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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1909
Page
4
The piece quotes a Washington resident describing how voting away from the District is common and signals social leverage. It notes loan ads for election travel, shop window placards, and railways offering voter rates as part of an election culture distinct to the capital. It contrasts this with normal town campaigns.
A district council sought an interview after new clock keeper failed to synchronize church and town hall clocks. The maker blamed differing methods and revealed a former craftsman wind-up had kept both clocks in time. He warned that busybodies aside, the town would forget striking if not winds were maintained.
The passage notes outdated laws in India and Nepal including cow killing treated as capital offense and child marriage rituals with betel fruit. It mentions a divorce ritual of placing a betel nut under the husband’s pillow and a curious Nepalese time reckoning tied to counting roof tiles and hair against the sky.
The account describes ancient practices in Rome and Greece where dog flesh was favored by epicures. It details Danish and Swedish rituals with ninety nine dogs destroyed on varying cycles. It then notes a shift to human sacrifices every ninth year to prolong the monarch's life.
A witty exchange attributes voting to women with a comic defense by a husband. The Boston Transcript quotes a man insisting his wife would not vote to keep thirty dollar hats from other women at elections.
The New York Press cites a line about a very particular man who would preemptively arrange in advance if told by a doctor he were to die, illustrating obsessive exactness in demeanor and planning.
The ad promotes DeWitts Kidney and Bladder pills as the best remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It lists symptoms like urinary disorders backache rheumatism and grain pains and claims the pills are antiseptic soothing and satisfactory, sold by all druggists.
Eclipse Lumber Doer furnishes lumber of all kinds along with lime plaster and cement. Call for materials and pricing.
A physician recounts a method for generating ideas after a failed attempt to write an article. He notes fatigue from a long hospital day and ponders whether circulation affects brain activity. Placing his head on the table, he finds writing comes easily and completes the piece.
The article notes how worms level soil unevenness creating smooth turf, likening them to ancient plows. It ranks earthworms as crucial to landscape history, while acknowledging corals as shaping oceans by building reefs, especially in tropical zones.
The Washington Star recalls Frederick Burton, famed as the world’s leading authority on the American Indian. It notes his rare standing, his isolation in the field, and anecdotes about his scholarly discussions and a witty dinner-table exchange.
The article notes the earliest known case of tarring and feathering in 1189 during Richard I's reign. It cites a law allowing that robbers aboard crusader ships be shaved, doused with hot pitch, and covered with feathers before being put ashore at the next landing.
A conversation recalls Biffin’s courtship of a man’s wife before their marriage. One speaker muses if he had shown more courage and energy, but concludes there is little use discussing it now.
The Austrian emperor and empress watched a play filled with political allusions. On leaving the theater, he joked that they should congratulate themselves for seeing it at all, predicting it would be quickly forbidden.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt quotes phrases like time is money and a harsh remark about a man who proclaims a decade of penitentiary life, now out and busted, reflecting on the rough edge of justice and memory. The selection intertwines street wisdom with the costs of crime.
A brief reflection on truth as a guiding sun that illuminates life and power, suggesting knowledge disperses strength through its radiant beams and shapes human understanding.
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt features a young woman with a square jaw saying she and her mother can make the necessary improvements, while expressing she fears she is unworthy. The response is reassuring and collaborative.
In a brief quip, an exchange questions the term for a conduit to the spirit world. The reply: a bartender, delivered as a wry joke about mediums guiding contact.
The Boston Globe explains shoe numbers stem from a fixed French scale with three and nine eighths inches minimum and a one third inch step. It notes women’s sizes vary as manufacturers alter numbers and hats are measured by inner brim dimensions, simplifying headwear sizing.
The Chicago Tribune explains two fifths of a mutilated paper note must be presented for redemption while damaged silver coin remains face value, and worn gold coins are redeemable by weight. Fire destroys paper currency with no metal value, unlike silver and gold, making lost notes a loss to the holder and a gain to the government or banks.
The article notes Pope and Garrick as poor witnesses in the 1723 high treason trial of Bishop Atterbury in the Lords. Pope confessed he could not speak in public and blundered during his brief testimony about the bishop’s time at Bromley, despite knowing many lords in the chamber.
A ragged vagabond begs for food and company at a door, claiming he has forgotten hunger after a long stretch of loneliness. The short faced woman offers little comfort as the traveler confesses his thinness and need for companionship while on the road.
A humorous London Tit bit notes Muggins lamenting his looks and asking if his newborn resembles him. When told yes he sighs and asks to break the news gently to his wife.
A playful Chicago News item features Small Harold asking his father about a bird at the zoo. The punchline imagines a bald eagle growing bald after marriage, delivering a gentle, lighthearted moment of family humor.
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a child asking what a genius is and a response describing a genius as a man who can perform domestic tasks like washing sewing and cooking. The exchange showcases humorous dialect and social attitudes of the period.
The piece highlights camel endurance and diet in desert life. It notes the camel’s ability to sustain water shortages, with freight camels carrying 500 to 1,000 pounds and proceeding 25 miles daily for three days. Some camels cover 50 miles daily for five days without water while swifter types carry riders up to 100 miles daily.
An excerpt from St Nicholas extols the humming bird's flight, noting its small platelike body and rapid wing vibrations that keep it midair while sipping nectar from single blooms. The bird moves swiftly between flowers, chases rivals, and shows fearless independence in the aviary world.
The fragment describes Garrick’s famed nerve and eloquence in London’s Parliament. Burke and Fos followed with praise as members debated clearing the gallery during a heated session. The house voted that the stranger should remain, and Garrick stood unmoved.
The New York World describes Mexican peons enjoying fresh water bugs skimmed from ponds and fried pulque worms. Peons savor the insects with zest, noting their taste surpasses easy description, while worm collectors earn a modest income from selling packaged worms at two cents per dozen.
The piastre is Turkey’s unit of value, divided into 40 paras and each para into 3 aspes. The piastre equals 4.4 cents, para about a tenth of a cent, and an aspe a little over one twenty seventh of a cent. An American in Turkey spends about 2700 aspes while shopping in oriental bazaars.
Johnson urges frugality and self restraint condemning debt and vanity. He emphasizes avoiding poverty's temptations and misery and advises living within means and not borrowing for vanity or pleasure.
The Boston Herald quotes oratorical strains about “Give me liberty or give me death” and praises Patrick Klenry as a great man leading thousands. It contrasts among orators and patriots with remarks on the mass of followers and public discourse.
A humorous exchange features Farmer Barnes praising golf while Farmer Fal Jows skeptically questions its value. Barnes responds that you need not play if you choose not to join, underscoring a light rural banter tone.
Polly Pinktiziits queries the tenor's voice as Fanny Footlights belts Burn. The Philadelphia Record notes the crackling performance, with the crowd reacting to the airy, nearly transparent timbre.
A Mountain Colloquy features a playful exchange as one woman questions a sunlit nose while the other clarifies it is moonshine and not sunshine. The joke hinges on wordplay between sun and moonshine in a light frontier tone.
Generous words mix with a cryptic line about a prince's gift to the bride. A puzzled record notes a receipt in full for the 1 mentioned, suggesting a line from a timeworn papyrus or chronicle.
A sister at a cooking school asks for a chop suey recipe as a class assignment. Her brother promises the simplest recipe and supplies a joke answer that confounds the class. The reveal prints his one line recipe in the Chicago Tribune format, provoking astonishment.
A recalled voyage near Stromboli yields a legend of Captain Booty a 17th century seafarer famed for drinking swearing and fiery apparitions. His ghost is said to utter profane words through tongues of flame and smoke frightening his widow in Lower Thames Street.
A narrator hides in a spruce log and watches white footed mice travel under spring snow. After a patient approach, the observer touches and strokes one mouse on the branch, describing a quiet close encounter.
Greville attended the sale of King George the Fourth’s wardrobed possessions which totaled about 75,000 dollars. The king rarely disposed of items aside from linen and kept an immense stock of coats uniforms furs and other garments he never paid for. A page recalled the king’s memory and the items could be called upon years later to produce specific apparel.
The royal Bengal tiger is described as infested by a bloodsucking insect the size of a flea that mirrors a tiger in form, claws, tail and stripes. The claim is presented as a fact that could be demonstrated by access to a zoological collection.
A New York Sun excerpt recalls a gentleman leaving a steamer after a rough Atlantic voyage. He jokes that the voyage was so severe he felt four kings beating three, underscoring the brutal crossing and his hope to never endure it again.
A Delineator note recounts a girl named Marie who, scolded by her mother for last place in class, laments that she has always been foot left and that leaving school was not her fault.
A London Bystander quips on fowls and meat scarcity saying if heyer I run short o meat I fall back on a begg in hurried times. The mock line highlights poultry keeping as a cheeky solution.
A brief note stresses staying true to promises and actions among friends. It emphasizes steadfast conduct, integrity, and mutual support within close relationships.
The exchange shows a husband reacting angrily to money, while the wife remains poised noting she will be better off than a poor woman who never practiced. The dialogue highlights tension over finances and future security in a stark marital moment.
Uncle Eben says the world is jumping like a looking glass and you will get better results if you smile rather than make faces. Washington IC notes a folksy, upbeat adage promoting optimism.
A farm near Claremont and Mower County offers 160 acres with house, barn, granary, stock, and fruit trees on clay roads. Prices cited per acre 55 in Dodge County 59 in Mower County. Also offers large house listings, subdivision options, insurance services, and real estate lending.
In a humorous exchange, a reporter asks which language people near the north pole speak and a professor answers Polish, reflecting a light satirical tone from the Chicago Tribune.
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