Skirts Shine With Perfect Fit and Weekly Prices
A local retailer touts a sewing claim for skirts that never sag at the seams and resist shrinking, advertised as a 25 percent garment. Prices listed this week are $1.33, $2.67, and $3.34.
08 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1905
Page
1
A local retailer touts a sewing claim for skirts that never sag at the seams and resist shrinking, advertised as a 25 percent garment. Prices listed this week are $1.33, $2.67, and $3.34.
A promotion urges shoppers to compare prices and save enough to equal a full week's wages. The message promotes getting value at Murphy during a limited sale offering at the location along the road.
A gale and blizzard drove the ocean steamer Damara ashore at Musquodoboit twelve miles east of Halifax. Of 34 aboard, Captain Gorst and fourteen others are missing after lifeboats reached shore exhausted and frostbitten. Tugs search for survivors as crews report a rapid foundering and a long, perilous night at sea.
Indianapolis on February 8 hosts members of the National Editorial Association as they plan a forthcoming convention. The event gathers editors from member newspapers to discuss industry issues and set dates for future meetings.
Under a congress act approved by the president, those who claimed home stead entries before November 1, 1904 in Gregory county South Dakota or on Devils Lake Indian reservation North Dakota will not need to establish residence on the lands before May 1, 1905.
Reports from St. Petersburg describe renewed unrest in Poland with deaths, troops sent to Warsaw and Kutno, and disruption on the Transcaspian railway. In the Caucasus strike conditions worsen, while a nail factory burn fuels suspicions of incendiarism. Authorities prepare a censorship reform conference as Trepoff orders schools to resume by Feb. 28 or face closure.
In Lodz on February 8 the number of workers at work dipped slightly from Monday as strikers terrorized by soldiers clashed with authorities. The governor vowed firm action, promising to treat manufacturers as strikers if shops close. Three strikers were wounded during attempted rescue of a detainee. A general strike began in Wloclawek while manufacturers offered a nine hour day and 5 to 20 percent wage increases if workers return promptly.
Helsingfors Finland Feb 8 The assassin of Senator Johnsson the Finland pro curator general was identified as Karl Senard Hohenthal formerly a student at Imperial Alexander University. Hohenthal who had lived in Stockholm returned to Finland Jan 1 and remains silent under examination as Senator A Kerman leads the probe.
Official circles in St. Petersburg remain hardline on war while public opinion trends toward peace. Diplomats report Cassini and Takahira visited Washington with no link to ending the war, and Russians expect Japan and Russia to seek terms with France later. A night raid by Prince Magailoff’s scouts against Lagoonadge caused Japanese casualties and captured a prisoner.
London Feb 8 The Daily Telegraph reports that M Coustans French ambassador has delivered an ultimatum to Turkey demanding instant satisfaction of outstanding French claims. If unmet he will depart Wednesday to consult his government. Germany funds Turkish arming via a German loan with guns to be ordered from Germany. A French syndicate competes for the loan.
Tsinkhetchen February 8 reports a daring Russian raid causing heavy Japanese casualties with many killed by cold steel. A detachmen tengaged enemy lines and withdrew after inflicting losses.
Storm roars through Texas with cattle suffering and water shortages as snow and sleet disrupt telegraph lines across the Southwest. Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee report rain sleet and worsened conditions and Arkansas endures one of its worst sleet storms in history.
Augusta Maine February 8 Joseph H Manley former chairman of the national executive committee of the Republican party died suddenly at his home at age sixty two He had been in declining health for years and was found dead in his bed by family He served as private secretary to James G Blaine and as Blaine's campaign manager for president making him a leading Republican figure.
Coroner Marcum, returning from Benville, determines Albert Hier died in an accidental fire that destroyed his cabin on January 80, finding no evidence of violence after examining the charred remains.
In St Paul on February 8 Harry Cannon faced a district court jury for the murder of Percy Young on Christmas evening. Judge Kelly presided as jurors were selected in the morning and witnesses began testifying in the afternoon.
Huge ice floes fill New York Harbor and extend into the lower bay hindering steamer traffic and trapping many ships. Prolonged cold continues to expand ice fields making navigation dangerous for all craft.
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