Thos Roghford Auction Ad For Two New Houses
Thos Roghford advertises two newly built houses for rent, one at twelve dollars and another at fifteen dollars per month, inviting interested tenants to inquire locally.
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1909
Page
1
Gem Food Cutter Becomes Kitchen Essential
The Gem Food cutter promises to handle all meats and vegetables efficiently. Holmes Hardware promotes it as a handy tool for holiday gifts and everyday meal prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Hardware
Severe Northeast Storm Ravages New England Coast
A powerful northeast storm battered New England on December 27 causing deaths in Everett and Chelsea. High tides and fourteen foot waves flooded Boston waterfront, knocked out wires and trains, and left large cities in darkness. Damages exceed one million dollars as railways, streets, and coastal properties suffered widespread destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Massachusetts Bay
Everett
Chelsea
Minots
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Cambridge
Somerville
Lynn
Brockton
Providence
Fall River
New Bedford
Celsea
Nahant
Newport
R. 1
Price's Neck
Winter storm paralyzes New York City transit
New York and surrounding areas faced a severe winter storm with the west railroad wing nearly shut down and widespread ice damage. Ten inches of snow coated streets and wires, crippling communication as authorities mobilized over 10,000 shovelers and 6,009 trucks to clear roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Auto show trip ends in Columbus man killed
Frank McGill thirty eight of Coshoc ton was killed when his car skidded on the spew and turned turtles en route to the Columbus auto show. The accident occurred near Columbus Ohio on December 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Frank McGill
Coshocton
Columbus
Chicago Rail Consolidation Plans Unfold In Major Purchase
Chicago capitalists buy stocks and bonds of four city street railway lines including Chicago City Railway Calumet and South Chicago Hammond and East Chicago and Southern Street Railway forming Chicago City and Connecting Railway. Morgan interests involved as part of plan to unify surface and elevated transit in a deal reported at 76 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Street Railway
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Chicago City Railway Company
Calumet and South Chicago Railway Company
Hammond and East Chicago Railway Company
Southern Street Railway Company
Chicago City and Connecting Railway Company
Chicago Railways
Consolidated Traction Companies
Strike settlement near as governors calls conference
Governor Eberhart will convene a state capitol meeting with switchmen and railroad managers to resolve the pending strike. Officials express confidence a settlement is near though the main issue remains whether all workers are recalled immediately and under what terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Eberhart
State Capitol
Switchmen
Minneapolis
John Hareschbarger
Switchmen’s Union
Chicago
J. M. Gruber
Great Northern
G. T. Slade
Northern Pacific
Man Kills Self in Dynamite Plot After Warning Wife
Oscar Erstinen started with his wife to attend Christmas night events at the Finnish Temperance hall in Virginia Minnesota. He stopped to blow himself up with dynamite, warned his wife, she escaped, and he was instantly killed when the fuse ignited. He was thirty five and left a widow and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Minn
Oscar Erstinen
Erstinea
Nine crushed as street car crash at Frick plant site
Nine people were crushed and mangled when a street car crashed into the rear of another at the Standard works of the H Frick company two miles north of Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania. Two victims were feared dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Standard Works
H. ©. Frick Company
Here
Gunshot Wound Fatal Near Alta and Primghar
Paul Schulke of Alta died from blood poisoning after an infected hip wound from a shooting gallery accident at Primghar. He was cleaning a pistol when it discharged, wounding him in the hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta
Paul Schulke
Primgar
Schulke
Aged Man Killed In Minnesota Handcar Crash
Cloquet Minnesota December 27 James Quinn seventy years old was killed instantly when his handcar was struck by a Northern Pacific switching engine John Peterson was seriously injured in the same accident and the men were rounding a curve at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloquet
Minn
James Quinn
John Peterson
Northern Pacific
Taft Defines Whisky Labels Under Pure Food Law
President Taft issues the final ruling on whisky labeling under the pure food act. Straight whiskies will be labeled as such with possible “aged in wood” notes, while whiskies from rectified or neutral spirits must reveal the principal ingredient. Blends may use the term bourbon or rye as appropriate, and neutral-spirits whisky will be branded accordingly to prevent fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Wiley
Bowers
George P. Sheldon Dies Amid Extradition Threat
George Preston Sheldon former president of the Phoenix Fire Insurance of Brooklyn died at his Greenwich Connecticut home. He faced grand larceny charges tied to New York state insurance department findings and extradition papers were ready for trial if he recovered. He was 62, Yale graduate, survived by a widow and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conp
George Preston Sheldon
Phoenix (Fire) Insurance Company
Brooklyn
State Insurance Department of
New York
New York Insurance Department
Sheldon
Yale
King Alfonso Leaves Madrid for Andalusia Hunt
King Alfonso departs Madrid on a hunting trip to Andalusia amid reports of his serious health. Dispatches say an operation may be needed and that the king could travel to San Lucar for the procedure under the hunting trip pretense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Alfonso
Andalusia
San Lucar
Miner John Sullivan Burned In Gilbert Mine Fire
Gilbert Minnesota December 27 John Sullivan a watchman at the Gilbert mine dry house was burned when the building caught fire He was sixty years old and it is not known if he perished while trying to save property or was dozing at the time of the blaze Local authorities have not yet confirmed the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert, Minn
John Sullivan
Gilbert
Tragic Death Near Virginia Minnesota Unclear Cause
Newton Rognees of Virginia was found beside a railroad track with a rifle nearby. Authorities do not know if it was self-inflicted death or an accident. The incident occurred about a few miles from Virginia, Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Minn
Newton Rognees
Here
Unknown man found dead near Bawyer after train strike
In Gilbert Minnesota on December 27 a man was found dead near Bawyer five miles away. He had been struck by a train the head was badly bruised and his arm was cut. The body was frozen when found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert, Minn
Bawyer
Here
Half a Dozen Arrested in Plot Against Czar and Czarina
Moscow police seized two men and four women in Baskakovy street accused of conspiring to kill Czar Nicholas and the czarina. The group is linked to the assassination of Colonel Karpoff, chief of St. Petersburg police, revealing the motive behind the plot. Bombs filled with high explosives were found at the arrest site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Secret Service
Nicholas
Karpoff
St. Petersburg
Karpon
Baskakovy Street
Lang Knocks Out Fitzsimmons At Rushcutters Bay
Australian heavyweight champion Bill Lang defeated Bob Fitzsimmons in the twelfth round at Rushcutters Bay stadium Sydney. Lang pressured Fitzsimmons in the final rounds, knocking him down with a right to the jaw and finishing with a right-hand uppercut that sent him to the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Bill Lang
Bob Fitzsommons
Rushcutters Bay Stadium
Lang
Fitzsimmons
Wholesale poisoning at Friedrichberg lunatic asylum
In Friedrichberg near Hamburg an extraordinary poisoning case sickened 547 of 1000 inmates after a dish of boiled rice and bananas. Two women died the next day and sixty more are seriously ill as police guard the asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Friedrichberg
Hamburg
Tragedy at Celebritic home Dec 27 shooting deaths
Huntington West Virginia reports a Christmas melee at Samuel Dingess home in Pecks Mills Logan County with fatal shootings of Samuel Dingess Freeland Dingess and Frederick Henson. Fifty or more shots were fired during the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Samuel
Freeland Dingess
Frederick Henson
Samuel Dinge
Pecks Mills
Logan County
Ladysmith Man Fatally Shot by Brother During Hunt
Dr. Lundmark of Ladysmith attended Willis Bishop of Thorpe after a bullet struck him several miles north of Ladysmith while he and his brother hunted. The assailant mistook him for a wildcat and is not expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladysmith
Wis
Lundmark
Here
Willis Bishop
Thorpe
Hero saves woman, dies from injuries in Camden fatal plunge
Mrs. Mary Frice, 70, fell from a platform onto a railroad track and was killed by a train. William Lageman, 28, leapt to aid her but was struck and died later from his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Mary Frice
William Lageman
Taft considers federal incorporation act before Standard Oil ruling
President Taft and Senate leaders Aldrich and Cannon weigh enacting a federal incorporation law ahead of the Supreme Court ruling in the Standard Oil dissolution case. Taft fears business harm if the decision goes against the circuit court, while leaders worry such a move could aid opponents by shielding monopolies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Congress
Aldrich
Cannon
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Standard Oil
Mob robs jail and kills man in Lynchings at Hurley Virginia
A mob of about 100 overpowering guards moved Henry Pennington from an improvised jail to a steampipe where he died after being shot, following the Christmas Eve killing of Samuel Baker and injuries to his wife and two children. Mrs Baker shot Pennington during the escape attempt. The confrontation ended with Pennington captured after exchanges of gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurley
Samuel Baker
Henry Pennington
Pennington
Baker
Wyatt Meadows
Meadows
Laborer Found Frozen to Death Near Virginia Rail Route
The body of George Bieas, a laborer, was found stiff by the railroad near Virginia Minnesota. An empty whisky bottle suggests intoxication and freezing death. A second man, wandering in the woods, is exhausted and unable to explain himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Minn
George Bieas
Tragic shooting near Alexandria ends in death
In rural Minnesota near Alexandria a family quarrel led to George Troy’s death after a confrontation at his in law’s farm. Emmett Olson and Herman Erickson fled, returned with a shotgun, and Troy was fatally shot in the stomach during a struggle. Olson and Erickson surrendered. Troy lay dead on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Minn
George Troy
Tho
Troy Troy
Troy
Olson
Erickson
Remington Dies of Heart Failure in Ridgefield Conn
Frederic Remington artist and sculptor died at his Ridgefield home from heart failure and shock after an appendicitis operation. He had moved to Ridgefield last May and is survived by his wife Eva Caton of Gloversville NY. Remington born Canton NY October 4 1861. He started as a clerk then rode as a cowboy and became a painter and author noted for Western and military scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgefield
Conn
Frederic Remington
Remington
New York
Canton
N. Y
Eva Caton
Gloversville
Far West
Saede
Yale Art School
Art Students’ League
Russia mobilizes 500000 troops in Siberia amid Manchuria tension
travelers report to Shanghai papers cited by the Ning Chow say Russia has massed half a million troops near Lake Baikal and sent fifteen submarines to Vladivostok. Amur railroad work, 1530 miles long at 150 million dollars, is being rushed due to fears of a second war with Japan over Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Russia
Siberia
Manchuria
Shanghai
Blue Funnel
Ning Chow
Orient
Lake Baikal
Vladivostok
Amur
Japan
Cardinal Satolli in Desperate Condition in Rome
Rome December 27 Cardinal Satolli suffers from nephritis with frequent delirium attacks. Extreme unction has been administered. The pope is greatly concerned and inquires three times daily about the cardinal's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Satolli
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