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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
2
Old life and health insurance ad promotes Safe and reliable coverage. Office in Strickler Block lists phone 165 and emphasizes stability and local service. The fragment hints at a regional insurer offering standard policies.
The physician Dr. H. Janes used Calcutta herbs to cure a daughter deemed hourly dying from consumption. The cure is claimed permanent and offered free by sending two 2-cent stamps to Crad Dock & Co., 1032 Race Street, Philadelphia, for the recipe. The herb is said to also treat night sweats nausea and colds within a day.
An old advertisement claims a product named Australian Leat from The Mother Gray Co offers relief for women ill health including backache urinary trouble and monthly weaknesses. It mentions a guardian-like figure Hiker Gray and implies multiple branded names. The copy reads like a patent medicine pitch from New York with warnings of early mail delivery.
New York reports Taft with 321 electoral votes to Bryan 162. Missouri shifts to Republican, close Maryland with Bryan six to Taft two. Republicans gain in West Virginia and most Northern states. Taft tops Roosevelt 1904 by 29 votes. Senate stays Republican. House majority reduced but intact. Taft leads in Ohio Michigan New Jersey Indiana and Illinois. Bryan loses Nebraska but gains in Nebraska legislature. Socialists grow but fail to reach anticipated mass total.
Chicago reports early national vote results show the next House of Representatives likely to include 215 Republicans and 176 Democrats with two vacancies. Senate balance favors Republicans with about two thirds, 18 Republicans and 13 Democrats to be chosen. States already decided include Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Maryland for Democrats and Kentucky Vermont for Republicans.
Government wins first round in the tobacco case as four judges of the United States circuit court hold American Tobacco operates in violation of the Sherman anti trust law. The court suspends the injunction against subsidiaries and finds a receiver impractical. Complaint against Imperial Tobacco and British American company is dismissed.
Northwestern Improvement company directors declare an extra dividend of 11.26 dollars a share on Northern Pacific Railway stock. Paid from accumulated surplus, the company owns timber lands and coal mines in Montana and Washington with capital stock 2.775 million and bonds authorized up to 7 million.
St Paul reports Governor Johnson holds a strong lead with a projected 25 000 plus plurality as Taft gains over Bryan by more than 75 000. Northern counties and cities sustain Johnson, including St Louis County and the Ninth district. Jacobson’s home Seventh district and southern counties stay loyal to him. Hammond defeats Mc Cleary in the Second district. Tawney wins in the First by about 3000. Other seven districts stay solid Republican.
Early returns from 49 counties in Iowa show Taft leading with 225 404 votes to Bryan’s 28 for a 65 031 edge. Governor race favors Carroll by 3 924 with White at 163 818. Cummins leads Senate race by over 42 000. Hamilton claims reelection by roughly 100 votes over Kendall per semi official tallies.
Late returns show Republicans win at least 108 of 149 legislature seats and secure reelection of Governor Crawford to the Senate seat. Burke and Martin elected to Congress, Taft plurality in South Dakota may reach 39,000. Vessey GOP governor candidate leads Lee by about 15,000.
Bismarck N D Noy and Thomas Mershall concede defeat for U S senator by about 1000 votes while M N Johnson leads by 2500 to 3000. Supreme court ruling may spark a legislative fight as pledge clauses are struck down. The Bismarck Tribune credits Governor Burke with a 4500 to 5000 victory and notes large majorities for the rest of the Republican ticket and both Republican congressmen.
Milwaukee Nov 5 returns indicate Taft and Sherman will carry Wisconsin by about 75,000 in a Republican victory. Wisconsin’s 13 electoral votes go to the national ticket. Governor Davidson and the state ticket are re elected by about the same margin. Republicans win ten of thirteen congress seats, Democrats one in the Sixth district. The legislature remains heavily Republican and will elect the U.S. senator.
On Edwart Carey’s farm near Swan River Manitoba the home burned with Mrs Carey six children and Miss Mary Gillespie inside. The father, badly burned, is expected to die bringing the death toll to nine. Herbert Carey, the eldest son, woke and tried to rescue, but the fire prevented escape. The victims were cremated in their beds and remains burned beyond recognition.
Ex president Tomas Estrada Palma dies at a relative’s home in Santiago province after long gastroneuritis complicated by pneumonia. His wife was present at the end. he had traveled to Santiago for better medical care after returning from the country.
New York reports Charles W. Morse, a famed financier, sentenced to fifteen years for misappropriating funds at the National Bank of North America where he was a director. Alfred H. Curtis, bank president, was indicted with Morse. Clemency was granted but sentence suspended. A ten day stay granted. an appeal is expected while Morse is paroled pending appeal.
Berlin reports Emperor William has selected Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff to succeed the late Baron Speck von Sternburg as ambassador to the United States. Official announcement expected within a few days.
Minneapolis and Duluth quote wheat and flax prices with arrivals and on track figures. Cattle, hog, and sheep prices listed for St Paul yards. Chicago Grain and Provisions lists wheat oats pork butter eggs poultry prices and market notes.
Chicago November 7 market report lists various livestock and commodity prices including Western cattle, stockers and feeders, cows and heifers, hogs and pigs. Prices cited cover ranges for heavy and light cattle, yearlings, and related items with unit dollars and cents.
The article describes a volcanic harbor in a crescent shaped Aegean crater where sulfurous waters clean the hulls of ships. It notes Thera and St Meholas atop cliffs, windmills crushing olives, terraced vines, and Santoria wine valued in the Levant. It mentions Kanmene islets formed since the earthquake and ongoing volcanic activity centering on the old crater.
In Crown County Minnesota a judgment in favor of Franziska Boesch and Olga Mueller against Lina Mueller and others leads to sale of real estate in New Ulm. The referee Daven Stein will auction the Lot Eight (4) in Welmenner hundred and five North of Allen Street at the courthouse steps on November 28, 1908 at 10 o clock for cash.
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