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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
2
The Austin Daily Herald outlines its heritage as the city’s daily paper, published each afternoon except Sundays, serving Austin with local news and community reporting.
Single copy notice notes durations of a period or subscription term with brief terms listed. The fragment references time spans and a single copy context without further details.
The LeRoy Independent recalls that 14 years ago on September 21 at 10 30 p m a tornado struck the village. The item requests readers to know the writers names for good faith.
An Austin man on business in North Dakota writes home about requiring an overcoat on some days due to cold snaps. He wonders whether the weather would feel hotter if he were back home.
After the Ryan family moved from West Water street, no child under 11 remains on the block between St Paul street and Kenwood avenue as reported.
Dr McKenna displays a handsomest cob of corn seen in the city for many days. Ex Sheriff Johnson admires the specimen saying it would be nearly worth being a hog to eat such fine corn.
A Herald archive item recalls the old expression fanned out used in baseball game write ups, noting it may predate popular usage. It also quotes a retired businessman lamenting tax pressure and mentions local youths caught stealing fruit by a merchant, who warned them to stay away.
Mr. Raab of Cedar Falls Iowa decides to move his fine pottery plant to Austin. Local businessmen raised 1200 dollars to aid the factory project. District court sits in session as news. A county fair wedding couple backed out, disappointing the crowd.
The council discusses the proposed municipal building including city hall engine house and armory. They favor a concrete foundation this fall rather than complete construction now.
The architect plans for future urban growth but omits a tower feature. A station for aerial machines is proposed to stop at the city hall, anticipating flying machines and new ceremonial curves near the courthouse tower.
LeRoy Independent and Adams Democrats backed Hubert Carey with 211 votes in village and town. Two years earlier the same precincts favored Schmahl 59 to 107 for secretary of state, indicating the normal vote pattern at that election.
Three Italian children from Chicago traveled five weeks on dusty roads to sing for money for a county fair. Their father, acting as treasurer, stayed in the background while the youngsters performed, prompting reflections that they should be at school rather than roaming the country to earn.
Night pedestrian walks along south Main street are criticized for poor lighting and dangerous trenches across crossings. A makeshift plumb line and narrow boards are used to cross, with no lanterns to warn travelers. Accidents are feared and city officials face pressure over safety.
A concise plea stresses the need for street lighting at high risk pedestrian crossings to improve safety and reduce accidents in the city. Authorities are urged to assess locations and act promptly.
Ash street, once among the city’s worst, is being upgraded with a large sewer from the Packing house. Workers blasted rock to level the line, filled, rolled, then dug a two by ten foot ditch filled with rock, rolled again, and covered with gravel from Lincoln Street. Total cost about 500 dollars.
A traveling man claimed men watching excavation for the Hall Dalager Dinsmore building resembled idle laborers. The crowd included F. C. Hall E. A. Dalager E. G. Bascomb Nels Mickelson C. S. Johnson and other business men who follow the project for a new business block. The man admitted he may have misjudged the crowd.
Minnie Heflin Walker died Monday evening September 21 in Kensett Iowa from cerebro spinal meningitis after years of illness. Daughter of Rev E Heflin she married Rev C E Walker of Sauk Rapids Minnesota and lived much of her life seeking health. A devout Christian and temperance worker she bore her sufferings with cheer and left a widow mother an only sister five brothers and a husband to mourn.
The newspaper invites reader contributions on politics and religion while avoiding personal attacks. Submissions should be respectful, not include sensitive personalities, and may be rejected at the editor’s discretion.
The notice outlines that the Minnesota Conference includes the southern part of Minnesota from the eastern state boundary at the northeast corner of Washington County, west to Ramsey County, then south along Ramsey County to Hennepin, following Hennepin’s east and south lines to where Hastings and Dakota Railroad crosses, then west to Granite Falls and along a town site to the state’s western edge. Bishop Wilson will preside at the Fairmont gathering on September 30, 1908, as the author resigns from local leadership roles after a long public and church career.
The High School football team starts the season with a Saturday game at Albert Lea. A large crowd will travel to back the eleven as they seek victory in the opener. Eight returning players bolster a squad building on last year’s talent with new players developing quickly. Dexter leads the backfield with strong play from Johnson Sullivan Martin Chambers Mayland Christie Horrobin Haseltine and Loucks Decker as listed in the anticipated lineup.
The judicial ditch now lies within fifteen miles of the city and is easily reachable for automobile parties traveling from the city, marking a notable change in local geography and transport access.
Notices advertise a local Herald insertion rate of five cents per line for the first insertion and two cents per line for each subsequent insertion, inviting readers to submit adcopy for future editions.
A public notice invites a capable man to take charge of Southern Minnesota for the Court of Honor. Assets listed at 1,200,000 with lodges across the state. Call for Saturday forenoon at the Grand Hotel. Walter Inman is named State Manager.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and requires internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts on the blood and mucous surfaces, is a regular prescription, and sold by druggists for 75 cents. Tests and testimonials available from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Gov John Johnson will address voters of the city and county on the evening of October 1. Capt. Cook awaits hall arrangements as he leaves town this afternoon, but the governor’s national fame promises a strong reception.
The article states 52 000 pianos and 32 000 organs in Minnesota with piano value at 75 each and organs at 12. It notes clocks and watches totaling up to 210 000 and one per 20 people has a watch while one in 40 families has a clock. The boards set 4 for clocks and watches, but county valuation for pianos rose to 83.02, seen as too high, and sewing machines valued at 5 each versus 6.26 average.
The Warner Comedy Company presents a four act western melodrama Idaho at the Gem Theatre tonight. Set in Boise and Virginia City in the 49 and 50 mining days, the tale follows an easterner seeking fortune and his devoted sweetheart who is captured but triumphs through unwavering love and honesty.
Degree of Honor Notice Assessment No. 6 has been called for September and must be paid on or before September 28.
The market report shows young fat hogs and packer hogs trading with quotes around 6.66 and 450 to 540, veal and lamb prices listed with wide ranges, and steer values from about 250 to 325. The text is fragmentary but indicates fluctuating livestock notes and price brackets across hogs veal steers.
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