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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
2
The Austin Daily Herald, established November 8, 1891, is the official city newspaper of Austin Minnesota. It publishes every afternoon except Sunday with subscription rates shown, listing prices for one year, three months, one month, one week, and single copies.
E F Peck the home missionary appears in a new merry widow hat. Sherburn hosted a 5000 attendee barbecue and today hosts a sauer kraut and wiener feast. The merchants plan to lure farmers and show appreciation. A torch light Republican rally in Dexter Saturday features T H Pridham speech.
The Herald accuses the Thursday Herald of miscrediting a poem A Dollar a Word to the New York Sun. The Herald pledges to uphold original work and condemns theft of intellectual property as contemptible.
A letter urges patrons to refrain from smoking between acts as cigarette smoke disrupts audiences and lingers in the theatre, suggesting management need not intervene if patrons self enforce this courtesy.
Postmaster Simmons among a few Johnson supporters in Austin attended the Governor’s Thursday speech. The genial official stood in the first rank at the rear of the hall and wore a smile throughout the talk, though his acting is described as a failure by critics.
Patrons of the Gem theater faced interruptions as a few overgrown boys disrupted the play in the gallery on Thursday night. The article notes these youths come from respectable homes and suggests identification and banishment to protect the audience until proper behavior is assured.
A man interrupted Gov Johnson to ask questions but was told to address them later. The moment recalled Czar Reed’s quick retort on tariff matters as an audience of about 3000 reacted with laughter and applause at the quip about sugar.
A satirical portrait mocks a political candidate who swells with vanity then collapses before voting day. The piece lampoons his simpering charm and hypocritical generosity while hinting at hypocrisy and self-reproach after the result.
Gov. John A. Johnson spoke to a crowded auditorium audience, delivering a keynote on voter responsibility and supporting the best man in elections. Andrew French of Waseca spoke briefly after the address, arguing tariff revision and criticizing Tawney’s prior pledges.
In urging a tariff reduction, Mr French cites the cream separator market noting US prices at about $100 while European sellers offer the same item for around $40. This comparison frames the argument for lower duties on selected articles.
The Methodist conference chose Austin as the 1909 session site. The Thursday session focused on how many districts the conference should be divided into, with no vote taken before adjournment.
A Washington dispatch reports the post office department barred H. C. Belmont of Minneapolis, a palmist and death trance medium, for fraudulent acts. Clients paid for reunions and evil-influence removals with little or no results, including K Broten paying 5 dollars, Leo Fautch 10 dollars, and Gus Johnson 8 dollars, while Belmont also used the alias Hi Cohen after moving from New York City.
About forty attended the Sunday school convention at the Christian church with Mr. Locker delivering an engaging talk and Rev. W. E. Sloane guiding the song service. Papers scheduled for the afternoon were read in the evening and the close of the convention is tonight after a devotional service led by J. S. Budlong and a sermon by Rev. W. G. Carlson.
The Herald announces its popular wants service with advertising at 5 cents per line for the first insertion and 1 cent per line for each subsequent insertion. The notice urges readers to try an adlet in the Herald to achieve results.
A jumble of rental and purchase requests including WANTED horse for lumber, a woman for housework, an extra large second hand base burner, a small modern seven or eight room house, employment for a young man, a lady book-keeper, furnished rooms for rent, and houses for rent and sale with terms. Inquiries directed to Frank Snyder, Gas Company office, Dr Collin's with Dr Lewis, Schleuder Paper Co, Will J. Tyler, Mrs. W. H Adams, and Herald offices.
Classified sale notices list items from a coal heater, oven, and bedroom suite to a second hand buggy and household goods. Also offered are a seven room house, a large residence on St Paul Street with twelve rooms and bath, town lots and nearby farms for sale or trade. G Sorflatten advertises office at 222 N Main St.
Rates cut on household goods to the Pacific coast and other points with superior service at reduced rates. The Boyd transfer Co of Minneapolis offers fire and tornado insurance through W. W. Ranney. Mower County Lumber Co invites remodeling projects with lumber cement and plaster at right prices. Eclipse Lumber Co supplies building materials coal or wood.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. remedy must be taken internally. Hall's Catarrh Cure is fed to the blood and mucous surfaces, claimed as a regular prescription by a leading physician. The mix of tonics and blood purifiers is said to yield strong results. testimonials offered free. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Two men died C. H. Layton of Raleigh and George Gould of Spencer when a powder storage house in the Southern Railway yards blew up in Spencer. Twenty or more injured and many nearby buildings damaged by the blast and ensuing fire bad. The magazine reportedly held a half carload of powder dynamite and other explosives.
The Gem theatre offered Tempest and Sunshine as the season’s strongest attraction and drew good attendance. The cast featured Thomas Miygerald and Alice Hawley with strong performances by Thomas Fitzerald, while Manager Matnke plans only first class productions after canceling weaker titles.
Six firemen are in the hospital and three others remain trapped in the ruins of S. H. Knox & Co. store after a three story blaze caused an estimated 25600 in loss. Fire Chief Thomas Reilly Captain Vaughn and Fireman Sweeney are believed trapped as police chief William Lawler died from his injuries and several others were seriously hurt.
A special meeting of the Mower County board in Minnesota will be held in the auditor's office in Austin on Tuesday October 6 1908. The session begins at 3 o'clock and will handle business legally before the board.
A well dressed unidentified woman was found in Powderhorn Lake clutching her year old baby boy. A gold ring bearing E.8 to L.H. and a purse with a note reveal distress but no identity or motive. Both bodies lie at the county morgue.
Cincinnati Oct 2 United States Senator Foraker issues a statement saying he welcomes the law being invoked if he has committed any offense. He reviews charges and legal ethics, notes past oil company work, and invites specific accusation and fair legal proceedings.
Professor Alexander Graham Bell recounts how he used the deaf to guide the first telephone. He describes modeling on the ear, testing with a dead man's ear, and the idea that vibrating iron over an electric magnet could reproduce speech vibrations for understanding.
A fragment from the Washington Herald quotes a shipboard exchange about moving to the main deck and a cheer and a puzzled steward line. Included is a quotation about heaven being far from earth, attributed to Hare.
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