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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
3
Fair weather tonight and Sunday with light frost expected. Numerous residents and visitors travel for events, family visits, and business. People from Tacoma, Marshall, Minneapolis, Seattle, and beyond are noted, with local errands, hotel visits, and transportation arrangements across Austin and nearby towns.
Local notes list Mrs Ida Laurie visiting Minneapolis and several residents traveling to Adams Farmington Lyle Red Wing and Farmington. Visitors include Isabelle Howells Janie and Ethel Taylor Anna Anderson and Mrs Frank Jeffries with family. Some locals report better health after illness and others return from trips to Minneapolis and surrounding towns.
E F Peck notes he has supplied spring water to the hospital for some time while the hospital’s refrigerator was donated by the Austin Homestead of American Yeomen.
Special trains leave Austin at 5 16 daily from August 31 to September 5 for St Paul and Minneapolis. Return times are Minneapolis 7 pm and St Paul 7 40 pm. One fare and a half for round trip. Tickets on sale August 30 to September 4, valid to September 7. Full information from any ticket agent of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Ry. 22 to 3
Mattie declares George loves her and wants marriage while Ella questions if he has stated it. Hattie notes George has developed a strong dislike for mother figure, shaping family tensions in a domestic scene from Chicago.
A London sketch notes sympathy as loving understanding and the expression of it helps. It contrasts worry as sympathy run to seed and claims it does not help at all.
A concise quotation from the Atlanta Journal notes the difficulty for a woman to feel romantic toward a man who has just lost his job, reflecting social attitudes of the period.
About forty of Mrs I E Teigen's friends gathered Friday afternoon for a farewell surprise at her Kenwood avenue home. They met at Mrs J C Johnson's then escorted Mrs Teigen to the house for a five o'clock lunch. Mrs C A Hegge presented a mosaic center table and a salad bowl in her honor as she moves this month from Austin to a Marshall farm after two years here.
Mrs E Shelby entertained a number of friends Friday with a delightful evening musicale honoring guests Miss Solomon of Milwaukee and Miss McArthur of LaCrosse. A charming program of vocal and instrumental selections showcased fine talent and light refreshments followed.
A granite shower for Miss Mable Myers was held Friday evening at 901 Clark Street. Decorated with sweet peas, an elaborate six o'clock dinner was served to thirty guests, and the young attendees enjoyed the affair. Mr and Mrs Francis Green and Mr and Mrs Will Richards picnicked at Officers' Mill this afternoon.
Mr and Mrs E F Peck entertained about thirty young guests at Riverview Farm last evening for Miss Hazel Platts. Nasturtiums and gladiolus decorated the house. A large bonfire, games, a weiner roast, and a torchlit march to the springs for sparkling water followed. The group returned to the city around eleven, reporting a happy evening.
At the national convention in Denver on August 22 the National Association of Attorneys General voted R V Fletcher of Mississippi as President for the coming year. U S Webb of California was named vice president and W H Dickson of Colorado secretary treasurer. Webb discussed the Fourteenth Amendment and California Japanese School issue, noting federal intervention and a wartime truce. Clark of South Dakota closed with remarks on the duties of Attorneys General.
W D Andrew promotes his piano agency offering a patient, no pressure shopping approach. He asserts customers are pleased with the freedom to browse and compare, claiming his inducements beat rival deals without strings attached.
Bradstreet’s reports purchasing remains cautious yet buyers in northern and western centers show large demand for fall and winter goods. Small grain harvests progress especially spring wheat and corn advances boost confidence. Lumber demand expands with hardening prices and mills poised to resume in the South and Northwest. iron and steel see quiet pig iron and rising demand for railroad supplies.
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