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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1906
Page
1
India linens 40 in wide extra fine fabric offered per yard. Lot 2 presents the finest lot of ladies dainty hats described as superb and perfect. Hats are 40 inches in one lot with values up to 10.00 and are offered as choice selections.
Lot 1 offers ten high quality 10 wave tapestry rugs with floral and oriental patterns. Lot 2 presents a smaller, prettier 9x selection priced at 26.50 with bidders told they cannot be made, as the sale is closed.
A local ad promotes Vel vets Axministers and Body Brussels Carpets with a wide pick of Ingrains full Standard all wool 22 oz goods. Buyers can close Lot 3 Choice of extra Ingrains 3 ply Pro Brussels Agrais at low prices, aimed at shoppers buying goods.
A funnel shaped cyclone moved from North Branch toward Sunrise and Fish Lake Minnesota June 7 causing widespread destruction. Buildings and crops were ruined with several injuries reported as towns feared greater loss while telephones were down and communications limited. Damaged homes Engdahl residence possibly including fatality and Magnuson farm buildings destroyed.
A tornado near Stoddard Wisconsin killed Halvor J Halvorson and seriously injured six others while leveling ten buildings. The storm hit La Crosse Vernon county and damaged Brinkman Stoddard Leon and rail lines. a Burlington train with 200 passengers was saved by a farmer Miller as a bridge failed.
Washington June 7. The minority charged the majority with curbing general debate on the sundry civil bill to one hour and started a filibuster. For two hours roll calls and points of order kept the house in turmoil. The bill was taken up under the five minute rule but few pages were completed before adjournment amid discussion of the sale of the old New York custom house and rental payments to National City Bank.
Vancouver Washington June 7 A quarrel between Mrs. Alice Myers of Washington DC and her sister Miss Clara Lavoie ends with Mrs Myers dead and Miss Lavoie seriously burned. Mrs Myers threw a lit lamp at her sister and caught herself with ignited oil. The flames on Miss Lavoie were quickly extinguished while Mrs Myers died from inhaling the flames.
A pair of concurrent cyclones near J. H. Saur's dairy farm near Wyoming Minnesota merge and travel north through the village causing extensive property damage. Henry Funk's home and barn are destroyed. His son is found trapped under debris and severely injured. Mrs Funk and a child injured but expected to recover.
Western Kansas was hit by violent afternoon and nighttime storms including tornadoes in some areas. No fatalities were reported, though damage details were not specified.
Mrs. Joseph Imholt Jr and her five year old son of Clear Lake drowned about three miles from Elk River Minnesota while attempting to cross a bridge. Their buggy was swept into the Elk River by flood waters from recent rains.
Fifteen Hamline University coeds were poisoned by impure milk served at supper Monday night. Physicians attended them and all but three have recovered. those remaining were reported very ill but not in serious danger. Names of the students could not be learned.
Duluth notes an electric storm at 5 p m set private grain elevator R in Superior ablaze. Owned by McCabe Bros the structure held no grain and was a total loss with 20000 dollars in damage and 16000 dollars insured.
In Boone Iowa on June 7 more than 3000 Civil War veterans joined a state G A R parade. At the business meeting Cedar Rapids Colonel Charles A Clark was chosen department commander for the coming year.
On June 7 in Chicago the temperature hit 90 degrees by 2 PM marking the hottest day of the year. Three heat related deaths were reported to police and many prostrations were noted across the city.
A storm in Oquawla Illinois on Wednesday dropped hailstones as large as baseballs, shattering every plate glass window in Purlington Iowa and causing extensive damage.
Herbert Ostrander of St Louis shot and killed Mrs Anna McKee at her Findlay Ohio home then killed himself. Ostrander was a cousin of Mrs McKee s husband who died over a year ago.
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