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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
4
A garbled OCR snippet hints at subscription rate concerns in a local paper. It references readers and pricing, but the readable portion lacks clear names, dates, or figures to confirm specifics.
Gertrude Ellis Skinner and the Ulmer publishing team are noted as publishers with Associate Editor role for Skinner and Ulmer. The brief mentions the leadership by Gertrude Ellis Skinner and a continuing publication effort.
A local column notes a boy preferring the old swimming hole to a bath tub. It urges rain as meadows wither and reports a bridge corner defect near Lafayette Park nearly causing a man’s accident. Farmers face a short hay crop and a jury pool includes bank stock holders from LeRoy.
The passage argues that even non prohibitionist voters seek routes to disrupt state liquor control, suggesting many supporters see county option as a step toward breaking liquor control by the legislature.
The Redwood Reveille notes C C Dinehart prepared self-cropped images to publish with his candidacy announcement in the second congressional district. The planned release coincided with his death and the images were used to illustrate the obituary rather than the campaign.
At the Rochester caucus on Wednesday Thomas Fraser, a leading anti-Tawney figure, won only 17 votes as a precinct delegate to the Olmstead county convention, with his statewide bid failing. Fraser, once seen as the strongest in the First district, now faces a political setback as the race shifts away from his coalition.
Citizens urge Austin authorities to remove a plank settee that attracts crowds and drunks near Water street. They call it a poor welcome for visitors and request police action to keep the area orderly and reduce complaints.
The Austin Automobile club of Austin Minnesota earns nationwide notice for practical good roads work. Each Thursday the sixty members drive to county sections needing repair, using picks and shovels and lunch baskets. A pilot car marks rough spots while the fleet fills ruts and smooths approaches, then continues.
In a brief overheard exchange, a porter explains the engine driver and station master clashed, preventing the train from stopping as expected. The moment captures a common rail side scene where delays arise from miscommunication between crew.
A fragmented quote from the Houston Post mentions a widow whose husband abstains from smoking drinking gambling and swearing. The passage also oddly notes widows as “my ape elalty” in a garbled line.
New York waits as the battleship South Carolina stands in Ambrose Channel for the arrival of former President Theodore Roosevelt aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. A grand naval display of 80 warships and 150 merchant steamers will escort Roosevelt from the ocean liner to the Androscoggin and into the Battery with a national salute.
Washington reports Secretary of State Knox may resign to run for governor of Pennsylvania. He reportedly weighed an offer after returning from Philadelphia where he met with Senator Penrose. Pennsylvania leaders fear Democratic gains in the legislature and a Senate vacancy if Knox declines.
A Hungarian cloudburst in Krassoszoreny county near Transylvania Roumania and Servia killed nearly 300 people and wiped out several villages. The county capital Gugos is largely inhabited by Roumanians.
In Barnesville Minnesota on June 17 a passenger train struck lineman Security from Minneapolis, killing him instantly as it pulled into town. His head was crushed and his right arm severed in the impact.
Washington June 17 Regular Republicans on the House Rules Committee pushed to report Clark's compromise rule allowing a majority to remove a bill from any committee and place it on the House calendar. Democrats backed a compromise amid progressives seeking majority-driven legislation. The move aims to credit regulars with liberalizing rules while appeasing progressives and moderates.
In Rugby North Dakota on June 17 a jury found L. W. Dale guilty of murder in the second degree for causing Miss Gina Lien s death in Minot from an operation. The jury recommended ten years in the state penitentiary with Dr Thor Moeller convicted as an accomplice awaiting a new trial. Attorney Tracy R Bangs signaled possible appeal.
In Minneapolis on June 17 R E L Winter and R E McDonald for the O J Lewis Mercantile company of St Louis bought the stock in trade of the North Star Shoe company for 147300 dollars in competitive bidding. The sale described as the most remarkable auction sale in the city’s commercial history drew wide attention.
Frank Sokolski seventeen son of George Sokolski of Sigel town committed death by own action by taking paris green in Frank Rapids Wisconsin on June 17. He was found too ill to explain.
In Sabattus Maine Mrs H W Mitreceuty thanks the Lydia E Pinkham remedy for aiding childbirth and allows use of her name. In Graniteville Vermont Mrs Charles Barclay reports relief from nervousness during the Change of Life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letters tout the compound as a standard remedy for female ills after decades of use.
Peerless Flour Mills of Toledo offers flour and related goods in various sack sizes with cash prizes and delivery on reasonable orders. The notice also includes a sworn affidavit by F J Cheney & Co promising One Hundred Dollars for each uncured catarrh case and an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials.
Disraeli once mocked Harcourt with a quip about three political traits a successful politician needs. Harcourt retorted that leaving out the first two traits could describe Dizzy himself.
In a sharp exchange, Wigwag mocks Bicones for always courting trouble while Henpecked probes why he remains unwed, as Boeton Courter comments on the couple’s quarrel.
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