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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1909
Page
1
Classified notices include land bargains near Austin with 160 acres and 97 acres plus outbuildings, horse and wagon sales, a driving horse and buggy for sale, a sharp driver for hire, and two lots on North Flint Street for sale. Also a merchant pitch for building materials and a kidney remedy advertisement for DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills.
President Taft toured Jackson at the Mississippi capital’s state fair amid a wild animal circus balloon ascent and parachute drop. Protests by African American and prohibitionist groups punctured the reception, as Taft pressed for national unity and farm youth programs during multiple addresses.
New York voters expect about 600000 ballots from a 644500 registration with Gaynor at 2 to 1. Campaigns report confidence on both sides as authorities announce widespread alleged repeaters. A Queens grand jury returned fifty indictments for illegal registration.
Coroner's jury rules Walter Jordan bridge worker killed by a train near the Northwestern road construction camp in La Crosse Wisconsin. Frank Cunningham and Charles Kelley, fellow workers, were held as connected with the death. Postmortem indicates additional wounds beyond murder. witnesses say Jordan and the others caroused the prior night.
Oscar, twenty, son of Charley Jlelbiz a wealthy farmer southwest of Cumberland, Wis., died from a gunshot wound in Pipe Lake while rowing in a boat. The gun discharged as he stooped, the shot filling his right leg and causing death from shock and blood loss.
In a light exchange Mrs Boggs laments her husband’s constant complaints about trifles including lace curtains while Mrs Woggs recalls her spouse banging on the front door every morning at eight for twenty years, illustrating long standing domestic bickering.
Winnipeg correspondent reports Baron Wilnowerki husband of Herr Krupp’s daughter, calling war talk absurd. He says Germany’s navy expansion protects commerce and reflects technicalities he cannot discuss, while denying rumors of officers toasting der tag in wardrooms.
In Bluefields, West Virginia, Nov 2 police believe a two story Hood home fire aimed to cover a quadruple murder. The Hood family and a 12 year old niece died. a 75 year old man’s head was nearly severed. Witness Washington Hood had over $100 found in a nearby restaurant. The younger Hood escaped services and tried to rescue family but could not enter due to flames.
Two masked highwaymen robbed the Cariboo stage at 150 Mile House in British Columbia seizing several sacks of registered mail. They fled with an estimated four to five thousand dollars while the driver and passengers offered little resistance. Police suspect W Haney and note a prior railway bandit history linked to a fatal pursuit days earlier.
Alva oan alias Jesse James and Harry Tracy, seventeen, confessed to killing three year-old Alexander Hoenig whose body was found in an ash barrel on 14, 1907, then admitted the confession was a hoax after questioning. Detective Doran and reporters noted the pressure to perform a sensational crime.
A quip contrasts a woman's whist club with a man's poker club. The joke notes the difference in timing, home for dinner versus breakfast, attributed to the Newark Star.
A question from a college survey asks whether parents are satisfied with the results of the courses their daughters followed at college. It cites a focus on educational outcomes and student preparation for careers.
Louise Arbogast declined to testify against her mother during the murder trial of Louis Arbogast, citing her rights as an indicted person. The witness refusal ended the state's case, while investigators uncovered a blood-stained skirt linked to the crime and challenged testimony.
Fargo North Dakota November reports that four year trials by Professor B F Ladd of North Dakota Agricultural College test commercial paints for value and wear. Committees from major paint manufacturers will visit November 18 to 20 to study the Fargo results and file findings with federal officials.
The body of Mrs. Anna Kessler was found in her apartment at 34 East 121st Street with a towel tied around the throat and part of it forced into her mouth. Her ears were cut to obtain diamond earrings, and boarder John Newman is missing. She had been living apart from her husband in Allen Town, Pennsylvania, and had taken in boarders to supplement income.
The Wentworth post office eight miles east of Madison was robbed, robbers cracked the safe and took $500 in currency while stamps worth the same amount were left behind. It marks the third village post office burglary in the county recently.
Two people are missing and feared dead after a blaze on Oak street gut three frame buildings. Mrs. Mary Kramer is dying and about six others are seriously injured in the fire. Local authorities report rapid spread and ongoing search.
A New York Press snippet portrays a tense scene with a man snapping back at a woman who mocks him with a shrill laugh and accusing line about seeing double, highlighting a charged social confrontation.
Wantanno asks why the boy is called Flannel and Duzno explains the nickname with a brief, unfinished answer.
Governor Marshall considered calling Indiana National Guard to Gary as deputies loyal to Sheriff Grant swore in 20 Republicans and briefly arrested the city police. Democratic mayoral candidate Knotts accused the action of provoking further unrest amid a riot situation in Gary Indiana.
A Birmingham Alabama negro organization has donated twice to the Panama Isthmian project. Each time it sent a $25 check made out to The Treasury department of the United States in Washington DC. Acting Treasurer Bantz received the latest contribution.
Chicago police seized Adolph A. Juul twenty four as he tried to dispose of stolen goods in a pawnshop. He confessed to the robbery saying hunger drove him to steal to buy food. Juul is the son of a former Chicago Lutheran minister.
In Triumph Minnesota temporary halls host classes as Monterey school burned completely during a severe electric storm. A lightning bolt ignited the building destroying the school and its library.
Theodore Conway died at St. Luke's hospital after being accidentally shot in the head by Nurel Goyer during a hunting accident near New Brighton. Conway's skull was fractured in two places and the incident occurred last Saturday.
The Tarent coal pit at Ystalyfera Glamorganshire Wales flooded four men drowned and 450 workers escaped or were rescued. The incident occurred as heavy floodwater filled the mine prompting emergency evacuations and a rescue operation.
New Orleans reports Governor A. 9. Eberhart of Minnesota urged the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways association to hold next year’s convention in St. Paul. The board will pick the city, but Peoria Ill. is also in the running. The group voted to send 509 lobbyists to Washington to push Congress to deepen the Mississippi river.
Willie Papa ignores a warning as a big black bag hangs from the ceiling, and he stays focused on his reading while others react to the odd sight in a Boston Transcript scene.
The quote argues that complete legislation requires incentives alongside sanctions. It emphasizes balancing consequences to encourage compliance and deter misconduct, shaping effective laws through reward and penalty.
A husband returns from Atlantic City with a pocket map photo claimed to be in love with his wife. The cheap likeness shows a poor image of the subject as the couple confronts the scene at home.
New York November 2 Cardinal Gibbons stated in a letter read at the Waldorf Astoria that he opposes woman suffrage calling it the death blow to domestic life and happiness. His sympathy with the league’s aims and its stance against suffrage drew enthusiastic applause from about 400 attending women.
Des Moines reports Iowa suffragists criticize Johns Hopkins sociology professor Guy Carlton Lee for saying suffragists may storm the Iowa legislature to win voting rights. At a state convention lectures sparked the dispute as Mrs. Lona Ingham Robinson and Mrs. P. S. Kieth defend risk of a storm.
The National League for the Protection of the Family releases a nationwide marriage and divorce summary. It shows most divorces occur in the fifth year of marriage and the average duration before divorce is 9.9 years.
Leslie's Weekly argues speculation is neither fortune telling nor gambling. It says the Wall Street winner uses core business traits to buy and sell stocks, watching bank exchanges railway earnings failures iron market trade balance and crop outlook to gauge prosperous conditions.
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