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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
2
A brief display of subscription prices including three months for OO ONES and single copy costs. The text also notes sworn circulation figures though details are fragmented and partially unreadable.
Miss Emma Fisher returned from Postville Iowa to visit relatives. The state law grants daily newspapers five holidays yearly, including New Year’s Day, for making resolutions. There will be no Telegraph tomorrow.
Gov. Johnson appoints C. C. Schulz to state superintendent, praising his eight years as assistant and partnership with Olsen in advancing educational aims. Schulz succeeds Olsen as Olsen becomes dean of the State Agricultural College, described as a fitting, logical and wise choice.
The Herald looks back on 1908 noting most lost articles were recovered, with only a few never found. One thief who kept a diamond ring is cited, but such cases are isolated. The paper claims Austin has few sneak thieves for a city of its size.
The Modern Woodmen of America plan a 1380 acre sanatorium near Colorado Springs using a tent colony design with sixty tents per colony to treat tuberculosis patients. Each tent outfit costs 250 dollars, funded by camps nationwide, with over 70000 dollars raised and a permanent 10 cent per member tax approved.
Last chance for a dance in 1908 will be provided by Hose Company No 1 at the Aurium. Tiehy's orchestra will furnish music.
John Rea died on a city street Wednesday night about 10 20 while en route to a hotel. He collapsed in Hillam arms before Coroner Lewis and Earl's undertaking rooms. Rea, an English sign painter, had lived here since fall. Authorities seek his Winnipeg brother.
Adjutant General F B Wood urges Minnesota lawmakers to empower the governor to fix officers and enlisted strength in national guard units to align with war department orders. The biennial report also requests an extra assistant adjutant general, relocation of the arsenal, funding for troop transport, more armory space, and updates to pension, naval militia, and Spanish-American War history provisions.
Refugees pour into Naples after a massive Telluric upheaval centered on the Strait of Messina. The quake and tsunami devastated Calabria and eastern Sicily for nearly 100 miles, destroying vineyards and coastlines, leaving frightened, disoriented survivors and immense ruin.
John Lightly Sr a Freeborn county pioneer dies after a long illness. Born January 12 1834 in Buffalo New York he preempted a farm in Oakland township and built a life of steady work and honesty. He leaves a large family including wife three daughters and five sons. Funeral at the Oakland Baptist church with Rev C D Belden officiating and burial in Fairview cemetery.
The New York mayor issues a proclamation calling for city subscriptions to aid Sicily and Calabria quake victims. The effort coordinat es with the American Red Cross and the Italian Red Cross, with funds routed through Jacob H. Schiff. Bishop Greer appeals to Episcopal clergy and laity to funnel donations via the New York state Red Cross branch.
Hose Co. No. 1 invites you to a New Year’s Eve dance at the Auditorium Thursday evening. Social event likely to attract residents seeking a community celebration and entertainment.
In a heated exchange, Kaufmann endured a punishing stretch that threatened a knockout, with Barry’s corner signaling surrender as Kaufmann steadied and the bout wore on.
Peter Wagner an eighty two year old inmate of the soldiers home at Minnehaha Falls was found dead in an enclosure twenty feet from the hospital. He had escaped during a delirious condition and froze to death under the hospital windows in Minneapolis on December 31.
A small change purse containing a bill and small change is lost. Finder should leave it at the Herald office to receive a reward.
A tan baby glove and a brown fur tail from a ladies neck scarf have been found. Owners are asked to call the Herald office to claim.
Classified notices seek help for housework and general work at a printing office. Multiple short lines name positions, requirements, and phone numbers with only fragments readable. Interpretable items include a competent girl for housework without children and a boy for general work at McCulloch Printing.
Pole wood for sale at 3 dollars per load delivered Evergreen Farm offers ice at 50 cents per load S L Yooma sells timber day from barn 7 dollars per ton delivered William P Johnson R R 5 or leave at Lars Hansons blacksmith shop Houses on Water Lridge Railway St Paul St Oakland town lots near Austin in northern state Call G Sorflat en Office 223 N Main St
Five room modern rental available with January 1 move in. Contact Calon J. Jacobs at 701 West College for details.
Bluefield West Virginia December 31 The Lick Branch colliery blast has claimed twenty seven lives with a grim death toll expected to reach fifty as asphyxiation from after damp and smoke follows the fierce explosion. A morgue is set up near the mine mouth and pitiful scenes unfold as families await word at coffins in the village.
Al Kaufmann was awarded the decision in a 39th round of a 45 round go before the Jeffries Athletic Club in Los Angeles. The bout was tame and uninteresting, Barry’s seconds threw in the sponge at the end of the 39th round, and Barry’s manager claimed his hands were broken. Barry had the better of the fight.
The Oberlin College Glee Club of twenty two arrived in Austin at 10 45 from Sioux Falls via Mankato and visited the Marsh home hosted by Miss Berg and Miss Viola Fiester. A chicken pie dinner followed at 1 o clock with several locals assisting. They then attended a Baptist church rehearsal at 3 and returned to their car Handelmere at 4. An evening at the Crane home with dancing and music by Miss Ida Thompson and Rudolph Pizak was planned.
We thank the many kind friends for flowers and gifts given to our daughter during her sickness. They brightened her sick room and lifted her spirits. Mr. and Mrs. Nels Mickelson.
In the Coliseum 12,000 Christian workers gather for hymns and prayers as the Moody Bible Institute hosts a three day revival ending with a New Year’s Eve watch night service. Evangelists from across America participate in the closing event.
The Paris court denied Count Pani de Castellane's petition to grant custody of his three sons to his mother the Marquise de Castellane. The children remain with Princess de Sagan former Miss Anna Gould of New York and may not leave the Continent without permission. They are to be placed in a college within one hundred miles of Paris starting October 19, 1909.
A question asks what a buyer is willing to trade for land, listing possible items such as a house, land, city lots, horses, furniture, sand, cement posts, or hitching posts and invites offers of trade value for property.
Cut rates on household goods to the Pacific coast and other points. Su emer service at re-uced rates. The oyd transfer Co., Minneapolis, Minn. INSURE against fire, insure against tornado, with W. W. Ranney. Call on W. W. Ranney. Eclipse Lumber Co. offers coal or wood lime cement plaster and lumber.
J. L. Cooley the painter offers a house with out-building and three lots at a bargain. Located at 65 7th St near Lindale, sale encouraged for immediate purchase.
An Austin Minn reader testifies to Doan's Kidney Pills curing kidney trouble. He details symptoms, family impact, and purchasing from C A Pooler’s drug store. Foster Milburn Co. markets the remedy with 50 cent price, urging readers to remember the brand.
An enthusiastic customer tells her grocer she will switch stores if he refuses to handle Our Pie. She claims Lemon, Chocolate and Custard pies can be made better with Our Pie as all ingredients are in the package. Each package, enough for two large pies, ten cents. Order a dozen from your grocer today. Also good as pudding sauce or cake filling.
Mrs Elleston and children thank friends who remembered them at Christmas. Hose Co. No. 1 invites you to the Auditorium this evening for the last dance of 1908.
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