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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
4
A reflective editorial from the Herald notes New Year imagery and calls for positive habits while contrasting the absence of crime with everyday records of family reunions and faith. It emphasizes work, virtue, and personal piety as guiding themes for the coming year.
Milwaukee reports a major political shift as Socialists take control of the county government on January 3. Of 49 officials, deputies and clerks in the county courthouse, only eight will remain. In the circuit court clerk's office none of 13 will be retained, while five of 21 employees stay. County Clerk Frank C. Phelps will retire, with three of seven staff kept on.
Federal grand jury indicted Joseph R. Scheinberg of a bankrupt dress goods firm for misuse of the mails. The case, described as the first extension of postal laws to similar frauds, alleges he mailed creditors and mercantile agencies statements of the firm’s finances to obtain credit.
Come and Worship With Us in St Augustine. Masses at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. Sunday school at 12. B Y P A meets at 6:30 p.m. topic The Untrodden Path led by Harry Karl with special music. A reminder to partake in Christmas communion.
Regular services held at 10 30 a m Sunday Sabbath school for children at 11 45 a m Wednesday evening testimony meeting at 8 o clock Pastor J A Emanuel Naess preaches 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m Morning subject The Royal Priesthood Evening What It Means to Follow Christ Special music at both services Bible School 1 30 p m C E 6 30 p m Short Sunday service possible due to pastor illness Sunday School and Bible Class at noon Young People League 6 30 p m Rev Jas Frank Stout minister New Year sermon The Turn in the Way Evening Great Revival at Merpeh Epworth League 6 30 p m Sunday 12 05 p m
Cor St Paul and Mill streets F E Knopf minister. Morning worship and sermon at 10:30. Communion and reception of members, Sunday School at 12 m. Election of officers. Letters from families receiving our Christmas box will be read. Christian Endeavor meeting 6:30. Evening service 7:30 sermon The Flood of Years. You are invited to worship with us.
Fargo North Dakota reports rapid progress over the past decade with population rising about 50 percent. Manufacturing up 354 percent, jobbing houses 400 percent more, bank clearings 64 percent higher, telephone wire mileage 1 700 percent, telephone nets 273 percent, operators up 220 percent. College and school attendance up 20 to 414 percent across locales. Stamp sales up 198 percent and post office money orders 214 percent. Other increases noted.
In the Galena district Charles Ulrich has shipped silver ore valued at about $1,000 per ton, the richest shipment from the area in years. Work completed is minimal and mainly surface. ore body extent remains unknown.
Reports say the revolutionary gunboat Hornet nears Puerto Cortez and an attack is expected hourly. Several hundred government troops arrived from Tegucigalpa. Fighting has begun at Las Quadrados, per arriving messages.
Dec 31 report from Lisbon, Louisiana states Lewis Cole, enraged by a divorce suit, beat his wife unconscious with a neck yoke then shot himself, dying instantly. the wife was left injured but is expected to recover.
An advertisement extols Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for backache and kidney and bladder trouble. It claims the product cleanses waste, prevents Bright's Disease, and improves stomach and liver function. It also promotes tablet nuggets and lists health benefits and price per box of 35 cents.
New York December 31 banker Joseph G Robin facing arraignment reportedly swallowed hyoscin a deadly alkaloid and collapsed before entering court. He was treated at prison hospital and Bellevue as doctors assess his condition and drug effects.
Chicago reports Dan Coughlin a key figure in the Cronin murder case is dead at San Pedro Honduras. Once jailed in Joliet and later acquitted, he faced bribery charges in a railroad damage suit, fled to Honduras, returned to Mobile, and again evaded justice before his death.
A Chicago News remark quotes a sergeant at a Cannon Street recruiting station who says he prefers married men because they require less training to obey. The exchange likens marital status to discipline in military enlistment.
Minneapolis and Duluth market notes show December wheat at about 1.02 to 1.04 dollars for various grades and months. On track and in storage prices for No. 1 hard, No. 1 Northern, and No. 2 Northern range around 1.00 to 1.06 dollars. Flax prices on track and in store are about 2.39 to 2.44 dollars for December and May contracts.
St Paul market notes list cattle ranges for good to top steer at 5.00 to 5.75, fair to good 4.00 to 5.00, cows and heifers 3.75 to 4.50, veals 6.25 to 7.00. Hogs shown at 7.55 to 7.70. Sheep quotes cover wethers 3.25 to 3.75, yearlings 4.00 to 5.00, spring lambs 4.75 to 6.00.
Wheat prices for December May and July. corn quotes for December May and July. oats for December May and July. Pork futures for January and May. Butter creamery and dairy prices. Eggs at 31 cents. Poultry quotes for turkeys chickens and springs.
On December 30 Chicago cattle prices ranged from Reeves at 4.70 to 7.00, Texas steers 4.25 to 5.40, Western steers 4.25 to 6.00, stockers 3.50 to 5.80, cows and heifers 2.60 to 6.30, calves 7.00 to 9.00. Hog classes showed light 7.65 to 7.90, mixed 7.55 to 7.95, heavy 7.55 to 7.90, rough 7.55 to 7.70, good to choice heavy 7.70 to 7.90, pigs 7.25 to 8.00. Sheep native 2.60 to 4.35, yearlings 4.75 to .80, lambs 4.50 to 6.40.
A brief humorous exchange focuses on family resemblance. Tommy notes he does not take after his father, while a remark about his mother’s behavior highlights a comic family contrast. The vignette captures a light domestic moment with warm tone.
An 18th century note recalls a pond near Grantchester on the Cam where a poet enjoyed a favorite stroll by a brook. Bathing was frowned upon by academics, with harsh penalties in earlier times including public flogging and potential expulsion for repeat offenses.
An unfinished business directory item shows a Jackson route with times 6:108 am to 3:14 pm and arrivals at 10:45 am and 7:20 pm, though the text is incomplete and lacks clear destinations or complete context.
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