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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
4
Advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for feminine disorders. It cites testimonials from Abby Barrows of Nelsonville Ohio and Lillian Ross of New York, claiming relief from headaches back pain and fatigue after using the product.
In Toledo Ohio on April 18 the central competitive district of 260 900 idle miners agreed with operators to resume work next Monday. The plan reinstates 90 cents per ton, a two year term, an eight hour day, a uniform 1 ½ inch screen, district referendum on the agreement, and invites Illinois operators to join the next interstate convention to be held in Toledo in February 1910.
Des Moines reports a joint conference of operators and miners in Iowa agreeing on a scale nearly identical to the expired contract. The one year pact awaits miners' union ratification, while operators have ratified it. Mines in Iowa have been idle since April 1.
The Scandinavian American liner United States was freed from a mud bank in lower New York Bay after a collision with Monterey. With three wrecking tugs and a lifting tide she was floated and taken to quarantine before towing to the city for repairs. Passengers were removed.
President Roosevelt urged Tulsa Commercial club to support removing restrictions on Indian land sales in the new state. He called the Indian the oldest American among them and promised to help secure his rights, asking for the club’s aid to ensure the Indian gets his due.
Headquarters for promoting Secretary of War Taft's presidential candidacy have been set up at the Great Northern hotel in Chicago. Arthur J. Vorys of Columbus, Taft's campaign manager, is expected to arrive to take charge of the bureau.
In Kansas City on April 18 the Southwest district conference of miners and operators agreed to reduce their negotiating committees from fifteen to six members each. The move aims to craft new scales to be proposed at a joint conference. Operators seek penalties against individual miners for contract breaking.
The miners and operators in Illinois labor over paying shot firers with the issue now in joint convention. Operators refuse to cover any cost under state mining laws. The decision may force mine closures if not settled.
A local tailor in Austin markets his shop as up to date offering fashionable clothing. He urges customers to line up and have garments made in modern style, claiming old styles are unaffordable for them.
John H. Rochford and Peter Capre advertise land opportunities in South Dakota and offer an employment agency linked to their real estate office. The notice lists several properties for sale including a 65 room residence, a 10 room house, and other homes with descriptions of features and prices.
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