Give love and faith and truth your guiding light
The piece opens with a poem about giving the best of yourself, then shifts to a Herald column from August 13, 1889 noting local items: Secretary Ticknor promotes the Cosgrove Hereford herd at the fair. McIntyre Post plans a picnic at Clear Lake. Nellie Sutherland visits Owatonna. P. H. Friend buys clothing in Chicago. Charley Cook’s vacation shortened by employer. a trade carnival at the Armory. Charley Gilleece’s new house praised. John Mackie arrives from Madison to work in the storehouse. A river water pump note refutes claims about fire fighting at Hollister barn fire. discussion on water supply, health concerns, and an upcoming election stressing the need for civic participation.
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Herald
Ticknor
Mower County Agricultural Society
Cosgrove
LeSueur
McIntyre Post
Clear Lake
Nellie Sutherland
Owatonna
P. H
Chicago
The
Golden Eagle
Charley Cook
Armory
Charley Gilleece
John Mackie
Madison
Hollister Barn
Water Works Expansion and Bond Issue Proposal
The proposition asks two questions to voters. First to authorize land and right of way for extending the water works. Second to authorize bonds of 20 000. The bonds will be paid from plant earnings and a pure water supply avoids typhoid and river water risks. The Herald urges voters to cast an X after each question next Tuesday and stresses public health over taxes while praising Albert Lea’s progress and climate for paving contracts amid controversy.
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Water Board
Herald
Albert Lea
Commission Plan for Stillwater Moves Toward Charter
Steps were taken this week in Stillwater toward adopting a commission system of government. Judge Stolberg appointed a fifteen member commission to draft a new home rule charter, seen as the core aim of backers of the movement.
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Stillwater
Commission
Reponge
Stolperg
Human Roulette Wheel at Kline Carnival August Event
The Kline Carnival Co presents a Human Roulette Wheel from August 23 to 28 under Firemen auspices. It targets kids for amusement, but older guests may enjoy watching more than the children. The act is described as a scream and a lighthearted attraction at the carnival.
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Kline Carnival Co
Firemen
Household Remedies Admired for Time Tested Merit
Household remedies endure in families as mothers today give children the same old treatments their grandmothers used. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a root and herb remedy, has grown popular for thirty years due to genuine merit.
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Lydia BE. Pinkham
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Sold By Druggists
Advertisement notes that DeWitt's Little Early Risers are sold by all druggists with claims of gentle and pleasant effects and easy tile over pills.
Lightning Rods Offered For Copper Cable At Trade Prices
Henry Trenary advertises copper cable rods sold at 11 cents per foot for house use and 15 cents per foot for buildings. The contact is Maple and River streets, Cor, Maple River, dated 14 0tp.
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Henry Trenary
Maple and
River Streets
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Endorsed
The text promotes DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills as the best remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It warns buyers about imitations and urges insisting on DeWitts, noting they are antiseptic and aid kidney function and that druggists carry them.
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DeWitt
DeWitt’s
Fly committee formed to oppose flies in Georgia
The Fly Committee of the Georgia State Medical Association met in Atlanta and allied with the State Board of Health to fight flies. A report on disease spread by flies and practical destruction tips was adopted. Other notes cover formaldehyde as a fly killer, names not used in medical reporting, and California tuberculosis mortality patterns.
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Georgia State Medical Association
Atlanta
State Board of Health
Alexander Hill
Mentone
France
Mississippi
Hinds County Medical Society
Jackson
Jour
A. M
Aug.lim
California
Hyomei forest air cure for catarrh and lung ills
Hyomei inhalant uses pine and eucalyptus oils as antiseptic germicide to reach the mucous membranes from mouth to lungs. The complete kit costs $1 with refills 50 cents. guaranteed to cure or money back. sold by leading druggists.
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Australia
Bids Sought for Tile Laying on Shepherd Farm Lands
The E H Smith Land and Loan Co invites bids for tiling about 20 000 feet of 5 to 15 inch tile on the R Shepherd farm near Austin. Plans and specifications are on file in the office. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved.
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R . Shepherd Farm
Austin
E. H. Smith Land & Loan Co
Original DeWitt Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve
Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve, the original among many imitations. This salve is good for any use requiring a salve, especially for piles, sold by all druggists.
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DeWitt
Austin Boy's Predicament at Clear Lake Elks Hotel
An eighteen year old from Austin Minnesota left town without paying a four dollar and seventy five cent board bill at the Elks hotel in Clear Lake. He was found Sunday at the home of a Waterloo woman and brought back to face charges. His father arrived from Minnesota to help.
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Mason City
Waterloo
Minnesota
Local social gatherings feature light chats and travel views
Fifteen ladies met at Mrs. Oscar Ober’s pleasant home for an informal afternoon honoring Mrs. Trowbridge of Minneapolis, with Mrs. Harry Hall as out of town guest. Chalk talks illustrated mother goose rhymes, noting canine and porcine tails as clues. Hazel Pelletier hosted friends with a Monday evening gathering. A Tuesday auditorium social offered a young people’s dance, and Mrs. A. W. Wright hosted an afternoon for Mrs. Edgar I. Carter of Summersworth with cake, beverages, and puzzle questions. Western景 scenery views from Mr. and Mrs. Wright highlighted their trip through the Northwest. Carter plans to head east Thursday.
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Oscar Ober
Trowbridge
Minneapolis
Harry Hall
Needles
Cal
A. W. Wright
Edgar I. Carter
Summersworth
N. H
Daigneaux
The Coughing Bean Plant’s Odd Reaction
A London Chronicle note describes the coughing bean Eutada tussions a tropical plant that coughs when dust touches its leaves. The plant swells with gas inside its leaves and expels it, causing a coughing sound and reddening of the foliage as chlorophyll pockets disappear.
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London Chronicle
Classified notices and advertisements from a vintage page
A jumble of small ads: a wanted girl for general housework with a phone contact, a threshing machine for sale in first class condition, and a brief druggist’s pitch for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers pills and Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve, with mentions of DeWitt’s salves sold by druggists.
Two Classes of Patriots Said by Senator Sorghum
A Washington Star quote presents Senator Sorghum dividing patriots into two groups, the appointed and the disappointed, reflecting a cynical view of public ambition and service in politics.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
A Difficult Task The Man Do you think you could learn to love me
A dialogue fragment about love and learning new skills. The text references a question of affection and a remark about learning Greek in youth, presented in an illustrated bits style.
Paid For the Kiss Chronicle Anecdote
London M P Strolls with Lord Northcote tell of a governor general in Australia who is kissed by a maidservant and given a sausage and six shillings to be passed along. A gatekeeper servant waiting for his sweetheart confirms the intrigue and a comical misdirection unfolds between master and staff.
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Lord Northcote
Australia
London
Resolution No 391 Condemns Austin Sidewalks for Rebuild
The Austin Minnesota City Council adopts Resolution No 391 after a report by the sidewalk committee finding sidewalks unsafe and condemning the affected blocks. It orders rebuilding to city ordinance specs and completion by October 1909, with Trice T. Hoster as City Recorder and P H Zender as Acting Mayor witnessing approval.
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Commition Council
1. C. Austin
Minn
Common Council
Tang Tela
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Austin Daily Herald
City of
Skinner
Ulmer
Gertrude Ellis-Skinner
Cme
Madeline
Bridges
Auatin
Health Hin's
Hyomei
Mrs. Ober
Hazel Pelletier
the Herald
Gener
Interstate 199L
N. W
F. H. McCulloch Printing Co
J. C
Mia
Eva Brown
W. H. Adams
S. River Street
New Phone
EE. Burnham
Yeas
Neys
Abtuut
Trice
T. H. “Oster
City Recorder
P. H. Zender
Yates & Lewis
Kenevan
Carrie B. Haghty Moran
Mitchel Lowry
Lota
Seus
Thos Burnham
First National Bank
U. S
O. W Shaw
H. L. Banfield
F Banfield
H J Droft
Sam Waintroeb
U. S. Express Office
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