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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
1
A store advertises Wool carpets 36 inches wide and madras fabrics from Red Wing selling at half price. The week-long sale also cuts coats and suits by half, combining with Leader Stock leftovers for a value-filled closeout event.
In Boise July 1 the defense claims a Pinkerton and Mine Owners conspiracy to destroy the Western Federation of Miners is the counter plot behind the Haywood case. Widespread testimony from Morris Friedman suggests agents manipulated union elections and supplied copies of operator reports. The defense argues indictments and provocations were manufactured to convict leaders. Orchard’s confessions are treated as manipulative. The Honolulu note adds Havana cigarmakers on strike with factory closures looming as arbitration talks fail.
Immigration officials report 4000 Japanese in Mexico awaiting a chance to slip into the United States. The potential border crossing forms a concern for national security and border control efforts.
Ortonville Minnesota July 14 two men Charles and Walter Bucholz fell from a forty foot perch into twenty feet of water on Stone lake. They were severely injured and one is not expected to survive. The three year old son of Walter Bucholz was with them but escaped unharmed.
Mineral Wells Texas July 1 Nearly 6,000 visitors from the south were threatened with total destruction by a fire that started in a skating rink and spread to the sanitarium where patients were treated No loss of life is reported The total loss will exceed 100000 dollars
A strike by about 2,000 garbage workers paralyzes New York City sanitation, raising fears of disease as health officials deploy emergency powers and hire Philadelphia crews to maintain 300 active workers. The conflict centers on street cleaning contracts and wage terms, with no immediate epidemic danger but a grave situation.
Francis Murphy, longtime temperance lecturer, has died in Los Angeles. He first rose to prominence in Pittsburgh in 1876, leading a blue ribbon campaign that drew thousands to sign the Murphy pledge. A series of Library Hall meetings spurred fund-raising, with wealthy supporters contributing $15,000 to extend the campaign nationwide.
A Brockton electric car on the Old Colony line derailed near Pleasant street injuring a dozen people. Among the seriously hurt are Mrs. Mary A. Cavanaugh Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gybron and Mrs. James McGiennon, officers of the state Ladies Auxiliary of the A O H Tacoma. Separately a Henderson Bay anarchist project known as Home Colony is dissolving with residents leaving after Emma Goldman’s visit. the 219 acre venture never had full occupancy.
In Amery Wisconsin, July 1, Magnus Thompson of Black Brook shot Miss Minnie Planum at her parents home, then killed himself. Minnie Planum was wounded and taken to St Luke's Hospital Saint Paul in serious condition. An inquest found suicide due to jealousy and a note read I wish to be barred by her side. The families are influential in the town.
In Columbus on July 1 the fourteen year old aviator Cromwell Dixon ascended in his skycycle. A strong air current lifted the craft and swept it several miles off course. Dixon controlled the foot powered propeller with ease in light air until a gust hurled the craft upward and forced a landing after a high drift.
In Columbia Missouri on July 1 Richard Williams, a farmer about forty, was found dead near the Baker family yard at Springfield. A boy from the Baker family reportedly shot him after Williams refused to identify himself. A fifty‑strong posse hunts for the boy amid threats of lynching.
Battle Creek Michigan July 1 Far ll W aged ten and Robert sons of Joseph Wiggins were killed near here by being run over by a Grand Trunk excursion train.
Washington July 1. The administration vows relentless trust busting through summer. Probes and impending suits target Harriman railroads, Standard Oil, the meat, steel, tobacco, spool and umbrella trusts, anthracite and bituminous coal groups, harvester and United Shoe Machinery, powder, Cotton Exchange, watch and sugar trusts, and others shaping monopoly in transport energy and everyday goods. The Standard Oil campaign dominates with actions by AG, the commissioner of corporations, and the Interstate Commerce Commission, as investigations widen.
Motorman Paul Kelly, linked to the January 1906 elevated railroad disaster that killed six, was captured in San Francisco and held for New York orders. The union man admitted his identity and expressed willingness to return, waiving extradition as New York police offered a $500 reward.
Thousands of workers move back to jobs this week after a mass meeting in Cleveland. The agreement cuts standard hours from sixty to fifty four, with a wage increase. Shipbuilders face the sharpest impact though concessions were made. about 10,000 men have been on strike over sixteen weeks.
National League games in Chicago and Cincinnati ended with Pittsburg 6 at Chicago 3 and 4 4 in a treteen inning dark called contest, plus Cincinnati 4 St Louis 1 and Cincinnati 6 St Louis 3 in seven innings. American League Chicago 2 Detroit 0 and St Louis 1 Cleveland 3. American Association Toledo 11 Columbus 7 and Louisville 11 Indianapolis 3 with Louisville 2 Indianapolis 3 in second. Milwaukee 6 Minneapolis 8 with Minneapolis 8 in second game.
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