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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1906
Page
2
Governor Johneor Potpol Kee will take the oath for a second term on Wednesday January 9 and then deliver his message to a joint session of the legislature at the inauguration.
The piece laments the Ohio Penitentiary closing due to lack of printers, noting in satire how bankers, lawyers, doctors, and farmers thrive while printers vanish. It recalls Mr Dooley and Father Kelley on presses, ink, and the power of words to shape society across continents.
The Advisory Board of the Minnesota State Sanitarium for Consumptives at Walker appoints Dr Leck as examining physician for admission applicants. Also notes social visits, sales offers, job ads, and holiday entertainments involving local residents and clubs.
Double quartet presents during morning service at 10 30 and peals of organ music. Evening service starts at 7 50 with arrangements by Pipe Mor. U E 6 90.
The Teeters marked fifty years of marriage with relatives and old friends in Austin. Mr Teeter, the oldest Mason in the local lodge with fifty years, and Mrs Teeter hosted guests including nine children and several grandchildren. A wedding collation followed with gifts of gold, two golden oak chairs, and warm congratulations for the years ahead.
The Yeomen of America held a well attended meeting Friday evening with new members voted in and officer elections conducted. A class of 31 will be initiated January 26 when the Owatonna team performs drill work. Social session featured Mrs Dovenberg's coffee as a highlight and officers elected include Mrs Tracy Young Master of Ceremonies and Geo Gibson Lady Bowen.
The astern Star and Blue Lodge Masons held a joint officer installation Friday at Masonic hall with about two hundred attendees. Mrs. William Todd served as installing officer for the Easter Star and William Todd as Deputy Grand Master for the Blue Lodge. Afterward, refreshments were served in the dining room and the newly installed officers with spouses were hosted first as the room was filled several times and the evening was described as exceedingly pleasant.
The list shows veal and lambs priced around 4.50 to 6.50 with belts of hogs at 5.85 to 6.00, cattle trading near 2.75 to 3.50 for fat cows and geifers and poultry values around 10 to 15 cents per unit. Multiple entries indicate uncertain bids and regional fluctuations.
Iowa Central Railway offers a round trip to Havana Cuba at a single holiday fare on December 18 19 and 20 with return by January 9. Travel via New Orleans using Southern Pacific steamers. For rates and details contact A Bjoutts GP and T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
The Iowa Central will sell round trip excursion tickets at one and one third fare on December 20 21 22 23 24 25 30 31 and January 1 with return valid to January 7 1908. For details and folders contact local agents.
City Chapter 29 C E and Fidelity Lodge 39 A F and A M plan a joint officer installation at Masonic Hall on Friday night. All Masons and families are invited with a social time to follow.
Two January gatherings draw wide crowds the annual Mower County Agricultural Society meeting and the Southern Minnesota Horticultural Society winter session. Members vote register complaints hear officers reports revise premiums and plan for next year at the Agricultural Society while the Court House in city hosts January 18 and 19 for the Horticultural Society with free admission and expected strong turnout.
The Board of County Commissioners of Mower County will hold a regular session at the county auditor’s office in the Court House Austin on Tuesday January 8 1907 at 5 p m. George Robertson notes a Presbyterian Christmas offering for the poor and reveals another church has supported needy cases for two years.
The Dutch scholar Van Ceuten estimated pi by repeatedly bisecting an arc with a diameter of 1. He obtained a circumference value of 3.1415026535897932584626433... accurate to 36 decimals, a remarkably tedious method costing him great effort.
A single grain of Indian hemp resin can trigger catalepsy in a person. Effects develop in hours reaching a climax where limbs can be positioned and held indefinitely. The body remains insensible to most impressions during catalepsy.
Native fishermen in New Guinea use spider web nets stretched over bamboo frames to catch fish weighing up to a pound. They watch for a passing fish, dip it into the net, and haul it onto dry land.
Misunderstanding at a country store leads a would be purchaser to ask for a black hose. Clerk responds they have no hose in stock, quipping about the store's offerings. Lippincot remark noted.
St Augustine's holds services at 8:00 and 10:30 p.m. Evening service at 7:30. Christian Church at Oakland and Greenwich offers worship on Sundays with preaching by Pastor Chas Forster at 10:30, Sunday School at 12, Christian Endeavor at 6:30, and Evening service at 7:30. All invited.
The First Church of Christ Scientist holds services at 10 30 a m with Sabbath school for children at 11 45 a m and a Wednesday testimony meeting at 8 o clock All are warmly invited to attend any or all services.
The Roseland pastor will hold morning services in Norwegian and evening services in English. Christ mas Offerings will be taken at both services. Sunday school is at 12 m with Bible Class led by the pastor. Luther League meets at 6 30 with the evening subject The Rock of Offence.
Will F. Sloane minister at 128 Oakland Bath conducts 10:30 morning worship on Retrospect and 7:30 evening service with big chorus choir. About 800 crowded in. 100 dozen more attempted entry. Anthem The Cross it standth fast and Bless the Lord sung by choir. Adams.
R Edward Sayles pastor at the corner of St Paul and Oakland conducts morning service This Year Also with Sabbath School at 6 30 B Y P U at 7 30 and evening service We Have Not Passed This Way Before Music suited to the season will be performed Strangers are welcome to worship with us
The Methodist church hosts morning and evening worship with processional hymns and anthems. Pastor GW Lutz delivers sermons and leads receptions, with reports on the Thank Offering and a Christmas bank offering opening of envelopes. Junior and Epworth Leagues meet. church address is 3008 Chatham Street.
A note describes a little red stocking and a card bearing a picture of the new church. The stocking invites each giver to make a Christmas gift to the church. Rev. Lutz recently received a gift from Cincinnati and more gifts are expected from other regions.
A divorcing husband recalls he never gave Christmas or birthday gifts, only money, and learns that women value small courtesies and thoughtfulness over cash. The piece cites that invitations, outings, tickets, and personal attention matter more than large sums.
The piece recalls Edwin Booth who rarely loses artistic control yet on one occasion while playing Bertuccio in The King's Fool he immersed himself in the role and believed he had surpassed all prior work. His daughter Edwina Booth, watching from a stage box, said she had never seen him act so poorly.
A Washington Star quip notes a weather prophet's maxim to predict something disagreeable to avoid criticism. The joke implies people praise certainty even when wrong, reflecting editorial wit rather than a reportable event.
Portable OCR fragment notes store hours changing in January and March with early closing at 6 PM on weekdays except Sundays and holidays. Mentions percentages of monthly fees and references Baturg but lacks clear names, places, or dates.
The Chicago Great Western will sell round trip tickets to all points on the line and to varying points for one and one third fare. Tickets on sale December 20 to 26 and December 29 to January 1, valid to return and January 7. For further information apply at the western station.
The Wabash Railway announces three sleepers to the City of Mexico with departures from Chicago Mondays and Thursdays at 11:45 p.m. and arrival in May by 8:30 p.m. A through line promises shorter travel, with reduced rates and illustrated booklets available from F. H. Tristram in Chicago.
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