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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
2
The Austin Daily Herald serves Austin Minnesota as the official city paper with daily editions except Sundays, carrying local news, announcements, and community notices from the Minnesota city.
Frank Hagan notes that six candidates for political honors visited his home in half a day, calling them a nuisance. The item contrasts with a light food vignette about beefsteak and a longing for steadfast friends.
The politician is apt to stage a public reminder of the saying all men are liars. He expects to draw that conclusion once the votes are counted.
The day normally spent duck hunting for T. H. Pridham and Fay W. Greenman becomes a heated campaign duel as their rivalry over votes intensifies with each passing day.
John E. Malloy narrowly escapes a highwayman during a nighttime walk in Yellowstone park. The night before, he traveled the same road where the bandit later struck successfully at dawn.
The text states that Gov. Johnson's vote in this county will resemble two years earlier, with Republicans dissatisfied by a candidate imposed on their party through manipulations by the machines in Hennepin and Ramsey counties.
A hopeful candidate notes unexpectedly high vote support while a skeptic challenges the promises. The exchange hints at a heated campaign atmosphere and growing voter interest as the race heats up.
The county seeks a robust representation in the forthcoming legislature. Nolan from the north and Boostrom from the south district are named to lead a cohesive delegation. Officials emphasize avoiding being attached to another county.
Twenty one car train of fancy stock left Mason City on Sunday at 12 45 PM for the Milwaukee division and arrived in St Paul at 6 20 PM. The star run pleased its owners with the journey.
Rev W B Riley of Minneapolis predicts a decline in using music at funerals. He says music, as sympathy, heightens grief and Christian civilization will eventually disallow funeral hymns. He argues death is sad enough without the dirge.
An Austin meat man claims a customer bought 90 cents worth of beef. As she exited, her package dropped and the meat scattered into a thousand particles on impact. He helped her recover the fragile meat, noting its extraordinary tenderness.
J Solner visited Europe and urges every American to take the trip to feel the thrill of sighting the Statue of Liberty. S D Catherwood toured the Pacific coast and recommends a visit for residents to praise the Mississippi valley upon return.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsers Waldin Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists Toledo confirm F J Cheney's honesty and finances. Cure taken internally affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The A. B. Wiseman residence on Lincoln Street is being upgraded with a well built cement porch. When finished, it will be one of the nicest small homes in the city.
Frank Scullin starts work as a new mail carrier today on route number 5. The route runs from the Chicago Great Western to the C M and St P, with a small north end section omitted. Route adjustments shift other carriers and duties accordingly.
Oscar Viele, age ten, delivers a clear sermon on Heavn based on Revelations to a crowded Winona church. Rev H B Whitney directs the service with a half hour song service by Whitney’s boys and organ accompaniment by Harry Thornton.
Archie Larrabee, shot by Frank Trezza, died at 8 am after sustaining two wounds including a back injury. An autopsy is planned and a first degree murder charge was filed against Trezza. O. J. Beige, also shot, is recovering and expected to be discharged soon.
The state total is reported at 1,155,000,000 in taxable property, up about 20,000,000 from last year as county auditors file returns with the state tax commission. The state board of equalization will meet next month to review reductions, and Gov. Johnson appoints Julius J. Olsen of Marshall county to replace resigning Jason Weatherhead.
The Southern Minnesota Normal College began fall classes today at 9 am with teachers busy enrolling students. Enrollment surpassed all prior opening days, and the term runs until November 8 with high hopes for the best year yet.
The Baptist Mission Circle will meet Wednesday at 3 PM with Mrs M O Anderson. All women invited. The program includes Scripture Reading and Prayer by Mrs W W Ranney, paper Immigrant Women by Mrs F E Nay, discussion, paper The Immigrant at Ellis Island by Mrs H B Hazen, roll call, current events, and business.
Wallace Gregson, Electrician at 1121 West Mill Street, advertises latest light shades for chandeliers and stand and drop lights in Mission, Cathedral, and Holland. Estimates gladly given on house wiring. Call and see them.
F. J. Rensberger of Pomona California, guest of his father in law Joseph Keenan, leaves for home tomorrow. Arthur Seebach and family end a summer at the G Seebach farm in Dexter and return to Minneapolis. Mrs Galen Allen and two daughters of Marietta Wisconsin, guests of Dr and Mrs A W Allen, move to Tacoma Washington.
Classified notice encourages readers to place ads in The Herald with a pricing plan: five cents per line for the first insertion and two cents per line for each subsequent insertion.
A collection of classified notices seeks workers and laborers. Listings include a girl for board in a nice home, a dairy farm near the city, a dish-washer and good cook at Normal Restaurant, men for street work, request for a second-hand saddle, a young boy to work for board while in college, two apprentice girls and a saleswoman for millinery, and a competent girl for a small family with high wages.
A group of short lost and found notices including a pair of ladies hose, a string of small gold beads, a garnet brooch, money in a store, a horse blanket, a grey leather shopping bag, a white waist on Lansing avenue, and a Knight's Templar watch charm with rewards and finder instructions. Owners urge contact through the Herald office or specific individuals.
Nicely furnished room in a quiet homelike house at 418 East Bridge Street near C. G. W. Depot. Winter steady occupancy sought with reasonable price. Also available after Sept 20 a modern five room flat in Mrs. D. M. Dalager. Additional rooms in private house with board and room offered.
The Eclipse Lumber Company offers building material coal or wood to customers, presenting a simple catalog of supplies for construction and heating needs.
The Herald lists all filing nominees for the upcoming primaries. North District candidates include Grimm and Nolan both Republicans, Wilson a Prohibitionist, and Christgau a Democrat. South District candidates are Boostrom Palmer Gilbertson Carey Halvorson all Republicans or Prohibitionist. County officers and board members are named with party affiliation. numbers and districts noted.
The piece notes rising ROSt Creek political interest with questions about campaign costs for state legislators. It also lists numerous social visits and events from Austin and Mille Lacs Minnesota, including Mr and Mrs Johnson and Grace Cron’s September bride shower with gifts and refreshments.
An advertisement urges insuring against fire and tornado with W. W. Ranney and offering bond for surety. It also invites readers ready to remodel to obtain lumber cement and plaster from The Mower County Lumber Co at competitive prices, mentioning C. E. Hersey.
In a Washington Post piece, Biggs seeks brass guidance from a trombonist in a Trinkfestbiergarten. The talk covers slide positions, clefs, and instrument ranges, ending with Biggs declaring he will play his will and switch to an accordion.
Special trains departing Austin at 5 15 daily from August 31 to September 5 for St Paul and Minneapolis. Return trains leave Minneapolis 7 pm and St Paul 7 40 pm. Round trip fare one and a half times the single fare. Tickets on sale August 30 to September 4, valid to return until September 7. Full details from CMStP agent.
A brief exchange notes a servant's worsening pace with a pun on progress. One speaker asks if the servant is getting slower. The other confirms with a humorous quip about ongoing progress causing increasing slowness.
The Louis ville Courier Journal notes the actor in a realism driven performance is severely wounded in the second scene and doctor bulletins are issued between acts. The piece emphasizes the extreme commitment to realism in the portrayal.
A heated exchange unfolds between a writer and an artist as they clash over creative works. The writer vows to document the confrontation in a journal to induce discomfort, while the artist dismisses the writer’s output as sickening. The feud highlights tensions between literary and visual criticism.
A distant port at night. The captain and crew awaken as the drummer signals eight bells and general quarters. Four hundred men rush to stations, weapons prepare, and guns fire blank charges to prove readiness in under three minutes. The scene ends with inspection and silent vigilance.
An Italian scholar links giantism to a brain region governing growth. Enlargement of this center allegedly drives excessive limb and jaw growth, with giants like McCrath of Tipperary born 1756 reaching seven to seven and a half feet, yet lacking major mental development.
The New York Waiters' Club president notes English taste leans to well done beef unlike Americans. He recalls an English duke who asked for the butcher after seeing a bright red rare sirloin, joking that the meat “doesn't seem to be quite dead yet.”
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