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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
1
The article extols Quaker Oats as the best food for laborers and brain workers due to its nourishment, vigor, and low cost. Citing Yale Professor Fisher’s 1908 findings, it claims workers fed on Quaker Oats show better performance and less fatigue, with large family packages offered.
Winnipeg reports the Four Mines district near Edmonton has settled labor trouble. Workers win a 214% cents per car raise and union recognition with check off. Former nonunion mines become unionized after organizers’ recent activity.
Duluth on December 1 reports the switchmen's strike will idle about 10,000 men. No traffic will be moved and all local terminal wheels except passenger trains will stop, underscoring a complete halt in the city’s rail operations.
The verified record of fall hunting season tragedies in Wisconsin and Michigan since Sept. 1 shows thirty-three killed and thirty-seven wounded. The season has closed, but remote camps may yield more injuries or fatalities in later reports.
Chief of the Forest Service Gifford Pinchot tells Secretary Ballinger Congress must decide if the nations coal fields and vast water power should remain in public hands or pass to private monopolies. He warns concentrated control risks wider corporate domination of industry and the country.
Switchmen in Twin Cities yards and along the Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads went on strike demanding a ten hour day and pay gains. Officials claimed many stayed on duty and traffic moved with minimal delays, while the union said the strike tied up freight and passenger service in key terminals. The action began at stroke of hour and spread to Superior Duluth Seattle Fargo and Brainerd with about 2 500 to 2 800 members affected.
Washington December 1 The financial portion of the president's message is completed The Panama canal bond situation and other features draw close attention The working balance in treasury offices is 26523680 while total balance including banks and Philippine treasury stands at 82079472 The excess of disbursements over receipts this fiscal year is 44295956 down from 94772299 last year Internal revenue receipts are rising with corporation tax contributing over 25000000 and department estimates trimmed accordingly.
Denver dispatch reports traveling with seventy employees of a detective agency who will serve as guards at the Homestake mine aboard a train. The text notes the group is en route to the site to bolster security.
Charles HM Meyer president of the Western Federation of Miners leaves Denver for Lead amid a hastily assembled guard contingent led by Robert Boykin. Mine owners fear a Cripple Creek style riot and dispatch workers to cover potential unrest.
London reports the House of Lords refused formal assent to the budget bill after six days of debate and voted 350 to 75 to refer it to the country for judgment. The scene was calm yet historic. noted orators including Lord Curzon and the Archbishop of York led the final day’s brilliance.
Orson Bowman, a young man from near Fort Pierre, South Dakota, was accidentally killed while rabbit hunting when he fired while loading a sleigh. The gun discharged, blowing off a thumb and tearing his abdomen. He died within hours despite medical efforts.
Investigator Haugan returns from Bluffton after examining the death of William Vinson of Milaca who was struck by a Northern Pacific train while crossing tracks in Fergus Falls Minnesota.
The quote contrasts true merriment with superficial joy, noting its capacity to be remembered with pleasure in days and weeks ahead. It emphasizes that genuine happiness leaves a lasting reflection beyond the moment.
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