusts.
William Williams of New York chosen to succeed Robert Watchorn as immigration commissioner in New York. The post, key in the department, had drawn president’s dissatisfaction, prompting Watchorn’s resignation. Helen Kelly Gould granted absolute divorce from Frank J. Gould in New York, with custody split between the spouses for the year.
President Taft issues a land opening proclamation for 440000 acres in Flathead Montana 200000 in Coeur dAlene Idaho and 60000 to 100000 in Spokane Washington registrations run July 13 to Aug 5 at Kalispell Missoula Spokane or Coeur dAlene drawing begins Aug 9 at 10 am and continues until finished applicants may study lands before entry with rules available June 1 and entry deadline April 10 1910.
Paris May 23 The general strike collapses after a few hundred workers resume. The General Federation of Labor issues a manifesto to cover retreat while claiming postal employees supported the second strike. Postmen and a few unions raise funds to aid dismissed workers with 30 dollars monthly until new employment.
New York appellate division upholds reduction of damages from 2500 to 300 in a suit by George Griffin a Pullman porter who was arrested in Montreal for pocketbook theft but released. Griffin claimed unequal humiliation in law between him and four white defendants in the arrest led by Daniel H Brady a New York manufacturer.
Pittsburg May 22 Representatives of New York financial interests studying coking plants in the Gonnellsville region for consolidation of about seventy five of eighty five Independent coke companies approved property appraisal. The deal value is said to be between 65 million and 70 million dollars.
Manila May 20 The Philippine General Assembly adopted a second resolution in favor of independence as it closed its 1908 session. Toronto May 21 Four Oldfield children aged one three two and seven died when a lamp exploded in their home. Mother and nine-year-old son escaped badly burned.
Senator Aldrich failed to obtain a day named for the final vote on the tariff bill. He proposed Wednesday June 2 covering the bill and amendments, but both parties objected. Senators Daniel and Cummins joined in opposition, leaving no action but to defer. Aldrich said he would pursue unanimous consent again later for a vote.
Tokyo reports a widening sugar scandal as investigators arrest MPs and company directors. The Constitutional party suffers while efforts to nationalize the sugar company intensify. Alleged confessions claim up to $60,000 in bribes and implicate around fifty lawmakers.
Grain and provision prices from Minneapolis and Duluth show May and June values for wheat rye oats and flax with bids for No 1 hard No 1 Northern and other grades. St Paul stock yards reports cattle hogs sheep and lamb ranges while Chicago markets list cattle hogs and calves with price bands.
Legal notice in Ninth Judicial District summons defendant Jo Hanenstein Brewing Co. to answer a plaintiff complaint filed with Brown County Court in New UK Minnesota. Defendant must respond within twenty days after service or face judgment for 100 dollars plus interest and 175 dollars plus interest with costs and attorney fees. Dated May 3, 190. Attorney for Plaintiff listed.
Advertisement notes Hickory brand rubbers and overshoes as long wearing and satisfying. Encourages asking local dealer St. Paw Rubber Co Distributors Abel for details.
Sluggish livers and bowels cause disease. Cleanse the system and regulate bowels and liver to health with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. The surest remedy known. 35 cents Tea or Tablets Pioneer Drug Co.
Colorado Utah Yellowstone and the Pacific Coast route offers special round trip fares via the Chicago and North Western to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs and other Colorado points and to Yellowstone National Park San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle Vancouver and other Pacific Coast points. Liberal stopovers return limits and convenient schedules promote visits to the Seattle Exposition and en route destinations. Ask Chicago and North Western ticket agents for details maps itineraries and booklets.
An 19th century advertisement touts Mother Gray as a universal remedy for female ailments. It claims Australian leaf and a regulator product called Mother Gray can cure backache kidney issues and related discomforts, offering a addressed consignment by The Mother Gray Co Le Roy with unclear contact details.
A publisher experiments with scent to identify a book's country of publication. He notes English volumes have the best smell as a skeptical club discusses sniffing various books and the quirks of scent and taste in literature.
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