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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1902
Page
4
The church led by Rev. E. Wheeler invites all to Sunday services at 10:30 am 12 m 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm. The message emphasizes welcome to strangers and freedom.
Rev H Barth announces services at residence 103 Ash Street with Sunday hours 10:00 to 11:30 and Sunday School 11:00 to 12:30. Service held at Seven Day Adventist Church at Kenwood Ave and College St.
Homestead No 443 convenes on the second and fourth Saturday each month in Woodman Hall. Adam Wayne serves as foreman and BEF Peck as correspondent.
Fidelity Lodge No 39 AF and AM holds meetings at the Masonic Hall in Austin Minnesota on the first and third Wednesday evenings each month. John H Anderson serves as Worshipful Master and Parke Goodwin is the Secretary.
Meets Wednesday evenings in Woodman hall. Wm Cutter, VC Ed Sterling, Clerk.
Cedar Camp No 205 BA NA holds meetings on the 2nd and 4th Mondays at Woodman Hall. Mrs Mattie Fairbanks and Anna B Robie serve as Oracle and Recorder respectively.
The Lady Maccabees announce meetings on the second and fourth Wednesdays in the month. Mrs Eltie Williams serves as Lady Commander and Dr Fannie Feiter holds the position of Record Keeper.
The Court of Honor No 414 convenes on the first and third Tuesdays in the Elks hall located on N J Streaver. Mrs Sarah Foster serves as recorder for WC records and coordination.
In Throop near Scranton, deputies guarding Pancoast Coal washery faced a volley from strikers. Four deputies at the pumping station came under fire, deputies returned fire, and by nightfall the attack diminished after ammunition ran low. Sheriff Schadt plans steps to prevent a repeat.
O. BE. 8. No 29 Meeta 20d and 4th Monday evenings of one month in Masonic hall. Mrs Elizabeth Todd, M. Nora Becker, Secretary.
Woodman hall hosts Model Camp events every Tuesday with Beatrice Foster, Etta Hommel and other locals listed as attendees. Uncle Mrs. Foster referenced as part of the gathering in the meeting description.
St Bernard Commandery No 13 holds its monthly meeting on the first Monday at the Masonic Hall. George W Bliss is exalted, Parke Goodwin serves as recorder, with proceedings led by the commandery.
Royal Arch Chapter No 14 holds stated communications at the Masonic hall in Austin Minnesota on the second and fourth Friday evenings each month. R L Johnson MEH P announces Parke Good as the new secretary.
Austin Council No. 53 meets on the second and fourth Tuesday at 8 p m in Woodman hall. Visiting neighbors welcome. T H Pridha and J S K Sco vell listed as officers.
Regular meetings are held at their post hall on the first and third Saturday evenings of each month. Visiting comrades cordially invited. John Robertson, Commander.
Austin lodge No 32 of the Ancient Order of United Workmen meets on the second and fourth Thursdays each month at Ellis hall on Main Street. John Rustad, Master Workman. O H Harris, Recorder.
Austin lodge No 7 K of P meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Visiting Knights welcome. Officers listed include Cook C C and W J Urbatch. Meeting dates around the 18th noted.
Austin Lodge No 414 BPO Elks meets on the second and fourth Friday evenings monthly at the new Elks hall on Main Street. Visiting Elks are invited. Exalted Ruler A. 8. Campbell. Secretary S S Washourn.
Police and fire crews battled a series of fires started by an arsonist in Peoria during April. Edward Flanagan, twenty, was arrested for the offenses after witnesses saw him near flames at Neeumiller’s livery barn and Clark flouring mills. Reward offers totaling $1,000 were posted. damage tallies reached thousands with fifty five horses burned and several buildings damaged.
Reports from Shenandoah Pa dated August 12 describe strikers foraging in the Catawissa valley rich agricultural district. A farmer was threatened after resisting, and a widow reports theft of potatoes while others patrol fields. Soldiers at a camp supply aid to hungry women and children as Mine Workers union officials deny actual want.
Altoona Pa August 12. Anthracite miners burnished by a thirteen week strike are moving to new jobs. Hundreds of strikers from English speaking backgrounds have found temporary employment between Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Many plan not to return if the strike fails.
Pickets stood outside several region mines in Wilkesbarre as strikes continued but no restart occurred. The Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company prepares to resume operations at a large mine later this week.
The Inter national Typographical union opened its four day convention in Cincinnati with 365 delegates and over a thousand visitors. Pike's Opera House overflowed with women in the first ladies auxiliary gathering as welcoming addresses were given by Acting Mayor Christ ie and others. President Lynch spoke for Cincinnati union No 3 while a sympathy resolution for the United Mine Workers in the anthracite strike was adopted.
London reports serious uprisings in Jen Ham Sund Schan Kot Schan and South Shhela provinces against governors and foreigners. Japanese merchants are maltreated and driven from Jen Ham as Tokyo demands suppression and compensation. Government responds by sending troops to restore order.
A Daily Mail dispatch from St. Petersburg reports a Warsaw Poland forged currency and stamp factory thriving for four years. It says £50 notes circulated widely and national banks cashed about $2,000,000 of forged paper with private losses around $45,000. The leaders of the forgers have been named.
Louisvile Aug 12 James D Cook a carpenter shot Mrs Louisa Jones Mrs Mary Elberline and Mrs Francis Rasner who live in different houses Rasner was the only one seriously wounded aged sixty five and in critical condition Cook says family troubles drove the act He admitted he planned to kill five women and then end his life but two intended victims were away from home
Rockport Indiana reports Julius Hoffman a 65 year old German farmer killed himself after burning between 5000 and 6000 dollars to deprive his wife of its use amid reported quarrels.
In Valparaiso on August 12, three men overpowered bound and gagged the servant Minnie Hart at the home of Dr. A. A. Stoneburner and fled with cash jewelry and negotiable securities totaling about $7000. No crew was left behind.
London reports say Boer leaders Botha and Dewet travel with their party for a naval review as King Edward sights the harbour. The colonial office arranges for Boers to observe events aboard ships while efforts to limit hospitality stir diplomatic cables and plans for possible further diplomacy.
A skeleton was discovered along a Chippewa Falls road while a passerby used a roadside scrape. The remains, buried in a sitting posture, included a rusted gun and a pipe. Authorities reported the remains appear ancient and are being examined on site.
In Houston Texas Ang Dunovant a businessman was shot and fatally wounded by W T Eldridge general manager of the road amid a dispute described as business matters-driven. Police investigations are ongoing into the confrontation and motive.
Mrs Frances Henning widow of Joshua Speed dies after two years at her home on Kee Road Louisville. The fragment mentions connection to Abraham Lincoln's close associates and notes Co Winsted Connecticut origins and Sunday operation.
Scores from major leagues show American League action in Columbus Cincinnati and St Paul, with Louisville tallying 7 and Kansas 3. National League results include Philadelphia 0 at Pittsburgh and New York 3 at Chicago with several innings noted.
Readable fragments show Minneapolis itemization with percentages and dates in 1964. The partial notes reference Northern and Southern standings and a general decimal notation style for scores or tallies.
Sioux City market data lists beeves at 5.75 to 7.50, cow mixed 2.50 to 5.00, stockers 2.75 to 4.75, calves 2.50 to 4.00, hogs at 30.7. The Aug 1 figures reflect current price ranges for cattle and hogs in Sioux City, Iowa.
The Duluth market notes show prices for wheat and flax with various futures and cash quotes. No. 1 hard wheat ranges around 73 in early trading while No 2 Northern sits near 69 with arrivals and cash prices listed. flax cash at 1.1 per bushel with other small adjustments noted.
St Paul stock market report records butcher steer at about 6.00 dollars per hundredweight butcher cows and heifers good to choice veals hogs ranging from 6.70 to 7.15 with choice at 3.75 to 4.25 lambs and lamb products noted in the daily figures.
Chicago August 11 market notes show prime steers at 4.25 plus ranges, stockers 2.60 to 5.25, cows 1.50 to 6.25, Texas steer hogs mixed to good 5.00 to 7.50, rough heavy 0.90 to 6.50, bulk sales. sheep good to choice lambs 3.50 to 6.25.
Chicago markets show fractional changes across grains and livestock. Corn and oats futures list shifts with July to September positions while pork, flax and butter prices move. dairy and poultry quotes include egg and chicken figures.
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