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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
6
President invites nationwide meetings to discuss rural school efficiency farm labor roads postal facilities and farm life issues. He urges use of schoolhouses as gathering sites and targets ministers teachers editors and other rural life figures as participants.
Bradstreet's notes irregular weather with a cold wave boosting retail trade in the North West and parts of the South while cotton holdings and low prices curb buying in the cotton belt. Collections show irregularity and rising complaints, with outerwear like wearied apparel, shoes and coats aided by climate shifts.
The Cleveland section defeats the National Council of Jewish Women in arbitration, with resolutions adopted by delegates in Cincinnati. The arbitration panel, formed Thursday, reported amid excitement after the Cleveland group had been expelled by the executive committee for dues default.
Granville Massachusetts December 5 John Artin a logging keeper shot his wife after a quarrel then shot himself in the head with three revolver bullets He likely died from his wounds Mrs Artis died shortly after the incident The cause is stated as jealousy.
The swollen Arkansas river swept away seven frame houses and a two story business building in Pine Bluff Arkansas near Barraque and Georgia streets two blocks east of the county courthouse. The encroaching waters ate across riverfront property damaging residences and a commercial structure on December 5.
In an odd exchange, Mrs Chopsticks reports not seeing her son Rube since 10 o'clock amid worry. The professor recalls Martha serving water and mentions Willie falling into a well around 10 o'clock, tying the mystery to a possible accident.
Minneapolis December market report lists wheat prices for contracts Dec and May. On track No 1 hard at $1.13 1/4, No 1 Northern at $1.12 1/2, No 2 Northern at $1.10 1/4, No 3 Northern at $1.09.
In Duluth on December 4 wheat futures and related grains traded on track with readers noting price quotes. No. 1 Northern priced around 1.11 dollars, No. 8 Northern about 1.05, with December futures near 1.08 and May around 1.123 dollars and July about 1.12 dollars. Fiax-Te arrivals show Dec futures at 1.41 and May at 1.43 dollars.
St Paul Union Steek Yarde notes cattle sale prices with steer ranges from good to choice at 5.50 per hundredweight and 6.25 for upper grades, cows and heifers from 2.50 to 4.00, veal from 6.00 to 75.50, hogs around 6.10 to 5.65, sheep and lambs listed with values for wethersa yearlings and spring lambs.
Chicago December 4 report shows wheat futures at December 1.06 percent per bushel May 1.10 July 1.03. Corn futures December 61.5 cents May 63.4 cents July 62.5 cents Sept 62 cents. Oats December 60 cents May 62.42 cents July 47 cents. Pork Dec 14.69 May 14.62 January 16.92 May 16.1. Butter and creamery margarine prices listed with dairy values. Turkeys 15 to 16 cents. chickens 9 to 10 cents. springs listed as 4 for 2?
Fragmented market notes show cattle and feeder data with terms like Western cattle stockers, cows and heifers, and various price quotes such as 260 and 240. The garbled text references weights and markets in Chicago with multiple livestock categories and miscellaneous tags.
A Delineator item parodies family life as a 9 year old asks his father how much older he is. The father answers thirteen years, and the child advises his mother not to marry a man thirteen years older, calling it bad luck.
A brief humorous exchange features two men arguing over strength. One boasts lifting ninety gallons from a well each morning before breakfast. The other counters with pulling up a boat from the river each morning, claiming greater prowess.
A stranger laments chefs overusing Spanish sauce with tomato in dishes such as eggs a l’Espagnole and eggs a Fispagnole. He predicts the misuse will spread to other trades, fearing a decline in culinary care. The exchange ends with somber foreboding.
In Aubrey Lansson's Bohemian Magazine sketch the Cafe de Paris uses a secret tariff at the maitre d hotel level, where known patrons may face fixed prices while others are charged at whim. An American guest who challenged the bill learns hospitality means paying the full amount or facing the house rules.
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