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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1909
Page
4
The text urges eating enough wholesome food to gain strength and notes digestion is essential. It argues against dieting and promotes Kodol as the only product that truly aids digestion, claiming rest and Kodol support a weak stomach when digestion fails.
A national advertises a money back guarantee for a dollar bottle of Kodol from E. C. DeWitt & Co. Chicago. Consumers must honestly claim no benefits after using the entire bottle, with the druggist refunded the purchase price and the company paying the bottle cost. The offer limits to the large bottle, one per family, and notes the dollar bottle contains twice the content of the fifty cent bottle.
A Boston Aug 16 letter from President Taft to Secretary Nagel directs that any census supervisor or enumerator who engages in politics will be dismissed. He urges strict regulation to keep census work nonpartisan, noting past patronage practices and the need to prevent political machines in any state or district. The article also includes a Kansas City Star excerpt on ancient Greek schooling and its praise of physical and intellectual training.
President Taft spent an hour with Carlos Garcia Velez on Cuba at Beverly cove. Velez said Taft was deeply interested and well acquainted with Cuban goals. Velez noted foreign pressures and disheartening press but said intervention seemed unlikely.
The article notes how little was known about Earth's expanse in Aristotle's era and around Columbus. It describes beliefs of a flat world, the Mediterranean-centered civilizations, and Europeans' limited knowledge of Asia Africa and the Americas. Columbus himself misidentified Haiti as Cipango and Cuba as part of the mainland.
A Paris banquet featured only potatoes in every dish and even in the brandy and liqueurs. Parmentier used guards to lure critics, with Louis XVI among early converts, proving potatoes were not poison. Benjamin Franklin, Lavoisier, and other luminaries attended.
A veterinary quips about equine sunbonnets and trousers to ease horses in the Ecuadorian town of Guayaquil beneath the equator. He notes insufferable heat and streets clogged with mosquitos and greenhead flies, forcing animals into cloth protection as they navigate narrow, foul smelling lanes.
A former Canadian bishop who hid his origin through speech and manner notes meets a Scotchman. Asked how long he has been in Seviland he boasts six years then mocks the lack of an accent, contrasting his own fluent disguise with the visitor’s clear speech.
A dialogue between a woman and man ends with a plan to stay home. The Buffalo Express quotes the exchange as a concise social remark reflecting wardrobe woes and domestic restraint.
In a simulated clash near Bridgewater, the blue army captures a private and destroys bridges on Assonet Taunton and Minnetuxet rivers. Two battalions under Major Graves report success after destroying mock bridges with dynamite packs and firecrackers.
Four men inspecting the reinforced concrete Bredalbane block on Margrave Street in Winnipeg were crushed when rains moistened the concrete cause girders to fail. Two men, J. Duncan and William Dodds, were taken to hospital in a dying condition as crews salvage the wreckage and plan rebuilding with steel and tiles.
Results on the diamond from Chicago to Bloomington report wins and losses in the American League American Association Western League and Three League play with scores for each match up to eleven innings noted. Key outcomes include New York at Chicago nine to zero Cincinnati over Boston seven to two and Brooklyn topping St Louis nine to three.
Minneapolis and Duluth report grain prices with bid ranges for wheat futures and cash grades. Sept and Dec contracts show varied quotations. No. 1 hard and No. 1 Northern figures appear alongside cash on track levels. Flax prices arrive and on track range from $1.45 to $1.38 with additional months listed.
St Paul market figures show cattle from good to choice steers at 6.00 to 6.75 per cwt totaling 6000. Hogs range 7.30 to 7.60. Sheep and lamb categories list wethers 4.35 to 4.75, yearlings 4.75 to 5.00, lambs 5.00 to 6.50, spring lambs 6.00 to 7.65 per cwt. Cows and heifers bring 4.25 to 5.25, yields for heifers and calves noted with varying grades.
Chicago market brief lists wheat with August at 1 01 4, September 99 4, December 65 4c with May 99 4e. Corn quotes show September 65e, December 54 54e, May 151e. Oats October 88 0c, December 88e, May 40 4c. Pork September 26 60, January 17 10. Sutter Creameries at 22 14 and dairy quotes 20 40 238e. Maps 184p21e. Poultry licenses for turkeys chickens springs 16e.
Cattle prices tabulated for Aug 14 show ranges across multiple classes. Beef cattle and Texas steers fetches varied from about 3.10 to 7.50 per hundredweight, with calves and hogs also listed. Sheep and yearlings complete the current market snapshot with mixed figures for native stock and lambs.
Walter T. Hayes of Chicago won the singles championship in the tri state tournament at Sioux City by defeating Ray I. Branson of Mitchell S C in three straight sets. This marked his fourth consecutive singles title in the event.
A concise adage attributed to Lincoln emphasizes doing one task at a time and prioritizing major goals. The maxim encourages disciplined work habits, clear prioritization, and steady progress toward large objectives.
The Cunard liner Les 9 sank at Muskisson dock after a Saturday fire gutted the forward sections from the saloon kitchen to the fore hold. Fire brigades flooded the ship by Sunday morning and tugs moved it upright. no crew were lost though some firefighters fell into the water. The second class and after sections, including the engine room, escaped damage.
The article discusses Mercury as a small but troublesome planet to observe and weigh. It notes its proximity to the sun, eccentric orbit, and perturbations by other bodies. Le Verrier proposed a method to weigh Mercury, estimating its mass as about one fifteenth that of Earth.
The Journal hired a woman editor to oversee the woman’s page and gave her a desk near the managing editor. After initial success, he advised more expansion in her writing. Months later he proposed marriage, she teased that he should study expansion again.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound touted as the premier remedy for female troubles during the Change of Life. The Noah, Kentucky user Lizzie Holland reports relief from headaches, nervous prostration, and hemorrhages, enabling home and store tasks. The ad urges letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential, free advice.
David Johnson relays a 1703 frontier incident retold by John Severns in Pioneer History of Indiana. A gauntlet death sentence for two white prisoners ends with the younger man risking his life to help his friend, while the elder is slain by a mob. The village chief adopts the rescuer as a son, and Severns explains he could not intervene without risking his own life.
A Berlin letter describes daily life centered on meals and social dining. Germans enjoy frequent, informal eating from breakfast to late night, with street and restaurant meals common, ample music, and a culture of leisurely social eating and entertainment.
Lord Sheffield walking with a friend in Piccadilly boasts no one can pick his pocket unseen. A passerby seizes a man in mock theft, the joke unravels when the lad shows a handkerchief. The would be thief is released after apologies, and Lord Sheffield finds his pocketbook missing.
In the exchange with Grubb and Jim, the speaker expresses confidence in a good dinner tonight. The new English butler handles catering for the household, indicating reliance on his kitchen service for the meal.
The fragment shows dialogue involving Miss Wobbins and another speaker urging a visit. It reads like a brief dramatic exchange or quotation from Life magazine. The readable text focuses on direction and potential repetition of a visit. No clear event, date, or named organization is provided.
A Washington Star quote contrasts patience and experience with common sense. Uncle Eben warns that waiting to learn can waste precious time while someone using practical sense makes progress, likening it to learning from a mule kick.
A fragmentary scene features Ephey Jackson speaking with a rural cadence about family, marriage, and support, reflecting a humorous or ironic local voice. The snippet hints at intergenerational dialogue and a judge’s presence or response.
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