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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
2
The column notes deer and caribou crossing from Canada into Minnesota and the animal wise say this migration signals a drought in Canada and a good season in Minnesota. It urges readers to report carrier performance to improve local news coverage.
Rochester Post and Record notes Fairbault Pipestone and Austin papers fold or suspend, leaving Austin with one daily The Herald. Hormel Packing House Bails team comprises Hormel employees who receive ball suits as advertising but cannot wear them on Sundays. Hormel says they consented to suits for team use only on non Sundays.
The park commissioner visited the HERALD Office early to announce readiness to plant a flower garden at Herald square. Judge Robinson contributed a quarter toward the cost, with about five dollars needed in total. Residents on Courtland and Lansing avenues urged to contribute and leave coins at the HERALD office tomorrow.
A stranger accosted L. M. Fisch on the street asking for the price of a St. Paul fare. Fisch told him to move on, but the man later appeared at Fisch’s back door seeking a handout. Mr Fisch is a brother of M. S. Fisch of Windom.
The article praises Austin painters, noting L. J. Cooley's return and urging residents to patronize local tradesmen. It argues there are enough skilled local painters to meet demand and warns against hiring itinerant workers who may undercut the market.
The May 15 1888 Herald reports the marriage of G F Baird to Elva Stanton of Northville Dakota set for tomorrow. It notes 32 Sons of Veterans organized with Ira Paddens as captain and others as officers. Also covered are the deaths of Eugene Hoy killed by a mule and the shooting of Herbert Schafer, wounded by a burglar at H Jacobs store.
The article laments thoughtless pedestrians crossing newly seeded boulevards on Water Street and calls for keeping off the grass. It urges parents and teachers to instill civic pride in Austin's youth and notes delivery workers are chief offenders. It stresses careful behavior on all city boulevards.
Tailor Henry Jacobs discusses the twenty year old Herald file on Herbert Schafer. Jacobs recounts Schafer believed the man shot himself and staged a burglary story. The young man later robbed Jacobs, was discharged, and years later killed himself in Missouri.
The scene of the robbery was once the Owatonna Fruit Store. Mr. Jacobs, who occupied the store for eleven years, says he was robbed of thousands by clerks and by a man who refused to pay for goods. He recalls a poor man who later became prominent, who promised to pay for a suit for his son but never returned to settle the debt.
The Health Culture Club of Austin Minnesota formed at the YWCA with Rev Budlong as temporary chair and Rev Sloane as secretary pro tem. Members approved a constitution, elected officers including Gertrude Ellis Skinner as president and William E Sloane as vice-president, and planned monthly meetings and a library. The tone suggests a rising, influential community organization.
About twenty friends surprised Joseph Fitzthum for his fifty fifth birthday at Harmonia Hall Tuesday evening. After the Merchants' meeting they escorted him inside for a night of games music and a fine lunch. Out of town guests included Chas Fitzloff of Mankato and Henry Ungemach of Rochester.
West Point appointment for the S. M. Normal college changed from Leon Norton to Kenneth R. Avery. Norton unable to start. Avery, a former student, will take his examination in March next year. Austin friends express pleasure over the choice.
Arthur A. McBride will be ordained at the Congregational church on Thursday May 14 with a noon dinner for visiting delegates. An examination at 3 PM will precede an evening sermon by Rev. Lesher of Owatonna. McBride, an old Austin boy, is well known to local residents and the services are open to the public with delegates expected from southeastern conference Congregational churches.
Mrs. David A. Wright learns of her father Joseph Sucha death in Hayward Tuesday night at twelve. He was seventy four, suffered Bright's disease fourteen weeks, immigrated from Bohemia twenty six years ago, lived on a farm east of Hayward, and leaves a wife four daughters and one son. Daughters Lud Kycek James Kycek and Frank Mudha reside in Hayward. Mrs David Wright and Joseph Sucha in Austin. He had twenty three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Interment in Bohemian cemetery. funeral plans not yet made. Mr and Mrs Wright travel to Hayward for burial.
Mason City authorities seek shoe peddlers after discovering scattered pairs of ten shoes in the Cedar Rapids to Mason City railroad yards. Shoes were stolen from a Cedar Rapids consign ment and reboxed to conceal the theft, with several tampered boxes found in the yards.
Albert Sprague, who lost both legs on the Wisconsin Central, returned from St Paul with a $32,585.52 check after a $30,000 verdict. He had the check photographed before cashing it at the bank.
A Tuesday morning mishap on the C. G. W. track at Mason City saw two hand car crews depart simultaneously. The breaking handle on the first car caused three workmen to be hurled from the car and struck by the following car. All three were seriously hurt.
The Board of Health of Austin requires all back yards yards and cellars cleared of debris and rubbish by May 0. If not done the city will clean the premises and charge the expense to the property. W H McKenna is chairman.
A vignette from Youth's Companion depicts Mathilde, a washerwoman, directing Bridget the Irish girl in ironing shirt waists. She notes garments differ by figure, instructing how to mold and fit waists for tall, fat, or petite figures, shaping collars and sleeves to suit various bodies.
A National Magazine excerpt explains the signaling system in the House of Representatives. Bells announce committee actions yeas and nays recess and calls of the house with precise meanings. The red light signals whether Congress is in session or adjourned and the sergeant at arms enforces attendance during a call.
A London correspondent argues that a healthy ferret, bred and kept in a ventilated kennel and fed on wheat straw and scraps, is the true solution to Britain's rat problem. The ferret, cared for by an expert, roams freely and can eradicate rats in wheat stacks, while guns and traps fail against the rat’s cunning.
The article credits the late Lord Kelvin William Thomson with key findings on signal transmission over long submarine cables. It notes his work predicting gradual current arrival and his mirror galvanometer enabling Morse signaling, while the 1858 cable failed due to ignoring his theory.
Mission Cathedral and Holland shades for chandeliers offered with stand and drop lights. See the display and get estimates on house wiring. Wallace Gregson, Electrician, 121 West Mill Street.
An editor records a dramatic incident where a boastful military man protested a false death notice. The next day's issue retracts the claim that Major Blazer was dead, stating the paragraph was without foundation.
Sealed bids for furnishing materials and constructing a sewer on Ash street from Water street to the North Line of Clark street are due at 4 PM May 18 1908. Bids must include a gross total and be accompanied by a charter required certified check or cash deposit.
To the People of Austin, a second hand store at 211 East Mill Street buys poultry and offers services including cleaning gasoline stoves and sharpening lawn mowers with a guarantee. Inter-State phone 558 L. 15-3.
All boys and girls who wish to march with the Grand Army are asked to meet at the G A R hall tomorrow afternoon at 4 o clock.
A spring warning urges property owners to paint and repair after winter damage, noting that proper upkeep extends a house’s life. Rosenthal Bros. advertises 289 L or 179 J.
Miss Helen Sass, manager of the Rochester Viavi Co., invites inquiries about the Viavi system of home treatment and can be reached by mail at Austin Minn.
Fragmentary market notes indicate weak Oma cattle prices with veal and fat cattle listed. Fat steers and cows show broad ranges from mid three hundreds to near four hundred, while veal figures appear unclear.
A rowboat fishing trip ends with a humorous myth as two large fish guard a line of small hungry fish around a loaf lost overboard. The tale, shared as a humorous observation, imagines the fish forming a bread line after the bread sinks.
In England a farmer and the parish vicar struck a bargain to advertise the cow through church notices. The farmer, deaf, misheard the banns of marriage as details about his cow and shouted the cattle praise during a wedding announcement.
A 1860s Penzance police court case reveals a defendant calling the complainant a red haired Dane sparked an assault. The piece notes Cornish prejudice against red hair as part of broader Celtic-Norse history, with strong regional dislike persisting along coasts and inland.
An exchange in the New York Press reports a missionary asking a cannibal to arrange his death so he becomes a lunch rather than a course dinner. The dialogue centers on a desire to avoid prolonged agony.
Cassidy recalled Shakespeare and discussed names while Cassidy and Casey sparred in a lighthearted exchange. The Kansas City Newsbook notes a witty back and forth about identity and reception.
In Werda, Dahomey, the temple of serpents holds over a thousand snakes kept by priests. Serpents hang from beams, some large enough to lift a bullock, and only smaller ones are touched with a rod. Killing a serpent is a capital crime. even unintentional killings require priestly purification and reporting to avoid royal punishment.
A New York Sun quote argues that manufacturers who wear cork limbs gain trust and sales leverage. The speaker notes customers favor artisans who understand comfort from personal experience and advertise limbs built by those who wear them.
A collage of quips and short scenes including a tenor’s vegetarian lunch remark about meat killing song, old lady letters from college, a humorous lovers tale, and a country gardening joke. Also notes on half price hats and clothing items from a selling page.
The Strand Magazine recounts tales from English admirals who placed laymen in office at the Admiralty as political shifts occurred. A lord of the admiralty dismisses bad language in a ship report, and another civilian lord questions why a charted two inches from shore cannot rescue castaway sailors, only to learn two inches equals four thousand miles at sea.
The speaker notes that twice ten equals twenty and twice eleven equals twenty two, highlighting that the difference is none and observing how wordplay mirrors arithmetic. The comment ends by urging recognition of the similarity in result.
A brief aphorism notes that the strongest things face danger from the weakest. The line reflects themes of fragility and risk within power dynamics.
An advertisement warns against mercury based remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective when taken internally. It urges buyers to verify genuineness and notes the price and internal use.
A $5 fine is imposed for walking on the new boule boulevards on Water Street during seed starting. The boulevards are being leveled and seeded and foot traffic is prohibited to protect the work.
The Cosmo presents vaudeville this week featuring The y sons with Harry French singing Marie was Sweet and a colored illustrated short. Moving pictures include Our Xmas Turkey Stolen Dispatches and Adventures of a Loyal Tommy. Admission ten cents.
For sale listings show houses on water near St Paul and Oak streets and town lots in the northern part. An agent asks to call and see G. Sorplaten, Office 222 Main Street.
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