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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1902
Page
3
In a local tradition, women in the valley of the Barea practice emancipation without formal meetings. Husbands risk social scorn if oppressed, while wives may demand one third of joint property and can retreat to their parents for a year to annul the marriage. The community enforces norms that limit male mobility and protect wives from misfortune.
The readable fragments reference a public square and various disjoint terms. No clear event, names, dates, or locations form a coherent report. The piece appears as stray OCR remnants rather than a defined news item.
The article recounts harsh enactments in Scotland from 1606 to 1688 requiring bankrupts and offenders to wear distinctive colors in public, with public humiliation in market places. It notes repeal trends as sentiment shifted against such punishments and includes a caustic anecdote from The Peoples Friend about a parishioner and his minister.
The article recounts P T Darnum’s publicity stunts featuring an elephant plowing on a hill visible to New Haven railroad passengers. Fans and farmers sent letters asking about hay consumption and profitability. Darnum answered that such feats pay only with a large audience and railroad exposure, otherwise horses are cheaper.
Local ads mention West's sale on summer wash goods ladies waists hot weather skirts and remnants at half price. Community notes list visitors from Cresco Minneapolis Blue Earth and St Paul as well as upcoming church and Guild meetings. Public notices include rent listing and a tour to Yellowstone Park with photos at Vosburghs Photographic Studio.
Adams reports visitors and gatherings including Mrs. Nockles from Austin and the Willing Workers event for Aug 20. Bishop Cotter presided over confirmation at Sacred Heart as the new Catholic church cornerstone was laid. German community pledges loyalty and airs a patriotic motto.
Mr and Mrs Fred Fisher welcome a new daughter this morning. Frank Showers and wife moved to a new home in Minneapolis. Fred Watkins and wife returned Monday night from Minneapolis. John Fleming hosts his mother. Dena Olson travels to her home in Dalmaria with Miss Hayes accompanying. Mildred Walker from Oakland visits sister Mrs Will Andrew. Mrs George Taylor returns from Triumph Inn visit.
A concert will be given next Wednesday evening August 20 at the Methodist church under the Epworth League. Miss Rosamond Van Buren of New York City will sing and be supported by home talent. The entertainment is described as of high order with a price of 25 cents.
CENTER and LeRoy residents visited relatives in town last week. Mr and Mrs P Vandenover of Mi not N D returned home Wednesday after traveling due to Grandma Vandenover’s serious illness. F Ferguson and wife of Elgin visited relatives in Asis vicinity.
Special train runs Sunday August 24 1902 for visitors entertainment from Austin to Minneapolis and Minnehaha Falls. Leaves Austin at 6 45 a m fare 1 50 round trip.
In a Polish town near Breslau a night watchman failing to whistle due to missing teeth is sent for dentures. After his new teeth arrive the hours pass without a whistle as he obeys the dentist's instruction to soak them in water at night, prompting disbelief from the burgomaster.
The article describes an ancient Welsh practice where families light fires on hills during February May August and November. Each member adds a marked white stone to the fire, prays, and retires. next morning they seek the stones to detect a missing one, which implied death for its owner within a year. The custom is praised for beauty yet deemed cruel and dangerous to believers.
London sewer hunters prepare for night searches with a bulleye lantern fixed to the right shoulder a canvay apron and a pole seven to eight feet long with an iron hoe end. They walk through mud using light and touch to find items, collecting old iron rope bones coins plate and jewelry regardless of value.
The Pexing Gazette reports that during 1850 to 1860 China conquered England and France, then granted peace. It says the emperor, in goodness, accepted their plea and gave a large war indemnity to help them begin an honest life and avoid further crime.
In London Tit-Bits a wife laments a newspaper blunder that turned their twenty five years of married happiness into twenty five years of marred happiness. Her husband answers with light humor, suggesting the reporter may share the same years in marriage.
After September first cement sidewalks will cost 55 cents per foot for a five foot four inch walk due to higher cement prices. C. E. Dickens FE. Knockson family group photos offered as a specialty. You can wear tight shoes more comfortably with daily foot powder to relieve tired swollen feet and reduce perspiration. Malloy Bros.
The article reports Justice George C leaving the bench in April after a long tenure. His son confirms the retirement plan cites reaching seventy under recent rules allowing judges to retire at that age. The piece notes a plan to conclude service with the adjournment of court.
A parent asks for surroundings her daughter is accustomed to, while a young man replies that he cannot guarantee it. He notes that Clari bel has discussed the issue and says she is tired of the neighborhood.
A kitchen door exchange reveals Tufford Knott's occupation as a hunter of grub, framed as a humorous line from a Chicago Tribune feature. The brief vignette highlights a character with a plainspoken, rustic vocation.
The Atchison Globe notes a saying about women who remain proper and traditional. It claims a woman feels unsettled inside any house unless she wears an apron, reflecting social norms of propriety.
The Bronx River in New York derives its name from Jonts Bronx who settled the region in 1630. An editor challenges a reporter to be clearer and avoid vague medical language when noting the status of the Hon. J Edward Cashly after ten days of care, stressing explicitness for uninformed readers.
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