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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1908
Page
3
Local notices report a sale of seventeen to twenty vehicles including bugies with rubber and steel tires beginning May 20. Several houses for rent or sale, a seven room home on Railway Street, and various lost and found items plus community announcements from Austin Minnesota.
Sam Swenson spent Saturday in Austin. Orin Waters returns from Mankato to work on the S. M division here. Frank Blake and P. J. Gallagher of Farmington attended the funeral of the late M. K. Skinnion. J. B. Howells was out Sunday for the first time since his accident. Harry Twedell, eleven months old, is very sick with an abscess after measles.
A medical notice cautions against catarrh ointments containing mercury warning they destroy smell and harm the body. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by J J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective internally, with testimonials and nationwide druggist availability at 75 cents per bottle.
The notes list the May 14 Democratic state convention in St Paul and the June 16 Republican national convention in Chicago. A Democrat National convention is noted for Denver, with July as a tentative date.
A spring season prompt for property owners to repaint homes after winter. painting extends life of the house and is presented as a trusted Rosenthal Bros message with a reference to rooms 280 L or 179 J.
Lovers of music and a good concert are invited to the May Ball at Maurek's Wednesday evening. It promises a lively dance event and may be one of the season's last big dances.
M. K. Skinnion died at St Joseph's hospital in Mankato last Tuesday after a rheumatic illness. Born in Milwaukee fifty years ago, he began railroading at fifteen and remained a conductor on the Mankato-Wells run. He married Anna F. Paul in 1888 in Manchester Indiana. they had a son and daughter. Surviving are his wife, daughter Anthea, and mother. He lived in Austin ten years, moved to Mankato eight years ago, and planned to visit Tacoma before he fell ill. Funeral services were held at St Augustine's church, with Elks, O R C, Trainmen, and a special train from Mankato and Wells. Interment followed at St Augustine's cemetery.
Miss Elsie Lunde died at the home of her son O. P. Lunde near Moscow Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. She was eighty seven and leaves one son. The funeral will be held Thursday from Hayward.
Advertises Ladies Home Journal style books with 20 cent copies and a 15 cent pattern free. Mentions rental notice for 701 College and Second area, and a Henry Jacobs inquiry. Reports Mr and Mrs G Harriman of Mankato attending Mr Skinnion's funeral in Austin. Williams Cigar Store promotes fishing tackle. Royal Neighbors hold meeting tonight.
An agent touting a cemetery lot faced a prospective buyer who listed nearby prominent families. The agent admitted the lot was distant from those properties and the woman refused to buy, asking to pay more for a better neighborhood. The agent collapsed. The exchange shows sellers and buyers treating graveyard proximity as a social factor.
Charles H. Cochrane argues in Metropolitan Magazine that modern specialists neglect physical health and routine labor. He contends regular exercise and farming work would extend lifespans well beyond seventy to a century, suggesting birth and education in health are essential.
The piece notes how Hindoo caste purity is maintained even when Hindus and Muslims share towns. Water sellers provide drink through separate portholes for each religion so drinkers receive water from a caste aligned source, preserving caste integrity.
A Century essay notes the sixth decade as the era of the master work. It credits ten years of individual life with revolutionary action and wonders how world affairs would stand without this prolific period.
Quotable line from a London Telegraph item notes a wife with a strong mind who impressed a furniture polish peddler by selling him polish she crafted herself in five minutes. The remark on her strength of mind contrasts with a casual meet involving Littlejohn.
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