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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1909
Page
2
Wm Pfaender Jr an experienced estate and fire insurance agent offers coverage against fire hail tornadoes and accident and death in top companies. Real estate bought and sold legal documents executed loans negotiated steamship tickets sold.
A doctor in Calcutta reportedly cured his only child of consumption using a herbal preparation. The remedy is offered free to readers who mail two 2-cent stamps for expenses, promising cures for night sweats, nausea, and fresh colds within twenty four hours. A Fort Edward resident touts the medicine for asthma and lung troubles, claiming rapid relief for a neighbor and a son.
A 1900s style notice from the Department of Agriculture touts the purity of Jell-O and Jell-O Ice Cream Powder. It guarantees compliance with the National Pure Food Law under a serial number, protecting wholesalers and retailers who stock the products.
Report from Laredo describes a catastrophic Monterey flood after days of rain. Santa Catarina river overflow obliterates the town’s Plaza area and shelters, leaving hundreds dead or missing among the homeless peons. Officials estimate losses from seven to twelve million dollars, with worst case potentially higher.
Key West Florida August 28 twelve men are dead and five missing after 700 pounds of dynamite exploded aboard a plant near the Orkla East Coast railroad. The blast occurred as workers stood in four feet of water beneath a loaded dynamite container.
Henry Farman, new to major contests, flew a self designed biplane to set endurance and distance records in the Grand Prix de La Champagne. He covered 180 kilometers (111.78 miles) in 3 hours 56% minutes, with an extra ten kilometers and ten minutes more before timing ended.
Pittsburg August 24 The bodies of three foreigners believed to be victims of Sunday night strike riot at McKees Rocks have been found. Two were discovered in weeds at Prestod and the third under railroad ties at the O’Donnell bridge. All had been shot and clubbed, and it is thought they crawled to hiding places after injuries. The death list now totals eleven.
A gasoline tank exploded on the second floor of the Kelly canning factory in Waverly Iowa causing a room fire and a panic of 300 workers. George McRoberts was killed and three others were probably fatally injured with many more seriously hurt. The building burned and $100000 in damage resulted.
President Taft orders a thorough inquiry into the interior department over private corporations taking valuable coal lands in Alaska. Secretary Richard A. Ballinger Assistant Secretary Franklin Pierce and Fred Dennett of the General Land Office are summoned for full information on the charges and the rushed entries that may have bypassed hearings and complete investigations.
In Arden on August 28 Jacob H. Schiff visited financier Edward H. Harriman, fueling talk of urgency to settle finances. A special express train carried Schiff to Harriman's mountain estate, where little was disclosed about the visit. The Harriman circle tightened as William McClellan restricted phone use from Arden to Turner line.
In Soperton Georgia on August 27 a Black convict named B Clark who had escaped from custody and terrorized nearby areas was killed and his body burned by enraged citizens after a posse pursuit. A posse member James Durden was killed and Sheriff James Lester of Montgomery County is believed fatally wounded as more than 190 shots were exchanged.
Prince Kuni and Princess Kuni to arrive in New York on September 7 with 5000 cherry trees a gift from the Mikado. The party will visit President Taft and spend time in the United States while the trees are set to beautify Washington streets and parks.
The United States circuit court granted Western railways a permanent injunction against the Interstate Commerce Commission in the Missouri river rate case. If upheld by the Supreme Court, the ruling could limit the ICCs power to settle discrimination cases. The decision targets the June 24, 1908 order proposing through joint rates from the Atlantic seaboard to Missouri river cities, which Western argues shifted burdens onto railroads. The case notes current first class through rates from Atlantic to Missouri at $1.47 per hundred pounds, with a proposed reduction to $1.38, while through rates Atlantic to Mississippi and Mississippi to Missouri total $1.47.
A strong earthquake struck Siena and surrounding towns on August 25. Severe damage occurred in Lorenz, Bunnaveanvento, and Mux teroni with injuries and one fatality reported. Piorbino coast area felt a later tremor while Siena itself endured only strong shaking. People fled in fear, then returned as aftershocks subsided.
In a driving rain a collision at Montevideo harbor between the Argentine excursion steamer Colombia and the North German Lloyd steamer Schlesien sank the Colombia as it entered port. About 150 to 200 people perished or were fatally injured, with most victims women and children. Rescue was hampered by high seas. about seventy survivors were brought ashore.
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