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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1908
Page
4
The body of a man about sixty was found in bushes in Millville New Jersey. The right side of his head was blown away and a shotgun with a discharged barrel lay beside him. Police suspect a murder based on the wound's position.
Nathan Straus of New York is awarded a gold medal and diploma by the General Hygienic exposition in Paris. M. Harel, for the minister, notes Straus’ work on Pasteurization of milk in Europe and America.
A powerful rainstorm in Port Elizabeth Cape Colony caused the Bankens river to overflow destroying bridges and sweeping property into the sea. Several lives are reported lost and damages exceed 1 million dollars.
Minneapolis market notes show December wheat at 1.03 and May at 1.081. On track prices list No 1 hard at 1.07, No 1 Northern at 1.06, No 2 Northern 41.94, No 1 05, and No 3 Northern at 1.6 pi.
Duluth market notes list wheat prices for delivery months and grades with bid prices. No. 1 hard at 1.58, No. 1 Northern 1.07, No. 2 Northern 1.05, Dec 1.04, May 1.08. flax bids show 1.41% for Nov, 1.40% for Nov, 1.39% for Dec, 1.45% for May.
St Paul Union Stock Yards in St Paul on November 16 reports cattle prices for good to choice steers six to six dollars and seventy five cents, cows and heifers four to five dollars, veals five and a quarter to six dollars. Sheep ranges include wethers four to four twenty five, yearlings three ninety to four, spring lambs five to five thirty five.
Wheat futures for December 1.02 percent May 1.07 July 1.01 and Corn futures November 62 1 2 cents December 62 1 2 cents May 62 1 2 cents July 61 1 2 cents Oats December 48 1 2 cents May 50 1 2 cents July 46 cents Pork December 14.45 January 16.02 14 May 16.12 4 2 Butter 22 29 cents Eggs 28 cents Poultry Turkeys 15 cents chickens 8 1 2 cents springs 1 cent
The Chicago cattle and hog market lists prices for various categories including Cattle Reeves Texans Western cattle stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves hogs by weight class and quality with ranges from cattle at 1.50 to 5.90 and hogs from 5.00 to 5.90 and sheep from 2.40 to 4.50.
Denver November 17 President Samuel Gompers told the afternoon session of the American Federation of Labor that if found guilty and fined in contempt proceedings at Washington he would go to jail rather than pay the fine or have the federation pay it. The remark came during discussion of the treasurer’s report which urged moving federation funds to safety from attachable control. The report sparked debate on forming an independent political party.
In New York on November 17 Mrs Helen Block a young widow was drowned after slipping from a gang plank while boarding a freight boat captained by her father Henry Rice. The elderly man seventy eight years old dived after her and also perished attempting the rescue.
Thomas Taggart former Democratic national chairman says he will not run for the United States Senate. The decision comes after a conference with John W Kern at Kern’s office in Indianapolis on November 17.
An ad describing backache as a sign of female illness and asserting a single remedy can quickly remove the cause and restore health. It links nervousness headaches and loins pains to the condition and promises a swift restoration to normalcy.
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine says three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her dreadful backaches and side pain and left her well. Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania reports severe backaches sleep loss and loss of appetite cured and feeling like a new woman. For thirty years the product has been a standard remedy for female ills including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and backache with bearing down sensations and indigestion.
Prince Chun tightens control as China braces for unrest following the emperor and dowager empress death. Gendarmes guard streets three thousand and banks close amid rumors and runs. Foreign legations monitored as authorities seek calm and prevent a wider financial panic.
In San Francisco on November 17 the Ruef bribery trial resumed after a one day delay for affidavits. Police surrounded the court with ten on foot and six mounted guards as jurors, ministers, and Citizens' League members watched while prosecutors added Sullivan Johnson and Dwyer to the team and a venue change appeal was considered.
Prosecutor reads three Belle Gunness letters to A. K. Helgelein describing how she pursued relatives of presumed victims. Witnesses including Helgelein, bank officials, and neighbors testified about disappearances and sightings tied to the Gunness case as the trial adjourned for the day.
William H Taft president elect arrived in Cincinnati on November 17 and stated his visit was for personal and family business with no public interest involved and not suitable for discussion in detail.
The article notes Taft arriving in Cincinnati and visiting his brother Charles P Taft, denying any political motive behind the trip and rejecting inquiries into senatorial implications. It also recounts a Paris police anecdote and a domestic tale about Bridget and a horse themed misread in a humorous pastiche.
A Blackfoot named Small Eyes told Cheyenne leader Black Kettle via George Bent’s lodge of a buffalo it described as having only one hind leg. The creature allegedly moved with a fused pair of hind legs and slowed after being shot by ahead runners near a hollow between the Cimarron and Beaver Creek.
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