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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1902
Page
4
Activities listed include Sunday preaching at 10:30 am, Sunday School for juniors, prayer meetings at various times, reader school airing, and multiple monthly meetings such as Ladies Aid, Woman's Mission, Farther Lights, Standing Committee, and Deacons, all at the Pastor residence and Oakland Reader School.
Austin Homestead No 413 holds meetings on the second and fourth Saturday evenings each month in Woodwan hall. Wayne serves as Foreman and BF Peck acts as Correspondent.
Fidelity Lodge No 89 holds regular communications at the Masonic hall in Austin Minnesota on the first and third Wednesday evenings of each month. John H Anderson serves as W M and Parke Goodwin as Secretary.
Cedar Camp No 36 R N A meets on the second and fourth Monday evenings in Woodmasa hall with Mrs Mattie Fair banks acting as Oracle and Anna B Roble as Recorder.
Boer generals Botha Dewet and Delarey reached London and secretly left for Cowes to meet King Edward on the Victoria and Albert. They toured the fleet aboard the Wildfire, were greeted by Earl Roberts and General Lord Kitchener, and returned to London with praise for their brave campaign and humane treatment of British wounded.
The Lady Maccabees announce gatherings on the second and fourth Wednesdays. Officers listed include Effie Williams as Lady Commander and Fannie Feister as Record Keeper.
Court of Honor No 414 holds meetings on the eighth Tuesday evening at Elke Hall in New Jersey with Mrs Sarah Foster serving as Recorder.
Corner St. Paul and Mill Streets hosts regular services with special times at 10:30 am and 12 pm and 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm each Sunday. Beata are free and strangers especially invited.
Corner Water and St Paul annual church schedule listing Holy Communion services Sunday School Bible Class and evening services. Epworth League class meeting and weekly prayer services plus guilds and choirs with rehearsals and weekday events. multiple times and days indicated with partial OCR.
The notice lists monthly gatherings on the fourth Monday evenings at a Masonic hall. Elisabeth Todd is Worshipful Master and Nora Becker serves as Secretary.
The notice lists Model Camp with 1741 R NM A meets island on Tuesdays in Woodman hall. Mrs Beatrice Foster, Qracie, Mre Etta Hommel are noted contacts.
Bernard Commandery No 18 meets on the first Monday at the Masonic hall. Geo. O. Parke Goodwin serves as recorder.
The Chapter meets at the Masonic hall in Austin Minnesota on the second and fourth Friday evenings each month. R L Johnson MBH P and Parke Goodwis serve as secretary and official.
The Anatin Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 8 p.m. at Woodman hall. Visiting neighbors are welcome. T. H. Pridham, Wood Samaritan, J. S. Boo vell, Fin. Scribe.
Rev John Treloar pastor at Corner Maple and Chatham streets preaches every Lord's Day with Bible School junior class at 3 00 pm and evening preaching at 6 45 pm A 7 30 pm prayer meeting Bible Class Fridays Ladies Aid Society meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays monthly Aux and Tuesday meetings monthly officers listed including Mrs L B Blalock pres Mrs Lena Treloar pres and Mrs F H Gadd secretary Official Board chairman H N Lane clerk John Sherman treasurer Bible School Supt Myra Hobson.
McIN YRE Post No66 GAR holds regular meetings on the first and third Saturdays each month. Comrades are invited to attend and visit, according to Commander John Robertson.
Austin Lodge No 22 AOUW holds meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays each month at the new Elks hall on Main Street. John Rustad MW and OH Harris Recorder.
Austin Lodge No 86 of the Knights of Pythias announces meetings on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Officers listed include Cook, W J Urbatch, and Ko ar 4h.
Great Falls Montana August 18 President J J Hill of the Great Northern Railroad plans a large steel and iron plant in Great Falls after visiting the city last Wednesday Plans drawn for the mill Hill bought a half interest in the Conrad Iron mines Chateau County for 25000 The mines lie in the Sweet Grass hills with ore to feed a plant for a century Hills also aided by Senator Paris Gibson in securing manganese deposits in Jefferson County to overcome smelting flux needs The deal was arranged through J D Farrell of the Pacific company and Hill said the project would create more jobs than several rail lines.
The notice lists Rev H Barth of 103 Ash Street and church services held Sundays at 10 0 and 11 80 with Sunday School at 11, all at the Seven Days Adventist Church on Kenwood Ave and College 81.
The Elks invite visiting members to meet on the second and fourth Fridays of each month at the new Ejiks hall on Main Street. Exalted Ruler A.8. Campbell and Secretary 88 Washourn are listed.
Chicago August 18 Oscar Thompson held to the grand jury on murder of Mrs Anna Bartholin John Claffy known as Daddy held as accessory after the fact to the murder of Miss Minnie Mitchell Claffys bond set at 3000 dollars Thompson bond not fixed due to murder charge Both men taken to county jail an attempt was made to give bonds
A mob of hundreds took Levi Reed and Bud Wingo from the county jail and hanged them to trees to force disclosures about the Casey Cravens gang. Reed nearly died before revival. The Cravens gang has terrorized Southern Oklahoma with numerous outrages.
The decomposed body of Mrs. Jessie Tuman was found near her home and her husband lay unconscious with mortal wounds inside the house. The Tumans were rumored to be wealthy and the missing suspect Dan Williams, once staying with them, is believed to have Texas origins. An axe used in the killing was found near the victim.
Human bones found amid the ruins of a burned house on the outskirts of Watertown suggest a possible murder. The sole occupant Reinhold Oestrict, brother of Alderman H Oestrict, is believed dead. his brother and a local physician uncovered a thigh bone and part of a spine in the debris.
In Jefferson County Tennessee a 24 year old man Watkin Newman was killed during the night. His brother Isham found the home on fire and Watkin's body on a bed burned beyond recognition. A blunt instrument caused a deep head wound and valuables were missing from the scene including money a pistol and a watch.
New York reports Dr B H Scofield, 25, died after tuberculosis investigations at Yale. He studied the disease in medical school, went to Denver near graduation, improved, then relapsed and worsened over two weeks.
In Shanghai on August 18 Liu Kun Yi Chang Chih Tung and Yuan Shai Kai in separate talks with John Barrett of the St Louis exposition declared that China must now push commerce and friendly relations with America and Europe and would present an unprecedented exhibit at the fair as a show of good faith toward the United States.
In Murphysboro Illinois on August 18 six people died violently in Jackson County over the past week. The latest incident near Raddlesville involved William Smith and his son Jacob with the father killed and the son expected to recover. The crime arose from a craps game at a negro picnic. The shooting occurred two miles from the home where Commissioner Riley was murdered last Thursday.
The Shah of Persia, Muzaffar-Ed-Din, reached Dover on the Empress from Calais amid a slow-speed voyage at his request. British cruisers Galatea and Immortalite escorted the ship and batteries fired salutes as a military display greeted the scene. He reportedly showed nerves at embarking but appeared at ease and chatted animatedly through an interpreter after Prince Arthur of Connaught greeted him.
Frank C. Andrews, former vice president of City Savings bank, was found guilty of misapplying bank funds after a four week trial in Recorder Murphy's court in Detroit.
Kansas City police officer Frank L. Stone died from a bullet wound after attempting to arrest four suspects in Riverview. Before dying, Stone identified Pete Nugent as the shooter. Nugent and three others James Nugent Charles Ross and John Harrington were arrested and held for Stone’s murder.
Kansas City reports that J C Surles, a blacksmith, found Albert Hayes a boarder with his wife at home and shot both with a shotgun. Hayes may die while Mrs Surles is expected to recover.
In Langdon Minnesota on August 4 two men identified as Pineal Langdon and George, residents of Langdon, were struck and killed by a freight train northeast of Newport. Survivors or bystanders found remains mangled along the tracks and later officers transported the body to the morgue. The precise sequence, whether a struggle with the brake rod caused the fall, remains unclear.
A tragic incident during target practice at Columbia involving Captain Walton of Company 1, Minnesota troops, ends with the accidental shooting of a youth and raises questions about rifle regulation and safety amidst a tense testing session. The injured boy, a son of a local family, dies at the scene as rain and confusion surround the drill.
Representatives for the South Chicago company and workers avert a strike. The agreement raises pay with phased increases from 17 to 20 cents per hour over months, with semi monthly and monthly payment terms to begin immediately.
In Monticello Minnesota, Charles Strout of Mealey and Co. was fatally crushed after falling under the wheels while leaping from a Great Northern train. The incident involved the fifth Strout in the family line.
In La Crosse Wisconsin Captain P Morris, commander of the post named for the late President Kinley, was honored as a prominent Grand Army of the Republic man in the state during the day. The event drew fifty attendees as the assembly celebrated his service.
In Toledo and Chicago games the record is jumbled with stray city names and partial innings. The text notes two games and a seven inning session across St Louis and Minneapolis, but factual details remain unreadable.
Minneapolis wheat prices show gains with August contracts at 66 percent and 65 percent, December futures steady for hard red winter wheat No 1 at 76 percent and 74 percent for No 1 Northern.
Sioux City Iowa market notes show prices for cows bulls and stockers with listings for calves and feeders. Readings include figures around 42 dollars and per hundredweight prices 6.45 6.70 in a brief livestock summary.
Wheat prices in Duluth on August 16 show No 1 hard at 75 cents, No 1 Northern 69 and three quarters, No 2 Northern 69 and three quarters, No 3 Northern 67 and three quarters. To Arrive prices list hard 69 and three quarters, Northern 67 and three quarters, Dec 66 and three quarters. Flax cash at 1 dollar 42 cents.
St Paul Aug 16 cattle prices: butcher steers around 6.00, cows and heifers 4.00 to 6.88, good to choice 6.40 to 7.00. Sheep 3.50 to 4.00, lambs 4.50 to 7.76.
Chicago stock yards report shows steer prices at 8.00 to 9.00 per cwt for prime S and 4.25 to 7.50 for drummer and feeder categories. Hogs quoted heavy 6.95 to 7.10 for good to choice, with bulk sales around 6.40 to 6.90. Sheep lambs priced 3.60 to 6.75 per cwt.
Grain quotes from Chicago show corn at 69% to 70 cents for Sept, oats at 81 cents August and 28 for Dec, and provisions with May and Sept values. cash Northwestern at 1.45 and western at 1.38, butter at 19 1/2 cents, dairies 4 18 1/2 cents, poultry at 12 to 20 cents for turkeys and 11 to 14 cents for hens.
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