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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
4
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A miscellaneous round of notes covers a Milwaukee idea for a municipal cemetery to address costs of living and dying, a pastor noting widespread illness, a U.S. Marine Corps impersonation warning, Rochester school board’s ban on fraternities and sororities, a jab at new laws, Carnegie and Booth’s talk of a “University of Humanity,” a hair cutting anecdote, and Chief Justice Edward Douglas White’s historic oath and ascent to the Supreme Court.
The party in control of the Executive and both houses of Congress has approved elevating a minority party member to the nation's top judicial position, signaling a major shift in the judiciary. The decision, welcomed by supporters as a breakthrough for bipartisan representation, follows months of nomination hearings and political maneuvering.
Local notices recount holiday greetings with Paul Ziemer, Henry Ziemer and George Ziemer Jr returning home from St Louis and Naples respectively. Residents Clara Anderson, Rose Keller and Miss Rose Keller visit kin in Bagley St Paul Hayfield and Austin. Christmas exercises at the schoolhouse drew a large crowd and a merry scene.
Washington notes rising interest in the Lorimer case as Republicans, including some conservatives, consider challenging the committee conclusions after the holidays. Progresives and administration leaders may push for a thorough examination to protect the senate’s reputation against alleged corrupt election methods.
Official notes indicate the initial insurrection in Western Chihuahua has ended and a second phase has begun. Government reports say organized battles ceased at Pedernales two weeks ago, with insurgents now split into small bands months needed to subdue. Mal Paso remains free of insurgents and General Navarre controls the line, though mobile bands can rally 200 to 300 men for quick strikes.
In Oskaloosa on December 30 Cecil Locard, 24, son of a prosperous farmer, shot Miss Clara McIntosh, 19, through a glass door as she sat at a supper table at William Young's foster home in New Sharon. The bullet struck behind her left ear. she is expected to die.
Theo dore Epling forty five years old who recently bought a drag line in Stewartville Minn shot himself in the head. No reason given beyond an old brain injury from a runaway accident in Idaho last year possibly affecting his reason. He is survived by a widow and several children.
Ellensburg Washington December 30 Four men were killed when a construction train collided with a freight train at Rye on the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound railroad. Ten seriously injured are in the hospital here.
Rev. Mathias Hannon renowned Northwest pioneer priest died in Darlington Wisconsin at eighty two. He was among the region’s most widely known clergy figures and longtime religious leader in the community.
Pittsfield Mass December 30 Sixteen men were killed when a boiler exploded at the Morewood Lake Ice company plant near Morewood Lake two miles south of the city. Twelve died instantly, one later, and three more in hospital. Twelve were injured and two more feared dead. About 125 workers, mainly Poles and Italians, were gathered nearby awaiting employment.
The brokerage firm of 8. C. Osborn & Co. with Seattle and Tacoma offices and wires to Chicago and New York has been judged bankrupt by the U S court. Liabilities total 62000 with assets at 42000. Osborn sits on the Chicago board of trade.
James B. O'Brien, Joseph Smith and John Howard were arrested for the Stockholm post office robbery. They were held to the federal district court in $5,000 bonds each, which they could not furnish, and will remain in Brown county jail until the February term of court.
A collection of light humor quotes about hats aging and cold illness. Notable bits include a New York Sun hat fitting tip, a Boston Transcript joke about a twenty five birthday, and a Chicago Tribune quip on a bad cold. Langford offers a remark on the brief life of wealth.
A brief notice places New Idea Publishing Company at 086 Broadway New York NY. The readable text confirms the address and ongoing presence of the publisher in the Broadway area.
A Harper's Weekly account describes a sea urchin starfish clash where the urchin attacks with spines and a hidden toothed arm. The starfish snaps off the urchin’s pincers, devours the carcass by everting its stomach, then digests the spines and plates and later returns to normal.
A mountain guide leading a rope team in the high Alps sacrifices himself to save two others. He cuts the rope to free them as they slip into a chasm, plunging to his death while urging the survivor to tell his mother how it happened. The London Mail omits the guide’s name.
The London Spectator recalls George Dyer of Clifford’s Inn as a harmless absent minded scholar famed for the tale of marvel when magic left Elia’s house in Colebrooke Row and entered the New River neck deep. Lamb and his sister revived him with brandy and Lamb delighted in retelling the incident. Dyer loved inn life and even wed his saundress.
Leave for 6:00 am and 9:30 am with arrivals listed as 12:06 pm and 7:36 pm. Additional times show 10:10 pm arrival and 11:38 am leave with 7:50 pm departure and 12:57 am arrival.
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