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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
7
An old newspaper ad promotes Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder problems in women and men. It claims the product eases symptoms like frequent urination scalding and bed wetting in children and adults, urging readers to request a sample and mail order pamphlet from Dr Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York.
Next Regular Professional Visit at Dakota House announces a new treatment approach for ruptures and enlarged glands claimed as painless and cureable without home bleeding. Dr Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis conducts consultations for £1.00, offering guaranteed cures for suitable cases.
John M. Connolly twenty two a fireman on the Miasabe and Northern railroad is killed in a Duluth area pool hall by five masked robbers. Conductor Henry J. Huber is struck with a revolver butt when he advances on the bandits. The robbers flee after firing on Connolly and threatening others. Connolly lived in New Richmond Wisconsin.
Three railroad workers were killed in Minneapolis within twelve hours. Samuel Thompson, a switchman for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line, died after slipping while switching and being crushed by cars. M J Witkenworder, a switch foreman, died from chest injuries after being struck by a switch engine in Great Northern yards. George Corvus, a brakeman, fell from a train and was killed atop a Minneapolis rail car.
A Finnish farmer named John Seveen, 53, near Thomson, Duluth area, killed himself with dynamite on his chest over family troubles and a pending law emit. Pieces were collected in a gunny sack and taken to Cloquet for burial. Also reported: Loot Stolen in Broad Daylight at Muenge grocery in North Minneapolis with 200 witnesses. $85 in goods vanished as robbers fled after loading wagon. Charles Smith, 26, fatally burned in a Midway shed near St. Paul. he had come from Seattle with a companion, now missing. Willis Sprague, 8, son of H A Sprague of Winona, died after being kicked by a horse.
Gust Kronke of Lyon county and the team he was driving drowned while returning home from Tyler. He is said to have been intoxicated at the time of the accident.
State mine inspector F A Wildes reports Leonidas near Ever Jeth has opened and shipped 26 cars of ore. The mine is forecast to become one of Minnesota’s largest in coming years with ore prospects of 4,324,252 tons. State mineral leases total 346, with 60 in minimum royalty class and 286 paying $100 yearly rent. After five years, leases within one mile of a railroad move to minimum royalty and require 5,000 tons per year or equivalent royalty.
John Miller, once a key North Dakota leader who fought against the lottery, has died in Duluth. Known as honest John Miller, he helped keep the lottery out of the state. He moved to Duluth in 1890 and became a prominent citizen, serving on the board of trade and engaging in public affairs.
Diphtheria epidemic grips Rosemount with one sudden death. Grace Gibson, seven, attended the public school until two days before her death. Several cases reported and two persons said to be critical. The school shut for thirty days amid town alarm and financial worries.
The state twine plant promises to pay $1,000,000 into the state treasury during November reducing reliance on borrowing. The state is expected to borrow $500,000 this year instead of the usual $1,000,000. Large payments aid schools, taxes deferred until next March, and warrants will be sold in smaller amounts than anticipated.
A traveling drug salesman Robert W. Davies, from Minneapolis, died at the city hospital after taking morphine. He left a coroner letter blaming his sweetheart for his act. A Rock Island railroad worker in Albert Lea died after losing both legs in a yard switch accident. Hicks delay in trial in bribery case of Minneapolis school board secretary William K. Hicks is set until November before Judge Dickinson. Diphtheria closes schools in Sverdrup district 182 and Aardal district 143. two deaths reported from the disease.
A nine month old chrysanthemum grown at the Hamilton McK Twombly estate in Madison New Jersey reportedly bears 500 blossoms and spans twenty feet, earning a private car for travel to the Chicago Flower Show and rivaling the world’s finest blooms in size and splendor. Gardeners declare her the finest chrysanthemum alive, with a hardy, cyclone resistant nature and a striking yellow head admired by all.
Women in Titusville pa push to fund a 15000 domestic science scholarship at State College of Pennsylvania named for Kate Cassatt McKnight. Resolution passed amid debate on wives duties and home drudgery with aim to improve home keeping and moral life.
The Christian Science Sentinel of Boston announces a new daily paper to be called the Christian Science Monitor. The paper will focus on real news in a clean, wholesome manner, avoiding sensationalism and exploitation of illustrations. It aims to be welcomed in homes that cherish purity and refinement.
Frendi Suffragette Madeline Pelletier argues for women to be enabled to perform military service. She would teach women the necessity for violence, including gymnastic training and marching, to support a war effort and demonstrate readiness and courage. The cable dispatch from Paris notes her logic and resolve.
A Chicago educator argues that American sports have become a national disease. He criticizes high school physical culture as prioritizing glory over education and says athletes are exalted like demigods, while the system teaches superiority rather than learning.
A sixty foot auxiliary gasoline schooner named the Hiram Bingham was recently launched and blessed by clergy. It will be used by Gilbert Islands missionaries to spread the gospel in the south seas where water travel is essential to their work.
A new Belgian life preserver in the form of a knapsack claims to be unsinkable. It includes a small storage battery to light an electric lamp in a headpiece that integrates with the device.
A Chicago professor suggests future household work could be run by dedicated businesses solving the servant girl problem. The Baltimore American poem praises a shift to automatic home service, envisioning fewer labor disputes and more reliable help from specialists, from kitchen to attic.
A garbled quote depicts a nurse mispronouncing a patient condition and hinting at marriage proposals. The source reads like distorted dialogue with fragments suggesting A Very AISN militomaire and a mix of requests, losing clear sense.
Advertisement urges sending cattle and horse hides to Crosby Frision Fur Company in Rochester New York for conversion into coat robes rugs gloves and mittens. Claims better and cheaper goods and mentions freight and a new insulated catalog page 18. Invitation to respond if interested.
Kitty-Norton met a girl on board the liners and before they cut to the other side he was engaged to her. Tom notes this proves not all the perils of ocean travel are eliminated yet.
An ad touts Allen Foot-Pase a powder for swollen tired feet with free samples. It also touts Foot-Base Sanitary CorsPad by Allen Limited of Le Roy New York as a new invention with sample offer and address.
A fragment from a dialogue features a strained exchange about blame in a refined setting. Expressions echo hesitation and rhetorical questions as a speaker defends or deflects responsibility toward a noble youth in a charged social moment.
An aged ad copy touts tanning methods and fur products from Crosby Frisian Fur Co in Rochester New York. It promises a reveal of the new illustrated casting and notes Crosby has the freight.
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