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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1909
Page
4
An advertisement touts Kodol as a digestive aid that Restores a strong stomach by digesting food naturally. It guarantees refunds if not satisfied, promotes non chronic dyspepsia avoidance, and notes availability via druggists with a large bottle offering greater value.
The article describes contemporary whaling with a steam powered vessel, a bow cannon firing a 100 pound explosive harpoon, and a bomb that kills whales instantly. After kill, carcasses are inflated, towed, and butchered for by products including guano, fertilizer, glue, and Japan bound fins and tail for food.
An elderly professor on a northern grouse moor vanishes as a rainstorm arrives. He reappears later, dry, explaining he stripped and sat on his clothes until the storm passed, while others remained drenched.
A manager recalls audiences being shocked at first, prompting edits, followed by disappointment after the expurgation.
A brief satirical noted line from the Atchison Globe contrasts depictions of the devil with fat men seeking comfort, implying a humorous moral about appearances and easing burdens. The remark frames the devil as tall slender and stylish while hinting at comfort for the overweight.
Captain describes hunting sea elephants highlighting the danger from their jaws and thick hide. A near miss leaves a hunter with torn sleeve as a young bull attacks, while four men struggle to strip heavy brutes and reach a fifty-animal kill tally.
A New York pastor receives a lonely man’s suicide confession and begs for a final favor. The preacher distracts him by recalling a love of golf and urges one last round rather than end his life. The man goes to the course and, as reported, is alive today.
A teacher explains circumstantial evidence to Tommy by describing a student seen with a book in front of the face while a fresh apple core appears under the slate. Tommy learns the concept and identifies the act as eating apples in school. The exchange blends a moral lesson with a classroom anecdote from Youth's.
An Englishman Thomas Thorp left his fortune to a poor relative on one condition a head stone bear his name and a verse. The relative sought a brief poem and after debate approved the final lines here lies the corp of Thomas Thorp.
Noah Kentucky reader Lizzie Holland reports relief from headaches nervous prostration and hemorrhages after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad promotes the remedy for change of life female troubles and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free confidential advice.
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat excerpt a sailor argues that shellbacks avoid swimming to spare prolonged agony. A druggist counters, noting sailors discourage swimming and teaching sons to swim to avoid future suffering at sea.
A London Punch cartoon caption features Grandpa Macpherson and Donald in a light exchange. Donald says two and two make six, Grandpa questions, Donald replies two and two make four, noting he expected Grandpa to “beat me down.”
The dialogue, attributed to Edwan Everett, contends that present violence persists through acquiescence and tradition. It argues that reverence for antiquity sustains the aristocratic system and suppresses reason, shaping society’s accepted wisdom.
Retail flyer lists straw hats at low prices and ladies skirts at half price. Great Czarine skirt 25 percent off. Boys overalls discounted, cotton flannel gloves six for a dime. Ice cream cones on hot days. Dutch Cleaner 6 cents a can. Three large cakes of toilet soap 10 cents.
In a small Eighth Avenue book shop a huge pile of Bibles was displayed with a low price. The window boasted Satan trembles when he sees Bibles sold as low as these as a striking advertising stunt.
An anxious mil lonaire asks about his son’s grounding in the classics. The private tutor replies that the boy is actually stranded on them, emphasizing a deep focus on classical study.
City man and villager clash over a proposed tall building across a vacant lot with cattle grazing nearby. The exchange hints at changing landscape and rural livelihood pressures in the area.
In Yonkers Statesman style dialogue, Bill notes an attempt to reverse a judge’s sentence. Jil questions the value of reversal over the original ten dollars or ten days pun. The exchange underscores the equivalence of the penalties.
Sand dirt and filling and building materials offered. For Sale or Trade 97 acres near Austin and 480 acres in Hav county Wisconsin. May trade for city property or southern land. I know where to get it if I do not have the item. Wanted good work heroes in exchange for concrete building material or fence posts.
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