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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
4
A sequence of time stamps listing 12:00 PM 8:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:40 PM and 8:50 PM appears, suggesting a timetable or breaks in a day. No clear event, location, or context is provided to identify purpose or source.
The First Congregational Church Abby lists weekly services at 10 30 am 12 pm and 6 30 pm with evening service at 7 30 pm Sundays parish programs include Sunday School Bible Class and Friday evening service The St Paul and Mill Streets location hosts church activities and guild meetings throughout the week.
Rev Jon Treloar, pastor, preaches each Sunday at Corner Maple and Chatham avenues. Bible School Junior meets weekly. evening service at 6 45 and prayer meeting at 7 30. Friday Bible class, Ladies Aid society meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays. Auxiliary meets 2nd Tuesday. Officials include H N Lane clerk, John Sherman treasurer, John Gideon chair. Bible school superintendent Myra Hobson.
Rev H Barth residence 3 Ash Street announces Sunday services from 10 to 11:30 and Sunday School 11 to 12:30. Services held at the Seven Day Adventist Church at Kenwood Ave and College St.
Regular communications of the BROTHERHOOD AMERICAN YEOMEN Austin Homestead No 448 are held on the first and fourth Saturday of each month in Woodwan ball with Adam Wayne foreman and B F Peck correspondent. FIDELITY LODGE No A F and AM holds meetings in Masonic hall Austin Minn on the first and third Wednesdays with Jobo H Anderson worshipful master and Parke Goodwin secretary.
Local notice lists meeting at Woodman Hall in Wim Cutter Virginia with Sterling serving as clerk. The fragmentary text names Von Dusko Camp and No 3 but provides no further details on agenda or date.
Cedar Camp Missouri announces meetings every 4th Monday and the evenings on Meeteud and 9 Woodman hall at Cedar Camp. Mrs Mattie Fairbanke Oracle and Anna B Roble serve as recorder with local organizers.
The Lady Maccabees meet on the nd and 4th Wednesdays. Mrs Effle Williams is named Lady Commander and Dr Fannie Feister serves as Hoard Keeper.
Court of Honor No 414 holds meetings on the first and third Tuesday evenings in Elke hall. NJ Streaver is listed with WC Mra Sarah Foster as recorder.
Obituary note mentions Moff Moets served by Mrs Elizabeth Todd W M and Nora Becker as secretary with meetings on the fourth Monday evenings each month at the Masonic hall.
Beatrice Foster presides at an Oracle event with Etta Homme as featured participant. Meeting set on island dates with sessions in Woodman hall.
St Bernard Commandery No 13 meets the first Monday evening in the Masonic hall. Geo Parke Goodwin serves as recorder.
The Daily Express reports a Canada Britain subsidy scheme to launch a Canada South Africa steamship line as the first step in Chamberlain’s plan to make the empire self reliant for food. Lord Strathcona and Sir Wilfred Laurier aided the plan with support from King Edward and the Prince of Wales. Canada Pacific Railway joins the shipping effort for a rapid Canada to Great Britain service.
The Royal Arch Chapter No 14 in Austin Minnesota holds stated communications at Masonic Ball on the second and fourth Friday evenings each month. R L Johnson MEHP and Parke Good, secretary, announce the schedule.
Austin Council No. 58 meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 8 p m in Woodman hall. Visiting neighbors welcome. T H W Pridba and J S K Beco veil listed as officers.
Regular meetings are held at their post hall on the first and third Saturday evenings each month. Visiting comrades cordially invited. John Robertson Commander.
Austin Lodge No 8 AOUW holds meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays each month at Ellis' ball on Main street. John Rustad MW OH Harris Recorder.
Austin Lodge No S of P meets on the second and fourth Wednesday evenings each month Visiting Knights welcome Jovan F Cook CC W J Urbach KOR 48
Austin Lodge No 414 BPO Elks holds meetings on the second and fourth Friday evenings each month at the new Elks hall on Main Street Visiting Elks are invited to attend Exalted Ruler A.8. Campbell and Secretary SS Wasbourn oversee the lodge
Ottawa reports the cabinet approved via Canadian ministers in London an arrangement for a steamship line to South Africa. Service starts in October with Montreal and Quebec departures in summer and Halifax and St. John in winter. Ships will call at Cape Town and likely Durban and another port.
In Tampa Florida on August 15 Charles J Allen was killed and his wife fatally shot by Manuel Chavese a wealthy Cuban colony member. Authorities say Allen assaulted Chavese prompting gunfire with Mrs Allen trying to intervene. Chavese surrendered to the sheriff after fleeing in a buggy.
Chicago August 14 Oscar Thompson, held for Bartholin Mitchell murders, broke under Inspector Hunt during a strenuous examination and confessed to a tale he deemed a lie. He then mocked the inspector claiming the confession was an elaborate joke and vowed to tell a worse story next.
Knoxville report details a fatal shootout involving four Prominent locals. Jarratt Trammell and Mart Trammell confronted Whig Duncan Jr and Mrs Jarratt Trammell in a home, shots fired, Trammell killed and Mart mortally wounded, Duncan Jr and Mrs Trammell fled to Kentucky.
Captain Newman and his son Edward arrived in Falmouth England aboard the 30 foot kerosene launch Abiel Abbott Low after sailing from New York on July 9. They reported terrible gales, gear failures, kerosene tank leaks flooding the cabin, and near starvation. They logged 3103 miles, endured illness and exposure, and noted the voyage’s final ninety miles as the longest run. The captain lost thirty pounds. the son seemed to benefit from the ordeal.
Evreux France Aug 15 Mr and Mrs Charles Fair Americans linked to Mrs W K Vanderbilt Miss Virginia Fair died when their car swerved and hit a tree fifteen miles from Evreux. The chauffeur went insane from the shock. The couple had been at Trouville racing week and were noted for their fast forty five horsepower automobile. Bodies were taken to Chateau Bruisson du Mat.
San Francisco reports Mr and Mrs Charles Fair left in May for Europe. Charles Fair, son of the late Senator Fair and heir to vast estates, shares a notable link to the era as the son of John W Mackay, late partner of Senator Fair, was killed near Paris years ago when thrown from a horse.
The first all Negro run exposition opened at the First Regiment armory in Chicago. It will run thirty days and showcases historic Black labor, with a post office telegraph and express offices operated by Negroes. About 5,000 attended the opening, and profits go to the Chicago home for aged and infirm colored people endowment.
Governor Odell of New York dined with President Baldwin at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay. He arrived aboard Baldwin's private car, came unannounced, and emphasized the social nature of the visit.
In West Superior Wisconsin on August 15 Judge Haily ordered public whipping for burglary of two 13 year old twins Robert and John Scott They received twenty one lashes each on the back instead of a reform school sentence Police say the boys confessed to stealing hundreds of dollars from ten to twelve houses closed for summer Their mother Mrs John W Scott is the wife of a former mayor of Superior
Laverne Minnesota August 15 Carl Swensen eleven years old was arrested by Sheriff Black on a charge of horse stealing. The youth took a horse from Arm Carter who recently adopted him and dodged officers before trading the stolen horse for a bicycle.
Twelve workers from Lehigh Brick and Tile Co sue W C Beem claiming blacklisting. They seek 36 000 total damages for 1 000 each plus treble damages under Iowa code. Dispute arose over employing nonunion engineers, plants shut six months ago, alleged efforts to bar workers from other brick plants.
The International Typographical Union chose Cincinnati as the site for its annual convention after a close vote with Newark. Washington, favored for lobbying potential, ultimately lost. President Lynch announced night sessions to finish convention business this week in the capital.
Pats Aug 15 The Matin halts its claim of a secret betrothal between Crown Prince Frederick William and Gladys Deacon after a letter from Mrs Deacon calling the public tale false The letter says the brief affair at Bienheim was a private matter not a state issue.
In Denver on Aug 15 General Fonston remains in his army headquarters office. He has undergone two hip operations for an abscess from a Cuba wound but believes he is now permanently relieved.
In Toledo St Paul split a twin bill 10 to 9 and 9 to 2. Louisville beat Kansas City 19 to 2. Indianapolis swept Milwaukee 13 to 4 and 4 to 2. Columbus lost to Minneapolis 7 to 6 and 8 to 2. Baltimore topped Cleveland 8 to 7 while Philadelphia beat Detroit 4 to 3 and 6 to 1. Boston over Chicago 3 to 1. In the National League Philadelphia edged St Louis 5 to 4. Chicago defeated Brooklyn 6 to 2. Boston fell to Pittsburg 1 to 6. Cincinnati defeated New York 6 to 3.
Wheat trading in Minneapolis on August 14 shows Sept at 66 2/3 cents, Dec at 64 1/2 cents. On Track No 1 Hard at 78 1/2 cents, No 1 Northern 76 1/2, No 2 Northern 74 cents.
Sioux City market notes show cattle Reeves at 6.00 to 7.00 for cows and bulls, 2.00 to 4.00 for stockers, 8.25 to 4.70 for calves and yearlings, and 3.00 to 4.00 for feeder calves with mixed lots. Prices listed in dollars per hundredweight.
The Duluth market report lists Wheat cash and futures levels with No 1 hard at 75 4 and 73 for arriving No 1 hard. No 1 Northern at 72 and 70 for arriving. No 2 Northern 70 and No 3 spring 68. Flax cash at 1.38.
Cattle Choice butcher steers bring from 6.00 to 7.50 dollars, choice cows and heifers 4.00 to 6.75, veals 3.00 to 4.50, Hoge 6.50 to 6.75. Sheep and goats range 3.50 to 4.00, lambs 4.50 to 5.0.
Auction remarks show prime steers at around 3.00 to 4.90 per hundredweight and Texas steers from 3.00 to 5.00. Hogs range from 6.25 to 7.15 with bulk sales near 6.55 to 6.80. Sheep and lamb figures listed as good to choice from 3.50 to 6.59 per hundredweight.
The Chicago futures list shows Wheat Sept 69 1 4 c Dec 65 3 4 c May 69 4 c. Corn Sept 51 Dec 41 1 4 c May 39 3 4 c. Oats Aug 32 1 4 c Sept 31 c Dec 28 1 4 c May 29 3 4 c. Pork Aus $15.85 Sept $15.95 Oct $16.09 Jan $14.20 May $13.65. Flax cash Northwestern $1.45 Southwestern $1.40 Sept $1.32 1 4 c Oct $1.27. Butter-cheeses and poultry prices listed but garbled for dairy and chickens.
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