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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
4
The notice highlights special bargains on city property and farms in Mower County, detailing available parcels, pricing bands, and bid instructions for potential buyers.
Ortho bound lines list departures for St Paul Minneapolis Dubuque Chicago Des Moines and Kansas City at 4 08 AM 3 35 PM and 11 40 PM South bound times include Fort Dodge Council Bluffs Omaha Mason City Cedar Rapids and Mason City services with 3 35 PM and 13 40 PM departures and additional notes on connections and arrivals
F Augustus Heinze loses control of Mercantile National Bank after failing to meet stock payments. Gould interests take over, set to join the bank board at Jan 14, while Heinze faces federal charges over certifying checks. Bail remains at 50900. further arrests anticipated as federal inquiry continues.
Eighteen detectives from several important classes in the United States declare Cleveland a center of Black Hand operations. They warn of foeiled Iren activity and link the city to organized crime networks.
In Chicago on January 9 a Jefferson Club banquet featured William J. Bryan as chief guest with Democratic leaders from several states in attendance. The event marked a keynote moment for Bryan’s anticipated 1900 presidential bid while Adlai E. Stevenson and Indiana’s John W. Kern were among speakers. Jefferson Davis of Arkansas was listed but did not appear, and the program ran long into the night.
Paris reports a French press buzzes with a forecast of war between the United States and Japan. Jacques Plach of the College of France warns of a sudden Japanese descent and questions if an attack on American ships could follow the Chemulpo incident.
Atlanta, January 9. Nearly 100 injured in the Collver special wreck on the Southern Railway near Hiram, Ga. About twenty are still in Atlanta hospitals but are expected to recover. Miss Emma Hoover with internal injuries rests easily though seriously ill. Miss Studebaker of Cleveland shows improvement after earlier fatal injury fears. The State Railroad Commission has begun an investigation to determine fault and place wreck responsibility.
Some travelers who sustained minor bruises and cuts pressed on to Florida and Cuban destinations, while others chose to go home.
Washington January 9. The house, after a forty minute debate, adopted a rule to proceed with a bill to revise codify and amend laws and then laid it aside to hear Mr Gaines of Tennessee in support of an appropriation for The Hermitage the home of Andrew Jackson near Nashville Tennessee.
Heavy gales lash northern France and the channel suspending telegraph and telephone lines to London. Messages to Germany and Belgium delayed while several fishing boats and coasters are reported ashore.
Frederick W. E. Hott, 22, a Boston and Albany brakeman from Auburndale, turned himself in at Boston police HQ on a charge of being an accessory after the fact in the Helen A. Whitmore murder case. He says he knew the Whitmores but hasn’t seen them for two years and claims Whitmore said his wife had left him. He plans to go to New Jersey without requisition papers and will inform Prosecuting Attorney Vickers of what he knows.
Fragments of bodies found near the Arkansas River prompt fear that Mrs Frank Pannetto Dominick and Joseph iit chelli brothers and Ercola fret are dead. An axe stained with blood uncovered in a hut and a Mexican washerwoman's report of washing clothes literally covered with blood point to Bavori. Robbery and revenge are suspected motives in the suspected murder case.
Father Charles F. Kearful longtime Missouri Kansas priest receives notice from Washington that he is heir to 500000 from uncle Karl Kirkfogel wool merchant who died recently in Sydney Australia. He will travel to Sydney to claim the legacy.
Reports from Canton describe a devastating blaze at a restaurant in South China that killed about three hundred people. Authorities investigate the cause as rescuers search the ruins.
Clarence Darrow recovering in Los Angeles from illness. Ex Governor Horace Bates of Iowa, once ill with pneumonia, in El Paso hospital, now out of danger. Peter Sieele, traveling chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, dead in Ottawa from streetcar injuries. Fire at Springfield Newfoundland gutted a three story brick building housing William B. Baker and Company furniture store, loss $79,900.
Minneapolis wheat quotations show January price at 7.12 and July futures at 1.12. No 1 hard quoted at 1.14, No 1 Northern at 1.12, No 2 Northern at 1.00, and Northern at 1.06, with minor ranges noted.
In St Paul trading stems show mixed livestock values with cattle feeds to choice steers reported at about 545.75, veals around 76.00, and hogs at 24.15 per hundredweight. Sheep and wethers bring around 4.59, with select cows and heifers near 3.09. wood demand noted at 6.00.
Florence Colorado January 9 Anton Bavori an Italian truck farmer is under arrest on suspicion of killing three people in what police describe as a mass shooting. Witnesses report a fourth victim may also be involved with Bavori. Investigators say two bodies were found at a rural residence and a third at a nearby building. Local authorities have not released a motive or the identities of the victims.
Fragmentary sports note from Duluth references track results with mentions of Northern team, a driver named Jared, a $1.6 value, and an 18 percent figure. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Fragmentary financial notes reference percentages and prices including 06 percent and 1.96 percent. Mentions Pia with figures such as 118 dollars for May 91.22 percent and July 1.24 dollars. No clear event or entities beyond these numbers.
Readable fragments show Chicago market quotes for cattle calves and hogs with varied prices per head and per hundredweight. Mentioned items include cows and heifers Texans calves Western cattle and feeders with prices around 3.60 to 8.10 and miscellaneous percentages.
Chicago Monday bids show Wheat May at 105 106% and Sept 94. Corn May 60 59? Sept 89. Oats May 54 May 52 July 48 July 46 Sept 40. Pork Jan 12 13. Butter creameries 29 29. Eggs 26 27. Poultry turkey 11c chickens 1 3 4e spring.
In Pacific crosswords of calendars the day line zigzags across islands. A ship may show Monday on shore and Tuesday aboard due to time zone shifts while crossing the Atlantic to New York and across the Pacific.
A literary note reflects on love as a paradox that cannot be kept unless it is returned to St. Philadelphia Record, framing affection as a mutual exchange within the newspaper’s poetic voice.
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