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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1902
Page
2
A brief notice in the Austin Daily Herald announces the appointment of John H. Skinner as Episcopal pastor and Gertrude Ellis-Skinner as associate, detailing church leadership changes.
The Daily Herald issued in Austin Minnesota as a second class mail daily paper with weekend exceptions. Rates listed include one year two years in advance three months in advance and per week pricing with a December 27 1902 date fragment.
The speaker praises State Superintendent Olsen for bold recommendations to the legislature and a focus on common schools over popularity. He is portrayed as a man of the people directing state school affairs without fear or favor, wishing him continued life and leadership.
A provincial note claims women must perform male tasks not only to equal but to surpass them. Twenty five women have been hired as rural free delivery mail carriers amid gender ignorance concerns. Postmaster General Payne reportedly opposes women in such roles and an investigation will assess their performance.
A bill to establish a National Theatre at the local site is introduced in the house with support from prominent actors. Bet'er sgill Carnegie offers to endow the project if the government shows interest.
Chicago Evening Post reports Minnesota shows a bad spell rate of 10 percent at Princeton 30 percent at the University of Minnesota 20 percent at University of Illinois and Yale and Cornell labeled high at Wesleyan and the University of Michigan fair with Columbia’s School of Applied Science described atrocious.
Readers wake to claims that breakfast items like offwheat and other foods fail to satisfy, sparking concern among consumers and drawing scrutiny from manufacturers about nutrition and marketing.
The Christian Work and Evange list says Protestant Christians seek a practical basis for church union now with an earnestness not seen since the Reformation. Let the good work continue.
The syndicate behind the axe and tool trade is close to finalizing. those without personal bias may face sharp costs as plans near fruition this year.
The Illinois Supreme Court under Judge Baker decides the libel issue in a case described as Ripscut. The ruling clarifies standards for defaming remarks and sets precedent for future judgments in similar disputes.
For sale. My services as a painter or paper hanger. If you are in need of any thing along this line call Charles Roseathal, Phone 280.
St Bernard Commandery held its annual Christmas observance in Commandery Hall at 11 o clock Christmas day. Toasts honored Em. Sir C. L. West, Em. Sir N. B. Kingsley, Sir J. H. Anderson, and Rev. Somerville with greetings from visiting brothers F. C. Preston and Thede Mollison of Iowa representing their lodges.
Amy M Galloway writes to the G A R circle in Austin about travel from Minneapolis on August 18 to Vancouver and Honolulu. She describes mountains, seas, ship meals with Madam Melba aboard the Myowera, Honolulu’s palms and lava rock colleges, a royal reception for an ex queen, festive music, and a cremation funeral with a coral church and bronze vase.
St Augustine's Mass scheduled at 10:30 in St Augustine's church describes a local worship service with time and location details. The event is expected to attract attendees from the parish and nearby community.
Sunday School held every Sabbath at 12 m Y P C U meets at 6 p m at the church on Maple Street.
Sunday School begins at 2 p m with preaching by the pastor at 3 p m. Christian Endeavor gathers Friday evening at 8 o'clock for activities and worship.
A severe December gale in Denmark causes enormous property and shipping damage. Three vessels founder with nineteen known drownings. streets littered with debris and tiles, trains and telegraph service crippled, and Copenhagen hospitals report multiple injuries.
Evangelical Lutheran church announces services tomorrow at usual hours. Christmas offerings will be collected during the morning services.
Sunday morning topic The Sunday School at Second Christian church. Evening topic Gods Inexpressible Donation. Y P 8 C E 7 pm. Sunday school 10 am.
The morning service centers on "God's Ideal for Man" by Rev. Anderson. In the evening he discusses "Determining the Character of Our Lives for the Coming Year."
The First Church of Christ Scientist holds regular Sabbath services at 10 30 a m in Elk's Hall opposite the court house with the subject Christian Science for Dec 28. Sunday school follows at 11 46.
Christ Episcopal announces services as usual with the Christmas music repeated at the 10 30 service. Ruth Shepherd organist assisted by Fred Rayman violinist invites all to attend.
Illness of the pastor leads to cancellation of preaching services. All other services proceed as scheduled with Sunday school at 12 m, Junior Endeavor at 3 p. m, and Senior Endeavor at 6 30 p. m.
The pastor preaches both morning and evening with morning topic The Decrees of God the Ground of the Believer's Hope and evening topic A View from the Sycamore Tree. Sunday school at noon Junior Endeavor at 3 p m and Senior Endeavor at 6 30 p m. Members received in the morning.
A head on crash near Wanstead Ontario between a westbound passenger train and an eastbound freight on the Grand Trunk line killed five and injured fifteen to sixteen. The freight engineer and express fireman died. three express passengers perished. A medical train with fifteen doctors rushed to the scene as trains on the division were canceled and rerouted via the old main line from Sarnia to Stratford.
Christ Church held a Christmas observance with a carol service then a Christmas tree and gifts for children. The Christmas morning service featured music by the regular choir with Miss Ruth Shepherd on organ and Fred Rayman on violin, and the music will be repeated Sunday.
Special term of probate court in Mower County orders hearing on January 17 1903 at 3 pm for Edward H Edward to be appointed administrator of Mary E Edward deceased. Notice to heirs and interested parties to publish weekly for three weeks in Austin City Herald. Seal date December 26 1902.
St Paul Minnesota is named the healthiest city of its class in the world by the Paris exposition directory. The award includes a bronze Grand Prix medal presented to Health Commissioner Chage, recognizing low mortality, strong quarantine, good public hygiene, baths, and sewerage and waterworks data. The honor reflects statistics from two years prior, with population and death rates improving since.
Washington reports claim that the Panama Canal Commission favors sons of officers and politicians, pays lavish salaries beyond need, and may misuse a $1,000,000 appropriation. A Hepburn resolution seeks a full list of commission officials and staff. President Walker has drawn $15,000 yearly as secretary, others $12,000.
Telegraphic brevities report better plague conditions in Mazatlan Mexico while Cincinnati receives an official Rome letter creating the office of coadjutor to Archbishop Elder.
Minneapolis market notes wheat quotations for December and May contracts with bid and offer levels. On Track No 1 hard and Northern grain classes show varied price in cents per bushel, reflecting market activity and nearby deliveries.
Report from Pittsburg Kansas indicates Joe Godley brother of Montgomery Godley who was lynched in Kansas City is wounded and in hiding at Weir City. Investigation suggests Joe fired the shot that killed the policeman, not the man lynched. Gus and Jess Godley remain jailed in Girard while Joe evades capture.
In Ashkabad area Russian Turkestan on December 27 the earth tremors persist. Residents shelter in railroad cars to avoid leaving Andijan for business reasons. The Andijan district reports 15 000 houses destroyed and guards remain on the line to monitor fissures. Barracks are converted to dwellings and will open for occupancy soon.
Mrs Mary Hartwell Catherwood, famed novelist, dies at 4852 Washington Avenue after illness from cancer. She fell ill in October and declined until death. Funeral set for Sunday with burial in Hoopeston Alabama, her former home. Survived by husband John Steel Catherwood and daughter.
Probate Court of Mower County schedules a special term hearing for December 29 1962 to consider Nels M Hanson’s petition for conveyance of land from the estate of Arne Larson deceased. The order requires all interested parties to appear and contest, with publication in the Austin Daily Herald for three weeks.
In Wimbledon North Dakota a restaurant owned by Frank Arceneau and a bakery dwelling owned by Andrew Juan were destroyed by fire at about 7 AM Christmas morning. Four people were injured including Jesse Forsythe Marty Sinclaire James Leffel and Arceneau. The fire started when Sinclaire mistook gasoline for kerosene to start a fire causing an explosion. The town th temperatures were forty below zero.
Wheat prices in Duluth on December 26 show cash No. 1 hard at 74 4c and No. 1 Northern at 73c while No. 2 Northern hits 71 with No. 3 spring at 68 44c. Arrivals list No. 1 hard at 74 4c and No. 1 Northern at 73 1/4c for December and May 75c. Flax cash quoted at 1.204 dollars.
Health Magazine recommends annual testing of household water. A Meisch test uses a pint bottle, sugar, and two days to reveal cloudiness indicating contamination. A second method uses permanganate solution. rose color that fades to brown shows organic matter present.
Havre officials report Juan Echevarria, a saloon passenger aboard the French liner La Touraine from New York, jumped overboard December 21 and was not recovered. The incident was learned after the ship arrived December 27.
Peoria Ill Dec 27 Mrs John Jones and Mrs Elizabeth Misson were killed by a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train as they walked along the track. Additional report from Sioux Falls mentions a westbound St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha passenger train derailing after striking a broken rail, derailing a sleeper with two passengers lightly bruised and a 500 foot track damaged.
In the senate a bill was passed providing for an additional district judge in the district of Minnesota.
The M. and St. P. railroad offers excursion tickets to stations within 200 miles at one third fare for the round trip. Tickets sold December 24 25 and 31 1902 and January 1 1903 with a total limit through January 20 1903. W Sacre agent.
Rye travel option to California offered via the Chicago Great Western with choice of three through tourist cars. Ask any Great Western agent for particulars.
Chicago Great Western Railway offers three through tourist sleeping cars to California with tickets sold for through travel from November to April. Homeseekers tickets to many points are available at low rates on the flat and third Tuesday of each month. See notices and ask any Great Western agent for details or contact J P Pyer G P A Chicago.
A fragmented note asserts wisdom applied to practice as prudence in pricing. It mentions high quality and low prices as practical prudence and cites names C A EMMona, Austin Lumbin & Puell o.
The Austin Hose Company No. 1 hosts the event at Armory Hall on December 31 with music by Tichy’s Orchestra. Everyone is invited to attend and ring out the old year and ring in the new under committee auspices.
A wandering Pullman tourist cat travels between Culcago Milwaukee St Paul and Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Rye through Austria Carrar Monticello Marion Kan asily and arrives in Los Angeles Saturday morning. Double berth fare is six dollars with tickets and reservations from any ticket agent of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line.
A correction notes that travel to California by the Chicago Great Western Railway may be limited by the new through tourist car options. The Kansas City correction point highlights the finest transcontinental limits and routes.
The Chicago Great Western offers travelers three through tourist car options with fast travel times and full comforts. Request the booklet about them.
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