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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1909
Page
4
Cash offer to trade improved land in Red River Valley and Ottertail county farms that are clear of mortgage. Seller will pay the cash difference or assume indebtedness. Deal directly with owner to save agent's commission.
Market listings show prices for hogs veal and cattle with ranges for hogs from 5 to 6 dollars per unit and veal and lamb figures nearby. Cattle and cows are listed with varied prices and terms indicating regional market activity.
The text extols DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as uniquely effective for kidney and bladder ailments causing backache rheumatic pains and urinary disorders. A free trial box is offered by E C DeWitt & Co in Chicago and the pills are sold by druggists.
Bradstreet notes general improvement across crops, manufacturing, and fall bookings, with weather delays affecting retail trade and reorder levels. Industrial activity edges up with wage cuts reversed and broader employment. Building trades show volume, lumber markets slow, iron and steel steady, railroads increasing purchases, woolen and worsted sectors strong, Southern cotton use up seasonally, leather trades active, and Western coal trading higher.
The Board of Education of Independent School District No 27 Austin Minnesota invites sealed bids June 30 1909 at 5 pm for twenty five thousand dollar bonds to fund a new Third Ward school replacing the Lincoln building destroyed by fire. Bonds of one thousand dollars each dated July 1 1909 due July 1 1929 bear 4 percent interest semi annually. Bids may designate payable to bidders chosen. reserves right to reject all bids. bids must include a certified $100 check forfeitable if not delivered.
The Board of Water Electric Gas and Power Commissioners of Austin Minnesota invites sealed bids for about 3000 tons of bituminous coal to be delivered monthly to the Electric Light and Pumping Station for one year. Bids due Friday June 25 at oclock PM with right to reject all bids. Attachments show officials J L Golden president and J C Todd secretary dated June 14 1909.
Public probate notice in Mower County Minnesota for the estate of Mary Me Keon Looby deceased. Petition by James Ryan seeks approval of will dated 1909 and issuance of letters testamentary to James Ryan. Hearing set June 4 or 6 1905 at 10 o'clock A.M. in Austin Court House before Judge Grebenman.
The body of Elsie Sigel, twenty, found stuffed in a trunk in a room above a Chop Suey restaurant in the Tenderloin, New York, with extensive decomposition. Investigators link the murder to her associations with Chinese residents. three Chinese witnesses are held, and a man named Leone Loolim is sought as the prime suspect.
A bustling sale advertises straw hats at ten cents, men's felt hats at eighteen cents, ladies skirts half price, and hosiery discounts. It lists fruits, nuts, canned goods, baking items, and a chance to win a $40 cabinet sewing machine during the event.
In St Petersburg a fatal balloon crash killed Court Chamberlain Palitzin his wife and Count Rostoffsteff when the Geneva Wannowski balloon descending from the military park carried four officers. Count Rostoffsteff mispulled the rip cord, causing rapid descent and a garden fall. Palitzin and his wife perished, Rostoffsteff and Captain Kerbe injured with broken leg.
In Crookston Minnesota eight year old Ernest Basthagen son of Mr and Mrs Godfrey A Easthagen drowned after slipping on river booms. The body was recovered.
Thos Rochford advertises a six room house on one and a half lots with cash price and terms. a new cottage with $309 cash and balance financing. best building lot on East Water street. sand dirt cement blocks brick fence posts and chimney material available. Also land for sale or trade seven acres near Austin and 440 acres in Bayfick county Wisland with trade for city property. A driving horse is sought and a coworker needed in exchange for building material or fence posts.
A Pennsylvania Bar Masseur representative will be at the Fox house on Thursday June 24 1909 offering a free demonstration of cures for deafness without drugs. The notice assures there is no string to the proposition and many have found relief.
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