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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
2
Establishment date noted for the Weekly Herald with editors John H Skinner and Gertrude Ellis-Skinner. Postal entry as second class mail matter in Austin Minnesota. Advertisement rates listed: display ads ten cents per inch readers clues and clubs and societies two and a half cents per line weekly edition.
The text notes August named for Augustus Caesar and the moonstone symbolizing wedded felicity. It cites lunar beliefs that moonstone could cure diseases during the moon's increase and that waning phases might affect future events. Hamatiel guards destinies of August-born.
The column surveys upcoming events and conditions, noting a September street fair in Winona with rail fare discounts, a large county fair in Mower County, and the local measure to restrict saloons to certain streets. It also mentions El Reno travelers, Essex wager on sleeping, German publishing figures, and wartime aftereffects in South Africa.
The article argues that heat and global calamities stem from a planetary alignment similar to a superior conjunction. It cites 1898 events with Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, claims cycles bring wars, pestilence, and earthquakes, and warns of future disasters while noting recent weather and harvest conditions and local cattle breeding news.
The piece condemns feathered millinery as promoting cruelty and disease. It notes os trich feathers and dyed bird plumes adorn hats, mocks seaside hat fashion using gulls and pigeons, and urges simplicity over slaughtered birds. It ends with a Japanese tip to preserve cut flowers by burning stem ends.
The piece notes a unsettled period ahead, saying much depends on experience and observation from many years of truthful men. It hints at forthcoming events or outcomes and closes until hotter weather arrives.
The Andrews band in Austin ends today as Prof. Andrew withdraws to focus on other business. After fifteen years of leadership, dwindling support and rising costs led to the decision, leaving many locals regretful yet understanding the need to discontinue the musical venture.
Mr and Mrs R E Shepherd and daughter Helen depart at noon for the Pan American at Buffalo and to visit relatives in Oswego expecting to be away about three weeks Miss Rath who has been vacationing in New York will accompany them back home
A nostalgic poem extols hearty dishes of greens with pork, noting how communities from New Yorkers to Bostonians savor mingled meat and vegetables. It contrasts regional fare and ends by claiming this simple feast surpasses all in heaven.
Camp Wildwood leaders Fred Ulmer Vern Mijore Eddie Hueier and Lou O Milley form a male retreat north of the city. They celebrate the absence of women and intend to continue this lifestyle indefinitely.
A historical essay defends spiders as useful arachnids that control insect pests. It argues against the fear of spider bites, cites dragonflies and Henry McCook on the mosquito problem, and urges protecting spiders to reduce disease-causing insects despite public prejudice.
Chicago august 1 General Passenger Agent Calaway of the Soo line offers to wager 5000 that his road is not a rate cutter. With company president approval he will place the sum with the Western Passenger association chairman, to be shared among six Chicago St Paul lines as fines for any rate shading of one penny.
Special to The Times reports a blaze sweeping Mine No 4 at Cumberland British Columbia with miners evacuated. Desperate efforts continue to reach Pumpmar Nichols and locate the fire as rescuers press for access.
The Blyberg Dalager Roseland and Kittlesby families camp at the Kimball farm with Ericksons as Dalagers’ guests and Miss Bergen and Mr Hanson as Roselands’ guests. The party totals twenty five and uses six tents. A mosquito netting canopy over the dining room and the standard camp dining area are in place. This afternoon Mrs Earl Mrs Vegge Miss Nicholson and Miss Peterson were entertained.
Rufus Allen began his threshing outfit on the Woodson farm. The machine ran steady all day threshing, averaging five and one half bushels per acre.
The article predicts rural telephone expansion after patent expirations. It argues farm cooperatives will install long distance lines connecting farmers to markets and towns, reducing isolation, aiding in emergencies, and saving time for both large and storey farms through shared ownership and improved delivery and market access.
A reader notes sweeping fashion where women abandon hats for comfort and economy. Sun umbrellas replace hats in summer as women display broad shoes, light skirts, gloveless hands, and low necklines, signaling a potential lasting shift beyond Austin.
An ad offers a free sample treatment and a book on piles titled Pile and Fistula Care, available to any address via Rea Broa. & Co. Dept. X in Minneapolis Minnesota.
Report from several visitors describes the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition as excellent with pleasant travel. They came via Milwaukee and the Pere Marquette Steamer across Lake Michigan, then by foot train to Detroit and fast trains to Buffalo. Some also traveled by boat from Detroit, praising the rail water transition. For rates via this route contact H. W. Jameson, Pere Marquette Railroad, Milwaukee.
The article argues most hair preparations are fake irritants that dry hair and cause lifeless strands. It blames a dandruff germ for hair loss and claims Newbro's Herpicide kills the germ, stopping the cause to promote luxuriant growth.
Austin resident 103 Chatham Street Mr. B. W. Day testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills eased a long standing lame back and abnormal kidney secretions. He reports reduced pain and improved overall condition after using the pills sold at drug stores for 50 cents a box. Foster, Mobaro Co., Buffalo, sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
London August 1 The Constant ninople correspondent of The Standard reviews Great Britain's diminishing trade in Turkey. He notes the United States sending large quantities of machinery and leather while Germany Italy and even Spain replace British goods. He urges British merchants to show greater enterprise.
A jumble of 19th century ad copy and quotes appears, touting Campbell's flour and Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry while sprinkling miscellaneous proverbs and health remedies. The fragmentary text mentions the Austin Steam Laundry at Water and Franklin, with brief promises of prompt commercial service and delivery.
A North Dakota solicitor notes Washburn cheap lands attract attention while lands across the ice in Oliver County are cheaper by about one dollar per acre. The emissary, Cas FP Evts of Manda, ND, invites correspondence for road lands in Morton and surrounding counties.
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