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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1906
Page
1
A large line of Prints Shirtings and indigo blues go at 40 in wide India linens. Extra fine 15 and 20 cent values offered per yard, lot 3. Choice numbers, previously 15 and 27 cents, sell in one lot this week only.
Lot features daintily trimmed hats with flowers and ribbons. Choice selection for immediate purchase.
A single lot of 40 hats offered for 98 cents each, described as superb and near perfection with values up to 10.00. Sale highlights quality and variety in a single, compelling lot.
An auction style notice advertises 10 limited stock tapestries 9 by 12 inches described as rare quality with floral or oriental designs. The seller emphasizes a low price and hints at closing the lot, urging quick choice before sale ends.
Local store advertises discounts on Vel vets Axministers and Body Brussels Carpets with a mix of Ingrains and 3 ply options. Offers include full wool 22 ounce goods and an extra lot of Ingrains at low 8¢ prices to attract buyers.
In Jefferson county Ohio the Dillonvale Bradley Plum Run area eyes a possible flare up as 2000 strikers clash with United States Coal guards. Casualties reported near ten with guards alive and injured while prisoners are held at Smithfield.
A fragment notes conduct of fighting to retire in disorder near Plum Run, with unclear details and no further context available.
Testimony by Dr. Walter R. Gillette, ex president of Mutual Life Insurance, reveals a hidden yellow dog fund in the Mutual Life affair. Investigators from Armstrong and the Truesdale committee have yet to locate any trace of the fund, while Gillette has repaid about 19000 dollars remaining from his resignation last March. The fund’s exact purpose remains largely unknown to the grand jury.
Christopher HL reports a fatal shooting when Roy Veach was shot in the head by Reuben Stewart during a buggy ride with Stella Dial. Stewart attempted to shoot Miss Dial, then killed himself. Veach died instantly. Stewart lived about thirty minutes. Stewart had been courting Miss Dial.
Henry H Powers once a NYSE member, who had lost most of his fortune in recent years, killed himself at his Brooklyn residence by shooting, according to New York reports dated June 5. The case notes the fall from wealth and the tragic self inflicted death.
President Roosevelt pushes Congress to pass broad reforms after a preliminary report on Chicago stockyards. He supports a federal inspection system from hoof to can and endorses Beveridge amendment No. 29 to fund and regulate meat and meat product inspection in interstate commerce.
The presidents’ synopsis by J B Reynolds and C P Neill critiques Chicago stock yards facilities. It details filthy rooms unsanitary meat handling, unwashed hands, unsafe work practices, and lack of government inspection in processed products. It warns the system degrades workers and risks consumer health.
Severe electrical storm moves through Southern Indiana. a barn near Princeton is struck by lightning. William McAfee and Samuel Armstrong were fatally injured. several others were badly shocked.
A violent thunderstorm with heavy rains struck Odessa and surrounding areas. Seven people drowned and four were killed by lightning, as fires from the storm scorched multiple buildings.
Eight major Chicago packing houses issue a joint statement defending plant cleanliness sanitary methods and product wholesomeness. They cite global experts and inspectors who endorse conditions and pledge to consider practical improvements, naming Armour & Co. Swift & Co. Nelson Morris & Co. G H Hammond Co. Omaha Packing Co. Anglo-American Provision Co. Libby McNeil Libby Schwarzschild Sulzberger.
Topeka reports Foster Dwight Coburn an agronomist widely known is appointed by Governor E W Hoch to fill the United States Senate seat after J Ralph Burton resignation Coburn has not yet accepted nor stood as a candidate for the coming election Coburn was born in Jefferson County Wisconsin in 1846.
In Boston on June 6 the American Medical Association house of delegates unanimously adopted resolutions and a report declaring that meat selection and preparation for American and foreign markets threaten public health. The action also harshly criticizes opponents of the pure food bill.
A. B. Mailen was taken to city hospital with a bullet wound to the right breast and pierced lung. He is believed to have attempted suicide after a quarrel with his wife from whom he parted a week earlier.
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