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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1905
Page
2
Local notice lists subscription options for the Austin Daily Herald with yearly and quarterly plans and small price figures, indicating standard second class mailing and prepayment terms for readers in Austin Minnesota.
Local brief notes mention a dry spell and heat none reported, Elks picnic plans as summer substitute, July Fourth ball game and dance by Austin youth, reflections on light and home-made fireworks, editor receives roses after a sharp hit from F K Gleason.
James D Sheedy, a recognized authority, reports outstanding crop prospects for Mower county with uniform growth. Flax and oats show exceptional conditions, corn lags slightly due to cold but appears strong, and hay yields are expected to be high. The Herald notes debate over Elks picnic coverage by Austin High School Alumni Association and invites all alumni to the Friday meeting at Kik Hall with orchestra, banquet, and Altruist sale.
The funeral was held this afternoon from the residence at First and Freeborn streets with many attending in honor of Mrs. Kornberg. The service closed at Oakwood cemetery where the remains were laid to rest.
Governor J A Johnson will follow ex Governor R S Van Sant by presenting a silver trophy cup valued at about 75 for the best score in buttermaking in state dairy and food commission contests. A second prize cup will also be awarded by the departments though less ornate.
The article extols Luther Burbank as a premier botanist whose fruit and plant breeding work rivals the advances of golden grain belt beer, lauding its purity and health benefits as a home staple. It notes orders from dealers and supplier O. J. Weisel in Austin.
Lila Loucks visited Kasson after a stay in Austin with Mabel Kaufman and Bessie Kinsman. A pavilion at Lafayette park will host three Halls during the picnic day. Household goods of Mr. and Mrs. Ed O'Malley were sent to Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. F I Crane entertain the Crane family for Mr. and Mrs. Hausseman of Graf ton North Dakota, who plan to leave for their Dakota home tomorrow.
Stray Stories recounts remarkable art finds and rediscoveries. A Turner seascape purchased for 6 dollars later valued at 3500. Raphael works serially changed hands from a Paris Louvre rebuff to Duc d Aumale for 125000, and a 12 cent Harrow road panel bearing RP was valued at 8590.
A London journal condemns English society women for escalating drinking from beer to brandy and whisky and for using morphine and other drugs to sleep. It links dependency to domestic neglect and moral decline, noting women’s rise among the inebriates and loss of family duties.
In district court the Farrell case against C G W and C G N railroads went to a jury this afternoon. The C G W line was dismissed from the suit. The next case on the docket is Springhorn.
At the Eastern Star gathering Monday evening a class of six was initiated by Mr. and Mrs. Austfather, Mr. and Mrs. August Damm, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mickelson. Refreshments were served, a short program followed, and the large attendance reported a pleasant evening.
A midnights 1816 Swiss storm is described in Byron’s Childe Harold and Scott’s praise notes. Scott hails the passage as vivid and sublime, with lightning leaping among crags and the mountains shouting in a phosphoric lake. The article also mentions the crow's beak weapon used by Persians and north Indian horsemen, a curved dagger fixed to a shaft.
Portland Oregon will be open continuously from June 1 to October 15 1905 for the Lewis and Clark Exposition totaling 137 days The Union Pacific short line offers a 200 mile trip along the Columbia River to Portland and the Northwest with a visit to Yellowstone Park Return trips via California are arranged Inquire with H F Carter T P A Omaha Nebraska.
Leather from aquatic hides such as seal whale porpoise alligator and walrus has long been valued for many uses. Walrus skins aided Russian Alaska trade while fish skins yield waterproof leather for sword grips and belting laces. Canada also uses siluroid skin for gloves.
The Paris cafe serves as an outdoor home for Parisians. Regulars read morning and afternoon papers, write letters at marble tables, and enjoy black port folio service with paper and envelopes supplied by staff. Patrons linger under awnings, watching life on the boulevard across seasons.
A car load of twenty five horses ages three to eight years and weighing 900 to 1400 pounds will be sold at the Great Western Stockyards on Saturday July 1. Six months time will be given if desired. John Yenney.
The Pennsylvania Special train runs Chicago to New York in about nineteen hours with vestibulated electric lighted library smoking dining sleeping and compartment observation cars. Daily departures from Chicago 2 45 p m return New York 3 55 p m contact your local agent for sleeping car space.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and that local applications fail. It offers $100 for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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