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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1908
Page
2
A nostalgic reminiscence of cherished old hymns from memory and childhood. The speaker recalls familiar lines such as On Jordan's stormy banks and Greenland's icy mountains. They contrast simple hymn singing with grand showy instruments and express hope to hear the hymns again in faith beyond life.
Tomorrow the final Sunday before primary day promises a busy schedule for politicians who feel unsafe. Officials anticipate heightened security measures and campaign activity across key areas as candidates respond to possible threats and plan outreach.
The two men who assaulted another on Water street Thursday night were fined $5 and costs, amounting to $8.25 each for their disorderly action.
The Commercial club of Springfield Mass offers a $500 prize for the best city advertisement idea. It invites street corner loafers to submit ideas on running the city, a topic they have long discussed in public.
Police scoured the river in pursuit of thieves who took thirty quarts of liquor the previous night, hoping the water would yield clues or chasers to backstop their case.
Since J. Solner’s return from Europe, many Austinites have started drinking sour milk. He brought back a recipe for a refreshing beverage that replaces traditional cold teas coffees and lemonade for those who have tried it.
In Free born County the sole newspaper supports T. V. Knat vold against Tawney, noting it would have backed the current congressman if not for Tawney's post office appointment that displeased the editor.
The south district race centers on Adams Mr Carey and city Prof Boostrom with Mr Palmer of LeRoy the lone advocate of county option. Proponents of prohibition split over county option with many opposing it preferring local control as existing. Under county option the whole county would vote on licenses while local option leaves each city or village to decide.
The sun journeys southward lighting hills and vales with warm hues. It gilds streams, browning fields, and autumn leaves while ripening apples and corn glow. Nature’s brightness gives way to somber drab as seasons turn toward winter and the sun's return is awaited.
Mrs Geo Mortimer reports the passing of her mother Mrs Jane Howseman on August 3 in Yorkshire England. She was eighty six years, eleven months old and a devout christian. Survived by her husband, age eighty nine, and seven children four of whom live in America including Mrs Geo Mortimer of Austin and Mrs Geo Ward of Apolpho.
The Fernie fire left two business blocks and one residence standing, all built of concrete blocks. Cement Age notes concrete resists heat better than brick, and the Canadian Daily World cites perhaps the first absolute test comparing concrete to brick or stone.
Aus tin Chapter No. 14R. A. M. held its regular annual meeting Friday night electing officers John Anderson H P I T Tollefson King Rev W E Sloane Scribe Peter Hanson C H W Oberg P 5 F L Williams R A C Wm Todd Treasurer Wallace Gregson Secretary Rev J S Budlong Chaplain Jacob Gute Sentinel.
The library lists new volumes including two aimed at health students The A B Z of Our Own Nutrition and The New Glutton and Epicure by Fletcher A number of essays and works by James Peabody Downes Abbott Parlon Farmer Gibson Hereford Bliss Carman Grayson Benson Colby Singleton Cipriana Jones Edison and Wister appear among juvenile titles and general histories with authors noted for a wide range of topics and genres
An 1880s style ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case. It cites F. W. Cheney & Co of Toledo and endorsements from Waldin Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists, asserting Cheney's honesty. Claims the cure is taken internally and reaches blood and mucous surfaces. Price is 75 cents per bottle and Hall's Family Pills are recommended for constipation.
Dr Rule district superintendent of the M E church will be in the city Sunday and Monday. He will preach Sunday evening at the M E church. The ladies offer bargains Saturday in collars and other items.
The First Church of Christ Scientist holds regular services at 10 30 a m with Sunday school for children at 11 45 a m Wednesday testimony meeting at an evening hour. Everyone is invited to attend any or all services.
Morning worship at 10 30 led by F E Knopf with talks on What I Saw on My Vacation. Rally Day Sunday School at noon. Christian Endeavor 9 30. Evening service 7 30 with sermon Is it worth while Can a young man be expected to pray and other questions. Pipe organ double quartette Miss Louise Palmer Oberlin sings He Shall Come Down Like Rain Dudley Buck anthem.
Rev. J. S. Budlong presides at 7 30 a m Holy Communion and 10 30 a m Morning prayer and sermon. Sunday school at noon. No evening service. First and second quarters of the Diocesan assessment are now due.
Corner of St Paul St and Oakland avenue lists Rev Harry Booth Hazen as pastor at 308 Oakland avenue. Morning service at 10 30 with sermon New Testament. Evening service 7 30 with sermon Redeemed by Christ. 6 30 Young People meeting on Church attendance. Sunday school at 12.
Rev J A E Naess leads 10:30 worship in Scandinavian with the topic Who is my Neighbor. Sunday school at noon, adult Bible class at 12 15 on The Good Samaritan. Young People's Society meets 6 30 led by Miss Nettie Hall. 7 30 evening service in English on Mutual Friendship from the David and Jonathan tale. Dr Carl Johnson sings One Sweetly Solemn Thought. All welcomed.
Services at the new church corner St Paul and Maple. Parsonage corner Chatham and College. 9 30 Class meeting 9 36 Brother hood meeting Pres G A Franklin leader John Harpman. 10 30 Morning worship with special music by the choir and solo by Mrs Ray Pooler. 12 00 Sunday school in basement assembly room W OQ Craig Supt. 3 00 Junior League Supt Mrs D Z Robinson. 6 30 Epworth League Pres Mrs Tanye Burgess leader Hortense Robbins. 6 30 Evening worship sermon by Rev F M Rule Winona district. Communion after sermon.
William E. Sloane, minister, leads a morning sermon titled The Grace of Liberality at 10:30 with sessions and Sunday School. An evening program includes a chalk-illustrated reading from The Dreams that Came True Life in a Strange City at 7:31.
Advertises Buy One Get One Free five cent safety razors and a five dollar bring in offer with two coupons. Coupon numbers 223 and 206 specify razors 4 and 5. W D Bassler promotes limited time sale terms and value deals.
The Austin Steam Laundry maintains a regular price of 4 cents per pound for rough dry laundry, describing it as standard rather than a temporary special offer.
James Keenan offers 50 loads of fine filling dirt and 50 loads of good building sand at Gem theatre. Come at once, prices are cheap and quantity ready for pickup.
A film titled The Power of Labor is shown at ORLENT across Saturday Monday and Tuesday. The reviewer calls it the best picture ever shown with high praise for its quality.
A classified notice offers affordable advertising with five cents per line for the first insertion and a lower rate for each additional line, promising sustained visibility in the Herald.
A notice reports missing hogs from Zender Slaughter House under the authority of Henry Zender. The item shows an 11-3 ta date or reference.
Classified advertisement notes a ten room house for rent at 306 South Second with electric lights and water included and inquiries at the premises. A second listing offers 31 unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping at 207 North Kenwood with inquiries there.
The notice advertises various sales and trades including a safe driving horse, a seven room house inquire at the Herald office, old newspapers for sale, Mrs Susan Hormel residence at 310 S St Paul St with twelve rooms and modern amenities, and town lots or farms near Austin. Call to see.
A Los Angeles ad blitz touts Purity Laundry services at four cents per wound and cuts rates on household goods for the Pacific coast. It promotes transfer Co Minneapolis fire and tornado insurance with W W Ranney and urges remodeling with Mower County Lumber Co. Heisey and Eclipse Lumber Co supply lumber cement plaster coal and wood.
The Herald publishes the names filed for nominations for the coming primaries. North District candidates include Grimm, Nolan, Wilson, Christgau. South District candidates include Boostrom, Palmer, Gilbertson, Carey, Halvorson. County officers listed include Dickens, Smith, Robertson, Greenman, Nicholson, Wood, Sherwood, Wright, Pridham, Greenman, Lewis, Tanner, Schwartz, Hambrecht, Christie, Hawkins.
The note says Mrs J S Furtny is confined to her home due to illness. Sara Will leaves Muscogee Oklahoma to spend winter with her brother. The Orient theater shows a slate including Dreams That Came True and The Life of Moses across Saturday Monday and Tuesday.
A humorous anecdote discusses the common house fly as an object of fascination. It notes the fly lays millions of eggs, survives newspaper swats by air cushion, and adapts to pest control such as fly paper and poison. The tale blends odd facts with playful debate on whether flies are animals.
Ancient Tabriz endures ongoing violence from Turk and Turcoman forces and quakes. Public buildings show damage with the blue Kabad Masjid and the citadel bearing scars. Telegraphs run through the city, while the Russian railway shifts trade and local merchants turn to small smuggling to survive.
Two miners returning from a village institute lecture mock the idea of London teachers shaping home manners. One quips he never swears before his wife and brags he lures ladies, implying they are not as bad as some claim.
A witty exchange mocks fashionable reforms as a French Poodle questions why dogs are muzzled while a Blenheim Spaniel replies by noting the poodle has just endured a long tea.
In a Washington Star snippet a timid citizen notes the dog with a new muzzle acts as if mad. The man of precise speech counters, saying the animal is not mad but indignant.
Thomas A. May of Larimore North Dakota grows turnips as a root crop and follows a detailed rotation. He reports six acres of rutabagas in 1905 yielding about 8000 bushels. In 1906 his six acres produced nearly 42 bushels per acre of blue stem wheat, well above the local average, with a strong cattle herd and evidence roots improve soil and winter cattle feed.
A Prairie Farmer described a simple tethering method for cows using a 40 to 50 foot wire threaded through a ring on the cow’s hasp and tied between two stakes. The setup lets cows graze in a narrow strip while accessing as much area as usual. A humor aside follows about a mistress dismissing a maid in a later scene.
The piece outlines Switzerland’s militia system where every man serves from age 20, with staged training until retirement. It notes eight to ten days of yearly armed under Landwehr and emphasizes rifle skills developed by individuals through shooting societies beyond formal drills.
An OCR fragment evokes a poem about a sect’s ritual moment and a millwright who sleeps at his hayloft during a fateful day. The scene shifts to a midnight stroke and a wakeful crowd reacting amid smoke and surprise as hands uncover a tragedy.
Fragments describe a blaze in Bay City area with flames spreading northeast and over ground, noting several flareups and increased danger in the fire district. Details are unclear but indicate ongoing fire activity and concern for residents.
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