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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
2
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Publisher note credits Gertrude Ellis Skinner as associate editor at Skinner and Ulmer. The item lists names and roles within the publishing house.
FH McCulloch visits his boyhood hometown DeKalb Illinois after 35 years. He recalls walking a mile to school with Geo Baldwin now a bank cashier, his old swimming hole and a prank at age eight when he fled school. He revisits memory lanes in a city park and notes changes since childhood.
An advertisement extols Rexall Mucu-Tone as a blood carried remedy for catarrh, claiming it treats the underlying systemic condition. The seller guarantees a refund if it fails and lists 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes available at The Rexall Store in Austin, John E Malloy.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an incurable case of catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co. It lists Toledo as a base, Walding Kinnan Mar as wholesale druggists, and claims cure delivered through blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and states price 75 cents per bottle with testimonials free.
Miss Blanche Lord a Minneapolis resident died en route to a St Paul hospital after a touring car wreck on White Bear road. Housekeeper Mrs Mitchell and Gertrude Mitchell eleven were injured. The chauffeur Dell Ware, a Negro, attempted to avoid a farmer wagon causing the crash and dragging Miss Lord. Farmers freed her by cutting away clothing as she was dragged under the running gear.
Governor Eberhart appoints the monument commission to speed fundraising and planning for the John A. Johnson memorial. President C. D. O'Brien will issue the first meeting call, aiming for quick organization with a secretary and treasurer to manage funds and direct work.
An outlook on reinforced concrete transforming construction. Concrete combines steel strength with granite durability, enabling fireproof buildings and versatile uses from poles to barges. The piece envisions a fusion of stone and iron ages producing a steelcrete era.
Advice on horse care highlights feeding a daily oilmeal conditioning powder and proper collar fit. Emphasizes shoeing to match hoof size, selecting strong framed mares for good progeny, and avoiding mismatched blacksmith work to fix gait defects.
A bulletin urges farmers to check horses' teeth at least twice yearly to ensure proper chewing and digestion. It warns that poor feed and bad teeth cause three-fourths of colic and digestive disorders, emphasizing the value of healthy horses and preventive care.
Hogs thrive with shade in pasture and prefer cool damp ground. Breeders show a mud wallow is not necessary. a clean bath is ideal, but hogs are suited to cool moist soil for relief from heat.
Old time English farmers used walnut sized balls made from wheat flour and gin to calm veal calves when milk was scarce. Administered a quarter hour after meals, the calves became quiet and slept, a method Hoard's Calyman notes might profitably aid nervous calves.
A hog breeder recommends placing short posts in the hog lot and tying old tow sacks around them. The posts are saturated with kerosene periodically so hogs rub against them to scratch and remove lice.
A shopper asks to exchange a brooch after a husband’s remark. The jeweler confirms willingness to swap, noting four other ladies in the same social circle also seeking exchanges.
A sketch illustrates a device to lift logs for stove wood or posts. Two boards are bolted at each end with a 2 by 4 inch spacer creating an opening for a lever. Pins pass through holes in the boards to operate the lever, with a chain attached to the lever and secured by an eyebolt.
A log and long link extend to the opposite end hooked on a crotched stick. Moving the lever up and down pulls the ping then repositions them farther up on the boards. This method allows a log to be raised to the correct height for sawing.
A missionary describes methods to preserve bodies before burial in Kongos families bind and store them two to three months in homes with a burning fire. In Zombo people suspend bodies on forked sticks in a ground vault under palm branches and earth. Some graves lie under grass roofs in the open. One chief’s preserved body was kept for over twenty years before a funeral feast. Other districts cast corpses into rivers or leave them for jackals and vultures in the bush.
Zoology dominates national flags with symbols such as the lion on Britain and Spain, the eagle on Russia and Germany, and a dragon for China. Other nations show a mix like Bulgaria with a son, Mexico with a bird and serpent, and Australia with the kangaroo and emu, forming a wide emblem collection.
At a school exhibition a junior elocutionist tried to gesture every phrase. When he reached the line The comet lifts its tail of fire he stretched his coat tail outward to fit the gesture, drawing amused glances from the audience.
A Boston Transcript quip features a lawyer asking a witness if he polishes or moves piano finishes. The witness replies I am a piano finisher, implying a pun on occupational phrasing.
A Minnesota real estate ad offers a 320 acre Dodge County farm near Claremont with stock, outbuildings, windmill, and eight year old house at 55 per acre, plus 160 acres in Mower County at 50 per acre. Also two block‑long Austin parcels, large house and barn, and a promise of direct sale without commission along with a catalog of additional farms and city properties and real estate loans and insurance.
The note warns that many women suffer kidney troubles and serious diseases stem from neglect. It urges taking DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as directed for good results and cautions against imitations. Sold by all druggists.
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