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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
3
A brief notice lists events: on Wednesday January 6 Parland Newhall Bell Ringing Co at M E church. On Thursday January 7 a Message from Mars at Gem Theatre. On Monday January 11 Quincy Adams Sawyer at Gem Theatre.
Austin and surrounding communities share holiday visits and gatherings as residents travel to relatives in Mason City Rose Creek and Minneapolis. Christmas celebrations include church services concerts dances and a large toy distribution at Hormel Market for hundreds of children.
A London merchant visiting York unwittingly proved a highwayman’s innocence by matching movements in Dover and Calais. The judge ordered a notetaking books to confirm his travel and the prisoner was acquitted. Both men later faced burglary charges in the area.
An advertisement for high quality photographic papers by Fairbanks Bros promotes Aristo papers including Aristo Collodio Carbon and Aristo Carbon Sepia. Satisfaction guaranteed at North Entrance.
In a county court a kind judge and an aging usher clash when the tired official falls asleep. The judge addresses the disturbance with tact as the usher erupts to demand silence and restore court decorum.
A letter quoted in Quaker Pictures shows Amelia Opie abandoning fiction after becoming a Quaker. She insists she cannot tell invented stories but will write facts history or poetry if desired, underscoring her conscientious stance and the tension with readers.
A retold Oregon story alleges a wealthy banker started with government work. The sequence claims a $5,000 bill climbed to $80,000 through successive approvals by congress and state officials, culminating in the banker becoming a millionaire.
The London Chronicle recalls Samuel Pepys watching The Lost Lady on January 28 1661. He was annoyed by clerks in the box and a misdirected spit from a lady. in a later viewing he found the scene tolerable after discovering the woman was pretty.
Edmund Yates recalls a Thackeray quip about two oyster tubs in New Street fish shop. One tub is marked 1 shilling a dozen, the other 1s 3d a dozen. Thackeray puns that they must hate each other.
Pall Mall Gazette notes London’s bridge network includes seventy five bridges with nineteen railway bridges, three road bridges such as Holborn viaduct, and fifty three connecting private premises.
A clipped, period style exchange reveals a doctor forgetting surgical instruments and a plumber leaving tools in a cellar. The ailing setup hints at a humorous misplacement of essential gear and a tidy, domestic mishap.
An Atchison Globe quote objects to the prodigal’s return, calling the fatted calf tragedy a symbol of unfairness and sparking renewed family vows and anger over inheritance in the household.
Tomorrow's gathering of the Christian Brotherhood will be unusually interesting. F. P. McBride will lead the event and every member of the group and all men in Austin are urged to attend. Miss Zender will sing two duets and other attractions are planned. Miss Margaret FO and her sister will perform at the Men's Singing tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Elks hall.
The Gem theater offers its strongest bill of the season in the last three days of the week featuring Prof. Roberts who trained animals and four big feature films.
The Bijou program this week features J Murray Smith and wife in A Tip on the Races a clean cut comedy sketch. The Plucky Woman a tinted water scene and The One Best Bet a French film of the English derby alongside The Angel Child a pretty comic. Last show tonight.
Leonard and Maggie Bardouche visit Cresco to spend a week with grandparents. Mrs J B Howells travels to Blooming Prairie to visit relatives. Miss Jennie Fairbanks of Mound Prairie visits the C Weise home. Mrs Emil Olson and daughter Agnes visit Carpenter Indiana. Miss Myrtle Wilkinson of Minneapolis visits Bert Warfield. Helen Guelf spends Sunday in Lansing. Mrs A F Padelford travels to Minneapolis due to Ida French illness in hospital. Mrs E T Dexter hosts the R M Haseltine family for dinner. Mr and Mrs Wilson Beach visit Henry Goslee home at Christmas. Effie Newman returns from Milwaukee. Claud Keenan comes from St Paul to spend days with parents. L A Clark family guest at Frank Dearborn home at Christmas. Norman Earl of Spokane, Washington, visits his mother Ina Earl.
Vesper services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3:00 in YWCA rooms led by Miss Alma Hanson.
Masons of Fidelity lodge No. 39 A F and A M hold a special meeting Sunday December 27 1908 at 130 PM at the Hall to attend the funeral of late brother Amos H Hill. G A Dutcher W M.
Will and Lydia Davis traveled to Winne bago City on Friday to visit relatives, sharing travel details and family connections during the stop.
A humorous exchange ponders baseball's age and the idea of rain checks dating back to biblical floods. One citizen asserts the sport is very ancient while another quips about rain checks.
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