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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1903
Page
2
The Austin Daily Herald lists John H. Skinner as Ep and Prop and Gertrude Ellas-Skinner as Associate Editor. The byline indicates a collaboration within the editorial staff, highlighting two key figures and their roles.
O. J. Simmons keeps a loaded cigar in his desk. Dave Wright and attorney Kelly interact over it with a dangerous prank that ends in an explosion. The column shifts to seasonal mood, noting Christmas chill and a hopeful note about giving. The piece closes with a nostalgic forecast for 1904.
The Oscar Ayers family in Washington states they have been heard from and note a flaw in the capital city coverage locating Austin news as scarce in Washington papers.
The holiday shopping season ends as families finish gift purchases and face outstanding bills. Shoppers count expenses, while accounts and retailers brace for post holiday payments and potential debt reminders.
Many Austin children learn Santa can use unconventional helpers as a substitute for reindeer, with Ells providing a similar guiding function in a local holiday lesson.
The speaker expresses relief at avoiding bonds tied to a Rockefeller Christmas tree and notes ongoing work without the burden of clipping coupons all year.
Merchants report Christmas sales exceeding expectations with turnover far higher than a year ago and city trade breaking all previous records.
The note mentions Ole Gleason visiting Jens Jenson and comments on how the story doesn t fill the paper as a half page ad, reflecting on admiration for the ads appearance and layout.
Austin notes celebrate as seventy five sacks of presents arrive at the local post office for residents and seventy five sacks depart the facility. Delays occur for quail amid holiday season.
Despite remaining subscriptions to the Metropolitan magazine the Herald continues a New Year offer of one year's paid up subscription. The deal remains valid through New Year’s.
Workers at the Packing House show holiday spirit with gifts to staff. Mr. Horne l and Mrs. Horne receive a silver chest, Eberhart a clock, John Schmid a leather chair, and married men a turkey. Traveling men get a year’s Success subscription and stenographers receive souvenir spoons.
The R O Hall home hosted a Christmas Day family dinner with twenty six attendees. A well loaded tree delighted the children and the occasion was described as a most pleasant one.
The S. B. McKlravy family hosted Andrew Anderson, R. Boostrom, John and A. J. Harpman, and Mrs. Hart for Christmas dinner. A large meal and pleasant time were shared, and guests left a willow rocker as a gift of remembrance.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers trips to Arkansas Colorado Kansas Louisiana Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas. Tickets available January 5 and 15 February 2 and 16 March 1 and 16 April 19. For details contact any Great Western Agent or J. P. P. Chicago Illinois.
St Augustine's Church schedules Masses at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. An evening service is held at 7:30.
The pastor will conduct communion at the usual hour during church services. The notice urges congregants to attend and participate in the planned ritual.
London dispatch says Japan ordered pig lead from New South Wales for bullets and lists six ships chartered for supplies. Sixth Army Division at Kumamoto awaits orders for Ko Special cables say rumors of war persist but markets show little concern.
Universalist church invites attendance for Sunday School each Sabbath at 12 noon and Y P A meeting at 7 PM at the Maple Street church.
The First Church of Christ Scientist holds regular Sabbath services at 10 30 a m opposite the courthouse with a Sunday school at 11 45 a m each week.
The pastor will preach a morning and evening sermon on Joshua the Man of Conquests. Sunday School session 112 and B Y P U meet at 6 45.
Morning service at 10:30 in Norwegian with regular Christmas offerings. Sunday School at 12 noon. Luther League at 6:45 p.m. No evening services.
Morning services focus on Suggestions of the Dying Year and lessons from the snow. Sabbath School at noon, Y P S C E at 6 30 p.m., evening preaching at 7 30 p.m.
Regular services will be held with a morning and evening sermon by the pastor. A class meeting at 9 45, Sunday school at noon, Junior League in the afternoon, Epworth League at 6 30, and an evening service at 7 30. Communion in the morning. The sermon topic is The Confession of a Great Man.
Arthur B. Miller serves as pastor with morning service at 10 30 led by Rev Alexander Patterson assistant pastor. Sunday School at 12 noon Y P 8 OC E 6 30 7 30 evening service. An adjourned congregational meeting is scheduled Monday at 8 o clock in the church.
On Sunday December 29 the morning service includes Holy Communion at 10 30 with Mr Percy Churchill as soloist during the offertory. The full Christmas musical service will be given by the choir and Sunday School and Bible Class meet at noon. All are invited.
A traditional Korean tale features Peach Blossom, a family drudge who outwits hardship. Sparrows repair a rice crack, a wandering cow leads to fruit, and the jealous sister is scarred while Peach Blossom attends the festival as the favored guest.
Saint Petersburg reports the Russian government has not ruled out further concessions in its negotiations with Japan over Far East tensions. Officials say Russia may propose changes to meet Japanese demands while maintaining liberal terms, with no rush toward abrupt talks end. A Hague arbitration rumor is considered an echo from U.S. press.
London dispatch reports Kobe says Japan will accept two weeks for an answer to the note to Baron Komura from Baron de Rosen. The two week limit expires January 7.
Prophet John Alexander Dowie told Zionites in Shiloh tabernacle that Christ will return within a century to reign 1,000 years and that his Zion City leases run for 1,100 years. He warned infidels would be ousted if they desecrate sacred Zion lands after his death.
Samuel P. Avery once New England agent for Midland Oil in Minneapolis is wanted by police on a larcery charge of about $10,000. He disappeared nearly a month ago and had lived with his wife at Winthrop Center. Authorities kept the search secret to aid clues to his whereabouts.
R H Ebert at 210 East Mill Street restarts his shoeing business with full workmanship guarantee. Phone call requested for inquiries or services.
Eureka Utah Dec 26 One man dead in morgue with two shotgun wounds another man fatally wounded by a shotgun blast a woman badly bruised and two other men jailed after a Friday early morning disturbance at Finn hall during a Finlanders social gathering.
An advertisement asserts dandruff stems from a scalp germ and promotes Newbro’s Herpicide as the only product to destroy the germ and prevent hair loss. It urges samples by sending 10 cents to J. E. Malloy, Detroit, as special agent.
In Baltimore Maryland on December 26, three men aged twenty, thirty two, and thirty eight were found dead in their room. The victims William Foebel Frederick Haberstraw and William Beckhusser were butchers who had retired late, and authorities believe they were asphyxiated after failing to turn off a gas supply.
Washington December 26 Christmas at the White House was quiet. President Roosevelt skipped his morning ride to attend Mrs Hoars funeral services and distributed gifts after breakfast. Archie Roosevelt made a personal tree in the sewing room while diplomats and guests hosted dinners at several embassies.
Albert Cham bliss a colored man held as a hostage was fatally shot by a fellow black man named Alington near Benton in St Louis. Patrolman Peter Dolan was wounded but not seriously. Police surrounded the cabin as a crowd watched and finally arrested Alington after his ammunition ran out.
Boston reports Richard Olney will be formally presented by Massachusetts Democrats as a presidential candidate at the state committee meeting. Resolution to be offered by William S. McNary with New England peers urged to back the Olney movement after a conference including John Sharpe Williams.
H. A. Muhlen, proprietor of the Sunday Philadelphia World, a known figure in local politics, was instantly killed Friday after being struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at the North Philadelphia station. He apparently tried to cross the tracks.
San Francisco on December 26 reports Muldoon McDonald a well known colored heavyweight was shot and killed Friday afternoon by W H Atkins another colored man. Atkins says the shooting followed an attempted robbery of a hotel card drawer containing 1.36 dollars.
Knowledge argues whales rarely dive beyond a hundred yards while Racovitza claims a thousand yard depth is possible. The debate questions food sources at depth, eye use in darkness, and mammals’ ability to withstand extreme pressures and propel massive bodies to such depths.
An observer notes a Sunday school exercise where the superintendent tests voters by sowing seed metaphors and asks what seed yields good manhood. The audience replies turnip seed and tomato seed, illustrating the failed vote as part of the lesson.
A Vivionus fish in South America, a smelt feb, attacks fellow fish and terrifies natives who ford streams in carbites season. Bathera suffer as sharp teeth bite flesh. these fish are efficient scavengers feeding on river dead or alive.
A brief literary remark from London Saturday Be highlights Emerson as a genius and a superior American writer. It praises Compensation and its transcendental quality, contrasting Emerson with Thoreau and noting admiration from Henry James who allegedly called him the unfallen man.
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