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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1908
Page
2
In 1908 the town fair opens with social chatter from a popular young woman who celebrates a new achievement. The Merry Widow hat is praised for versatility as ladies cut and reshape it into fresh millinery, a practical trend noted by readers.
J. E. Robinson owns a silver quarter dated 1807. The coin’s age and the birth year of his father add sentimental value. The piece is in fine preservation for its age.
One Company G member recalled a day of warmth and a later cold, raw spell from the depot to Camp Ramsey. The following day rain began and, until May 16, the weather stayed cold as they left Camp Ramsey.
The Chicago, Milwaukee road will run its own express service after ending a contract with United States Express company. As major railways merge express lines, observers foresee a looming monopoly disruption and public sentiment turns against it.
The Herald notes O W Shaw from Minnesota is appointed as a delegate to the National Anti-saloon Republican conference at Cooper Institute New York on May 2. The paper then shifts to a cemetery reform plea in Austin highlighting cows grazing, gophers digging, unplumb tombstones, and questions if a cemetery association still exists.
A long standing city rule makes bicycling on sidewalks a misdemeanor. Despite yearly notices and arrests in spring, some riders defy it. A nearby official on Main Street rode 100 feet and drew jokes from bystanders as officials vow to prosecute all offenders without distinction.
The city is united to celebrate the Glorious Fourth with a parade of floats and communal effort. The general committee, aided by all residents, must plan artistic floats and revive the popular pony parade to ensure a beautiful, creditable celebration in Austin.
John L. Weber of Oakland sails for Round Mountain Nevada to oversee Clark's mining properties with plans to restart several mines next month. His son W A Weber greets him as news arrives that Fred Weber, 12, was shot in Salt Lake City while at a picnic. the boy is recovering after being treated for a leg wound.
Latest styles in Mission Cathedral and Holland shades for chandelier stand and drop lights. Call and see them. Everything in electrical supplies. Estimates gladly given on house wiring. 121 West Millstreet.
Rev Otis G Dale delivers third Presbyterian church health lecture on Breathing for Health and Power. He uses charts and exercises to show oxygen as vital to blood and nerves, stressing fresh air and mindful practice. He previews a talk on What to Eat and How to Eat It and digestive health.
Mr. and Mrs. William Evison were surprised at their South St. Paul home Tuesday by about forty friends celebrating their sixteenth anniversary. A playful re wedding ritual with a bridal veil and a bouquet caused much laughter, Miss Grace Wilson as bridesmaid, True Leonard as best man, and Dr. M. O. Anderson officiating. The couple, married at Lambeth Canada on April 28 sixteen years ago, received a berry set from friends, Rev. H. B. Hazen gave the presentation, and ice cream and cake were served before guests departed with good wishes.
A party of young girls organized the D A O club with Margaret Kenevan on Tuesday evening. The group will meet biweekly and refreshments were served. Officers named include President Amy Stockman Vice President Frances Campbell Treasurer Alta Fisch and Secretary Anna Kinsman.
The Brown family hosted a six o clock picnic dinner at the Will Brown home on Greenwich street Tuesday evening in honor of Mr and Mrs Ed Watkins who left for their new Montana home. Eighteen attended the social and musical gathering. They later traveled to Minneapolis to visit the O W Brown home. A cold meat fork remained as a reminder in their lunch basket.
Austin council Yeomen of America No 854 announces a regular meeting moved to Thursday evening April 30 at 7 o'clock sharp due to important business. Large attendance urged to show interest. Secretary J W A Jenson urges plan to attend.
An adjourned mass meeting in the Austin court room decided to stage a big Fourth of July celebration with music parades and sports. A general committee including Mayor Sutton and Fred Gleason will oversee fund-raising aimed at about 2000 dollars after about 900 dollars was pledged from business leaders.
The Modern Samaritans held a social at Woodman hall Tuesday evening with many members and friends present. The program featured vocal solo by Alice Hayes a vocal duet by Eva and Ava Lee instrumental by Elsie Peterson recitations by Glen Hendryx and Thaddeus Thompson reading by Earl Fairbanks. Ice cream and cake were served and dancing followed the program.
Sunshine Wanted appeals for donations to aid a bedridden poor woman needing night dresses and bedding. It asks friends to send money for fabric and requests summer garments for children up to thirteen. During house cleaning, mothers should donate clean, usable outgrown garments to the YWCA rooms for distribution, along with shoes and hats.
Indian camps at the Redpath Chautauqua in Austin July 7 to 12 offer summer education for children ages 6 to 14 with two tribes under trained young leaders. Boys may craft bows and tomahawks, girls bring broom-handle wands, drums welcome the medicine man, and visitors are also invited.
A diary style exchange shows a father calling to his daughter Jennie from the head of the stairs at 11 30 p m. He asks if it is time to go to bed and she agrees. The mood is quiet domestic humor as the Pathfinder narrator notes the scene.
A Washington Star quip has Uncle Eben noting humorously that people often fault others for acting as they themselves would in similar situations. The remark highlights a self aware, humorous view of human behavior.
A tale from Shahrazad unfolds in Guriund where a princess’ betrothal hinges on an idol’s sign. A Lanka prince offers his life, the temple priest dies, and the princess finds heads switching between the prince and priest, leaving an insoluble dilemma for marriage and fate. The New York Times reports this legendary oddity in period voice.
The excerpt compares cat play and chamois summer snow games. Cats favor straight lines and sharp turns using jumps to ambush prey or escape enemies. Chamois slip down snowy slopes in a swimming motion then scramble back up, covering 100 to 150 meters each descent. The source is Kari Groos The Play of Animals.
A popular actress tours Chicago's Ghetto and encounters a strange cosmopolitan moment. She recalls a crowding tale where a boy claims a dispute over a kettle and a cat, with an enraged mother claiming responsibility for the kettle and threatening a curious outcome.
A Bohemian Magazine vignette shows Mr. Lambert pressuring Mrs. Lambert over money and social duties. He fears poverty and seizes control, but the scene ends as he wakes from a nightmare, nursing a bump on his head after a bedpost collision.
The piece describes Naples as deeply poor with a quarter of a million living hand to mouth while taxes fund war efforts. Street kitchens sell 1 cent portions as bands play in the streets and travelers are serenaded from balconies. Storytellers and public letter writers thrive amid daily hardship and romance.
A New York Central official recalls Commodore Vanderbilt as a blunt leader who would present schemes to a stubborn board. He warned guests that the directors were hard to manage and often rejected proposals, yet they served their purpose in his view.
A dust contractor Mr Newrich seeks societal rise after a fortune, turning to a crafty aristocrat. He adopts a noble style and a visiting card reading Harold De Vere Iona House Portsmouth Square W. Days later a servant delivers a second card bearing Ephraim Newrich I Own 23 Houses London B, signaling a possible deception.
The fragment recalls Pepys noting in 1609 that he held and kissed the upper part of Katherine of France while visiting Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey. The queen of Henry V lay interred in the abbey's chapel construction, a famed sideshow for visitors.
Two boys quarrelled in a bantam fighting pose while a smaller boy sobbed and watched. When asked why one hit the other, the aggrieved boy claimed friendship with both, and the other echoed the sentiment, stating the same.
A Baltimore American line depicts a terse scene where a short dark woman with a fierce eye offers a check, while a visitor despairingly claims she only wants one from him, saying the threat comes from his wife.
A Chicago Record-Herald piece surveys a string of tragic fates tied to royalty named John. It cites England’s King John France’s John Balliol Scotland’s John I Constantine and several popes and emperors to illustrate the name’s grim superstition in royal history.
The Boston Transcript laments how the term commencement, once tied to September graduation, came to mark the start of a new life. Institutions shifted ceremonies to year end while keeping the name, a change that reshaped the term’s sense without renaming it.
A late night street scene on Park Row features a sailor and a policeman debating a mysterious term keyside. A high brow from the post office misinterprets the exchange prompting the officer to question the man’s sanity before guidance directs them toward the quayside and docks.
In a domestic vignette from the Philadelphia Bulletin, a family sits for dinner as a highwayman story is read. Father mimics a horse on the floor while Willie plays, and a wife asks about hold up methods. Father jokes that criminals sometimes wait until you sleep to rob.
The article describes water's pervasive role in matter and life. It notes water content in food and air, plant transpiration rates, and how sap distributes water and color in plants. It cites examples from potatoes, turnips, sunflowers, cabbages, and wheat, plus a French timber coloring process.
A nameless man claims he ran from an argument after a dance when a short yellow man bumped him repeatedly. He says a knife threat followed and describes fleeing toward a streetcar as a police officer halted the chase. The report notes the man wore expensive attire bought for two dollars.
In a Family Chronicle story a fearful yet charming Lady Holland visits Lord Radnor, insults calm by requesting more cloaks and asks whose prayer was read. The tale paints her impertinence as entertaining gossip at a Sunday gathering.
A London Spectator note reports that Hottentot women hold higher status than elsewhere in Africa. Married women are described as supreme mistresses, with husbands needing consent to eat meat or drink milk. The piece contrasts their rank with other Negro races.
A Chicago Inter Gen excerpt describes large jewelry houses using highly organized detective systems. Safes hold detailed descriptions of every item, enabling rapid recovery if stolen. Patrons may contact the firm with numbers, and investigators act quickly to recover gems without charge.
A hotel manager laments the tedium of night desk duty and the pull of early morning calls that interrupt rest. He notes temptation to break routine to escape the long midnight shift. The piece paints the night clerk’s isolation and monotony of overnight hours.
In Jaws of a Lion a lion darts at an enemy, knocking a man down with its body. Major Ip Verarity notes the claws and teeth hurt less than the jaw squeeze, while Major Swaine recalls fainting from a full gallop and later pain from a swollen arm after the accident. The account cites a London Spectator description.
A quotation from Arther's Governors of Pennsylvania notes Mannah Penn, widow of William Penn, acting as sole executrix after his 1718 death and effectively governing through deputies during her children’s minority, foreshadowing female leadership in the colony.
Ulrich von Hutten, famed German writer, fell on hard times and roamed the countryside begging for food and shelter. In a bitter winter night villagers refused aid, and he was found frozen in the snow. His biographer notes he died with only his pen as a possession.
A grizzled citizen muses on how people form cliques and admire their country state town and street, but the core issue is the man’s opinion of himself. The Kansas City Newsbook offers a pointed reflection on ego and social grouping.
A quip contrasts medical care by a barber versus a dentist, noting silence benefits a patient under a barber’s knife while implying no such need in dental work for a patient in the dentist chair.
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