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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
2
A fragmented note from the Austin Daily Herald lists time markers year three months one month and one week. The garbled text follows with unreadable fragments and stray letters.
Chicago's victory is praised as clean athletics for baseball fans and beyond. Clifford Jones raised the prize radish of the year, measuring 18 inches long and 11 inches in circumference, presented to a neighbor Thursday. An evening judge meeting was interrupted by a phone call for Mr. Say John to tell his wife he would be home soon.
A humorous spoof describes winter social plans as a three act play for women and men. Act I shows preevent turmoil, lists, and shifting roles. Act II covers the event itself with chatter and social rigmarole. Act III notes postevent relief and lingering nerves with bromoseltzer.
William Lampkin 28, an Austin electric light plant worker, died after stepping on a messenger wire while cutting a live conductor on Greenwich Street near Oakland Avenue. Coroner Lewis and family notified. incident raises questions on residual current despite a cut wire and safety checks.
The M. W. A. conducted a lively meeting on Wednesday night with many attendees. Two candidates were initiated and county reports showed applications by location: Austin 27, Grand Meadow 38, Lyle 11, Tappi 17, Lansing 8, Brownsdale 6. Local committees were named for reception, entertainment, refreshments, and press duties.
Boston writers bring a vivid New England fishing world to the stage in Miss Petticoats. Agatha Renier grows aboard the whaler Harpoon and later navigates high society with warmth and wit. The production screens November 28, 1908 for one night, with the book soon in city stores.
At the Methodist County Fair hot waffles were served with coffee for 13 cents from 6 o clock throughout the evening. The offer drew steady lines as attendees enjoyed a simple meal during the event.
The article describes Roney s Boys concert reaching from the White House Christmas event with President Roosevelt to prison cell audiences in penitentiaries. Mr Roney has performed for over 60000 inmates, bringing rare warmth to thieves and murderers. A performance is planned at M E church October 16 under Ladies Aid with tickets 25 cents and 50 cents available at Wolds and Poolers.
Thought Mayor Pretty Frank Aman asked Mayor Sutton about peddler license charges this morning. He offered five dollars a day for selling shears and scissors, while the peddler urged twenty five dollars a day. The mayor expressed strong opposition to outsiders taking business from locals. The exchange showcased blunt city attitudes toward licensing and commerce.
The State of Iowa jury found F. H. McDonnell not guilty of the March killing at Mason City cement plant hotel after multiple ballots. The verdict was announced in open court with McDonnell, his father, and supporters present. He left for New Hampton to rest and plans to resume work, while his mother expressed relief after six months of grief.
The library announces new acquisitions including 131 Maiden Every Man a King 218 Abbott Other Room 220 Houghton Telling Bible Stories 231 Abott Great Companois 234 King Seeming Unreality of the Spiritual Life 252 Afternoons in the Colege Chapel 615 Fletcher Optimism 635 Hall Three Acres and Liberty al4 Crothers Gentle Reader 822 Kennedy Servant in the House B Palmer Alice Freeman Palmer 920 Tappan American Hero stories Brady Little Traitor to the South Brown Meadow Grass Deeping Uther and Igraine Dillion Rose of Old St. Louis Eggleston Dorothy South Garland Her Mountain Lover Green Filigree Ball Hutter Our Lady of the Beeches Major Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Merwin Road-Builders Read Arkansas Planter Read Kentucky Colonel Read Tennesee Judge Richmond Indifference of Juliet J Harker Miss Esperance and Mr Wycherly J Montgomery Anne of Green Gables J Richmond Round the Corner in May Street J Tomlinson Camp-Fire of Mad Anthony J Tomlinson Mad Anthony's Scout FIVE-CENT FICTION Barr Young Lord Strawleigh Bindless Delilah of the Snow Booth Post Girl Correlli Holy Orders Davis Victor of Salamis Goodrich Gleam o Dawn Peck Sword of Dundee Scott Colonel of the Red Huzzars Scott Princess Debra Smith Peter Ward Testing of Diana Mallory
Ole Olson, employed by the C M and St P Railway, was injured when a piano fell on him during unloading at Lyle on Thursday noon. He suffered a cracked rib a badly bruised hip and other injuries. Olson is at home and confined to bed with recovery expected to take time.
Premium list for the Methodist County Fair sets Friday and Saturday October 9 and 10 with prizes for best potato corn navy beans bread lager cake doughnuts pumpkin pie cookies jelly quilt and more. Free supper and exhibition ticket offered. all exhibits except dolls must be donated.
Local fair organizers announce a pumpkin face carving premium contest at the Methodist County Fair. Participants are urged to create expressive designs to win the top prize and attract fairgoers.
Classified item listing a need for a dependable young man for steady employment at a local establishment, with inquiry directed to Frank Snyder at Winona and Fifth street.
Hot waffles with coffee offered at 15 cents from six in the evening as part of fair events. Bargains on household goods bound for the Pacific coast with reduced rates. Insurance options and bonding services advertised locally. Local lumber firms urge remodels with building materials, coal, and plaster at favorable prices.
A help wanted notice seeks a woman to handle small family tasks including wishing and ironing. Apply at the Herald office during weekday hours, 9 to 2.
The Faribault Congregational convention reports an enthusiastic session with benevolent gifts raised to 2,000,000 dollars annually. A State Brotherhood of Laymen is being organized and Rev. F. E. Knopf chairs the resolution committee which endorsed county option and pledged effort to secure it. The resolution was adopted with enthusiasm at the men’s meeting.
Alfred Ziemer buys the Henry Miller property on South River Street and plans to move his Buff poultry and Bee farm to Austin. He will stock 600 to 900 chickens and bring top birds to town in spring. Ziemer has earned over 1600 prizes across New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and other venues. Local breeders anticipate an annual poultry show and a rising industry.
Austin and Spring Valley High meet at Corbitt's field on South Kenwood avenue. The game kicks off at 3 45 with strong local interest and a likely large crowd expected for a spirited matinée.
Short horn bull calves and Cotswold bucks along with Poland China pigs aged two to three months are offered for sale with reasonable prices by J. J. Furlong's Columbia Stock Farm. R. M. Foster plans another Pocahontas coal shipment and invites orders before Saturday. Loomis Bros. buy poultry daily at the highest market price and ship car lots from East Mill Street.
Frank E Long's all fun show returns to the Gem Family Theatre next Monday night with a 15 member supporting company. Nana Sullivan leads the cast with Erin Sullivan Lacey, Will F Crockett, Brown Bros and Bruce Kent adding songs and comedy. Popular prices 15 25 35 cents, seats on sale now.
Sunshine appeals to housewives to donate usable garments and bedding to the YWCA for redistribution. She cites six children sleeping on straw with no proper bedding and asks for unused baby carriages to aid a three month old, expressing gratitude to willing mothers.
In a W ashington Star excerpt Erastus Pinkley jokes about a mule, with a man whittling a pine stick remarking on its curious look and Pinkley replying that the mule is “cur’us” and asking what price might be placed on it as property or a possible affliction.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications but internal remedies reach the disease seat. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It is not a quack medicine and is prescribed by leading physicians as a regular prescription. Sold by druggists for 75 cents with testimonials offered. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Children urged to save pennies and attend the fair while farmers are advised to consult the tape list for the Methodist County air big stock exhibit at the event.
A humorous exchange cited by the Boston Transcript features a newly arrived spirit disputing admission to St Peter. The saint counters by directing the soul not to the cold but to the hot afterlife, illustrating a wry fate awaiting the intruder.
A brief dialogue reveals a doctor forbidding a sister to sing for six months and questions whether another person is near her, framed as a tense domestic moment. The lines hint at concern, secrecy, and authority affecting the sister.
Five young performers billed as Roney's Boys visit the city for a concert on Friday night October 16. They are unrelated to trainer Mr. Reney though many assume a family link. The name, chosen years ago, serves as a valued trade mark for Mr. Roney's touring company. Tickets are 50 cents at Wold's and Pooler's.
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