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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
1
An advertisement urges that healthy plants need good soil and care, then compares plant disease to hair loss. It claims dandruff and baldness are caused by a germ at the hair root and promotes Newhro's Herpicide as the remedy sold by druggists with samples available for 10 cents and one dollar bottles guaranteed.
Representatives of organized labor and government officials are expected to attend a January session of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee to hear testimony on the Steenerson bill amending the Erdman act. The aim is to reduce appeals and allow a receiver to run railroads during strikes to protect public welfare. No protests have been filed by railroads or labor unions.
Mrs. J. L. Killorin of Eau Claire received a telegram from Ash Fork Arizona saying her son in law F J Thomas a conductor on the Santa Fe railroad died from injuries after falling under his train. His wife had died four months earlier and an infant daughter survives as an orphan.
Duluth resident Thomas Bryan, aged fourteen at the time, died marking the passing of another survivor from the Civil War era ship Kearsarge which fought the CSS Alabama. He served as a powder monkey on the Yankee vessel during the famous battle.
In a blinding snow storm near Northfield illinois two men died when a snowplow collided with a freight train on the Northwestern road. J. C. Giles conductor of the freight train and Walter Slattery a friend of Giles were killed instantly.
Sir Horace Plunkett of Dublin praised Gifford Pinchot before the Economic and Historical association, calling him a remarkable public servant who loves his work and seeks a broader administrative role. He noted Pinchot’s absence due to pressing business and hinted at a latent controversy with Secretary Ballinger.
Indian children in Walker Minnesota received gifts this Christmas as a result of enforcing the Indian treaty barring liquor to government wards. Each child had money from annuity checks or fur sales, and with alcohol unobtainable they could enjoy dolls toy engines and jumping jacks for the first time.
Ottawa reports a six week postponement of the April 4 hearing on US fishermen rights in Newfoundland and Canadian waters. Britain Canada and Newfoundland consent. The dispute centers on whether the three mile limit runs from headlands by straight line or follows coast sinuosity. The decision will have worldwide fisheries implications.
The Iowa Humane society seeks an injunction to stop Rev. J W Abel from leading a proposed rabbit hunt on a southeast Des Moines farm. If he proceeds and rabbits die from multiple blows the minister could face mutilation charges. Several pastors and humane officers oppose the plan while Abel defends the hunt as sportsmanlike.
Thomas M. Chivington won the annual meeting on the first ballot by five to three against Joseph D. O'Brien and will serve a one year term. The association also set a 168 game schedule for 1910 and chose W. R. Armour of Toledo as vice president.
A severe cold snap grips Chicago and Midwest cities with Chicago at 1 degree above zero and St Paul at 10 below. Ohio River icepack worsens with damage to waterfront property and shipping threatened. Pittsburgh and Wheeling harbors hold packets and coal fleets worth over 2 million dollars. New York faces 11 below as winter deepens.
Kansas City reports zero while Huron South Dakota hits 20 below. Norfolk Nebraska records 18 below and Omaha 6 below. Sioux City at 16 below and Des Moines 12 below. Central and northern Missouri see 7 below at St Joseph and 6 below at Sedalia. Oklahoma escapes cold snap.
Jose Santos Zelaya arrives in City of Mexico claiming he ceded power to Ad Interim President Madriz per Nicaragua’s constitution. He vows freedom to move and hints Belgium as next destination while his family already there. He criticizes U S and Mexico policies and asserts he is not a prisoner.
London dispatch reports Russia plans to sell the northern half of Saghalien seeking a high price amid potential U.S. and Japan competition. The Daily News Berlin correspondent notes sale as a strategic move in post war negotiations.
Miss Julia Wiesling aged years faced death by freezing for nearly half an hour after she was pinned under a trolley car in Milwaukee. The forward trucks crushed her legs and spectators kept her warm with blankets while awaiting the wrecking crew.
Washington reports Congressman Scott of Kansas pledges to curb gambling by banning telegraph or telephone futures contracts for grain and cotton. The proposed Scott bill would bar futures messages by carriers, require affidavits from brokers, ban such messages in the mails, and impose fines from 500 to 1000 dollars with prison terms up to five years per offense.
A gasolline explosion in a coffee percolator at John Billiodeau’s restaurant started a blaze that gutted the interior, affecting M. MacAlpine’s saloon and H. W. Hilling’s confectionery store. Total loss estimated at seven thousand dollars.
Winnipeg reports the remains of a young man named Laroche were found in a slough in the Sounding Lake district. He had left Alberta for a ranch near Sounding Lake nearly two years ago.
Minneapolis reports Dec 29 prices for futures and grain. Wheat bids show Dec, May and July around 1.10 to 1.11 dollars per bushel with No. 1 hard and Northern grades listed at 1.11 to 1.24. The on track notes list No 1 hard 1.11 to 1.12 and various Northern grades from 1.07 to 1.10.
Duluth weathered market brief shows wheat prices for delivery months and wax prices in store and on track. Hard wheat at $1.124. Northern futures at $1.12 and $1.10 for Dec and May. Wax in store $2.02 trailing to arrive $2.06 with Dec and May at about $2.01 and $2.00.
St Paul market figures show cattle ranges from good to choice steers at 6.75 to 7.60 dollars, cows and heifers 4.25 to 5.75, yearlings 5.50 to 7.25, hogs at 8.15 to 8.40, sheep 4.50 to 5.30, yearlings 6.25 to 7.60, and spring lambs 7.50 to 8.00.
Wheat prices for December through July range from 1.01 to 1.17 with May and July spreads. Corn values show December 62.5 to 66.54 cents, oats around 44 to 45 cents, pork futures near 21.60 to 21.72, butter and dairy quotes near 27 to 30 cents, eggs at 35 cents, and poultry prices for turkeys and chickens.
Cattle Reeves to Texas and Western steers range from 4.10 to 6.25 with various classes including stockers and cows and heifers. Hogs show light to heavy categories from 8.20 to 8.75 with pigs 7.15 to 8.15. Sheep native and yearlings trading between 3.60 and 7.50, lambs 5.75 to 8.40.
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