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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1906
Page
2
The Austin Daily Herald lists John H. Skinner as Editor and Proprietor with Gertrude Ellis Skinner noted as Associated. The paper highlights the masthead and staff roles for the publication.
Merry Christmas to all Herald readers as the paper shares seasonal notes and light items of local interest.
The author notes that Austin sees a strong homeward migration during holidays as residents from near and far return for Thanksgiving and Christmas. A traveler’s remark about a full train last Thanksgiving underscores a shared town pride and the warmth of welcoming back former residents who pursue education or work elsewhere.
The Minneapolis Journal awarded a 1000 penny prize for the skidoo puzzle to Mrs. Nicholson, wife of Nichol sen of Blue Marth City, for a metrical story solution. Anna McBride, formerly from Austin, also submitted a poem and was among many correct Northwest entries.
Nine inmates fled Hamilton County Jail Cincinnati on December 24 escaping through a wall area. Notable escapee Clarendon Henri, recently hoped for in New York for stealing the famous Girl Knitting painting. Two recaptured later Frank Kammi and George Curtis. others remain at large with police pursuing a running fight and shooting of Joseph Thatcher and George Sherrod.
The commission orders softer coal rates cut while hard coal rates stay put. It directs that grain and lumber rates below the new schedule must not be raised. It notes no joint rates are fixed. carriers must adjust tariffs to reasonable joint rates or the commission will set them.
Market notes from Minneapolis on December 22 show wheat quotations for December and May futures and on track values for various grades including No 1 hard and No 2 spring. Prices listed include 78 and 76 to 79 cents per bushel with fractions noted.
St Paul market figures: cattle good to choice steers 5.50 to 6.25, common to good 5.25 to 4.00, cows and heifers 2.50 to 1.50, veals 4.00 to 6.50. Hogs 5.90 to 6.05. Sheep and lambs Wethers 4.50 to 5.25, good to prime spring lambs 6.50 to 7.25.
Duluth and Chicago commodity notes show wheat futures and spot quotes with multiple grades and months, prairie and delivery terms. Chicago Union Stock Yards details list cattle and calf prices by class and region mixed with hogs and sheep values for Dec and May contracts. The text closes with a humorous nonsensical anecdote about a dog and a grocer.
The Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission has issued a new mile age based carload commodity rate tariff to railroads in Minnesota. Effective after January 25, the schedule cuts rates across the board with deep reductions in grain and coal tariffs and lumber, while livestock rates remain less affected.
In store terms a peculiarity shows as $1.19 percent 91.18 percent January and May prices marking $1.19 and $1.22 percent respectively with notes of fluctuation and timing across months.
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