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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
7
A fragmentary historical note recalls punishments where scholars such as jurists faced eating their own writings. It cites incidents involving papal bulls and a 1756 Austrian work, describing forced consumption of books as penance. The account also mentions figures linked to Bernred and lingering fears over preserving knowledge amid punitive regimes.
In a courtroom anecdote from Law Notes, Mr Justice Maule quelled a bullying counsel who pressed an elderly female witness. The judge noted the witness feared both the lawyer and the judge, remarking that fear governs in the room as well.
A humorous romance ends with a confession about a late father as a couple navigates mother in law tensions. The dialogue reveals a shy, earnest suitor and a warm response from the heroine. They shrug off obstacles and plan a life together.
On a southern railroad line a farmer’s hand unknowingly retrieves a wagon loaded with a chicken house mistaken for a chicken house by a station agent. The agent’s exclamation Bay hold on What have you got on that wagon joins the tale of a comically misidentified station.
Anbilitious Baltimore American quote laments a gossip-saturated boarding house with walls that have ears. The speaker notes gossip circulates everywhere except details about the water.
The Herald reports ongoing discontent with Postmaster Sweningsen over office management. Citizens criticize Sunday lobby closures, restricted mail access, and limited box rentals, noting months of absence in California and urging a leadership change.
The Minnesota Historical Society plans a campaign to acquire letters diaries and papers of the state’s early settlers. They aim to store items in fireproof vaults and index them for easy access by subjects.
Mrs Judith Jones, visiting at her son J O Jones on High street, fell while coming up cellar steps and fractured her hip this morning. At over seventy her recovery is feared to be slow and friends lament the accident marring her visit in Austin.
The Beneficent Degree of the Modern Samaritans will host a reception and dance at Music Hall on December 13, 1906 in Duluth to honor Deputy Effie Johnson. Each member may bring three friends.
Engineers survey street grades and lot levels for the plan while architects develop working drawings, signaling a forthcoming concrete proposition on the opera house project.
The text outlines dairy cattle feeding guidance by age size and milk flow, noting large cows need more feed. It lists prices for hay and grain categories and mentions various livestock including cattle poultry and sheep.
A historical note argues that selling all farm milk harms fertility and is only affordable when milk receipts allow land return, enabling purchase of feed for stock or fertilizers. The piece frames milk sales as a ruinous policy impacting farm productivity and long term viability.
Women suffragists number about thirty confronted Governor J. A. Johnson. The governor acknowledged support for women’s suffrage but would not confirm whether he would urge a law granting unrestricted ballot rights to women in the coming legislature. Matt Smith received a favorable letter from FE L Niely of Prescott Wisconsin about a cold state fair machine and possible improvements.
The article emphasizes continuous cultivation during the life of an orchard and especially stresses high cultivation for the first four to five years after planting to establish trees. It notes that once trees are well established, intensive cultivation is less imperative.
The piece advises patience with a young cow after her first calf. With proper breeding and feeding, she is likely to improve and perform well with a second calf.
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