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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
4
Store notes all odd men’s suits priced originally from 7.50 to 12.50 have been moved to the first table for a uniform, remarkable low price. The announcement emphasizes a bargain display to attract shoppers.
Explosion in the Catsburg mine of the Monongahela River Consolidated Coke company kills five men and injures others as a mine fire burns since Monday. Rescue attempts fail, with one worker reaching a survivor and a later blast drove back relief parties.
A report from Fort Churchill confirms that Swedish aeronaut Andree and his associates were killed by Eskimos. Alston Churchill, post factor, states two years of searching have ended with men returning with a report matching the initial published account.
Bethlehem Pa March 7 heavy snow blankets the Lehigh valley with drifts ten feet high stopping trolley lines and the Jersey Central railroad branches. Windgap reports livestock losses and dairy dealers warn of a looming famine as milk and farm deliveries won’t resume for a day.
The American steamer Waesland en route from Liverpool to Philadelphia sank after a collision with the British ship Harmonides off Holyhead Wales. Harmonides rescued Waesland passengers and crew and headed to Liverpool. Waesland carried 32 cabin and 82 steerage passengers. Dense fog in the Irish Sea caused the disaster and delayed shipping.
Berlin on March 7 Admiral Valois presented Emperor William with 300000 marks from German Navy league members living abroad toward building a gunboat. The Emperor praised the initiative as evidence of Germans abroad supporting national interests.
Mrs May Lester Armour widow of Philip D Armour Jr of Chicago married P A Valentine of Chicago at the Hotel Netherland in a quiet ceremony. Rev Dr E M Stires of St Thomas Church officiated. Ex mayor Frank A Magowan was arrested in Trenton on March 7.
At noon a fugitive from justice was locked in the central police station awaiting extradition papers to Philadelphia. Magowan is indicted there for obtaining money under false pretenses. The amount involved is about $14,000. Magowan obtained the money presumably for business ventures.
In Washington on March 7 the House spent another day debating a bill to classify rural free delivery and place carriers under contract with little interest shown in the discussion.
A new practical feature will be added to West Point instruction. Under secretary of war direction the first cadet class of 54 members will depart April 10 for a three day study visit to Gettysburg for instruction in strategy and tactics. Similar battlefield trips are planned annually.
A large March 7 demonstration in Brussels urged King Leopold to speed electoral reform. Liberal and Catholic students clashed after the meeting. police dispersed the crowd with swords, wounding three Catholic students.
Telluride Colorado on March 7 reports the bodies of George Rohner W S Gregory Harry Chase and W S Stanley recovered from the Liberty Bell snowslide. About 100 men toiled at the scene all day as a storm hampers rescue efforts and threatens another delay.
John Wanamaker of Philadelphia and a hundred distinguished French churchmen visited the Vatican on Wednesday. The interview with the pope occurred in the Consistorial Hall, according to a Rome dispatch.
Meridia Yucatan March 7 reports a battle between federal troops and Maya rebels led by Chief Leon on the road to Guatemala near Santa Cruz and Peten. Rebels suffered about 80 killed and 150 wounded in the engagement.
Champaign Illinois March 7 Rev H K Reed a pioneer Methodist preacher died in Champaign at age 99 He was noted as the oldest Odd Fellow living and joined the order in Baltimore as a charter member
L. C. Taylor former South Dakota auditor and publisher of the Alexandria Herald collapsed and died in the afternoon from apoplexy in Alexandria on March 1.
Professor Moriz Kapost of the University of Vienna, a noted dermatologist, is dead. Nell Bryant, a Brooklyn minstrel aged 72 and a pioneer in blackface minstrel performances, died Thursday as a party of American tourists aboard the Celtic arrival at Califa Palestine.
Minneapolis March 6 Wheat prices quoted for cash, March May and July contracts. May at 75 percent, July at 95 cents. Grain on track includes No 1 Northern at 73 3/4 to 74 percent and No 2 Northern around 72 to 72 3/4.
Sioux City live stock report shows cattle beeves at about 4.00 to 6.12, cows bulls and mixed around 1.50 to 4.85, stockers and feeders 2.50 to 1.50, yearlings and calves 2.60 to 4.00, hogs 5.79 to 6.10.
Duluth market report shows cash wheat for No. 4 hard at 76% cents, No. 1 Northern 13% cents, No. 2 Northers 11%4 cents, No. 8 spring 69%4 cents. For arrivals No. 1 hard 76% cents, May 76% cents, July 75 cents, flax May at $1.70.
St Paul March 6 price report shows cattle fancy butcher steers 5 75 to 6 10 cows and heifers 4 75 to 6 10 veals 4 50 to 5 00 hogs 6 65 to 6 15 sheep good to choice 4 75 to 5 25 lambs 5 10 to 6 10.
Chicago March 6 cattle prices range from good to prime steers $6.50 to $7.00 with lower graded at $4.00 to $6.59 stockers and feeders $2.25 to $5.00 cows and heifers $1.26 to $5.50 Texas steers $4.50 to $7.95 pigs mixed and butcher $5.25 to $6.37 heavy hogs up to $6.05 lambs and sheep quoted from $1.60 to $6.40 with related items at various grades and weights.
Chicago shows March wheat at 74 3/4 cents May 76 1/2 cents July 75 cents Sept 75 1/2. Corn March 58 3/4 May 61 1/2 July 61 1/4 Sept 59 1/2 Dec 58 1/4. Porks March 15.06 May 15.26 July 15.42. Butter cream 186 3/4 cents dairy 22 1/2 cents. Eggs 19 cents. Poultry 10 1/4 to 14 cents.
Advertises faster travel to California via Town Central and Santa Fe routes. Promises palatial comforts on the polar California Limited, one of the most luxuriously appointed trains. For rates and the illustrated Land of Flowers booklet, contact Geo. S. Batty, G P T A, Marsebalntown, Iowa.
The text advertises affordable round trip rates via the Iowa Central Route to the South with chair car and Pullman service linked to Southern routes. Readers are urged to contact Iowa Central Agents or Geo. S. Batty G. P. & T. for full details and illustrated booklets.
The Iowa Central Route offers four day trips to California from St. Hedrick and Peoria via the Iowa Central and Southern Route. The Pullman Tourist Car service is inaugurated for the season. Tickets start at $21.70 to California with sales in March and April and through tourist sleeping cars via Chicago Great Western. Geo. S. Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
Northwestern corner Water and St Paul Streets church calendar shows services Sundays at 10 30 am Sabbath Oath 900th Christian Endeavor 6300 m Prayer Circle Thursdays 7 46 to 8 45 pm Ladies Aid dates first and third Fridays Missionary Society fourth Friday Golden Link last Saturday Visitation sessions and church session held last Monday each month at 7 45 pm Oakland notes indicate additional items under a local church schedule
Readable fragments indicate a pastor residence at 107 St Paul and a schedule including Sunday preaching and Thursday prayer meetings. Mentions of a Senior School, teachers meeting, and a bus line appear in garbled form.
A Cedar Camp No 0 and a VON DUSKO Camp MWA No 3 hold meetings at Woodman hall. Sterling serves as clerk and VC William Cutter notes the dates as the 20th and 4th Mondays. Mrs Banks and Anna B Roble appear as Oracle and Recorder in the event summary.
Effie Williams is noted as Mrs and Lady Commander Ornie Feister serves as Record Keeper in a local society gathering.
Court of Honor No 414 holds sessions on the first and third Tuesday at the Elks hall in New Jersey. Nass Bans, Foster, and Recorder W C Streaver oversee arrangements for members.
Regular communications of Fidelity Lodge No 39 A F and A M are held at the Masonic hall in Austin Minnesota on the first and third Wednesday evenings of each month. John H Anderson W M and Parke Goodwin Secretary are listed.
An advertisement touts Laxakola as a gentle, effective laxative and tonic for constipation and related ailments. It claims to cleanse the stomach, strengthen the liver and nerves, purify the blood, and offer a permanent cure. The product is billed as child friendly, vegetable, and economical at 25c or 60c, with free samples offered.
The Royal Arch Chapter No 14 in Austin Minnesota reports Parke Good win. The stated communications are held at the Masonic hall on the second and fourth Fridays each month. R L Johnson MEH P is secretary.
Austin Council No 58 meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 8 p m in Woodman hall. Visiting neighbors welcome. Signed by T H Pridham Good Samaritan J B Bea vell Fin Scribe.
The McIntyre Post No 66 GAR holds meetings on the first and third Saturday evenings each month. Visitors are cordially invited by Commander John Robertson.
Austin Lodge No 32 of the AOUW meets on the second and fourth Thursdays each month at the new Ellis hall on Main street. John Rustad MW and OH Harris Recorder announce the schedule.
St Bernard Commandery No 13 meets Monday evenings at half past six. Geo W Ebc Parke serves as recorder.
Austin lodge No 55 of the Knights of Pythias meets on the second and fourth Wednesday evenings monthly. Visiting Knights are welcome. Officers listed include John F Cook as Commander and W J Urbatch as Keeper of Records.
OCR fragment lists multiple personal names and locations such as Mason Albert Lea and Cresco Catron cc s oe anil Mo tos m with a time indicated as pm.18t. The readable items suggest local notices or schedules but specifics are unclear.
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