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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
1
The article extols Quaker Oats as the best inexpensive nourishment for laborers and brain workers, claiming better work and less fatigue. It cites Professor Fisher of Yale University from 1908 and notes large family packages with or without china dishes.
Charles Fischer aged 53 was struck by a vehicle at Prior and University avenues in St Paul and possibly fatally injured. He sustained multiple injuries including several broken ribs. The driver fled the scene and police could not obtain the car’s registration number.
Fire at the Temple Grand Opera House in Creston nearly destroyed the building after an explosion in a coal pile beneath the stage. Officials say spontaneous combustion caused the blast. The structure cost about $40,000 to build.
A humorous Columbian Journal line wonders why mail delivery favors bills over checks when at home expecting payment. The quip notes the postman seems absent during cash expectations but arrives for invoices, highlighting a common annoyance with daily routines.
London Sketch column notes a boy growing like his father with a neighbor asking if all options have been tried in a reflective social vignette on family and community concerns.
A statement from Rolland links responsibility with capacity and power, underscoring duty in leadership roles and the need for accountability with authority.
Justice Department plans swift legal action to restore timber lands on Minnesota’s White Earth reservation to full blood Indians. Officials say 1000 plus claims sold without Interior sanction, valuing land and timber at about 5 million dollars, with 80 percent of reservation acreage already in private hands. Three legal avenues include injunctions, reconveyance actions, and possible criminal cases.
Secretary of War Dickinson proposes several reforms in his annual report including tougher Roosevelt tests for officers weekly physical tests, realignment of militia into permanent brigades, locating troops near major cities, more officers on merit, and expanding rifle training. He also suggests a national park at Niagara Falls and forecasts a fiscal year estimate of 95.5 million dollars, about eight million less than the current year.
Washington reports a drop in whisky tax receipts by 5.5 million dollars and beer and ale by 2.44 million in the last fiscal year, while tobacco revenue rose by about 2.02 million. Cigarette consumption hits 6.07 billion sticks, with cigars down and tobacco use rising. Snuff taxes grow. corporate tax receipts projected at 15 million for 1910 and 62 million for 1914.
The hunting season's toll rises to eighty seven fatalities and sixty eight injuries, with Wisconsin and Upper Michigan most affected. Notable victims include Minnesota men Albert Daum Winona Albert Gentz Minneapolis Peter Johnson Stillwater Albert H Miller Good Thunder Alfred Moe Duluth and Ole Moler Frazee. Governor Hadley of Missouri is among the injured after a hand injury and possible blood poisoning risk.
Chicago December 2 sensational testimony at the coroner s inquest says miners were allowed to work for more than half an hour after flames were found in the St Paul mine. Survivor David Wright testified to the delay before evacuation began.
Minneapolis market roundup shows wheat futures December at 1.04, May at 1.05, July at 1.04. Grade figures list No. 1 hard at 1.06, No. 1 Northern at 1.05 to 1.06, No. 2 Northern around 1.03 to 1.04.
In Duluth on December 1 wheat prices show on track with No 1 hard at 1.05 and No 1 Northern at 1.04 while No 2 Northern is 1.02 Dec at 1.02 and May at 1.05 Flax is in store at 1.81 on track 1.79 Dec 1.78 May 1.80 4
St Paul market figures show cattle ranging from good to choice steers at 6.75 to 7.50 dollars, cows and heifers 4.25 to 5.25, hogs 7.90 to 7.95, sheep wethers 4.50 to 5.00, yearlings 5.25 to 6.00, spring lambs 6.50 to 7.25, with cows and heifers and yeals noted in the quoted ranges.
Chicago December grains and livestock prices shown with futures for Wheat Dec May and July at about 1.05 to 1.10 dollars per bushel. Corn 57 to 60 cents. Oats around 39 to 42 cents. Pork around 21.87 for January and 20.55 for May. Butter and dairy products listed from 24 to 32 cents per pound. Eggs and poultry prices noted with turkeys at 14 cents and chickens at 12 cents.
Chicago market reveal cattle and hog prices with ranges for Reeves Texas steers western steers and stockers. Cows calves and heifers and sheep values listed. hogs show light mixed and heavy categories with price bands. Pigs and ships noted with price ranges and lambs and yearlings also recorded.
Topeka Kansas reports Governor Stubbs will not attend a dinner at a private club after resigning from the club following a losing battle to abolish the liquor rocker system. The event was to honor Chief Justice Joko of the Kansas Supreme Court.
Secretary of State Knox returns Felipe Rodriguez passport with a blunt letter denouncing Nicaragua's Zelaya regime. The note signals U.S. willingness to hold Zelaya personally responsible for executions, aligns with U.S. support for Nicaraguan revolutionists, and edges toward intervention without a formal declaration.
On December 2 Chicago buyers paid a record $4.50 per hundredweight for nineteen prime steers averaging 1,572 pounds and ten yearlings at 1,081 pounds the same rate. One head sold at 10 cents per pound.
C Meier, a farmer from Pipestone County, slipped and fell under a Great Northern passenger train near Ruthton on December 2. Both legs were severed and he died on an operating table about two hours later.
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