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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes mention Feb 22 events, a postmaster, a message from a “Hirsh,” and a reference to George Washington. The text references a blizzard, weather, signaling a ferry or river scene near Winona, and mentions of scams, railroad talk, and a hospital visit in St Cloud. Multiple vague items suggest a brittle snapshot of local events and social notes.
The text shows fragmented reflections on kindness and gratitude, mentions a tiger cat and a dog named Rastus, and discusses the timing of Lent and Easter in a 1856 context. It notes days of feast and the cycle of seasons, with references to April 12 and the Easter date shifting by year.
The Shade reports Mr. Furry will provide a husband to each new unmarried lady subscriber in a leap year promotion. He offers no satisfaction guarantee and notes growing subscription interest. Letters from hopeful suitors nationwide arrive as the editor jokes about future matches. The Times says more than one heart will be glad by contest end.
A reminiscence on school discipline contrasts old harsher punishments with modern leniency. The tale centers on three cross eyed winkers believed to protect a hickory ruler, their claimed failure blamed on improper crossing, leaving an old man still convinced by superstition.
About forty to fifty attendees gathered Thursday at the YWCA for a reception honoring Rev. Ruth Ridges. Ridges spoke on The Growth and Development of Woman. Refreshments followed. Several ladies accompanied her to the depot for departure to Chatfield. Edith Wilder hosted a group of twelve for an evening of games and light refreshments.
The Cosmo presents Cairo to Khartoum with Nile and Sahara scenes. Other films include Abroad the Ocean liner Greyhound and The Short-sighted Cyclist. Also shown are The Banner Carrier war picture and In Zulus among Cannibals. An illustrated song Won't You Be My Honey appears.
A modest yet cheerful turnout attended the Hard Times dance hosted by the local B A Y at Woodman Hall Thursday evening. Rudy Plank and Miss Ida Thompson provided music, Will Newman called, coffee and cake were served, and organizers report a good time.
All Eagles and ladies are urged to attend a banquet at Ellis Hall Friday evening February 28 at 8:30. The committee promises a fine event with careful planning and effort to make it the season’s highlight.
Tonight the auditorium hosts a moving picture lecture on the battle of Chickamauga. The program aims to interest both soldiers and civilians with visual depictions and historical context.
Professor Lowell argues in Century Magazine that in Paleozoic times life depended on Earth's internal heat rather than the Sun. He suggests the planet’s warmth fostered the beginnings of life on its surface, sustaining early organisms without solar energy.
Maurek's ball room hosts the Cedar River Lodge B R T social tonight for the eighteenth annual Trainmen ball. Kennedy and Cady orchestra provides music as patrons from near and far gather for a long running community event that grows each year.
Alderman Thos Riley is discussed as a possible council member after a strong tenure as alderman with careful fiscal oversight. The Socialists plan a Monday night meeting at their hall over Cressey’s store to discuss municipal candidates.
During Rev G W Lutz absence the church will be led by different groups and ministers. On February 25 the morning service is by the Christian Brotherhood and Mrs Lutz leads the evening service. March 1 Rev O W Trask of Brownsdale will lead both morning and evening. March 8 Dr Rule presiding elder will conduct both services.
Summer Training for teachers begins July 6 in Austin and runs four weeks under conductor C. R. Frazier. The state will host twenty-nine schools this year, up from twenty-seven.
In Stevens's Through Russia on a Mustang the czar’s police rely on suspicion. He recounts Sascha’s continual distrust, bribe-driven passport passage, and peasants’ wary views of outsiders. Hosts scrutinize travelers for pay, while money denominations trigger varied village explanations and caution.
English actor John Hare recalls Beerbohm Tree's rare Hamlet performance. He stayed in his box through the play and avoided conversation about the play afterward. Tree finally spoke only to note it was a good play as Hare left.
Eyewitness account of the schooner Michigan on Lake Erie bound for Niagara Falls. The vessel reaches the rapids, loses masts, and is driven over Horseshoe Falls, breaking apart with hundreds of witnesses. aboard were a wild buffalo, two bears, two foxes, a raccoon, a dog, a cat, and four geese, with only two geese swimming ashore. The buffalo, bears, foxes, and raccoon meet various fates as the ship sinks.
A humorous Life magazine line recalls a boy answering his mother about wet hair after school. He explains he stood on a bridge intending to fall in, so he removed his clothes and jumped into the creek.
A provocative quotation asserts that oppression fuels resistance and illumination. It declares that lashings prisons and burned works magnify truth, while suppression empowers the tyrant’s downfall. The speaker emphasizes the whip and the tyrant as echoing consequences.
A historical grocery ad lists items such as William Baker Rio Coffee and Dr Price breakfast foods with unit prices like 10e and 17¢. Other crowding entries show Navy beans tomatoes pickles and assorted canned goods with per quart and per gallon pricing. The fragment hints at a general shop window of discounted staples and household needs.
A philosopher notes human nature as poor friends faced hardship yet hosted a guest. A woman visitor, asked for help to aid them without harming pride, replies she would not assist since they already lived well and served costly meals beyond need.
The New York Press argues that those involved were very extravagant, responsible for their own misfortune, and should learn thrift in the future. The critic portrays their wealth as a warning and calls for stricter personal economy.
In a playful exchange Cleopatra notes the view from her barge on the Nile and Antony replies with a Nile seat joke as rowers laugh. A culinary aside discusses cabbage being wholesome or not as a dyspeptic questions its healthiness and a food expert comments on smoking.
Wallace Gregson, Electrician, 124 W Mill St offers wiring supplies lamps and dry cells plus kin’s door s
Austin lodge No. 414 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks meets on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings at Hik's hall with Exalted Ruler J Solon Wood presiding.
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