Local News Highlights and Community Classifieds
Austin area notices cover social events at the Washington building reception after a high school play, arrivals and trips of Mrs. Fiester and others, a baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Holgate, and local calls for rooms, services, and sales. Mentions of church talks by Ex Congressman Eddy, a high school play A Pair of Idiots, and various ads for lace curtains, furniture, and farm needs fill the page with community life and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Baird
Franklin
Miss Fish
Washington
Ole H. Rendal
LeRoy
Rochester
Sheriff Nicholson
Happy Thought Club
Bert Hart
Eaton Robbins
Austin
Mrs Plum Recovering After Bathing Fainting Spell
East Side Mrs J M Plum of Railway Street suffered a sudden fainting spell while bathing this afternoon. She pulled the plug to avoid drowning and is now recovering under Dr Peirson's care. Mrs R M Haseltine returned from Minneapolis after attending a GJABOL auxiliary meeting. Mrs Riley Mrs Terry and Mrs George Taylor hosted a J A to ORC gathering Thursday with a pleasant social time and hand painted souvenir cards for guests.
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J. M. Plum
Railway Street
R. M. Haseltine
Minneapolis
B. of
L. E
Riley
Terry
George Taylor
J. A
Rosenthal Bros Paint Service Promises Honest Mixing Method
Rosenthal Bros advertises a tested paint mixing method for interior and exterior jobs and invites customers to watch the mixing process. The note provides two addresses 280 bi and 790 M N for contact or service.
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Rosenthal Bros
Real Estate for Sale in St Paul and Surrounding Areas
For sale houses on water bridge railway St Paul streets and Oakland avenue plus town lots and farms near Austin and in northern Minnesota. Call and see me G Sorflaten Office 223 N Main St.
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St. Paul
Oakland Avenue
Austin
State
Street Sprinkling Petitions Due Before Next Council Meeting
Citizens seeking street sprinkling along their property lines must file petitions for council consideration at the next regular meeting. The charter requires a petition for any sprinkling order, and the council cannot act without one.
Austin Cement Stone and Tite Company Seeks Clark Street Use
The Austin Cement Stone and Tite Company petitioned the city council to occupy Clark Street between Ash Street and the Campbell mill spur for a new plant. A special meeting was held with all aldermen present except Bump, and the ordinance granting use for up to twenty years passed on two readings. Counsel Catherwood criticized the charter as obscure and poorly written.
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Austin Cement Stone and Tite Company
Clark Street
Ash Street
Campbell Mill
Bump
C.H. Webber
FE. W. Marsh
J. L. Mitchell
I. Catherwood
Lafayette French
J. D. Sheedy
K. R. Murphy
BE. H. Green
Catherwood
We Haven’t Seen Your Threshing Rig Yet
A playful note offers painting and paperhanging services until fortune allows trying a threshing rig. The writers boast of borrowing brains to ensure the most successful work in town. They sign with numbers 280 L. or 176 J N. W.
Hack Service Bh. E. Shutt Offers Train Hacks
New hack service Bh. E. Shutt announced a plan to provide first class hack service to trains. Interested parties were urged to call phone number 10 26-1m for orders.
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Bh. E. Shutt
Base Ball Meeting Of Austin Association April 24
A meeting of the Austin Base Ball Association is set for Friday night April 24 at the office of E. H. Smith. All subscribers and anyone interested are urged to attend as important issues have arisen since the last gathering and the association's future depends on this sentiment. The meeting will begin at eight o'clock.
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Austin Base Ball Association
E. H. Smith
Edward Everett
Farm loans offered at nine percent interest
E. H. Smith Land and Loan Co of Austin Minnesota announces acceptance of applications for farm loans at six percent interest with liberal pre payment privileges.
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E. H. Smith Land & Loan Co
Advertising Bible Bargains Spark Satan Trembles
An old New York book shop displays a vast Bible sale with striking window copy declaring Satan trembles at Bibles sold for so little. The note contrasts advertising flair with literary achievement and comments on enduring traditions in society.
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Eighth Avenue
New York
Satan
Eddy to Speak at Congregational Church Event
Former Congressman Frank M. Eddy will address congregants at the Congregational church next Sunday afternoon and evening under the auspices of the Christian Brotherhood.
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The
Christian Brotherhood
Frank M. Eddy
Hollister
K. O. Wold
M. Edév
Suni
Austin Cement, Stone and Tile Company
Hie
Geo
Congregational Church
Private tutor braces for a classics grounded son
A wealthy parent asks if his boy is being well grounded in the classics. The tutor replies that the son is actually stranded on them, implying he struggles with the canon rather than mastering it. The exchange reflects concerns about elite education in the era.
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Chicago Record-Herald
City Man and Villager Debate Skyscraper Sightline
A Bohemian exchange contrasts a city man and a villager as they discuss whether a skyscraper would overlook a rural lot where twenty head of cattle graze, revealing tension over urban development.
Local Furniture Stock Taken Over by Johnson Jr
John C. Johnson Jr announces full possession of the Cressey furniture stock, upholstery and undertaking department. He says he will best serve the trade with attentive showings and fair prices for all customers.
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Cressey
Grand Be Lady Trainmen plan ball at the Auditorium
The Lady Trainmen announce a grand ball at the Auditorium on Thursday evening May 7. Kennedy and Cady's orchestra will provide music. Tickets cost $1.00, with ladies unaccompanied at 25 cents.
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Kennedy & Cady
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Just
Vermont
Micbride
Delicatessen
Horfiel’s
Provision Market
John Briebach
Great Man
Lace
Austin Furniture Company
Dr. Fiester
Thomas Beiseker
Isa Rochford
Lyle
Etta Ames
Winona
Bert Wilder
Rochford Land Co
Hus Department Store
Hub
Alice McBride
Minneapo S
George Holgate Thosday
Hannigan
W. T. Caro i
Hawks Sursery Co
Wauwatosa
Wis
Herald
Umbhoefer
Se ‘Os
J. Meighen
St. Louis
Filmore County
Princeton Union
Fras Roble
Grilley Township
Frank
Grenville
Granville Record
J. G. Shifter
H. Jacobs
A. Milbrad
Chatham Street
Ko, Wold
Mower County
Austin Council
Knights of Columbus
J. A. Rutherlord
G. K
Biney
Arthur Enright
Louis Umhoefer
Water St
Missel Stephens
Waltham
Edna Atherland
Hus
Frank R. Hangge
A. A. Smith
Merry Widow
W. J. Avery
Bath
Mainstreet
Interstate
Eclipse Lumber Co
Hub Department Store
West
Oakland
Evergreen Farm
Meeting of
Unity
Morton County
N. C
Joseph Keenan Land Co
A. V. Ellis Evergreen Farm
Northwest Phone
L. M. Tollefson
Julius Schrader
Wykoff
Mrs. Thomas Molden
Ladies’ Aid
Methodist Church
A. O. Dinsmoor
Main Street
Belle Sherwood
Chicago
Lyman
May Dahle
Brownsdale
Riverview Farm
Oscar Erickson
J. M. Nicholson
Guillemin
J. S. Furtney
Diekenson
N. D
Ada
North Deota
Lane
Clinton Davis
Henry W. Rogers
East Side
Austin Grants
Austin, Minn
Cosmo Theatre
the Children’s Reformatory
Banecs
Caehain
John C. Johnson Jr
Earl Furniture Co
Morris
Bach
Hal Schaffner
Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
W.D. Bassler
Hart Schaffner & Marx
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