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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
3
A collage of items reports visitors, travel, and errands in Austin and surrounding communities. Edith Jackson guests Lyle friends. Mrs. Kent travels to Colorado. Jobo Corneveaux returns from La Crosse. Oscar Ayers back from camping at Clear Lake. school exams coming Monday to Wednesday. many residents hosting guests and planning trips to Davenport, Nashua, Northwood, Preston, and Minneapolis.
Mrs H A Brown of Brownsdale died at 4 am after a two year illness. She was about 60, one of the village’s oldest settlers after whom the town was named. Funeral Sunday at 10 am at the Methodist church in Brownsdale with Rev. C D Belden officiating.
Thieves entered Nele Jen eon’s Geneva barn Thursday night and stole a mare wagon and harness. A sheriff warned Mower County to watch for a 1200 pound black horse with a white nose stripe shod on the front feet tied to an old road cart. The sheriff’s office houses many cattle and information on stolen horses.
Ex editor C. F. Ellis, now a rancher near Standing Rock Indian Agency, recounts a prairie fire that threatened his herd of 300 cattle. He rode to guide the stock through a burning grease, saved women and children at the ranch, and endured eight hours of fighting the blaze. Ellis notes buffalo wolves, grouse, and ducks in the area and hopes to return home by Christmas.
Mrs Johanna Boyleon Dee born 1830 in County Tipperary Ireland came to New York 1849 moved to S J Charles Illinois married David Dee 1855. She died July 27 1900 of heart failure after two years invalid. Funeral at St Augustine July 30 burial at St Augustine cemetery Rochester relatives attending included John Dee Chicago Mrs John Moylan Thief River Falls Minn Mary Campion New Prague Minnesota Mrs Serah Morgan St Charles Ill Michael Dee wife and two sons William Dee Rochester.
The steamer John H. Douglas carries the 256 by 768 foot raft built at Stillwater by Knapp Sowout & Co. It contains 9,000,000 feet of lumber with sixty car loads of shingles and lath on its decks. Captain Winans oversees the voyage downriver to St Louis as a lumber deselier.
The State board of health reports July small pox totals 235 with four deaths including one in Minneapolis, two in Girard township, and one in Vasa township. The list specifies many towns and townships with case counts and notes 17 additional known cases with complete reports pending. Also an employment notice seeks 100 women, men, and girls to hash corn at a canning factory and other help.
The Chicago Great Western Railway announces excursion tickets for August 18 to 19 to Colorado Springs for the Farmers National Congress meeting August 21 to 31 1900. Round trip fare is one fare plus 2 with return by September 3. Inquiries to C. G. W. Ry agents or F H Lord Chicago.
A Lexington Kentucky reader Miss Alice Hampton testifies about a long illness with fever and womb trouble. She describes severe pain and numbness and credits Dr Pierce medicines for relief after taking three bottles of various remedies. She specifically mentions Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and overall health.
At Chicago from August 27 to September 1 1900 the Chicago Great Western offers round trip excursion tickets at one fare. Tickets on sale August 25 to 29 with return to September 1 and optional extension to September 30 for extra credit. President McKinley to attend. inquire through Great Western agents or F H Lord G P & T A 113 Adams St Chicago.
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