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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1901
Page
2
The Weekly Herald from Austin Minnesota lists advertisement rates and post office details. John H Skinner editor owner and Gertrude Ellis Skinner associate editor, with second class mail status dated May 20. Display ads cost ten cents, reader headlines eight lines, social clubs and societies twenty cents per line.
County Superintendent reports strong countywide attendance during the spring term and that every pupil enrolled in district 115 is entitled to apportionment. District 42 also reports a year of teaching with Lizzie Gabegin. Several districts plan new or remodeled schoolhouses. A model building in district 67 near Tapppi is highlighted. Biennial state recommendations on rural school architecture are noted. Two weeks remain to close the schools with teachers adapting to warm days and keeping students engaged.
An Austin testimonial endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as a sure cure for backache and urinary troubles. Frederick Fenton of Mill Street reports relief after using a box, noting renewed energy and no recurrence. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as sole US agents at five cents per box under the Doun’s name.
The funeral for Mrs Judd was held at the M E church on Sunday afternoon. Friends laid a roses bedecked grave and flower bedecked bier. Rev Belden and Rev Brown led the service, with a letter from Rev Cone read. Attendees from away included Mr and Mrs Walter Thompson and others from Albert Lea.
Mr Bassett of Oakland Avenue narrowly escaped a crash when a frightened horse spooked by a stone carried by Ed Mereh bolted on Winona Street. Three men halted the animal preventing further harm though a broken hill resulted. A second runaway occurred on Ken-Ww that Saturday with few details available.
Passenger train No 8 collided with a horse and buggy near Bon Air town last night. The impact detached the buggy’s rear wheels which were dragged about fifty feet and broke the car steps. The occupants, a man, his wife and child, faced injuries: the wife and child unhurt and the man with a minor facial cut. The horse was knocked down by the blow.
The piece laments waning American liberty spirit in Austin after Aguinaldo’s capture and argues for renewed devotion to independence and the flag. It mocks anti patriotism, praises Queen Victoria’s nonexistence to witness such sentiment, and urges Austin residents to celebrate July 4 with fervor and unity despite perceived disinterest. The fragment ends amid calls to resist servile attitudes and defend freedom.
The text portrays a chaotic mix of ethnic and national sentiments with anti Yankee and Irish pride references. It hints at a broader critique of modern identity and xenophobic attitudes, suggesting a satirical, rhetorically charged commentary on patriotism and cultural allegiance in a period piece.
The program for a Library Benefit on Monday evening June 24 1901 begins at 8 15 with a piano duet Lustspiel Ouverture Keller Bela performed by Mrs Hall and Miss Cotter Readings include The Grape Vine Swing by Peck The Widow Maione Lever Miss Hayes and The Courtship of Mrs Corney and Mr Bumble Dickens read by Miss Hayes A piano solo by miss Birkets a lullaby selection and a Masonic quartet Olcott Reading In the Arena trio Down in the Phoney Dell featuring Mesdams Barnam Hormel and Miss Michaels Reading Jobs Comforters.
General Chaffee named military governor of the Philippines. Scots protest the king's title Edward VII as affront to their country. J Pierpont Morgan pays 110000 for Reynolds portrait group Lady Delme and Her Children. Vivian Sartoris engagement to Archibald Balfour indefinitely postponed. Brigadier General Frederick D. Grant and family pass through Berlin en route to St. Petersburg.
Seventeen bodies have been accounted for after the fireworks blast at 440 Main Street in Paterson New Jersey. Authorities believe all victims are recovered. some reports suggested more remains might be found if searches continued. A M Rittenberg denied possessing dynamite beyond torpedo stock, noting no loose dynamite was on site despite the blast implying otherwise.
The Pan-American Exposition will feature extensive music with the Temple of Music as a centerpiece. Prominent bands from the New and Old Worlds including Sousa’s and the Mexican Government Mounted Band will perform daily in the Temple and on plaza stands. The great organ by Emmons Howard will have four manuals and 50 stops with modern tubular pneumatic action. The Saengerfest opens June 24 and school children will join the grand jubilee chorus in the stadium.
A Dubuque resident touts the Oxygenor King as a cure for fifteen years of rheumatism. After two months of treatment the writer claims reduced pain and greater mobility and invites others to view a living example at 258 Dodge St. The letter also mentions upcoming railroad excursion deals for Detroit and San Francisco via the Chicago Great Western Railway in 1901.
The passenger department of the Iowa Central Railway offers special reduced rates for conventions. National Educational Association at Detroit from mid July to 12 inclusive, and International Convention of the Baptist Young Peoples Union of America at Chicago from July 1 to 28 inclusive. For rates and train times, consult any Iowa Central ticket agent or Geo. S Batty G P T A Marshalltown Ia.
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