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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
2
The readable text is fragmentary with few identifiable names places or events. No clear subject or outcome is present to summarize into a realistic newspaper card.
The Rochester Post and Record asks state papers for views on tariff policy. It notes promises from both parties for tariff reduction but predicts lawmakers will follow party lines. It argues independent voters grow stronger and politicians may finally serve the people over trusts.
The Chautauqua season in Minnesota opens July 5 for seven days with a star lineup including W. J. Bryan Hon Clark Dr Cadman the Royal Bell Ringers and others. Season tickets are 1 50 for adults 1 00 for children with advance sales encouraged as prices rise later. The Redpath contract directs commissions to the park board for outing beautification and no second canvass will be made.
At the regular meeting Thursday night June 10, at the ilks' hall, a large class of candidates will be initiated. Past G M W James iment of Owatonna will be present and address the meeting. A large attendance is desired. Refreshments will be served.
Rev. William A. Sunday closed a Marshalltown revival with 1 987 converts and 6022.06 in offerings to Sunday. Over 6000 more was raised for tabernacle, meeting expenses, charities and Mrs Muirhead’s salary. The Times Republican lauds Sunday as a sincere gospel preacher and a true friend with no quarrel caused by his visit.
Dr Addison Jones, licensed by the state medical board, continues annual visits to Minnesota towns. His up to date methods reportedly cure chronic diseases where surgery was advised, and his Austin visit is scheduled for June 16 at Hotel Fox.
A new team named Toby's Tigers forms and plans to play real baseball for Austin fans. They issue a challenge to the Packers Mudhens and the West End, inviting fans to see Toby at Woodard's.
The Carroll's Great U S Carnival Co schedules a week long event from June 1 to 19 featuring twenty high class attractions. Four free exhibitions occur twice daily showcasing moral refined entertainment.
Local talent presents a big minstrel show at the Gem on Friday night with rehearsals nightly, promising singing, special costumes, and a musical burlesque. The Clio offers surprises and edocal performers involved, aiming to deliver entertainment worth the price.
Mike Anderson a resident of Grand Meadoys was struck and killed by the Dode Wisk circus train in Grand Meadow at one this morning. Deputy Coroner Collins investigated the fatal accident as residents watched the passing circus train.
State accuses Smith Emery of stealing fifteen bushels of corn from Charles Varco’s Windom farm. Witnesses include Varco, Enright, Enright, Sheriff Nicholson, and Officer Feeley. Emery claims he bought the corn and paid twenty cents a bushel. Next case: J E Kirkwood vs Peter Povsen for alleged balance on well digging.
The Minnesota Live Stock Breeders Association schedules a meeting at the Winona court house Tuesday June 15 at 1 30 p m. Address by President A C Wedge Albert Lea followed by secretary report and minutes, treasurer report J Mills Preston. Subsequent talks by Andrew Ross Roy McMartin and others on dairy cattle breeding calf rearing and cow selection.
The article lauds household remedies and Lydia E Pinkham's Compound as time tested aids for women in rural districts. It describes them as longstanding safeguards against diseases peculiar to women and notes growing popularity.
At the Iowa state encampment in Fort Dodge Mrs. Alice Newman of Des Moines wife of Adjutant General Newman died of apoplexy after being stricken in Convention Hall. The first session drew $0,000 attendees. Also noted is the death of former U S Representative Timothy Tarsney of Detroit, a prominent Democrat.
Official notice states petitions from property owners urge sprinkling along specified Austin Minnesota streets. The Common Council decides to supply water and labor from its plant instead of contracting, with a standing committee overseeing work and later presenting costs, property descriptions, and owner names for assessment.
The city council approved the sprinkling assessment on June 4 1909 by a 7 to 0 vote. Acting Mayor P H Zender signed the approval with City Recorder T M Foster attest. A separate note states a person walking at four miles per hour consumes 2800 cubic inches of air per minute.
A man visited a grammar school in a large city to find a specific teacher. He pressed a corridor bell button and triggered a fire alarm drill when pupils and staff emerged in orderly lines.
A young man presented an engagement ring to a patent expert seeking protection. The ring looked ordinary, but the inventor claimed it was patentable because it was adjustable.
The quote laments grief and recalls better days, attributed to Dante. It contrasts present misery with memories of happiness, emphasizing the enduring pull of past joys amid sorrow.
An old warning cautions against ointments for catarrh that contain mercury as dangerous to smell and the whole system. It endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney Co Toledo as mercury free and effective when taken internally. Consumers are advised to ensure genuine product and that it is sold by druggists with price seven dollars per bottle.
An article describes the cocoanut as the tree yielding the most usable material for tech and sustenance, thriving on tropical coasts and inland, with its hard shell, fibrous husk, waterproof cuticle, and offers sugar milk butter wine vinegar candles soap cups and cordage. The tree provides food clothing and shelter, transforming waste places into habitable areas.
An old advertisement extols DeWitt’s Carbolized Hazel Salve as the origin and best remedy for burns bruises and piles. It urges buyers to request “DeWit as Care ized Withh Hazel Salve” by name and notes it is sold by all dr gists.
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