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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1908
Page
4
The Pittsburgh flood causes millions in damage as water submerges miles of territory. Residents ride skiffs to reach upper floors, while streets fill with rising streams, gas lines fail, and downed electric plants leave warehouses and homes at risk. Authorities warn recovery will take time as rivers slowly recede.
Steubenville Ohio February 17 a swollen Ohio river and backwater caused a cinder bank at Mingo Junction to fail. Two hundred people fled as fifty homes flooded others displaced. Rail service halted and many industries shut as the river rose to flood stage at 42 feet.
Toledo, February 17. The death toll from Saturday night’s collision between the Big Four flyer and a Toledo and Western electric car is expected to reach ten. The latest death is Hiram Parker of Sylvan is hospital, while Mrs. John W. Neipp and her two sons remain unidentified. The revised list includes Mrs. John W. Neipp Lincoln Neipp Theodore Neipp Mrs. William Fisher James Myers Ray Fisher Clarence Beach Hiram Parker. Seriously injured include Chester Burth Joseph Bachmeyer Moses Barhrach George Brazgdon Clayton Young.
Marion Good enough known as Marion Grey, who ran a matrimonial bureau in Elgin, was found guilty of using the mails to defraud William Grable of Dearborn Missouri by promising to secure him a wealthy widow wife. The jury deliberated about 24 hours before Judge Landis in the U S district court. Penalty ranges up to 18 months in a reformatory or a $500 fine or both with discretion. Arguments for a new trial set for March 2. Miss Grey remains at liberty under bond pending sentencing.
Stockholm feb 17 relations between sweden and russia are decidedly strained as russia insists on being released from the Finland agreement barring naval stations or fortifications on finnish shores near sweden. war is feared in sweden.
A girl stated she would kiss only her future husband before leaving the gate. He asked to become her future husband and she agreed, then kissed him. Her mother was notified and arranged plans, leading to their engagement. The informal agreement was described as a shrewd, if mean, maneuver.
A scene from the New Orleans Times-Democrat features a woman rebuffing Mr. Smith with resolve, then yielding after his broken plea to be known as her husband. The excerpt centers on romantic tension and social pressure within a marriage proposal.
An old Chicago Record-Herald quip asks what constitutes an ideal wife. The joke lists duties like cooking and washing alongside a paradoxical expectation for perpetual youth matching a high-earning vaudeville actress.
A Travel Magazine account describes a woman riding to a doctor in a chair carried on a man's back as the queerer mode of travel in Mexico. It notes some women fear male cars and prefer this human carrier, paying a few cents per trip.
Eddyville Kentucky February 17 night riders about 300 strong whipped ten men. Four white and six African American victims. No clear link to white suppression of tobacco pooling movement or to other known opposition. No tobacco storage damage reported.
In Cincinnati on February 17 Peter Gruener a 40 year old coppersmith fatally shot his wife also 40 then wounded himself and died soon after The man had shown strange behavior for days and is believed to have been temporarily deranged.
The funeral of John Coustneau was postponed due to a Sunday lid in Washburn. The strong closing order halted livery barns from supplying carriages for the service.
A Chicago Record-Herald tale recalls Marie Frausch, a prima donna in Frederick the Great era, who feigned hoarseness. An officer and four dragoons take her to a military hospital to cure her throat, but she sings without fault that night.
Two Maine boys endured repeated failed attempts to trap a woodchuck. They filled four pails with water and carried it to the burrow, dumping it for two hours. Exhausted, they rested, and the woodchuck emerged to drink at a brook before escaping.
A Louisville Courier-Journal quote group notes a stage reaction: "Talk about realism" and a line about a housemaid making dabs at the furniture, never hitting it, signaling naturalness in performance.
A concise reflection on resisting bias in judgment. The quote urges evaluating truth with reason rather than appearance, highlighting its enduring call for inner discernment over superficial sight.
Mrs Caro line D Sellers returned from church to find her husband Henry PD Sellers 55 a leading real estate broker dead from self inflicted wounds. This marks the second tragedy after her son Henry D Sellers Jr 22 died by his own hand last summer, authorities say the two deaths are linked by family sorrow.
Adjudged a paranoiac, Robert C Caldwell once linked to the Druce case in London was moved from his Staten Island home to Ward's Island insane asylum following his removal on the charge of perjury.
A Philadelphia Press quip recalls meeting Dunkey after years with remarks on unchanged appearance and a habit of recounting past follies. The exchange highlights his self-awareness about former foolishness.
William Dean Howells suffers influenza in Rome while James Bryce leaves for Ottawa on a visit. Crosby S. Noyes remains ill in Pasadena with grip. Former Lieutenant Governor Ernest Cady is found dead in Hartford from fatty heart degeneration.
Minneapolis wheat prices on February 15 show May at 1.0134, July at 1.01 percent. On track numbers list No. 1 hard at 1.06 percent, No. 1 Northern at 1.03, No. 2 Northern at 1.01, No. 3 Northern at 0.961 to 0.99.
Cattle good to choice steers 4.75 to 5.50, fair to good 4.00 to 4.75. Cows and heifers 3.25 to 4.25. Veals 3.75 to 5.00. Hogs 4.00 to 4.20. Sheep wethers 4.75 to 5.10, good to choice lamb 6.25 to 6.55.
Wheat to arrive and on track with No 1 hard at 1.044% and No 1 Northern at 1.0244. No 2 Northern at 9 1/2 cents for May and 1.015 for July. In store No 1 Northern 995 cents and No 2 Northern 965 cents. Flax to arrive and on track with May at 1.145 and July at 1.17.
Chicago market report dated February 15 lists cattle and calves with prices for cows and heifers Texans Western stockers and feeders and other cattle. Hogs show ranges for light mixed heavy rough and pigs. Sheep and yearlings and lambs also priced.
Wheat May 35c July 90 86 1/2c Sept Corn May 64 1/4c July 59 1/2c Sept 58 3/4c Oats May 52 1/2c 50c July 45c Sept 38 1/4c Pork May 11.27 to 11.80 July 11.67 Butter Creameries 22 3/4c daisies 21 9c Eggs 19 1/2c Poultry Turkeys 12c chickens and springs 11c
A man buys preparations to remove hair at a drug store and explains he wants to shave his head in one sweep. The druggist confirms and the man jokes about his nearly bald head and ongoing hair loss.
The Washington Herald quotes a man with mouse colored whiskers arguing that a strong name guarantees high status. He asserts boys named Stuyvesant Van Rensselaer or Gaggerneur will avoid menial work and rise to chief roles in trusts and multiple firms by age forty. He claims names unlock premier opportunities.
A Manchester Union column mocks the idea of a perfect man who never errs. It notes that a truly dull person not only avoids errors but frets over others mistakes, highlighting the contrast between self and neighbor flaws.
A Hallock Enterprise critique contrasts men and women in behavior. A Kansas City Independent joke sketches a child mispronouncing panther as a “man that makths panths” in a schoolroom quip.
For Sale The G F Rademacher property includes a good house and two lots in Block 22 Davidson addition for 4004 dollars corner for St Paul and Mill streets 154 dollars Far Kent Hoisa and barn on McGary street near Kenwood For sale property ornate of Kaagool Baldwin street suitable for two families also three lots and good land this property or any part is in the market For Sale One desirable building on Lansing Ave between Gris Hayes and C A Hegve must be sold this spring price 750 For Sale Very fine building lot pausing Avenue two blocks from notes easy payments 1000 A fine farm for sale 4 miles east of Austin 160 acres good buildings 550 per acre owner moved away 4 good house and barn to let Possession given October 20 1907 For sale the Mrs Sosen Ficormey residence 310 south St Pent street One of the best in the city reasonable price easy terms
The fragment lists trips from Fort Ledge Coneci Binis and Omaha with 3:85 and 11:49 PM departures. Arrivals from Fort Dodge to Mason City with 11:58 PM and 3:46 AM. Also mentions Mason City to Council Bluffs and Omaha with 3:35 PM and 4:08 AM arrivals.
City property deals and a local auction offer special bargains while a separate listing highlights Mower eUbLy arms for sale. The notice notes terms of sale and key dates.
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