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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
4
The text emphasizes the necessity of eating a sufficient amount of good wholesome food and digesting it thoroughly to gain and maintain strength. It advises against dieting and promotes using Kodol to aid digestion when the stomach is weak, asserting rest plus Kodol supports digestion.
Chicago Aug 25 Manufacturers along the Buffalo Pittsburg Parkersburg axis to the Mississippi would benefit from a court decision that permanently bars the interstate commerce commission from enforcing the seaboard Missouri river through rate. Judges Grosscup and Kohlsaat limit the commission to adjudicating specific discrimination cases, leaving rate making with the railroads. The Missouri river cities gain if the ruling stands, echoing a Denver rate case precedent with a temporary restraining order.
A violent wind and rain swept the Red River valley near Grand Forks fatally injuring one and seriously injuring four members of the Peter Sohe family near Caledonia Minnesota. The storm caused enormous crop losses in Minnesota and Traill county and damaged properties in towns and isolated farms.
Secretary James Wilson defended Remsen board findings on benzoate of soda while facing a sharp challenge from J Q Emery of Madison. Emery accused the secretary of influencing a reinvestigation and Wilson replied that if Washington could hire the top scientists they would.
Lord Eliot eldest son of the Earl of St Germans was found dead at Port Eliot. The death stemmed from a gunshot with unclear cause whether accident or suicide. He served as an officer in the Coldstream Guards and had recently returned from Khartoum.
Maverick Voorhees aged thirty five a master mechanic for the Rock Island railroad at Peoria fell from his launch during a pleasure cruise on the Illinois river near Beardstown and was drowned officials reported the accident occurred on the river during August.
A blaze at a Krementchug lumber mill in Russia on August 24 left about a thousand families homeless as large sections of local housing were destroyed. No injuries reported.
An advertisement promises a dollar bottle of Kodol with a full refund if the buyer cannot claim any benefits after using the entire bottle. The offer covers the large bottle only and targets families. The note cites DeWitt Co. laboratories as the maker and stresses the policy to cover bottle price.
In Beverly Massachusetts on August 25 veterans of the Civil War urged President Taft to participate in public functions during his vacation, while 2500 Grand Army men in Essex County prepared to review him as he passes on September 11. Taft played a three ball match with Robert Taft and Captain Butt, then returned to Beverly. Baton Rouge sought extra time on the trip by suggesting a boat trip down the Mississippi from Natchez to Baton Rouge on October 29, with Secretary Carpenter favoring the plan.
National League scores include Boston 8 St Louis 1 and Brooklyn 2 Cincinnati 0. Philadelphia 0 Chicago 1. New York 4 Pittsburg 3. New York 3 Pittsburg 11 in a second game. American League games list Chicago 2 Boston 5 St Louis 3 New York 0 Detroit 7 Philadelphia 6 Cleveland 7 Washington. American Association results Toledo 7 Columbus 2 Minneapolis 3 St Paul 2 twelve innings. Kansas City 2 Milwaukee 2 eight innings. Louisville 7 Indianapolis 7 nine innings. Western League Topeka 8 Lincoln 1 Denver 3 Des Moines 7 Wichita 0 Sioux City 5. Three League Decatur 2 Davenport 8 Bloomington 6 Dubuque 7 Springfield 12 Cedar Rapids 0 Peoria 3 Rock Island 8. second Peoria 5 Rock Island 4 seven innings.
Minneapolis wheat futures stand with Sept at 95 and Dec at 93 cents per bushel while May hits 97 on the board. Cash grades show No 1 hard around 1.015 dollars and No 1 Northern near 1.01 dollars with No 2 Northern at about 99 cents.
St Paul market notes list cattle ranges from good to choice steers at 6.00 to 6.76, fairy to good 6.00 to 5.60, cows and heifers 4.25 to 5.26, veals 5.50 to 6.78. Hogs bring 7.50 to 7.90. Sheep show wethers 4.25 to 4.50, yearlings 4.75 to 5.00, lambs 5.00 to 6.50, spring lambs 6.00 to 7.25.
On track prices show No. 1 hard wheat at 1.08% and No. 1 Northern at 1.01% with No. 2 Northern at 99 8%c. Arrival quotes list No. 1 Northern at 98 3/8%c and No. 2 Northern at 96 3/4%c for September and other months. Flax to arrive and on track at 1.45 with September 1.37 1/2, October 1.24, November 1.84, December 1.40 and May 1.36.
Wheat prices for Sept, Dec and May show 975, 94% 84%c, 98 MIS. Corn values Sept 66% 66%c Dec 565c May 57%c. Oats Sept 86% 8b%ec Dec 36%c May 39%c. Pork Sept 22.40 Oct 21.05 Jan 17.65. Butter Creameries 24 28c Dairies 214% 25c. Eggs 18 21%c. Poultry Turkeys 15c Chickens 14 4%c Springs 18c.
Cattle values range from cattle and cows at low to mid four dollars, Texas steers about four dollars, western steers near four forty, stockers and feeders around three to five dollars, calves around six to nine dollars. Pigs pull seven to eight dollars. sheep native two seventy five to four sixty five, yearlings four to five fifty, lambs four twenty five to seven seventy eight. A fragmentary note ends with a literary remark from Lippincott's.
A New England towel maker’s tale explains how a backward-running factory produced an exceptionally absorbent bath towel. The legend says misaligned machinery created towels with unrivaled texture, sparking a profitable ongoing reversal in production favored by stockholders.
The article explains that whiteness in dry linen and writing paper results from repeated surface reflections that waste light before depth is reached. If interstitial spaces in fibers are filled with a substance of the same refractive index, surface reflections diminish, increasing transparency. Water or oiling can enhance translucency, as with wet linen and tracings paper.
Suburban Life describes a curious pet catbird that investigates every corner and mocks fellow inmates. The bird delights in a pincushion prank, pulling pins or driving them in, then hops to the table edge and drops pins as a satisfied fluttering tail note fills the room.
An Englishman newly arrived in New York tries to grasp American slang. After a convivial night, he tells a companion he feels “one and six” or “thirty cents,” revealing the clash of idioms and the humor of cultural swap.
Excerpt shows a deacon explaining that a black baby walked early, claiming it leads to bowlegs. Brother Dickey questions the reason as a humorous regional folk exchange about race and bodily traits. The dialogue pivots on the idea of bowlegs aiding climbing a tree for a possum.
The passage cites Mark Twain claiming the proper introduction to a literary audience is brief. He notes two things about the man addressed: he has never been in prison and he cannot see why he has not.
In a brief Chicago News quote a teacher asks Harold to illustrate mind over matter. The bright pupil replies I have to mind you, that is the matter.
More than 1,500 delegates attended the twenty-eighth annual encampment of the commandery in chief Sons of Veterans in Washington. Commander Edwin Allen Jr. of Richmond Virginia delivered speeches with William F. Gude and National Commander Shannon also addressing. Allen urged support for a national memorial hall and a peace monument by Union and Confederate veterans in Washington.
Jim Barry outpointed Jack Burns in a tame ten round match at the Pacific Athletic club arena in Los Angeles. No decision was rendered by the ring. Before the bout, Barry was publicly promised a September bout with heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in the city.
William Butler, wounded by a White Bear bank robber three weeks earlier, died at St. Joseph's hospital from blood poison in St. Paul.
Train schedule lists North Bound departures to St Paul Minneapolis Dubuque Chicago Des Moines Kansas City at 4 11 a m and 5 44 p m with arrivals at 11 42 p m from the same cities. South Bound times include Fort Dodge Council Bluffs Omaha departures at 12 25 p m and 11 12 p m and Mason City Lyle routes with returns at 5 44 p m and 4 11 a m.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes a mother urging others to spell the little girl's name as Alys rather than Alice. Mrs. Squiggs explains the intended spelling and pronunciation, highlighting the spelling clarification.
A witty exchange on the opposite side centers on an artist claiming his work now hangs on the line and a sharp retort notes his wife’s work is similarly displayed, reflecting local literary sparring in Baltimore.
Quote attributed to Juvenal. The line presents a stark view on vengeance as a corrosive personal pleasure, reflecting a moral critique of vindictive thinking.
Carlisle Indiana August 25 a mob attacked the home of Stephen Hart superintendent of the Carlisle coal mine and Hart s wife was fatally shot The town is in a panic miners had threatened the superintendent for weeks Sheriff Wible and six deputies arrived from Sullivan by automobile Quiet has been restored
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