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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
2
Public notice listing subscription rates with prices for one year advance three months in advance and per week. Credits the editor John H Skinner and associate Setrude Ellis-Skinner. Printed by Bata pens No 64 with Anatin Minn postal info.
A saloonkeeper warns parents about minor trespass laws while the Gebhardt murder stirs two bitter camps in Ulm. Local militia splits and rumors of women adopting bifurcated skirts surface, with a tongue in cheek motto about unity and riding.
A local farmer reports how five years of mowing and pasturing converted a quack grass plagued 30 acres into a flax fibre field with quack nearly eradicated. The article then shifts to a public meeting in Austin about saloon license compliance with Mayor Cook and City Attorney Pridham outlining laws, enforcement, and minor questions on Sunday cleaning and minors.
Archives in Dresden reveal a case of treason against composer Richard Wagner dated 1819. He allegedly wrote to a friend proposing a Saxon republic and questioned who could replace the current sovereign, suggesting defiance of the crown.
A deciphered report discusses electric and light waves measured by a famed scientist. It notes radio and telegraph signals across the Atlantic, with claims of long travel distances and speeds approaching astronomical figures. The text contrasts light waves and electric signals, mentioning vast distances and rapid transmission.
Fred Rademacher, long established in the Mill Street grocery trade, sells his business to Frank Zizlik of Chicago. Rademacher started Sept 1, 1869, expanded the store, and retires with a reputation for fairness. Zizlik plans to take possession around July 15. his wife speaks Bohemian, German, English, Polish, and some Norwegian.
Charles Varco writes from Austin dated June 25 1905 detailing a trip from Chicago to St. Louis by rail and on to Mobile Missouri with observations on Simons Hardware Co Anheuser Busch and the World’s Fair Grounds. He notes heavy rainfall flooding crops in Tennessee and Mississippi and a 650 mile 23 hour run to Mobile. He plans to visit Mobile.
The Order of American Boys baseball team lost to Austin High School 14 to 3 in Austin on Tuesday. Owatonna players returned home discouraged after a costly trip and a dispute over travel expenses, with Owatonna manager accusing Austin of dishonorable conduct.
A tale from The Military Reminiscences of a Retired Colonel recalls a sentry at Hampton Court who misread a visitor and answered a question with I half past kissing time. The Duchess, Miss Q, complained to her mother, then to a colonel, then to Wellington, who found no actual breach of discipline as kissing is not punishable.
Frist line lists July fourth sale items for Friday Saturday and Monday. Items include corncans at 34¢ and 75¢, hardwood clothes pins, and raisins priced low. Read as a damaged ad text from Fisch Bros with garbled sections.
The piece contemplates two standards for life reading: years and achievement. It notes poets and artists who died young yet left lasting legacies, listing Burns Byron Poe Raphael Lanier and others, claiming their fame endures beyond their brief lives.
A historical survey traces beard customs from Elizabethan times to Catherine II. It notes taxes on beards in Russia starting 1705 under Peter the Great and a 1762 repeal by Catherine II. France taxed clergy, while Chaucer and Stubbs describe beard fashions and barbering humor amid period literature.
A tobacconist argues that cigar color does not indicate strength and that dark wrappers can be milder and sweeter. He notes that Cuban and trade smokers often avoid light wrappers, which are linked to premature leaf cutting and poorer flavor.
Neighbors discuss the eccentric Mr Tighton described by Mrs Higgins as the most contrary man. They recall his boast to quit saving after amassing fifty thousand dollars and settling into enjoyment, wondering if he has actually done it.
In Cheago Tribune style, Miss Pinke tells Mr Spoona she must be distant due to vaccination. The brief dialogue shows a social exchange shaded by health concerns as a young man closes in and she resists.
A Chicago Record-Herald item describes Mrs Wibbleson as a woman with notable strength and a sharp dig delivered with an elbow at a recent reception, leaving little doubt about her physical power.
The inventor is described as a modern figure who leaps to eminence and fortune, shedding old notions of patient struggle for swift achievement. The St. Louis Republic commentary frames invention as a bold, restless pursuit of success.
Natives of North Borneo convert a long bamboo into an angolian harp by slotting above each joint and mounting it to turn on its axis while keeping the apertures facing the wind with a rudder. Music on windy days yields deep organ tones from the larger holes.
A southern wind carries a message from South Iceland islanders to the mainland by sealed bottle. Each bottle includes a plug of twist tobacco or a cigar to aid ocean speed and ensure delivery. Shore watchers on the mother island quickly spot the returning capsules.
The Manhattan Limited departs Chicago daily at 11 00 AM and reaches New York noon next day. Compartment observation car through. through sleeper Chicago to Washington. Time Chicago to New York 24 hours. Seven other daily Chicago to New York trains. For tickets and details contact your home agent or G L Thomson Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a cure for deafness caused by catarrh. Claims deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and mucous surfaces, with nine of ten cases due to catarrh. Offers $100 for any case of deafness proven uncured by the remedy.
Portland hosts the Lewis and Clark Exposition from June 1 to October 15, 1905 for 137 days. Union Pacific offers a direct short line to Portland along the Columbia River with a visit to Yellowstone Park. Return from Portland via California. inquiries to H. F. Carter T P A Omaha Nebraska.
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