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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
4
Fragments indicate a notice involving Clifford C Leck M D a physician. References to Austin and Hirsh Black suggest a local medical or office matter. The readable text is limited and does not provide complete details or dates.
A Denver woman details years of illness and an operation before finding relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites backache bearing down pains and dyspepsia and urges other sick women to try the remedy as Mrs Pinkham invites letters for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
In Fry's Magazine a group of young Australians set a bottle of dynamite with a fuse in a creek pool as a joke. A retriever retrieves the bomb from the water and returns to shore. The blast maims the dog, injuring two youths who fled. the animal is killed in the explosion.
Severe electrical storms with heavy rain and hail cooled the heat wave from New York to New England. Ten deaths and many prostrations occurred in the region, including the Rev. Edward Wallace-Neil who died after collapsing before a morning service in Chicago. Lightning caused structural damage in Green Island and Jamestown, and four Rhode Island churches were struck, with Providence church leveled and losses exceeding ten thousand dollars.
Chicago reports three additional heat prostration deaths despite improved weather. Humidity was high early, then fell after a wind shift, yet infant mortality in tenement districts remained abnormally high. Water use on lawns strained some city supplies.
Poughkeepsie N Y Aug 6 Harry K Thaw took an outing to Fishkill Landing a five mile trolley ride and a river steamer trip back to Poughkeepsie while delays postponed a habeas corpus hearing. He was escorted by Under Sheriff John M Townsend and Deputy Sheriff W A McCabe as adjournments stretched the proceedings at Fishkill Landing.
In Minneapolis on August 6 John G Lund a leading Northwest real estate figure shot himself in his private office. Death was instant and authorities cite business losses wife s death and health decline as key causes. Creditors and fraudulent deals intensified his financial collapse.
Ten thousand subordinate lodge members marched through Boston as floats displayed vivid color and originality. No business was transacted. Henry P. Brown of Texas is favored to be elected supreme chancellor and Milwaukee leads for the next convention site.
Frederick B. Lynch of Minnesota and B. J Nelson visit Fairview at the request of William Jennings Bryan. Lynch conveys Governor Johnson’s loyal support and plan to stump for Bryan. An Aug 31 St Paul fair speech is planned with no admission fee. Bryan to speak on tariff.
Police probe a severely harmed dismembered boy found in Mud Lake and the Illinois and Michigan canal. No missing persons description matches, and investigators suspect the killer aimed to scatter remains to thwart identification. A shirt with the initials D Z and other items hint the victim was a stranger, possibly killed after a feud in Greek or Italian circles.
Winnipeg workers join a irate nationwide strike across the Canadian Pacific system. About 12 000 join, Montreal 2200 and Winnipeg 1500 workers idle as conductors engineers and shop staff halt operations. No pickets yet but preparations for longer stoppage amid stalled talks. William Whyte to arrive from Skagway to push settlement.
Russian consul at Tientsin named M. Poppe was stabbed and not expected to survive. The attacker escaped.
New York reports Colonel John Tenmiple Graves, candidate for vice president of the Independence party, is in a private hospital for a slight surgical operation and is expected to be out in a few days.
Wheat quotations from Minneapolis on August 5 show Sept at 1.07, Dec at 1.04 percent. On track values list No. 1 hard at 1.25, No. 1 Northern at 1.22, No. 2 Northern at 1.18, No. 3 Northern at 1.12 to 1.14.
Wheat prices on track with No. 1 hard at 1.18, No. 1 Northern 1.17, No. 2 Northern 1.12, Sept 1.06, Dec 1.03. Flax prices on track with Sept 1.34, Oct 1.32, Nov 1.32, Dec 1.30.
Cattle good to choice steers 6.00 to 6.75, fair to good 5.00 to 5.75. Cows and heifers 4.90 to 5.00. Veals 3.75 to 5.00. Hogs 6.00 to 6.70. Sheep wethers 4.00 to 4.35, yearlings 4.25 to 5.00, spring lambs 6.00 to 6.75.
Wheat futures show Sept at 964 49.ec, Dec at 98 99c, May at 1.62. Corn Sept 76c, Dec 85 18i ec, May 65c. Oats Sept 4744c, Dec 17c, May 49c. Pork Sept 15.80, Oct 15.90, Jan 16.50. Butter Creameries 18 20c, dairies 17 19c. Eggs 17c. Poultry Turkeys 14c, chickens 12c, springs 11c15.
Chicago market quotes list several categories of cattle hogs and sheep with price ranges. Cattle and calves include Bulls and cows and heifers with varied prices. Hogs show light mixed heavy rough and good to choice ranges. Sheep and yearlings and lambs have distinct price levels.
A list of brief notices offers a special bargain in four half sections in South Dakota. It advertises excursion rates every Tuesday to the Dakotas and requests a competent housekeeping girl. It also lists several local sale items including houses, buildings on Bridge Street, two cheap building lots on a prime street, a house with barn and garden, and 160 acres of farm land with improvements priced at 46 dollars per acre.
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