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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
2
The Austin Daily Herald serves Austin Minnesota as the official city paper with daily editions except Sundays, reporting local news and community notices.
The Albert Lea Tribune reports friends of Knatvold urge him to run against Tawney in the upcoming contest. The push is described as stubborn as coaxing a reluctant child to a circus, highlighting the challenge of securing his entry.
The Common Council of Austin Minnesota orders a permanent curb on Main Street between Oakland Avenue and Cedar Street. A cement and sand curb five inches wide and twenty two inches deep will be installed or adjusted to fit the lines, with bids to be opened by September 4 1908. Costs charged to abutting property via certificates payable in one year at six percent.
Library Journal recounts a scene in which a librarian and a child debate the proper state of hands. A dirt caked child insists he was born dirty while others joke about washing hands in warmer weather and a skin color remark arises. A book fine dispute ends with the mother defending her son who sequesters his book in the icebox to keep it safe.
The article notes soldiers confess that shouting and noise keep nerves from failing in battle. It observes a natural interval of cowardice, quickly overcome as fighters grimly engage. It credits martial music for boosting morale and aiding campaigns.
A child reports his mother praised a doctor as a duck and the father asks how. The boy explains she implied the doctor was a quack, revealing a playful mishearing that sparked the joke in the Chicago News.
Alderman McCormick urged a Third ward jail to curb drunks and keep others quiet, prompting laughter but highlighting street disorder. Other actions included curb line for South Main, a county manhole permit for Bridge street, and requests for sidewalk and crossing improvements as meeting adjourned to Aug 29.
Officer Feeley recaptured nine year old Georgie Kline after a two day chase from his Ducktown play spots to the C M and St P yards. Mayor Sutton warned of consequences for running away and the boy promised to stay put. Georgie had spent the day with a playmate and later returned to work at a packing plant after being refused elsewhere.
Strayed red cow from St Ledger pasture. notify E Loomis Austin or call 410 R 17 3ta. For Rent large room and closet, inquire Donovan Goslee. Furnished room for rent one or two gentlemen 41% East Bridge St near C G W depot. 1311 Typewriters for rent by F H McCulloch. Various sale items including kitchen cabinet chairs tables at 132 W Maple St phone 322 L. Mrs Susan Hormel residence 310 S St Paul St twelve rooms bath hot air furnace corner lot trade in farm land. For sale on rent eight room house at Alleghany and Kenwood with barn. Furniture store J Johnson Jr contact J E TieGen. Piano sale ongoing with W D Andrew. For sale houses on Water, Drere Railway St Paul Sts Oakland town lots near Aust and in northern part of the East.
A reader contribution urges kindness in social conduct from hosts and visitors alike. It counsels greeting guests at the door with a smile, offering seating, and making everyone feel at home. The piece urges kindness to washwomen, workers, and family, noting life is short and actions brighten the world.
County Auditor Robertson and city officials joined a party including bankers aldermen and the postmaster to view the judicial ditch drainage work from Albert Lea to Turtle Creek. They rode a steamer along the 5.5 mile reach, inspected the 100 by 40 foot dredge, crane, and bucket capable of moving earth at a rapid rate, and enjoyed a crew dinner aboard with electric lights on the dredge at night.
Grain buyer M B O Halloran reports light quality crops after extended southern Minnesota and northern Iowa trip. Oats look like half a crop with more oats to be bought for Austin than exported. Corn yields vary. some fields show good earage while neighbors are fair to poor.
Wallace Gregson, Electrician offers light shades for chandeliers and stand and drop lights. Visit in Mission Cathedral and Holland areas or call for estimates on house wiring. Located at 121 West Millstreet.
Minnesota probate notice cites Alfred C. Raland petition to determine real estate descent. Court in Austin Minnesota sets hearing for September 11 at 1 a.m. on the matter, directing heirs and interested parties to show cause why decree should not be granted.
A mix of ads invites readers to insure against fire and tornado with W. W. Ranney, arrange bonds for surety, remodel with lumber from Mower County Lumber Co., and visit C. E. Hessey for painting and sign work near Henry Hansen wagon shop.
A group of lady friends surprised Mrs W Williams at her Oakland Avenue home on Tuesday afternoon. They took over the house and lawn until six o'clock and served a fine supper to all. Guests departed pleased and promised to return.
How's This. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. W. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Waldin, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An insurance agent tries to sell a house policy to a wary bard man. After a vivid fire warning the man questions the policy’s run. The agent reveals a revenge plot against his own company.
The Nickel Theatre presents a Nickel price show tonight at 8 30 featuring films: Mania for Gambling 1000 feet Boy Exposing a Gang of Counterfeiters Adventures of a Norwegian Skiing Consequences of a Night Out Illusion and Tricks of Magic Skiing Adventure. Monday to Wednesday shows promise steady attendance and entertaining crime capers and comedy.
Wood and Ward present their merry musical number show featuring iS helpers and an all female ensemble. The sketch promises twelve big singing numbers with witty, ear catching tunes. Tickets priced 35c 25c and Tic. box office sales daily 8 am to 5 pm.
A New England peddler tricks a woman by offering ten dollars of tinware in exchange for a child. The woman reveals her pauper wards are sold for ten dollars each, and the peddler flees, leaving his wares behind. In a separate tale, Theodore Hook’s mass hoax in London drew hundreds to a widow’s house with officials and tradesmen, ending without detection.
A quotation attributed to La Rochefoucauld speaks of an elevation not reliant on luck. It describes an inner air that sets one apart and seemingly predestines great outcomes. This quality earns deference from others and places one above others more than birth or merit.
The article recounts Roman bowmen and emperors famed for archery prowess. Domitian allegedly injured no one while aiming from the circus stands, Commodus boasted perfect marksmanship, shooting wild beasts with a single arrow. It describes setups where lions or other quarry were released to test or exhibit lethal skill.
In the Richmond Star and Garter coffee room once burned in 1869, a middle aged gentleman with gray hair and a large shirt whose habits drew notice is identified as Thomas Inglis ton, Lord Macaulay.
A fragment recalls Charles Spurgeon noting deacons can provoke stronger temptations than the devil. He warned that resisting the devil may repel him, while resisting a lesser vice can invite a harsher response.
Fragmentary lines recall a melancholy motto about hope and cure. The text hints at longing and despair, with archaic phrasing suggesting a literary fragment from a longer sentimental piece.
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