Austin Daily Habers Herald Weather and Social Notes
Showers expected tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures. People from Austin visit Adams for a few days at Marguerite Carr's home. Local business updates include Wm. Mills painting the opera house block and Wm. Bump moving to the Register office quarters with a new bathroom. Community notices cover travel, fishing trips, illnesses, social events, shop openings, and upcoming joint picnics at Lafayette park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Decker
Florence Crane
Norrine Huser
Addie Keenan
Louise Smith
Adams
Marguerite Carr
Wm. Mills
Opera House
Wm. Bump
Register Office
Lisle Barr
Albert Lea
Baby girl born on Hope Street this morning
East Side notes report the birth of a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Harry Laurie on Hope street this morning. Other items mention Mankato run coverage, visits, travel, and local housing changes in East Side communities.
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W. E. Rosenthal
Lincoln Street
J. L. Cooley
Seventh Street
Harry Laurie
Hope Street
Lawn Party At St Augustine Church
The Young Ladies Sodality hosts a lawn party on Tuesday evening August 1 at S D Sheedy's lawn. Everyone in town is invited to come and see the entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D. Sheedy
Sodality
St. Augustine’s Church
Austin Dairy Company Picnic at Lafayette Park
The employees of the Austin Dairy Company will hold a picnic at Lafayette Park Tuesday afternoon. The doors will close at four o’clock and no business will be conducted after that time. This marks the first daytime business suspension in eight years, and workers anticipate an enjoyable outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive League
Merchants’ Association
Lafayette Park
John Tichy
Austin Steam Laundry
Austin Dairy Company
Family News From Town Notes
Father Devlin returned home at noon. Mrs Walter Gibson and children began a three week visit with friends in various towns. Clare King and Rolland Lutz spent Sunday with Albert Lea friends.
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Gadys la Clair
Ella Fide
Miss Grace Slater
Albert Lea
Wm. Penny
Austin
Ora Moore and Sons
Clarkville
Shell Rock
Iowa
Father Devlin
Walter Gibson
Chieren
Towa
Clare King
Rolland Lutz
Eggs in Basket Cause Laugh at Opera House
A man buys a ticket and enters an opera house in a Long Island town. His basket slips loose revealing two dozen eggs. The ticket taker protests but the man insists the tickets are paid, leaves the eggs with the box office, enjoys the show, and the eggs are returned after, the manager joking that the eggs were for applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Human Monsters Across Europe and Germany Terrifying Killers
The report recalls Alfred Knapp executed in Hamilton Ohio in 1903 for murdering his wife and four others and admits years of strangling children. It describes German killers Johann Bobbe with a trappit and impalement, and schoolteacher Muller whose confession followed the exhumation of a widow.
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Alfred Knapp
Hamilton
Germany
Johann Bobbe
Berlin
Bobbe
Mueller
Duernburg
Bayreuth
Muelley
Perini
Londen An- Hawes
Fluorine the Rabid Gas Dominates the Chemical World
A vivid summary notes fluorine’s isolation by Moissan and its aggressive reactivity. It describes how fluorine, a highly reactive gas, bonds with metals causing heat and sparks, tears apart compounds, and even corrodes glass and water to form hydrofluoric acid, with platinum and lead as notable exceptions.
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Moissan
Always Waning Kiss Count Across Twenty Married Years
A Frenchman amused himself by tallying kisses to his wife over twenty years. He reports about 36,700 in year one, then halves in year two, ten per day in year three, two per day later, with the fifth year “wrapped in mystery,” and an eventual pace of one kiss on January 1st every leap year.
Freedom of the Press battle in Parliament 1764 1771
The era of press defense spanned 1764 to 1771 with Wilkes prosecuted for attacking Bute in North Briton and resistance to a publication ban on debates. Six printers were summoned, five obeyed, and a messenger was jailed. the lord mayor faced imprisonment and was later released, signaling the end of attempts to silence the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes
Bute
Briton
Commons
House of Commons
New York American
Historical Revelation of Achilles disguise
A quip from the Kansas City Journal recalls how Greeks tested Achilles as a woman by asking how to distinguish him in female dress. Ulyssea answers that he did not reveal himself by dropping a handkerchief when turning, hinting at disguise.
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Achilles
Ulyssea
Kansas City Journal
A Dime Novel Reader Query About Kindling Instructions
A Washington Herald fragment records a dialogue about telling Johnny to split kindling. The reply indicates Johnny did not split it and instead claimed he would swim in blood, reflecting sensational tone typical of dime novel style.
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Washington Heral
Candidate for County Attorney in Steele County
Otto Baudler, an Austin attorney, visited Owatonna to discuss county attorney candidacy with leading Democrats. He met officials including William Gausewitz, Dr. Smersh, and Emil Zamboni and was urged by Steele County citizens to file for the Democratic ticket, citing his education from the State University law department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owatonna
Baudler
Austin
Otto Baudler
William Gausewitz
Dr. Smersh
Emil Zamboni
Steele County
Bandler
Law Department
The
State University
For Sale or Trade Mrs Hormel Residence in St Paul Street
For Sale or trade Mrs Susan Hormel's house at 310 S St Paul street. Substantially built twelve rooms bath hot air furnace corner lot with shade trees. Prefers cash but open to trade in farm land if suitable.
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Susan Hormel
S St. Paul Street
Houses on Water Bridge Railway St Paul Streets
Property listings feature houses on Water Street Bridge Street and Railway Street along with lots and farms near Austin and in northern areas. Call for details and to schedule a viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Oakland Avenue
Austin
State
Electrical Supplies Ad From Wallace GuGson
Local ad for wall fixtures and electrical supplies. Mentions house wiring and estimates. Names Wallace GuGson and Fivdtriclan. Located in Mission and Cathedral of Holland area.
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Mission
Cathedral of Holland
Crusader
Wallace. Gugson, Fivdtriclan
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