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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
2
Skinner and Ulmer review editorial matters with emphasis on Gertrude Bhi Skinner as associate editor and related personnel. The note outlines duties and the newsroom stance on forthcoming coverage.
An item from the Washington Star contrasts summer blossoms with snow and a blizzard, then pivots to politics citing Frank Sanborn on Taft. It treats political buzz as a light domestic aside while noting the “Palingenitus Stellatus” remark about the year.
A Boston Transcript quip about a woman's greatest asset imagines men’s imagination, inviting critique of gendered wit and implying skepticism about male creativity versus female insight.
Rumor says a Lafayette Park Hello Girls picnic honored one member who soon weds, stepping away from telephone work to marriage. The event blends military service with personal life as women prepare for changes in duty.
The summer school at Harvard College outshines the Austin program in one key way with Harvard drawing representatives from all forty six states.
Thick weed growth along boulevards of aWansing avenue hides the flowers for passers by making the beds less visible and reducing curb appeal in that area.
The piece argues a government effort to cultivate a potato immune to bug feeding and blight. It suggests such a potato might be unappealing or uneatable if it remains too poor in flavor or texture, casting doubt on the practicality of perfection without taste.
Comparing old newspaper promos of The Great Bank Robbery by Julian Hawthorne with modern film ads for The Great Train Robbery, the piece notes how audiences crave bigger thrills and how advertising over time escalates.
Several young boys have been tampering with a sanitary fountain by stopping a water cup and watching the stream rise. Police are monitoring the offenders, warning that the fountain should be used for drinking only.
A. Krall and Nina Hoke were married Thursday night atop a 120 foot electric ladder at Wonderland Park Minneapolis. After the ceremony they bowed to crowds below and descended, a lighthearted note that all brides and grooms eventually come down.
Fire Chief Jensen says numerous repairs inside the fire limits have halted over the past six weeks. The vacated marble works on Water street cannot be enlarged into a flat until the council issues a special permit.
The article argues that colleges cannot mold every student and that early upbringing shapes a person more than schooling. It notes that while colleges may influence some youths, they cannot form individuals like Webster or Lincoln, and by adulthood many traits are already set.
The Minneapolis Tribune recalls Albert Lea’s boom with mentions of A H Street planning a brick store J R Colby likely building on his lot Col Johnson considering erection and J R Ransom having plans Austin’s spring spree of new business blocks cited from Hera files twenty years back.
Miss Mattie C. Ellis arrived from Penue Nebraska with Miss Goshen and Miss Woods teachers from Nebraska Normal school. They will stay at Evergreen Farm for a day and depart tomorrow for Alaska for the rest of the summer.
The Manual Training class at Franklin building hosted an evening event led by instructor Jay F. Knowlton. Guests entered by lantern light, exchanged ten chips for drinks and games, and enjoyed candy, ice cream, and cake. Marie Kinsman won a jewel box. Helen Decker took the booby prize.
Judge Kingsley heard testimony in a habeas corpus case brought by James Ashmead of Minneapolis against William Nordland and wife of Lyle. The dispute centers on custody of Ashmead's daughter after she was placed with Nordland for eight years by the Minneapolis Humane Society. Nordland argues the father is not better off and remains attached to the child. Ashmead contends he can provide a proper home. Attorneys French and Greenman represent the defendant, W C Sherman for the plaintiff.
J Solner writes from Copenhagen describing a first visit from Vordingborg to the Danish capital. He notes clean streets, broad parks, and tramways, compares depots with St Paul and Minneapolis, and comments on polite conductors and police. He mentions Raadhuus, Thorvaldsen’s museum, the Tivoli, windmills, and a growing beer culture as he previews further observations.
Willie Palmer Anderson, three, son of Mr and Mrs John Anderson, died at their Garfield street home at 5 30 am after a short bowel illness. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 pm from the house with interment in Oakwood cemetery.
The colored Gophers face the Hormel Packers at Lafayette Park Saturday at 3 30 p m with Lutile pitching for the Gophers and Rat Johnson at bat Thrall stars for the locals The Austin club arrives confident boasting its strongest lineup of the season Ladies admitted free to the game
The crack short stop of the Colored Gophers leads the lineup as they face the Hormel Packers at Lafayette Park tomorrow aiming for a key victory.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo listed. Waldin Kinson & Marvin endorse the firm as honest and able. Cure is internal and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. price 75 cents per bottle. sold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A quiet gathering at Mrs Fannie Adams home honored William Ulmer with about thirty friends. He received a gold watch fob, Nettie Adams gave the presentation, and he departs to rejoin the U S S Idaho in Philadelphia.
The British navy’s after shipwreck court martial practice began after the 1741 Wager wreck off Chile. Captain Davy Cheap ordered a midshipman shot amid mutiny fears, but law officers ruled the crew correct, shaping section 91 of the articles of war that keeps a ship in commission pending court martial.
Jack and Tom discuss a delay in advancing a relationship with Miss Cashleigh. Tom says he is playing a waiting game, hoping she changes her mind.
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