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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1903
Page
2
Brief item from The Daily Herald notes the newspaper is issued every afternoon except Sundays, with a terse detail about the publication schedule and distribution timing.
Brick Neopolitan ice cream sold at Pucinni's Main Street Fruit Store. Wrapped in waxed paper for easy carry, it keeps for about an hour or ninety minutes. The brick yields more servings per quart than bulk ice cream, and is offered at 25 to 40 cents with varying packing charges. Patrons get three kinds of ice cream plus sherbet or lemon ice.
The Committee on Memorial Day invites all orders uniformed and ununiformed to join the parade. Units are asked to report to Col. Wright as soon as possible.
A brief timetable notice explains travel via Chicago Great Western railway on the first and third Tuesdays each month through September 15, 1903 with west and southwest destinations. For more information contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago.
The Austin Carnegie Library Board elected Flora Connor of Minneapolis as librarian. The appointment is urgent to secure training at the Minneapolis summer training school for librarians, with enrollment closing this week. The board also chose a hot water heating system for the building.
Cards announce the wedding of Mary Henrietta Webb of this city to M. W. Mattecheck of Mapleton Minnesota. The couple will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Wadron on Oakland avenue where a reception is planned for relatives invited to attend.
Extra seating was used at St Augustine's as Right Rev Bishop Cotter, arriving from Winona, supported Rev Dr Temple's sermon. Temple argued about the difficulty of denying the Real Presence and previews his lecture Why I am a Catholic, billed as the course’s most interesting talk.
Fragmented OCR lists names and items from a social program or recital. Mentions include Mrs Washburn Miss Munsey Mrs Birkett Ruth Shepherd and a piano duet accompaniment by Mrs Birkett. Other readable fragments reference Summer Night and Meadames Lewis Sterling Hormel Burnham.
Gideon Borland returned to the Normal after two months in service on the C. M. St. Paul line. Teachers and students enjoyed a Lafayette Park outing Friday afternoon with supper under the Iowa Society. Jesse McDowell of Illinois enrolled, while J P McDowell closed Wasiota school and visited college friends. Anthony Benish left for home. Alumni attended Austin events and Memorial Day. Prof Boostrom departed for Lanesboro to deliver a commencement address to graduates.
The C. M. St. P. Ry will run a special train from Austin to Blue Earth City June 9 1903 for the Modern Woodman Picnic. Train leaves Austin at 6:30 A M. Fare $1.75 round trip. For particulars inquire of C W Snere Agt.
Indianapolis, Ind. June 9 to 14, 1903. One fare plus $2. for the round trip via Chicago Great Western Railway. Tickets on sale June 7 to 8. Good to return June 18. For further information apply to any Great Western Agent or J. P. Elmer, G. P. A. Chicago.
The notice lists a Great Western Railway round trip fare of 3.00 to St. Paul or Minneapolis via Chicago with tickets on sale June 1 to 13, good for three days, and provides agent contacts. It then notes Russia’s use of gathered dried sunflower stalks as firewood, claiming it outperforms pine and yields quick heat, plus sunflower whips used in beating and ovens for consumption.
A Youth’s Commen t question the frugality of a large New York hotel that demands vast daily supplies of 20000 napkins 12000 towels sheets 20000 plates and 18000 knives and forks. The hotel plans to accommodate 8000 guests plus 1500 servants at a rate of eight dollars a day.
Members of the Harmonia club held a Monday evening surprise party in their club rooms for R Dunkelman to celebrate his 74th birthday. An elaborate banquet was served at 10 o'clock and he received a box of cigars.
A seller notes sales lag for Bachelor cigars priced at five cents and invites buyers to purchase if possible. The statement signals pressure to move stock and offers willingness to accommodate buyers.
Round trips available to St Paul Minneapolis Superior Ashland Duluth and other Minnesota resorts with daily tickets on sale June 1 to September 30 good for return until October 31. Also to Colorado Utah Black Hills New Mexico and Texas with stop over privileges. For full information apply to any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Ill.
A reflection on pain noting it is a relative sensation whose intensity hinges on civilization and education, shaping how humans perceive and express discomfort across societies. It emphasizes that pain’s degree varies with cultural conditioning and learning.
A child asks who knows the most between teacher, papa, and the minister. The mother answers that the father is better informed on worldly matters while suggesting the child hurry for tea. The exchange ends with a rebuke and a nudge to finish tea.
A political boss scolds Bay for worrying about constituents and asserts he must do the explaining. The Chicago Record-Herald quotes the exchange, highlighting the tension between representing voters and taking responsibility for decisions.
The fragment depicts a playful exchange about love and vanity. Clarence quips that every man, including the lover, makes a fool of himself, while the setting hints at Detroit Prix Prace.
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