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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
2
Poetic lines urging faith and courage to illuminate a path through darkness. Imagery favors determination, morning light, and turning toward the right while proclaiming eventual triumph and renewal. Roses and thorns symbolize struggle before hopeful bloom.
Citizens express pride in the new College building and Carnegie library, noting the achievement rivals the pride they would have felt if Tawney had delivered the promised federal building.
The Seventh Annual Report of the Chief Fire Warden highlights the department’s work preserving forests and preventing fires. The nearly 150 page book features many illustrations of the timber section and commends yearly efforts to maintain woodland health.
The Register mocks Thursday night editorial on lumber tariff and Tawney. It questions why a tax would affect lumber price if the tariff is a joke and notes confusion over Tawney's stance versus trust control.
The author asserts widespread press corruption affecting nearly every paper and claims political campaigns rely on payments for support. He warns that rampant bribery endangers liberties as officials seek newspaper backing nationwide.
The Albert Lea Tribune rebuts a claim by a local paper that Senator Knatvold is a banker or stockholder. It emphasizes his long study and service to the people, arguing he remains a public servant dedicated to constituents despite criticisms of banks.
August 23 and 24 observances mark the fortieth anniversary of the Sioux uprising with a large celebration in New Ulm. The city, long a focal point of memories of the conflict, hosts elaborate preparations for a monster jubilee honoring the so called triumph and the endurance of local residents.
The city will host a grand historical parade on Saturday August 23 with twenty historical figures depicted in fleas, an infantry regiment a artillery battery civic and other societies and bands. Speakers include U S Senator Moses E Clapp Gov R VanSant ex governors Ramsey and Lind addressing the crowd.
A satirical column mocks farm prices and voter choices, while lampooning social habits and regional hype. It jokes about oats prices, wind versus bread, and a chorus of concerns from coastal California to the Mississippi Valley, ending with a playful stamp of skepticism by the Man in the Moon.
The Carnegie library plans by Kinney and Detwiler show a Renaissance style one story building sized 50 by 50 with stone trim. The approach will be stone with four columns and a vestibule. The Ready room divides into four sections with pillar dividers and a fire proof stack room with a lift. The children's room includes a curio annex and drinking facilities. The basement holds an assembly hall for lectures and the heating and unpacking rooms.
Advertises available farm lands for relinquishment in Minot and Bjelland North Dakota. Listings show multiple parcels with prices ranging from 300 to 700 dollars and occasional flax acres. Correspondence directed to Claud Keenan in Minot or Bjelland P O North Dakota.
Tracey’s death story captivates Hans Anderson and Dr. C F Lewis. Anderson, once a Creston resident, knows nearly everyone linked to Tracey’s killing. Dr. Lewis, Vanderbilt College roommate of Dr. E C Lantes, joins in reading the account.
Albert Lea College in Albert Lea Minnesota offers B A degrees and prep high school courses. It proclaims itself the Northwest's only exclusively women’s college with university standards and trained teachers. Programs include music art elocution physical culture normal training and refined social advantages. Fall term opens September 10 1902 under Principal Miss K I Hutchison with Rev C C Adams as secretary.
A. Emmons notes that prudence in practice means choosing high quality at low prices. The message highlights practical prudence guiding buyers away from alluring but worthless goods and toward value and reliability.
The Ladies Aid Society will serve ice cream and cake on the church lawn Saturday evening August 9. If weather fails, the cream will be served in the basement.
Single piano tuning offered for 3.00 dollars with two tunings for 5.00 dollars in the same year. For groups of three or more tunings price 2.00 dollars each in Austin only. First class work guaranteed by F. M. Reruss at 303 Water St. tf.
William Metzger and Eliz beth Beiseker were married at 8:30 p m at the Beiseker home in Wells county. Rev Buehler officiated in the presence of family. The couple plans a honeymoon tour to Portal Glenwood and Minneapolis with reception notes from Fessenden News.
Male applicants urged to apply for an office position in Austin. Include reference A. T. Morris care L. T. Deaver Creston Iowa.
Mrs. Davis and Mrs. H Weseman traveled to Albert Lea this afternoon to visit friends.
The Federated Catholic Societies closed their Chicago meeting with a resolution backing President Roosevelt to pursue a rigid inquiry into abuses in the Philippines and to safeguard treaty rights. They express sympathy for the friars, support American governance, and commend Vatican and U S negotiations toward a just solution.
Fred B. Kennedy, chair of the local Labor day committee in Binghamton New York, reports Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister in Washington has indicated he will try to accept an invitation to address union men on Labor Day. The letter notes appreciation for the invitation and praise for inclusive views on legislation. It marks the first invitation to a Chinese national by a labor union for such an event.
From Rawlins Wyoming the Democratic state convention announced its ticket Governor George T. Geck Congressman Charles P. Clemens Secretary of State D E K Stickney Treasurer Colin Huter Auditor W Dean Hays Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaro The party backs popular US senators compulsory arbitration of interstate disputes municipal ownership of public utilities and reform measures including prohibition on free transportation for public officials.
Chicago August 8 President Roosevelt will be awarded an honorary LL D degree by the University of Chicago during his fall visit to the city.
Ottumwa Iowa August 8 a fourteen year old boy Grand Millard while playing with a revolver shot and fatally wounded his eight year old sister.
A German artist visiting New York challenges Americans on geography. A twenty year old woman confidently answers some capitals correctly, but confuses others such as Charleston for North Carolina and Chi Springfield for Illinois. The exchange ends with the remark that American geography surprises the visitor.
The excerpt discusses how kissing evolved under early Roman rulers as a sign of subordination and respect, with emperors sometimes kissing subjects to honor them. It then shifts to a vivid zoological scene describing a dam’s cougar den, her hunting kills, and a kit litter, as observed by Franklin Welles Calkins in outing notes.
A narrator discovers a newly abandoned panther den and notes the animal’s fastidious cleanliness as evidenced by the den’s condition. The lair’s location and full context are not fully described in the fragments available.
The article details various dead animal by products. It lists horse parts such as mane and tail hair for hatreloth and bags, hide for leather, tendons for glue, flesh for food, fat for lamps, intestines for gut strings, heart and tongue for food, bones for handles, and blood for manure. It outlines practical reuse across industries.
Announcement lists travel sale for balance of summer 1902 with round trip and one way options to Colorado Springs Pueblo Ogden Salt Lake City with exceptions and agent details Casun and Hot Springs.
Special excursion to tie a Ciles Special train via Chicago Railway departs at 3 10 a m with pickups in St Paul Minneapolis and surrounding towns. Fares set at $1 50 for Lexington Park Oelwein and Algona clubs in Iowa. Return trains depart Bt Paul 8 30 p m Minneapolis 4 10 a m Monday and 4 25 p m from Minneapolis. information through Great Western lines G P Elmer Chicago.
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