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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
2
The Austin Daily Herald announces its reestablishment with J G N N Skinner as editor and proprietor and E R T R O D E Elia Skinner listed as associate.
Francis Murphy died in Los Angeles on Sunday. The piece recalls thousands who took the Murphy pledge in 2808 and kept it. I J Dinsmore journeys to Madison with daughter Roth and the Howards of St Paul to attend the old 11th Wisconsin regiment reunion, a trip shadowed by the death of comrade A F Mattice of Co O.
Y M C A state secretary E W Peck spoke at Ellis hall and a Baptist church union service urging a permanent YMCA building to galvanize Christian Brotherhood efforts. He argued an $80,000 facility with physical, mental and spiritual departments would uplift the moral tone and mobilize sustained work with boys and young men.
A condensed program listing Miss Ashley's Orchestra with The Spirit's Song and May Day selections. Includes performers Miss Sue Basford Miss Beryl Marsh Miss Lucy Thomas and accompanists, plus talks by Prof O R Boostrom Rev R E Sayles and Hon L French on debt, plus pieces by Schubert and an original poem about church debt paid, ending with the Coronation.
Glen Catlin and his wife near Sharon Kansas endured a devastating cyclone last Sunday evening leaving them destitute. They survived but lost 60 hogs from a 200 head herd a fine mare injured and likely to die 200 acres of wheat torn and machinery destroyed. assets valued far below 2000.
City directs property owners to trim overhanging limbs so sidewalk remains clear. If not removed within the week, the city will perform the work and charge the owner. Applies only to private trees near the sidewalk. street trees fall under Park Board care. Signed by Mayor GEO. H. Surron.
The Sunday service at St Augustine’s drew a full house for a 10:50 Mass led by Father T A Devin S J with arch priest Father Cleary of Minneapolis, deacons, and a large choir and orchestra. The address by Father Cleary celebrated priestly vocation and the Jesuit path, noting long preparation and moral formation. this marked the second such service in Austin, eight or nine years after Father Parkins.
A Sunday storm from the southwest caused little damage locally. Chris Johnson of Lyre town lost two cows and Joseph Sovej kowsky of London one heifer. Both losses were insured with the Mower Ovonoty Mutual.
Emma L. Dorr of Austin filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy and was adjudicated bankrupt. Liabilities are listed at 1595 dollars with assets reported as zero.
A servant girl, who had stolen clothing from a city family, fainted three times during questioning by Sheriff Nicholson after returning to Austin for a new job. The detective identified the items on her, she confessed, and surrendered all stolen goods.
Saturday night at 6:30 a lookout heard hammering on machinery at the brick yard. A suspect knocked brass from a steam engine, fled toward the Fisher woods, leaving a ragged coat. Police and Sheriff Nicholeon pursued through sheds and hedge woods but dark conditions hampered the search.
The notice announces new directories delivered and asks to report misses. It explains a switch to number based calling to speed rural service as subscriber counts exceed 1200. It lists corrected directory entries including Christle Frank and others with numbered and lettered routes and farms.
The regular county board meeting will be held at the County Auditor office in the courthouse, Austin Minnesota, on Monday July 8 at 3 oclock p m. George Robertson County Auditor.
A Minneapolis Journal passage lists famous figures such as Hawthorne Walter Scott Napoleon Wellington Clive Chalkers Chatterton Leigh Hunt and Isaac Newton as examples of historical dunces at school. The anecdote highlights how early academic skepticism did not reflect later achievement.
A Baltimore Amerts comic line suggests a domestic scene where Ma and Sis return from the hairdresser, and the temper erupts over an inferred head-on collision caused by a misplaced switch, framed as a witty domestic quip.
Albert F Mattice born April 13 1845 in Schenectady County New York died June 30 at his Water Street home Austin. A lifelong community figure he served in the Eleventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and later as engineer for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad for 35 years never missing a wreck. Survived by his wife a son Os Car Aberdeen SD two daughters Lida L Helen G and two sons Albert J and Clarence Wall. Funeral Tuesday at Congregational church with St Bernard Commandery and G A R escort. Tichy’s Band will attend. The wake at 2 pm and church service at 2:30 will be held. casket will remain closed.
Anishary survey of how Shakespeare Milton Pope Tennyson and Kipling illustrate prolific borrowing in literature. The piece traces chains of influence from Virgil Homer and Ariosto to modern authors, noting that even Shakespeare relied on older plots and lines, turning raw material into artistic treasure.
Notice says a special meeting of McIntyre Post this evening at 8 to arrange attendance at the funeral of Comrade A. F. Mattice. Fall attendance desired by order of the Commander John D. Smith.
All members of Fidelity Lodge A F and A M are requested to meet at 1 30 sharp Tuesday afternoon to attend the late funeral of our late brother A F Mattice M O Anderson W M
W R C notice asks Als Relief Corps ladies to meet Tuesday at 1 30 PM at the Hall to attend the funeral of Comrade Mattice.
A customer asks for two pairs of scales and defines ambuscade as lying in weight, prompting a clerk to seek clarification. The exchange centers on the meaning of ambuscade in weighing contexts and the implied deception in weight.
A Circle Magazine excerpt cites Shakespeare imagery where the sun robs the sea and moon from the sun, and the earth feeds by composture stolen from excrement. The piece frames theft as a universal motif, highlighting nature as a series of thieves in poetic metaphor.
An English quarry-ewer conducted a personal inspection and concluded ancient Egyptians built better than contemporary builders. He described pyramid stones weighing three or four times larger than Nile obelisks, with one block around 800 tons. Many stones measured about thirty feet, fitted so tightly that a penknife blade would not reveal a seam, and he claimed no machinery exists to create two thirty foot surfaces joining as precisely as pyramid joints.
The Great Central Railway Journal reports a Ruskin letter to an admirer in Oxford dated November 4. He says he ordered his publisher to send a gift copy of Munera Pulveria, questions why the reader has not yet read it, and jokes about Shakespeare and other works being cheap or free, ending with a brief sign-off.
Cigar bands must be brought to Williams Cigar Store on or before July 1 to close the Avetin Cigar Company contest. Local readers are urged to participate and submit entries by the deadline.
Tickets for the Baptist church entertainment next Tuesday evening cost 35 cents. Early buyers receive preferred seating. Tickets available from Carlton Fairbanks at Pooler’s drug store.
Notice to debtors stating the dental practice has been sold and all indebted persons must settle accounts by July 16. Unsettled balances will be sent to a collector. Books available at the residence after July 1 at 1008 Chatham Street.
An excerpt from the Tattimore American recounts a scene where a devout Frenchman gazes at the young mistress and murmurs Je t adore, while she responds with a wary line about uncertain fates. The dialogue hints at romance and restraint in a bygone era.
The State of Minnesota to W. H Lowden defendant You are summoned to appear before Justice of the Peace in Austin Minnesota on the Mids day of July 107 at nine oclock in the forenoon to answer a complaint by P. H. Friend for forty nine dollars with interest from April 9 107 at 6 percent Should you fail to appear judgment will be rendered. John Fairbanks Justice of the Peace dated this day Jane A.D. 107
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