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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1908
Page
2
Insurance ad noting services for life health accident and general policies by John E Bobleter, with office at Strickler Block and phone 165. Includes mention of storm damage and old policies. Local agency promotes coverage for residents and businesses.
A Philadelphia doctor claims a Calcutta herb cured his only daughter of consumption after other remedies failed. He offers the recipe free in exchange for two two cent stamps, asserting the preparation also cures light sweats nausea and breaks a fresh cold in twenty four hours.
A malformed 19th century pitch touts Austealina-Lent Tile as a monthly regulator for women. Ley Gray, claimed nurse of New York, markets an aromatic herb drink said to cure weakness and “Bockwehr” with a sample offered through Mither Gray Coe Teeteny.
In San Francisco on November 14, Francis J. Heney, a leading anti corruption prosecutor, was shot in Superior Judge Lawlor's courtroom by Morris Haas, a former juror and ex convict. Heney's condition was serious but not fatal. he was taken to Lane hospital as Haas claimed motive tied to past accusations against Heney and public ruin.
Morris Haas, who had tried to assassinate graft prosecutor Francis J. Trebey, committed suicide in his San Francisco county jail cell. He fired a small derringer shot from under his gaiter shoe while four guards stood nearby within three feet. He lay on his cot under blankets when the shot was fired.
Chicago reports a special grand jury调查 charged with fraud in the August 8 primary returned thirty eight indictments against fifteen election judges and clerks and related politicians.
In New Orleans on November 12 a Great Northern express crashed into a Northeast Local at Little Woods Station, twelve miles from the city, killing eight and injuring many. Fire and fog hindered rescue as survivors freed passengers from wreckage. Engineer Blackman claimed proper right of way as the two trains collided at moderate speed near a fishing camp on Lake Pontchartrain.
Hamm Germany Nov 18 rescue operations to reach 360 miners still trapped after a firedamp explosion have not resumed. Twenty seven injured miners are in hospitals while thirty more bodies have been recovered. Authorities walling shaft and galleries to choke the fire as wives of the imprisoned cry for news and danger of further blasts from dynamite stores looms.
Former Tennessee senator and Tennesseean editor Edward Ward Carmack was shot dead on Seventh Avenue near Polk flats by Robin Cooper, son of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, during a street confrontation that followed a near pass on Union Street. Robin Cooper was wounded in the shoulder but survived. Carmack’s death follows his criticism of the Democratic gubernatorial primary and clashes with Colonel Cooper.
A motor boat containing ten Chinese and three white men wrecked on Buffalo breakwall near Michigan Street. Six Chinese men died or were dashed against the seawall, four others were rescued by a police boat crew. The three white men escaped. authorities scour the city to locate the smugglers behind the operation.
Washington November 12 reports 3,744 people killed and 8,989 injured in U.S. railroad accidents during the fiscal year ending June 20, a drop of 1,286 deaths and 3,297 injuries from the prior year, per the Interstate Commerce Commission.
News from Peking reports the emperor Kwang Tsu dead and the throne unsettled while Dowager Empress Tsi An nears death. Edicts name Prince Chun regent and his son Pu Wei heir presumptive. details show Western medical refusals and a decade of chronic illness.
Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, uncle to the emperor, died in Paris of pneumonia at age 94. He lived in Paris after resigning the marine post in 1905 amid sharp criticism of navy management and shipbuilding. his tenure lasted 24 years and he faced public demonstrations over alleged mismanagement, including at the Fronen theater in late 1904.
Nine people die and four injured after two freight trains collide near Borie Wyoming as one train loses control on Sherman Hill. Seven bodies recovered and sent to Cheyenne morgue amid burning wreckage and scattered freight cars. Names include Sehler Christensen Phy, and Japanese laborers among workers.
Harvey JM Watterson, a lawyer and son of Henry Watterson, leapt from the nineteenth floor of his Wall Street office building. His body fell 110 feet to the roof of a neighboring ten story structure. No witnesses survived. officials deem the death accidental with his hat and coat left on his desk.
Heavy snowfall along Lake Michigan’s east shore disrupts transit as Muskegon reports fourteen inches and Grand Haven sees ten inches. Grand Rapids notes ongoing storm conditions as the season’s first heavy snowstorm rages.
Washington November 14 Secretary of the Navy Victor H Metcalf has tendered his resignation to the president to take effect December 1 due to ill health Assistant Secretary Truman H Newberry will be named as his successor in the Navy Department reshuffle expected to occur soon
Berlin November 11 Emperor William faced sharp rebukes in the reichstag over published conversations with the permission of the emperor. Critics attacked the court, ministers, and free speech. Chancellor von Buelow spoke briefly, reportedly warned that Ulmstein and successors could not stay in office without the emperor’s restraint. The house met his explanations with icy silence.
Ravane reports Nov 14 shows Liberal win larger than first thought. Omeral tally from 1,498 polling places gives General José Miguel Gomez 15,425 votes against 118,229 for Conservative Mario Menocal. Liberal carried Havana province and city with large margins.
Readable fragments show Minneapolis wheat prices for May and November notes with prices around 2.08 and 1.946, with state and district bids. Chicago Grain and Provisions lists Wheat futures at various dates, Corn and Oats prices, and Pork and Dairy items with regional quotes, indicating a snapshot of commodity trading activity.
Chicago Nov 14 cattle and sheep prices across stock yards list ranges by category. Figures include Texans and Western cattle, stockers and feeders, cows and heifers, calves, light to heavy classifications, mixed and rough, with good to choice heavy and sheep values among yearlings and lambs.
By order of the District Court Brown County Minnesota a public sale of all right title and interest in parcel number Five in Block One Hundred and Five North of Center Street in New Ulm is set for November 2 1908 at 10 oclock AM at the front door of the Court House New Ulm. The sale follows a judgment dated October 1 1908 in favor of Pr Boesch against Lina Musler and others including Franziska Roesch as coowners. Referee in Partition Proceedings AMER STEELHsvsti Attorney for Judgment Plaintiffs New Ulm Minn.
Notice is given that default occurred on the August 1883 mortgage of Joseph Schmuker and Kia Schmuker to Brown County Bank Minnesota. The mortgagee will foreclose and sell Lots 8 9 10 11 12 13 in Black Number Two Hundred Seventy Seven North of Center Street Park Addition to New Ulm. Sale at Brown County Court House New Ulm on December 1 1904 at 10 o clock a.m. for cash to satisfy the debt of Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars Eighty-Eight Cents plus interest and costs. Sale subject to redemption within one year. Attorney: Albert Steinhauser.
In Minnesota a probate matter seeks a court order to convey real estate to the petitioner Joseph Griebel. The executor is directed to effect transfer under specified terms. A hearing is set at the Probate Office in New Ulm with notice published for three weeks. Dated November at New Ulm. Rot Judge DeBroit seals. Includes an unrelated medical advertisement for Dr. King’s New Life Pills.
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