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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
1
The message touts a visiting clairvoyant Mme Zelma who will provide extensive counsel on business love marriage divorce success and failure. Hours are 10 AM to 9 PM with prices stated as affordable for all. The notice markets her as a rare gifted lady guiding future events in a town the size of Austin.
Local electrician Wallace Gregson offers wiring services and electric supplies at 124 West Mill Street with hope to provide estimates. He advertises lamps and dry ceilings and mentions door terms for service.
Washington February news reports that Speaker Cannon and Chairman Payne oppose immediate tariff commission creation. A national manufacturers delegation urged a Beveridge bill style study, seeking a maximum and minimum tariff and a structured report to Congress. The group pledged to press President Roosevelt for a formal message backing commission action.
An extended conference of counsel for Harry Thaw discussed legal steps to secure his removal from Matteawan state asylum. Martin W. Littleton, who defended Thaw in the last trial, was nearly retired from the case though he lent aid while traveling south. Littleton reportedly believes Thaw should remain at Matteawan for several months.
Wireless dispatch from Captain Finch reports the Phoenix line steamer St Cuthbert on fire with fifteen lost and survivors saved by four lifeboats from the Cymric. Eleven drowned in a capsized boat, three in another, and a stowaway perished amid flames. Names of some drowned listed as officers and sailors. Rescue amid darkness and a raging snow storm proved perilous.
Berlin New Hampshire February 5 Two fires struck the business section causing an estimated loss of 400000. The Green Block a combined business and tenement structure and the Berlin National Bank were destroyed in the first blaze. A second fire nearby consumed six wooden Main Street buildings. Fire crews summoned reinforcements from Portland and Lewiston Maine and both blazes were brought under control.
Captain Smith, master of the British steamer Ashfield clearing Mobile Dec 19 for Nipa Cuba, died by drinking poison in his stateroom after a mutiny at sea. First mate seized control, landed at Manila Jan 2, then second mate took over and landed at Cienfuegos Jan 15.
Alderman R D Haven Republican won Duluth mayor over Emil A Tessman Democratic president of the city council in a sharp campaign centered on the lid issue. Haven's majority is about 1000.
In Washington on February 6 President Roosevelt's message on capital and labor and corporations and the public drew intense House discussion. Debate was heavy as Indian appropriation bill time was extended with John Sharp Williams delivering a near two hour speech. Williams praised some presidential sentiments while warning against others, prompting further financial questions and opposing the Aldrich bull by Hill of Connecticut.
In Los Angeles on February 5 Rudolph Anholz defeated Battling Nelson in a ten round bout at the Pacific Athletic club. No decision could be given by city ordinance, but Anholz dominated each round, bleeding Nelson from the nose and mouth early, dropping him in the first round with a sharp left to the jaw. Nelson pressured the Boer fighter, yet Anholz hid his head behind a high left shoulder defense and avoided most punishment.
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