This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 29 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1908
Page
2
Ten state automobile clubs belong to the AAA the world’s largest auto organization. Austin plans forming a club with twelve paying members to join the state association. Founding here faces fee resistance but is seen as easily overcome with action. Nearby cities Owatonna Faribault and Rochester already have clubs.
Solitary men once used Lafayette Park for a constitutional and a water drink. Spring brings a shift as youths join workers at 6 am, the park lively with elastic steps bright eyes and laughter. The morning walks promise health or at least pleasure, with right company.
Miss Ella Ulwelling died this morning at 6 25 in Rose Creek from consumption and dropsy. Daughter of Mr and Mrs John Ulwelling she was eighteen. Her brother John an operator died four years ago of consumption. Friends express sympathy to the bereaved family.
L. C. Searls died at his Nevada home on Saturday April 11 from heart failure. He was found dead in a farm building about 10 o’clock after being seen at 9. The funeral was held Monday from Enterprise. Born in West Union Iowa fifty three years ago, he came to Mower county in 1871 and married Mary Murphy in 1881. Survived by two children Thomas and Effie. He was valued as a good citizen and neighbor and the community offers sympathy.
Maurek's Tonight at Maurek's, under Woodward and Klema, offers Lodgings comic skits Father and Mother Want You Pretty film How the World Lives a Little Globe Trotter story and Masher variety with a snowy nativity vision. The program closes with a cap of Masher and runs tonight and tomorrow at 8 o'clock sharp for 10 cents.
Judge Greenman handled probate proceedings for the Albert Puschert estate of Dexter. Annie Puschert, wife of Albert, challenges ownership of stock and machinery. Jerney Webber assisted, with testimony described as zealous. The hearing serves as a preliminary step toward a later action by a son over the property reportedly held by the father-in-law.
A new Austin cement stone and tile firm with $50,000 capital, $25,000 paid in, plans a 60 by 150 foot concrete block plant. C H Brown & Co to erect the building with a 60 horsepower boiler, tile making machine, and electric power. Daily sand intake 25 to 30 loads, 20 barrels of cement daily, 20 workers, and full operation year round.
Mrs. A D Denison’s Sunday school class hosted a 6:30 dinner to honor her before she departs for Washington next week. She received cut glass gifts from Miss Anshus, including a jewel box, hair pin receiver and perfume bottle, and she gave the young ladies photos of herself. The evening was described as very pleasant.
Four candidates were initiated into the Eastern Star Monday night. The session featured a piano solo by Marjorie Lewis, vocal by Mrs. C A Hegge, reading by Mrs. Bert Hall, violin by Myrtie Edson, followed by light refreshments.
D D Ten Broeck of Seabury Divinity School delivered a grand sermon at Christchurch Monday night. He drew from Galatians 6 14 on the Cross and spoke of its transformation from despicable to glorified, leaving listeners with a lasting impression.
Wilson Schuman arrested for burglary at Rose Creek, robbing Smith saloon and Ul welling store. He pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the second degree for taking 3.39 dollars from Alwelling's store. Judge Kingsley ordered eighteen months in state prison. He is about forty three and his clothes were burned to purge vermin.
Mayville reports eleven children confirmed at the Missouri church by Rev C A Affelt and on May 38 thirteen children will be confirmed at the Buffalo church by Rev F Millus. Farmers are seeding and expect to wind up this week. Mr Pollock of Cedar Grove Iowa visited his son John and plans to ship one car of steers and one car of hogs to Chicago Monday.
Dr. Allen entertains Jack Davison the Omaha brewer at his Austin home and plans a $100000 opera house with deed to the city under Dr. Allen’s management. proceeds to Humane Society. Davison staff, boulevard lights planned, Willie Riley injured in auto crash at crossing. Diamond ring lost by C Shedd Jr. seeks return.
The Floral club held its annual meeting and election on Monday afternoon with Mrs. K. O. Wold presiding. Elected for the coming year were president Mrs. A. H. Avery, vice president Mrs. Orris Hayes, secretary Mrs. W. R. Earl, treasurer Mrs. K. O. Wold, and program committee members Mrs. A. L. Eberhart, Mrs. F. E. Daigneau, and Mrs. F. F. Kopf. A luncheon followed.
The Republican convention for the First district will occur in this city tomorrow with about one hundred delegates attending. No contest is expected and Senator Campbell appears certain to be elected as a delegate to the Chicago convention. A special train departs Austin at six o'clock tomorrow night via the C G W line to Minneapolis for the state convention on Thursday.
WALTHAM reports several visits and illnesses. O W Nichols and family suffer lagrippe with Dr Thimsen from Hayfield attending. EJ Markham and wife visited their Lansing son and family. Chas Conde unloaded machinery. G R Church hosted relatives from Mason City. Mrs Hattie Jarvis visited. Clara Nichols stayed with her daughter to see the doctor for a sore finger. Levi Granger from Hayfield called. Mrs Grossemer returned from Elkton. AA Morsching cared for a sick wife near Waterville and returned to open the bank. F W Kammer and sister Schley returned from St Charles. music teacher Miss Johnson from Austin gave lessons Friday. Wm Decker bought stock here. F J Hill departs for Sentinel Butte ND.
The Moabite Stone was found by Rev. F. Klein in 1868 at Dhiban. It is a black basalt block, two feet wide, three feet ten inches tall, and fourteen inches thick, badly broken by Arabs. After restoration the fragments sit in the Louvre Paris with a thirty four line inscription in Hebrew Phoenician describing Mesha king of Moab and his revolt against Israel.
In a fragment from the Chicago Tribune dialogue, Dora declines a marriage proposal from Gerald, noting she knows no suitable young man with only love to offer. The exchange ends with a comment on the frosty weather.
A small boy questions a wise man whose answers reveal surprising simplicity. The exchange frames wisdom as unforced insight shown through patient dialogue rather than grand pronouncements.
Contemporary Review notes that China hosts many dialects from Kwangtung to Shanghai, with Mandarin widely understood north of the Yangtze. It explains Wen- i as the classical written form, Mandarin as another writable tongue, and Bible translations exist in regional patois. Over 40,000 characters exist, expanding with science terms, while literacy remains low at about one in ten.
A judge notes Pilkinson's confession that his wife shaped him, yet observes he first checks for her absence to avoid denial. The exchange frames a humorous look at blame and accountability in a domestic setting.
A fragmentary Louisville Courier Journal note quotes a man in the stern claiming he will rock the boat while his companion warns against it. The warning mentions an unloaded pistol in the jeans, implying danger aboard a vessel.
A concise moral reflection attributed to Margaret of Navarre. The quote emphasizes virtue arising from pure intent rather than external rewards or pressures. It encapsulates a timeless ideal of ethical motivation guiding actions.
Accounts from London and Edinburgh detail numerous hangings followed by revival, including Inetta de Balsham in 9 to sunrise pardon, Half Hanged Maggie Dickson, and others like Annie Green, Mrs. Cope, and Richard Johnson. Causes cited include lack of a drop and improvised execution methods.
In San Francisco on April 14 Judge Sea Avell dissolved the injunction restraining Surveyor General Kingsbury from removing documents to Washington. The order had barred him from compliance with a District of Columbia federal court mandate for the Hyde and Benson land fraud trial.
A waiter serves soup and remarks it resembles rain in London. The diner agrees the soup tastes like rain and requests thick soup. This brief London Tatler quip captures a dry humor moment.
A male narrator recalls a boy named Willie who trades kisses for apples. The girl agrees to a game of blindfolded kissing, then discovers Willie has vanished and a stranger begins kissing her for pay. The tale shifts to a grim twist as Willie is revealed to be selling kisses elsewhere.
The Dead Sea is forty miles long and nine miles wide. The Great Salt Lake is seventy miles long and eighty miles wide, the largest brine body. Evidence suggests the Great Salt Lake was once 3 miles long and 150 miles wide, nine times its present area. The Dead Sea holds about 24 percent salt, with one third pure salt, while about 23 percent of Great Salt Lake's solids are nearly all salt.
A father urges his daughter to end a long courtship with Mitchell not yet proposed. The daughter defends him and recalls a past walk where he hinted at a future cottage and she squeezed his hand. The father suggests trying again a week or two.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.