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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1907
Page
2
Citizens discuss the election day in Austin while saloons stayed open to see who wins the HERALD piano. The satirical note suggests contestants deserve a fine Schumas piano for local interest.
Judge Kingsley of this city is named among five judges to preside as supreme court judges in charges against Attorney F B Hert of Minneapolis who recently launched a red hat attack on Minnesota's supreme court.
Harry Furtney goes to Thon's to buy a delicate handkerchief for his mother in law. The clerk quotes $5.00 and Harry faints, prompting the laughable turn as the lady buys a different gift.
On Christmas Eve the Episcopal church held its first city service at midnight with a decorated church and a special choral rite. By dawn a crowd filled the Catholic church for a six oclock service and a 10 30 mass drew large attendance aided by a sixty-voice chorus and full orchestra. Elaborate interior and altar decorations marked the Lacheran church service where Rev J A E Naees greeted a large congregation.
The Herald sponsors a piano contest with ballots sealed at 6 pm and counted every 15 minutes from the Grand Hotel front sample room. Post office staff sort ballots, counters and a security judge oversee the process with results telephoned to central offices. Contestants to meet at Malloy's Drug Store at 8 pm to receive merchants’ orders as the final tally proceeds.
A Christmas day ceremony at the Webber home in Lansing joined Mrs Myrtie Webber to Mr William King of Waterloo at high noon. Vera Webber served as bridesmaid and a brother of the groom was best man. Rev. D Belden officiated. The couple will reside in Waterloo after January 15.
Miss Lottie Strever and Chauney Avery wed at 10 o'clock Christmas Day at the bride's parents' home north of the Fair Grounds. Rev. J. Belden officiated before a small gathering. the bride wore white silk and cashmere with brides roses. They will reside in Superior, Wisconsin, where the groom works as a painter.
John Riley, indicted by the grand jury in spring 1906 for illegal liquor sale at LeRoy, came to spend Christmas with his mother-in-law, was arrested by Sheriff Nicholson, brought before Judge Kingsley, fined 75 dollars plus costs or 60 days in jail with 80 days added for nonpayment, totaling 90 days.
A London Bystander commentary notes honeymoons are shortened to four or five days or a weekend. It says marriage is seen as a matter of fact and the romantic girl should not expect unattainable wedded bliss.
A husband explains to his wife that no hotels would take him in last night. The anecdote, recounted in the Philadelphia Press, captures a humorous, self deprecating exchange about a disrupted evening.
The Krieslander would be lost without his klompen for a hundred uses. He uses wooden shoes to bait his boat, mend his clothes, scoop water, hold worms, as missiles in free combat, dig, and measure goods. They cost about fifteen pence a pair.
A boy named Wilfred visits a lake completely covered with ice for the first time. He stares at the smooth surface in sunlight and asks his mother who put the lid on the lake, a childlike question that evokes wonder.
A comic exchange unfolds as Mrs. Jaggsby expresses surprise at her home condition last night and Jaggsby insists he arrived sober, prompting playful back and forth in illustrated bits.
St Paul street lights glow as Sun day schools hold Christmas programs in Presbyterian Congregational Methodist Baptist Christian Episcopal and Lutheran venues. Children perform singings cantatas and hear talks while gifts and offerings, including about 200 dollars, are shared. Santa Claus appears at several services and a Turkey charity toy drive is noted.
A Christmas evening gathering at the College Street home marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Mr and Mrs McCulloch's marriage. Seventeen couples and members of the 8 C C club attended with decor featuring smilax dolly and carnations. The event included a multi course dinner with personalized painted place cards and a table question answer game, followed by music and a duet. The couple, married in Scranton in 1882, have lived in Austin for fifteen years. Mr McCulloch previously worked in printing with A B Hawkins and later bought Hawkins' interest.
The article traces the survival of witchcraft belief beyond Salem 1692, noting executions and trials in France, Spain, England, Mexico, Russia, and across Prussia, Poland, and Austria-Hungary into the 19th century. it cites specific incidents including torture and public burnings.
A Baltimore American reader cartoonishly explains call money as the money requested by a wife to instantly reach her husband by telephone for cash. The quip highlights a domestic finance trope with a playful take on urgent 汇funds.
An 18 year old Odessa Thompson died after her 15 year old brother Richard fired a 22 rifle in a home near Blooming Prairie. He had threatened to shoot if she did not hand over pennies she kept for herself. The weapon discharged by accident as he believed it unloaded, killing Odessa in minutes. Richard was overwhelmed with grief. The family receives widespread sympathy.
A series of the Minnesota farmers Institute will be held at Ausin on Saturday Jan 4. The institute travels statewide as a practical agricultural school with 20 years of operation. Lecturers are experienced farmers. a new Farmers Institute Annual No 20 will be distributed. Two sessions with questions box for audience input.
A San Francisco Call account recalls the farewell to Wu Ting Fang in which a customs inspector halted a secretary at the dock. The secretary asserted his role in Wu’s delegation and declared he would not be impeded on board the steamer. The inspector remained stern, and the incident faded from memory.
In 1876 John Hay and Alvey Adee in Madrid followed the Republican convention. A Madrid paper misread a news item, stating Attebart 13. Noyes of America elected president of the republic of the north, hinting Hayes nomination. Adee and Hay spent days deciphering the clue.
The piece from the Atlanta Constitution features a light exchange at a wedding where the bridegroom questions the parson on vows and the bride insists the questions are correctly posed. The text satirizes domestic expectations with a playful, old time tone. It contrasts with a Madras Mail note about a life convict in the Andamans seeking a pension after long service, following his release order.
In a Baltimore News anecdote an elderly man visiting editorial rooms mistakes pneumatic tube stations for orchestral instruments. He watches copy being transmitted upstairs with hopeful, then disappointed, expressions before asking the telegraph editor what the devices are.
John Budley served as a popular New Hampshire judge from 1770 to 1791. Though unlearned in law and unable to write more than a few sentences correctly, he was highly regarded for his judicial service. Chief Justice Parsons of Massachusetts called him the greatest and best judge he knew in New Hampshire.
A garbled passage discusses refining phrases and colors, noting a tendency to overstate artful expressions. It contrasts cautious, serious deliberation with florid, sometimes odd flower imagery and decorative terms linked to Persiana and related motifs.
A chef warnings an apprentice to brush nutmegs with oyster shell powder to protect the spice on long voyages. The powder deters weevils, but once finished its use, it should be brushed off the nutmegs for market.
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