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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
7
An old health ad explains kidney function and how overwork harms blood purity. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy and urges readers to order a sample bottle and pamphlet from Swamp Root Kilmer Co at Binghamton New York, with the product advertised in fifty cent and one dollar sizes.
New York Aug 25 Captain P C Hains Sr and his brother T Jenkins Hains were held without bail after a grand jury Indicted on murder of William E Annis. Three witnesses testified including Patrolsman Baker Bayside Yacht Club member Roberta and coroner's physician Dr Frey who counted twenty wounds, four fatal.
William Cogger, long believed dead after the Antietam era, appeared at the federal building in Minneapolis to prove he is both William Champion of the Twenty first Pennsylvania cavalry and William Cogger of Company H, First Minnesota. He had lived under the Champion name since 1862, later drifting through Ohio Michigan and Minnesota before settling near White Earth. A veteran reunion followed with former shipmate Charles Shatto. Cogger may reconnect with old comrades as his true identity emerges after 46 years. The day also saw news of bank closures in St Paul and a severe injury to Fannie Fine and academic figure Dr. W W Folwell in accidents.
Trinidad, Colo. Aug 29 Between twenty and thirty dead and vast property damage in Folsom N. M. as flood swept away a large portion of the town. Many missing, pleas for aid, cattle and horses drowned, few stone buildings standing, telephonist Mrs S J Rooke killed while warning others.
Minneapolis wheat prices for Sept and Dec hover near 97 1/2 cents and $1.01 1/2 as on track reports list No. 1 Northern at 99 7/8, No. 2 at 88 3/4, with Duluth following similar lines for Wheat and Flax. St Paul stock yards report cattle and hog ranges from six to seven dollars for steers and six dollars for hogs, while Chicago grain and provisions show mixed wheat quotes around 93 to 94 1/2 cents, corn around 64 to 68 cents, oats near 49 cents, pork lents around 14.65 to 16.25, and butter and eggs steady to firm.
Chicago stock yards reports mixed cattle and hog prices with Texans and Western cattle ranged around 3.3 to 3.7 per hundredweight, stockers and feeders around 2.60, cows and heifers near 5.50, calves up to 7.50. Hogs show light at 6.95, mixed near 6.20, neary 7.05, rough 6.15 to 6.40, good to choice hogs about 6.45, pigs around 5.85. Sheep and lambs quoted with yearlings and lambs near 2.50 to 5.15.
The steel dock of the Iron Range railroad at Two Harbors and the machines used in construction were damaged for about 15000 dollars by unknown men. Suspected to be retaliatory action against the American Bruze company for being an open shop. The men fled the scene unseen.
The Voters' league of Minneapolis accuses city hall of ring rule and polluting influence in city government. It argues the council wields power while a small group of aldermen department heads and contractor representatives actually control actions.
Receivers of the Minneapolis and Northern Elevator company obtained a court order to lease eighty elevators to raise funds. The ruling, issued by Judge Milton D. Purdy in federal district court, authorizes paying $1,704.87 in past due wages, $103 in incidentals, and borrowing up to $500,000 to continue operations. Elevators and warehouses may be leased through the crop year ending August 1, 1909.
Nearly 500 marriage proposals poured in to Mrs. Anna Rowe waiting in line at Duluth to file on a Fond du Lac reservation homestead. St. Paul Duluth papers misstated her status, triggering a nationwide flood of offers. Duluth may build an aerial railway with moving sidewalks atop hills, linking suburbs. Roy explodes dynamite injuring 13-year-old Harry Holmes of Minneapolis. The boy’s left eye and two fingers were blown away. leg and eye prognosis uncertain. Rev Johannes S. Wrich, a leading Norwegian Lutheran Synod minister in the Northwest, dies in Minneapolis at 73 from stomach cancer after retirement due to ill health. Sumner T. McKnight’s will leaves $56,000 to charity including $50,000 to Home for Children and Aged Women, plus $3,000 each to Westminster church missions and Y. M. C. A. Lloyd Hogan, 25, of Minneapolis, accidentally shoots himself after returning from a hunting trip. Carl Stutzmyer, a miner near Chisholm, blown to pieces by dynamite while handling explosives and smoking.
An 19th century notice states Dr B James cured his daughter of consumption using Calcutta herbs after other remedies failed. The physician now offers the recipe free to readers for two stamps, claiming the herb also cures night sweats nausea and breaks a fresh cold in 24 hours, with address Crad- Dock & Co Philadelphia.
A 1907 Washington notice reports the Department of Agriculture filed guarantee number 1584 for Jell-O and Jell-O Ice Cream Powder. The guarantee covers wholesale and retail grocers who handle the products and asserts the items meet National Pure Food Law standards and have never had purity questioned.
A Chicago man promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic for his feeble mother, claiming marked flesh gain and steady strength. The ad touts electric bitters to treat stomach liver and kidney complaints, sold at O M Olsen’s drug store with a guarantee. It also markets DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills for kidney and bladder issues, backache and rheumatic pains, sold by Eugene A Pfefferle.
A. K. Robinson of Luck Building Detroit offers a free sealed envelope containing a simple prescription claimed to restore nerves stamina memory and vitality in men affected by excesses and youthful follies. Write for details.
A garbled assortment of quips and snippets from various papers mocks jokes about companions for a chimpanzee, weather acts, racing terms, a landlord encounter, and marital foibles. The pieces show humorous misreadings, puns, and social jokes reflecting early 20th century humor and everyday life, with stray dialogue and eccentric spellings.
An advert from Reilaville North Carolina proclaims Buexlen's Arnica Salve as a sure knockout for ulcers, piles, burns and sores. It boasts a user’s anecdote of a previous sore being knocked out in a few rounds and guarantees relief, with O. M. Olsen’s drug store listed as the seller.
Rare South Dakota farm land bargains and new town business opportunities highlighted by the Minneapolis and St Louis Railway extension promise. A free illustrated descriptive pamphlet titled New Empire will be mailed on request to A. B. Cutts, G. P. & T. A., Minneapolis, Minn.
An illustrated Crosby Frisian Fur Co. Rochester catalog promises revelations on turning cow steer and horse hides into fur coats robes and rugs. Also advertised is Australian Leaf a women’s health tonic from The Mother Gray Co. Leroy New York claimed to relieve female weakness backache and urinary troubles with samples by mail.
A witty exchange features a nurse noting her patient, a peevish millionaire, may propose. She quips that he has a habit of asking for things, hinting at schemes beyond ordinary requests.
Kitty Norton meets a girl aboard the liner and becomes engaged before crossing to the other side. The remark notes that not all dangers of ocean travel have been eliminated yet highlighting the perilous voyage.
A terse exchange features a gentleman asking who caused a misdeed and the other replying with a refusal to accuse any able youth, pleading forgiveness for someone unnamed. The dialogue hints at tension and possible blame without identifying the culprit.
On first and third Tuesdays of each month trains go to Nebraska Kansas Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Colorado and other states. Stopovers allowed and tickets valid twenty one days. For rates and times contact agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
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