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Newspaper

Austin Daily Herald

Location

Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1903

Page

2

Advertising Rates for Local Classifieds

Rate card states locals pay 5 cents per line for single insertions and 22 cents per line for more than three insertions with a 25 cent minimum.

Locals

Woman Reluctantly Claims Cushman Davis Name Change

The unnamed woman asserts she can exchange Cushman Davis for Doll, insisting she remains in her salad days despite age claims and her stated stance on the matter.

Cushman K. Davis Doll

True Sportsman Supports Enforcing Game Laws

As hunting season nears the poacher presses limits while game wardens vow strict enforcement. The text argues that real sportsmen avoid illegal shooting, need watching only the pet hunter, and support laws to preserve the sport, offering help to enforce them.

No Riot Here Sheriff Holds Steady In Mower County

A local column argues that Sheriff Johnson would prevent mob action if prisoners were seized in Mower County. It praises precise courts, condemns mob violence, and notes community debates about fairs, dinners, and street fairs while criticizing loafers and vagrancy with harsh language.

Mower County Sheriff Johnson Johnson

This Is The Way An Austin Lady Is

A brief column highlights a resident of Austin with reference to local customs and social demeanor. It sketches a portrait of how she embodies city life and community spirit through everyday actions and choices.

Tommie Avoids Mamma and Snatches Pony

A confrontation at Main and Mill ends with Tommie fleeing with his pony rather than returning home. The scene includes a threat of punishment and a quick grab by his mother that fails as Tommie escapes, displaying defiant resolve and a mischievous tilt like bank robbers of lore.

Main Mill Streets Tommie Mamma James

Episcopal Social at Terry Home Draws Crowd on Bridge Street

The Episcopal church ladies hosted a sociable at the Terry home on Bridge Street with lantern lit lawn, ice cream, and cake. A musical program featured Mr Churchill performing six selections and Miss Cabrieux of Toronto enriching the evening with banjo and guitar. Receipts totaled about $15.

The Episcopal Church Terry Home Bridge Street Mr. Churchill Rob Roy Nevin Bartlett Armourers Bethoven Eugene Cowelli Ruth Shepherd Cabrieux Toronto Canada Metropolitan School of Music

Mrs J Z Rodgers Hosts a Detroit Guest and Charity Guessing

Mrs J Z Rodgers and Miss Margaret Riley hosted a Thursday evening gathering for Miss Fisher of Detroit with about twenty guests. Norm Dungeman won first in an advertising guessing contest, predicting 55 of 62 ads as music and refreshments capped a pleasant social night.

J. Z. Rodgers Margaret Riley

Miss Mary Opie Hosts S M N Class Graduates Evening

Miss Mary Opie entertained the S M N class graduates Thursday at her father Charles Opie’s home. A phonograph concert and other music plus games filled the evening. Ice cream and fruit refreshments rounded out the event. Guests reported a pleasant evening.

Mary Opie Chas. Opie

Mrs Harrison Hosts Lin lunch party in Winona honor

Mrs S H Harrison entertained this afternoon at her Winona Street home in honor of Mrs A B Hawkins of Winona. The ladies brought their work and enjoyed a social afternoon. At 5 o clock lunch was served. The J J J s met in City Park yesterday and organized a club with officers including Marguerite McCarthy as president.

S. H. Harrison Winona Street A. B. Hawkins Winona Marguerite McCarthy Pres

Local Club Officers Toast After Event

The gathering featured Eulalie Terry as Vice President Frances Campbell as Treasurer and Mildred Robinson as Secretary. A good time was enjoyed by all and refreshments were served.

Advertising in the Herald Brims with Local Deals and Humor

Readers learn that advertisers like Murphy Maurek West Fish Bros McBride Hormels and Thon provide fresh local bargains. Cressey Malloy T W Donovan Williams and Austin Furniture offer deals on suits cloaks insect extermination framing furnaces and elastic mattresses. The piece notes ad quirks and a printer error turning any mattress into elastic.

The Herald Murphy Maurek West Fish Bros McBride Hormels HeraLp Leader Cressey Malloy T. W. Donovan William Williams Austin Furniture Company

Durand Train Wreck Claims Twenty Lives

Special to the Herald reports a Grand Trunk train wreck at Durand Michigan this morning injuring and killing twenty people. Emergency crews worked as rescuers sought survivors and authorities began investigations into the disaster.

Durand, Mich

Bicyclists Warned as City Enforces Walking-Only Rule

Austin ordinance strictens riding bicycles on city sidewalks. James M. Galt notes enforcement will be applied going forward.

City of Austin

Tuning Prices and Fire Class Work Ad

Price single tuning three dollars with two tunings five dollars. In clubs of three or more two dollars each in Austin only. Fire class work guaranteed. F M Refus 303 Water St.

Yeag Wo Austin F. M

Harvest Labor Rates to Minnesota and the Dakotas

Low rates available for parties of five or more via Chicago Great Western Railway. Tickets on sale daily to August 31. Liberal arrangements for return trips. For full information apply to any Great Western Agent. Eimer, G A, Chicago.

Chicago Great Western Railway Great Western Eimer Chicago Lil

Roses red and white in legends of love and martyrdom

The piece describes color symbolism of roses in various tales. White stands for silence, yellow for jealousy, red for love, with legends linking white roses to mourners’ tears and red to martyrs. Other myths recount Cupid spilling wine turning roses red and a Bethlehem maid whose fire spared lives, making red and white roses martyrs. Turkish lore cites roses red from Mohammed’s blood.

Breses Ted N. Hudson Moore Levenes Cupid Bethlehem Mohammed

Mingun Bell of Mandalay Large World Hanging Bell

The Mingun bell near Mandalay on the Irrawaddy bank is perhaps the largest bell in the world. It stands 12 feet high at the crown and 16 feet 3 inches in diameter, with metal thickness from 6 to 12 inches, weighing about eighty tons. It hangs from three teak beams resting on two massive masonry pillars and upright teak posts, cast in the late 18th century under the king's supervision.

Mandalay Mingun Irrawadi

Missionary Sentenced to Convert Jews in Abyssinia Tale

A Swedish missionary seeks converts in Abyssinia and is brought before King Menelek who challenges his mission. The king orders the man beyond the frontier until he converts Jews and heathens, highlighting intercultural tension in a framed anecdote from colonial-era storytelling.

Meneleth Cvd the Miestonary Menelek Scandinavia Abyssinia

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