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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1908
Page
4
South Dakota investment pitch offers A No 1 Balcom's Addition lot and listings from Rochford Land Co. An Employment Agency links to the real estate office. Several FOR SALE homes include 7 rooms on Winona Street and other city houses with features, prices, and cash terms.
In St Patrick's Cathedral New York celebrated a centenary of Catholicism with almost all American bishops present led by Cardinal Logue of Ireland and Cardinal Gibbons. Officials including President Roosevelt sent congratulations as Cardinal Logue led a pontifical Mass and Papal blessing closed the ceremony.
Sioux Falls reporter states John Steltz alias John Clark admitted killing Theodore Rothman on March 16 in a cabin near the Pig Sioux river three miles northeast of Sioux Falls. He also confessed to an earlier Philadelphia murder and was sentenced to life at Sioux Falls penitentiary.
Six unknown Italian miners from Midvale Pennsylvania were found dead in a third floor room of a Greenwich street lodging house. Gas was turned on and the door nailed from inside. A porter broke in after smelling gas. window fastened tight, suggesting fear of theft. Coroner notes death occurred several hours earlier.
Portsmith reports a boiler tube explosion during a full speed trial on the British battleship Brittannia. Five men were hurt four severely and one slightly. The Britannia transmitted the accident by wireless to Portsmouth.
A public school in Springfield Minnesota burned on April 29 causing about $35,000 in damage. Insurance covers $22,000 leaving the high school and seven other departments without quarters.
Cornwall's superstition rich lore endures in Katherine Lee Bytes style notes. The fairy folk including Druids spirits spriggans piskies and miners are described as kindly yet mischievous beings tied to ancient sites like cairns and cromlechs. Protection against tricks is to wear garments inside out.
Henri visits a London chemist shop and, unable to speak English, tries French to buy a toothbrush. The staff fail to understand until the proprietor notices his attire and delivers the message in French by cupping a megaphone to his ear, announcing the French speaker is away and the customer must wait.
A medical society discussion includes a speaker’s quip that “Many a man thinks he is pious when he is only bilious.” The remark appears in reference to behavior and temperament as discussed in clinical circles.
A historic tale from Outing Magazine recounts Captain Haraden bluffing a British packet into surrender after a four hour duel. The audacious ruse involved firing the last powder charge and demanding the ship haul down its colors within five minutes or be sunk, leading to the English vessel surrender as Haraden counted the final seconds.
A Massachusetts congressman narrates a legend about nerve and fear in a Boston coffeehouse. A stranger faces an armed proprietor and misreads a pistol as a steam pump, prompting a tense moment before the man finishes his breakfast. The tale closes with a joke about mourning bandages and a widow's memory.
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