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Newspaper

Austin Daily Herald

Location

Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1908

Page

3

Local notes from Austin reflect a busy social of visits and travel

Many residents are noted visiting family in Minneapolis St Paul and Chicago while others spend Sundays in nearby towns. Businesses advertise new pickles and moving services as residents plan trips to Mason City Lyle Albert Lea and Lake Minnetonka.

Loretta Furlong Minneapolis New Hill Hub Clyde Snere Austin George Campbell St. Paul Walter Hummel Stanton Lime Springs Tribune Harry Booth Hazen Albert Lea Rev. L. Kinter The Baptist Church Kinter Mr. Hazen Old Academy University and Theological Seminary of Rochester Moira

Neighborhood picnic honors Brooks relatives and guests

A Sunday social at the Brooks spring drew about seventy five attendees. Music, a ball game, and a fine dinner followed a day of pleasant recreation. Several locals, including Miss Jennie Crandell and Miss Anna Miller, left for visits, while others returned from trips.

Jennie Crandell Minneapolis Anna Miller Wavcoma

Austin Minn sidewalk condemnation and rebuild order issued

Official notice states the sidewalk committee urged condemnation of unsafe walks in front of specified properties and a rebuild to city ordinances with completion by October 1, 190%. Local social notes mention Nellie McCormick's Yellowstone Park trip, Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Dunham returning from Spring Valley, and a church duet by Miss Bessie Munsey and Mrs. Ray Pooler. George H. Sutton mayor.

George Ryan Moscow City Congregational Church Miss Solon Mr. Ryan Common Council of City of Austin Minn City of Austin Common Council J.W. Walker J.B. Dunham Jo de Groodt Spring Valley Mrs. Walker Dunham de Groodt Bessie Munsey Ray Pooler M. Bk

Ruskin Inspires Watch for Dusk and Sky

The note urges servants to call from the study at any sunset or striking sky or landscape sight. It reflects John Ruskin’s demand for timely notice of natural beauty and notable visual events.

Ruskin

Lost joke imitator’s pun sparks a dinner led by wit

A New York Press anecdote recounts Congressman Quarles recalling a banker’s dinner prank and a laughs over a lapsus linguae. Another note from the New York Telegram explains postage stamp gum is sweet potato mucilage brushed onto sheets then dried in hot air.

Quarles New York Giants of Finance New York Press United States Uncle Sam Bureau of Engraving and Printing New York Telegram

East Side Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Mrs. Scofield and daughter Viola visit Minneapolis while P. J. Gallagher from Farmington stays at the McCormick home. Several families from Austin, Blooming Prairie, Portage and Ottumwa make visits to relatives here as Jay Phillips recovers from a lime accident. Frank Haseltine and Roy Dalager depart to Washington with Company D for a ten day encampment.

James O’herron Blooming Prairie Mike Bell M.S. Fisch Stella Cipra Barnitz Jo Keenan Addie J. M. Thomas Ladses Frank Haseltine Roy Dalager Washington Company D Minot

Straight From the Animal in a London Farm Visit

A London gentleman shows friends his new country farm and explains he has no interest in butter eggs or poultry. He declares a sheep would suit him as he admits he likes kidneys for breakfast. The tale appears in the Liverpool Mercury.

London No-o Liverpool Mercury

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