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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1908
Page
4
Montgomery May 11 Five children of James Kennedy died from a house fire after his wife said he locked them inside and set the blaze. Kennedy escaped as authorities sort out custody issues in court amid the tragedy and ongoing investigation.
George P Case twenty six a storekeeper for the Pullman company recently arrived from Cincinnati committed suicide by drinking corrosive sublimate in Kansas City on May 11.
A pleasure cruise near the Merrimack river mouth capsized after being struck by a large wave. Nine men aboard a naphtha launch were rescued or escaped. five Italian sailors from Newburyport shoe shops drowned.
Charles E Bamford a West Point graduate who resigned as a second lieutenant in 1966 shot himself in his Regent hotel room in Washington He had been working in civil engineering and carried a letter to Adjutant General Ainsworth requesting reappointment along with 35 dollars a 23 cash and a return ticket to Trenton found on him
Near Fairmont West Virginia on May 11 a large rock toppled from a hillside and crashed through the smoking car roof of the Chicago and New York express, injuring three passengers as the train traveled about forty miles an hour seven miles east of Fairmont.
An unknown 23 year old Minneapolis resident was struck by the Milwaukee fast mail east of the transfer yards in Merriam Park. He was taken to Cobb hospital by Prior avenue police and died a few hours later.
Norman White, fifteen, told police he killed his father after decades of witnessing his mother abused. He used a revolver bought with savings. four shots missed, the final one struck the lung. The boy, who emptied all five chambers, is under arrest as authorities assess the case.
Jerry Apple and son-in-law Albert Crowder were shot and killed through a window while playing cards at a cabin on Apples island in Black lake north of Watertown New York. Mrs Royal Dunning fled to the city after escaping charges and reported the tragedy. Her husband Royal Dunning was arrested on murder charges.
A May 11 fire in Detroit gutted the top three floors of the Goldberg Bros department store on Woodward Avenue causing about 6160,000 in damage. Fire units battled the blaze through the upper levels and prevented spread to adjacent businesses.
The Basilan Moros disarming proceeds without serious trouble while Lanao districts stay quiet. Major General Weston reports calmer conditions after an inspection of the district. The operations are described as police style rather than military. President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt and John Burroughs return to Washington from Pine Knot after a incident free trip.
Twenty one American republics join in laying the cornerstone of a building for the International Bureau of American Republics. President Roosevelt will preside with speeches by Root Carnegie and NaeBuceo of Brazil. Carnegie funds the building. others fund finishing. The copper cornerstone box holds Pan American documents and coins.
A Kentucky reputed gang raided Henry Keiser’s farm five miles south of Aurora Indiana on May 11. They destroyed tobacco beds, dug a grave, buried an old sword and matches, and left a note threatening Keiser if he resumes tobacco farming.
At Mannion's park scenic railway a speeding car on an incline saw William Fleckinger a railroad employee stand up and fall overboard. He dropped fifty feet to his death according to St. Louis reports dated May 11.
In Kiev on May 11 a severe exanthematous typhoid outbreak devastates the city prison with over 200 deaths recorded and almost all inmates infected. Authorities withhold further details.
Waterbury Conn May 11 Congressmen Lilley replies to committee on the submarine boat inquiry he will submit private correspondence but will not disclose the contents of confidential letters to constituents.
Minneapolis on May 11 reports Mrs Marriott J Woolcock aged 63 is in serious condition at St Barnabas hospital after a gasoline explosion destroyed her home. She suffers burns over almost her entire body.
A coach ran between Nola Chucky and Paint Rock. At Tin Can halfway house the landlord overcharged, then stole silver from travelers. A sharp eyed passenger noticed a suspicious rider and later retrieved the spoons from the coffee pot as the coach continued on.
A short exchange quoted from the St. Louis Times shows Mary denying breaking a dish, instead saying she only dropped it. The remark captures a minor household incident presented in a newspaper tease.
Captain Charles Kiener in Los Angeles Times reports on General d'Almonte's memoir of Empress Carlotta pleading with Napoleon III in Paris and invoking a curse that, as events show, seems fulfilled at Sedan and in the Paris revolution of September 4, 1870.
Elucidates English experiments on ductile rings showing rupture via pure tension and links lengthening before break. Ring strength barely varies with diameter, resisting about twice a straight bar of similar cross section, with gradual convergence toward double bar strength as rings grow. Specific results: three inch ring (three-quarter inch iron) failed at 19.5 tons, four inch at 19.9 tons, six inch at 20 tons, compared with bar strength of 10.5 tons.
A suburban passenger asks about a basket of eggs left on a train car. The conductor explains that unclaimed items become the property of the company after six weeks, which had just passed. The passenger and conductor react with resigned humor as the eggs are to be taken away.
The text reports Susanna Shakespeare, her marriage to Dr Hall in 1607, widowhood in 1635, and death in 1640, with a daughter who had no children. It also covers twins born in 1585, son Hamnet who died at eleven, and daughter Judith who married Thomas Quincy and had three sons who died childless.
Court Journal notes that contemporary attire is kinder to men overall, reducing undue advantage to the well built and handsome while diminishing appearances for those without a fine physique.
A reflection on duty as moral constraint that drives action beyond praise. The author argues duty compels doing what is strictly required, even when recognition is scarce and reward limited.
A fragmented ad lists multiple real estate offerings including a one and a half story house with 7 rooms on Winona Street, a house and two lots on Lansing Avenue, a six room house with a full cement surround, two houses on Bridge Street, and an 80 acre farm near town. Also mentions rent for 3 or 4 rooms and a special two week bargain period. Trades, cash bargains, and excursion rates offered with Tuesday Dakota visits.
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