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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1901
Page
3
Local shop announces two month plan nearing completion with a bold trade push. Offers include tan gray white and black underwear fleeced lined wool or cotton garments at 90 percent discount on selected days. Also touts a sale on toys fancy articles and French flannelwear as part of a week long clearance.
Fire in Chicago at R R Murphy’s apartment building on Carle Morning Hours destroys most of the twelve story complex. Tenants flee via stairways and fire escapes as crews battle flames, hydrants iced, forcing shifts and neighbor stores to aid. Loss estimated around 140000 dollars with insurance partial. President John M Roach of the traction company reports the damage.
Rear Admiral W S Schley informs Attorney Rayner he is ready to proceed with the case. Officials discuss whether to prosecute in court, noting political implications and possible investigations. A telegram quotes Rayner seeking privacy and mentions an offer of £10,000 for court expenses.
A terse report describes a blaze at a street car barn in Chicago near Lincoln Avenue. Details are fragmentary with garbled phrases but indicate significant fire damage and freezing conditions affecting personnel and operations.
Heavy snow blankets eastern Montana with two to six feet on the level and rail service halted for days. A biting 20 degrees below zero and fierce winds paralyze travel as J A Phillips and two herders head toward Flat Willow, with reports of a fatal trek en route.
Reports from Constantinople indicate legations have handed the Ellen M Stone case to the American missionaries. Washington cables approve of the course. Separately, a Salem fire near Parkersburg, West Virginia, destroyed most of the business district, with 56 buildings and hundreds of homes affected and property losses over 200000 dollars, little insurance.
Severe floods in Pennsylvania cause massive damage to coal areas, railroads, and mines. Rivers rise 15 feet, hundreds of mines flooded, and hundreds of mules drowned. Bridges collapse and traffic halts. In Pittsburgh, barges break free, river currents sweep vessels, and docks at Browns Landing suffer extensive damage.
Washington December 46 The Ways and Means Committee chair Payne says no definite plan yet for further tax cuts though informal talks and data on firms best suited for reduction are growing. Members plan to push the issue after the holidays amid general focus on the topic. A second item notes a railroad wreck near Ralls, Illinois, involving a freight car light engine and a wreck man on the Great Western road.
A brief note highlights Bee Hive’s leadership stance while other groups attempt to imitate. The piece emphasizes initiative and strategic positioning in a competitive environment.
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An Illinois Central head on collision between eastbound No. 4 passenger train and a westbound freight near Irene and Perryville leaves eight dead and eleven injured. A tank car explosion ignites the wreck, flames consume cars and bodies, and crews rush to fight the blaze as survivors evacuate. Disobedience of orders is cited as a possible cause.
A Great Northern derailment near Essex in the Track Mountains at 2 a.m. left one dead and thirty one or more injured as rails spread caused cars to overturn. The engine, mail car, and smoker stayed on track while the rest derailed. The air broke with a 25 mile hour gust as cars caught fire but flames were quickly fought by passengers and a fire crew.
Sensible Stores promotes a wide Christmas selection with affordable novelties and linens. It highlights linen stock, giftable items, and low prices from 39 cents to 4.00 per dozen for textiles, towels, napkins, and more. Shoppers are invited to visit and find useful presents.
Fragmentary ad notes Christmas handkerchiefs for sale in Switzerland and America with prices around $1.50 and $1.00. Mentions special road values and a few cryptic product references.
The listing offers exclusive novelty stitchwork and ready made pieces including special patterns. Prices start at 2.40 and go up to 8.00 per piece with silk patterns from 7 cents to around 2.009 florins.
The Manchurian question reaches a crisis as China seeks terms with Russia, Britain, the United States, and Japan amid pressure on Prince Ching. A famine in Shen Si Province kills about 30 percent of its people, with 259,000 deaths reported and crops unlikely to sustain next harvest.
Jamestown North Dakota December 16 Engineer Geary Woollworth of Fargo was instantly killed in a collision on the Northern Pacific at Urbana a point miles east of Jamestown. His headlight had failed and a small lantern showed on the front of his engine as it struck a light engine in charge of Engineer Renaud who had stopped for repairs. Both trains were moving in the same direction and Woollworth leaves a wife and child.
Reports from Lord Kitchener in Pretoria announce the capture of Commandant Bavenhorst with a Boer party at Sterkfontein. A vivid skirmish near Carnarvon, Cape Colony is noted. At Tontel Qoxseh a Boer assault on 20 men persisted for days over water, leaving three dead and five wounded. Paris reports 24 thousand men, with 74,000 more arrests and 10,000 recruits.
St Paul reports Governor Van Sant tentatively fixes early February for an extra session of the legislature. The lax commission report will not be ready for public until after January 7, delaying assembly and giving lawmakers about three weeks to study it. Attorney General Douglas and others have begun reviewing the situation.
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