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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1907
Page
2
Poem fragment humorously contrasts adult temptations with a boy’s wish to stay innocent at Christmas. The speaker reflects on chores and social traps as Christmas nears, noting desire for grown up freedoms but choosing childish simplicity.
Only seven days remain to purchase Christmas gifts while the weather stays favorable. Shoppers are urged to hurry before holiday deadlines pass.
Dan Guinney was seen at 3:30 this afternoon atop the Douggan slide on Main Street and sped down the incline, gliding on the ice. The crowd’s panic quickly faded, while Amos Mahacek earned praise for swiftly clearing the courthouse walks with a sheet iron snow plow, proving it possible to clean large sidewalks efficiently this winter.
To Locate in Seattle, Mr. E. Joseph, recently returned from the west, will join Henry Pickard’s wholesale furnishing goods firm and start business about January 10. The family will move to Seattle by March 1, making the permanent home there, while Mr. Joseph remains enthusiastic about Seattle as his preferred locality.
Attorney F W Greenman returned from Minneapolis where he fought for a new trial in the Lovell Randall case. The Journal noted John Roburton, a 2:15 pacer valued at 155 by a Hennepin jury, may be vindicated despite past grand circuit status.
Austin friends mourn the death of Ray Emerson who died in Colorado Springs after about a year with consumption. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. S A Emerson and brother of Mrs. Gladys Emerson Doegstader. He worked in wholesale plumbing and was known as a fine community member. Funeral plans will be announced later.
A well known city lady caused amusement in a church service when she dozed during a lengthy prayer. Her daughter woke her, and the dreamer recounted a heavenward quest for crowns and a return to Schreuder's Jewelry store to find crowns, remarking on the ad.
Lord Kelvin ill in London has a serious relapse. Alfred Stead son of W T Stead editor of the Review of Reviews is dead in London born 1877. Col John Jacob Astor confined to his New York home with grip threatening pneumonia. George F Fiske NY newspaper man struck by a train at Trenton NJ. Union Avenue Bank of Commerce Kansas City MO will reopen after National Bank of Commerce suspension.
A flavor of political controversy surfaces as calls label actions as bribery and corruption while defenders reframe as nursing an electorate. The dialogue contrasts a member's spouse, a doctor, offering free care with accusations of improper influence.
shoppers surged to stores Saturday night as merchants activated extra clerks for heavy demand in 1907 Christmas buying. Early crowds filled shops and sales continued at opening Sunday, promising one of the largest weeks before Christmas with many new holiday goods on display.
In Justice Fairbank's court H Paulson a former Taopi blacksmith owes J A Mitchell and son E E Mitchell 4 25. The trial lasted all day with many witnesses. Verdict for the plaintiff. The case kicks off a series of actions by Mr Panlon to collect old bills from Taopi citizens.
A vintage medical ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces destroys the disease foundation and offers 100 dollars for any case it fails to cure. Includes address F J Cheney Co Toledo and a pill recommendation.
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