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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1911
Page
4
Notices tease Market Day Water Works celebration Fourth of July Chautauqua county fair and August aviation meet. Readers are invited to attend upcoming events and purchase tickets for the season's festivities.
Mrs. George Bandler’s relatives marry in one week with three ceremonies. Thea Thompson wed Gus Olson of Canada at her Lansing area home, Astor Thompson and Johanna Aldahl plan a Wednesday afternoon ceremony, Anna Thompson and Edward Goodman of Minneapolis marry Wednesday evening.
A fragment portrays a beast lingering under shady trees and reed and fern cover. The text emphasizes the creature’s repose within tranquil shadow, surrounded by willows by the brook. The imagery centers on calm, hidden rest and natural shelter.
Chicago reader recounts relief from female weakness and stomach trouble after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial urges other suffering women to insist on the product and notes its thirty-year reputa tion as a standard remedy made from roots and herbs.
Paris June 26 report says Premier Monis awaiting cabinet decision after injury recovery. President Fallieres may invite Joseph Caillaux finance minister to organize a new ministry while the government faced a 288 to 224 defeat in the chamber on a military command issue.
In Paris the Grand Prix de Paris went to Marquis de Ganay's black colt As d Atout by Mac Donald II. Combourg, Frank J Gould's bay colt, finished second. Michel Ephrussi's Matchless placed third as Yvette showed unplaced. President Mallieres attended amid showers with diplomats and many Americans observing the closing Paris season race.
Washington reports a wave economy with Americans cutting imports of champagne by half and trimming 7 million worth of diamonds as the decade sees import dollars rise by over 145 million from 1910. Diamonds total 37 million in 1910 eleven months, compared with 38 0 5 million in the recent period. Champagne falls from six to three million. silk laces drop from five to three million. dressed furs from ten to seven million.
June 21 report says progressive Republicans in the senate thwart any plan to vote on the reciprocity and two tariff bills. If they agree, regular Republicans and Democrats could schedule a vote before adjournment near Sept. 1. Progressives hope to form a Democratic alliance to amend the Canadian bill.
In Minneapolis on June 26 a widow, Mrs. Jeremiah Marks, killed herself and her six year old son in a room of her former residence. The incident follows the recent death by suicide of her husband.
A Washington Herald quip notes a man citing his wife’s florist to justify breaking up housekeeping as she must move the rubber plant to a different climate. The light anecdote hinges on domestic logistics and botanical humor.
Beverly Mass June 26 There are to be many gatherings on the yacht Mayflower while anchored in Beverly harbor this summer with Miss Helen Taft as hostess It would mark the first time a government ship hosts such functions and the first time a president's daughter enjoys such liberty Mrs Taft will not participate and Miss Taft will be sole mistress of the yacht The Mayflower is elaborately furnished as a millionaire private yacht.
Train times show departures to St Paul Minneapolis Dubuque Chicago Des Moines Kansas City and arrivals from Fort Dodge Mason City Lyle Council Bluffs Omaha and Dubuque with multiple daily departures and Sunday only service. Timings include 4 30 a m and 3 49 p m windows and late evening return patterns.
A historical advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo Ohio. It asserts internal dosing and direct action on blood and mucous surfaces with a dollar reward for any failure to cure, urging readers to send dollars and testimonials.
Valparaiso reports a great cyclone that ravaged the coast of Chile from Pisagua to Antofagasta with torrential rains following the hurricane. More than 200 people killed or injured and widespread property damage. Iquique inundated. steamers report buoys adrift and derelict vessels.
A wild aeroplane at Garden City field in New York ran for twenty minutes injuring four men. Aviator Andre Harpert stepped from the craft as it slowed to adjust a rear plane and was thrown to the ground when it lurched away. Mechanics chased and were injured in the melee as the plane dragged Harpert 200 feet before the craft halted.
Steamers La Provence and Duca Degli Abruzzi cleared by health officers at quarantine and their steerage passengers and crews allowed to land in New York. Hamburg detained for observation after reporting a five year old boy’s death at sea from a cholera symptomatic ailment. First cabin passengers to land.
In St Paul on June 26 J P Weyerhaeuser disowned any knowledge of the Lorimer slush fund and said he did not know Kohisaat the Chicago Record Herald publisher. Kohisaat had claimed a Weyerhaeuser name appeared in a talk with Clarence Funk of International Harvester regarding the fund.
The upbound boat City of St. Joseph exploded near President's Island, six negro deckhands died, fourteen more expected to die, ten others injured seriously as passengers and crew fled a fast spreading fire. Fifty passengers included D Orsay with his tailor.
Judge Greely Whitford ordered arrest of eleven more United Mine Workers miners for violating his injunction against picketing and interference with strikebreakers during the Northern Colorado coal fields strike.
Winnipeg reports the sudden death of T Mayne Daly former minister of justice and noted statesman and lawyer, who died of heart failure.
The bodies of Anna Kees a young actress known as Bonnie Hampton and Albert J Handtman a prominent clubman and athlete were found in the Ohio river near Cincinnati. They had vanished after a Thursday night launch ride and were reported missing Saturday by Miss Kees mother to police.
The article notes King George V’s tour and review as the world’s fleet is showcased. It mentions reactions to naval power and the spectacle at Spithead, with emphasis on ceremonial displays and national pride.
The Stanley hotel in Estes Park Colorado suffered partial wreckage from a gas explosion on June 26. The blast injured eight people, one of them seriously, as investigators began inspecting the site.
Results show Minneapolis 9 Louisville 5 and Kansas City 2 Columbus 5 as a pair of games. Standings list Columbus 612 Kansas City .569 Minneapolis 507 Milwaukee 500 Louisville .493 St. Paul .478 Indianapolis 426 Toledo .418 Detroit 4 Chicago 8 Cleveland 2 8 St. Louis 0 1. Further standings include Detroit .677 Philadelphia 655 New York 579 Chicago .556 Boston .533 Cleveland .422 Washington 333 St. Louis 262 Pittsburg 2 Chicago 4 St. Louis 1 2 Cincinnati 5 1. Western League features Topeka 7 Des Moines 4 St Joseph 5 Denver 1 Pueblo 4 Omaha 1 Sioux City 3 Lincoln.
Fire in Marshalltown Iowa destroys the Lennos Ma chine company plant causing about 112000 dollars in damage. The blaze is reported to have started in the boiler room.
Nantucket Massachusetts June 26 two women Helen Wilson of New York and Mildred De Haven of Brooklyn and a man Ulysses Pahl died in a fire that destroyed a boathouse owned by W3II Sam Barnes Jr chairman of the New York Republican state committee. Several others injured including Thomas Kerr of New York City who is reported in serious condition.
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