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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1906
Page
2
Frtrude Ellis-Skinner is identified as associate editor in the Austin Daily Herald masthead with John H. Skinner listed as editor and proprietor.
The piece notes early Christmas mailing, brisk newspaper advertising, and a growing carrier force of nineteen newsboys in Austin. It cites remarks by Frank Brighton on the city’s bustling press scene and the Herald’s reach, plus a playful scan of numbers and local gossip.
Lady Cook of England criticizes American women as behind in suffrage effort. She says English women are ahead and will soon hold the ballot, citing ongoing battles led by Susan B Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton Victoria Woodhull Martin and herself.
A Saturday business men gathering drew criticism for a fawning mood and suppression of free speech as speakers urged a straight approach. The piece cites James A. Tawney and Austin politics while noting Andrew Carnegie's 10 million gift to Scottish universities and its alleged negative effects on student independence and tutor fees. The HoKaLp tradition ends with reprinting Is There a Santa Claus.
The editor answers Virginia O Hanan by affirming Santa Claus exists beyond sight and reason. He argues belief comes from love, generosity, devotion, and imagination, not just what is visible, saying faith and wonder sustain childhood and give life its beauty and joy.
A man tells a palm reader his wife will have fortune told and warns her against buying a motor car, predicting she is doomed to die in an automobile accident. He offers a bank note for a side money. The claim is recounted from the New York Press.
A woman laments postmarital freedom and economic hardship in a quip about former leisure versus current labor. She describes alimony, obligation, and the grind of daily work following separation, noting life’s contrariness and the shift from ease to toil.
New York reports Bishop Charles GC McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal church is unconscious at the New York Hospital. Doctors say his death is a matter of hours. He suffered apoplexy last Tuesday while passing through the city en route to Philadelphia and was moved to the hospital. he is seventy years old.
The Chicago and Northwestern railway plans a two million dollar depot project in Chicago. A general strike is proclaimed across Italy disrupting commerce. Louisville and Nashville Railway increases shopmen wages by about 4 percent effective December 1. Speaker Cannon likely to visit St. Paul after Congress to speak for the Roosevelt club. Governor Cummins to urge Iowa legislature in January for Jamestown exposition appropriation.
The passage notes Professor Huxley’s humorous mnemonic for heart anatomy. He compares the mitral valve on the left with two flaps to a bishop’s miter, and the tricuspid valve on the right with three flaps. He jokes that a bishop could never be on the right.
In Ellsworth Minnesota December 18 three members of J C Rudloffs family at George Iowa died from a gasoline explosion and a fourth member lies dying. Louise Rudloff was cleaning a coat when flames from a stove ignited a two gallon can of gasoline on the floor. Mrs Rudloff and a older sister could have escaped but stayed to rescue the others. Louise died after hours of agony and the three year old sister died later. The mother remains in precarious condition and is not expected to live.
Washington reports an official investigation into the Southern Railway wreck at Lawyers, Virginia on Thanksgiving Day. The inquiry assigns responsibility to block operator C. D. Mattax of Rangoon Station, with President Spencer of the Southern Railway and six others among those implicated. General Counsel A. P. Thom releases the conclusion.
The woman shot by Joseph Haefner Saturday night has died. Mrs. Jennie Morgan confirms she is Haefner's wife, though she claimed Roy Garrison was her husband. Garrison remains critical in hospital, Haefner died by suicide after the incident.
In London the House of Commons lobby chatter claimed James Bree, Irish secretary, will become British ambassador to Washington succeeding Sir Henry Durand. No formal announcement yet amid cabinet reshuffles, but Bree is broadly viewed as the likely envoy to the United States.
Frank Gotch of Iowa defeated Fred Beell of Wisconsin in a catch as catch can bout at convention hall in Kansas City Missouri. Gotch won two straight falls in 19 minutes 48 seconds and 38 minutes before a crowd of about eight thousand.
St Paul December 18 Lawrence H Johnson of Minneapolis wins the race for speaker as N J Hugo and other Hibbinth district delegates back him. Johnson receives congratulations from house members and rival candidates after the decisive decision.
Wheat values in Minneapolis with Dec and May quotes. St Paul cattle prices for steers and cows. hogs and sheep ranges. Duluth wheat and rye figures. Chicago futures for wheat corn oats pork butter eggs poultry and cattle and hog price bands. The report lists Nos. 1 hard and Northern grades with current on track quotes and nearby futures, plus state city livestock price ranges and dairy and poultry prices.
The Hamburg American liner Prinzessin Victoria Luise ran aground near Port Royal Jamaica while returning to New York. Captain Bruinewlg, in command after a course error, killed himself in his cabin with a gun. The Bremen and French ship Dugury Trouin went to aid the stricken vessel as passengers were landed.
A fire in Valdez totally destroyed the Bank of Valdez the Stella hotel and the Valdez Hank and Mercantile Company's building. Authorities believe a burglar started the blaze. Loss reported at 53000 dollars. In Stockholm King Oscar enjoyed several hours of sleep and showed further improvement.
In San Francisco on December 18 the court denied another motion to strike the indictment charging Mayor Eugene E Schmitz and Abe Ruef with extortion. A similar motion was denied last week in Judge Dunne's court.
In Toulouse area a December landslide in Curzous in the Nattes Pyrenees buries several houses. Eleven people are entombed with little hope of rescue.
Viscount Aoki assures at a New York Asiatic association dinner that the Pacific conflict is too ridiculous to be serious and urges amicable relations between the United States and Japan. Roosevelt praised for fostering good will between nations with mutual interests and cordial friendship.
Rochester officer reports the New York Central Buffalo Local wrecked one mile east of Palmraff with the engineer fatally injured and the train burned. A collision with freight cars toppled coal cars onto the passenger track. Engineers and crew escaped, but multiple cars burned and passengers were shaken. Engineer Harris of Rochester, trapped in the fire end, was rescued badly injured.
Roosevelt was informed he would address the National Editorial Association during his visit for the dedication of the Georgia building at Jamestown. The editors will hold their annual convention at Jamestown on July 13 to 15.
London reports a Anglo-French tunneling scheme to build two parallel tunnels under the Pri channel with an estimated cost of 80 million dollars. Colonel Pietta, commander of the Radom government gendarmerie, died from injuries after a bomb attack by a technical school student.
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