Bargains in 800d building lots for sale
Two houses with one and a half lots each in Third Ward are advertised for sale. A house with barn and two lots is listed near Kenwood Ave.
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
9
Two houses with one and a half lots each in Third Ward are advertised for sale. A house with barn and two lots is listed near Kenwood Ave.
British government surprised by rapid European shifts as Bulgaria proclaims independence in Tirnovo and Austria-Hungary moves to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Berlin treaty signatories may reconvene to revise terms while Turkey faces internal pressure and Young Turks seek a peaceful path.
Paris reports that France has sought to mediate between Turkey and Bulgaria to avert war. After meetings with Russian, Turkish, Austro Hungarian, British, American, and Italian envoys, Paris notes France Great Britain Russia and possibly Italy ready to unite for a Berlin treaty conference. Proposals to Constantinople aim to recognize Bulgaria's independence as a fait accompli and limit conflict to Bulgaria and Turkey if needed.
The American League race narrows to a contest between Chicago and Detroit. Cleveland is eliminated after St. Louis’s win. Detroit or Chicago can clinch with remaining games as rain threatens Chicago. Results include Detroit 6 Chicago 1 and New York 9 Boston 4 among others.
Germany stays diplomatic awaiting Turkish cabinet decision as war or peace hangs. Officials note Turkey may be drawn into conflict alongside proclamations of Bulgaria's independence and Austria-Hungary's annexation of occupied provinces. Austria claims rights under the Berlin treaty. Bulgaria lacks rights. The emperor remains at Rominten shooting. Chancellor von Buelow stays on vacation at Norderney.
August Figi, 49, of East St Louis, cut his wrists and died at Henrietta hospital to spare his wife and eight children from poverty due to illness. He worked grinding lead in a paint factory and feared costly doctors’ bills. His final words urged prioritizing the children’s winter clothes.
Cambridge Oct 6 Kermit Roosevelt second son of President Roosevelt was given first choice as tackle on the Harvard freshman football team in the opening scrimmage. He started at right tackle with the first eleven and stood up to repeated pressure from the second team, showing grit and stamina.
After a day of quiet a renewal of disorders tied to the strike disrupted taxi service. Strike-breakers were pelted with stones and missiles as workers urged cessation of operating machines. Several injured and several taxi machines had windows broken.
Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, October 6. Captain John Hunter of Sarnia and Fred Shields of Duluth drowned when a Reid Wrecking company scow overturned near Whitefish on Lake Superior.
Democratic candidate W. J. Bryan tour in Havelock drew an enthusiastic crowd as 160 Lincoln Home Guards accompanied him. He spoke at city park on campaign publicity direct senator elections and labor planks while attacking Cannon Sherman and Taft. He defended his 12 year old claim that the president is a hired man and denounced concealed campaign contributions and Taft’s stance on disclosure.
Chicago Oct 6 defense counsel in the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil presented Henry E Felton as the sole witness. Felton testified that rail rates from Whiting Indiana to Cairo Illinois Evansville Jeffersonville Indiana and Cincinnati matched rates via Detroit and Toledo. He argued Ohio river gateways and Southern Gateways received the same rates to secure business. Government objected to defense figures on refinery carloads during cross examination by Rosenthal and Kellogg sparred over admissibility.
New York October 6 The absence of an affidavit of specifications in Mrs. Hains alimony custody and counsel fees motion does not force a default in the divorce suit filed by her husband shortly before his shooting of William E. Annis. Captain Hains’ attorney Weldon C. Percy said any active role by Mrs. Hains in the Annis murder trial would be as a prosecution witness. The October grand jury at Flushing will hear the Hains case with indictments expected. Governor Hughes recalled his youth in Minnesota as crowds welcomed him in La Crosse and several Minnesota stops.
Governor Charles B. Hughes of New York says Mr. Bryan did the country a great service by being twice defeated. He argues Bryan would have failed twelve years ago and would now be a candidate only if his faults had not led to disaster. He dismisses Bryan's remedies as impossible panaceas in a tour of fourteen towns through the Middle West.
Fire completely destroyed Anatomy Hall the former medical building at the State University in Minneapolis. The blaze also damaged Millard Hall just south of anatomy hall, with about $1,000 in damage. Total losses from anatomy hall and contents run around $15,090.
Elkhart Ind Oct 6 James B Sherman sped a special train through Indiana at seventy two miles an hour for part of the route. The engine was disabled and another engine secured to continue the journey that included nine towns from Evansville to Elkhart. At Indianapolis the Democratic vice presidential candidate John W Kern was visited for five minutes and Mr Sherman invited him to the White House on March 4 to witness the inauguration of a Republican vice president.
A major blaze wiped out the Philippine Products company plant in Manila causing over 200000 dollars in damage. Large quantities of coconut oil and copra burned. The plant was largely owned by New York interests.
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