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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
2
The Austin Daily Herald is published each afternoon except Sunday and serves as the official city paper. This notice lists circulation details and credits Gertrude Ellis-Skinner as associate editor along with the publishers.
A mixed local bulletin recounts a returned book from three years borrowed, hopes for reform, and notes on J. S. Pillsbury’s Minnesota governorship terms and vote margins. It records Wm. Brown discovering rats under a barn, with 146 killed, and a plan to cut horse feed costs. Also lists F W Knatvold’s primary receipts and expenditures and 1904 1906 Dunn Johnson vote tallies and majorities in local city and county elections.
Collier’s Weekly lauds independent voting in the Northwest and cautions against party labels. It argues the free voter should act on judgment rather than rubber stamping party lines, noting gains for political freedom west of the Alleghenies as favorable signs.
The Mahara Brothers deliver a polished minstrelsy program at Fargo Opera House with a 25 member cast, new palace car, elaborate scenery, and striking electrical effects. The Fargo News commends the performance for cleanliness, design, and strong ensemble work including the female quintet and Prof. Attius Hughes's orchestra.
The Eight Vassar Girls yesterday fulfilled promises of a novel show winning enthusiastic applause. They displayed unusual proficiency as instrumentalists and vocalists with saxophones reeds and brass. Their numbers were marked by unity richness and sweetness of tone and quiet intelligence of expression.
A Los Angeles drama of cow tethering and old busybody rumors ends with a hung jury. Judge Page testified on cow mischief by Johnson’s cattle and a clash over a rope and a knife. The trial paused as seven jurors favored acquittal and five sought conviction.
A quip about secrets from Stray Stories contrasts a woman’s two views: either a secret is not worth keeping or it is too good to keep. The dialogue hints at discretion and value in sharing hidden knowledge.
Fragmentary market notes show veal and cattle prices with wide ranges. Mentions of fat beef, veal, sheep, lamb values and various price bands from 4 to 8 pounds, with unclear headings and stray figures.
A reader recalls Friday night entertainment at the Congregational church and muses on Iowa pride. He praises Iowa’s iron regions, farmland yields, and the value of corn, livestock, and soil, noting tiling and soil depth while hopeful for future productivity.
D W Hogan traveled through Iowa visiting his children and brought back farm product samples. One son J H Hogan raised 5500 bushels of oats this year. The oats were good and heavy.
A fierce storm ended a long drought on Tuesday night with four inches of rain, lightning, and floods. The Campbell electric plant at McAfee's mill suffered damage, cutting power to the city and forcing mills to switch to water power, while pastures and wells suffered before the rainfall revived green growth.
Frank J. Cheney of J. F. Cheney & Co. swears the Toledo based firm will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1886 by A. W. Gleason. Cure taken internally, claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Fr. J. Cheney & Co. advertises testimonials and druggists sell the remedy at 50 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Herald requests a medium size house with a small barn and a few acres of land or a small farm adjoining Austin. Reply via Herald.
For Sale items include a roller top desk and stall building in third ward. Art Garland stove with oven. Seven-room house contact Mrs. Dahle at 906 Grove Street. Family horse with harness and buggy and other furnishings offered by W H Adams at 401 South River. Additional town lots and farms near Austin listed by G Sorflat en Office 223 N Main St.
Mrs Brown of Chicago, corset expert, will demonstrate and fit the celebrated Gossard Corset throughout the week at CuHas. Loomis Bros advertise best poultry prices and daily intake. Various services include fuel, lumber, shipping, and insurance amid local business notices.
Thos Rochford lists properties for sale including a seven room house on West Bridge a new cottage on N Second Street a six room house and Lake Park lots in the third ward plus a cement block cottage south of Mill and a fine lot on West Grove Street He also offers horses buggies furniture coal stove sand dirt and filling services asserting ownership of the items for sale.
The piece traces caricature as a major method of criticism from early 18th century European finance scandals. It notes Law's French schemes in 1719 and 1730 spurred a flood of prints doubly shaping public opinion. Hogarth, Walpole, and subsequent political caricature are linked to press influence and accountability.
For four years Taft governed over more than 80,000 laborers in the Panama canal zone and there was no real labor dispute. Yet Bryan supporters claim he oppresses workers.
A. L. Parrott, famed for border exploits with McNelly’s Texan Rangers, dodges a sniper fire in a southwest Texas town in 1875 while playing chess. The deadly moment ends with Parrott declaring check as the knight is hit. The tale contrasts Parrott’s boldness with political mentions of Taft and Bryan.
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