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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1908
Page
2
Local items note candidate Jacob Gute joins J Z Rogers in a political race. A prison inmate contributes a quip from Prison Mirror about catching a horse with wild oats, reflecting tongue in cheek commentary on current affairs.
The Journal notes a recurring cycle of new theatres opening and later closing in Owatonna with a reference to the "sixteenth venture" year after year. The item highlights ongoing theater activity and a habit of announcing both openings and closings.
Joseph Fitztham of Wyxoff rents Wesley G. Driesner’s Mill Street store. The building will get a new front and a complete harness shop will be installed by about March 15.
The Elks of Mankato organized a sizable country circus to aid the local fair association. It was a complete success and raised over one thousand dollars for the cause, highlighting business support for fairs as city advertising.
The Cedar ice cut will exceed 10,000 tons with creameries taking additional. Hormel Pecking hauls 3000 tons, Sam L. Young near that figure, and John McCormick cuts 2500 tons for the M. & St. P. road. Fine quality ice is now being hoisted.
A tenderhearted young man found a cat in poor condition with disease destroying its eyes. He believed it frozen and the animal was chloroformed. The note ends with a wish to avoid further humane tasks.
A group visits Groh's sand pit Sunday to verify a reported ground fissure but finds no sign. Later the friends confront Sullivan accusing him of falsehood and joke that Mayor Sutton closed the matter on Sunday.
A large crowd attended the meeting of the railroad and warehouse commissioner in Albert Lea on Friday and Saturday. Testimony from witnesses from stations west described poor stations dirty cars and unsanitary conditions while road employees defended conditions as adequate for business.
Alderman John son may face calls to run for an at large seat while O L Thomas and F Stillman are named for first ward aldermen. Mayor Sutton seeks reelection with bipartisan backing this spring as second ward prepares for a lively campaign battle.
Creditors of the defunct Fillmore County Bank secured about one fifth of their deposits under receiver Thomas J. Meighen. Although a written contract entitled him to ten percent of receipts, he voluntarily accepted roughly $2,000 less than his due in the final settlement.
London Chronicle notes European states that do not use capital punishment. Italy Hel land Norway Switzerland Portugal and Russia are listed as penally non fatal though crimes vary. Zug canton Switzerland reportedly sets a lowest minimum of three years for willful homicide with higher sentences possible.
A witty exchange at a subway station features a sweet young woman asking for an express train. Her escort notes the station is not express, prompting the complaint that express trains should be available at every stop. The quip appears in the New York Press.
A terse line discusses a man’s labor for another and whether that labor bears evil intent. Heslod’s remark frames duty, power, and ethical weight in mutual labor scenarios.
Mike Mayer suffered a sprained shoulder and three broken ribs after stepping into an engine pit while steam leaked creating a dense fog. Fellow workers helped him from the pit and he was taken home on East Water Street where Dr. A W Allen treated his injuries. He is resting and expected to recover.
A brief Home gathering honors the sixty second wedding anniversary of Mr David Adler and Miss Rebecca King. The couple married on February 2 1846 in Brington New Hampshire Old England and later traveled to America settling first in Columbuas Wisconsin and later Minnesota then Austin and finally making the city their home. The ceremony was celebrated at the Adler residence on Baldwin Street with their children Rebecca Mary Charlie Mr and Mrs George Adler and three grandchildren in attendance.
A Saturday afternoon concert at the Congregational church featured violin and piano by Earl and Ethel Talmadge, piano by Dael Gladys McFarlane and Dorothy Pooler, and vocal and whistling items by local artists. Miss Helen Sass spoke on hygiene and demonstrations on wearing shirtwaists and girdles. Weather was poor but attendance remained fairly good.
The Cosmo offers a varied week program headlined by Saved by a Phonograph about a sailor rescued from cannibals with a phonograph. Also shown are The Strongman Comic Mask Forward, Who Winked at the Soldier, two illustrated songs Robin's Sweet Song Reminds Me of You and When the Man in the Moon Looks Down.
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of our son and brother. Thanks for flowers and every word and act of support from Mrs. M E Hall and Family.
A men's meeting held yesterday under the leadership of Wm Peterson drew a good turnout. Mrs. J. P. Anderson sang a solo during the program.
The Presbyterian Board of Sabbath School work holds an institute at the Presbyterian church tomorrow starting 2 PM. Attendance invited for Sabbath School and Christian workers from other churches. Afternoon topics include educational work errors and child study, followed by an evening program on missions and local church efforts with several pastors and speakers.
A 1933 forecast notes Great Western Ry crossing gates to improve safety for pedestrians in Austin. Plans include a Milwaukee depot with brick sidewalks, electric lighting replacing lamps, and new buildings by Benny Hanson and Hank’s flat project. Officer Tom Riley will wear a police uniform at the new site.
James Peterson reports Barred Rock flock performance across 1906 and 1907. Details include yearly chicken counts, losses, sales, and monthly outputs ranging from January to October, with averages of 117 and 101 dozen respectively.
Minnesota public schools enrolled 429 018 pupils for the year ending July 31 1907. Of these 374 883 attended enough days to be counted for state fund apportionment, which is allocated on a per capita basis.
The Presbyterian church of Austin launches a sixty day campaign starting February 1 with preliminary February and March work. Meetings begin March 1 featuring a strong evangelist in the pulpit, a noted chalk talker, and two or three assistants assisting in outreach.
Cecalia Pike, who had been sick for a week, is again able to attend school. The notice confirms her return to classes and normal activities.
A compact reflection on personal ethics: each man guards others from theft until he realizes his own deceit harms neighbors. This shift transforms daily exchanges into a higher standard, likening the market cart to a sun chariot in Emerson’s paraphrase.
Dialogue styled exchange from the Kansas City Independent where Cassidy cautions about the past and Casey urges swift action to prevent it. The pair discuss urgency and consequences in a clipped, informal banter.
In a Tennessee mountain county a respected Blacksmith and Sunday exhorter faces a skeptic Tom Bradley. During a camp meeting the smith humorously explains ravens from Noah's ark via a joky parse, claiming the female raven sat on five eggs in a nest.
The article reviews Streatfeild’s history of opera tracing its origins in Florence around 1600 with Peri and Euridice, noting recitative and early instruments, and contrasts early aims to modern progression including Monteverdi, Gluck, and Wagner, while reflecting on how the art form evolved away from Greek drama toward contemporary tones.
An account recalls the O Conor O Connor feud over spelling the name with one or two Ns. Sir J Bernard Burke’s award allowed either form. Anecdotes about mispronunciations and misread names illustrate spelling variations and confusion across generations.
A barber and two travelers, a fool and a baldheaded man, share oversight over night watches. The barber amuses himself by shaving the sleeping fool, who then wakes to realize he shaved the baldheaded man by mistake, prompting a humorous misfire in Liverpool Mercury.
A fragment notes George Eliot saying tolerance was her chief life lesson. It recalls her view of life as a card game she watched each move with keen interest and aimed to turn to her own advantage.
A Chicago Record-Herald essay explores English词s with two opposites under one form. Examples include let meaning permit or prevent, cleave to split or bind, lurid color meanings, and fast for motion or immobility, illustrating language traps for learners.
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