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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
2
Poetic weather note hopes for fine tomorrow to lift spirits and Easter mood. Keeps focus on rain and storms bringing sorrow, while a bright forecast would delight women awaiting Easter bonnets and celebrations.
A brief note mentions fingers bearing marks from diamond dye work, highlighting acceptance of the appearance without shame. The description emphasizes the visible dye marks as a normal outcome of the process.
The estate of the late A L Cole, Republican gubernatorial candidate, is being probated. He left $20 000 in value.
A well known fisherman phoned to ask the weather forecast for Sunday. He would not clarify if the forecast was for himself or his wife.
Six months pass without a fire alarm in the city as residents note the long quiet period could prompt insurers to reevaluate and possibly reduce the current high city rates.
The Commercial club at Lyle has secured sufficient funding to start a canning factory. The effort required substantial push and money, but the Lyle men demonstrated they have both resources and resolve.
William Bla Lock notes 1878 silver dollars with eight eagle tail feathers in the first issues and seven feathers on subsequent coins. The detail marks a small but notable variation in dates from that year onward.
Gustav Fechner argues that human sleep is only a partial rest with the body able to wake, while death is full sleep ending the old body yet permitting a new consciousness as a continuation of the former. He links body, law, and consciousness across existence.
The Austin high school nine postponed a scheduled game with Owatonna after a late night letter from Wm. Darby asking Prof. Freer to deposit the opponents expenses with a respectable citizen and send a receipt or money order. Local players called the demand unsportsmanlike and feared intrigue, prompting cancellation.
The Stillwater Booster Club, under the Municipal Service League of Chicago, plans to educate all classes of people starting in May with expert help. A May rollout and a fundraiser button bearing the slogan All Together Stillwater Will will fund the experts’ pay.
J J Bugg of the Austin Dairy Company cites Mr Wall's dairy report showing 14 creameries in Mower County in 1906 with 833 patrons and 1,141,028 pounds of butter. Austin milk station produced 140,501 pounds for 227 patrons at 28,178.65 dollars, 124.13 per patron. Other creameries averaged 618 pounds per patron and 202.78 dollars per patron.
The author argues that immortality is evident in nature and Easter symbolism. Life persists beyond physical death through essential principles, with the Father present in all life events. The piece envisions the spiritual resurrection influencing daily life, business, politics, and society as part of a divine Easter purpose.
Billy Sunday aide C. P. Pledger is bondable at $200 to appear in Warrensburg Iowa on April 22 to answer a charge of disorderly conduct and unbecoming language. He allegedly pressed stockman C. S. Batchelder to come forward and made a controversial remark during a meeting.
Presiding over the event is President Salomon of Carleton College with Dr. Wilson assisting. The Passion Play of Oberammergau will be presented as a lecture tomorrow night for mature listeners. Entry is free with a silver offering requested for the lecturer.
A former client, who previously hired 7 ROSENTHAL Bros. for home decoration, regrets replacing the old decor with a newer firm. He criticizes the new team for not meeting the same home styling standards as before, implying artistically varied at sign work. 275 J. N. W.
Russian troops acting after Kurdish raids near Belostiva pressed a pitched battle against Persian tribesmen at Belosuvar on April 13. They routed the enemy, suffering 1 officer and 7 soldiers wounded while Persians lost 34 killed and five wounded. Cossacks then razed Kodzhabeklu and Zariah. Noncombatants suffered heavy losses.
Albert M. Sprague, Austin boy son of Mr. and Mrs. A Sprague, awarded $30,000 after losing both legs as a brakeman for Wisconsin Central when a coupling accident at Gladstone near St Paul caused amputations. Court affirms Ramsey county verdict and sustains trial ruling.
The Cosmo presents a varied all around program for the rest of the week. Featured pictures include Life Boat Manoevers Servants Generosity The Boy Detective For Baby's Sake and The Sticky Fly. An illustrated song Comrade Mine is also shown.
G Sorflaten advertises houses on water and near a bridge and railway on St Paul streets Oakland avenue town lots and farms in the northern state area near Austin. Call and see me at office 223 N Main St.
Scientific American explains that flying fish do not use their fins as wings to fly. The fish gain momentum by leaping from water, spreading fins to glide, and then fall back as momentum fades. Under favorable conditions they can cover about 600 feet.
A would be seller visited a well known dealer with an envelope of seventeen signatures of Samuel Pepys cut from original letters to save trouble. The act allegedly diminished the value of the seller’s property by nearly £200, as noted in London Opinion.
In Fort Worth Texas April 18 heavy rains push Clear Fork and West Fork to twenty year highs. One man dies in Clear Fork as residents fail to reach him. Lowlands evacuate while traffic to North Fort Worth halts and Trinidad river bridges threaten collapse. Clin is flooded and power lines are surrounded by water. Sew erages south of town on the Pritco road wash away. 1,700 feet of track washed out at Harbin.
Unrest along the south coast leads to secret orders for Commander Henry Thomas Mayo of the cruiser Albany to begin a three months cruise. The vessel is believed bound for La Union, Salvador, via Mare Island to load provisions and ammunition for possible envoy missions.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman the former British premier continues to fail. Mile Reine Harden Hickey vocal instructor at Syracuse University College of Fine Arts is dead at Syracuse New York. Ernest Mornes nine years old is dying in Newcastle Pennsylvania from a bullet wound inflicted by a playmate while cowboy play. Charles March of Toronto an international officer of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America died suddenly at Montreal.
A four year old boy, son of Robert Wilkinson of Hermine, Greensburg, died in a house fire that destroyed the family home. The mother, awakening to smoke, escaped but forgot the child inside and was severely burned while trying to rescue him.
American Association games: Toledo 1 Minneapolis 4. Louisville 6 Milwaukee 1. Indianapolis 2 Kansas City 1. Columbus 3 St Paul 2 in fifteen innings. American League results include Chicago 0 St Louis 1. Boston 1 Washington 2. New York 2 Philadelphia 8. Detroit 8 Cleveland 12. National League: Brooklyn 3 Boston 2. Cincinnati 0 Chicago 1. St Louis 0 Pittsburg 3. Philadelphia 2 New York 14.
Chicago on April 17 reports butter at 21 28c creamery and 20 26c dairies. Eggs decline 4c. Poultry prices: turkeys 14c, chickens and springs 12c.
St Paul reports cattle prices with good to choice steers at 6.00 to 6.75, fair to good 5.00 to 5.90, cows and heifers 4.00 to 5.00, veals 3.75 to 5.00. Hogs bring 5.50 to 5.65. Sheep wethers 6.00 to 6.35, lambs good to choice up to 7.25.
Chicago market notes show bids and ranges for cattle cows heifers calves Texans Western cattle stockers and feeders alongside hogs light mixed heavy rough and pigs with price ranges. Sheep yearlings and lambs also itemized with varied values.
The Easter Cantata The Cross and Crown by E L Ashford will be performed at the Lutheran church Easter Sunday evening at 730 The program lists The Cross The Lord Will Arise The Temptation God Shall Charge His Angel Legions Hosanna in the Highest Ride On O King Gethsemane The Shadow of the Cross The Crown The Strife Is Oer Christ Our Passover Abide With Me Lift Up Your Heads Come Gracious Spirit And it Came to Pass Final Chorus The soloists include sopranos Mrs J E A Naess Mrs C A Hegge Madeline Ober Alma Overlie altos Mrs S C Fritz Miss Emma Michelson Miss Hilda Thompson Miss Gertrude Dahle tenors M N Clausen C J Johnson bassos A Branding Frank Wilbour Miss Nettie Hall and organist.
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