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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
4
Melbourne dispatch reports two trains from Ballarat and Bendigo collided at Braybrook Junction eight miles from Melbourne. Forty-one killed and sixty injured as the Bendigo train rammed the rear of the Ballarat train. Fires broke out, many bodies unrecognizable, doctors late to reach the scene.
A four car motor train on the Bath Beach line struck a surface trolley at Eighty-sixth street and Bay Nineteenth street Bath Beach causing serious injuries to several passengers including Mrs Alice Hughes who may die. Ten others were seriously hurt and trainmen were arrested.
T P Morrissey of the Mercury Athletic Club New York City wins the twelfth annual Boston Athletic Association marathon from Ashland to Exeter Street finishing in 2 hours 25 minutes 43 5 seconds.
Governor Johnson earns national prominence for reorganizing a major Minnesota life insurer and propelling reform. He advised President Roosevelt in 1905, chaired a governors and attorneys general conference, and led the 15 member committee whose proposals shaped laws in Minnesota and other states.
A street duel in Bernice Louisiana left one spectator dead and five others wounded. Combatants C J Morton and W F Barham were both injured. Morton’s wife and seven year old son witnessed as Morton was shot after alighting from an Arkansas Southern train. Officials report numerous injuries among bystanders including T W Clarke and Thomas Rives. A J Blanche of Covington was probably fatally wounded in the smoking car.
Ernie Cardinal his wife and child drowned while crossing the Athabasca river on ice with a dog team in the Peace River country. Their travel party broke through the ice and perished.
In Philadelphia Dick Hyland of San Francisco edged Young Loughrey in a six round bout. A fire at a plant in Minneapolis caused $406,000 damage to the E L Poulps Elevator Company facility.
Washington April 21 The House voted 146 to 119 with all Republicans except Cooper and Nelson of Wisconsin to hold Speaker Cannon’s action adjourning the chamber last Saturday was not a breach of privilege. Williams and Cannon argued over the episode as rules were amended to create a “suspension day” with a simple majority.
For thirty years Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has been advertised as a standard remedy for female ills. Read testimonials from Louise Jung and Emma Wheaton detailing relief from severe conditions and ongoing pains. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Mass.
The passage urges loyal Democrats to thoughtfully choose national convention delegates in Denver on July 7 without past constraints and to select a nominee capable of winning. It argues this is a Democratic year and warns against postponing success for four more years.
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