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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
2
Poem urges readers to scrutinize their own motives and cowardice. It instructs imagining another person observing the self to expose faults without contempt and to strengthen self discipline and compassion. The verse ends with a call to return to humbler living.
A brief exchange ends with both parties marrying and choosing a lasting union, despite earlier disagreement. The couple narratives their romance into a lasting life together, reflecting a traditional happy ending.
Sixty eight tramps lodged since December 1st, a near doubling from prior years. Most travel seeking work, with notable veteran hoboes like Mike Dunn and Monyahan. One commuter from a wealthy family in Duluth sends money home then drinks and reoffends, continuing a yearly Duluth to New Orleans circuit and back via Austin.
Outing Magazine recounts a perilous climb over a volcanic island in the Bering Sea. Robert Dunn portrays chaotic cliffs, venomous gases, and luminous sulphur while hikers endure heat tremors and apocalyptic terrain in a subarctic setting.
About seventy five men from the M. E. church attended a reception for the men and boys in the basement of the new church. The program included singing by Miss Ashley's Orchestra and two solos by Harry Pettingil. Rev G W Latz outlined plans to form a men's club and a committee was named to draft a constitution and by laws.
Andrew Hail died at his Hope street home Tuesday night from heart failure after saying he felt unwell. Born January 26 1875 in Austin he lived in the town his entire life. He leaves a mother and father and five sisters in Illinois Minnesota and Mississippi. This is the third death in the family in two years. The mother receives much sympathy.
The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 from the house and at 2:30 at Obriet church. The casket will not be opened at the church.
The article explains that close grained woods like white pine birch cherry maple and other species need no filling but must be surfaced to seal the surface with shellac then sanded to a smooth finish before applying varnish.
A Georgia newspaper notes the saying He who rides on the rail courts death attributed to a Trishiman rider, with the Houston Post referencing the remark as a caution about rail travel dangers.
O H Stimson of Rock Stock Farm reports last year’s egg production and sales for 300 initial hens, rising to 450 on hand. Prices from Harry McBride in Minneapolis are included, totaling 1996 dollars and 351.24 cents from 3479 chickens sold.
Mrs J F Rademacher died last evening after a sudden heart event at age 79. Born August 12 1834 in Bischalaben near Erfurt Germany she emigrated in 1860 and lived in Michigan before moving to Austin in 1869 with her husband. She leaves three living children Mrs Mcadden Dubuque Mrs James McNally and Francis Austin. She was a devoted Catholic and longtime church worker who preferred prayers and charity to flowers.
The article recalls George Eliot noting tolerance as life’s chief lesson. It hints she viewed life as a strategic game of cards, observing each move with keen interest and maximizing her own advantage.
An ex federal agent questions whether a newspaper would admit fault if owed a cent to test the editor. A lawyer responds about whether seeking payment would prompt reform or reveal the editor’s motives.
An exchange between Lis tener and Filegende Blatt describes the composer asking if the audience felt torment and despair in the tone poem Tan talus, while Lis tener notes observing expressions of distress on faces.
Fragmentary dialogue pits a burglar against a reporter in a story fragment. A trust manager commands harsh actions and day turning tasks while an applicant objects, insisting a reporter is needed instead. The Life segment hints at a dramatic, era-specific confrontation.
A quip notes that true education shows when a man can distinguish his principles from his prejudices. The saying appears attributed to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and reflects on moral discernment.
A brief, truncated excerpt questions generosity and stinginess in men, noting it would shame a person to beg. The fragment mentions a Philadelphia Ledger attribution without context or fuller narrative.
In a brief exchange from the Philadelphia Record a father describes firmness as will power and obstinacy as won't power to his son. The distinction is framed as a simple lesson on resolve and self-control.
The executive board met at Progressive League rooms and set September 23 24 25 26 as the Mower County Fair dates. Rutherford and Sons bid $180 for the fair grounds and a lease will be arranged. The board will review the premium list next Wednesday and welcomes suggested changes via Secretary J Z Rogers.
Friends at the A. Carlson home on East Water street hosted a farewell party for Albert Olson before his return to Devils Lake North Dakota. Olson visited his uncle and aunt the Carlsons for the past month and received a gold watch chain and token from his Austin friends.
Mrs. A. B. Lovell entertained a group of lady friends Wednesday afternoon at her Second Street home for a thimble bee. A pleasant time followed with a 5:30 p.m. four course dinner. Ransom Thomson hosted a party last evening at the A. J. Thompson home for twelve couples with cards and music and refreshments around eleven o'clock.
The Mower county bar through Attorney French attends funeral preparations for Judge Lovely and extends invitations to surrounding counties, prominent state figures, and the public. Services are to be held Monday morning at the district court and 8 o clock in the afternoon in the courtroom.
The grand ball will be held in the Auditorium next Tuesday evening February 4. Committeemen Charles Beeman Frank Teeter and John Daugherty with Peter Johnson Louis O'Malley Thomas James and Martin as floor managers arrange the event. Tichy's orchestra will provide the music.
The M E church plans a Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 12 with a program of toasts and an address by Rev G L Morrill of Minneapolis. The event aims to become an annual social highlight with a prominent speaker each year and is expected to draw a large crowd.
A guest from out of town, a renowned playwright, visits the Ulecers club in New York. He is noted for turning out several alleged drammers for the ten twenty thirty circuits, and he often produces five or six plays annually. When asked if fitting new ideas is hard, he replied he has never tried it.
Under this heading we publish reader contributions on social political and religious subjects. We reserve the right to reject personalities and unsuitable submissions.
In this piece the coming woman is praised as a ready helper who serves in kitchens, committees, and programs, bearing double labor without complaint. It urges collective duty and obedience to the injunction to bear one another's burdens, blessing the role of women in the home and public life.
A Chicago Record-Herald column discusses English language pitfalls. It cites paradoxical words like let cleave lurid and fast with opposing meanings, noting how such multiple senses confound learners and scholars alike.
A compact reading of Ralph Waldo Emerson celebrating resilience against oppression. The passage asserts that cruelty fuels enlightenment and that suppression empowers truth as the oppressed rise. It frames the whipper as whipped and tyranny undone through steadfast resistance.
The northern territory becomes a graveyard for many Asians who travel via the Gulf of Carpentaria in search of gold. Death from thirst and starvation claims thousands, while survivors return to China to recount Australia's merciless hunger and solitude.
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