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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1903
Page
4
The Galveston News quotes WA Cleveland saying he is astonished by the published interview. He claims Bailey gave an erroneous impression of their talk and would have required a written record. Cleveland says the interview’s substance is partly inaccurate and questions quotes attributed to him.
Bradstreet's review notes evidence multiplying that the second week of June marked a turning for the better in crops trade and labor. Improvements in these areas, accelerated by the week's weather, show in actual demand in the West and South while the East faces cooling rain. Northwestern and Pacific coast reports are large and favorable.
William Hardee the condemned murderer was shot and killed in the Bad Lands after a two week jail escape. Deputy Charles Hill died from wounds, while Fred McKinney escaped. A mob later hanged Jack Brown from a county courthouse window. Hall, a ranch owner and former Buffalo Wyoming posse member, was shot while recounting past incidents.
Negotiations Friday between the striking tanners committee and four firms Trostel & Sons Conrad Leather Martin Leather and the American Leather company produced a practical settlement. The union was not recognized and nonunion workers remain unaffected. Strikers will return to work with a slight wage increase.
Twenty chorus girls with a local theater company in Cleveland were seized with cramps during a performance. Eight required two hours of care and were sent home by carriage. Doctors attributed the illness to food poisoning, with all twenty women remaining in one spot.
The Minnesota state medical society elected its president in a spirited contest with Dr Greene receiving 33 votes and Dr Cornelius Williams 14. Offic ers named by acclamation include First Vice President Dr Charles Hills Pine Island Second Vice President Dr Jennette McLaren St Paul Third Vice President Dr W H Darling St Peter Secretary Dr Thomas McDavitt St Paul Treasurer Dr R J Hill Minneapolis The group to meet in Minneapolis next year.
Council Bluffs Iowa June 20 Karl May prominent young banker was accidentally shot and killed Friday while preparing for a hunting trip his gun discharged and the bullet passed through his heart
A Chicago Post quip notes an heiress asking a suitor if he could care for her with her money. He replies he could manage only if funded by her wealth, illustrating a frank, skeptical view of the engagement.
A dialogue from the Kansas City Journal debates the doctrine of the survival of the fittest. The Querist questions the test, while the Egotist replies that life continues and the discussion remains open.
In a 25 mile hailing race at Indian Harbor Yacht Club Long Island Sound the Reliance barely edged the Constitution by one minute fifty seconds after more than four hours of sailing. The result suggests Reliance must allow Constitution two to three minutes in a 30 mile race, possibly deciding the series. Columbia lagged behind, and wind shifts favored the leaders in a tense contest. Also noted are club standings in Philadelphia Boston Cleveland St Louis Chicago New York Detroit and Washington and minor notes on related sports standings. A London Outlook quip and an anecdote about Wagner performing a headstand at sixty are also briefly mentioned.
A seventeenth century cookbook explains the hollow soup plate to keep guests from spoonful by spoonful. The piece notes evolving serviceware from early spoons to tureens and civility guides. It also recounts Samos casting and retrieving a talisman ring found inside a fish after a king’s luck test in Rome’s temple.
The thirty first national Saengerfest closed in St Louis after two band concerts. The afternoon program featured soloists with 4,000 public school children joining the chorus. The night concert focused on choral works with no soloists. The closing piece was the Star Spangled Banner sung by the national male chorus, the orchestra, and about 15,000 audience voices.
William C. Van Benthuysen of the New York World editorial staff died Friday. Charles Dixon of Boston was swindled out of 2800 by a Paris French sharper. Firemen injured by falling glass and smoke in Rochester fire. The American Derby will be run today in Chicago with Savabe the favorite. Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden to visit the St. Louis expo per Copenhagen report. International Printing Press Men and Assistants union convention closed in Cincinnati. Judge R A D Wilbanks of Mount Vernon Ill died suddenly in Washington aged 53. The Cleveland brickmakers strike ends with workers resuming at employer terms.
National League games included Pittsburg ripping Boston 12 to 2 and Cincinnati beating Philadelphia 9 to 3. Standings list Pittsburg at .691 and New York at .686, followed by Chicago, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Boston, Philadelphia, and St. Louis. American League results show Cleveland 3 over Boston 5, Detroit 7 over New York 0, St Louis 4 over Washington 0, and Chicago 2 over Philadelphia 1.
A legend relates a Prophet rescuing a cold serpent and sparking a tale of vengeance and gratitude. The serpent vows to bite, yet the Prophet heals and tastes venom, yielding a plant that blends serpent venom with compassion. The tale concludes that this plant is tobacco.
The wind does not affect a thermometer’s reading as two identical dry bulb thermometers hung in wind and shelter register the same. People feel colder in wind due to faster heat loss from the skin through evaporation, not because the air itself is colder.
The passage reflects on Thomas Carlyle and his wife as a childless couple, arguing that their lack of offspring leaves the world dimmer for them and that a barren woman mirrors a half-told story. It laments their unsatisfying literary eminence and invites reader pity.
The common snake favors water and eats frogs and fishes. Snakes feed on living or self-killed prey, including eggs. When chased, a frog becomes increasingly paralyzed with fear, leaping weakly as the snake nears and emitting feeble cries. A stick moved like a snake through grass can trigger terror in the frog.
A pompous person boasts of not wasting words in a quarrel. A skeptical faction member counters that the wife’s statement contradicts him. The exchange ends with the question of what the wife said and a reply about talking to oneself.
A woman with packages drops her purse containing 750 dollars. A man finds and returns it. She expresses deep gratitude and offers him a cookie as thanks. The Kansas City Journal notes the gesture of generosity after the return.
A dialogue highlights a student’s resolve to pursue writing for money after education. The father mocks the effort, noting that college years were spent on study and suggests the son should already be successful. The exchange captures tension between aspiration and practical doubt.
In a brief exchange Chloe questions what came between Hila and Clara while Fide.Dotrsit Free Presa is mentioned, noting impatience shown by a male figure. The fragment hints at interpersonal tension and possible romantic or social conflict within a public setting.
In Yonkers Statesman dialog a father urges his son to attend electrician school. The exchange notes a careless switch handling as the punchline, highlighting pride and practical training in a small town setting. The line showcases local color and humor.
A Chicago Post explanation notes that a wealthy patient’s irritability is labeled as nerves. The quip defines nerves as the term used for a patient who is simply cranky, giving a colorful glimpse of mood descriptors in society.
A terse saying notes that those who complain in cloudy weather often wear veils when the sun appears, implying skepticism toward grumbling during clear spells.
The writer argues titles should reflect a book’s soul or keynote rather than naming a protagonist. Citing Jane Austen and classic works, the piece laments literal names like Pride and Prejudice and contemplates how alternate titles might have altered literary history.
A London paper notes farmers estimate turnip yields by weighing a measured yard in a row. With average turnips at ten pounds, the crop equals about twenty eight tons per acre. at eleven pounds, about thirty one tons per acre.
A famous emerald is cited in St John’s Apocalypse as an inestimable jewel. The text notes the emerald adorns the king of Polyerates, a ruler of ancient lineage, in a symbolic royal setting.
The largest American serpent is the anaconda which may reach thirty feet. It inhabits tropical America and is a handsome animal with dark round spots over a rich brown groundwork. It loves water and haunts river lake and stream banks waiting for deer or peccary at the water's edge.
The jasmine opens with a delicate fresh perfume that later becomes heavier and attracts bluebottle flies. Odontoglossum hebraicum orchids also alternate scents, emitting a cinnamon fragrance and a hawthorn-like scent at different bloom periods.
A simplified demonstration shows light is invisible until it reaches the retina. In a dark room a beam is visible only on dust. with a dust-free vessel the beam becomes invisible inside. Turning or reflecting light, like bullets, makes it reach the eye and be seen.
The article notes that restoration drama marks the start of actresses in England. Queen Henrietta Maria initially tried to introduce French women players in London, but they were hissed off stage. In 1660 female parts began to appear on English stages.
The text notes that boy actors persisted on stage into adulthood as women began to dominate principal roles. Kynaston, a leading boy actor, lasted until 1690, outliving the era of boy players, with Pepys in 1661 describing him as the liveliest ladylike boy he had seen in the Silent Woman.
A New London Telegraph opinion argues that good advice is scarce and often weak. It notes successful people face many requests for guidance yet seldom give it well. The piece criticizes constant advising as weak behavior and suggests power lies with those who neither give nor take abundant advice.
The excerpt outlines three stages before sleep. First, distraction causes absent mindedness and various hallucinations linked to the drift. Second, motor disturbances arise from misaligned eye axes. Third, vasomotor changes signal imminent sleep, following different rules than during wakefulness.
A Thackeray passage questions what defines a gentleman asking if lofty aims purity and steadfast honor suffice. It imagines a virtuous man worthy of praise across rank, contrasting noble character with public regard and loyalty. The quote contemplates moral integrity over social status.
A Boston Commercial Bulletin snippet records a playful exchange where a baker refuses to wager citing lack of dough and a butcher counters by noting the baker has no stakes to put up. The light exchange highlights wordplay on dough and stakes.
An unsuccessful suitor explains his downfall after flattering the woman who spurned him. He laments that she grew too proud to speak to him, revealing how his wooing backfired and led to the loss of affection.
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