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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
2
Austin Daily Herald announces pricing for subscriptions and delivery. Rates show annual and advance options with weekly and quarterly terms, dated December 8, 1902, listing John H. Skinner and Gertrude Ellis-Binner as publishers and associates.
The Father Vaughn lecture on Shakespeare proved popular with a large, sympathetic audience in Austin. Advertising for two days filled seats by the second day as orders to remove notices were issued, highlighting strong speaker ability and interest in the event.
President Ector voices pessimism about public schooling, arguing it fails to curb drunkenness and gambling, yields poor government under universal suffrage, and corrupts both old and new states with crime and low quality reading material for the classes. He claims these point to overall educational failure.
Comrade Woodward calls a gathering at his house at 1 o clock tomorrow to accompany a body to the Methodist church. The note urges attendees to join in the escort as part of a local communal effort.
Dr. M. H. Whitcomb, a renowned veterinary surgeon, is named deputy of the state board to inspect local herds for tuberculosis. He will start once supplies arrive from the state board.
Mrs. Katie Johnson escaped a flood when a frozen pipe burst during a cold snap and filled the cellar. With no meter fitted the overflowing water ran out the windows and onto a neighbor's property until a plumber shut it off. Mrs. Johnson now measures the cellar water daily.
The School Board held its regular meeting Tuesday evening. Supt. Nelson reported an attendance increase in grammar grades and discussed locating and enrolling children aged 8 to 16 who are out of school prompting reports to the superintendent.
A Boston Transcript note recalls a sea voyage where sailors proved unfamiliar with common sea terms. The exchange highlights how real talk aboard ship differs from the romanticized language in books.
A Baltimore News quotation presents a judge asking a battered woman of color if her husband struck with malice aforethought. She replies that he did not hit her with that mallet before he thought, indicating ongoing suspicion and insistence on intent.
A passerby considers helping a beggar who wears a notice reading Deaf and Dumb. He asks his companion how to know the man’s condition. The beggar quietly urges him to read the notice before acting, highlighting the role of the sign.
A terse exchange shows a tense resolve as one character vows self harm if refused while the other rebukes the notion and compares the talk to a sharpshooter remark from a Philadelphia Press.
Ad touts Sifter Stove Polish as the newest easiest stove care product. It comes in a perforated round box, never dries out, requires no water soaking, produces a glossy jet black finish with no odor, and promises no waste or dirty pans while selling at a penny-pinching price to outlast several times its cost.
A reader condemns hunters using repeaters and rapid fire firearms as dangerous to life. The letter urges a law prohibiting repeating guns for game and promotes single shot rifles and double barrel shotguns as more skilled, urging restraint and youth disarmament until adulthood.
At the December term in Winona the case Albert H Hayes et al v Wentworth Hayes was dismissed after an out of court settlement. The matter involved about 125000 and sought an accounting on real estate sales under power of attorney. Plaintiffs resided in Massachusetts and other points east. defendants in Mower and Freeborn counties. Depositions were taken in the east before settlement. Papers had been gathering in Deputy Clerk J M Sheardown’s office. The dismissal ends what promised to be a hard fought litigation.
The Frank E. Long Company offers a series of performances starting Monday December 8 with an all star cast led by Mr. Hay and Miss Sullivan. Includes Mr. O'Brien in acrobatic acts and features titles such as Credit Lorraine Midnight in Chinatown The James Boys and Carmen at popular prices with seats on sale and ladies free opening night with one paid ticket.
The Booth family, long residents of Austin on Maple street, will relocate to Minneapolis midmonth. Mr Booth will adjust his route, making the city a more convenient home. They have lived in Austin for almost four years and will be missed by many friends.
A Emmons of Austin Lumber & Fuel Co. notes prudence as applied wisdom in practice. He says resisting alluring prices for inferior goods shows practical prudence and emphasizes high quality paired with low prices.
The Fourth Annual Ball by Austin Hose Company No. 1 takes place on December 31 at Armory Hall with Tichy's Orchestra providing music. The public is invited to attend as the committee urges all to ring out the old year and ring in the new.
A group of authors including Wister, Higginson, Lowell, Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Stowe, Twain, Bret Harte and others debate which ten books best characterize American life and genius. Wister’s list spans Washington to Twain and Dooley. Higginson notes Cowper to Whitman. Dickinson among minimal others.
In Tarrytown a monument marks the 1780 scene where three militiamen halted a traveler at a riverfront pass. The traveler, John Andrew, escaped capture after the trio mistook him for a British-adapted Loyalist, delaying long enough for West Point’s safety to be preserved.
A provincial man with many daughters wields political influence in New Zealand where all women over twenty one can vote. The piece notes women outnumber men two to one, are sought after matrimonially, and dress well with styles rivaling London and New York.
Patrick Barrett died at his daughter's Wells home at 4 a.m. He was born March 16, 1829 in Westport Mayo Ireland. A Civil War veteran and skilled stonemason he lived in Wisconsin Minnesota and Wells. Funeral Friday from St Augustine church with interment in the Catholic cemetery. He leaves a wife eight children and a sister.
The funeral took place at 2 30 in the First Congregational church with Rev. Dascomb officiating. The remains were brought to the W T Manderville home after arriving in Austin. Attending were Mr and Mrs Fred Mudge of Minneapolis, Mr and Mrs Coch rane of Sioux Falls, and Mrs T A Candurist of Albert Lea. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs Clefton of Owatonna visits Mr and Mrs Alfred Johnson. Nathan Goodwin goes to Minneapolis. Frank Pizak has the grip at Birkett's grocery. Ethel Birkett Lee visits her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Birkett. Mrs Collins travels from Calmar to Father Vaughan lecture then stays with Mrs Thos Keating. House to rent on Maple street December 15. Inquire A Cressey. Tanach Thit Holds Siemorys a humorous tale about a chronic borrower. Moral about staying in touch with friends.
A massive winter storm paralyses St Paul with downed wires and delayed trains. Widespread snowfall ranges from six to eight inches between Dubuque and Chicago, with winds around forty mph. Additional reports note sleet in Dubuque and a melting snow general across the St James river valley.
A winter storm sweeping the Southern Atlantic and Gulf states brought rains and high winds, damaging property and injuring at least two people. In New Orleans it struck before daylight, toppling the home of Professor Denier, brother of clown Tony Denier, fatally injuring him and badly injuring Mrs Denier.
Madison, Wis December 3 Secretary of State Frelch received a letter from George H Foxwell a Prohibition candidate in the Second Racine county assembly district claiming election after a tie between Republican and Democratic nominees The letter was sent to the attorney general for action.
Marshalltown Iowa December 3 Henry F Smith a prominent young farmer was instantly killed and Henry Henn is seriously injured by a Northwestern fast train at State Center crossing The dead man leaves a wife and three children The crossing has seen many accidents and is feared the most dangerous in the area
Jacob Marti, 23, an invalid, killed himself at Swan in Frankfort town by slashing his throat with a butcher knife. He lived with his mother and died from despondency over ill health. The report also mentions French fashion notes about English style dining and decorative dish designs.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers three through tourist cars via different routes for comfort and first time travel. Ask for the booklet about them titled Ways To California by A Crouch. Connection at Kansas City with the finest transcontinental limits. Inquire through any Great Western agent.
The St James Gazette describes how horses use their sense of smell to judge food water and people. It notes a mare’s need for nasal proof of foalhood, a blind horse’s wary reaction to strangers, and how scent guides wandering horses back to familiar exits.
A foreign journal argues there is no reason people should not keep beloved relatives after death as bodies can be mummified. It describes ancient Egyptian methods using calcium chloride and heat to 125 degrees then sulfuric baths to create a home mummy for display.
A fare on a rickety jaunting car in a Dublin suburb witnessed a horse collapse from age and exhaustion and never rise again. The driver remained calm, saying he does not regret the old animal but notes he fed it oats this morning and recalls the creature’s poor start.
A Pullman tourist sleeping car runs between Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Atchison and Santa Fe with service to Austin Calmar Monticello Marion and Kansas City leaving the twin cities Tuesday morning and arriving in Los Angeles Saturday morning. Double berth tickets and berth reservations are available from ticket agents of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul lines.
A brief note requests routing to California using the Great Western Rye Choice CFTV and tourist cars. It asks two Western agents about participation.
The fragment notes a choice of three threats or options related to shipping cars to California involving Chicago Great Western and its agents. It is unclear and incomplete about dates, places, or specific actions.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers the lowest one way second class colonists rates to the west and southwest on the first and third days of November and December. For particulars contact any Chicago to Western agent or J P Bimer 6 A Chicago Il.
Homeseekers tickets to near points on sale at low rates via Great Western Railway. Tickets available through tourist cars and agents. For details contact Great Western Agent or J. Mer G P A Chicago.
Readers are urged to check the notice in another paper advertising train service to Louis and Kansas City via the Iowa Central Railroad. For rates and further information contact A. B. Cutts, Minneapolis. See ad elsewhere in this issue.
Advertisement notes tickets to Chicago and return on sale December 1 to 3. Good return December 1. For fur information contact any Great Western agent or J. P. Eimer, P. A., Chicago, Illinois.
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