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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
8
Two robberies within 90 minutes escape a single bandit in St Paul. A saloon at Bay and Randolph was robbed after patrons stood with hands raised as the robber fired at the exit. A bakery cash drawer yielded 25 dollars after a customer wrestled with the attacker. The bandit wore a white handkerchief as a mask.
Minot plans a new state normal school funded by a 250000 appropriation to launch construction this winter. Local supporters insist the campus must be built to accommodate fast growing enrollment, noting 156000 people live closer to Minot than to other schools and expect early classes larger than Mayville or Valley City normals.
Chicago December 23 Wage controversy between the managing committee and engineers of sixty one Western railroads remains unsettled. Labor Commissioner Charles P Neill spent the day in conference with the engineers. Warren S Stone grand chief says the men will not recede from their demands. No plans were made for another meeting in the immediate future after adjournment. Mediator Neill conferred with railroad committee members.
Something definite on the United States senatorship may be learned when Governor Eberhart arrives in St Paul from the Best. Before January 3 the opposition to the re election of Senator Clapp must develop quickly or fade. About ten days remain before the Republican caucus.
Chicago dispatch reports twenty four perished when a brick wall collapsed at Morris and Co stock yards meat storage building. Fire Marshal James Horan died five minutes after arriving. water pressure blamed for delay, with how high pressure systems urged.
The children of settlers who lost possessions in the border fire will receive Christmas aid. A relief committee is arranging turkey dinners and toys to ensure all the children have a holiday.
Maurek faces an unusual steeplechase style event as a three quart steeple challenge unfolds with mixed results. Competitors navigate hurdles and water jumps while the crowd tracks time and technique.
Dr Frederick A Cook arrives on the steamship George Washington returning to the United States amid debate among passengers about his polar claim. He offers a prepared statement noting no further interviews will be given and that his narrative addresses every charge against him.
William Armstrong notes that American vocal training is best developed at home but Europe offers rich tradition. He cites 3000 American music students in Paris with few likely to “arrive” there, as locals favor native recruits and funding stays abroad. Paris Conservatoire binds graduates for opera, with engagements in Grand Opera, Opera Comique, Lyrique, and sublets to provincial theatres.
Marshalltown Iowa reports the death of Lydia Crawford aged seventeen after a three year battle with cancer of the lower spine. Doctors could not determine the cancer's location earlier. She endured constant pain, sleeping crouched on a frame with pillows as cushions after a fall on ice caused the illness.
House for sale priced to sell with city services including water lights sewer and gas at 500 cash. Also offers a 700 mortgage with 160 acres of land at six percent and owner can deliver additional land and concrete building materials as needed.
Lebanon Conn Dec 23 Fox hunters report thousands of quail grouse and pheasants stocked in the area have been killed by the cold snap. Ten thousand dollars worth of Hungarian pheasants distributed last year are all gone and shooting prospects are poor for next season.
Montella Watha was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary for manslaughter stemming from his alleged participation in the July lynching of Carl Etherington, a dry detective. A motion for a new trial was overruled.
The article notes that press restrictions persisted into the late 18th century, denying critics to ministers and the king. It cites Walter, first editor of the London Times, punished for censuring the Duke of York with a $250 fine, a pillory term, a year in prison, and seven years of good behavior security, though the pillory was later canceled.
John Daly of Chicago won the world three-cushion billiard championship from Cuban Alfre de Oro in the final block of a 159 point match. Daly finished with 150 points to De Oro 120 after three nights of play.
A Chicago News quip features Farmer Oatcake replying to a minister about his son at college. The farmer says he has not learned much, but adds that he has “ben, by then,” delivering a rural humor punchline about education and experience.
Dr. William Hanna Thomson argues in Designer that over 8,000 years before Christ people in Abraham's native town wrote receipts for garden and market products, showing patriarchs could read and write.
A Washington Star quote has a young woman urging study of reincarnation, while Mr Dustin Stax dismisses the idea, saying investigations already trouble him about his past. The brief exchange captures skeptical sentiment and curiosity in a casual street conversation.
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