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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1908
Page
2
Tusure with John E Bobleter Insurance Agent offers life health and accident coverage. The old fine insurance is safe and reliable with an office in Strickler Block and phone 165.
A Philadelphia doctor’s herbal remedy cured his only child of consumption after failed treatments. The physician publicizes the recipe free for two two-cent stamps to cover expenses, claiming in addition the herb cures night sweats nausea and a fresh cold within a day, with address CRAD DOCK & CO. 1032 Race St. Philadelphia.
An old advertisement proclaims a herbal remedy Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a regulator for female weakness backache kidney bladder and urinary troubles. It targets women and claims benefits with a mail order offer 60 cents and a free sample from The Mother Gray Co. in New York.
Twenty five believed dead after a gas leak ignited in a Gold Street excavation in Brooklyn. Fifteen buried under earth and timber, ten missing. Four workers escaped by sprinting toward the river with water flooding the sewer outlet as the street tore open.
Great Falls Montana November 19 Fourteen young men charged with murder in Valley County pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the raid on John Hayes cabin. The case left sixteen arrested. Walter Long received 35 years, Milo Long 13 years, two turned state's evidence and faced lighter penalties, remaining defendants drew sentences ranging from one year nine months to jail until May 4 1909.
Nine miners die in Northwestern Improvement mine at Red Lodge Montana when fire traps them in the third entry of slope No 2. Three bodies recovered. six others may never be found. They failed to emerge via the air shaft as others did.
New York November 21 Dr William Bayard Haly repudiates the story linking a World reporter to his statements prior to publication. He asserts the report is false and stresses he did not discuss the matter with the reporter.
Cleveland, Nov. 19. Mayor Tom L. Johnson, long reputed a millionaire, says his entire fortune has been exhausted. He will be forced to sell his Euclid Avenue home and his automobiles. Much money was used to preserve properties left by his late brother Albert Johnson. The Deposits' Savings and Trust company, led by Johnson as president, has passed into nonlocal hands.
New York report shows Republican national campaign financing for Taft’s 1908 victory total about 1.7 million dollars with Charles P Taft as the largest contributor at 160000. About 20000 donors participated as Upham led Western collections and four donors gave 25000 each including Carnegie Morgan Cromwell and Reid. President Roosevelt contributed 1000 dollars.
Berlin reports that Emperor William, pressured by popular anger across the empire, pledged to follow constitutional methods in running Germany. An interview with a British journalist published in the London Daily Telegraph on October 28 sparked uproar as Reichstag leaders denounced the sovereign, and Chancellor von Buelow promised a direct statement of how Germans see his state role. The Potsdam interview ended with the emperor vowing to act through the chancellor and his advisers in the future.
William J. Bryan spoke in San Antonio about possible future campaigns saying he would retire if circumstances allow but if forced to battle he would run again. He expressed doubt that the country would avoid adopting Democratic reform in the future.
John D. Rockefeller, testifying for the defense in the government case to dissolve Standard Oil, endured hours of cross examination. Hecknowledged dividends totaling 40 million dollars in 1907 and a company surplus near 300 million, with recent earnings around 500 million. He admitted enrichment of about 8 million through Standard Oil’s 1907 earnings and cited the Pennsylvania railroad rebate as an equalization of shipments as a key exception.
United States District Attorney Henry L. Stimson filed seven separate actions in federal court alleging the sugar trust defrauded the government of 3.6 million dollars. The suit targets 1.5 million in duties on imported sugar and 2.1 million in duties on goods with duties fraudulently withheld. The America Sugar Refining Company is named, with alleged scale manipulation to evade full duties. Further investigation may reveal the 3.6 million represents only a portion of amounts owed.
Chicago officials report after reviewing documents in the Van Vlissingen case that forgeries total 1 539 422 89 dollars. Receiver William Nihlack says more papers will reveal how many were taken, while Van Vlissingen, now a convict in a penitentiary broom shop, has claimed that about 750 000 dollars would cover the forged notes sold as securities.
Fiat Springs Virginia November 26 statements indicate no decisions on cabinet posts. Officials deny invitations or final choices for any positions. The note references rumors around Frank Kellogg being invited as attorney general and the president’s cabinet formation remains unsettled.
In Birmingham Alabama a group of nineteen percent convicts from Pratt City planned to ignite No 3 mine and escape amid smoke. Eight were burned, one missing, and forty-one held in stockade as guards halted the plan. The first body was recovered. nine inmates likely suffocated. A worker alerted officials and guards captured the remaining men at the main entrance.
A Lake county Indiana jury in Hammond handed Joseph Mahovski thirty days in jail for murder after slashing a victim's throat stabbing another and crushing a third's skull. Lawrence Ryan received eight years in the penitentiary under the indeterminate act for stealing a pair of boots because he had none.
The river packet H. M. Carter exploded near Plaquemine killing four passengers and twelve crew. Survivors say a defective boiler caused the blast and rapid flames forced most to leap into the water. The pilot stayed at his post attempting to ground the vessel as it burned to the water’s edge.
A parade of early games shows Ohio beating Oberlin 14 0 while Harvard trails Yale 0 4 and others including Kansas 10 Iowa 5 Cornell 18 Trinity 6 Indiana 10 Purdue 4 Navy 15 Polytechnic 4 Amherst 4 Williame 0 Minnesota 11 Carlisle 6 Syracuse 28 Michigan 4 Chicago 18 Wisconsin 14 Northwestern 3 Shattuck 29 Lake Forest 6 West Point 25 Villa Nova 0.
Minneapolis wheat futures and spot quotes span Nov through May with No 1 hard and Northern grades at around 1.05 to 1.09 per bushel, and on track prices. Duluth and St Paul yield No 1 Northern around 1.07 to 1.08, with Dec and May bids. Chicago follows similar ranges for wheat, corn, oats, and pork. Livestock at St Paul and Chicago unions show cattle from about 4.00 to 8.75, hogs at 5.0 to 6.8, and sheep around 2.4 to 4.8 with lambs near 5.0 to 5.25.
Notice is hereby given that a mortgage foreclosure will proceed under Minnesota law. The property includes Lots 8 9 10 11 12 and 13 in Block 417 North Center Street Park Addition to New Ulm Brown County Minnesota. The sale will occur at the front door of the Court House in New Ulm on December 1, 1908 at 10 o clock a.m. to satisfy a debt of 922.88 plus interest and taxes. Attorney fees of 100 are also included. redemption is allowed within one year from sale.
A brief garbled OCR fragment references individuals and places in New Vin Minnesota. Extractable names include Orney and Morigagee with unclear context. The text hints at a local or legal matter but provides no actionable detail or dates.
Minnesota Brown County estate case for Kunigueda Griebel. Joseph Griebel seeks conveyance of real estate under a contract with the executor. Probate Court orders appearance at a December hearing at New Ulm, with notice to publish weekly for three weeks.
Harvard Observatory installed a water tank mounted reflecting telescope, the largest of its kind. A five foot mirror sits on a buoyed steel cylinder guided by delicate pivots, with all movement powered by electric motors. The device sheds weight by buoyancy and can have its two ton primary mirror resur- veled as needed. The open air instrument feeds an eyepiece in a nearby building for celestial viewing, targeting stars of eighteenth magnitude and beyond.
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