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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
2
Dispatched rosters note that Rochester will receive a $50,000 post office building according to the appropriation bill. Austin is to have the same boon. The message reflects relief that the long-awaited project is on the way.
An old tree planter interrupted a criticism of Water Street poles for trees, praising the work. He remarked that the trees were uniformly sized and well trimmed, calling the job a good one.
Ex Congressmen Eddy warned Sunday night that nine tenths of men do not know what they vote for at the polls. He said voters rely on requests and personal grudges rather than studying a candidate’s qualifications and positions. The piece argues citizens should seek independent information and attend council meetings.
Mrs. W S Willis died at home on South Franklin Street Monday April 27 at 6 30 p.m. after a stroke. She was born Ella Nora in Minneapolis December 15 1856 and married W S Willis in 1877. The family lived in Rose Creek before moving to Austin fifteen years ago for his work at the local telephone company. Survived by husband two daughters Ada and Myrtle a son William her mother in Milaca four brothers and one sister. Funeral at 2 30 p.m. tomorrow at the house with Rev F E Knopf officiating. Her death follows four months of ill health and a long vigil by her husband and family. City sympathy centers on the household.
Caution against catarrh ointments containing mercury and urging prescriptions by reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is claimed mercury free and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Genuine product, testimonials available, price 75 cents per bottle.
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J L Mitchell leaves Sunday night for Baltimore to attend the quadrennial Methodist Episcopal conference beginning May 6. Eight hundred delegates will elect bishops and officers and reform church laws in the nation’s largest Protestant church with more than 3 000 000 members. Baltimore marks a century since its first general conference. About 30 000 Methodists are expected. Mitchell represents Minnesota with F J Clemens H E Woods and W A Sperry. they will reach Chicago Monday for a special train to Baltimore.
Mr. H. M. Clark buys The Iola Theatre and opens Tuesday night April 28 with moving pictures and vaudeville. Copeland and Coy of the Orpheum circuit perform first, featuring German and blackface turns. The Cosmo circuit will host two nightly shows at 8 and 9 10, with Mondays and Thursdays offering complete program changes.
Forest Conrad visits his parents in the city and works in the machine shops of the Great Northern railroad at Devils Lake North Dakota where he has been employed for the past year.
A large earnest audience attends a lecture on health culture and preventive medicine. The speaker argues most sickness is preventable and links health to mind body and faith. Dale's plan offers weekly lectures and family discounts for a course costing $2 with $1 for each additional member. The tonight topic is Breathing for Health and Power.
Mrs Roston visited sister Mrs O C LaBar from Minneapolis for a few weeks. Mrs C D Belden drove from Austin earlier in the week. Miss Margaret Dumphy visited Blooming Prairie. Rev J McCormick of Winona supplied the pulpit for Rev Trask. Miss Dora Clark of Austin visited Mrs Markham. Mrs Whitelaw from Minneapolis visited sister Mrs La Bar. Mr and Mrs H S McIntyre spent Sunday in Owatonna. The O A R will meet with Mrs Geo Weber Thursday afternoon. Everybody invited.
The Cosmo opens tonight at the old Iola stand with Copeland and Coy, a pair of clever boy comedians in singing and dancing acts, German comedy and blackface turns. Admission is 10 cents.
Expressing sincere thanks to friends and relatives for kind acts during the bereavement of Miss Sarah Kenevan and Family.
The fragment recalls Robinson Crusoe finding human footprints and a knoll with a billboard reading Use Rank's Pills For All Liver Troubles. 25 Cents a Bottle. Publishers’ greed kept the incident from the press, leaving the tale in garbled form.
The article notes ancient Egyptian religion split into exoteric masses and esoteric wisdom. It claims the many worshipped many gods while a small elite believed in one god, with Osiris as a weak reflection of the sole deity.
A London Express cartoon caption riffs on wordplay as an urchin explains the phrase stands for Mary. The master questions the aid of the phrase while the boy smiles, noting that if the cow did not stand for Mary there would be no milk.
A brief Dallas News item jokes that some family trees seem to bear only lemons, using playful wordplay to suggest limited fruit from kinship lines.
New Orleans reports about 325 graves across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama from Friday’s tornadoes. Deaths may exceed 350 with around 200 seriously injured in hospitals. 1 000 injured are recovering. Relief efforts surge as towns like Amite Purvis and Natchez mobilize food and funds.
Pittsburg April 28 The Americus club celebrated Gen Ulysses S Grant's birthday for the twenty second year with a dinner attended by state and national figures. President Roosevelt sent his son in law Congressman Nicholas Longworth who spoke on Republican Achievements Adjutant Thomas J Stewart gave the Grant eulogy and Congressman Charles B Landis addressed The Republican Party The event spotlighted renewed backing for Senator Philander C Knox with Longworth leading the praise for Knox.
Secretary William H. Taft attended a Bridgeport Republican club banquet at the state armory, the largest yet with 1500 ticket limit. A club committee met him in New York and escorted him to the city where he was welcomed at a hotel reception. He spoke on national affairs and was toasted by Congressman J. Adam Bede.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota spoke to a large 2,000 strong crowd in Kerredge theater Hancock under Methodist auspices. He toured Copper country politics in Calumet and Houghton despite rain.
German West African officials ordered stamping and registration of firearms for natives, provoking discontent. Lt Eggers in Damaraland gained trust by vaccinating cattle against rinderpest, then offered to vaccinate rifles to ensure accuracy and safety, drawing crowds anxious to have their guns stamped.
The Atlantic battle ship fleet is expected to cover about 42 500 miles before arriving at Hampton Roads on February 22. An itinerary shows a San Francisco to the Philippines route via China and Japan with a Honolulu to Auckland leg of 3 850 miles the greatest sailing distance yet for a U S battleship fleet without coal stops. Wireless contact is planned for about six of the sixteen in day voyage with Samoa coal stops for one collier and two supply ships and HaNois to store coal on deck. Regular coal boosts will follow at each stop.
Washington April 28 The special House committee nears the end of its inquiry into Electric Boat and related firms and the authority to demand books and papers. Frank T Brown counsel for Rep Lilley argues the letters between Lilley and Connecticut newspapers are not pertinent. The committee presses for access to the correspondence as part of the March 1908 probe.
Batteries of mounted artillery that left toward the Guatemalan border are ordered back to the capital. Enrique C. Creel reports no orders to proceed to Central America with Special Commissioner William Buchanan. Diaz convenes cabinet amid unsettled plans and rumors of delayed peace missions.
A vaudeville monologue man notes speech improvement after speaking into a phonograph. He explains that hearing himself on record reveals mispronunciations versus Webster. He practiced two months to refine speech for broad audiences beyond theater norms.
American and Canadian church leaders gather in New York for the centennial of the New York diocese. Cardinal Gibbons and Cardinal Logue of Armagh meet at Archbishop Farley’s. Other prelates include Bruchesi Montreal Ryan Philadelphia Glennon St Louis O’Connell Boston Blenk New Orleans Ireland St Paul Moeller Cincinnati in town for the thanksgiving service.
Honolulu reports Bishop Harris of the Methodist church says Providence favors Korea under Japanese occupation and that Marquis Ito and Baron Hayashi intend to improve Korea. Local Koreans fear assassination of the bishop upon his San Francisco arrival as mission workers worry for his safety.
The Manchester Guardian explains hat sizing by adding length to half the breadth. A head 8.5 by 5.5 would yield a size around 7.0, with notes that true ovals vary across sizes and that extreme measurements create oddly shaped hats.
The catfish uses its swim bladder as a hearing organ, a closed air sac connected to the esophagus via a slime tube. The front vertebrae form a chain linking to the bladder, which acts like an eardrum and its bones resemble those of higher animals. It likely detects only rough water disturbances.
A Punch quote suggests a doctor visit imbalance merits a pointed remedy. The correspondent asks how to handle excess visits and the answer recalls the old apple saying with a playful caution about aiming the apple well.
In a humorous tale from the Hebrew Standard, Small Johnny explains he obtained a merit card for good behavior by persuading Harry Jones to hand it over or face a punch. The mother reacts with surprise at the unlikely lapse in manners.
Mrs Billings introduces Ina to a perforated wooden order board listing essentials like butter eggs and sugar. Ina discovers the peg system to reorder but the board seems broken after she pushes pegs into holes without effect, leaving the kitchen out of ice butter and other items.
A witty Pick-Me-Up quip notes a battleship stuck in mud could become a record breaker if it sailed free on open water, highlighting humorous perspective on speed and motion.
A concise quotation from Cardinal Newman on money shaping ego and power, noting that wealth elevates the possessors imagination and leads to self-idolatry.
Judge Booth endures a wild toothache on a New Mexico ranch. With tenacious stubbornness he refuses blunt remedies until a Texas cowboy proposes a rough cure. After a shooting pursuit and taunts, the cowboy departs, claiming the toothache is finally silenced. Denver Field and Farm
A life sized sculpture in the South Kensington museum shows Tippoo Sahib’s music box. The tiger of India grips England, with a British officer figure. inside the tiger are pipes and ivory keys of French or British origin.
A gateway puzzle asks a shopkeeper to weigh all items using only four weights. The solution uses weights of half a pound, one and a half pounds, four and a half pounds, and thirteen and a half pounds. With these, any weight from half a pound up to twenty pounds can be measured in pounds and half pounds.
The Rev. Dr. C. M. Lamson, former president of the American Board of Foreign Missions, faced a council inquiry on hell as he was examined for a pastorate. A retiring clergyman nudged him to answer yes, hinting belief would come within six months.
The article notes quail coveys tucking heads and facing outward in a defensive circle as danger signals arise. Woodpeckers flickers and sparrows rest perched or clinging to cage wires, sometimes tailing to odd positions. Bluebirds and hanging parakeets show varied sleeping postures, including reversed or pendulous poses.
A curious item discusses a belief that blue jays vanish every Friday to serve Satan with sand. It then explains the bird builders nest with sturdy clay foundations, layers of paper, and strong forks, enabling a healthy brood before the jay Enjoys youth and later comes a life of playful stage humor.
An Indian official recalls a bungalow wall harboring a nest of white ants. The insects swarmed from a wall hole and formed a fountain that sent thousands onto the table and furniture, shedding wings over ten minutes. Morning sweeping gathered wings, while the fate of the ants remains unknown.
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