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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
4
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Christmas mood pervades the valley as quiet night falls and a distant celestial hymn stirs the air. The Herald declares a Christmas pause and highlights Sunshine society efforts by Mrs. F C Lamont and Selah Anderson of Jarretts Minnesota. Sumner school second graders crafted candy boxes for Sunshine, debunking earlier misstatements.
The Black Crook Jr Co heads to the Gem Theatre for a Tuesday December 28 show featuring the Handcuff King Everett who escapes from handcuffs the cell milk cans and mail sacks in vaudeville style. Burletta acts My Cousins Arrival at the Seminary and One Night in Hotel Shantytown add comedic and musical numbers.
The Johnson Ketchel fight pictures shown at the Gem theatre last night drew a large audience. The live action and blows were clearly visible and the show continues the rest of the week from 8 to 10 p.m. at the em theatre with low admission prices for originals.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Austin Minnesota will be held at their banking house on Tuesday January 11th 1910 at four oclock p m for the election of six directors for the ensuing year and for other business that may come before said meeting N F Banfield Cashier Austin Minn December 10 1909
Commercial Club announces Santa Claus will hold a Saturday morning reception at the Hormel Provision market at 8 30. Children are invited to meet Santa and receive a gift.
Rear Admiral Schley asks Commodore Peary to submit polar data to the University of Copenhagen for verification after its Dr. Cook repudiation. The National Geographic Society debates the move, with leaders arguing US scientists should stand by their findings without Danish review.
Rear Admiral W S Schley urges Commander Peary to submit his North Pole evidence to a scientific body beyond the National Geographic Society. He favors the Copenhagen University consistory to review Peary data, arguing it should face the same test that Cook data endured.
William J. Bryan, guest of his cousin in Jacksonville, is too ill to speak at the Duval theater for a hospital benefit. He suffers a severe cold with pneumonia risk, has cancelled remaining engagements, and will stay indoors for several days.
In Crookston Minnesota on December 24 John Johnson age sixteen of Fertile was rabbit hunting with two companions. While climbing a tree he pulled his shotgun muzzle up and the hammer snagged on a limb causing the gun to discharge and blow his head almost completely off.
Bele Plaine Minnesota December 24 Michael Newell was killed when a horse struck him with a hoof after rearing in fright as he waved his hat to back the animals into a barn with a hay load. He died from the injury.
A fireman was killed and several others injured while battling a blaze that heavily damaged the large S. A. Bicking & Son paper mill plant in Downington Pennsylvania. Victims were trapped under a falling smokestack.
Brussels reports Prince Albert, son of the late Prince Philippe, crowned King of the Belgians as Albert I, assuming the throne in a ceremony on December 24.
A gas explosion in Chicago and Carterville Coal Company mine A at Herrin Illinois killed eight men and trapped four hundred underground. Rescue efforts saved several workers though two entries were consumed by fire and bodies of Pierce Barrett Williams Snyder Greece Romeo Hueston Guinney and others were recovered or feared. Mine inspector Little oversees firefighting as the ill fated mine faces renewed efforts to control flames.
Madison Wis Dec 24 That it was the intention of Phil Allen Jr to turn over all his property to his wife as part of settlement in a pending financial matter. The report outlines alleged plans and the context of creditors and legal actions surrounding the case.
About fifty letters by a husband to Miss Addie Jackson of Chicago surfaced to show securities valued between 500000 and 600000. ER. W. Jackson, attorney for the trustee, recovered the letters from Miss Jackson’s safety deposit box at Linole Savings and Trust. Only a fraction of the listed value is expected to be realized. Miss Jackson and Guy Roe of Winona Minnesota are released on bonds, with a $5000 bond posted by a Winona banker for Roe.
In Petersburg Indiana on December 24 Lafe Dedman was dragged from his home near Winslow by Whitecaps who beat him with switches and pickets and forced him to leave the neighborhood. Dedman, severely injured, reported the assault and his expulsion amid a scene of violence.
A juror states six present officers are named during the trial, with defense questions about their roles and credibility. The testimony centers on who was present and whom the jurors should consider unreliable.
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