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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1908
Page
4
A gasoline explosion at the home of Dr. Pomainville in Grand Rapids Wisconsin fatally injures Miss Martha Goosman and seriously burns Dr. Pomainville and Mrs. Pomainville. An infant escaped injury though its clothing ignited briefly. The house suffers only slight damage.
American fleet officers enjoy shore visits after anchoring. Admiral Thomas hosts Chilean delegation leader Admiral Simpson who arrived aboard the Chacabuco to meet Admiral Evans. Plans include a banquet on the Chacabuco and a ball at Moritz Braun’s residence with rowing contests under preparation.
Harry K. Thaw begins life in the Matteawan state hospital for the criminally insane. He eats with other patients in the dining hall, attends services, and expects to be free after a habeas corpus hearing. Doctors supervise his stay and ban liquor and tobacco unless medically needed. The jury had found him not guilty by reason of insanity for Stanford White murder.
A 37 year old millinery shop owner identified as Almyra Wilcox was found dead in her room at the Hotel Chelsea New York. Coroner and treating physician suspect narcotic overdose given powders found and insomnia treatment. Miss Wilcox formerly lived in Rutland Vermont with relatives in Castleton and had Wisconsin ties. Dr Everett of Castleton advised embalming and planned to travel for arrival.
Passenger train No. 35 known as the New York limited on the Southern railway crashed into a loaded coal car after hitting an open switch one mile east of Sweetwater Tennessee while traveling about 35 mph. Several people were seriously hurt including Engineer Copeland Knoxville Mail Clerk I. M. Thomas Cleveland Robert Ashton express messenger and Mail Clerk J. Matthews Johnson City. Passengers were badly shaken and the track was blocked for hours.
Rev. Ira Landrich general secretary of the Presbyterian Brotherhood of America was suddenly stricken with appendicitis while traveling from Nashville to St Louis. He was taken to the Southern hotel for treatment and later returned to his Nashville home on the advice of Dr Behrens.
David Barrie, representative for Lipton during the Shamrock America's Cup era, was killed at Jersey Central depot in Jersey City after slipping on ice and being struck by a locomotive. Barrie was a tea importer for Lipton's firm.
St Paul Feb 4 Frank Whalen engineer and Charles Hessler fireman of passenger train No 4 on the Chicago Great Western railway were seriously hurt when the engine left the tracks and rolled over an embankment about a mile from South St Paul.
A severe nor eastern gale battering the New England coast shifts offshore to Newfoundland with heavy snow and rain. Several vessels ashore but no loss of life reported. Abana wrecked at Dark Harbor while crew survived, Massassau grounded again after early Jan grounding, Empress of Ireland secured after hawsers parted, Bay of Fundy damage to wharves and small boats.
Hastings Minn February third jury verdict finds Anthony Brennan guilty of first degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Anthony Brennan, while Michael Brennan Sr. is found not guilty. The case stems from a farm boundary dispute and a clash between the Brennan families.
Chicago February 3 William Brace a member of a local law firm was found frozen to death within fifty yards of his home in Highland Park after an icy fall. Police say Brace slipped on the sidewalk was stunned by the fall and died from the cold before regaining consciousness.
In Peru Indiana on February 3 Alfred Kling his wife Mrs Alfred Kling and his brother Ora Kling were killed at Bennett switch while crossing the Indiana Union traction line in a closed carriage. The accident occurred at Bennett's switch as the carriage was struck on the tracks. Local authorities investigated the scene and planned to notify next of kin.
United States Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte says large corporate clusters like Standard Oil and tobacco, powder, and railroad trusts must be fined for convictions. He argues that punishing only officers would leave 99 of 100 cases unpunished and that proving corporate guilt is often feasible even when proving individual guilt is not.
The French government has decided to recall M. Bompard the French ambassador to Russia. A four story brick building housing the mechanical department of the Cleveland Plaindealer Publishing Company burned, loss about 290000 dollars. The Pennsylvania Railway summer freight house and about twenty freight cars at Cleveland burned, loss about 75000 dollars.
A New York American quote explains monism as the doctrine that mind and matter are inseparable parts of a single stupendous whole. It asserts that spirit cannot exist without matter and vice versa, describing nature as body and God as the goal.
Market round up shows wheat in Minneapolis and Duluth with bids for May and July contracts. Cattle and hogs prices listed for Minneapolis St Paul and Chicago markets. A New York Press quote on gendered sweetness ends the tally.
A girl who mocked poor spellers now receives three long letters weekly from a man who cannot spell more than forty words total. She notes his big house and money in the bank, which she says spells something to her in Howard, Kansas.
A Chicago Record-Herald item notes a parent reflecting on whether a daughter inherited drawing talent. The speaker mentions a brother who is a dentist as a potential genetic hint.
Land Office advertises 50000 acres of free home steads in Eastern Valley County Montana and promotes bargains on city property, loans, and rentals. Receiver urged to call for terms and to list or buy property, with a special bargain on a 7 room house in Yates and Lewis addition Austin. Also offers insurance and bonds services.
Multiple properties offered for sale or rent by various owners. Listings include 4 houses and two lots in Block 22 Davidsons addition for 4009 dollars, corner of St Paul and Mill for 1500, Me dary Street near Kenwood for rent, two family building on Kenwood and Baldwin, Lansing Ave lots near Orris Hayes and a Hegge sale at 750, another Lansing Ave lot near Fox hotel for 1000, a farm four miles east of Austin with 16 acres at 55 per acre, and the Susen Bermel residence at 10 south St Paul street. Possession October 20 1907. Continuous offers with easy terms.
Ambiguous listing shows prices for canned corn 85c per dozen, cranberries, beans, eggs and red salmon. Mentions top quality items and hand picked produce with various unit prices, creating a dense ad-style shopping note.
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