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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
4
Rochford Land Co. advertising for sale offers in Balcom's Addition and nearby properties. Listings include houses with multiple rooms, cellars, wells, and barns, plus a 10 room elegant residence and a 5 room first class home. An employment agency is advertised in connection with the real estate office.
Wells Fargo Express reports a $63000 loss in Mexican currency from a through safe on a City of Mexico train. The money was for a Chihuahua bank. Two arrests in Torreon. officials doubt the arrested men hold the funds. An agent reportedly knew the safe combination and left the train afterward.
The Atlantic fleet of eighteen battleships with armored cruisers and support craft reaches Monterey California on a historic world cruise. Rear Admiral Evans plans command from Connecticut as eighteen battleships, thirteen thousand to fourteen thousand ton cruisers, torpedo boats and auxiliaries pass through the Golden Gate on a grand naval review. Officials host receptions and public ceremonies accompany the voyage with music, dances, and illuminations marking the spectacle. Armour grain manager George E. Marcy denies holdings of wheat influence amid market squeeze with traders blaming his Chicago elevators for large inventories and profits.
Delivery day on May contracts in Chicago featured a burst of speculative activity. May wheat jumped to 1.04 dollars, up 45 cents over the prior close, then eased to 1.02 with a slight rally later to 1.04 again. The market centers on talk of a possible corner by J Ogden Armour amid volatile trading.
A blast and fire at the Chicago Reduction Company's Thirty Ninth and Iron streets plant killed one man, injured five, and left five workers missing. Firefighters pulled Andrew Marshall from the building as flames engulfed him, and John Stecrowski survived severe injuries after being thrown from a fourth story window onto a freight car roof. Loss is about $100,000. cause unknown.
Morgan Delancey Magee, president of the First National Bank of Manasquan New Jersey, shot himself on a dyke at Manasquan Inlet. His body lay on the piles and was to drift to sea. The bank closed pending examination. Magee reportedly worried over his son's health and personal investments. He leaves a widow and family.
Bradstreet's reports unfavorable weather and quiet distributive trade across the country. Fall and latest orders remain scarce while manufacturers refrain from stockpiling. Collections slow, extensions common. textile and iron and steel show reduced activity, rail tonnage near record lows, coal cars rising, foreign trade quiet though cereals export demand improves slightly. Improved rail borrowing outlook and strong winter wheat prospects cited.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the leading remedy for women's illnesses. It claims decades of use, treating inflammation, ulcers, spinal weakness, backache, irregularities, digestive issues, nervousness, and fatigue, asserting it harmonizes with the female system and advises against substitutes.
Sophie Suderman of New Haven, eight, died after a car owned by Yale student Huntington Smith struck her. The vehicle carried Smith and two other Yale students with chauffeur William B. Mosely at the wheel. Police held Mosely on $1,000 bail. other occupants released.
Calvin W. Demarest of the Chicago Athletic Club, American amateur champion, defeated J Ferdinand Poggenburg of the Liederkranz club 400 to 238 at the Liederkranz club. Demarest played reliable billiards, averaging 211-19 for 19 innings and posted the tournament high run of 120.
Mrs Mary B Ward an aged woman living with her daughter at Central Point Minnesota was accidentally burned to death. Frank Mantell of Providence Rhode Island and Mike Donovan of Rochester New York fought twenty rounds to a draw. Streetcar motormen and conductors of the Municipal Traction company in Cleveland Ohio continue voting on a strike. Secretary of the Navy Metcalf arrived at Oakland California from Washington to review the battleship fleet May. Graddy Graham colored about thirty five years old was hanged at Darlington South Carolina for the murder of Burman Moody manager of a plantation in Darlington county on November 18 1907.
American Association games at St Paul 1 Louisville 0 Milwaukee 8 Columbus 1 Kansas City 5 Toledo 6 in thirteen National League Boston 8 Brooklyn 7 American League Detroit 4 Chicago 2 Washington 4 New York 9 Philadelphia 5 in eleven innings.
Medill McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, testified to a five year contract with International Paper showing price jumps from 1.85 to 2.20 per hundred. John Norris for the American Newspaper Publishers' association backed claims of a papers cartel restraining trade among several papermakers.
Wheat prices listed for May July and September with values for futures and on track grades. No. 1 hard No. 1 Northern and other Northern flour wheats show varying cents per bushel, reflecting a mixed market session in Minneapolis.
St Paul market results show cattle values with good to choice steers at 6.75, cows and heifers around 5.00, veals about 3.75 to 5.28, hogs trading to 5.60, sheep wethers 5.25 to 5.50, and lambs 6.26 to 6.50.
A Burlington passenger train on the Northern Pacific route exploded two miles west of Butte Montana as it neared Union Station. Reports say several persons were killed or injured in the blast and ensuing fire.
Fragmentary text shows speakers arguing over a tie and a plan to obtain another ounce. The passage includes lines about Mr Digmeepy and a remark on quick wit. No clear event or outcome is evident from the readable portions.
Stockholm May 2 reports M. Wachmiester consul general at Cairo has been appointed Swedish minister to the United States succeeding Herman Lagercrantz.
May 1 Duluth wheat and flax prices report futures and spot levels. Wheat shows No 1 hard at 1.08 1/2 dollars per bushel and No 1 Northern at 1.06, with other contracts listed. Flax prices quoted arriving on track with May at 1.19 1/2 dollars and Sept at 1.22 dollars.
Cattle Reeves at 84.60 to 7.20 Texans 4.50 to 5.50 Western cattle 4.60 to 5.90 stockers and feeders 3.50 to 5.70 cows and heifers 2.49 to 6.49 calves 4.50 to 6.26 Hogs Light 5.35 to 4.80 mixed 6.35 to 5.85 heavy 5.30 to 6.80 rough 5.30 to 5.50 good to choice heavy 5.60 to 6.80 pigs 4.40 to 5.20 Sheep 4.70 to 6.41 yearlings 6.25 to 6.80 lambs 5.76 to 7.45
Chicago reports May prices for grains oats corn and pork with futures quotes and dairy eggs and poultry rates. Butter and creamery butter quoted 19 25 cents and 24 cents for dairies. Turkeys chickens and broilers priced per dozen and per pound with ranges and units listed.
The Northbound schedule lists connections to St Paul Minneapolis Dubuque Chicago and Des Moines with departures at 4:08 AM and 3:35 PM. Southbound services cover Portage la Prairie Council Bluffs and Omaha with 3:55 PM and 11:40 PM departures and late arrivals from Fort Dodge Mason City Lyle Council Bluffs and Omaha at 8:35 PM and 4:08 AM.
Announcement notes Clifford C Leck M D physician and surgeon based at Hirsh Block Austin Minnesota with professional designation and office location.
A circular touts 50 000 acres of Homesteads in Valley County Montana with excursion rates and direct dealings with U S Commissioners, plus bargains in Mower County farms and city property. It advertises fire tornado and burglary insurance from eight stock companies, bonds from Cleveland Banker's Surety and Empire State Surety, and notes a cheap sale of a used Phaeton.
The article describes careful planning and scientific study of men's physiques to tailor clothing. It emphasizes successful garbing, reasonable charges, and high quality fabrics from top cloth makers.
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