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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1908
Page
1
John H Rochford Proprietors offer several comfortable homes in the Third Ward with prices around 1900 and descriptions of modern features. Also listed are a large barn, three acres for pasture, a modern house for sale or trade, a team of work horses, a new cottage for rent, and vacant lots for sale along with a loan option of 500 on good security.
Rumors of strokes and heart trouble were exaggerated as Pope Pius IX, afflicted mainly by gout, rests after a brief illness. Dr Petacci notes the pontiff refuses some rest but expects improvement with dieting and quiet, while Vatican reports show progress and the pope sleeping soundly.
Grand Magazine describes a vast locust swarm in South Africa with millions gathering to settle and millions more in flight. The ground is blanketed, leaving no earth visible, and a faint wake marks footsteps while wing noise resembles a power plant.
New York January 18 The Thaw case sees Evelyn Thaw and Mrs Thaw on the stand as District Attorney Jerome moves to exclude all public spectators from the recital of a horrific tale. Defense counsel contests the ruling while Justice Dowling prepares to rule next Monday.
Washington hearings on interoceanic canals discuss whether the Isthmian canal commission should publish an official newspaper. Colonel Goethals defends the paper as informing workers and fostering rivalry, noting many government branches issue press material to inform and educate their personnel. Senator Culberson cites past remarks about the literary bureau.
James J. Laundergen, Lyceum theater stage manager in Duluth, saved the show and audience from panic when a light bulb burst igniting imitation moss on stage. He calmly climbed a burning rope and extinguished the flames with his bare hands, suffering minor burns but ending the danger.
Pittsburg Jan 18 The Catsburg mine of the Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Co near Monongahela City thirty miles south is on fire. Forty men worked there but all miners known to be inside have escaped from the two lower entries and the fire is believed to be under control.
Howard Magde fram, a Detroit saloonkeeper, was shot through the head and died at St. Marys hospital. Avery Haggerty, his stepson, confessed to the shooting after Magde fram allegedly insulted his mother with vile names.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sabo was struck by a passenger train at a grade crossing in North Dover and was hurled forty feet into telegraph wires beside the tracks. She died at the scene.
The Sovereign Bank of Canada, with 76 Ontario Quebec Northwest and Maritime branches, is liquidating. The Bankers' Association will assume control. deposits are safe but shareholders may face losses after a 1964 Toronto founding and 1966 capital boost amid a prior German bank stake and reduced reserves.
New Orleans on January 18 charges of malfeasance in office were brought against Police Inspector Whitaker, chief of the city police, for shooting at newspaper editor J. M. Leveqne. Whitaker must appear January 71 before the board of police commissioners to answer the charges. Delay in the Snell Case Clinton Kansas January 18 illness of Judge W. D Cochrane halted the suit to set aside Colonel Thom as Snell's will, delaying the anticipated sensational letter reading.
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