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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
2
The Austin Daily Herald announces John H Skinner as editor with associate relation to Mbartrude Hlia Skinner. The note confirms leadership transition and ongoing Associated staffing.
A collection of small notes and anecdotes about Christmastime, gifts, and local figures. Highlights include M Teeter’s upcoming Golden Wedding and long Masonic service, a tip from the Chicago Tribune about gifting, and Minneapoliss merchant Haire learning selling firearms to under 15 is a misdemeanor under the new code. A short tale recalls a girl requesting change for a milkman, not yet granted by a hardhearted grocer.
George H. Goodsped of Waseca found a coin resembling gold near the Chicago and Northwestern depot. A jeweler verified it, a rare coin catalog confirmed its value at 265, and it was sent to a New York bank for purchase of rare coins. The piece highlights rural mail delivery salary concerns and growing routes.
The strike of the movermen inaugurated here on December 19 proves a failure as the ongoing work shows no improvement on any line. The dispatch notes indicate the effort did not achieve its intended effect.
The Jefferson area fire totally destroyed logs valued at substantial price with about 45 percent insured. Fire crews fought the blaze, confirming loss and insurance estimates.
Hormel Packing company outlines plans for two new buildings to expand Austin operations next year. An office building will be started early, with a large storage facility using an ammonia cooling system. The project signals rapid growth, with boilers of 150 horsepower tested and a 150 foot smoke stack completed. well drillers report 150 feet depth without water.
William Todd was welcomed as State Grand Priest of the Royal Arch Chapter of Masonry at a Masonic Hall reception. High Priest Wallace Gregson presided as Todd spoke on Royal Arch history and the audience applauded his eloquent reply. A luncheon followed the ceremony with entertainment from Mrs A Hegge, Fred Ulmer, and Frank Brighton.
Catherine Neil, jailed in the Tombs for her husband Joseph Neil’s death, contends he was poisoned not stabbed. Lawyer Greenthal plans autopsy and stomach analysis while a messenger reportedly fetched medicine for a headache. Neil recalls him writhing and frothing as a doctor stated poisoning.
Knute Amundson died in Nevada after more than a year of illness caused by lung troubles. Born in Norway in 1836, he came to America in 1859 and to Mower County, Minnesota. A Civil War veteran, he served in Company K, 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and fought at Vernon City Island No 10 Perryville and Murfreesboro, where he was wounded. He married Elizabeth Gorgenson in 1865 and leaves his wife, four children Melina Cora Otto at home and Henrietta in Washington. He served on the Mower County Board of Commissioners 1896 to 1902. The funeral will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at his home and at Six Mile Grove Church at 2 o'clock.
George Sutton retains the 18.2 balkline billiards world title by beating Willie Hoppe 500 to 2458 at Grand Central Palace New York. Sutton led early and finished strong as Hoppe failed to display championship form. The winner then scheduled a Chicago match in thirty days and challenged Hoppe for the 18.1 title at Madison Square Garden three weeks later.
Charles F. Cochran who represented Missouri's Fourth district in Congress from 1886 to 1902 died in St. Joseph. The Senate confirmed Lebbeus R. Wilfrey of Missouri as judge of the United States court for China.
Indiana man John Morello of Diamond shoots his housekeeper after she strikes his daughter and then fatally wounds himself. A mob nearly seizes Morello from officers on the way to the station amid the aftermath in Terre Haute. In Worcester, Charles G. Washburn wins the Third district congressional seat to fill the late Rockwood Hoar.
The federal grand jury returned the largest list of indictments in Toledo Ohio. The Ann Arbor railway and Toledo Ice and Coal company faced 155 counts each for illicit rebates on ice shipments. Potential fines could reach 3100000 if convicted on all counts. Six indictments were issued against Great Lakes Dock and Dredging for eight hour law violations.
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