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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
4
A mother and her son debate the habits of Mr Meeker who repeats I dare say during visits. Johnny questions his mother why she keeps giving him chances to speak and not let him finish his remarks. The exchange reveals impatience and humor in a domestic moment from the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Washington reports Panama's coming election may require stationing 500 American Marines at 1,800 polling places to ensure a fair and honest vote on the Isthmus. The contest pits Vice President Obaldia against Secretary of State Arias amid political strife and pressure from conservative and liberal factions.
The struggle pits Obaldia against Arias as reforms win Liberal support while Conservative backers grow. Arias, a major Isthmus businessman with control of electricity and meat operations, pushes the concession system to his advantage. Government reshuffles and electors shift aim to alter outcome. Squires faces inquiry over his advocacy and newspaper commentary.
Passengers aboard the steamer Acapulco report unrest in Central America. They say Salvador's President Figueroa fears assassination while Guatemala's Cabrera seeks flight after a recent attempt. Revoltants mobilize in Guatemala as Guatemala and Honduras prep to attack Salvador. troop buildup noted on Salvadoran frontier. Confirmation lacking.
Fairmont West Virginia June 2 Rev A Coffman who killed his wife at the Meadowdale parsonage two weeks ago collapsed mentally and died in the city hospital. He was to be tried for murder this week in the local court.
Four persons are reported drowned in and near Wichita Kansas including Mrs Clarence Glazier Miss Martha Wikoff Harry Moore and Victor Jenkaway as floods surge through the region. In Concordia Turner Hall a Democratic rally ends in a free for all with N P I Rosch the circuit attorney candidate badly cut and several others injured as police restore order after an attack by rival faction.
Portland reports indicate Governor Chamberlain Democrat leads Multnomah County as early returns show Cake Republican slightly ahead. If current ratios hold, Chamberlain is poised to win in the Portland area.
Texarkana Ark June 2 reports indicate several persons drowned and hundreds marooned as an unprecedented rise in the river floods thousands of acres of cultivated land. locals contend the surge has submerged fields and disrupted daily life across the region.
A nurse named May King was struck by a stray rifle bullet fired at a bottle against a board fence outside a business street. The bullet pierced the fence and entered her abdomen, perforating the intestines four times and lodging in her right side, with little hope of recovery.
Mrs Ella Griffin of Park St Canton N Y writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after three years of female weakness backache side pains and headaches Doctors gave no relief she credits the product with helping thousands of women with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and related symptoms Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Mass.
An observer tours an opium manufacturing complex near the Canton river in China. Two coolies extract the brown poppy by cutting open balls, exposing a black jamlike substance. A smoky compound of fires, brass pans, and repeated boiling transforms the latex into treacle, then into sealed government cans.
Humboldt, dining with Mendelssohn the banker, remains silent as he learns his landlord sold his house and must move. Mendelssohn secretly confirms ownership by note and offers to let Humboldt remain as long as he lives, making the eviction a selfless gift rather than a sale.
A Cincinnati boy halted before a desk sign listing money order rates. After considering options he asks for a ten dollar money order but offers a nickel and pennies totaling 10.08, believing that equals the needed amount as the clerk explains the exact total.
A man tells his wife that a box of cigars given on his birthday was stolen at the office. She replies softly, and he laments the thief with a grim punchline. The exchange ends with his own rueful admission of sorrow over the loss.
A Cleveland Leader snippet shows a nervous suitor blurting to a father, unsure of the family name, finally declaring himself Mr. Hotchkiss as the daughter directs him to the home. The bemused scene reflects old time small town courtship humor.
A fragment from Chicago News features a witty exchange about a spouse described as a queer woman. The dialogue jokes that she uses a hammer to drive a tack instead of a hair brush, reflecting humorous wordplay in a gossip-like item.
The quotation reflects on memory and grief, citing Tennyson. It expresses that sorrow can be tempered by recalling happier times.
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