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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1908
Page
2
The Austin Daily Herald notes its establishment on November 8 1991 and its publication schedule as the official city newspaper for Austin Minnesota with daily editions except Sundays.
The verses reflect on perception and truth as daylight exposes the soul. The speaker suggests the spirit senses fear and joy in the presence of a friend while the worldly form remains obscured by light. Flora Huling signs the meditation on life’s mystery.
Rochester bulletin reports a seven-foot bald eagle perched on the Union National Bank chimney was killed by a bank employee yesterday. The incident prompts local concern over wildlife protection and workplace safety near financial premises.
The popular purser of the Itasca, Sam W. Plummer, is rewarded for faithful service with Captaincy papers proving his competence as a pilot of vessels of any tonnage on Rainy River waters.
Adlai E. Stevenson of Bloomington Illinois and former vice president under Grover Cleveland has formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor of Illinois. The move followed a personal interview between Mr Bryan and Mr Stevenson in Chicago on Saturday.
A comment mocks the idea of distant Japanese spies watching state volunteers. The writer says spies would blend with troops, arguing the world is free to observe volunteers in camp, and ridicules critics who cry Hobson’s Hobsonism during hot days.
An Illinois man proposes a toast praising the telephone girl as the worker who bears the most labor and abuse for her pay, performing many unseen favors and knowing more about people than experts. He extols her broad reach, multilingual presence, and ubiquitous sighting across lands and climes. God bless her.
The new state mower was moved to the prison site and tested last Friday afternoon. It cut through heavy clover and wet, matted grass in clean, unbound tracks, and after an hour its performance was faultless. The Chicago board of health urges installing fly screens early in fly season to prevent diarrheal diseases and typhoid, noting the house fly as a serious health menace.
A testimonial advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh and offers a reward if it fails. The note cites F W Cheney Co of Toledo and wholesalers Waldin Kinnan Marvin endorsing the product and listing internal use, price at 75 cents, and free testimonials. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Electrician Wallace Gregson announces latest styles in mission cathedral and holland shades for chandeliers. Stand and drop lights available with electrical supplies. Estimates gladly given on house wiring. 121 West Mill Street.
The city council adjourned meeting decided to enforce the overdue sign and sidewalk obstruction ordinance. Only two curb signs may remain, those of G Schleuder and Hayes Brothers, with permits rescinded for an iron Gem theatre awning. Sequences for sewers, bids, and licenses were referred or granted, including a saloon license to Jar vis Barry and sewer licenses to Martin, Schubert and Cipra.
Austin meets fast Kenyon team Sunday afternoon at Blooming Prairie. Corrigan brothers Jack Joe and Frank will play for Austin with Doyle and Smith in the Austin battery and Corrigan Mullane to lead Blooming Prairie’s defense. A large crowd is expected for the fast paced game.
Auction style notice offering an entire library including encyclopedias histories art books literature fiction science for sale at a bargain. Call upstairs over the register office during day and evenings.
The annual W C T U meeting at the YWCA elected officers and set plans for the year. Officers include President Mrs Minnie Twedell and Vice Presidents Mrs Martin Gibbons Mrs Wm Goodman Edla J Cook and Mrs Elizabeth Dugan. Department appointments cover Press Suffrage Foreign Missions Jail Evangelistic and Sabbath School work among others. Next meeting is scheduled for September to outline the year's work.
Official notice records a Common Council resolution ordering an eight inch sanitary sewer from Freeborn to Walnut on First street and Walnut to Second. Property front footage bases assessment with certificates of indebtedness if unpaid, due December 1909 with 6 percent interest. Passed July 28 1908 with Mayor Gro H Sutton and City Recorder T M Fostrer.
An informal tea Monday evening hosted by Miss Leslie Webber drew guests including Miss Leila Budd of Shellsburg Iowa Miss Winona Robinson of Racihe Misars Bessie Wakefield Edith Root of Pleasant Valley and Miss Mary Horn of LeRoy.
Miss Lillian Griffin hosted a small party Tuesday at six with Mrs Lillian Kratchmer of St Peter as guest of honor. The group spent the evening at the Gem theatre.
Annitta Jones, daughter of Jesse Jones, was kicked above the temple by a horse while patting it on a grassed sidewalk. Francis Green rescued the girl, took her home, and no serious injuries were reported. The incident cites a city ordinance prohibiting animals feeding on public streets to protect pedestrians.
The issue highlights serials by Houston Tomlinson and Optic and Weir's Great White Canvas narrative. Readable short stories include In the Hands of the Enemy and The Traitor of Camp Bennett. Departments cater to boys hobbies with 76 illustrations. price one dollar per year from Sprague Publishing Co., Detroit.
In Elgin Illinois on July 29 a riot between strike-breakers for the Elgin and Belvidere Electric Railroad and strike sympathizers left George J. Leamann seriously wounded. Several others injured as city officials convened to pursue peace and legal action. The council ordered injunctions against the railroad over franchise issues and directed police to halt cars at the city limits while offering protection to safeguard railway property.
One miner was killed and two others were fatally injured when a hoist brake failed at the Wenona copper mine in Houghton Michigan. A skip carrying the workers fell 100 feet to the mine floor. The deceased were John Hendrickson and the injured were Peter Annonen and Fred Sarzett.
James Bryce spoke before the Canadian Club in Montreal, declining to discuss Scotland's role in Canada’s literature and science. He quipped that Scots admire themselves and cited a friend’s line about not arguing with Scots about national greatness.
In the Magazine of Commerce the adage that courtesy costs nothing is examined. The piece argues courtesy is a valuable lubricant for commerce but maintaining constant courtesy demands significant mental effort, something few can sustain at all times.
Help wanted for sewer work in Austin Minnesota with a minimum four months employment. Good wages offered. Apply to R. J. Weston on site, foreman of Thill Lapitz Plumbing Heating Co. Dated July 30, 1908.
Lady Randolph Churchill writes that Bismarck spoke of his daily long walks and his awe at nature. He believed an all seeing eye could notice every living atom, noting the life in a single square yard could appall.
A farmer named Corntessel expresses pride in watching his son play football and recalls being able to whip the young feller in his youth, as quoted by the Washington Star.
A reflective note cites Herodotus quoting that a person’s deeds cloak their character, emphasizing actions over words as true expression of identity.
A. L. Mordt of Mordt & Co. visits Hansford county Texas to organize a large exclusive Scandinavian settlement. The plan would divide several thousand acres in northeastern Texas into farms sold only to Norwegians and Danes, with an agency possibly opened in Minneapolis if local support grows.
T H Baker and his wife arrived in Austin to visit Mrs Ella Willard and Mr Mrs W C Baker and sister Mrs Jennings of Pickere Lake. Baker, a meat inspector formerly stationed in New York City, will transfer to the West and take up duties in Austin Minnesota.
Austin Furniture Co offers to replace go cart wheels with new rubber of any size while you wait. Prompt service advertised for customers seeking quick tire replacement.
The French and Russian foreign ministers say the July Reval visit and talks with the czar show full accord between France and Russia without new departures in policy. They met over Europe wide issues including Persia and Morocco while pledging to preserve world peace and European equilibrium.
Tonight at 8:30 the Palace Mus screens three short beauty acts and films including Fire Eating Spectre and African Legend. The program runs 700 feet of film with views of Rust and Gaston. Admission is five cents with prizes for the week's contest aimed at ladies.
District No 2 Villa at Rea Creek Minnesota invites sealed bids for excavation concrete work cement lumber sand brick carpentry painting plastering millwork face brick and hollow tile. Plans available at district clerk or architect W F Keely Austin Minnesota. Bid bonds 5 percent required. Bids due Friday August 7 1908.
The revival of Two Merry Tramps features updated music and new members Teddy om the Big Stick The Lady and the Love Bug No-Wa-To at Tishmingo TM arranged by J Helms Traven and introduced by the Famous Squats. The show showcases exquisite costumes scenic and electrical effects making it the season’s most popular musical comedy.
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