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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
2
The item shows publication date November 6 and notes subscription rates by mail or carrier. It names staff members Brinner Kulmer and Gortrodd Riis-Butnner as associate editors or pilots, indicating the paper's internal roles.
An anonymous Washington Herald note reflects on widespread decline as phrases like things were going to the dogs appear in various sayings. The piece lampoons popular expressions and speculates on cultural mood with playful verse.
H C Waite a Baldwin piano company special agent travels citywide and hails Austin praising its size progress and fine houses and handsome churches noting he has seldom seen such a thriving urban appearance.
Baseball fans in Red Wing organized a baseball association on Friday the thirteenth, adopting a constitution of thirteen articles and voting thirteen stockholders as quorum. Nine hundred ten dollars was subscribed for the organization, a sizable show of support that Austin fans will discuss tonight.
The excerpt argues civilization rests on reciprocal duties in commerce. Local merchants supply markets and essential goods, while communities owe merchants fair competition and preference in trade to sustain local exchange.
Mr and Mrs Campbell marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at the John Campbell home in Austin with a four course turkey dinner. Relatives from Blooming Prairie Austin Minneapolis Owatonna Claremont and Northfield joined the celebration. They were married March 20 1858 in Whitewater Wisconsin and have four children two of whom are deceased. The couple's surviving children are Hon Alex B Campbell and Lawrence G Campbell. They have received many golden gifts in honor of the milestone.
Mrs. Howard N Wilder died March 19 at Fort Dodge Iowa after a month of illness. Born December 27 1858 in Sun Prairie Wisconsin she lived in Brownsdale and Austin Minnesota before moving to Fort Dodge. She leaves husband three daughters one son and several siblings with Austin relatives attending the funeral March 22.
High school pupils held a meeting and organized a permanent High School Athletic Association to unite all sports under one management and boost school spirit. Officers: President Frank Hazeltine, Vice President Louise Smith, Secretary Alice McCarthy, Treasurer Leonard Decker. Board includes Supt. Franklin, Principal, Miss Fish, the officers, and team coaches. The association covers boys and girls sports.
Mower County has secured one of ten state set aside spaces for county exhibits at the next state fair. E. H. Smith has contributed $60 of the $150 needed and reports strong local interest. He notes proceeds will cover prizes for farmers with top products and booster funds for the exhibit.
A nostalgic mock ode to spring days detailing nature’s bloom and seasonal rituals. It contrasts birds and blossoms with civic life, jokes about politicians campaigning, and the chaotic domestic scenes of springtime at home. The piece blends humor with observations of weather, animals, and human foibles.
The Bakdwin Company offers about a dozen pianos and organs from a consignor stock at the Auditorium for sale at cut prices next week. A local representative is sought to handle the sale. H. C. Waite Manager.
Seven carloads of horses, totaling one hundred forty one head, have been shipped from Bassett and Jacobson's livery sale barn. They invite more horses every Saturday at market price.
About twenty friends gathered at Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brown’s Alleghany street residence Thursday for their eighteenth wedding anniversary. Guests brought baskets, a six o’clock dinner was shared, and the couple received a fern and hot house flowers. They married in Austin eighteen years ago and have lived here except nine years in Spring Valley.
The B D s met last night at the home of Miss Genevieve Gilleece. The gathering involved social conversation and local acquaintances.
Austin Council 354 Y O A held a regular meeting followed by a leap year basket social in the lodge room Thursday night. One candidate was initiated and the evening continued with music and songs.
The group backing Jas Dowling, popular cashier at the Great Western, urges his entry into the race for First Ward alderman. The note hints politics move quietly and steadily.
The Carleton College board meets to appoint an interim governance plan for the next year with no acting president. The dean will chair a faculty committee overseeing college business as Margaret Evans resigns after 34 years and Mary Alice Emerson becomes acting English professor. Evans and Chaney retire in June under the Carnegie foundation program.
Readable prices show fat hogs at 400 to 480, fat lambs around 459 to 450, cattle calves and veal ranges noted, with beef heifers and broader cattle offerings priced between 80 and 104.00, reflecting mixed farm market activity. Entities include hogs lambs cattle veal and regional price ranges.
Little Master Ward Clark headlines the Cosmo on Saturday with three shows. The program mixes drama and comedy including Shadows of a Great City Box of Sardines Venice La Belle A Leap Year Proposal and the illustrated song Down Lovers Lane We'll Roam Jennie.
Tonight at 7 30 E H Smiths office in Austin hosts a meeting for all interested in forming a summer baseball club. The organizer seeks a large turnout to discuss plans and to let everyone help move the effort forward.
Rosenthal Bros offers painting and wallpaper hanging services aiming to please exacting customers. They highlight wall decorating experience and invite inquiries at phone 176 J N. W.
A Dixie girl avoids exposing her father's trade by claiming he is a southern planter. A famous actress, when asked about her father’s job as a letter carrier in London, retorts that he is a man of letters.
The piece reflects on 4 a.m. as a mysterious, vulnerable hour when sleep is deepest and life seems fragile. It notes that calamities occur then, that ammonia sometimes saves lives, and that wakefulness fails as dawn approaches, leaving warning about this quiet, fraught moment.
A NSW approach imposes a definite offense term plus an indeterminate habitual term. On good behavior after the fixed term, prisoners advance grades with concessions including earning wages for family, spending on luxuries, or credit toward release. A committee reviews progress and advises the minister, with release not final until a year of probation under modified restraint.
Curiosities in wedding rings are noted with rings once made from rushes and in emergencies from glove leather finger cutouts. Records describe rings fashioned from brass iron curtain rings and even door keys pressed into service at weddings.
A recruit tells a Scottish regiment sergeant he would rather go to a lunatic asylum than enlist. The sergeant replies that he’d feel more at home there. Dundee Advertiser reports the humorous exchange.
A brief dialogue shows Tommy reluctant to visit Charley Pinafore because he believes Charley is not well enough after yesterday's playing. The exchange hints at concern for Charley's health and a child's routine at home.
The Concord weekly item notes remodeling of the Budd Smith property and locals such as Willie Furlong purchasing a new bicycle. It mentions A W Edson planning a trip to Austin for Odd Fellows, visits by Mr and Mrs E B Smith, an automobile on the streets, a new screen door at Geo Cran dell's Grocery, and Austin police revolver practice amid local views on crime. Merchants stock cigars in anticipation of fall county elections and business.
A teacher asks where to keep fresh milk in hot weather and a boy replies simply to keep it in the cow, recalling a rural humor from a country holiday.
A brief London Opinion line features a playful exchange where a woman questions a man about being the first she has loved, and the man responds with a resigned remark about men repeating the same query. The wry tone highlights gendered banter and social humor of the era.
For sale by G Sorflaten 228 N Main St Austin area parcels town lots farms in northern Minnesota. Call and see me.
Special sale notices from Fischs in Austin Minnesota advertise March 20 and 21 events with 14 bars Calumet Soap 8 bars Santa Claus soap canned tomatoes corn Early June peas Holland herring and other groceries. Also listed are cooking accessories yeast prunes maslin calico and a note about price competitiveness.
In illustrated bits a wild eyed man asks for a large bottle and insists on a cask claiming the item is for twins. The druggist queries the bottle size, setting a comic suburban scene.
Reach's 1908 guide tops the field with a complete review of last season in the national and American leagues. It includes player pictures and records and presents the new uniform playing rules code for 1908.
One hundred dollar reward offer for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and others state F J Cheney & Co are trustworthy. Cure taken internally and said to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Testimonials available. Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
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