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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
3
Local notes report fair weather and warmer temperatures tonight through Wednesday. Community members travel, visit, and conduct business in Austin and nearby towns, with many returning from trips to the cities. Public notices include church events, dances, and a hotel management change, plus a city council meeting schedule.
The Austin Automobile club discussed guarding dangerous culverts and washed out bridges. It appointed committees on Laws and Ordinances, Exhibitions Contests and Laws, Good Roads, Common Grievances, and Membership with members named.
Mrs. Draper returns from Mankato. Opening ball at Maurek's Hall Thursday evening August 20. Miss Mary Dickman back in Moscow. Mrs. Henry Bushman ill on Railway street. Mrs. Walter Gibson and children home from Iowa visit. Mrs. C. E. Fogarty and son visit Sherburn Minn. Mrs. S. W. Hendryx back from Farmington and St. Paul.
Miss Lucy Thomas hosted an informal reception at her Lansing avenue home after a Monday night song recital in honor of Miss Solon. About twenty guests attended and praised Miss Solon as she performed two selections. Sherbet and wafers were served.
Mrs P H Friend entertains at bridge whist this evening in honor of Mrs Schiller of Chicago.
The Sunny Monday club met with Mrs. W. R. Terry on Water street Monday afternoon to celebrate birthdays for Mrs. Blam bly and Mrs. Terry. Mrs. Terry gave a presentation speech and the group moved to Guillemine’s for refreshments.
A family reunion at the A C Dinsmoor home brought together the R H I J A C E and J W C Dinsmoor families with the A Hull family of California the T M Foster family and Mrs Riggs of Northern Minnesota. About thirty attended a picnic dinner.
Nine year old George Klinetob, son of C. G. W. road foreman John Klinetob, ran away Monday at 7 30 am and has not been found. Police, then a large volunteer search, looked for him along with a river boat sighting elsewhere. He wore a black sateen waist and light trousers and was barefoot.
Mrs C H Higbie of LaCrosse visits her son Fred in Austin. Her sister from Red Wing is expected to arrive tomorrow.
Light shades for chandeliers in Mission Cathedral and Holland styles. Stand and drop lights available. Call to view and compare. Electrical supplies offered with free estimates on house wiring. Wallace Gregson, Electrician. 121 West Mill Street.
A humorous quip attributed to Ar. Eager Parent and reported in Lippincott's describes Jack bravely asking to marry a daughter. The punchline has the father responding with use of choice, asking which daughter.
In a provocative exchange, Vanilla Beane accuses Hazel Nutt of a dirty ring causing a black mark on the finger. Hazel Nutt denies the ring caused the stain, arguing it is dirt. The brief dialogue appears in the Chicago Tribune.
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