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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1906
Page
2
Austin Daily Herald announces John H. Skinner as Editor and Proprietor with Gertrude Ellis Skinner as Associate. Paper entered at Austin Minnesota post office as second class matter.
A column riffs on summer campouts and weather for a county picnic while lampooning grand plans and urging practical humor. It notes large insurance totals, calls for good cheer, and suggests extra lunches for picnic baskets with reminders to welcome strangers.
The Live Stock Breeders Association, which has improved state stock, protests the codification of state laws. It once received a $1000 annual appropriation, but the new code omits it, leaving the group without funds. The association urges the legislature to remedy the defect.
The passage contrasts city papers’ neglect of country updates with interest in everyday rural scenes. It cites Jake Hennesy hoeing onions and J Jones painting a fence as worthy “news” material and mocks a Minneapolis Journal editorial for overlooking such items.
Community leaders urge Congress to pass strict meat inspection to protect public health while safeguarding stock growers and the Geo A. Holmes Packing Company. They warn that disease infected cattle and hogs traded through slaughterhouses risk the entire local economy and demand the packers bear inspection costs.
The writer argues for state reimbursements to farmers when stock is condemned for disease, advocating a national tagging system to trace carcasses from packing houses back to herds. A federal plan would link tags to owners, enabling fair compensation similar to tuberculosis policies, and calls for cleansing the disease at the source.
Jake Avett sustained three broken ribs and internal injuries after a run away Saturday night. He was found unconscious Sunday morning near Oakland and taken to his sister Mrs. J S Young on Oakland Avenue for treatment. He suffered a restless night and considerable pain with a lung injury not yet assessed.
Daniel O Heilman died Friday June 15 at the hospital for the insane in Rochester of general debility after long illness. Survived by wife two sons in Austin and a daughter. He lived in Shell Rock township many years and was an old settler mourned by the community. Funeral held at United Brethren church Glenville with interment east of the village.
The two story brick building at 239 Arch Street known as the Old Flag House, where Betty Ross designed the flag, was bought by the government for 205000 dollars. The property has about 1,000,000 stockholders across the states. Shares were sold at ten cents each.
Mayor Dartt and Aldermen Finner Krantz and Nelson toured the Owatonna gas plant on Monday. Manager Leckband demonstrated operations while local business leaders praised the company. No official object of the visit was stated, amid ongoing reports of a troublesome gas franchise and a council move to cancel it for noncompliance.
A group of twenty five friends gathered at the William Huss home Saturday evening to bid farewell to Richard Anderson who is departing for Washington. Games music and refreshments marked the pleasant gathering. He received a gold watch fob as a memento from his Austin friends.
June 16 1906 reports a calm day with light battalion drill from 9 to 11. Guard details from Co G promoted in Col Arthur Wright’s unit. June 17 Sunday quiet with guard mount at 8 am church services in front of Col Wright tent and a 4 to 2 ball game won by Co G. An athletic exhibition followed the supper dress parade.
Arthur Scullin, a postal clerk between Decorah and St Paul, is set for a promotion with a higher class run and pay on his return at 11 this evening. The change from Austin to Calmar to Decorah and St Paul follows his wedding plans, making the timing a welcome gift.
The eighth annual Luther League convention will be in Albert Lea from June 26 to 28, 1906. About 150 delegates and visitors are expected with speakers including Rev. Luther M. Kuhns of Omaha Rev. A F Elmquist Minneapolis Rev. C L Warstler St Paul Rev. W K Frick Milwaukee and Rev Dr Trabert Minneapolis. Rev J Roseland Austin will address June 27 on the Luther League as a spiritual intellectual and social force.
Orlie Gibbons resigns after four years as janitor at Franklin High School. He will join a paint and oil firm and begin work likely September first. The school notes his faithful service and wholesome influence on pupils.
With deep gratitude we thank neighbors and friends for acts of kindness and sympathy shown on the occasion of the death of our brother Charles Gallagher. Brothers and sisters of Charles Gallagher.
Local ad announces clearance of sporting goods including balls bats masks reels and related items to make room for other stock. Buyer urged to visit and purchase at cost from A. E. Haseltine.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes butchers in meat shops possess remarkable skill in judging and cutting exact weights from a round of beef. Buyers demand precise weight in one piece, and the butcher’s trade forces him to make clean, exact cuts every time.
Washington June 19 The basis of a complete agreement on meat inspection legislation has been reached between President Roosevelt and the House Agriculture Committee at the White House. The measure, nearly complete, authorizes a 3 million dollar annual appropriation, drops civil service waivers, avoids a packing label tax date, and grants inspectors access to plants at all times.
Three highwaymen waylaid Giuseppe Castino of Hellwood Inn outside Indiana Pennsylvania at night. Castino drew a revolver and opened fire. One attacker was killed, another seriously wounded, the third escaped but was later captured and refuses to name accomplices. Baseball scores follow.
In Boston the Cubs beat the Red Sox 2 to 1 in the National League. Cleveland won 3 to 2 over Philadelphia in the American League. St Louis topped Washington 6 to 3. Detroit defeated New York 9 to 2. Chicago downed Boston 4 to 3 in fifteen innings. In the American Association Louisville lost to Milwaukee 2 to 10. Columbus beat Minneapolis 4 to 2. Toledo trounced St Paul 12 to 2. Indianapolis edged Kansas City 4 to 3 in ten innings.
The Farmers State Bank of Clearfield Indiana closed by state examiner with a receiver to be appointed. William Reed Thompson a notable New York City and Pittsburgh banker dies at his New York residence. Toronto University presidency offered to James H Baker. Beloit alumnae fund aids girls pursuing college. Edwin Higgins former Utah acting governor dies in Washington aged sixty two. National Editor association banquet hosted by Marton Indiana Commercial Club. Lloyd Emerson twelve drowned at Mason City Iowa while visiting grandmother near town. Oscar Stevens Montana mine owner cattleman dies in Denver of diabetes aged fifty seven. Born in Montrose Pennsylvania.
South Bend Indiana June 19 State Senator M Talcott says the National Divorce congress committee which drafted a uniform divorce law will meet in St Paul on September 1 to formulate a uniform statute.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on June 19 a long standing racial prejudice erupted at the Miller mine shaft in Portage. A fight left a Black man beaten to death and five white men are in custody charged with the assault.
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