Local Austin News Shows Busy Week with Visits and Travels
Architect W F Keefe goes to St Paul for a week on business and several residents travel for education, visitation, or shopping. Summer School opens with 117 attendees at Franklin High. many locals visit relatives, attend services, or report recoveries and illnesses as community life continues.
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St. Paul
Fila Johnson
Minneapolis
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Andrew Jacobon
Tigers Beat Brownsdale Nine 14 to 8 in Austin Return Prompted
The Austin Tigers defeated the Brownsdale Browns 14 to 8 at Brownsdale. After the game, Brownsdale promised a return match next Sunday at Rickard's old ground in Austin where the Tigers expect to host and reciprocate.
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Rickard’s
His Lucky Coin in Max Muller Hibbert Lecture
Max Muller noted students may carry a holey halfpenny for luck and admitted he keeps one as a talisman. He used the halfpenny tale to illustrate survivals from primeval fetidism, yet he said he felt uneasy when leaving home without it.
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Max Muller
scribbler's novels reveal raw human passions say Danks and Hanks
In Brooklyn Life quoted remarks, Danks describes a writer preparing to draft a novel by staging a home scene. He lists tasks like cleaning, fixing gas jets, and regulating stovepipes, then notes the author’s child staying home for practice, hiring a street piano, and telling his wife her family isn’t as good as his own before observing events.
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Reed ill with pneumonia and town notes
Robert Reed is down with pneumonia. Mrs. George Sutton traveled to Omaha to be with her husband. William Husa spent Sunday in Owa. Mamie Perl and Augusta Sprague visited Blooming Prairie. Donovan and Goslee received an order for cork carpet for the new school house. Miss Julia Wall and Dennis O'Maron will wed at St. Augustine church on Wednesday.
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The Blackville Strollers at Gem Theatre July 1
The Dixie Troubadores road show The Blackville Strollers featuring Original Sarah Green and a 40 member cast with Cedric Lindsay comes to the Gem Theatre for one night only on Thursday July 1. Audiences will see a strong two act musical comedy with a swell chorus of colored singers and acrobatic work by Lindsay. Cedric hopes to see friends in the house.
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Ghost at the feast the ensign sees a ghostly whisper
In Augustus Hare's tale a regiment lodges in Derbyshire. A young ensign fixates on a silent shadow behind the lady at dinner. After leaving the house the ensign reveals a ghostly figure whispered to the hostess and the lord asks for a doctor as news spreads she has cut her throat.
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Derbyshire
Hollow Key Request Echoes in Cincinnati Tribune
In a brief spotted in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune a reader asks politely for return of a hollow key. The fragment hints at a domestic or ceremonial request amid small town correspondence.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
The Coloring of the Clouds at Sunset
The New York American notes that the brilliant cloud colors at sunset arise because yellow and red light have greater penetrative momentum than blue light. They pass through atmospheric stretches that scatter blue light, and this effect is stronger when the air contains more particles increasing opacity.
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New York American
Comedian Makes Haircut Haste Joke at Lambs Club
A bald comedian with a rim of hair above the collar asks a barber to cut hair with collar or hat on. The Lambs club barber replies he can cut with hat on, prompting a quick, humorous exchange from Success Magazine.
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Uncle Eben Warns Against Selfish Behavior
In a Washington Star column Uncle Eben quips that a man who only looks out for himself will eventually draw attention to his small role in life, using humor to critique self-centered behavior.
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Washington Star
Noted Quotes on Perseverance and Purpose
A compact collection of reflections on life’s nobility and perseverance. The lines contrast Ruskin’s call for consistent purpose with Elot’s view that long struggle marks true grandeur even when it ends as a failure.
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Hollow key tale of theater tricks and a Duval lunch
A tale cited by Richard Harding Davis recalls a playwright named Duval who helps a younger writer by giving a hollow key to silence critics. The prank leads to a luncheon invitation where the young man reads his own comedy to Duval and asks for a critique.
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Bear tale from a prospector in Siskiyous with a photo miss
An amateur prospector recounts a bear encounter in the Siskiyous told to Recreation readers. He carried only a nickel plated miner's pick and chased a bear up a stump for a photo while the bear’s mother arrived to threaten his position. He chose to retreat rather than risk a shot or capture.
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Dialogue on a unique scene
Two men discuss how a pictured scene would have stood out, noting it would be truly unique. Their exchange reveals a sense of rarity and interest in the imagined image.
Why She Was Right About Haydn Time
A court singer and the conductor argued over the tempo of a Haydn piece. Haydn asked if the singer was handsome and favored by the prince. He ruled she was right based on her influence and appearance.
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Child’s Exchange Reveals Father’s Conditional Affection
The dialogue shows Tommy claiming deeper love for his father while the visitor notes the papa’s affection hinges on good behavior. Tommy asserts love surpasses his father’s, who admits he loves the boy only when he is good, highlighting a fraught parent child dynamic.
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Courtship In the North Eskimo Tale
A father orders his daughter to reject a young suitor while noting the man is so besotted he is “frozen to the snow settee.” The scene unfolds under a sealskin curtain as the Eskimo family debates matching.
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