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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
2
A playful verse fragment from James Whitcomb Riley as quoted in Home Magazine reflects on spring with rustic dialect. The text imagines blooming trees, waking bees, and nostalgic orchards while evoking a cheerful rural mood.
The State University plans to offer embalming instruction. The proposal suggests students will study techniques on dead languages as part of the program.
Two intoxicated men were taken into custody after an incident at a millinery store on Thursday night. Police said the individuals appeared inebriated and were detained for questioning regarding suspected disorderly conduct.
The text asserts a link to Plymouth Rock through City Recorder Foster who claims his mother is a direct descendant of the colony’s first baby girl, asserting a rare genealogical connection.
A man near Blooming Prairie drained a local slough at a cost of nine dollars and last year produced seven tons of hay from the same area. The piece notes tiling projects will greatly aid Southern Minnesota farmers in the coming years.
Superintendent Friedrich kept a lively vigil in Oakwood cemetery Thursday night fearing a damaging frost would ruin recent plantings. The frost did not arrive and he returned home satisfied but late.
The coming season brings failed hatch eggs to market. A new law fines $50 on anyone selling bad eggs. Merchants should mark all eggs upon receipt to trace them to the seller if problems arise.
Geo. Gilbertson of LeRoy announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for representative in the south district. He vows to work for the party and its principles and expresses hope for future candidates who pledge to serve the people and their interests over party lines.
May 22 1888 Herald notes H L Banfield elected corporal of Co G at its last meeting. Austin Press Brick Co sold 80000 bricks to C M & St P Co. Cheers for Austin brick. Hon J A Leonard of Rochester to deliver Decoration Day oration and O W Shaw to speak at the cemetery. Sands the dry goods man seeks 50 subscriptions to hire a special night policeman for the business district to ward off fire burglars.
W R C gifts spark student enthusiasm as classrooms learn the flag salute. A Miss Maxwell pupil rephrases the pledge, noting a drift toward democracy. Water street park plans prompt removal of shade trees, with 200 elms planted at varied costs. Spirea and hydrangeas from Turtle Creek nursery enhance the area at low cost.
Roland and Abigail Lutz will perform at the upcoming Men’s Meeting, scheduled for next Monday, delivering a vocal duet. Their appearance adds a musical highlight to the church event and invites attendance.
At the Methodist church Thursday evening the Forward Movement committees met after the regular prayer service. About one hundred attended and the meeting was described as very enthusiastic. Rev. Lutz announced the Este Organ Co. in Brattleboro VT reported shipment of the new church pipe organ, due for dedication June 21.
The notice says Gipsy Smith unavailable to lead the Men's Meeting next Sunday, but Prof. Charles R. Boos will address the gathering. The event promises an engaging session led by Boos at the church.
Governor John A. Johnson issues Memorial Day proclamation designating Saturday May 30 1908 to honor Civil War soldiers. He urges closure of schools factories mills and suspension of labor to make the day sacred to memory of those who fought for liberty.
A Washington dispatch, dated today, reports that no action is needed now and the appropriation will pass. Moses E. Clap, responding to the letter, expresses optimism that Congress will provide funds and does what he can to aid the project.
The city adjourned meeting spent hours debating sewer depth in the west part. The engineer's figures settled the matter and bids will be invited for laying the pipe already in ground. Local sewer men did not bid last time, so bids will be sought from several concerns.
The article invites readers to attend the Men's Meeting where Prof. Chas. R. Boostrom will share a talk. Organizers emphasize an engaging address and community discussion.
Memorial services will be held Sunday at three o clock in the Lutheran church. Rev J A E Naess will deliver the memorial address.
Prof. Charles R. Boostrom will speak at the Christian Brotherhood gathering. Roland and Abigail Lutz will perform songs, offering a musical interlude alongside the planned address.
A deadly fire at the Wintermyer ox factory on Twenty seventh and Taroon streets in Chicago killed one man and injured nine to a dozen others. Fire spread from the box factory to the Suess Ornamental Glass company, with several workers leaping from upper-floor windows. The blaze also destroyed the T. Wilce Lumber yard as flames climbed through the building.
Minneapolis Journal notes the word news explains itself without a muse. The four letters arise from north east west and south, each quadrant telling of war and trade in a compact origin tale.
A quip attributed to Rudyard Kipling warns that if a woman proclaims virtue a man proclaims gentility a community proclaims loyalty or a country proclaims lawfulness one should go the other way The saying reflects cautionary views on social virtue voiced in the era’s tone.
Official bids must be received by the Austin Minnesota Common Council by 4 pm June 5 1908 for sanitary and storm sewer work on West Street Park Avenue Fifth Street and Ash Street totaling about 4682 feet plus 999 feet of pipe. The city provides the pipe. bids must be a gross sum with a 5 percent cash or certified check accompanying each bid as required by the city charter. Foster, City Recorder.
Dog license tags may be obtained from the City Recorder starting from the stated date. Unlicensed dogs found running at large within the city will be caught and killed. G. H. Sutton, Mayor.
Urgent reminder to attend the Men’s Meeting scheduled for next Sunday. The notice highlights a special session described as exceptionally good and seeks prompt participation.
An East Indian paper publishes a native subordinate diary describing being trapped in a tree by a roaring tiger near a fire line. He laments the tiger’s inconsiderate behavior, noting two prior incidents that disrupted his work and left him distressed.
The Christian Brotherhood of Austin Minnesota will hold its regular meeting next Sunday at 3 PM. Prof. Charles R Boostrom will lead the gathering. You are specially invited.
Sixteen year old H Stuvetro, son of A H Stuvetro of Rose Creek, was accidentally shot in the right ankle while hunting with another boy. The ankle bones are shattered and the foot is in danger. He was taken to St Olav Hospital and is under care of Dr Hegge.
John S. Lacey died three years ago at Sioux Falls and was buried today beside his first wife in Oakwood cemetery. He fathered Mrs. Frank Haney and was a longtime early settler who built the citys second hotel in 1857, a two story frame building later on the site of Shedd and Wright. The hotel changed hands several times and burned in 1872.
In Simla on May 22 Mohmand mountaineers offered stout resistance to Major General Sir James Willcocks’s punitive expedition. Heavy fighting occurred at Amri-Killi, where tribesmen charged British bayonets. Two British officers were killed and another wounded, with about twenty Sikh troopers injured. Mohmands suffered over 200 losses.
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