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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
2
Local shoppers are drawn to the Golden Eagle advertisement highlighting a Deutcher Trousers guarantee. The deal promises 10 cents for each button lost and 50 cents for each ripped seam with a replacement pair if torn twice.
The Seattle obituary recalls Major L. S. Willard a Civil War veteran and longtime clerk of Superior Court Department No. 5 who died after a brief illness at Minor hospital at age 70. Born in Illinois he served in many battles including Shiloh Chickamauga and McPhersons death and earned high honors. He leaves a wife and son Lee Willard actor and was honored by Judge Arthur E. Griffith who adjourned court in his memory.
The funeral for Mrs Belle A Keenan wife of James Keenan occurred this morning from Joseph Keenan’s home and St. Augustine's church at ten o'clock. Attendees included her brother E R Hall nephew Robt O Hall and Chester Hall, with the Rosary society present. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery on the Cedar River. Belle A Hall was born October 17 1847 in North Groton New Hampshire and died in Los Angeles after a life spent in New York Iowa Minnesota and Dubuque.
J. L. Cooley and family return to Austin after four and a half years away. They lived in Hollister California for three years and St. Helena for one year, returning to Minnesota two weeks ago to visit Morriston. Austin welcomes their return as Mr. Cooley resumes work in peatine and paper hanging.
Mrs Geo Little and Mrs M E Courtwright plan a summer stay in Austin. Both men are longtime salesmen noted in the community.
The Austin Daily and Weekly Register faces insolvency as proprietor Wm J Tyler plans to announce the paper cannot meet costs. A search continues for a buyer or investor to salvage the plant. Tyler insists he will repay debts if health allows and a position is found.
At the Cosmo the crowd grows as artists Downs and Wise perform a changing nightly program. Prof Wise presents a chalk talk with music featuring Painting my old Kentucky home and Now Reuben. Drawing a Butte duo and a winter scene ends with Cinderilla in moving pictures colored.
Notice urges every church member to attend Thursday evening gathering in the basement assembly room. Pastor G. W. Lutz will speak on what one can do to aid the Foreward Movement followed by a general discussion. Attendance emphasized and only sickness should prevent presence.
Father L J Vaughan of Janesville Wis wrote a drama shown at Bush Temple theatre to an almost Catholic audience. The play features a frontier church Mass scene followed by a violent intrusion and aims to entertain without degrading. Vaughan addressed reasons for writing the work and its hoped for moral impact.
Mr and Mrs M Ousley entertained forty four out of town guests at a luncheon Tuesday after Frank H Leonard lecture. A long table in the Grand dining hall featured carnations. Guests enjoyed fruit sandwiches pickles ice cream and cake then toured the Christian Science church expressing satisfaction with its neatness and completeness.
A single cock from the Marlborough's livestock perched on the mainmast after a direct hit and crowed to rally the crew. The revived cheers renewed the British ship amid intense fire, helping sustain the battle until relief arrived.
A London Lancet note explains stale cigar smell clings to curtains and furniture due to pungent aromatic oils released by cigars more than cigarettes or pipes. It suggests oils are burnt and dispersed into the air rather than condensed in pipes, making cigars stronger in odor.
A Brayton household dispute unfolds as a new girl warns the mistress she will not unlock the door again. She reveals a friend forged a key to gain entry, a claim noted by the London Globe.
F H Leonard C S B of Brooklyn delivered a lecture on Demonstrable Religion at the Auditorium on Tuesday evening. He spoke of his twenty year adherence to Christian Science, its biblical basis, and the belief that God is present in trouble and life is to be lived now, not after death.
A social gathering is planned at A C Dinsmor s residence this evening. Teams will meet at the M E church at 7 30 to provide transport for those without conveyance. Be on time for one of the best times ever.
The article recalls Commodore Perry and his dramatic message We have met the enemy and they are ours. Gunfire heard sixty miles away at Cleveland signals a decisive moment. An old settler, after a quiet pause, declares triumph when he hears the big guns.
Robert Dunn recounts a vain ascent of Mount McKinley in The Shameless Diary of an Explorer. The party battles a 2000 foot drop, scarce ice axes, and improvised steps as fear and self restraint shape the perilous climb.
Edward A. Ayres describes the human brain as a vast intricate machine. He depicts nerves muscles glands skin and sensory chambers as a fortified palace with specialized organs translating light sound scent taste and touch into a living picture of reality.
A midnight diner explains to his wife how large cafes divert cloakroom tips. Small boys lack pockets in their uniforms so no tips stay with them. The check room privilege, cost up to five thousand dollars annually, funnels all tips to the proprietor.
A curious plant called the life plant in Guadeloupe reproduces from a broken leaf. When pinned in a warm room the leaf margins sprout white roots and a new plant forms within weeks. The old leaf shrivels as the new plant is transplanted, and cultivation yields red and yellow blossoms.
A guide explains a method to loosen very tight screws using pinchers. Insert the screwdriver, grip the blade with pinchers above the head, press firmly, and twist. This combination is said to make even the tightest screw yield quickly.
In a brief exchange, Smiley admits he has no luck. He clarifies he is not complaining, saying he would rather be lucky never than always have luck bad. The dialogue contrasts luck with personal philosophy.
A Kingston street scene features two women arguing loudly then playfully throwing dust and water at each other. They wrestle on the ground in a comical dust cloud until a bystander asks the cause and is answered with the phrase we s just foolin.
The Andes form a vast wall along South America with high ridges and impassable stretches. Rail lines reach Peru Bolivia Chile and Argentina while a through line to Buenos Aires remains a future prospect. Crossing is seasonal and deadly in winter with Punta passes closed after June. Scribner's.
A 1851 twelve penny black Canadian stamp printed in Ottawa aged poorly received, travels through London's dealers and Hamiltons, fetching up to 1500 pounds before a maid accidentally burns it in the American home, leaving no trace.
A Scarboro sea captain long presumed lost when his ship disappeared off the China sea route is identified by a painting found off the African coast. The portrait, with the captain's name and home port on its back, was sent to Scarborough and confirms the fate of the vessel and its master.
A vast one acre grave at Pearto Cortez Honduras holds a woman’s remains. An iron railing surrounds a central tombstone with sixteen wooden figures placed around the grounds. The deceased, wealthy in life, specified the land size and its decorative plan in her will.
In Eis Yarnell's reminiscences a tale about Samuel Taylor Coleridge is recounted. Wordsworth and Samuel Rogers discussed Coleridge's remarks after a night together, Roger remarking he did not understand the latter part, Wordsworth admitting his own confusion, Rogers sighing with relief.
Advertises multiple real estate deals including a 7 room house with barn on Winona Street and a 6 room house with well and cement walk priced at 1450. Mentions excursions to Dakota every Tuesday and several other properties on Lansing Avenue Bridge Street and an 80 acre farm near town. A renter seeks 3 to 4 rooms.
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