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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1909
Page
2
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A reflective poem from Chicago about farmers at work in the fields. It celebrates sturdy labor, plowing and threshing, the toiling masses, and the uplifting sense of national progress through agriculture. The speaker admires but does not personally engage in the toil, preferring to observe from shade.
A four year old recalled his first church experience describing God present, pretty windows, and a clown who talked nonstop, in a vivid, childlike account.
The article notes cool nights approach frost, stressing corn still needs about two weeks of warm weather, and even hay fever sufferers delay claims compared to corn.
The scene in the clerk of court office is described with bright sun and rose scent as Clerk Burnham has just returned. The atmosphere includes sparrows chirping, birds singing, and distant car wheels echoing as the clerk comes back.
A brief note mentions an eight weeks' vacation spent in California and western points, highlighting travel duration and regional focus.
The passage laments a boy's early school start and a mother's worry over academics and injuries. It argues a vacation could teach sympathy for teachers handling many children, noting how twenty or thirty pupils overwhelm a single instructor.
The Prison Mirror profiles Angelicus, an Englishman serving ten years for stealing from the Soo road. He is described as mild, a skilled pianist, clarinet and piccolo player, good writer, capable singer, and handy with sewing. He has already served half the sentence and could be eligible for parole next July while aiding library distribution of 1,500 papers daily.
Revival began Sunday evening with Christian church services at 7:30 directed by Prof. Bushfield of Kansas City. Dr M B Ingle preached on The Great Fight urging Christians to join the army of the Cross and act now. The house was packed and revival continues with long and regular services nightly. Public invited.
Mr and Mrs Fuller visit the city to promote the Modern Samaritan lodge. A week of effort has added new members bringing total to 150 with a goal to reach 300. Prizes will reward old members for referrals and new members joining.
Miss Adeline Creegan thanks friends for generous help and hearty cooperation after winning the diamond ring in the Kline carnival voting contest.
Henry White injured in a runaway on the Joe Pollock farm. He suffered a dislocated left shoulder and minor injuries to the chest and limbs. He was treated at the scene.
John C. Pracht and his wife found Owen Taliaferro dead and Mrs Virgin Reives dying from pistol wounds in their Brownsville Tennessee living room. Authorities suspect murder or suicide but cannot determine who fired the shots or why. Reives died while conscious effort to survive failed. she had recently moved from St Louis and was connected to Pracht's family. Taliaferro was a well known local and had been courting Reives.
Copenhagen saw a public demonstration and a 5000 strong merchant procession plus a large socialist meeting protesting the retention of J G Christensen as minister of war and warlike affairs. Resolutions urged the king and folketing to arraign M Christensen before the supreme court to launch an inquiry into his role in the Alberti frauds.
Governor Hughes finds Louis F. Haffen guilty of misconduct in office and neglect of duty and orders his removal as Bronx borough president. Haffen, in office since 1898 with a 1905 re election, is accused of abusing discretion, wasting public funds, and promoting personal interests in contracts and property acquisitions.
Carrie Sanders of Florence Missouri endangers five children by giving morphine in a fit of insanity. Weldon aged five died, others remain in danger but may survive. Sanders also took poison and cut her throat after confessing. she is expected to recover. Husband home but unaware of the danger.
Telegram from Belgrade reports the Albanian rebellion spreading between Pristina and Prisrend in European Turkey with heavy government fire near Roostovo. Wounded arrive at Petch amid heat and lack of care as the frontiers with Montenegro show revolt.
John Hoine, a Milwaukee sailor on the revenue cutter Tuscarora, is under arrest in Detroit on suspicion of connection to the death of an unidentified man found in the river at the foot of Second Street.
James Garrett, a printing company foreman from Evansville, shot his wife in the head and attempted to kill his seven year old son before taking his own life in Indianapolis. The woman was reported to be possibly recover.
In a reminiscence the Chickasaws mistake a donkey for game and later compensate the white hunters. At Lipton a shooting match tests honor as Chickasaws offer thirty ponies for the accidental kill, while white men take thirty five ponies, a deed the piece marks as moral imbalance.
A letter quoted by C. J. Phillips, CM S business agent in Uganda, recounts a native view of the Uganda railway and ship. The description likens cars to merging houses by a fireplace, praises speed and bridges, and notes grand ships with multiple stories and vast metalwork.
The passage explains that folio quarto octavo and similar terms originally described how many times sheets were folded to form leaves. A single fold yielded two leaves, a second fold four pages, creating a folio, quarto, or octavo as the count increased.
A Philadelphia Ledger account recounts a prison visit where a young man, who stole $17,000 and spent it in sixteen weeks, sighs and admits he could have stretched the spree another week. He says the money should have lasted longer.
A cartoon exchange shows a husband praising suffrage meetings for allowing him late returns without wife inquiry. The husband claims he can come home late without questions, while the friend questions the value of women's suffrage meetings and the wife’s oversight.
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a columnist decrying a married man’s betting behavior as wrong and idiotic. The piece notes his wife punishes losses by confiscating proceeds, illustrating domestic tension over gambling.
A reflective aphorism by De Maistre on aging, noting how present old age echoes past life. The quote frames aging as a distilled summary of former experiences and consequences.
The notice promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as safe easy liver pills and DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for piles. Sold by all druggists.
Listing items include cement blocks 48x8, apples at 1.00 per bushel, two new houses, several lots in Lake Park and North Kenwood with curb work, a dry lot on West Grove, 100 acre farm near Austin, 480 Wisconsin land for sale or trade, 320 acres in North Dakota, a good single driver, and a steady job wanted for work.
A Harper's Weekly cartoonish vignette shows a new teacher testing arithmetic with bananas. Students Maggie Wilkins and Tommy debate division, ending with the teacher resigning as the lesson ends. Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. De Tocqueville.
The Milwaukee and St Paul Ry runs a one day special to Preston on September 2 for the Preston Fair. From Austin to Isinours arrival in Preston at 10:00 a.m. Returning train leaves Preston at 9:35 p.m. with connection at Isinours and train No 1 at 10:45 p.m. for westward points.
The Austin Tow Mill seeks flax straw delivery by September 15 and will pay four dollars per ton for good straw. J. H. Mitchell, merchant, notice date March 28.
DeWitts Carbolized Witch Haze Salve offered with claim of originality. Suitable for any salve use and especially good for piles. Available from all druggists.
Bids are invited by E H Smith Land and Loan Co for laying about 25 000 feet of tile 5 to 15 inches on the R E Shepherd farm three miles south of Austin. Plans and specifications are on file at the office. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
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