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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
2
County Commissioner Christie receives high praise for his service and is urged to receive votes from all residents. Riverview thinker Peck jokes that the potato bag is a blessing, noting the bug helps workers gain something from their toil and that prices would drop without pests.
Mrs Bert Johnson and son of Grand Meadow spent Sunday at B F Bacon. Mr George Rettig left for Canada to buy grain this winter. Miss Eliza Tanner returned from Dexter. Mrs A B Warren and Mrs Will Brooks visited Grand Meadow this week. Miss Blanche Knox entertained friends for Miss Evelyn Hart of Rose Creek. Mrs John Campion and two sons from Fairbault visited W H Lawrence. Rasmus Nelson returned from Peoria Ill after nine months learning watchmaking. Mrs Asher Beltz and two daughters left for Great Falls Mont to settle there. Miss May Dahle left for Minneapolis and then Carpio N Oak to teach. Miss Evelyn Hart returned home from Rose Creek. Miss Mamie Goodwin of Spring Valley visiting in town. Little Donald Rahilly staying with grandparents. Miss Matie Hillier returned from Chicago and Sprate, Wis. Miss Foster of Austin visited Miss Minnie Gaansee. Mr and Mrs C Dickens and Hazel spent Sunday at A B Warren’s. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Harry Ede or Pbewreede ys. Miss Hattie Colby of Iowa visiting relatives here. Mrs George Day and son Oliver of Fairview visited for a few days. Ray Peet and the Misses Florence Stewart and Edith Palmer spent Sunday at Racine.
At the regular meeting on Wednesday evening August 26 Sir Knight H W Krayer of St Louis will speak on matters of importance to every member. All Sir Knights are urged to attend the session by order of the Commander.
Trains depart Austin at 5 15 daily from August 31 to September 5 for St Paul and Minneapolis. Returns from Minneapolis 7 pm and St Paul 7 40 pm. Round trip fare one and a half times the one way. Tickets on sale August 30 to September 1 including good to return until September 7. Full details from any Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Ry agent.
Leonard Anderson worker in the sausage department at the packing house was injured when the steam plunger closed on his right hand after filling a steam stuffer. He was taken to the hospital where Dr. Lewis amputated the third finger at the third joint and the middle finger between the third and second joints.
The Nickel Theatre presents hand colored films with a strong lineup for Monday to Wednesday. Lion Hunting and Athletic American Girl headline alongside Deep Sea Beauties The Accordion A Drama on the Roof and Mistaken in the Dark in a notably good program for local patrons.
A news dispatch from Butte reports a masked bandit robbed seven Yellowstone Park stage coaches near Old Faithful Inn, taking over $2,600 from about 125 passengers while horses provided the escape. Soldiers were dispatched from Fort Yellowstone and West Gallatin to pursue, with locals warned the suspect heads toward Big Springs and Ashton.
A Milwaukee hotel guest found a four page circular promoting the United Theatre & Construction Co of St. Paul. The prospectus touts a project in Austin Minnesota with a $7,500 cash bonus, 750 shares at $1 each, a $6,000 donated site, and promises large profits to investors.
Degree of Honor Members Assessment No. 5 has been called for August and must be paid on or before the 28th.
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. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honest in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. 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. testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Herald lists wants including a boy to learn the printing trade an exceptional chance and typewriters for sale or rent. WANTED Bookkeeper and stenographer none but experienced need apply. Also mentions The Hub and 5c per line first insertion 2c per line thereafter.
A fragmentary lost and found notice asks for a missing star brooch set with ga nets between Cem and Bridge Streets and River Street with finder to leave at the Herald office. Another note seeks sheet music fronts lost Saturday at Maurek's hall and Crease's store offering a street of real music. A lodge emblem and souvenir was found near a fallen log and is to be collected at the Herald office.
Furnished rooms for rent with board and room. One or two gentlemen accepted at a reasonable price. Location at 418 East Bridge street, one block east of C. G. W. depot. Call any time. Also furnished rooms at 208 West Mill street two blocks west of Main. tf
Property listing notes Mrs Susan Hormels residence at 310 S St Paul St with twelve rooms bath hot air furnace corner lot and shade trees. Prefers cash but open to farm land trade and mentions additional town lots and farms near Austin in northern state. Contact G Sorflaten Office 222 N Main St.
The Herald lists all filed nominees for the coming primaries. North Representative District includes W. C. Grimm Clayton Republican W. A. Nolan Grand Meadow Republican W. A. Wilson Racine Prohibitionist Frederick Christgau Dexter Democrat Suth District includes C. R. Boostrom Austin Republican Harlan G. Palmer LeRoy Republican George Gilbertson LeRoy Republican Hubbard Carey Adams Republican Alexander Halvorson Nevada Prohibitionist County Officers include Treasurer O. J. Dickens Republican S. A. Smith Republican Auditor Geo. Robertson Republican Judge of Probate John M. Greenman Republican Sheriff Nicholas Nicholson Republican Register of Deeds Eugene Wood Democrat County Superintendent of Schools Grace R. Sherwood Republican County Attorney Arthur W. Wright Republican Coroner Dr. C. F. Lewis Republican County Board First District D. L. Tanner Red Rock Republican C. L. Schwartz Sargeant Republican Third District Frank Hambrecht LeRoy Republican Fifth District Wm. Christie Austin Republican Joan C. Hawkins Austin Republican
George Reed Jr leaves Tuesday for Winnebago to run a butcher shop. Ed Sheldon returns to Milwaukee from land duties. A hard time social at Art Buck home draws crowd. Hazel Hill departs for Mason City Teachers Institute. Mrs Schottler and children travel to Brown Valley to visit Dwight Medberry. Bessie Pierce goes to Grand Meadow. Mrs Drake improves after illness. Henry Weber returns from Courtney North Dakota to visit cousin F B Weber. Albert Peterson of Grand Meadow visits J E Pierce. Lily Sukow visits parents. Dexter residents enjoy a woods outing. Hoiet of Clarion Iowa visits. Edith Hunt visits Grand Meadow. Charlie Kramer attends Taipa ball game. Re King visits Austin. Anthony Johannes is sick. Pierce family of Stewartville visits Dexter. Rev Winters preaches at Congregational church.
The Midland Exhibition Co of Iowa leases Huskins Music Hall West Bridge street for an indefinite period to stage moving pictures and illustrated gongs. W H Bowers of Oskaloosa is in Austin arranging details. Kinodrome service of Chicago to be installed. further announcements to follow.
The dry ground hinders plowing and threshing reveals poor gild. Lynn Varco plans a forthcoming visit while Frank Schneider spent Saturday in Austin. Schoolhouse work advances and A Gindahl sold a fine horse last week. Mayor Gerhart and Mrs Gerhart were in Austin Monday. Corson is moving to the Simms farm southwest of town. A Friday dance pleased attendees. Miss Grace Crown, the bride to be, is slated for a shower Wednesday night.
An ad urges phone 104K for launch service and insuring against fire or tornado with W. W. Ranney. It promotes remodeling with Mower County Lumber Co supplying lumber cement and plaster at right prices. Also a collection request for Miss Glasser debts settled with Mrs Bascomb.
Mayville reports MrJ Bacon from Flayfield passed en route to Browns Dale on Thursday. Misses Helen Jacob and Lydia Baumgartner from Austin spent Sunday at home. Mr Chas Baumgardner, working on the Great Western near Clarion, visited Sunday. Mr L Powers opened an elevator here and handled over 3000 bushels of oats in two days.
Notice asks parties with ola papers magazines and books to save them until Thursday August 27 for pickup by the boys of the Congregational church.
In a London theater a magician’s egg-and-hen illusion goes awry when a new assistant draws out a rooster instead of the expected hen. The bird struts and crowed as the crowd roars with laughter while the magician exits to seek a fix.
A Detroit trolley passenger storms into the superintendent's office over a conductor tearing a yard of fabric from his wife's dress. The man demands compensation by matching the cloth, not money, prompting the official to question the feasibility.
A courtroom exchange declares studying costly and underlines a student’s claim of limited effort. The judge remarks on the price of education and the tension between parental expectations and scholarly effort.
The article imagines life on Jupiter with Jovians surviving at high speeds, rainless equatorial storms, and moons lighting nights. It explains weight, rotation, and possible habitats while noting Jovian anatomy and long lifespans. A second piece shows Elsie’s sister asking about a silver walking stick found floating, leading to a humorous misadventure.
The saying to know a hawk from a hernshaw traces to falconry. Hernshaw or heronshaw means a young heron, prey of falcons. A later form 'handsaw' appears in Hamlet, reflecting shifting usage over time.
During a lecture on Ventilation and Architecture at a school the room heated to an uncomfortable pitch. The lecturer began a tangent about Greece and an audience member joked that windows should be opened to cool the room.
Fragmentary item from St. Louis Republic notes a sharp exchange about a green automobile matching a dress and a humorous remark about a green horse. Local color hints at social chatter and fashion cues, with no clear event or人物 named.
A humorous dialogue notes the bump of benevolence on a man’s head, quipping that its location is far from the pocketbook and highlighting a playful urban observation from the Chicago News.
The St Thomas Episcopal Church on Fifth Avenue runs an east side chapel with a gym where boys train in physical culture. The rector Rev Dr Stires chats with the lads about their work and recalls a victory by a local boy over a rival school in a recent contest.
A city clergyman on his first parish calls finds a family near starvation. The father is unemployed with five children and a baby. He gives them five dollars and later collects 820 more to help. The woman defends a new carriage and coffee bought with the money, noting the baby’s need for air and comfort. The account, from Appletons Magazine, highlights charity amid hardship.
An Auburn woman recalls Aunt Betty who knit in church, treating time as a treasure. The tale, told with humor, highlights stern looks from a minister as Betty continues stitching until the sermon begins.
The narrative recalls Mrs. Carlyle’s view of her husband as never satisfied. She recounts preparing his arrival with dinner and comfort, only to have him fixate on a wedge missing from the window, insisting the pane would rattle and disturb him until it was found.
Lighting items from Mix Cathedral and Hollan feature stand and drop lights. Call to view them and get estimates on wiring setups. Wallace Gregso rivet appears as a name and may indicate a catalog or seller.
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