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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1910
Page
4
A Wide World Magazine piece describes the Beatrix oryx of Arabia as a “wild cow” that never drinks. It notes the lack of surface water for ten months, rain is scarce, and pools are rare. The animal survives by extracting water from a desert plant parasite, digging holes to reach the water-rich roots.
The Congregational Sunday school closed a three month contest with boys 2003 points and girls 1703. Ransom Thomson led the event with strong spirit and good will. The school now numbers 309, its largest ever, adding 152 permanent attendees. Highlights include Thom son’s thirty boys, Paul Knopf’s twenty three, Mrs I D Bassler’s eighteen, Miss Banfield’s fourteen girls, and Miss Crane’s class with multiple banners. Total attendance reached 1,023 girls and 998 boys. average attendance 144.357, with 73,157 for girls and 71.02 for boys. The boys added 89 new members, girls 63, and Sunday attendance was 215. A standing offer awaits a class reaching twenty five members for a banquet.
The revival at the Christian church closed Sunday night with full attendance and high enthusiasm. The pastor served as evangelist, soloist, and song leader for four weeks. Forty six took their stand for Christ and forty two confessed. A reception for members and friends follows Tuesday night with a program and refreshments. About $450 was raised yesterday for permanent improvements to the building.
After a brief business meeting the Duodecim hosted a skating party for its ladies at a gas-lit rink. Guests enjoyed music, a fine luncheon at Ferniley Harris’s home, and praised Mrs. Rochford for the royal entertainment. The next meeting will be at Alex Campbell’s home inviting all alumni.
Deeply appreciating the many acts of kindness rendered during the sickness and at the death of our husband and father we publicly thank the members of the various orders and our neighbors and friends who lightened our burden of sorrow.
We express sincere thanks to friends neighbors and the owls for assistance and beautiful flowers sent during illness and at the death of our husband and father. Mrs M E Green, Mr and Mrs Charles B Kearns and son.
A small sale offers storm windows priced to glass value only. Stillman and Co invites cash buyers to purchase the panes at factory worth, a limited offer from the firm.
There will be 175 twenty five cent seats and some fifty cent seats offered tonight at the Idle Hour theatre.
The Commercial Club hosts a Tuesday social featuring ladies night with dancing for those who wish and games for others. All eligible members are invited to attend.
The menu for the Maccabee supper lists Roast Pork, Escalloped Potatoes, Baked Pork and Beans, Fruit Salad, Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce, Coffee, Rolls, Cake. Service starts at 5 30 with supper price set at 20 cents.
Mr and Mrs Walter Waldron formerly of Austin now in Billings Montana plan a Christmas visit in Austin with old friends. They will stay with Mr and Mrs Charles Merrick who have apartments in Minneapolis for the winter, then return to Austin for a visit before Mr Waldron goes to West Baden for recuperation. The trip should last about six weeks. Furnished rooms for rent at 309 E Bridge Street. 5-tf
A Kingston Jamaica museum holds aged ship papers and a tin canister from the pirate Nancy brig era. The crew, once honest traders, kept sunk papers with marginal notes by the pirate captain. A British frigate later found the tin case with papers while sharks were hauled and the captain ordered the crew hanged at Port Royal.
An account details the bastinado used in Persia where even high rankers are not immune. The victim lies face down with feet looped by cords, poles raised to tighten the ropes, and two executioners strike the soles with water-soaked pomegranate switches. The ordeal lasts about an hour or until fainting.
London Tatler reports a parliamentary candidate in Auld Reekie facing a disruptive heckler. The audience judged the candidate’s replies unsatisfactory. A marcher-elector then asked what the candidate's second initial stood for, prompting confusion before the exchange ended without a clear answer.
A Parisian hotel marquis reports a 615000 pearl necklace vanished from her room. A messenger boy confesses but says the mother took the gems for his wife. The mother calls the item trashy and unworthy, claiming she handed the necklace to her granddaughter to wear before many pearls were recovered from a nearby display.
In Cairo a journalist recounts a yarn about fellahin using train oil as staple food after railway officials ignored thefts of large oil shipments. The tale claims oil was used for bread, frying Osh, suet puddings, and as a flesh builder before authorities halted the practice.
A reminiscing man recalls a Kansas cyclone that struck a town. He fled to a gutter, clung to a post, and watched the storm pass. The anecdote ends with the vivid image of the house fly as the tale concludes in the Denver News.
A fragmentary note describes a hostess at a park event declining to dance with the speaker and proposing to dance with Miss Robinson instead. The exchange is marked by embarrassment and a polite entreaty, reflecting a socially delicate situation.
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