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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
3
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Baird hosted friends Friday evening for cards to celebrate Mr. Baird's birthday. The Wanduska Club had its first meeting Friday night followed by a bonfire at Norrine Huser's with roasted apples and marshmallows.
Daily items from Austin Minnesota note weather cooling tonight and tomorrow. Several people travel to LeRoy Dexter Kasson Grafton Winona St. Paul and Chicago for visits business or events. A church meeting promises invites. Contact for Hankins Printing press stock in Austin.
A playful classroom scene features Nels Jensen and students debating who has nicer things and patching up a fire house. A teacher admonishes misbehavior, urges kindness, and reminds the children they have only one life to live and should strive to be their best.
Mrs. T F Cummings travels to Mason City for the day while Mrs. W R Terry and son Johnny head to the cities. Emma Fisher returns from Blooming Prairie. F O Hall plans a modern rental home with bath and heating on Oakland avenue. The YWCA stenography class led by Miss Roulston meets with a deadline to join by Oct 12. N W Warren will lead Christian Brotherhood at Elk's hall before leaving Austin. Christian church holds services with morning and evening talks on Intimacy with Christ and The Church of Christ and its Privileges. college musicians to perform at the evening service.
Brakeman Fred Hirt lays off. Frank Harmacy returns from Albert Lea. Mrs. Frank Moucha heads to Chicago to visit relatives. Miss Tena Olson and Miss Vina Ford of Adams visit Mrs. Ellefson. The Boney Boys share travel stories and lecture peers in classrooms. M. E. church Ladies Aid hosts Oct 16 with tickets 25 and 50 cents at Wold's and Pooler's.
William De Mars alias William Lawrence pleaded guilty to third degree burglary in the Charles Varco store at Rose Creek and was sentenced to five years at St. Cloud state reform school. He claimed age 22 and blamed drink for his downfall. His accomplice Frank Dillon awaits plea. Another burglar, Ralph S. Anderson, also pled guilty to third degree sorcery, with five years to the reform school. Anderson sobbed on reading a letter from his mother and admitted drink caused his fall. he claimed Yeggmen pressured him, and in his trunk were stolen items including champaign, a Hamilton watch movement, razors, pens, a lady’s handbag, spoons, a revolver, and a chisel. The article ends with a Transvaal anecdote about Lord Milner and a hatter offering hire of silk hats to officials at Pretoria.
The article recalls pietra d in famie or stone of infamy used to shame bankrupt traders in Venice Verona and Florence. During carnival week bankrupts stood on the stone while creditors read their failure reports and hurled reproaches, then officials bumped them twelve times in homage to the twelve apostles.
The article traces wigs replacing natural hair in line with a broader move to nature linked to the French Revolution. It notes a possible start by Louis VIII due to baldness and court imitation, then says wigs dominated fashion for over a century in England while trousers were rare a century ago.
The tale of Junius Brutus and the Tarquins reports a Delphic oracle predicting Rome’s successor as "He who shall first kiss his mother." Brutus, hurrying home, trips and cries, "Thus do I kiss thee, O Earth, the mother of us all!" marking an early use of Mother Earth in exchange.
A witty courtroom exchange questions obligation to society versus personal hospitality as a judge quips about inviting the grocer and butcher to a private party. The dialogue contrasts social duties with personal invitations.
A Chicago firm J. E. McBrady Co seeks applicants for a business management role in an advertisement offering good pay, details on request, a special offer of a new suit, and a $25 cash bonus for qualified applicants.
A Chicago Record Herald excerpt describes a black farmer after a bad crop year who cannot read or write or afford more supplies. He mockingly surveys a balance sheet, chants a rude couplet about wealth gaps, pockets the paper, and walks away with whimsical relief despite pennilessness.
A mother with a crying infant confronts a man in a gray suit on a public vehicle. She accuses him of cruelty and derides his appearance, while he grows visibly irritated and bolts before the confrontation finishes.
A comic dialogue shows a Little Girl claiming a father and grandfather while an Old Gentleman asks the grandfather's age. The girl replies that she does not know, noting they have had him a long time.
The Waco Times-Herald notes publicity as the fastest route to market, asserting newspapers are the broadest medium to reach a worldwide audience. The piece emphasizes the media’s role in launching products efficiently.
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