New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-18
STAMPS USEFUL LIFE ENDED
Career of Doctor of the Old School
Brought to a Close in St. Paul.
Had Labored, Like Good Sauna.
ritan, in the Capitol City for
Over Thirty Years.
Tn New Ulm and Among Germans
u Everywhere His Name was AL
most a Household Word.

DR.. Watson in one of his books
draws beautiful picture of an ole
county doctor who went about doins
good. In rain or shine, in storm OF
sleet, this friend of humanity, quietly
and with great self denial, sought tc
relieve the sutferings of his fellowmen
Gov. Johnson in his addl ess at the
University Of Pennsylvania alluded to
this rare character in literature as an
example of unselfshness and good
citizenship worthy of emulation by all
mankind.
= He referred to the veteran DR.. Dan
iels of ST.. Peter as a type of this no
bic manhood, and he might just as
well have referred to DR.. Stamm.
A few weeks ago the Review quoted
a tribute to the doctors in which il
said: ''Their philanthrophy is not
craven on marble or embossed upon
copper. 1t is silent and real.'
And so it was with Gottfried Stamm.
He gave of his knowledge wherever
it was needed and ofttimes without
hope of reward.
Thus it was that he became good
Samaritan, and thus it was that his
aname among the Germans of the state
became a household word that will
long be remembered.
DR.. Stamm died in ST. Paul Sunday
evening. He had been ailing for over
year and death is supposed to have
resulted from cancer of the intes-
tines.
He was a veteran citizen of St. Paul,
and had practiced medicine for more
than forty years.
In the time that he lived in tie Capt.
tol city he had done a thousand acts
of kindness to the poorer classes, and
it is extremely doubtful if there was
anyone among his contemporaries
whose taking-off could nave caused
more universal regret.
DR.. Stamm was born in Schaffhau-
sen, SWitzerlan on the 18th of Nevem-
Der, 1912. He was educated in the
schools of his native city and later at
tended the University of Prague. For
time he was connected with the Uni
versity of Zurich and then returned to
active practice in his home town.
In 1873 he came to the United States
and located in St. Paul. Seven years
later he married Miss Louisa Pfaen-
der, daughter of the late Col. Pfaen-
der of this city, and to them six chill
dren were born, five of whom are still
livlng-Albert, Frieda and Gustave,
who live in ST. Paul, Hans who lives
in Texas and Walter who is practic-
ing the profession of his father in
Glarus, Switzerland.
In 1889 DR.. Stamm's native country
honored him by making him consul
for Minnesota, the Dakotas and Wy
oming, position which he continued
TO hold until the time of his death
st. Paul, too, honored him in various
ways, and had it been his wish he
could have filled for years the posi-
ton so notably honored by his dis
tinguished fellow citizen and friend,
DR.. Ohage. To DR.. Stamm, more
perhaps than to any other citizen, ST.
Paul owes Ohage's appointment.
In lodge circles he was always ac-
tive and the following associations
will be pleased to pay tribute to him
at his burial: The Shriners, the Elks,
Druids, Workmen, Kreuger Verein
and Sons of Hermann.
The funeral will be held this morn
ing and from this city will be atten-
ded by Fred, William, Albert and
Herm an Pfaender.
LEHRER'S WANDERlNGS ARE ENDED