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Austin Minnesota daily paper established in 1991 prints afternoon editions except Sundays for the city.
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
2
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Potpourri of Local Interest: Editorial Snippets
A collection of small notes on reliability stability and local politics. The Omaha Bee notes the democratic ticket features Kern as underknown and Bryan as well known while editors in the first district cite postmasters as pivotal to Jim Tawney’s support and opposition.
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The
Omaha Bee
Kern
Mr. Bryan
Jim Tawney
Austin business leaders push to keep overhead street signs
Austin businessmen rally against removing overhead signs on main streets. They argue Albert Lea's earlier removal led to a cleaner, more metropolitan look without varied signs jutting from buildings and sidewalks.
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Albert Lea Tribune
Austin
Albert Lea
English Woman Ella Grundy Champions Physical Culture
Ella C Grundy visits America to promote her lawn and garden fitness regime. She calls digging a beauty exercise that strengthens the back and waist and stimulates the liver, while she opposes mowing with a lawn mower. Fresh air and sun are nature's cosmetics.
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Ella C. Grundy
America
Independent voting unsettles county results a thousand votes apart
S D Catherwood of Austin told the Republican state committee that years ago the county could be won by a narrow margin, but now independent voting has unsettled expectations. He noted confidence rests on a shift toward Jacobson as the independent vote dominates this year.
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Winona
Republican Herald
Republican State Committee
S. D. Catherwood
Austin
Jacobson
New Mail Carrier Added To Austin Force
Postmaster Simmons secured approval from Washington for another carrier to start September first. The extra help will expand service to many homes currently without it and allow twice daily deliveries in some single‑delivery areas. Austin will have five carriers, more than Albert Lea or Owatonna.
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Simmons
Post Office Department
Washington, D.C
Austin
Albert Lea
Owatonna
Mrs Shields Hurt in Lafayette Park Pony Carriage Accident
Mrs Shields and her daughter were driving ponies in Lafayette park when a launch on Cedar frightened the animals causing them to dance. Mrs Shields leaped from the cart as a wheel ran over her arm. She suffered severe bruising and shock, was unconscious briefly, and is now reported much better after Dr Peirson treated her.
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Mary Shields
Lafayette Park
The
Cedar
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Notice
This is an advertisement offering one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials from F J Cheney Co Toledo and Kinson & Marvin. claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Pills for constipation also recommended.
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Hall
F. W. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Undersi
F. J. Cheney
Ww .Kinson & Marvin
Seennett
Ruggists
Opposition to Tawney Gathers Editors in Owatonna Meeting
A Republican press meeting in Owatonna discussed opposing Congressman Tawney. T. V. Knatvold of Albert Lea is noted as a likely challenger, with editors from seven of ten counties pledging an active anti-Tawney campaign.
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Minneapolis Journal
Owatonna
Tawney
T. V. Knatvold
Albert Lea
J. P. Hurley
The
Albert Lea Tribune
D. Belden
Austin Transcript
H. F. Luers
Owatonna Journal-Chronicle
Edgar Stivers
Dodge County Star
Dodge Center
J. P. Nottage
Dodge County Republican
Kasson
C. A. Johnson
Hayfield Transcript
A. W. Blakely
Rochester Post and Record
Glenn Howard
Alden Advance
Frank Ibach
Preston Republican
Houston
Wabasha
Dodge County
Dodge
Freeborn
Mower County
Grand Meadow
Steele
Blooming Prairie
Ellendale
Preston Times
Spring Valley
A. G. Grey
Prestor
Samuel Lord
William Richardson
Rochester
Knatvold
H. H. Dunn
Joe Cannon
Cannon
Roosevelt
State Fair to Shine With Expanded Lighting Display
The Minnesota state fair from August 31 to September 5 will feature unprecedented illumination. Electric decorations used in Twin Cities streets will extend to the fair grounds, with each principal building outlined in lights for the first time in its 49 year history.
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Twin Cities
Northwest
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Electric lights enhance Hamline Exposition grounds at night
The Hamline exposition grounds will be outlined in lines of light during state fair week, including the 40,000-seat grandstand. About 20,000 sixteen candle power lamps to be installed in a month will give the grounds a fairy glow each night. An 1,080 foot electric sign near the grandstand proclaims Fort Ridgely in 62 and 7:30 tonight. A New York Times anecdote follows involving Horace Walpole and Mrs Blake.
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Hamline
Fort Ridgely
Horace Walpole
Mrs. Blake
Henry
Mr. Sellers
Blake
Sellers
Mr. Windsor
Windsor
Mr. Blake
Walpole
Mr. Barton
Mr. Markham
Ms. Blake
Nimble Nickel Theatre Promises Popliner Comedy and Wrestling
Moving pictures tonight at 8 30 pm at Palace Music Halls. The Nimble Nickel theatre offers 5 cent admission with a lineup including The Spy The Movable Furniture Visitor Satan to Earth Our New General Dog Avenges his Master Late for Lunch Car Men in Danger. Beginning Wednesday August 1% features Hacken Schmidt Rogers wrestling match all week.
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Music Hall
Satan
Earth
Hackenschmidt-Rogers
Paint Stolen From Tollefson Store Room
Sometime Saturday a thief pried out a staple at the rear door of Tollefson's paint shop and entered the store room taking several colors of dry paint. Mr. Tollefson will watch the freshly painted signs to trace the miscreant by color.
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Tollefson
Socialists Meet at Court House Tonight
Comrades urged to attend local Socialist meeting in the band room of the courthouse Wednesday night August 12 at 8 o'clock sharp. Important business to be transacted.
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Court House
Eight Room House For Sale On Alleghany and Kenwood
Eight room house on the corner of Alleghany street and Kenwood avenue with modern equipment and good barn. Possession Sept 1 1908. Apply at the furniture store of J C Johnson Jr and Son for particulars. I E Tiegen.
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Alleghany Street
Kenwood Avenue
J. C. Johnson, Jr., & Son
I. E. Tiegen
Piano Sale At W D Andrew Piano Dealer
The ad announces a year round piano sale at 81f W D Andrew piano dealer promising favorable trade and customer proof if they visit before buying. It highlights daily business operation and guarantees benefit to customers choosing to shop there.
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W.D. Andrew
Local Couple Wed in Lansing Ceremony
Ernest W. Carll and Miss Hester C. Hammond of Lansing were married Saturday August 8 at 12 30 by Rev H B Hazen at the officiating clergyman’s home. The couple will reside in Lansing.
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Ernest W. Carll
Hester C. Hammond
Lansing
H. B. Hazen
Card of Thanks for Funeral of Dear Little Boy
Mr and Mrs John Anderson and children express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for assistance and sympathy in their sorrow at the death and funeral of their dear little boy.
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John Anderson
Local residents resume normal routines after visits
Mrs Roy Carll has returned to Mason City after visiting D L Chandler and relatives in Waltham. Mr and Mrs C D Decker and son Roy left Minneapolis following a visit with Austin relatives. Mrs Fred Hartman and Marion returned from Rose Creek after a two month visit. Mrs A M Nordland and daughter returned to Minneapolis with Miss Lydia Lage. Mrs Anna Chandler Beltz, visiting D L Chandler, plans to join her husband near Great Falls Montana in ten days.
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Roy Carll
Fred Hartman
Marion
Rose Creek
A. M. Nordland
Minneapolis
Lydia Lage
Anna Chandler Beltz
D. L. Chandler
Oakland Avenue
Great Falls
Montana
Shooting the Sun Navagation in Ocean Positioning
A Travel Magazine writer explains how modern navigation fixes a ship's position at sea. Methods include dead reckoning and chronometer sextant observations. Shooting the sun at noon yields latitude, while longitude uses sun timing and Greenwich reference to compute east or west distance.
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Travel Magazine
Greenwich
Penance For Discourtesy By The Russian Czar
Nicholas I of Russia harsh and imperious yet chivalrous enough to punish a household officer for rough treatment of a beggar woman. He ordered the offender to pace a corridor all night and proclaimed I am a puppy each time he turned.
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Nicholas L
Russia
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Dialogue on art and fate in a clipped exchange
A Minnespolis Journal quote spins a brief exchange about art in small matters and grand purposes. A dated remark contrasts speaking softly with bold ideas. The conversation probes how rapid life choices, like marriage, outpace one’s future.
Human Life Governed More by Fortune Than Reason Quote
A succinct attribution to philosopher David Hume notes that human life is ruled more by fortune than by reason. The line reflects a timeless view on uncertainty and fate shaping human affairs.
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Veason
Hume
Dream Dream While Friday Night Foresight
A Virginia woman warns against sharing nightmares on Saturdays, recounting a dream and a superstition that Friday night dreams told on Saturday become true. The tale emphasizes lingering fear from past risks and a chilling belief tied to a specific day.
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Virginia
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