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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1908
Page
2
A local note promises showers tomorrow but says the booster meeting will still be held. A Sunday auto outing near the south bridge ended abruptly when a tire blew out, leaving several women looking mortified as they headed home along side streets.
A renowned physician proposes allowing Sunday baseball only to fans who can present a pastor signed card proving morning church attendance. The remark casts the sport as tied to religious observance and public custom.
The Austin school board declines to pay a monthly salary for a truant officer, leaving about a dozen truants this spring without supervision as Officer Galt had filled the role temporarily.
Rochester sheriff Vine attempted extradition in Alabama for Aimee Lloyd's husband but failed to seize him. Vine wired home that things look very unfavorable and that he would start home without the prisoner on Saturday.
Complaint filed as men remove wire and wood fencing along Dobbin Creek to reach the fishing grounds. Last year cattle damaged a pasture and the owner paid for losses. Property owners oppose fence destruction and will enforce limits while still allowing fishing access.
Three umbrella menders confined in the city jail after a police warning. They had arrived during a dry spell and fled toward the outskirts before reappearing intoxicated. They will stay jailed until sober, while jailed umbrellas are repaired.
In a rural neighborhood tale, a man ties red flannel streamers to hens to mislead them as snakes, another uses a son with corn bait to catch a yard visiting hen, while a third prints cards tied to corn kernels and scatters them to entice hens to stay home. The hens return home bearing word cards reading Please keep me at home.
It is unlawful to fish with more than one line or within 400 feet of a fishway. Prohibitions include damaging birds nests, stocking game in cold storage, hunting with firearms in state parks, trespassing on others' land, obstructing officials, and releasing sawdust in waters. Open-season sales allowed with restrictions on brook trout and bass. Size rules specify pike at fourteen inches, lake trout two pounds, lake length thirty inches, other fish six inches. Non residents may take fifty pounds to residence.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during our bereavement and to the M. W. A. and R. N. A. lodges for their floral offerings. Mrs. Searles, Tommy and Effie.
Guy Morris, accused of chloroforming and robbing a woman at Spokane, was arrested by Officers Galt and Hinman and taken to Spokane by Detective Edwards. He received a state prison sentence of not less than five nor more than twenty years. A letter dated April 16 1908 from Chester Edwards to Chief Galt praises the outcome and sends regards to Sheriff Nicholson.
Justice John Fairbanks and his wife will entertain a party of relatives at dinner this evening. The social gathering reflects a family oriented evening in civic circles.
Mr and Mrs John Fairbanks and Mr and Mrs Carleton Fairbanks hosted a family dinner at the former home. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Lon Fairbanks and daughter of Blooming Prairie and all Austin relatives. The evening featured games and music.
About sixteen friends gathered at 611 Sixth Street for a boxed linen shower a surprise for Miss Josie Horrobin. She will marry Mr. Frank O Morro Wednesday morning and move to Chicago where he is employed as a railway man.
A varied Cosmo program features A Nervous Kitchen Maid a comic misadventure with kitchen chaos Misadventures of a Negro King in Paris a colored feature A Square Deal or the End of a Bad Man a western frontier vignette Animated Stamps An Early Round with the Milkman a comic The Wonderful Mirrors a hand colored film plus a new illustrated song and more.
An effective Christian Brotherhood meeting led by Bert Newman drew good attendance on Sunday afternoon. Frank G. Kiddy is set to speak next Sunday in the city under Brotherhood auspices with a subject for the afternoon on Good Government and a men only audience. The evening talk will address all and is titled Young Men and What to do with Them.
Hundreds of children gathered outside the Austin Furniture Co store to receive Easter gifts. Chief Galt and Sheriff Nicholson helped manage the crowd as about 600 received presents and 400 more had names recorded to receive gifts when more can be procured.
Clarence Rector and his child play with the Bert Manchester children when a dog turned on Ralph Manchester. The dog bit the boy on the face tearing the nose and lip. A doctor stitched six wounds and fear remains for facial scarring.
The morning service at Christchurch amounted to over $900 toward a church debt of $950. The offering will pay down the debt on the church building and officials hope to raise additional funds this week to clear the balance.
Assessment No 2 for April must be paid by the 20th. All arrears on No 1 and all dues must be paid by that date. As per lodge rules no one can be carried over the second assessment.
Helen Sass announces she will leave Austin Wednesday April 22 and invites ladies to call for corset fittings at her rooms 305 West Mill Street on Tuesday April 21.
Easter observances filled churches across the city with large attendance. Lutherans offered a cantata Presbyterians a Knights Templar lecture and Congregationalists a talk by Dr Sallmon on the Oberammergau Passion Play. The St Bernard Commandery joined services and a cantata at the Lutheran church drew a large crowd. The day featured sunlit scenes and a focus on the resurrection theme with music and sermons.
In a humorous notice, Rosenthal Bros advertise painting and paperhanging work for hire. They confess lacking threshing rig experience and pledge to provide skilled services, even borrowing brains to ensure top quality in their city. The ad lists locations 250 L or 176 J N. W. as business references.
For Sale The Sunny Nook stock farm located two miles west of Austin features new buildings and excellent land qualities. Former owner Joseph Keenan of Austin. prospective buyers should contact for price and terms.
The Mower County Board met in Austin on March 26 1908 in a special session with members Tanner Goodsell Hambrecht Roblinson and Christie present. The 1907 officer fees and emoluments were reported including County Auditor George Robertson and County Treasurer S A Smith with a $2500 salary and small fee earnings.
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