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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement claims Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription strengthens nursing mothers and women with overwork and childbirth burdens. It highlights relief from headaches back pain and irregular periods, asserts a pure glyceric extract with no alcohol, and invites readers to request a free booklet for composition and endorsements.
The Outlook announces Theodore Roosevelt will join as special contributing editor from March 5 1909. His role mirrors an analog to a consulting engineer guiding a great undertaking like the Panama Canal while editorial control remains with the Outlook, and signed personal expressions will reflect his convictions.
Chicago Professor Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago claims southern Ohio and Indiana mounds were ancient baseball fields. He argues the geometerically perfect enclosures resemble baseball diamonds and that the game then required up to a hundred players.
Dr A R Hagle lectured at the Chicago College of Medicine on treating lovesickness. He said a doctor can prepare to treat it via mental influence as with serious illnesses and suggested finding a new love to cure an old heartache. He praised Bishop Fallows's theory of mind and medicine in harmony.
The fragment notes a society item about a diamond ornament worn by women, mentioning jewels and a lavish display. The readable text is scattered and unclear about date or full participants, but centers on high society fashion and jewelry.
Wertz received an old fashioned cuckoo clock. After hanging it in his bedroom he slept briefly only to be startled by repeated cooing. The clock stopped when unwound, prompting his son to offer to wind it daily in exchange for the clock. The next morning the son appeared tired at breakfast, admitting he slept by the hour.
In a remote village a girl risks her life by stepping on a captor and prompting a stand off. A trader defuses a crisis with a gun, a pact, and the option to buy the child, avoiding bloodshed. The tale, “Among the Man Eaters,” by John Caggin, reveals cultural tensions and fragile loyalties in a perilous encounter.
The century plant, blooming once in its lifetime, grows to maturity in 15 to 20 years in Southern California and 40 to 50 years in colder climates. Native to northern Mexico as maguey, it yields pulque, the Mexican national drink. At bloom, a 12 to 20 foot stalk rises with tassel flowers, drawing sap from the plant as it withers and dies.
A London Pick-Me-Up excerpt shows Captain Jones instructing soldiers on public conduct. He advises that if a man in an inn seeks to quarrel, he should drink up his beer and go away quietly. Private Jenkins is prompted to answer the proper response.
Chicago News reports a comic exchange about differences among pastry cooks and bill stickers. The minstrel act twists language in a playful exchange highlighting puffed pastries as a pun.
A brief, clipped exchange reveals a boastful claim that it takes six generations to make a gentleman while another character counters that it only takes one generation to unmake him, highlighting a sharp social critique.
Research cited in the Turin Studi Medievali by Girolamo Biscaro uncovers three medieval pledges from Milan where signatories vow to abstain from gambling and limit drinking. Breaches incur a 5 soldi penalty. The article notes these contracts likely target workers, with no evidence of a broader temperance society. Germany's sixteenth century temperance orders are cited as the earliest.
Grace Margaret Gould recounts a Parisian sales ploy described in Woman's Home Companion. A supposed royal shopper draws American women to copycat gowns, but the princess is an employee and prices spike for Americans while locals gain. The scheme peaks as Americans arrive then depart, shaping who buys and who profits.
A fragmented Irish anecdote describes an Irishman who was encouraged to raise a signboard. The readable text hints at a humorous miscue or prank surrounding the sign's placement and the man’s reaction, leaving the incident as a brief, unfinished vignette.
A humorous Harper's Weekly anecdote describes Mike placing a warning board at the bottom of a steep hill, his employer questioning the placement after accidents occur there, and Mike quipping that all mishaps happen at the bottom.
A humorous exchange unfolds as Harduppe asks for a loan from Riggs, who jokes about the sum. Harduppe insists he is serious and broke, while Higgs dismisses the claim with a sharp quip about being cracked. The Catholic Standard and Times notes the misconceived notion of Cupid’s role in romance.
The piece discusses how modern stage scenery challenges builders despite painters focusing on creating panoramic effects. It notes the need for lightweight, foldable backdrops five feet nine inches wide, quick-change readiness, and set-up times that can exceed thirty hours, highlighting engineers behind realism in theater.
London's exclusive dogs club near Regent Street showcases luxurious rooms, lace veiled windows, silk sofas, and satin lined baskets. Membership costs a half sovereign with extra fees for meals, baths, and care by attendants, plus veterinary oversight to admit only healthy dogs.
A New York Sun piece recalls a Metropolitan Museum of Art scene where a copyist praises a painting but a frame dealer quotes 3.98, urging a cheaper buy. A Kirk Class debates Joseph and his brothers, with a student quipping they sold him for cheap, highlighting thrift and irony.
Horace Higgsworthy proclaims love for his wife’s mind and heart while she retorts about beauty. They debate affection and worth as she shuts his accusation with a practical sock darn, choosing neither scolding nor tears.
A dialogue features Little Flora and her mother debating if the mother was ever a girl. Flora asks about the child she once was and where that little girl is now, with the exchange framed as a Chicago News item.
An examiner asks what steam is and Patrick answers with a humorous, confident line describing it as water gone crazy with heat. The quote reflects Everyday humor and a brief moral note about overcoming suffering through study, attributed to D'Abrantes.
A brief note from London Tit-Bits records a caller expressing sympathy after a motor accident. The respondent minimizes injuries, asserting he expects to live through many more years. The exchange captures a typical early 20th century conversational tone.
Mrs. Mary Dowls of 223 Stliv Ave San Pranctico praises Electric Bitters for relief of acute indigestion and stomach trouble. She claims rapid improvement, credits the remedy with liver benefits, and notes it helped with female weakness. Distributed by BE Olsons drug store.
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