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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
1
In this early 20th century ad style piece the text argues problems in growth stem from the root cause of cankers and hair loss caused by a germ. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as a remedy to destroy the germ and claims hair health following treatment. It lists price points and sales contact details including J. KE. Malloy as special agent.
A fragment notes a quirky item titled Four-Legged Doctor to Eight-Man Peter dated December 29. The readable text hints at a humorous or whimsical piece likely describing a transformation or character change in a playful context.
Attorney General Wickersham presents 268 page brief to the U S Supreme Court seeking broader findings against the tobacco combination. He argues the defendants aimed to destroy competition and secure monopolies, with the trust controlling most cigarettes and tobacco products and a receiver possibly needed for the business.
Ray Lamphere, 38, slayer of Mrs. Belle Gunness and her children, dies at Michigan City penitentiary where he served a term for arson. Convicted for burning the Gunness home on April 28, 1908, he claimed innocence. Tuberculosis preceded his death. he gave no further statements on the case.
Michaela Rossi was convicted of killing Antonio Demeo in the Omaha railroad yards on August 4. Judge Cant in the district court sentenced Rossi to hang. Rossi accepted the verdict without visible emotion and remained still as the sentence was read.
President Taft arrives in New York for the wedding of his niece Miss Louise Taft to George H. Snowden. He dined with his brother and spent the evening at the theater before returning to Washington.
Dr. F M Shumway secretary of the state board of health will join a government physician to Calumet to examine Maurelius Jansen, identified as Calumet s supposed leper, on December 31. The move underscores state health scrutiny in northern Michigan.
Washington reports say President Taft is not pledged to push laws prohibiting future dealings on boards of trade and cotton and stock exchanges. He agreed to a conference with lawyers and anti futures advocates and to study the issue, but aides say no final policy or congressional proposal is planned.
H. P. Perham of the AFL railway department arrived to seek influence toward ending the switchmen's strike on railroads from St. Paul to the Pacific coast. He planned talks with Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp and Labor Commissioner Neill and would confer with President Gompers after. Gompers declined to comment on the Western strike or a possible sympathy action.
In St Paul on December 31 the situation remains a standstill as Mr. Perham's mission unfolds. Railroads hire new men in the East but do not significantly expand yard labor. Strikers mostly stand firm, with a few deserters returning from Butte who were not Switchmen's union members.
Louisville endures record cold with millions of bushels of Pittsburg coal near at hand while a coal shortage looms. The Ohio River remains unnavigable due to two weeks of floating ice and is now frozen across its width for the first time in many years.
An interurban car crashed through a trestle over the Grand Rapids and Indiana tracks just east of Kalamazoo. Ambulances and physicians have been summoned and a score of people are reported injured.
Senators Lorimer and Speaker Cannon seek the White House for a decision on patronage as Illinois Republicans fear Taft may favor MacVeagh Dickinson Bowers and Norton over the regulars. The potential rift could pit the Cannon Illinois GOP against the Taft administration.
J J Fitzpatrick, a former police patrolman, shot Charles Villemont after a meeting in an alley behind the Schlitz hotel. Fitzpatrick says the shooting was in self defense amid bad blood. Villemont suffered a thigh wound breaking the bone. doctors expect recovery. Fitzpatrick was arrested soon after. the men had previously worked as carpenters.
A brutal cold snap grips the entire South with readings from 2 degrees above zero in Asheville to 32 in El Paso. Jacksonville records 20 and Tampa 28 as officials call it the coldest December day on record for the region.
Mrs Philip Allen Jr released on bail after ten days in Milwaukee jail on a conspiracy charge to shield creditors from estate shares. Bail set at 3000 dollars, reduced from an initial 5000.
Washington reports the 1 percent corporate tax on net income over 5 000 dollars becomes effective Saturday and is retroactive to the year end. Companies must file detailed annual statements by March 1. United States Steel is poised as the largest payer, about 1.8 million dollars, followed by Standard Oil at roughly 500 000 dollars.
Washington officials say Nicaragua should not receive broad recognition for Madriz beyond that accorded to a factional leader. Given Madriz’s backing by a split congress, Central American states may wait for stable conditions before recognizing him as president, while U S relations with Nicaragua influence regional moves.
Intensely cold weather checked the flood menace on the Ohio River from Pittsburg to Cincinnati. The river is frozen solid along its course, ending fears of ice gorge breaks. Rivermen suffer as Beaver sees its first freeze in years with five People's Coal mines shut and about a thousand workers laid off.
In Glen Allen, Bismarck district, Mrs. Catherine Gordon age seventy died when a lamp caused a fire at her home during an epileptic episode. No witnesses saw the accident and the fire destroyed the dwelling. She had a history of fits and the lamp is believed to have ignited the blaze.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science selects Twin Cities as meeting location. Professor F E Clements is elected general secretary of the association.
Cincinnati reports a compromise between the Big Four railroad telegraphers and management removing the immediate danger of a strike. The accord averts a work stoppage and stabilizes operations for the system.
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