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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
2
City council passes a resolution limiting licenses to 16 in Rochester, cutting out two Schuster Brewing saloons. Only one alderman opposes the measure.
Armos Machacek took Nels Mickelson for a spin along Cedar City and a stretch of mud caused an abrupt turn of events. The pair walked back to town while Roy Drummond, attempting to drive, got behind the reins of an old team and moved toward Austin with no additional power.
The Daty Herald notes an average past three months circulation of 1064 in Austin. It urges every reader to send items of news, promising no cost beyond the effort and offering contact by telephone at 64.
Beatrice Daily Sun obituary for G. P. Marvin, founder of the paper, whose recent death sparks statewide praise. W F Blalock reports his old editor friend’s legacy as a fearless pioneer who built the newspaper’s standing. Judge Kelliegar notes the unique blend of man and era in Marvin’s life.
Herald notes April 10 1888 praise for a new Methodist church described as handsome and commodious. It also reports Rose Creek ice gorge breaking a bridge at Officer mill, a wedding of D Decker to Etta Barnes, Cedar River high water, drownings at St Ansgar including Andrew Goldburg, and Austin Furniture basement flood signaling need for sewers.
Rev Ryan delivers strong sermons this week with a topic Be Not Conformed to this World noted as among the best. Miss Abigail Lutz to sing a solo at tonight's 7 30 service.
The 1683 84 winter in Europe froze ink and writing, with a foot thick ice covering towns where shops operated on the ice as if permanent. Bread and wine froze, barrels solid, many died from the cold, and the poor suffered throughout the frost.
At the funeral of Mr X, who died extremely poor, the usually cold blooded Squire Tightfiet was moved. When asked if he valued the man, the squire replied that he had indeed thought highly of him, noting the friend never begged or asked to borrow money while he himself knew the man was starving.
A waiter serves soup and quips about the weather and taste, remarking it resembles rain as a Londoner dines. The diner replies with a request for thicker soup, in a light London theater tone.
The 1908 Republican county meeting in Austin Minnesota showed unanimous Taft support with Roosevelt praised for a square deal. Delegates elected favor Taft for President and outlined procedures for state and national convention representation. Speeches by Furlong Nolan and Campbell marked the event as a decisive Taft rally.
The article explains Direct Legislation as lawmaking by voters through initiative and referendum, contrasting it with laws made by representatives or rulers. It describes two forms of initiative, plebiscites, and historical examples in Switzerland Canada and earlier cultures, noting limits on executive and judicial powers.
The Canvassing Board of Austin Minnesota on April 9 1908 declared Geo H Sutton mayor elect for two years P H Zender Alderman at large J L Mitchell treasurer Jacob Gute assessor and other ward officials including John Fairbanks justice of the peace for the third ward Licenses carried with a 300 vote majority. Publication dated April 1908.
Philadelphia officer Thomas A. Gordon was shot and killed after entering the store of Henry Siedeman to exchange a revolver. Mrs. Siedeman confessed she shot him claiming accident, while others were detained. The incident sparked police scrutiny and surveillance of the suspect.
Witty exchange between Knicker and Mrs Knicker lines up a quarrel over a hat and feet. The brief joke captures domestic comedy with sharp timing and a playful tease.
A line from a historical text praises the bright golden apple as a model for youth to seek at life’s start, describing it as a guiding character virtue to strive for from the tree of Hu o.
Aldermen met to review a resolution proposed for April 15 to allocate 500 to fund an investigation of alleged illegal voting in the recent city election. The mayor and city attorney would oversee the inquiry, with most aldermen supporting the move and Zender and Bell opposing.
A Cornish note recalls a magistrate at Liskeard police court laughing at a witness who said he was drunk and locked up, and a solicitor’s stunned exchange in court. It also mentions a town councilor’s tangled metaphor during a debate on dust bins, declaring it “time we put our foot down with a loud voice.”
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