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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women, asserting the formula contains safe, non addictive ingredients backed by medical authorities. It claims no alcohol or narcotics and offers a free booklet detailing ingredients if readers send their name and address to Dr. E. V. Pierce in Buffalo, N Y.
Dr B A Steiner of Iowa College Grinnell Ia led a party of Texas graduates on a year abroad to study immigrants in Europe for future roles as Y M C A secretaries in Pennsylvania coal regions. They traveled by bicycle from Rotterdam via the Rhine Carpathian route, learning languages and customs, working in harvests, and singing hymns to connect with locals and returning immigrants. Commissioner Watchorn calls the effort highly influential for immigrant outreach. Plan includes further training trips and multilingual port literature distribution.
Arthur Ovens aged nineteen, son of Mr and Mrs James Ovens of Ware Massachusetts, vanished May 11 penniless and in worn clothes. He reappeared at 11 o'clock one Sunday night with two four year old steers over 3000 pounds a new dump cart and eight hundred dollars in peace offering. He explained he left to prove he could trade rather than farm and earned his fortune by buying selling and trading from town to town with help from Fred Foster of Warner New Hampshire. He began by trading a yearling heifer for a carriage and continued trading to amass his bounty. The father is convinced.
A London cable dispatch reports the Hobby club will admit men as members and women as associates who have hobbies and are amateurs, with a wide range from gardening to curio collecting and psychical research. An extensive library will be formed.
A new hobby club draws praise from Lord Avebury and other patrons. Experts will lecture on topics spanning science, natural history, archaeology, astronomy, and botany. The vice chair notes hobbies enrich life, drive away care, and provide strong, restful engagement for all participants.
Gladys Williams a St Louis county public school teacher shared a paper at a county teachers meeting describing how the word dear transformed a dull eight year old pupil into a class leader. After she called him dear he proudly asked for a letter to his father confirming the praise and his brother quickly improved as well.
An Owensville Indiana legislator plans a bill to set a dedicated rat slaughter day to curb farm losses. A Gibson county farmer claims rats destroyed over a hundred bushels of corn last year, supporting the tax relief idea. Additionally, a Kiel scientist showcased a compass without a magnetic needle using gyroscopic alignment, praised for naval ironclads.
A young Chicagoan sought a publisher to bring out a book he planned to write, telling the publisher his idea would be a livelier take on Les Miserables. The exchange reveals his ambition and casual approach to literary creation.
At a church supper Lamson sits down to eat and learns every dish was cooked by his wife. He insists he is not hungry, displaying good humor about the embarrassing reveal, while the serving lady notes the coincidence. The anecdote highlights a humorous social mishap reported by the New York Times.
Evelyn notes Clarence as a conversational foozle who blends golf talk with romance. George quizzes the odd mix as Evelyn recalls a playful exchange about love, golf, and timing in an Illus rated Bits snippet.
A Boston Transcript humor piece shows a doctor pressuring a wife about her husband taking prescribed medicine. The wife reveals he swore off doses after she administered them. The quip highlights patient compliance and the doctor patient dynamic in a satirical tone.
A brief exchange joke about fortune telling and marriage. He explains the fortune teller said he was born to command, implied through a pun on exchange. The quip hinges on the contrast between his anticipated fate and his partner’s response.
Readers are promised a $100 reward for any case not cured by Bowls Catarrh Cure. The ad says the medicine treats catarrh as a constitutional disease with internal action on blood and mucus surfaces. It claims testimonials and lists P. J. Cheney & Co as providers and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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