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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1908
Page
4
A professor recounts a mountain hike where he drifted into a deathlike sleep described as a mystery of a balloon voyage. He felt cold pain and danger, then drifted toward Lucerne in thoughts before a sudden pull returned him to life as friends revived him. The tale, recounted in Boston Post.
A terse Chinese proverb notes that silence and blushing serve as the eloquence of women, reflecting cultural emphasis on modesty and restrained expression.
The passage portrays Hawaiiian girls as nearly universally handsome with brown skin, magnificent eyes and teeth, straight jet black hair often reaching below the knees, well-formed heads, alert intelligent and amiable expressions, youthful voluptuous figures that become heavy after maturity, full features with a slightly tilted nose and upper lip, and very sweet voices.
The Rev Father Joseph F. Lubeley, 33, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Salisbury, was stabbed twice by Joseph Schuette as worshippers watched. Lubeley, in critical but stable condition, survived the attack with a deep neck wound. Schuette, reportedly deranged, was restrained by parishioners and jailed. motive linked to alleged prior reprimand.
Mrs. Ernst Terwilliger was found dead from strangulation in Newark Ohio. Her husband Ernst Terwilliger was arrested on suspicion and later confessed to the crime. He is jailed as police reserves kept crowds back from the prison.
Terwilliger admitted drinking before a quarrel led to him choking his wife to death as she lay in bed. The 18 year old Mrs. Terwilliger, soon to be a mother, had been married a year and recently reconciled with him after domestic discord.
In Eveleth Minnesota on May 25 Mrs. Brick Lund hanged herself in a barn at 409 Fayal Street using a rope noose tied to a rafter. She had previously attempted drowning in Fayal pond but was not committed after a sanity examination.
Seven men seriously injured in a sensational airship accident in Oakland are recovering at Roosevelt hospital. None are expected to die. I V Rogers, assistant engineer among the fourteen aboard the dirigible, was believed fatally injured but will recover.
In Mrimson Missouri on May 25 Mrs B B King and Mrs Anna Coakley and the latter's five year old brother drowned when a buggy was swept away crossing Sugar Creek. Local rescue workers recovered the bodies and investigated the tragedy.
In St Louis on May 25 John R. Perry, an amateur player, died from heart failure after a long throw from left field toward home plate during a game between two local teams. He had earlier hit a two-base hit and was out attempting to steal third.
Menominee Michigan on May 25 Frank Cornelius a leading local businessman bought a ticket for Germany and shot himself en route to the station. Despondency over his wife’s death is given as the cause of the tragedy.
A grandstand at a minor league ball game in Buffalo collapsed spilling about 800 spectators into mud. Ambulances and police rushed to the scene but the worst injuries were sprains and bruises amid scattered chaos as fans were carried away.
Two crowded trolley cars collided at Deusadero and Sacramento streets near a steep grade at noon. Henry Baer a traveling salesman died and twenty others were injured including one fatally and several seriously.
A Chicago fire at the National Box company on Thirty-eighth street and Center avenue caused about 200000 dollars in damage. Officials estimate six million feet of lumber destroyed.
A brisk saying notes that certain individuals seem to spread happiness as they move through life, leaving a positive impression in every place they visit and with every interaction.
Pearson's Weekly argues Haiti has suffered mass killings since Columbus, detailing tortures and executions that left over five million dead. The piece frames colonial violence from Spanish to French rule, citing Dessalines and brutal reprisals as cause of ongoing genocide on the island.
The text notes that people sleep talking reveals truth, betrays anger when questioned, and shows closed eyes with altered voice. Sleep talkers can remember dreams within dreams and recall prior dream events. Mental anxiety can prompt sleep talking where awake they would not.
Walkerton Ontario May 26 three people drowned after their canoe overturned in the Saugeen river. Victims were Frederick Clark twenty one Gertrude O Brecht nineteen and her sister Bertha twenty two.
A legend of Chobei, famed duelist leader in Yeddo, who outsmarted the Hatamotos and then walked into a staged ambush. He accepted the prince Juiozayemon invitation, faced six samurai unarmed, and died in a boiling bath while maintaining his reputation for fearless honor.
A man raves about a restaurant calling it the best in months and urging a friend to try it. The friend questions if hunger skewed the verdict and warns that extreme hunger makes any meal seem excellent. The exchange from the New York Press highlights subjective dining impressions.
A description of the lancer snake from South America notes its small brown form and deadly bite. Its venom causes widespread swelling and intense pain, driving victims toward madness within hours, leading to death at around four hours in severe cases.
Mrs Binks asks to join church service inviting the judge to sit in her pew. Mrs Jinks declines noting her hat is not trimmed for that side of the church in a brief exchange with a judge present.
For Sale Cheap A house in good hope two blocks from Main St with barn and garden spot. For Sale on Oakland Ave a nearly modern house with barn. For Sale Cheap A barn and one lot on First St. A 160 A farm for sale with fair buildings near Oakland. A 160 A farm for sale near Leltoy on account of proprietors old app.
A congressman aboard a wrecked train recalls the moment a passenger was pitched forward as the water cooler tipped, soaking his clothes. A frantic man urged calm, but the soaking passenger joked he was the coolest man in the car after two buckets of water were dumped down his back.
A young widow and a wise bachelor in Chicago engage in a sharp exchange about luck and money. The widow wonders who first said it is better to be born lucky than rich, and the bachelor retorts that the speaker was likely an old fool whose wife married him for his wealth.
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