Local Travel Notes and Rail Conductor Updates
Miss Nellie Jones returns from Detroit and tours Niagra Falls trips noted. Mr and Mrs J M Plum plan a two week visit with relatives in Marshaltown Iowa. Mrs Tolbertson of Peterson visits daughter Mrs John Smaby as Conductor Emerson lays off and Conductor Thompson runs north in his place. Three conductors to be moved from Austin for passenger runs on the Farmington to Mankato line. Conductor Taylor comes back from Chicago this morning.
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Austin
Farmington
Mankato
Taylor
Chicago
Investment opportunities handbook for bankers and investors
A pamphlet announces a new handbook aimed at bankers and business men, detailing stocks bonds and gilt edge securities as sound profitable investments. It invites readers to visit local offices or mail requests to the Manhattan Building St Paul Minnesota, Room A, with the supply limited.
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Manhattan
St. Paul
Minn
Local Austin News Briefs Sketch Social and Business
Mrs Raleigh De Groodt entertains her Minnesota relatives at her Austin home on South Jay Street. Miss Isabell Cole returns from summer school in Chatfield. Dance at Woodman hall with Hawk eye Trio. Funeral for Mrs Berg of Blooming Prairie at Red Oak Grove Lathern church. Various local visits and small notices across Austin. Missing names and some addresses provide neighborhood snapshot of daily life.
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Raleigh de Groodt
Minneapolis
South Jay St
Isabell Cole
Chatfield
Berg
Blooming Prairie
Red Oak Grove Lathern
Red Oak Grove Cemetery
Scofield
Anoka
Austin
Sleeper
Brownsdale
Priday
Capra ruppeli Doomed by Jackal Tactics in Abysinian Highlands
Wild goats Capra ruppeli in the Abysinian highlands use coordinated defense against jackals. When jackals approach, nanny goats shield kids while bucks form a massed countercharge, driving off or injuring attackers. Survivors retreat howling.
Scarcity of Church Attendance Sparks Lighthearted Joke
A gentleman questions why grooms skip church, suggesting they could attend daily. The coachman replies humorously that he goes twice on Sundays and nothing harmful comes from it, reflecting the stray story tone.
Lawn Social At Miss Knutson’s House Draws 100 Plus
Over 100 attended the East Water street lawn social hosted by the C. E. Society of the Presbyterian church. Japanese lanterns and a locomotive headlight decorated the lawn as ice cream, cake, and a program were enjoyed. Proceeds around $10 aid the church building fund and support the society’s pledge.
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Mattie Knutson
East Water Street
C. E. Society
the Presbyterian Church
Sunday School Benefit at Mr McCaw Farm Near Austin
About seventy five attended a social at Mr McCaw’s farm four miles southwest of Austin on Friday evening to raise funds for the Rogers School House Sunday School. Hay-rack loads transported from Austin. lively games and tricks. pantry raided leaving fewer eats than expected. Everyone enjoyed the event and a neat sum was cleared for the Sunday School.
Beau-Not Club Hosts Picnic Supper On South Main Street
Ten members of the Beau-Not Club visited Mrs. Wm. Crane on South Main Street Friday for a picnic supper. The group supplied a tempting spread and served on the porch. Guests of honor were Mrs. Alice Hayes Hall of Albert Lea and Mrs. May Crane Detwiler. The event was praised as a better time than any other reported by the girls.
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Beau-Not Club
Wm. Crane
South Main Street
Alice Hayes Hall
Albert Lea
May Crane Detwiler
Red Man Dance Draws Large Crowd at Woodman Hall
A Friday evening event at Woodman hall drew a large crowd for a Red Man dance with music by the Hawkeye Trio. The dance ended at 1 o'clock with attendees reporting a splendid time and noting well behaved attendance.
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Woodman Hall
Hawkeye
Dowce
Bert Bassett Opens New Hack Line in Austin
Bert Bassett starts a new hack line in Austin and offers pickup from any city part. He meets all trains and answers calls. leave orders at W. D. Bassler's Cigar Store or phone 164.
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Bert Bassett
Austin
W. D. Bassler
The Tired Tines and a Silver Riddle
An aged Scotch minister boasts of preaching two hours and twenty minutes last Sunday. A friend asks if that wore him out. the minister replies that the congregation bored him, not the task. A Silver Riddle explains how tram firms count money with stacked frames and a net to separate coin denominations down to threepence.
320 Acres for Sale Near Aus tin with Fenced Grounds
Real estate ad offers 320 acres eight miles from Austin, fully fenced with well and windmill. Town lots priced from 100 to 200 dollars, residences from 600 to 2000 dollars. Bargains and easy terms. Sorfla ten & Stennick, 223 North Main, Harvest labor rates to Minnesota and the Dakotas. Chicago Great Western Railway tickets on sale daily to Aug 31 with return-trip terms. For full info contact any Great Western Agent or J F Eimer G B A Chicago Ht.
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Austin
Sorflaten & Stennick
North Main Street
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
J. F. Eimer
Chicago
Tuning prices listed for Austin in Firr Class Work Guaranteed
Pricing shows single tuning at 3.00. No tunings cost 5.00. In clubs of three or more the price is 2.00 each. Advertises Firr Class Work Guaranteed by F. M. Rerus at 303 Water St in Austin.
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Austin
F. M. Rerus
Water St. S
Dr. Topliff Moves to Day House South of Court House
Dr. Topliff has removed to the Day house south of the court house. Her offices are on the ground floor.
The Aurora Borealis Spectacle Over Greenland
The narrator recalls a magnificent aurora off Godhavn Greenland, its curtain-like columns arcing across a purple sea under turquoise to cobalt skies. Green yellow blue streaks shimmer as the aurora forms fiery serpents while the long Arctic night elevates the awe beyond description.
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Godbhand
Greenland
Deavens
Detroit Lawyer Drops Case Cash Flow Rule
A Detroit lawyer recalls declining a debtor suit as uneconomical and later notes a client returned with a demand to manage all legal matters for the Blank corporation for a $2,000 yearly retainer, after saving $250 on a previous advised suit. The attorney kept his policy of seeking a gain over fees.
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Detroit
Blank Corporation
Detroit News
Desperate Character in Latchkey Dispute Nabs Attention
A hushed exchange reveals a first husband admits snatching the latchkey by force after his wife refused access. The second speaker admires the act yet cautions that his own wife might disapprove, hinting at ongoing domestic tensions and social humor.
Cultivation Wonders Change Fruits And Vegetables
A quirky survey of horticultural naming shows how cultivation alters produce. The Jerusalem artichoke is not from Jerusalem nor an artichoke but a cultivated sunflower. Peaches apricots and nectarines arise from almonds, and fruit varieties blur plant family lines with turnips that act like cabbage and cucumbers labeled as fruits. The piece notes the onion’s many colors and the horse chestnut’s misnomer in classification.
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Jerusalem
One He Couldn't Lose Peddler and Umbrella Tale
A peddler seeks to buy an umbrella from a wary merchant who fears theft after every purchase. The merchant resists, while the peddler insists the umbrella will be safe, claiming it is worth Breahus.
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Gico
A. Hormel & Co
Nellie Jones
Niagra Falls
Mrs. J. M. Plum
Marshaltown, la
Victor
McBride the Grocer
Minneapoles Crain
Pri
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Market Report
Lois Decker
Marshall, Minn
Jean Hart
Varco
Mr. Hobson
St. Paul Street
Messie Adams
Brick Son
Louise Roble
Georgia Drost
Victor Sandberg
Owatonna
A. J. Sharpstone
Win. Donovan
Kenwood Avenue
Willis Edwards
Buffalo
Rochester
N. Y
Bessie Larson
Rh. L. Johnson
Robertson
James Guy
John
Jamestown
Fisch Bros
Dover
Adella Williams
F. L. Anderson
Cowen
National
Julius Siefert
Carpenter, Ia
Lux
Rose Creek
Bessie Stearns
Milwaukee
Harry Gibson
Welch, Minn
Jennie Scofield
le Roy
Mrs. Pace
Mrs. Morgan
Oakland
Geo. Duffy
Geo. Duffy & Co
Pitts
Marion
Aultman
Geiser
McFarlane
Eastern Star
Mesdames
John Rustad
S. A. Emerson
W. M. Anderson
Geo
Smith
Oscar Ober
Manchester
Mandeville
Chas Fox, Sr
Chas. Fox, Jr
Meta Fox
H.H. Kent
J. X. Wilson
Mae Cook
H. E. Catlin
J. O. Jones
Sherwood
S. D. Catherwood
Decker Camp
M.N. Beardsley
Spring Valley
Dee
Vtktenckeer
Lord
Wee CO
Epwarps, Woop & Co
Morrell
Morrad
Louc Nh
Tor
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J. E Maltley
Lawn Social
Beau-Nots
Minne
Sota
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Dakotas
Malta Vita Per
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Tic Jorn Crisp ' fIe Mathers Oats Lie
Maureer’s Pec
Isc Goods
Isc
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Leader
Rlan
Austin Furniture Co’s
Austin Furniture Company
Sohn Guad Brewing Co
la Cresse
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