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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
2
Those who prayed for rain now believe themselves righteous. No 2:30 races or big pumpkins this fall. A photograph in our city shows four generations: Ed Hanson and wife, Mrs Hanson, her mother Mrs Will Miner, her mother Mrs Newell, and Mr Hansons father and his mother.
The Nickel Theatre in Music Hall sets a nationwide moving picture price at 5c. In Austin the 5c rate. patrons urged not to pay 10c for inferior entertainment. Thursday to Saturday features include Scenic and Travel Picture and The Rogers Hackenschmidt wrestling film from London 1908, a 1000 foot segment.
The union service will be held at the Congregational church on Sunday evening. Rev. H. B. Hazen will deliver the sermon on “The Shame of the Cross.” Special music includes a double quartet performing “O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem” by James C. Knox and Miss Etta Robertson singing Dudley Buck’s “O Savior” with violin accompaniment by Fred Rayman.
Fred Christgau filed for the Democratic nomination to represent the North District in the upcoming election. The move positions Christgau as a key candidate in the party race for the seat.
Masses at St Augustine's are scheduled for 8 00 and 10 30 a m with no evening service.
The First Church of Christ Scientist invites all to Sunday services at 10 30 am Sabbath school for children at 11 45 am and Wednesday testimony meeting at 8 oclock. Everyone is welcome to attend all services.
Regular morning services at 10 30 led by E W Savage. Sunday school sessions at Central 12 and East 3 30. Young People's meeting scheduled in the evening.
Rev. J. S. Budlong serves as rector with morning prayer and sermon under the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at 10 30 am. Sunday school follows at noon. No early or evening service scheduled.
Morning service at the First Congregational Church corner St Paul and Mill streets led by minister F. E. Knopf with preaching by Rev. C. D. Belden at 10 30. Mrs. C. A. Hegge will sing O Paradise by John Lewis Browne during the morning service.
Morning worship at 10 30 with sermon by Rev Hazen. Sunday school at noon. B Y P U at 7 00 with the lesson Lessons from the Sea led by Dr M O Anderson. No evening service in the church.
In the new church corner at St Paul and Maple streets, services include 9:30 class and Brotherhood meetings led by Rev. A Cres sey. 10:30 morning worship continues "An Aggressive Church" series with a duet by Miss Munsey and Mrs. Ray Pooler. Sunday school at noon led by W O Craig. Epworth League at 7:00 led by Miss Tanye Burgess. All city youth invited.
The adjourned meeting approved a unified engine house and city hall project, voted bids for a First street sewer, and moved to obtain funding and architectural plans. A hearing on Main Street curb from Oakland to Cedar was tabled, and Wilson Beach named recorder in Foster’s absence. The council will visit nearby towns to review comparable buildings before final plans.
A program note lists an August 17 recital at the Congregational Church. Performers include Miss Thomas, Miss Solon, Miss Todd, and Dr. Rayman with violin pieces and songs by Gounod Rubinstein Verdi Dvorak Rogers Chaminade Moore and others. Tickets are available.
The democratic county convention met Friday at the courthouse with strong turnout and harmony. D. Coughlin was elected chairman and R. Peterson chaired the meeting. A credentials committee report was adopted and R. R. Murphy joined the congressional membership. Delegates chosen for the state convention in Minneapolis August 19 were Peter Johnson, August Smith, M. J. Mayer, John Cronon, John McCormick, Jacob Gute, Alex Loucks, Abe K. Lestrade and P. A. Reilly. A committee was formed to prepare a county ticket for the upcoming election.
A furnace failure at the First National Bank led janitor War ren to stuff it with paper and strike a match. Smoke filled the room and escaped through basement windows, prompting a fire alarm from a citizen who misread the smoke as a blaze. Firefighters were not needed.
A convention in Illinois renominated a personal friend for a close district and praised his battlefield and peacetime service. A voice challenged to find a better runner, and the speaker reaffirmed the nominee's well known war record as proof of fitness.
Elevations above sea level for Minnesota localities familiar to Austin residents. The list includes figures such as aa 812 feet and 1,148 feet, and other points like 1,296 21, 385 feet. This clipping serves as a quick reference.
Guy Clay escaped with a slight burn while J. Phillips suffered serious facial burns when lime in a small pail he held in the Clay cellar slacked. The steam pressure caused the contents to surge spilling lime over both men. Phillips faced possible eye injury but recovery was hoped.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an uncured catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by Waldin Kinnan Marvin and F J Cheney Co. Internal medicine targets blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Common Council of Austin Minnesota invites sealed bids for an eight inch sanitary sewer on First Street from Oakland Avenue North to Maple Street. Bids due August 29 1908. Each bid must include five percent liquidated damages and be accompanied by a certified check or cash deposit. City reserves right to reject all bids. Dated August 15 1908 by City Recorder T M Foster.
Wallace Gregson identified as electrician with a listed address 121 West Mill Street. No additional context or events provided.
The Herald prints a popular wants column offering 5c per line for first insertion and 1c per line for each subsequent insertion. Lost: a Scotch Collie named Mac with 904 on its collar tag. finder notify Henry Furtney. Found: spectacles on the brick walk near Fay Smith's. inquire at the Herald. Rentals and sales ads follow for rooms, houses, a piano sale, typewriters, and farm land trades. Also sales agents wanted and a Winchester rifle trade offer.
An insurance and bonding ad promotes fire and tornado coverage through W. W. Ranney. It also urges remodeling with The Mower County Lumber Co offering lumber cement and plaster at fair prices. C. E. Hersey and L. J. Cooley Paint Shop advertise sign painting carriage painting and general paint work near Henry Hansen wagon shop.
A Louisville Courier Journal note recounts how a joke by a comedian named Ward led editor H R Tracey to craft lines that popularized the phrase see a man. The gag involved stepping out during a show to visit Aman the restaurant keeper, boosting Aman’s business as men began leaving between acts to go see Aman.
A Philadelphia Ledger cartoon depicts a church committee debating a pastor’s diet. The First Deacon asserts a pastor must be a vegetarian. the Second asks why. The punchline: sermons lack meat, implying moral or substantive content.
A Brooklyn article recounts Leonardo da Vinci s painting The Last Supper in Milan. It describes the painter seeking a Christ face and, after years, using Pietro Bandinelli the choir boy as Christ model and later Judas face from the same man, revealing an ironic twist of fate.
Markets faced uneven moves with bonds and stocks fluctuating in narrow ranges. Traders watched for guidance from central banks as prices shifted and volumes remained moderate.
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