Skinner and Ulmer Publishers Names
Gertrude Eilie Skinner is listed as Associate Editor under Skinner and Ulmer publishers naming accompanist editors and staff roles for the publication.
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1910
Page
4
Gertrude Eilie Skinner is listed as Associate Editor under Skinner and Ulmer publishers naming accompanist editors and staff roles for the publication.
A playful short verse imagines June awakening nature and urging readers to join in outdoor tasks on the first of June. The piece references dew on grass, robins, bobolinks, butterflies, and garden life, inviting readers to rise and engage with the season.
June brings a rare chill as the first night drops to 35 degrees above zero. Forecasters warn of late season cold snaps and urge residents to protect tender plants and pets during the unsettled weather.
A Scranton, Pennsylvania visitor to Austin praises the city’s scenic sidewalks and beauty. He notes it as an ideal retirement spot after his railroad career with Lakawana.
A group of boys played on a public street until one borrowed a broom and swept the walk, declaring himself a Junior Civic League member. Others joined in, and soon more boys felt proud to help rather than mock. The piece also highlights high earnings of famed singers like Caruso and Farrar, noting phonograph revenues and night rates for contraltos.
A humorous dialogue from a Chicago Tribune joke sketch features Mistah Waikab and Sam debating a pun about illness and chicken housing. Professor Wabble is introduced to sing a spoof ballad with a playful, nonsensical title.
Sensitivenees of the Phone notes that an electric current of 6 to 10.13 amperes can produce a sound, while a two thousandth volt potential difference between stations can also generate sound. The Washington Star adds that this shows the high sensitivity of modern telephones and the remarkable acuity of the human ear in perceiving diaphragm vibrations.
Letters from three beauty specialists in Portland endorse Newbro's Herpicide for stopping hair loss and preventing dandruff. Bertha A. Trullinger and Grace Dodge report positive results after use. Sample offered by mail with 16 cents in stamps and one dollar bottles guaranteed.
Fargo reports President Worst cites that most graduates from the North Dakota Agricultural College pursue farming or teaching. A winter short term course draws 100 to 300 farmers who return to work. Of 34 regular course graduates next week, 11 in farm husbandry return to farms, 4 in the four year course become instructors or join other state work, and 7 in domestic science plan teaching or return for further study.
Right Rev James O'Reilly formerly of Minnesota has been installed bishop of the Fargo see. Archbishop Ireland presided with seven bishops and about a hundred priests as thousands of Catholics from North Dakota and Western Minnesota attended. The ceremony was described as imposing and the largest Catholic event in the state. The new bishop takes duties under more favorable auspices than his predecessor twenty one years ago.
The river and harbor bill reports Northwestern projects to the Senate and House. Senator Nelson of Minnesota and Representative Alexander present the conference committee’s measure after weeks of consideration.
Results on the diamond show American Association scores for St. Paul 9 over Columbus 1, Louisville 8 over Minneapolis 4, Indianapolis 5 over Milwaukee 2. National League results include Chicago 5 over Boston 1, Brooklyn 2 over Pittsburg 1, New York 5 over Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 10 over Philadelphia 5. Regional games: Rock Island 6 over Peoria 5, Waterloo 2 over Danville 1, Dubuque 3 over Burlington 0, Springfield 8 over Davenport 0.
Minneapolis grain prices for June 1 show July wheat at 1.0414 dollars and September at 93 and a half cents. On track futures list No. 1 hard at 1.08 and No. 1 Northern around 1.05 to 1.07 dollars. Northern No. 2 at 1.034 to 1.05 and No. 3 Northern at 1.00 to 1.03 dollars.
Wheat to arrive and on track with No 1 hard at 1.05 to 1.06 dollars, No 1 Northern 1.04 to 1.05, No 2 Northern 1.02 to 1.03, July 1.04, Sept 0.94. Flax on track with July 2.07, Sept 1.69 and Oct 1.59 dollars. prices shown for futures months.
St Paul market figures show cattle from good to choice steers at 6.50 to 7.50 with fair to good 6.25 to 6.50, cows and heifers 5.00 to 6.50, yearlings 5.50 to 6.75. Hogs bring 9.30 to 9.40, sheep wethers 5.00 to 5.25, yearlings 6.00 to 6.50, spring lambs 7.50 to 9.00.
Chicago markets show Wheat July 94 94 3 4 percent, Sept 92 4 percent, Dec 91 3 percent. Corn July 58 cents, Sept 58 5 8 cents, Dec 55 56 cents. Oats July 7 cents, Sept 35 cents, Dec 36 cents. Pork July 21.90 dollars, Sept 21.60 dollars. Butter and dairy prices inch up: Creameries 25 27 cents, dairies 23 26 cents. Eggs 18 19 cents. Poultry Turkeys 15 cents, chickens 16 4 cents.
A Kansas City Times column mocks juror voir dire as attorneys chase certainty. Tales span mistaken addresses to relatives, vague opinions to fixed rulings, and a blue uniform streetcar conductor who turns out to be a wage earner.
Chicago June 1 livestock prices across cattle hogs and sheep show Reeves cattle at 6.70 to 8.50 Texas steers 5.15 to 7.00 Western steers 5.25 to 7.60 stockers 3.90 to 6.45 cows and heifers 2.80 to 7.00 calves 6.00 to 8.25 hogs mixed 9.40 to 9.70 good to choice heavy 9.45 to 9.70 pigs 9.20 to 9.65 natives sheep 3.26 to 5.35 yearlings 6.00 to 7.30 lambs 5.25 to 8.50.
A Boston teacher spends fifteen minutes teaching the correct pronunciation of vase. The next day she asks what appears on the man's telepiece at home and a pupil replies Father’s feet.
A short quotation notes that focusing attention on one subject reveals true genius attributed to Chiesterfield.
A professor at an old Pennsylvania college quizzes a sleepy student on a Latin construction. The student answers with wit, failing to "catch the rune" as the professor extols a recurring grammatical topic.
The British face trouble in Siam as native instructors teach that the world is flat. When challenged, teachers cite mountains standing firm as proof, saying they do not roll away, challenging the round earth claim.
In Blandford Massachusetts pioneer Samuel Sloper is profiled as a versatile founder able to do many tasks from horses to shoes to garments. His varied skills included farming, tailoring, shoes, and even veterinary care, with thrift and service to neighbors noted in G Wood’s Taverns and Turnpikes of Blandford.
A humorous tale from a century ago recounts Lord Alvanley’s daily apple tart and a lavish luncheon bought for a Thames boating party. In a London club, diners supply their own dishes, and Alvanley’s fricassee, built from thirteen bird varieties, proves the most expensive yet cost $540 for a simple dish of noix.
A quirkily narrated reflection on how people mix up clothing items and related phrases. The piece notes examples like wearing a coat before a vest and wiping feet on boots or shoes, and a father intending to warm pantaloons instead of a jacket, illustrating local linguistic oddities.
A terse epitaph in a cemetery within seven miles of City Hall urges readers to skip bad biography and hostile verse. It declares the speaker is fading now and that their fate is not a concern of the living.
An eyewitness recounts a tiger shot from a hidden position in a swamp. The bullet entered the nostril and fractured the neck, leaving the tiger still, measured at nine feet eight inches, while the hunter describes precise elephant and tamarisk maneuvers during the stalk.
The article compares two views on human size on Jupiter. One says inhabitants would be small pygmies of about twenty eight inches based on gravity. Another argues giants as tall as thirteen feet seven inches due to the planet’s dim sunlight affecting eye and body proportions.
A passerby greets Brown watching a steeple jack 300 feet aloft. Brown fears the worker may fall and questions whether to return to his office, admitting weariness and dwindling hope of a safe outcome.
The article notes Halley's Comet has appeared in our system for at least two millennia and perhaps ten to a hundred times longer. It recalls its grandeur during the Norman conquest of 10866 with a head as large as the full moon and an exceptionally long tail.
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