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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
4
Richard Croker Jr and the crowd watched Orby win the Irish Derby at Currach, a mile and a half race for three year olds worth 5000 dollars. Orby defeated Cley and Georgetown as crowd roared and Croker received an ovation in the paddock.
The cruiser Milwaukee under Commander Charles A. Gove has departed San Francisco for La Union Salvador after navy orders citing incoming dispatches from Central America. The collier Saturn will proceed to follow.
In Billings Montana the formal opening of the first completed irrigated land tract by the federal reclamation service was held with Secretary of the Interior James Garfield present. Also attending were FE W Newell A P Davis Gifford Pinchot Richard A Ballinger and H N Savage. The first fifty names drawn include A T Chatwick Kirksville MO William Clark Wilmont NE J H Jarvis Atkinson IA Frank Baker Buffalo ND J F Kerfoot Ottumwa IA Alva E Malcom Whatcheer IA John C Davis Napoleon OH. Holdings will be selected in the order drawn.
In St. Petersburg on June 27 the emperor accepted the resignation of Charles von Schwanebach controller of the empire and leader of the reactionary cabinet wing in the duma dissolution effort. Stolypin had long sought his removal amid intriques against his policy of toleration to the duma. Taft says US Cuba intervention will last eighteen months, welcomed skeptically abroad.
Murphysboro June 27 Thomas M Logan brother of General John A Logan and owner of a leading racing stable in the Middle West dropped dead at his home aged eighty years The obituary notes his prominent racing interests and family connection.
The Oliver grand jury in San Francisco indicts nine people in relation to the street car strike. John William Hayes, Barney Olsen, and Charles Kugle face assault with a deadly weapon charges for brick throwing. Rudolph Schmitz, George Peterson, J C Wyle, J H Burns, J Murray McDonald, and John Mitzen are charged with conspiracy to riot. Most defendants are union members.
Reports from across Montana detail heavy casualties from floods and swollen streams. In Great Falls near Austa Mrs. J. C. Furman, her two sons, and ten year old Laura Williams drowned in Simms creek. only Mrs. Furman’s body has been recovered. In Newark Raphaele Savaro who admitted guilt in an assault on an eleven year old girl committed suicide by leaping from a balcony in his jail cell.
Madison reports the assembly approved a committee bill on electing mutual life company directors. It authorizes policyholders to vote by mail proxy or in person with ballots based on insurance value. New Haven reports Mrs. George E. Russell, a Yale senior, died after being struck by a bicycle ridden by W Aerry of Tarboro NC. medical examiner cites accident.
Market listings show cattle and calves priced from 2.60 to 7.00 with grades from good to prime and stockers. hogs quoted between 5.85 and 6.15 for mixed and heavy types. sheep at 4.00 to 6.26 with terms like inmumbs and rough noted. Prices reflect multiple categories and conditions across dairy and beef segments.
A 17th century recipe from the Countess of Kent's Choice Manual describes making Qi of Swallows. It instructs gathering thyme lavender cotton and strawberry leaves with four swallows feathers included, bruising them, adding three ounces gallet oil, simmering in a posnet, straining through canvas, and storing for use.
The passage notes Thackeray’s self described cockney in Peg of Limavady and his pattern of ending words with ing sounding like in en or creating soft rhymes. It compares Richard Harris Barham of the Ingoldsby legends as a similar, facile rhymer who repeats this technique to ease his verse composing.
A blaze at 10 Wylie avenue Pittsburg downtown district led Mrs Deiger to fling her two children from a second story window before she jumped out. All injured, condition not stated. Authorities investigating the deadly fire aftermath.
The Hague June 27 Andrew Carnegie approved the site and plans for the palace of peace building, then departed The Hague for Brussels en route to Scotland.
National League games in Chicago saw St. Louis lose 7 to 6 and 4 to 1 in two contests. American League matchups had Detroit losing 1 to 4 to Cleveland and Boston defeating New York 6 to 2 while Chicago beat St. Louis 1 to 0. American Association results included Toledo 5 over Louisville 3, St Paul 2 over Milwaukee 1, Columbus routing Indianapolis 8 to 0, and Minneapolis 10 over Kansas City 5.
Minneapolis wheat quotes for July and September show on track and arriving values with No 1 hard at 1.02 dollars and No 1 Northern around 1.01, with Duluth bids and flax figures also listed. St Paul cattle and hog prices range from 4.00 to 6.50 for steers and hogs around 6.50 to 6.80, with sheep and lambs quoted up to 7.00 for spring.
Chicago Union Stock Yards market notes show Wheat July at 92 with July and Sept projections in the mid 90s and Corn July at 52 to 53 with Sept similar. Oats July at 42 and Sept 37 0. Butter Creameries 19 24c. Eggs 1344 114c. Poultry prices for turkeys and chickens listed with springs at 20 22c. Cattle Beef prices noted with incomplete data for June 26.
Max Mueller traced the term widow back through thousands of years noting it originally meant a woman left within a man and has remained materially unchanged in sound and meaning. He cites Anglo Saxon England and north Germany a thousand years ago, and shows earlier usage by Meso-Goths, Latin speakers, and even Sanskrit records from the Himalayas.
A Chicago Record-Herald quotation praises Mr Spriegins as the most diplomatic man. It notes his talent for ordering meals so that the waiter must pronounce the French names on the menu, provoking astonishment.
A man aiming for prominence plans a Europe trip while noting reporters ignore American affairs until abroad long enough to lose track. The Washington Star quotes a cautious reply about gaining attention and public life.
A stockbroker, asked how old his father is, replies that he is quoted at eighty but may reach par or even a premium. The remark frames his father’s age as a financial appraisal with possible appreciation.
An eminent scientist reveals his health comes from habitual self denial and eating only one meal daily. The doctor warns that widespread following of this practice could ruin medical professionals, a remark attributed to the Westminster Gazette.
Mrs Richley complains she was mortified by a remark to the new doctor about eating corned beef and cabbage. The sick husband asks why she claimed that they eat such common food to influence the charges.
A broker at Broad Street claims five leading financial district lawyers walked past with their bands in their pockets. The New York Tribune reports this curious observation highlighting a symbolic gesture among attorneys in the financial hub.
Leibnitz a noted literary figure who died in 1716 sought to join an alchemist society pursuing the philosopher's stone. He drafted a letter from famed alchemists but admitted he could not understand it. To avoid appearing ignorant he was invited to meetings and made secretary of the group.
The Philadelphia Press quotes a playful exchange about a poem titled Oh George and its potential proper title Owed to a Milliner. The dialogue features a speaker praising the hat and a reply from Sain weighing the poem's framing.
A playful line notes that a girl is rarely deaf to a man's proposal when a diamond ring accompanies, suggesting romance and a humorous take on engagement expectations.
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a wife objecting to formal introductions at a gathering. The host agrees to drop Mr Throggon and Mr Wigmore style handshakes and greets guests with a casual Flatbush alike welcome.
In Tripoli a camel driver’s bell warns of a theft as a cunning thief rips a bell from one camel and rigs it to another. The tale follows the wily scene near the New Gate where a six camel train is outwitted and the loot escapes. Written by C. W. Furlong in Harper's.
A light exchange shows Else declaring her beau will be an admiral, while a visitor teases about a naval career. The humor hinges on a tattoo mention as a boastful detail, illustrating playful ambition and a social scene.
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