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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1909
Page
4
In a tense exchange, Alfred hides his love and fears confessing it while joking about heart trouble. The woman probes if he truly has heart trouble and whether he can obtain medicine, hinting at deeper feelings and hesitation. They end with a game of checkers as a respite.
The St Joseph Gazette urges indoor workers to seek outdoor air and sunshine each day. A two mile morning walk boosts circulation, cleanses pores, and loosens joints, preparing body and mind for the day’s tasks. Moneyed or busy men who live far from work are encouraged to walk regularly for health and energy.
The piece notes readers finding Meredith Cocoanut novels hard to grasp yet rewarding, likening them to a difficult coconut with sweet milk inside. A London Tatler anecdote recalls a country customer requesting Meredith coconuts after hearing of their large sale and fashionable milk.
The process to join the Chinese postal service demands evidence of courage robustness endurance and the ability to traverse long distances over mountains valleys dangerous forests and wild beasts and robbers. Applicants are sent to uncanny places viewed as abodes of evil spirits before a letter carrier is appointed.
A humorous exchange unfolds as Mr J reveals his plan to go to the club, prompting his wife to question whos mind he means. The joke centers on a pun about ownership of the great mind.
More than 1,500 towns and villages in Germany retain medieval common lands, exempting residents from rates and taxes. About 500 of these communities collect large rental income from their lands enabling them to pay every citizen a New Year bonus of 25 to 100 dollars as a share of surplus revenue.
A Louisville Courier Journal note quotes a playful exchange about reading Henry James. One character delays completion until the next comma, signaling a joke about pacing and literary focus in a domestic moment.
A nostalgic note on historic London clubs such as the No Nose, Club of Beaos, Mao Killing, Surly, Man Hunting, Lying, Scatter Wit, fom Dom, Swopenny, Everlasting, Kit Cat, Beef stead and others. The piece recalls humorous descriptions and a London Scraps quip about the Beef stead club describing Britain as a sea of gravy with shallots for rockwork.
The Atebison Globe editorial notes that while criminals earn contempt, the deadbeat suffers harsher social and personal costs. He loses friendship, trust, and peace of mind, compelled to move often, and ends with an unglamorous finish.
In historic note from Pearson's Weekly, rounded knife tips spread after Cardinal Richelieu, offended by a Chancellor Sequier who used his knife as a toothpick at table, ordered rounded ends on all knives. The tale attributes sweeping French fashion influence to this incident.
Prof Max Muller recounts in A Fragment how a servant, aiming to impress a hotel landlord, recited many of the Duke of Wellington's titles. Believing the Duke and an array of nobles were dinner guests, the landlord arranged a grand banquet to the astonishment of the real duke.
A Ketchikan Miner poem extols Alaska moonlight, likening its liquid beams to porcelain, turning rocks to silver and mountains to giant pearls. It declares true wealth lies in the mind and evokes Alaska as magical and priceless.
Mrs Van Certous was found at eight in the morning sitting up in bed reading the encyclopedia. She explained to her husband that a recent article suggested much learning can be gained at odd times, and she chose the oddest hour to read.
The Cleveland Leader offers a wry exchange about courtship and promises, noting humor in a homely girl who has pledged marriage while remarks tease the likelihood of keeping such vows. The quip reflects lighthearted social humor in a newspaper voice.
Annapolis Aug 10 The board of inquiry into Lieutenant James N Sutton U S M C heard the dead officer s mother on the stand and public read letters from her to H M Swartz. She claimed conspiracies at Carvel Hall and that Utley Adams and Osterman beat Sutton before he was killed to cover the alleged attack.
Three young girls drew from 105000 yellow envelopes marking land applications in the Flathead Coeur d Alene and Spokane districts. Judge Witten opened the two hour drawing as 500 names were selected. Helen Hamilton handed in the first envelope naming Isador Selig of Myrtle Creek Oregon, though he was absent. Subsequent names John Hedmark and Charles G Cromwell of Spokane followed.
Washington Aug 10 Acting Secretary of the Interior Wilson designated 1 658 640 acres in northwestern Montana along the Missouri River near Fort Benton as included in the enlarged homestead act. The total designated land in Montana now reaches 25 466 200 acres.
A New Yorker and a friend discuss a passerby at the Flatiron building, arguing a sailor’s gait reveals sea experience. The man notes sailors walk with palms turned backward and backs forward, landsmen swing arms toward the body, but offers no definite explanation beyond habit and instinct.
A nineteenth century account explains the spider’s spinning organ under its abdomen. It describes six small tubular bodies with thousands of openings that release a viscous liquid forming 4,000 silk threads intertwined into a single line. Each thread is about one sixteen thousand millionth the diameter of a human hair, an astonishingly fine weave beyond wind or measure.
Lord Kelvin’s faith in figures led him to a dangerous proof of a mathematics problem. He calculated the smallest wire strength to hold a heavy cannon ball and suspended it above his lecturing platform to test the result, risking his life should the wire fail, and left it there for weeks.
The text recalls De Witt and the Prince of Orange rising as head of the Dutch republic. Despite youth, he showed courage and tenacity. The Duke of Buckingham warned, and William answered that the sure way not to lose the country is to die in the last ditch.
A family man recalls his cook who had a frequent admirer. He learns the beau married someone else and no longer visits. The cook confirms the marriage and notes the visitor ceased his calls. The anecdote ends with the surprise that the beau did marry.
An amusing anecdote recounts a London walf answering a Salvation Army captain about his labor. The boy explains he would pick strawberries in summer, pick hops in autumn, pick pockets in winter, and aukum for the rest of the year, illustrating a cheeky view of unemployment.
A humorous exchange mocks local knowledge as a speaker boasts that Oregon grows apples as big as a head and quips about peaches, highlighting regional pride in produce from a Chicago Tribune source.
A Life excerpt quotes Miss Mabel and a sir debating a hat forfeit as they retreat to a discreet spot away from the hotel. The exchange ends with an assertion of the forfeit, reflecting social game rules and flirtatious wit.
Beverly Aug 10 President Taft relaxed on a Marblehead veranda during race week and recalled a bitter yachting accident off Shelter Island. He said he was once enthusiastic about sailing but lost interest after the mishap and preferred the comfort of a liner. His son Charlie will handle the family’s aquatic interests while Sylph sits unused.
Detroit August 10 The investigation into the mysterious death of Mrs Martha Galahn whose body was found in Hamtramck Sunday in a clump of bushes yielded no tangible clues The sheriff's force focused on locating a childhood sweetheart but they were unable to find him until he surrendered to authorities.
National League scores include Brooklyn 2 at Chicago 0 and Philadelphia 2 at Cincinnati 0. American League games feature Boston 2 at Chicago 1 and New York 3 at Cleveland 0. Western and other leagues report varied outcomes with several doubleheaders and extra innings noted.
Grain and provision quotes for Minneapolis and Duluth on August 9 show bids for wheat across several grades with Sept and Dec futures, plus flax prices. Notable levels include No. 1 hard at around 1.29 to 1.30 in Minneapolis and No. 1 Northern near 1.28, with additional futures dates and flax values cited for arriving and on track grades.
St Paul market notes list cattle ranges for good to choice steers from 6.00 to 6.75 per hundredweight with fair to good at 5.00 to 5.50. Cows and heifers move 4.25 to 5.25, calves 5.50 to 6.25. Hogs at 7.40 to 7.60, sheep wethers 4.25 to 4.60, yearlings 5.00 to 5.25, lambs 5.00 to 6.50, spring lambs 6.00 to 7.25.
Wheat and corn futures quoted for September December and May contracts with fractional percentages and cents. Oats prices listed for Sept Dec and May. Pork and dairy items including butter and eggs show prices. poultry figures included.
At Chicago Union Stock Yards on Aug 9 cattle and hogs quoted with varying grades and weights. Texas steers bring 4.00 to 5.60, Western steers 4.00 to 6.00, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 75.15, cows and heifers 2.30 to 6.30, calves 5.50 to 8.00, hogs 7.20 to 8.10, good to choice heavy 7.45 to 8.19, sheep natives 3.00 to 5.00, yearlings 4.70 to 5.75, lambs 4.50 to 7.76.
From the Indian Ocean a large dredged sea crab, glowing with bright white light, was placed in a tank by the Calcutta Society of Natural History. By day the creature appeared ordinary, but at night its flashes illuminated the tank allowing observers to read small print in total darkness.
The Irish agitator Daniel O Connell defended a man accused of murder at Clonmel. Circumstantial evidence seemed 680 strong and the jury, convinced of guilt, returned a verdict. A living victim in court revealed the supposed murder had not occurred, prompting the judge to question the verdict. The foreman insisted, I am guilty, he stole my bay mare three years ago.
The historian Grote’s wife is praised as fearless and independent. She rode without a saddle and sailed a boat alone, marrying her lover without permission and returning home quietly. Sydney Smith praised them as ladylike and a perfect gentleman.
Percival Cowell discusses Mars as a prophetic guide, arguing the planet’s past explains Earth’s history and hints at future events. He claims Mars’s smaller size ages it quicker, placing it beyond Earth’s current stage and suggesting Earth must follow a similar path unless halted by catastrophe.
A Scotsman wears trousers rather than a skirted garment, not kilts or a single kilt. The London News notes Harry Latimer wore a kilt for fun, but asserts Scotsmen typically wear trousers.
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A fragment recounts Napoleon dictating obedience to power as the young King of Rome, upset at a guard who refuses to open a door. The child pleads, the guard resists, and the governess intervenes before the door is opened.
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