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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1902
Page
3
A partial OCR fragment shows scattered numbers and letters including dates and figures, lacking clear context or identifiable events, names, or locations. The readable items resemble financial, time, or code-like entries without a coherent news item or subject.
Fragmentary report notes acts from PHL to PTW Petelelin with references to pestes and flows near Deer tow. It mentions crops gathered in February and May, claims best quality reserved for the king, sent to Bangkok, smoked in the Palace, and given to state officers.
In the Atlantic essay a graveyard scene is described with towering columns and stone figures. The dove of peace and a guardian angel overlook modest graves, while plain slate markers mark humble resting places of unremarkable citizens and gifted souls.
A laborer asks the workshop foreman to aid two poor men in need. The foreman replies and the day resumes, revealing a drunken carpenter struggling atop a scaffold before a fall occurs.
An elderly man recalls his niece Mary and a playful monkey gift. He shares a humorous eight year old thank you letter from Hal written as a rousing praise of his Uncle Ned. The note mentions toys, family warmth, and a vivid home-like memory from the Pittsburgh Bulletin.
The text argues Lake Michigan has no inlet yet gains replenishment from the Rocky Mountains. Water travels through cracks to caverns at mountain roots, melting snow feeds rivers that descend 4000 feet to a gravity incline, delivering fresh flow toward Chicago and the western Michigan shore, sustaining evaporation and movement.
A friend recalls Charles Reade seated at his desk smiling as he meticulously inscribed ideas on foolscap. The scene suggested a playful letter mood, yet his language projected a chilling edge that unsettled the observer.
An old landlady warns an artist that a crowd called the hanging committee seeks him, suggesting danger and pursuit. The Chicago News fragment presents a tense scene with implied threat and pursuit.
A teacher asks a student to explain the difference between balance and remainder. The girl replies with a witty comparison about a man losing his balance but not his remainder, highlighting word usage.
Local items report West’s sales on summer wares including shirts and dresses. Names include Oscar Ayres, Malloy Bros, Guillemin’s Maple Walnut ice cream, and Mrs. Fletcher. Several visitors and residents listed with short notices. lost and found notices and upcoming Congregational picnic noted.
Mrs A V Ellis and son Sid visited Minneapolis this Sunday. The C T Paine family settles in Everett Washington for winter. Mrs Gallagher and daughter returned from Northfield. Mrs Rowney and children Dorothy and Howard back in Minneapolis after visiting the Gallaghers. P Barrett spent the day in Minneapolis. Mrs John O Brien and grandson Claude Kinney of Madison Dakota are guests of Austin relatives. Bard Stevens to work train this week. Conductor Pat Gallagher of Northfield spent Sunday here. Claude Kinney visited Farmington to see Blake Two. Two work trains left for Northfield with conductors Elms and Mull holland. Mrs William Thompson and daughter returned from Chicago and Milwaukee. Andrew Craig and wife accompanied them. Mrs Cleveland of Owatonna visits nephew Roy Cleveland. Harry Hill of Lime Springs guests over Sunday at the Plummer. Conductors Olson and Thompson at home with families Sunday. Mike Nockles and Mr Kendall examined for Conductors Saturday. Blanche Thompson and Miss Anderson visiting Mrs Ray Thompson. Peter Jensens little boy Andrew broke his arm Sunday evening. Mrs Grant Cleveland of Owatonna visiting C E Dickens home.
The Saturday edition highlights the Post and Record’s fine new building and department cuts. It features David Blakely, Austin’s early editor of The Mower County Mirror, and praises the neat attractive quarters while wishing the paper future growth and continued success.
A concert directed by the Epworth League will be held next Wednesday evening August 20 at the Methodist church. Miss Rosamond Van Buren of New York City will sing with home talent supporting. She comes highly recommended and the event is described as one of high order. Price 26 cents.
James A. Tawney writes an apology for an critical Chicago Record Herald piece that mocked the president, delivered after defeat was near. He acknowledges the attack was hastily dictated and issued too late, apologizing only now.
Father Devlin delivered a practical uplifting sermon at St Augustine s. He announced Bishop Cotter will preside Aug 31 to confirm a class of 45 adults and about 110 children. Breakfast will be served in the church hall between masses for the confirmants.
A Friday night gathering of leading Republicans in Winona planned decisive steps to secure a full party vote at the primary for James A. Tawney’s nomination to Congress from the first district. The group aimed to act in the most efficient manner to achieve this goal.
A heavy freight train on the Minneapolis and St. Louis line struck a hand car near Albert Lea. Seven men rode the car. Lewis Anderson aged 63 was killed, Thomas Farrell was fatally injured, and foreman Thorson sustained minor injuries.
Job notice from McKean Co Co Op Oil and Gas Co Eldred Pa inviting at home work for five dollars a week with expenses. No canvassing requested and implied daytime hours.
After September first sidewalks of five feet four inches wide will cost 55 cents per foot due to higher cement prices. C. E. Dickens, E. Enockson.
In Oxford era lore a young Edward VII rode with the South Oxfordshire hounds and trespassed on Steeple Barton farmer Hedges’s land. The farmer, famed as Lord Chief Justice Hedges, blocked exit with a fork and fined them a sovereign for damage before releasing the prince and companions.
In a revision court a barrister sought conclusive proof that a man on the rolls was dead. An opposing agent admitted uncertainty yet supplied corroboration. When asked how he could know the man’s death the witness quipped he did not know yet noted he was buried a month ago on suspicion. In Minnesota a train hand car collision near Albert Lea killed Lewis Anderson and Thomas Farrel, while Thomas Thorson suffered serious injuries.
Enormous crowds gathered in Brussels on Sunday to view the embalmed body of General Lucas Meyer. The Boer generals Dewet Delarey and Botha are expected to arrive Tuesday for Meyer's funeral, with the remains to be sent back to South Africa.
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