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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
2
Subscription rates information appears in the Austin Daily Herald with publisher credits to Gertrude Ellis Skinner and an associate editor. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear figures or dates.
A Lansing farmer reports his best crop from the ground struck by hail last June. Judge Kingsley, an auto enthusiast, buys a seven passenger Cara Rambler via the W A Nolan agency in Grand Meadow. Dr Geo Powell dispels cramps myths for swimmers, urging calm, controlled action and noting few drownings from cramps.
The Lyle Township district No 70 schoolhouse facing north is being reset with a new foundation, Smiths heating, slate boards and desks. Miss Delia Monnahan will teach. The region sees Spotted local visits from Ames residents and professionals. Airs include a driving team accident involving Mr Ames and a lightning strike injuring four horses.
Arrangements are under way for the largest butter and cheese exhibit and creamery machinery at the Minneapolis state fair dairy hall September 6 to 11. The rebuilt structure, cost 25000, 120 by 140 feet, is well lit and ventilated with a 14 by 90 foot ice box at its center. Thirteen hundred dollars in prizes plus half the entry fees in each class raise the total prize fund to about two thousand dollars, expected to draw more exhibitors.
Ray E. Brown, Fort Dodge native and longtime local business figure, leaves the Culert company to join Fiens & Shields in St. Paul as he moves Sunday night. His wife Frances Loucks Brown follows later from Austin Minnesota. They will reside at White Bear Lake for the season, leaving a vacancy in the Christian Science church where he served as second reader.
Bids will be received at the office of E. H. Smith Land and Loan Co for laying about 23 000 feet of tile 5 to 15 inches on the R Shepherd farm three miles south of Austin per plans and specifications on file. Right reserved to reject any or all bids.
Jamestown Daily Alert reports Dr. A G Kroeze, president of Whitworth College Tacoma, has accepted Jamestown College presidency contingent on Whitworth releasing him. He is re elected at Whitworth for another year but climate concerns for his family may prompt release. Jamestown anticipates strong gains from his leadership.
July 1909 Austin Public Library reports show 1163 books issued to adults and 386 to children, total 1649. Juvenile fiction 826, juvenile non fiction 253, total non fiction 1296. Adults registered 664, average daily attendance 14 in adults reading room, 9 in children's, 5.3 in reference. Library closed Sundays.
Varco Mr and Mrs E P Spooner spent Wednesday with Mr and Mrs F H Pike. The Enterprise Threshing company started threshing today at Hugh Mills farm. Frank Medders called at several places in the vicinity. Mr and Mrs FE P Spooner visited with Mr and Mrs KE H Green today. Rena Doe of Rochester arrived Wednesday at the M J Parmenter home. Carl Bilinger of Dundee IL and Grace and Mr and Mrs C DeRemer dined Wednesday at the F H Pike home.
A historical ad touts Mi o na as a cure for indigestion claiming rich red blood signals vitality and ambition. It warns digestion flaws cause poor eyesight and urges purchasing a 50 cent box from K O Wold and local druggists with a money back guarantee.
Crowds gather at a closing out shop sale as neighboring towns rush in for up-to-date retail footwear at wholesale prices. The entire stock will be sold with no reserves, extended until sold out or to a single buyer. Sizes are breaking fast. J. E. Pitzen.
Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve when you ask for it. There are many imitations but only one original. This salve is good for any salve use and especially for piles. Sold by all druggists.
An old Irish couple seeks gifts at a county fair and, after not finding a match, wishes for a soup ladle. The wife gets it, the husband curses her with a wish that backfires, and the remaining wish is used to remove the ladle, nullifying all three outcomes.
Snakes lack legs yet have hundreds of rib pairs attached to broad dorsal scales. By moving these mobile plates forward and pressing margins to the ground they propel the body straight. Undulations enable rapid movement, tree climbing, and occasional leaps while swimming uses lateral flexures. Vertical bending does not drive forward motion.
The Bolivian high plateau sees frequent electric storms in both seasons. Strong winds rival hurricanes, and cloud lightning creates powerful detonations. Ground surfaces sparkle as electrical charges accumulate, especially toward the eastern tablelands before the rains.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the pleasant safe easy liver pills. A salve you may always depend upon in any case where you need salve is DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve especially good for piles. Sold by all druggists.
Copper cable sales and protection note: customers using lightning rods guard thirty strand copper lines. Prices listed as 11 cents per foot for personal entries and 15 cents per foot for building installations, reflecting differing service scopes. Strong entities include copper cable and lightning rods referenced with price points.
The letter describes horses in tropical Guayaquil needing leg coverings to cope with heavy swarms and heat, then shifts to a tale of a former Canadian bishop who hid his Scottish roots yet puzzled a Scot with his lingering accent after six years abroad.
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