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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
6
The president weighs a comprehensive examination of the foundation under the Panama Canal locks and dams. With ongoing borings and excavations yielding new data, the plan would hire eminent civil engineers outside government service to avoid bias in assessing the task’s magnitude and securing stable foundations.
Frank Cain city marshal and Deputy Elmer Megruder were shot during a jail search after arresting three men for robbing Salisbury station. The assailants, named Fred Anderson and James and Bud Drener of Des Moines, Iowa, opened fire as Cain unlocked a cell, fatally wounding Megruder and wounding Cain. One prisoner escaped.
On day one of the night rider trial the state introduced key testimony about Captain Ranken's murder and linked two prisoners to the masked group. Ed Powell, dragged from his bed, identified leaders and members while recounting events at Walnut Log hotel and the murder vicinity. Fehringer confessed and will testify for the state. Powell testified he failed to recognize riders at first due to fear.
A Christmas music program at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday December 20 1998 features Organ Voluntary Anthem and There Were Shepherds Abiding with full chorus and bass solos. Mrs G A Hormel and Mrs W E Sloane are central contributors with several soloists and a volunteer chorus under Mrs W E Sloane as chorister.
The Order of Railway Conductors will install officers for 1909 Sunday December 20 1908 at 2 30 p m with JoE Tucker serving as secretary urging a good attendance in the event notice.
Members are informed that assessment No 8 must be paid by December 28 or face suspension. Dues and arrears under the new rules cannot be carried over to the next month, and any member with unpaid assessment will suspend themselves on the 28th. Alice M. Barr, Fin.
Chin Bow testifies in federal court that three Mexicans led him and others across the border in a smuggling operation. He identifies a Ensenada broker who arranged the scheme and says he was to pay $310.
The British freight steamer Daghestan was sunk outside New York harbor by the tramp Catalone. No lives were lost. the Daghestan crew were rescued by the Catalone and later taken to the pilot boat New York. After the incident the Catalone anchored outside the bar.
A girl from Atchison became engaged to a carpenter believing him poor. On the eve of the wedding she learns he has $150 in the bank, a secret meant to prove love for his character rather than wealth. The tale highlights love testing material concerns.
The proverb dispenser notes a rolling stone phrase and a thinker adds that the human high roller gravitates downhill in a brief Chicago News dialogue.
A compact reflection notes that in life one should trust their own sense of right despite others claiming to be right. The line emphasizes personal conviction over external opinion.
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