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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
3
Local residents travel and visit relatives in Chicago Milwaukee and Mankato. Apprentices sought at Banks Van Vleet dress rooms. Chautauqua refreshment bids due. Firemen trip to Owatonna and various society meetings noted. Births illnesses and weddings mentioned with several community notices.
East Side residents and guests travel for visits to parents and relatives. Mr and Mrs Joe Lorenz and daughter Evelyn leave for a brief visit with Mrs Lorenzs parents. Others visit Calmar Brownsdale Lawler and Jackson, with several parties returning home.
A fragmented market listing shows bids for cattle ve al sheep and lambs with price ranges from 4.50 to 5.50 for veal and lambs and 3.25 to 3.75 for cows and heifers. Canners and cutters are quoted from 1.75 to 3.75 with other poultry and hogs noted in smaller ranges.
Four witnesses testified before a federal grand jury probing the lumber industry. John E Rhodes of St Paul offered letters memoranda and key trade documents including the lumberman's code and ethics book. Testimony also came from E Book of Flandreau South Dakota H B Scott of Davenport Iowa and Walter M Manuel of St Louis. The investigation was expected to end within the week.
Lloyd Carlton his wife and another pair are indicted for first degree murder over the mutilated torso found on the Neste farm. They pled not guilty before Judge MacClenahan and a June 22 trial date was set. Fifteen witnesses have been summoned for body removal and identification is said to be positive.
The nebular hypothesis, proposed by Laplace in 1796, contends the solar system formed from a vast revolving nebula through cooling and contraction. It was initially opposed but later widely accepted by astronomers and taught in schools and colleges.
Twenty one baking firms from Boston to New Orleans merged as the General Baking company with 20 million dollars in stock and 5 million in bonds. The new chain will operate in fifteen cities including New York Boston Providence Newark and St Louis. The merger denies plans for a bread monopoly. In North Dakota Grand Army of the Republic veterans and Woman's Relief Corps members spoke at the encampment noting 2,500 veterans receive pensions and only 400 are members. About 300 members attend the encampment.
In St Paul on June 15, Minnesota received a silver medal and diploma from the king of Italy for services to Calabria and Sicily earthquake victims in 1908. The gift came with a letter of appreciation from the Italian department of state and will be stored in the State Historical Society room.
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