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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1910
Page
4
Gertrude Ellis Skinner serves as associate editor for Skinner and Ulmer publishers in a formal notice announcing editorial shifts and leadership roles within the firm.
The item lists local curiosities and a $58 000 post office appropriation secured by Congressman Tawney for Owatonna. It mentions homegrown potatoes for dinner and Lt. Hildreth returning home, noting a playful boast about early potato records.
Two years ago today the city faced an unprecedented storm followed by a flood on Tuesday June 23. A fashion description from Young's July Magazine portrays a stylish woman with an umbrella hat and a skirt like an umbrella closed shape.
August Smith, a longtime chairman of the Red Rock Township town board, is noted as one of the most ardent Democrats in the GOP township. The line suggests a popularity test in a Republican area.
Politicians question why county optionists lay down during caucuses and convention. They say after study the sentiment was against them. In Steele county optionists entered the fight and offered resolutions, but the convention rejected them 64 to 45.
The Milwaukee city faces selling bonds at a rate around 4.12 percent after a past administration faced criticism for bond disposal. Mason City plans a two million dollar cement plant attracting major railroads, with Lehigh hiring hundreds on 700 acres north of town. The local Commercial club touts Clay beds and tile plant growth, urging cement bed development and citing Fowler & Pay on cement stone quality comparable to Mason City.
At Crookston Cass Lake and Duluth hopeful settlers began entry for new homestead lands at nine this morning. Thousands queued since May 12. About 2 million acres open, with 233000 newly opened. Crookston district leads, eight townships in Red Lake reservation Beltrami County.
John J. Lynch of Lakota has posted a $1,000 reward after evidence showed Dewain Lynch. age 22, was murdered and robbed before his body was dumped in Seattle Bay and recovered twenty four hours later. Initial findings suggested drowning but brain injury and robbed pockets indicated foul play. The deceased had left Lakota weeks earlier and was buried there.
James J. Hill, chairman of the Great Northern railroad executive committee, visits New Haven this week as Yale University plans to award him a Doctor of Laws degree. The event is tied to his visit and honors conferred by Yale.
Mandan North Carolina June 20 six year old James Benike died after he took matches into a barn loft to light a fire while playing with a neighbor child on his father’s farm. The tragedy occurred at Judson in the county.
Baseball scores from the American Association American League National League Western League Three League and Three League show Kansas City Toledo Minneapolis Louisville Milwaukee Columbus St Paul Indianapolis Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Boston Washington St Louis Chicago Philadelphia Omaha Topeka Lincoln Denver Des Moines Wichita Sioux City St Joseph Springfield Dubuque Peoria Davenport Danville Waterleo Rock Island Bloomington with varied wins and losses across cities and leagues.
Nicholas Smith, nineteen, drowned while swimming in the river at South Park in St. Paul on June 20. His companion Harry Denzer narrowly escaped drowning and saved him with a brave effort. Hazlitt notes closing moral on vanity.
Agnes sits aternoon playing bridge with a mountain view behind her as she serves as president of the Back to Nature club in Life magazine.
Excerpt from Smart Set notes flirtatious banter and social observations. Miss De Styre recalls being called a little Gower and a suitor’s intent to keep her, while Miss Gunbusta mentions seeing him press you.
Fragmentary OCR presents a Ruskin line about God sending the earth for life and a sense of a great gift or blessing, with unclear surrounding context or attribution details.
William Wilsom shot Hannah Carlberg at her parents' home after pleas to reconsider leaving him. He then killed himself with a second pistol shot. Both died within hours at the city hospital. She was 21, he 22, married two years. Local officials note jealousy and a troubled separation.
Minneapolis wheat prices for July at 1.04 dollars, September 0.94, December 2.? percent. On track prices show Nos 1 hard 1.08, No 1 Northern 1.06 to 1.07, No 2 Northern 1.03 to 1.05, No 8 Northern 1.01 to 1.03.
Wheat to arrive and on track with No 1 hard at 1.06 dollars and No 2 Northern at 1.03 dollars. July flax to arrive at 2.00, with September at 1.74 and October at 1.64 dollars.
St Paul market prices list cattle and hogs with ranges for steers cows and heifers and yearlings sheep and hogs. Cattle good to choice steers bring 6.50 to 7.50, hogs 9.15 to 9.35, lambs 7.50 to 8.00, with other items priced per grade and class.
Chicago reports mixed futures with Wheat July at 93%, Sept 91.4% Dec 92. Corn July 58%, Sept 58%, Dec 57%. Oats July 37c, Sept 36c, Dec 36c. Pork July 23.55, Sept 22.60. Butter creameries 21c, dairies 24c. Eggs 15% 16% ec. Poultry Turkeys 15c, chickens 14c.
Cattle beeves bring 5.65 to 8.70 for Texas steers 20 to 7.16 for Western steers stockers and feeders 390 to 640 cows and heifers 2.75 to 6.90 calves 6.50 to 9.00. Hogs range 9.30 to 9.55 for mixed and heavy 9.20 to 9.30 for rough. Pigs 9.05 natives 6.50 7.25 lambs 6.50 8.16.
Experiments show a solid iron ball lowered into liquid iron sinks briefly with the fork then rises to the surface and floats until it melts as heating expands the ball making it less dense than the molten iron.
A humorous reminiscence cites Mark Twain recalling Kipling’s alleged attempts to steal corncob pipes. Twain asserts Kipling never succeeded, claiming he thwarted the theft and gave Kipling one pipe, possibly the only one Kipling ever earned honestly.
A patient nearly unconscious asked to save the yolks for puddings as the doctor ordered large drams of egg white to counteract a mistaken count of silver nitrate. The account appears in Success Magazine April edition.
The near sport narrator asks who holds the American lightweight championship. Some say the coal dealer, others claim the iceman. The exchange appears in the Chicago News.
Commander Peary argues that reaching the North Pole and returning requires a relay system of multiple independent divisions. He details a pioneer party leading and pacing the main expedition, with cycles of withdrawal and fresh divisions to conserve strength for the final dash.
A Louisville Courier-Journal quip notes the dilemma of too many suitors as a joke about holding a primary. The remark reflects social or political pressure around choosing a partner or candidate.
The American opossum, a unique U.S. mammal, carries young in a pouch, feigns death, and can hang by its tail. It bears humanlike bands, a hoglike snout, a wide toothed mouth, ratlike eyes, and a hissing call.
A concise reflection contrasts the blunt impact of adversity with the sharpened weight of guilt, pondering how each force shapes character and choices. The comparison suggests resilience faces hardship differently from remorse, yet both steer human conduct.
The Washington Star quotes Mr Teechum claiming artists should mirror their inner thoughts while the mercenary genius notes strict laws against counterfeiting currency. The exchange frames art versus illicit replication and legal risk.
The Pittsburg Post notes a fashion shift as individuals plan outfits around the weather. A commentator says they dress to the forecast while another admits a smaller wardrobe than that of others. The snippet captures changing clothing habits amid seasonal cues.
The St Nicholas excerpt describes how a herd of American red deer shelters in a snowy landscape. The leader guides the group to a sheltered spot where food is plentiful, they pack the snow into a yard and tramped paths reach nearby trees for sustenance, enabling a comparatively peaceful winter.
A man explains the phrase brother-in-law by revealing he has three brothers bound by names: one in law, one in medicine, and one in the army, while noting he and the other twin are real brothers.
A Chicago News excerpt shows a stern parent asking a student why he remains behind in his studies. The boy replies that if he were not behind, he could not pursue them, illustrating a paradoxical defense of his academic pace.
Knoxville Iowa resident Mrs Clara Franks reports chronic right side pains eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. The letter touts the remedy as best for displacements inflammation irregularities and nervous prostration and invites readers to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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