02 Sep 1910
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1910
Page
1
An old advertising fragment promotes a quilting sale featuring Calicoes in new designs and colors at 5c to 49c per yard with bulk pricing. It highlights Empire Quiltings 36 inch silk finish at 12c per yard, sateen drapery robeings 20c per yard, and a ready sewn quilted batt bundle priced around $1.15 to $1.25 per bundle, emphasizing bulk discounts and ready-made options.
Linen auto and duster coats sold up to 10.00 with prices 1.98 3.98 6.98 8.98. White dresses sold up to 5.00 8.50 and 15,060 23.75. Summer cotton wash dresses in lawn gingham and percale 49c and 1.75. Jackets sold up to 3.98 3.75 5.95. Waists and suits ranges noted with prices up to 25.00 and 22.50. Fall jackets in black silk taffeta waists and skirts, various fabrics and sizes, prices from 1.25 to 14.75. Variety of linen suits, pongee suits, and full satin lined items listed with sale prices.
Theodore Roosevelt toured Kansas City amid heavy rain and a thunderous crowd. He defined himself as a progressive, praised city waterworks and Missouri River improvements, and regaled students at Westport High School with stories and humor while thousands cheered from Convention Hall and the streets.
F O Melcher of Rock Island testifies in a freight rate dispute as shippers contest increases. Nay presents long tables of revenue, expenses, and capital figures from 1898 to 1910, showing cost trends and the road’s financial condition to justify higher commodity rates.
Washington on September 2 reports the U S treasury closed the second fiscal month with a $3,273,325 rise in the public debt and a total deficit of $17,371,468.98. Working balance stood at $30,826,057.23 and the general fund at $89,523,207.59 reflecting a better balance vs July despite a near $3 million fund drop. A year ago the deficit was about $10 million higher and receipts and disbursements show a improving trend. In Menominee Michigan Martin Thorson a prosperous farmer died in a barn fire at Stephenson aged fifty six leaving a widow and three children.
Several Minneapolis and Sioux Falls backed companies are developing copper at the Kettle and Snake river area near Hinckley Minnesota. The belt lies mid distance between Minneapolis and Duluth and hosts widespread surface copper masses from glacial rock beds. The range rivals Michigan in near surface copper and sparks new mining activity in Pine County.
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