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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
4
A San Francisco Chronicle item recalls a professional tramp who requests lodging. After a farmer's wife refuses, he asks to sleep in a meadow behind the barn and to be awakened at 4 to catch the cattle train to market. The exchange shows wit and a blunt street persona.
In 1826 Albany trustees of the African Baptist Church sought permission to circulate a public subscription to aid church funds. The petition was laid on the table pending investigation after a prior subscription’s funds were used by trustees for personal hot suppers.
A Bruxells Derniere Heure aphorism notes quick topics of talk by country: Germany's army, Russia bureaucracy, France women, United States business, England sport, Turkey nothing at all, when three men stand together on a sidewalk.
A butterfly boasted it could topple Solomon's temple if it lifted its wing. Solomon summoned the boastful insect, which grovelled and claimed it spoke to impress its wife. The king relented and spared the creature, while the wife asked what was said. The butterfly claimed Solomon begged it not to do harm.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet a character jokes about trying on Henry’s suit and comparing body size to a shrimp after a remark overheard from Belle Greene about Tommy Tolliver. The exchange plays on clothing fit and supposed physical likeness in a lighthearted scene.
In a playful exchange a child explains flooding a book to cure its dryness while a parent comments on the humorous why behind the act. The scene centers on a home kitchen humor about books and bathwater.
A light exchange quotes a daughter delaying engagement with a cautious suitor Johnson. The father labels it slow and sure while the daughter counters she is not at all sure about him. The vignette centers on potential suitor pace and family timing in romance.
A brief reflection on how individuals prioritize self over others as a universal tendency. The aphorism suggests a timeless human bias toward self-regard influencing action and judgment.
Republican candidate William H. Taft started his Ohio tour from Middle Bass to Cincinnati visiting Spiegel Grove and Hayes tomb. He was welcomed in Port Clinton and spoke from the yacht Jessamine with carrier events including remarks on bank deposit guarantees and tariff policy by Herrick Ketfer and General Corbin, plus a historic address to veterans.
Dispatches from Colonel Allix report a French relief column of 5,000 from Boudenib crushed 15,000 to 20,000 Beraber tribesmen at Djorf. The camp was captured with camp equipment. Arab casualties ran into hundreds. Lieutenant Schwartz and twenty-one others were wounded, three seriously.
Jefferson City Missouri September 8 A farmer John Fischer twenty three shot and killed his eighteen year old cousin Mary Fischer near the city and then killed himself The motive given is Fischer wanted to marry Mary but was rejected.
A man identifying himself as Dr C H Brooks a cancer specialist from Port land Maine killed himself in Mills hotel No 3 by taking an unknown drug. The substance could not be determined.
American Association games in Columbus and Minneapolis yield mixed results with Columbus sweeping Toledo in two, and Minneapolis dropping Milwaukee in a close first, then splitting. Indianapolis and Louisville split, St Paul dominates Kansas City in a doubleheader. American League shows Detroit over St Louis, and Detroit again in the nightcap. Cleveland defeats Chicago twice, Boston sweeps Philadelphia, and New York loses twice to Washington. National League action includes Boston wins at Brooklyn, Chicago swept by Cincinnati, Pittsburgh topping St Louis, and New York taking two from Philadelphia.
Moe Rose discusses the shift from horse to automobile with Joe Case. The dialogue notes the idea of replacing horses by cars, though not yet fully realized. Browning's Magazine records the exchange.
The Washington Herald quotes a Modern Genius figure saying no letters exist and plans to compile his life and post cards. The remark hints at assembling a biographical collection from surviving items to preserve the subject's legacy.
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