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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1908
Page
2
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Women petitioned the city board to refuse use of the parks for a Boston Bloomer baseball game in Mankato. The move reflects local opposition to the event and its venue.
Citizens warned of a heavy five dollar fine for each fish under six inches kept from local waters. Complaints say some boys remove these undersized fish, noting they are not fit for food. Parents urged to warn their children to respect the rule and avoid penalties.
Fire Chief Jensen urges publics to pull the nearest alarm box rather than phone. He notes that phone calls delay response because box number must be relayed, while direct alarm activation immediately signals fire teams at the engine house.
Col C L West reports from Shiloh noting a Duluth city engineer favors cement and concrete sewers for large diameters but cautions against thin 24 inch pipes. He warns against future leaks and root intrusion and urges using thicker sections or reimbursing contractors to ensure durable installation.
In Aubrey Lanston’s Bohemian Magazine piece, Cafe de la Paix owned by Ledeyer offers fixed prices while Cafe de Paris without prices charges guests at the maitre d hotel’s discretion. An American’s protest ends with a demand to pay, prompting a witty tale of class and tariff power in famous Paris eateries.
The text argues that the human mind, from savage to civilized, seeks reasons for natural phenomena. Myths arise because early thinkers invent stories to explain what they cannot yet scientifically understand. The anthropologist Tylor is cited to support that myth making begins when attention is drawn to phenomena with obvious cause.
Hewitt asks if his wife knows more than one language. Jewett confirms she reads French novels in the original and speaks to her sleep in English. She dismisses the servant in German and converses with their youngest child Anhaeritsnrthadenaee.
A reader letter urges active promotion of Austin in politics and business. It lauds the $50 000 post office building appropriation and $8 000 site funds, thanks Jim Tawney for securing government support, and calls for swift local advertising and hustling to attract merchants, rail travelers, and new industries.
Lieut. Col. Gerlach's inspection of Company G reports perfect attendance, ceremonial conduct, and exemplary condition of arms uniforms and records. The general remark lauds appearance finances and a top ranking within the state with high citizen support and a mustering capability of one hundred percent in eight hours.
A DANZIG court tale recounts Captain Engellandt surviving twelve days in a sunken ship after capsize. He fed on condensed milk prunes rice and sugar saved by a cupboard shelf and hammered for rescue, later freed by the Norwegian Aurora at Neufahrwasser. The ship’s three crew perished.
Puck notes a factory scene where a foreman directs a six best seller operation. Plots are punched in at machines, description is stitched in, dialogue added by hand, and the manuscript moves to finishing to be sawed into chapters.
William M Howe age 70 died at his Water street home Saturday after a long brain illness. Born in Adams New York June 19 1835 he lived in St Lawrence County and Minnesota before settling in Austin. He served as Register of Deeds for six years and later ran an abstract loan and real estate business. He was a devoted Congregationalist church member, led church history work and choir, and his wife Susan J Soule survives with daughter Jessie Ellen Pierce deceased. Funeral is Tuesday at two at the Congregational church with Rev Knopf and Rev Beicen officiating.
The funeral for Harry Edward infant son of Edward and Marie Twedell was held yesterday at 4 pm at the Presbyterian church. Dr Sloane preached from Suffer the little children to come unto me. A quartet rendered music. Floral pieces were numerous and a large company attended. Harry Edward Twedell was born in Aust June 6 1907 and died May 15 1908. Interment at Oakwood.
The Lady Maccabees announce a 15 cent supper to be served Tuesday evening at Woodman Hall. The menu features cream potatoes roast pork brown gravy baked pork and beans brown bread pineapple sponge apple salad Ross coffee cake.
The English royal state carriage built in 1761 for George III cost 36000 dollars and has since carried monarchs on state occasions. Designed by Sir William Chambers it weighs four tons and remains sound. six milk white horses pull it with postilions and grooms in attendance while a ladder aids the coachman.
Beatrice Grimshaw notes Tahitians split coconuts with a pointed stick to reveal white young nuts. They crack the top around like an egg, drink the fresh slightly sweet water, considered safer than milk from older nuts, and praise its refreshing nourishment during travel.
In October devout communities eat a special confectionery formed into idol shapes. Artisans at doorhooks churn sugar into a tough white thread then elongate it to four to five feet. The mass is cooled and shaped into sacred idols for sale and consumption.
An Odessa correspondent notes Russia as the origin of the cigarette and describes a banking house where clerks smoke openly while a waitress serves tea to all staff. The custom extends to postal and telegraph offices where smoking is forbidden for the public but common among workers. The tea and cigarettes are provided by the establishments themselves.
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