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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1900
Page
2
The notice lists loaner rates at 5.20 for 400 and 1.10 for advertisement. It details display advertisements at 10 cents per inch, readers at 5 cents, clubs and societies at 2 cents per line, weekly herald at 5 cents per inch for reading notices and 8 cents for an inch for general notices.
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union opened its annual convention at the Lafayette theater in Washington. President Mrs. Lillian M. Stevens delivered the address as nearly 500 delegates from all states and territories attended, with five colored state unions present.
Paper and pulp mill agents push into the area as spruce timber cuts surge. Wisconsin and other states race to secure pulp wood, with mills contracting for current and future supplies and some taking up timber lands to safeguard future needs.
Dynamite used by robbers to blast open the Silverton bank wrecked the building and furniture in the early morning. The cashier heard the blast and was shot at as he reached the bank but was unharmed. The bandits fled without taking any loot.
Judge Kobler sentences three more convicted rioters. John Roden and Richard Nallet receive one year each in the penitentiary while Claude Bender is sent to the workhouse for 30 days. William Dewitt is convicted, bringing the total to ten.
Livapia Dec 4 The czar shows marked improvement and wished to rise but doctors ordered him to stay in bed through the week. His appetite grows and he requests solid food but physicians prohibit it for now.
Indianapolis dispatch reports General Harrison, with wife and daughter Elizabeth, traveling to Washington for a Presbyterian church creed revision committee meeting.
Osceola Wisconsin farmers report plowing December 1 despite two to three inches of snow. They say the ground was not frozen before snowfall and the snow kept it from freezing, leaving fields in fair condition for work.
Charles H. Cramps, head of Cramps Ship and Engine Building, states he has no reason to doubt the Constantinople cable announcing the signing with the pore for a cruiser.
Market notes show Cash No 1 hard at 73 percent No 1 Northern 71 percent No 2 Northern 45 percent and No 8 spring 55 percent. Arrivals include No 1 hard 74 percent No 1 Northern 77 percent December 71 percent May 76 percent flax bids 1 51 4 cash 1 6 lig December 1 61 4. In Minneapolis WHEAT in store cash 72 4 December 71 1 2 May 71 6 On Track No 1 hard 69 6 No 1 Northern 71 9 No Northern 60 4 04ec.
Sioux City market reports cattle sales strong with beeves $4.50 to $4.25 per hundredweight, cows and bulls $2.00 to $3.50, stockers and feeders $3.25 to $3.75, calves and yearlings $3.00 to $3.70. Hogs weaker with prices $4.65 to $4.56. Receipts hogs 1,600 and cattle 1,409.
Hogs ease with prices from 4.85 to 5.60 for good to choice. cows and heifers 8.50 to 9.00. bulls around 6.00. calves 5.00 to 6.50. Sheep steady with lambs 4.40 to 4.75. wethers 6.60 to 6.75. Receipts: cattle 600, calves 100, hogs 1,000, sheep 2,004.
Six hundred members of the Pressfeeders' union in this city walk out demanding a uniform weekly pay of one dollar. Seven firms have announced willingness to grant the strikers' demands as the strike disrupts work in 76 job printing offices.
Funeral services for Oscar Wilde were held at St. Germain des Pres in Paris. The ceremony was modest with a small group of attendees, mainly literary figures and friends.
Dec 4 Carcagio Eggs advanced 1 cent amid market scarcity. Cold storage holdings total about 150000 cases, seen as less than two months’ supply at current consumption. South Water street dealers blame large packing firms for holding the bulk and potentially dictating prices. Fresh eggs at 25 cents a dozen. cold storage priced at 20 cents.
G W Haot C O Sleeper A J Gillett and Carlos Cosby travel to Beltrami Col for White Indian reserve opening Nina Swift resumes Cuties teaching Neaton Anderson former resident dies in Colby Nov 22 Emma Miller goes to Alma City Rev E E Lattarles holds revival Walthem Julian M Palmer Blue Earth City spends Thanksgiving L L Quimby and mother visit New Richmond Mr and Mrs Alfred Larson stay in Augusta Mrs Matie Philips dies at Ed Rock Dec 1 Frank E Long company opens at opera house with Peaceful Valley cast includes Hosea Howe Ward Andrews Jack Farquar Virgie Rand Erin Lacy Mrs Howe. tonight My Private Secretary to follow
A new line of Pullman Tour ist Sleepers runs from Hayfield Mondays at 10 53 a m to Los Angeles and Southern California via the Chicago Great Western route through Kansas City. The tour is guided by an experienced official and offers wide vestibules steam heat gas light and lower price for a double berth. Full information from Great Western agents or F N Lord at 113 Adams St Chicago.
Weekly excursions depart on Wednesdays for Los Angeles arriving Sunday morning. Modern tourist cars with standard sleeping car conveniences at about one third the expense. Wide vestibules and Pintsch gas. For details contact Iowa Central ticket agents or Geo S. Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway sells excursion tickets at reduced rates to prominent regions in the south including Jacksonvi lle Fla Mobile Ala New Orleans La Savannah Ga El Paso Tex. Tickets are valid for return travel at any time before June 1901. For rates and terms consult any coupon ticket agent of the railroad.
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