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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
2
Special to the Herald reports Frank P. Sargent, commissioner of immigration in the department of commerce and labor, died in Washington today from stomach trouble. The note accompanies news from the 1908 State Fair context.
Rates listed for six month and shorter terms appear under Skinner Ulmer with Gertrude Ellis Skinner as Associate Editor. Details mention one month one week and single copy pricing.
A digest of society and city life notes: sailors tired of port events, a prolonged dry spell since June floods has parched lawns and flower beds, city water fails to keep vegetation lush, and a biting quotation from Mrs. Burton Kingsland on culture and conversation closes the column.
The president argues idler is idler and the guinea stamp lacks effect. He contends the hobo is a great capitalist with an endless bank of leisure.
Canadian banks held 54 million in New York City on July 31 and within a month have moved about 10.5 million back across the border to be handy for moving crops.
Racine businessman and Prohibition nominee candidate W A Wilson visited his mother Mrs M E G Wilson and sister Grace Wilson in the city. The young man impressed locals with his physique and polished manner while stressing temperance reform and broader legislative aims.
The Salem newspaper, long rooted in the community for 162 years, suspended publication last week due to financial decline amid storms and delinquent subscribers. A lighter note from Kenwood Avenue tells of a couple returning from the state fair where the wife slept in her shoes after kneeling in prayer, waking to find she had worn them to bed.
The Grand Meadow school board invites teachers and parents to a Monday reception to foster better collaboration. The note urges parents to donate jelly or canned goods for hospital patients, highlighting the value of nursing and housekeeping in care.
Peter Schollert and his wife died after eating candy bought at the State Fair last night. An uncle of Schollert is dead and another uncle lies dying, authorities investigate the source of the confectionery incident.
Austin begins its new school year as teachers return, led by Superintendent G A Franklin. A revised program adds Domestic Science with Miss May Erwin, expands the manual training department, and lists fall faculty across Franklin, High, and district schools.
Baby boy Roy Sebastian Wengert, born May 19, dies at Moscow street home after a ten days illness. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Al T. Wengert mourn as sympathy pours in. Funeral set for tomorrow at 10:30 from St Augustine's Church.
The Waite shack on Mill Street faced demolition after Austin planned to move it. Mr Waite objected prompting a relocation to near the South Bridge. A contractor began work for 25 but the rotten structure snapped a four inch shaft during towing. The council offered Waite 50 to pull it down, Waite held for 65, settled at 55, and the city sold the shack to Henry Trenary for 18 to tear it down.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F W Cheney & Co of Toledo fronts the claim, backed by local wholesalers Waldin Kinnan Marvin. Cure taken internally, price 75 cents per bottle, with free testimonials and a suggestion to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Frank Squirrel tears down the old structure at Chatham and Mill to build a 26 by 80 brick two story corner building. The Chatham side will use white lime brick and the front white enamel brick with a corner entrance. He hopes to complete before snow flies if a contractor agrees.
The Herald prints candidate names for North and South Representative Districts with party affiliations. It also lists county officers and multiple sale notices for homes, stoves, and a gas range, plus a listed residence for trade and various local public vacancies.
The Aus tin Tow Mill seeks flax in bundles and offers cash at the highest market rate. Straw is bought at 2.50 per ton. Contact J. H. Mitchell, manager, by phone 194N, W or 363 R Interstate.
William C. Smith of Dexter Minnesota was adjudicated bankrupt on September 1 1908. Creditors must attend the first meeting at 2 PM September 15 1908 at the office of Referee William Burns Winona Minnesota to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt. Henry Weber Jr attorney for the bankrupt Dexter Minnesota.
Insure against fire and tornado through W. W. Ranney and bond for surety with Ranney. Mower County Lumber Co offers lumber cement and plaster for remodeling at fair prices. C. E. Heisey and Eclipse Lumber Co advertise building materials coal and wood.
Fisch's Store advertises Friday and Saturday specials including 36 inch unbleached sheeting per yard 5e apron check gingham 5e fleece goods 10 to 12-4 kind 8e fancy ginghams sale on table cloths and thread. Also offers 25 percent discount on summer underwear and flour sack goods Lenox and Santa Claus soaps bars Jap tea bulk coffee and best flour selections.
A notice from P. H. Davison in Austin dated September 2 1908 warns others not to trust his wife Idell Davison for any bills incurred after that date and disclaims any responsibility.
The fragment recounts Louis Philippe's view of England as orderly and quiet compared with France. It notes Hugo's observation of London crowds reacting to a quiet French couple with disdainful whispers of "French people" as they walk with restraint and propriety.
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