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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
2
Local cafe closes Sundays for first time in seven years
Main Street looks unfamiliar as Frank Guillemin shuts his cafe and candy store on Sunday. He says he is through with Sunday work. Weather outlook promises no more cold spells between the Rockies and Mississippi and a calm period ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Frank Guillemin
Frank
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi
Tradition of Flag Half Mast on Decoration Day
The article notes yearly debates on flag protocol for Decoration Day. Military law requires half mast until noon, then raising to full mast. The rule is now widely observed by major cities.
Austin Deserves Public Building If Roosevelt Veto Is Avoided
The Winona Republican-Herald notes Austin in Mower County may gain a creditable public building if President Roosevelt does not veto the entire bill. The editorial argues the city has earned the facility and urges stalled action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Memorial Day Parade Unity With Teachers Darkens Sights
A newspaper reminiscence recalls a Memorial Day parade where school children led the march but teachers declined citing contract limits. Board members note the omission as unwise as the nation unites to honor fallen servicemembers.
Memorial Day address by Judge Jaggard at Lafayette Park
The article previews a Memorial Day ceremony with Justice Jaggard of the state supreme court delivering a park speech. It notes concerns about noise from children and urges the citizens' committee to police the grounds and keep playful youngsters away from the vicinity of the speaker to avoid disturbing attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaggard
State Supreme Court
Lafayette Park
Citizens’ Committee
Where is Madi son Minnesota references old Madison village
Maps show Madison as a sizable village in Adolpho Section 21, platted 1856 57 with a general store post office hotel and livery. Promoter Warren Brown failed, Moody & Co. boarded railroad workers then failed, village died. E Bassette kept the post office twelve years. Buildings fell to ruin and the site became a wheat field leaving only a memory on the county map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Minn
Lansing
Adolpho
Warren Brown
Moody & Co
E. Bassette
Couny
Beaton property for sale in south town with nine teen lots
Seven room house in excellent repair with new papering painting and electric lights. Large barn chicken-house and outbuildings. Fine grove orchard and shrubbery. Nine teen lots nearly two blocks. can sell as whole or subdivide into four or more lots. Austin Minnesota. E H Smirr, Austin Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaton
Justice Court Proceedings Reportedly Sparse Yet Severe
Arthur Potts was arrested for assault on Joe Listek and fined 10 dollars plus costs before Justice Fairbanks. John Shields, a vagrant drunk, faced thirty days in county jail or thirty minutes to leave town, choosing the latter. Geo. Anderson, who earned money selling court plaster, appeared before Justice Ranney and received thirty days on bread and water or fifteen minutes to vanish, and has not been seen since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Potts
Joe Listek
Fairbanks
John Shields
Geo. Anderson
Justice Ranney
Unclear OCR Text About Cattle and Bias Mentions
The readable fragments mention cattle numbers and references to Bias and individuals, but the text is garbled with many nonstandard words. No coherent event or clear facts emerge to summarize a specific news item or outcome.
Mrs. C. L. Cleveland Returns From Cities
Mrs. C. L. Cleveland came back from the cities last night in good spirits and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Cleveland
Memorial Day Exercises in Austin May 30 1908 Parade and Program
Memorial Day observances in Austin include a morning parade from St. Paul to Lafayette Park with 24 girls as escort to scatter flowers on the waters, followed by an afternoon program at Lafayette Park with Mayor George Sutton presiding and speeches by Judge Edwin A. Jaggard and others. Delegations will decorate graves at St. Augustine's cemetery in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Water Street
War Street
Main
Lafayette Park Bridge
Lafayette Park
W. R.C
G. A. RR
Oakland
St. Augustine’s Cemetery
George Sutton
Quartette
G. A. R. Button
Loren Woodle
Co. G
Marshal Bump
St. Paul Street
MclIntyre Post
Wom.s Relief Corps
Flower Brigree
Maple
Maple Street
Grand Ball: Kelly and Casey Harp Orchestra at Maurek's Hall
A dance event at Maurek's Hall features Kelly and Casey with their harp orchestra offering two steps waltzes schottisches and quartets. The program includes Moonlight Waltz I Love You All The Way and Home Sweet Home Waltz with a 75 cent per couple admission and 15 cents for ladies. Free lunch for all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly & Casey Harp
Maurek’'s Hall
Maurek
Kelly
Casey
Dinia
Jenne Jones
Miss Lottie Scholl Hosts Parcel Shower
About twenty young ladies gathered Monday evening at Mrs. Julius Johnson’s home to honor Miss Lottie Scholl with a parcel shower. Music filled the evening as a mock marriage ceremony was performed, centerpieces featured a bride with ribbons to the table corners, rooms bright with flowers, and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Scholl
Juius Johnson
Taken Unawares in Sixth Avenue Store
A mild looking man in a New York Sixth Avenue store becomes the center of embarrassment after a boy, pulled by a large woman, cries out to him not to spit. The man reddens and retreats from the scene, leaving onlookers amused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sixth Avenue
New York Times
Splurge Bill Inflation for Lifelong Friends
A New Orleans Times-Democrat item shows a caterer charging 20 percent more when guests are lifelong friends rather than strangers. The joke notes friends dine more freely, while strangers feel at ease or nervous, affecting appetites and the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Quote by La Rochefoucauld on souls and passions
The line asserts that true souls are defined not by fewer passions or more virtue but by having grander designs. It emphasizes ambition as the mark of a deeper character and challenges modest or simple ambitions as insufficient.
Young Gathering Honors Miss Minnie Harvey at Opie Home
About twenty five youths met at the H. C. Opie home on East street Monday evening to honor Miss Minnie Harvey recently arrived from England. Miss Ashley provided music and Miss Harvey sang, with recitations by Mrs Hendryx Glen Hendryx and Mrs Mattie Robertson. Refreshments followed as guests left, praising the social pleasure of the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Opie
East Street
Minnie Harvey
Opie
England
Miss Asley
Miss Harvey
Hendryx
Glen Hendryx
Mattie Robertson
The English Channel Landmarks and Rough Seas
The English Channel separates England and France from Land's End to Dover on the English side and Ushant to Calais on the French side. The strait of Dover connects the German Ocean to the Atlantic, 21 miles wide, with a maximum width near midchannel of 150 miles. Strong currents and frequent high winds make crossing rough and seasickness common.
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English Channel
Land’s Pad
Dover
Ushant
Calais
Strait of
Byron Epitaph for Boatswain the Newfoundland Dog
Lord Byron praised Boatswain with a classic epitaph noting beauty without vanity strength without insolence and courage without ferocity. The tribute honors the dog born May 3 1803 at Newfoundland and died November 18 1808 at Newstead Abbey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Byron
Newfoundland
Boatswain
Newstead Abbey
Woman's Reasoning at Azcarraga Station
A husband and wife argue at Azcarraga station as the train leaves just as they arrive. The husband blames the wife for delaying, while she retorts that his hurry caused the longer wait for the next train. Philippines Gossip.
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Azcarraga Station
Philippines
At Home Banquet Quip Highlights Quiet Presence
The Houston Post notes a banquet moment where a guest feels perfectly at home and silent, underscoring his characteristic reserved demeanor in social gatherings. The exchange implies his comfort in familiar settings despite speechlessness.
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Houston Post
Diamonds burned by sun under Davy and Faraday in Florence
The Chicago News reports that in Florence Sir Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday demonstrated diamonds burning under a sun focused by a burning glass. The experiment used convex lenses and a hydrogen-filled globe, with the diamond consuming after several cycles of heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Humphry Davy
Michael Faraday
Mlorence
Duke of
Tuscany
Chicago News
Quote on cats and power from the Manchester Union
A terse opinion from the Manchester Union contrasts human power with the mystery of a cat's black and white fur. The remark frames human limits in understanding natural color.
Feast of the Bride: A Spanish Phrase Wedding
A wedding event described with a phrase meaning the one who eats feasts the bride, signaling celebratory feast customs and festive dining at the ceremony.
No Wonder He Filed
A tall solemn young man enters a restaurant with apologetic air and sits alone avoiding others. A buxom woman with seven children joins his table. staff circle the party, drawing surprised glances and whispered judgments from patrons. The scene sparks gossip among diners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flo
London Telegraph
Like a Dog
Comic exchange from a Washington Star dialogue about a husband who works hard and returns muddy to be fed by the fire referenced by two women in a brief quoted exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
When Used as a Cloak Religion Is a Misfit
A brief quotation from Et Louis Clobe in the Democrat notes that religion serves poorly as a cloak for most people, suggesting in a sharp, opinionated line that faith is rarely a true cover for motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Clobe
Democrat
Cosmo Tonight Features Atie Cosmo In Irish Comedy
Atie Cosmo presents original sketch A Wid ow's Courtship with Tom Rossley and Marie Rostelle. Harry French sings As Long as the World Rolls on. Moving pictures The Slave Girl How Bridget's Lover Escaped Harlequin's Love Story shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Rossley
Marie Rostelle
Cosmo Tonight
Harry French
Bridget
Miss Griggs to be Married and Go Abroad
Miss Daisy May Griggs former Minnesota Y W C A state secretary will marry Harvey Eugene Phillips in Topeka Kansas at the end of June. The couple will sail for Europe in July for travel before moving to Egypt likely at Cairo or Assiut. A state committee meeting will follow with Mrs Norman Wilde hosting and a new state secretary expected to be chosen in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Young Women’s Christie Association
Daisy May Griggs
Topeka
Kan
Harvey Eugene Phillips
Phillips
United Presbyterian
Alleghany
Europe
Egypt
Ca'ro
Assyut
Miss Griggs
Minnesota
A Little Learning Howlers From English School Children
Amusing blunders show how early English schooling misfires. Quotes reveal soldiers with dark eyes and long hair, misread mottoes, and mistaken history from Caesar to Daniel and Amos. Entertaining and period tone with curious misreadings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehovah
John Baliol
France
Julius Caesar
Britain
Italy
Hamilcar
Curzon Hall
Birmingham
Cicero
Xenophon
Liverpool
Lot
Metropolitan Novelty Store Opening at 408 Main Street
Guilleman announces formal opening day Thursday May 28 for Metropolitan Novelty Store at 408 Main Street. New line of novelties postal cards souvenirs stationery 5 and 10c counters confections and an ice cream parlor will be featured inviting the public to inspect the surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan
Guilleman
Main Street
Viavi system home treatment contact in Austin Minn
Persons interested in the Viavi system of home treatment can communicate with Miss Helen Sass, manager of the Rochester Viavi Co., by addressing or at Austin, Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viavi
Helen Sass
Rochester Viavi Co
Austin
Minnimo
Dog License Tags Now Available From City Recorder
The City Recorder begins issuing dog license tags on and after the stated date. Unlicensed dogs found running at large within city limits will be caught and killed. Mayor G. H. Sutton signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Sutton
Charming Bookseller Delivers The Wide Wide World Offer
A courteous bookseller urges a young lady to accept The Wide Wide World, offering the volume with chivalrous generosity. The exchange centers on polite courtesy and literary interest in a refined social moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathander
None Knows the Weight of Another’s Unten-Effort
A terse aphorism notes that no one can measure another person’s hidden labor or struggle. It frames effort as an unseen burden carried by individuals in private, beyond outside judgment or comparison.
Why she Couldn't Love Him in Louis Republic
An aside details a woman refusing affection because her suitor wears a wig. She judges him by appearance and dismisses romance while calmly reading a novel, amid playful, ironic social commentary from the Louis Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Republic
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