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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1908
Page
3
Library statistics show registration figures, adult and juvenile circulation, fiction and non fiction totals, daily and Sunday attendance, reference usage, and accessions. Flora C. Conner reports totals for adults and children, with daily averages and percent non fiction, alongside annual accessions by gift.
Republican events include a congressional convention in this city on April 15, a state convention in Minneapolis on April 16, and the national convention in Chicago on June 16. Democratic events cover primaries on May 6 and county and state conventions in May and July in St Paul Denver.
Local brief notes below include A N Decker visiting from Minneapolis. Charlie Cook buys Wyant house on Jay street and plans repairs and residence. Dr Washburn Rogers and Miss Hattie Washburn travel to Clear Lake Washington to visit Mrs Washburn and return to Bowman for summer ranch work. Various notices on rentals sales and local activities appear throughout the Austin area.
Margaret Wilson of Minneapolis visits the Alex Campbell home. Margaret Gallagher returns from the Black Hills to stay a few days before heading back to Farmington. Engineer Matt Lang has left for Milwaukee.
Miss Sylvia Ashley of Austin spent last Thursday with Mrs Frank Morgan. Miss Elizabeth Taylor and brother Clarence, home from McAllister college for Easter, visit. Mr and Mrs H B Lightly and children visited London relatives. John Dearmin returns to Minot NC after weeks with locals. Dr Peirson visited Mrs J E Lugg who remains unchanged. Mrs John Roulston returned from Austin with Mrs Sweden staying until Saturday. Miss Agnes Hoban takes two week vacation from Hatch district school. Mose Buchanan paints his house. Miss Grace Banks returns to Austin after two weeks with aunt Mrs Bert Lightly. Mrs Gleason leaves for New York after visiting sister Mrs D M Jones.
Slow seeding due to snow and cold affects area farm work this week. Residents visit Austin relatives, with measles illnesses among Bennett sisters and care for the ill. John Dearmin departs for Minot to pursue carpentry, Leaf solicits for lodge members, Lutheran Young People host program, Rev Andalsrud attends, Gundersons engage in local work and visits.
B. E. Shutt offers first class hack service to trains with orders via phone. Call line 10 26 1m for arrangements and rates.
Market section lists prices for young fat hogs 400 to 435 pounds and 525 for some. Packer hogs range to 525. Veal and lambs priced 375 to 550 with fat veal and other meat animals noted. Fat steers and other cattle prices shown from 300 to 350 in unclear entries.
The Cosmo presents Williams and Walker with their famed act Just Help Yourself and slides noted as very comical. Also featured are Ladies of the Whip Probes of the Ding Dong Imp Spring Gardening Buying a Mile and other scenes.
A New York department store toilet department manager says six similar products sell at equal quality, yet the best seller survives due to relentless advertising while the others gain only with ad spend. He notes poorer sellers outperform on quality when misadvertised.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an incurable case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo advertise the cure, with testimonials from Walding Kinnan & Marvin and others. Internal action through the blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. testimonials free. also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
EE H Smith Land and Loan Co of Austin Minnesota announces readiness to accept applications for farm loans at 5 percent interest with liberal pre payment privileges. The notice invites local farmers to apply through the firm for mortgage financing.
Rosenthal Bros advertise wallpaper hanging services promising a durable finish. The brief claims skilled wall covering work will endure, listing contact addresses 280L or 175 J. N. W. for customers seeking reliable installation.
For sale is a parlor set carpets leather couch ice box piano kitchen stove and other articles. Must be sold by April 25. E Joseru 313 Oakland Ave.
Eaton Officer property for sale corner Mein and College streets. Eight room house with hall, cemented cellar, good barn. Cash payment with monthly balance option. For full details contact owner E. H. Smith.
Classified item offering land and house listings on water, bridge, railway streets and Oakland avenue plus town lots and farms in northern parts of the state. Contact G Sorflaten at office 223 N Main St for details and visits.
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