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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
3
Cloudy night with showers likely tonight and Wednesday morning. Local social and business news includes new fall coats at Wests and Bazaar selling September Edison records. Residents traveling to Minneapolis Preston Hammond and Norway report varied visits, with multiple short updates on locals and events.
East Side news notes Feeley taken home from St Olav s hospital. Mrs M N Finley of Minneapolis visits Mrs Henry Furtney. Mrs A L Trader and children visit city. Miss Mary Umhoefer joins for a week. Mrs Lydd buys Gue house on Bridge street. M E Wall family to move into Wise man house. Mrs Frank Torgerson visits en route to Greenbush. Mrs Fisher and children return from Calmar. Mr and Mrs W H Deer home from Hokah. Miss Marie Farrington to spend three weeks in St Paul. Arthur Hill leaves for Dotham Oregon after a stay here. to visit Clara Allen Pickle in Cheyenne. Irvin Pickle returns to Cheyenne with Hillvaring grandparents.
A Baptist church gathering at Lafayette Park Monday afternoon honored Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Anderson. About thirty guests attended the picnic dinner and fellowship. The couple then left for Owatonna where Mr. Anderson will preach Sunday.
About twenty Austin residents attended a seven o'clock dinner at the August Smith farm in honor of Miss Ethel Deneen of Sleepy Eye Minnesota. The Zeta Beta Psi society and friends plan a Lafayette Park picnic supper tonight with Miss Gertrude Kline and the Misses Salmon and McArthur as guests of honor. Mrs. R Puccini hosted a ladies party this afternoon. A Furtney family reunion took place at Lafayette Park this afternoon.
A miscellaneous shower at Mrs. E T Dexter's East Water street home honored Miss Mable E Myers ahead of her wedding to Perley A Thompson. About fifty guests attended as A Lickteig read a nmiock marriage ceremony. Grandma Pettingill sang a solo titled I But a Pilgrim. Guests left near midnight after a warm, generous reception by the hostesses.
In Barnum's parade lore an aged lion escaped during winter quarters to kill a cow in a barn. The cow’s owner, a strong Irish-tinged woman, killed the beast with an ax. Barnum paid for the cow and announced an exhibition featuring the woman who felled the lion.
London Opinion notes the cruelty of gambling losses with a witty line about how easy money is to lose at the races, referencing the character Smith the plunger and the sociable tone of a sympathetic friend.
Hub Department Store in Austin Mower County Minnesota closes August 26 to 28 for remodel and stock reduction then reopens August 29 at 9 am. The sale runs through September 5 with every department including groceries and apparel heavily discounted. No premium stamps offered. sales staff sought.
Miss Hilda Reinartz arrived today from Mitchell South Dakota for a month long visit at her home here.
A geologist notes that a thousand years means little to time, while a man in the audience exclaims in amazement about a temporary loan of £2 to someone with such views. London Telegraph coverage reflects astonishment and practical concerns.
An exchange from the Washington Star notes a fisherperson saying they had no catch but devised compelling stories to share with folks at home, reflecting lighthearted reporting on leisure and imagination.
A brief humorous exchange notes Knicker I sitting up with a very sick friend and Mrs Knicker saying she sat up with his sick wife all afternoon. Published in Harper’s Bazar reflecting domestic care and communal concern.
The article recalls Charlotte Bronte's final hours after marrying Arthur Nicholls nine months earlier. A delirium passed as she whispered that she and her husband would not be separated, pleading not to die and recalling their happiness together.
A London weekly offered a prize for the ten strongest English words chosen from Simp. A committee of literary men would select the ten strongest terms from submitted numbers. The winning words were Hate blood hungry dawn coming gone love dead alone forever.
A farmer asks a medical man to stop by his home after describing his wife’s long morning of chores and fatigue. He lists milked cows fed pigs cleaned dishes and other tasks before she complained of tiredness. London Scraps
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