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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1908
Page
4
Fairfax county detectives probe a murder mystery after a skeleton is found at Mount Vernon estate. Gatekeeper Vickers uncovers bones with clothes, a gold watch, whiskey, and a calendar bearing the name Antonio. A bullet is found nearby, suggesting a workman dispute.
Two thousand sailors from the Second squadron of the American fleet landed at Amoy and were hosted to a European luncheon and a Chinese dinner. Admiral Sah of the Chinese navy presided at a luncheon honoring Rear Admiral Emory and fleet commanders with toasts to the emperor the president the dowager empress and Prince Yu Lang.
In Heidelberg, Lee county Kentucky, E. Angel was shot and killed by Harvey Ross after a fight. Ross was fatally injured and likely to die from wounds.
Mrs. Julia A. Carney author of Little Drops of Water and many poems and hymns died here after a long illness. Born in Lancaster Massachusetts on April 6 1823 she was 99 years old at death.
In St. Joseph Missouri on November 2 a street car collided with a buggy killing 45 year old William Groves and badly injuring Mrs. Carrie M Bulling who rode in the buggy.
A morning blaze at Shea's livery barn on Selby avenue in St. Paul caused likely one fatality and extensive damage, destroying seventy horses and injuring property across the premises.
Carlisle 16 Navy 6. Harvard 6 Brown 2. Ames 16 Missouri 0. Army 0 Princeton 0. Nebraska 11 Iowa 8 Illinois 10 Indiana 6. Lawrence 17 Beloit 0. Lafayette 6 Bucknell 6. Syracuse 23 Williams 0. Cornell 10 Penn State 4. Dartmouth 17 Amherst 0. Chicago 25 Minnesota 0. Wisconsin 9 Marquette 6. Michigan 24 Vanderbilt 6. Yale 40 Massachusetts Aggies 0. North Dakota Aggies 16 St Thomas 6.
Minneapolis market quotations show wheat futures at Dec and May around $1.05 to $1.06. On track prices include No. 1 hard about $1.05 to $1.055, No. 1 Northern near $1.04, No. 2 Northern around $1.02, and No. 3 Northern about 98 cents to $1.01.
Cattle Good to Mice steers sold from 6.00 to 6.75 with fair to good at 5.00 to 5.75. Cows and bulls ranged 4.00 to 5.90. Veal 3.75 to 6.00. Sheep showed wethers 3.75 to 4.25, yearlings 4.10 to 4.40, spring lambs 4.59 to 5.00.
The Duluth market note lists wheat futures on track with No. 1 hard at 21.05 per bushel, No. 1 Northern 1.04, No. 2 Northern 1.02, Dec 1.01, May 1.05, Oct 1.03, Nov 31.08. Flax futures on track at 1.275 for Oct, 1.27 for Nov, 1.25 for Dec, and 1.80 for May.
Wheat futures Dec 1.00 May 1.03% July 0.97. Corn Dec 63.44c May 62c July 62c. Oats Dec 48% May 50% July 46%5c. Pork Oct 14.30 Nov 14.40 Jan 16.00 May 15.85. Butter Creameries 20 2ic dairies 18 28c. Eggs 26c. Poultry Turkeys 16c chickens 10c springs 12%4c.
Chicago market notes list cattle categories with price ranges for Reeves Texan stockers and Western cattle. hogs show light to heavy classes with varied price spans. sheep and yearlings priced with several figures. The fragment ends with incomplete data but covers livestock values and commodities.
Berlin reports show Chancellor von Buelow facing possible relieva l as newspapers mock and regret the foreign office handling of a vast imperial utterance. The emperor condones the chancellor yet authority and prestige wane amid calls for ministerial responsibility to parliament. Von Jenisch and von Mueller cited in handling the manuscript, with Schoen resigning over the publication.
London morning papers mock Berlin semi official explanations of the emperors interview and say they will widen distrust of the German foreign office and heighten tensions between Britain and Germany.
The body of Lee Marshall a Mayfield Kentucky traveling salesman was found in an empty coal car attached to an Illinois Central train near Memphis Tennessee. He died from two bullet wounds and no weapon was recovered.
Berlin reports a mass Social Democratic gathering protested the Prussian diet's treatment of the Socialist minority. Police forcibly dispersed about 10 000 Socialists who could not enter, and many arrests followed as clashes erupted at the venue.
A Fargo man Gus Mogren stove repairer for M R O'Neill Hardware was killed when struck by a westbound freight on the Moorhead side after wandering onto the tracks. Parts of clothing and body were found scattered across several blocks near North Street and Fifteenth Street crossings.
In a late night tale told by Bismarck amid drink, Emperor William II clashes with Empress Frederick over a long concealed journal kept by William I. The feud escalates to threats and palace siege, until Bismarck maneuvers a quiet settlement by curtailing the empress’s income and ensuring proper funeral rites.
The article describes an ancient ritual in Kulu where a sherif performs an aerial slide across a gorge using a 2500 foot rope. Wet rope, sandbags, and carpeted rope ends reduce danger as the rider speeds down before stopping near a stake. The rite is believed to portend crops and harvest success.
A remark frames Binks as financially weak yet a strong employer. The speaker notes he has little money but supports many workers by providing jobs, while a counter question asks who these workers are. The source quotes a witty line from Tit-Bits.
The San Francisco Bulletin notes a unique sailors language beyond ordinary English. Terms include beach comber for a land lounger, breaking it for overtime on shore, pie wagon for the prison, six months and a bob for a six month sentence, and many others such as snowdigger and sloper for regional seafarers.
The piece recalls old dental practices with primitive forceps and a turnkey tool called by older folks a canthook. The writer relays the tension of tooth extraction and jokes about the dentist’s cold tools, noting the dramatic, sometimes painful history of dental work.
Eugene Wood argues in Success Magazine that when an operator twists the handle, pressure mounts and the mechanism will yield. He emphasizes inevitability of failure under continued strain and cautions against forcing a desperate fix.
A witty, childish beauty with violet eyes stirs a luncheon room with a simple compliment that triggers a sharp rebuke. The scene unfolds as the elder woman retorts, the guests holding breath for the expected clash in a Rehoboth Sunday Herald item.
The Medford story tells of a ghostly vessel laden with rum and gold that perished crews faced thirst and famine before a pirate captain boarded it and vanished into a floating coffin. The derelict crewed by skeletons haunts the seas as the herald of storms sighted near Medford.
Jury in a murder case at the Theater Royal Nelson Auckland was kept for three nights without a verdict and then allowed to attend a living picture show with the judge’s approval as relief.
Plumkins, while purchasing items, dropped a kid glove on a coin to hide a sovereign. He dived for the glove but the sovereign remained hidden. A shopwalker offered to show a bottle of liquid glue, joking about its sticking power.
A Philadelphia Press note recalls a man who fell on stairs and describes painting a broad white stripe on the final step as a visible warning. It suggests tacking white oilcloth at the foot of the stairs if painting is not desired, warning to secure tacking to avoid worse falls.
A brief court of public opinion is cited with a Louisville Courier-Journal quip on advertising. The exchange notes that advertising may not be admitted as a cause but asserts it can bring results, reflecting midcentury persuasion in media.
Quote by Jeremy Taylor emphasizes that one cannot guard their time without prudent selection of companions. The saying links personal virtue to social influences and warns against poor associations.
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