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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1902
Page
2
The text claims Avex CaMpPBe will be the next senator from Mower County citing strong support. It notes Tawnery’s waning popularity in Winona with vote totals from 1896 to 1900: 3937, 2976, and 2869 respectively.
The Register keeps proclaiming the Tawney fight ended while filling three columns with nightly apologies for Tawney.
The Register touts Tawney for securing rural routes in surrounding counties while omitting any in Mower County. The piece mocks a Grand Meadow delegation for claims Tawney denied last week and hints at potential backlash if routes materialize.
Wm Gripple went to LaCrosse Saturday night. A three pound girl born Sunday Aug 17 to T Espline and wife. Mr Mills of Clarion Iowa is the cashier in the new bank now at Medbery's store. Mrs March visited Stewartville relatives. Mrs Reber of LeRoy visiting daughter Mrs Geo Ridley. Ed Sheldon and wife of Wisconsin guests at W A Medbery home. Mrs Kenerson returned from Osage visit. School opens Sept 8. H B Harrington and family of G Meadow visited. W E Daily looking over land near Aberdeen Dakota. Mrs Parker of Fountain visiting her mother here. D Williams bought Hammond place and moved last week. Fred Rollins of Rochester visited Dexter. E E Bulen spent Sunday in Near strand.
The Red Rock Judge will celebrate his Golden wedding next Sunday with invitations to all including their wives. Local residents such as Bud Smith and county officers were seen on Main Street, cigars in hand, amid a string of social calls at family homes and churches in Dexter township and nearby towns.
The Minnesota State Fair opens September 1 with national pure bred cattle shows by the American Shorthorn Breeders Association and American Hereford Breeders Association. Auctions and judging occur in two tents near the cattle barns, drawing breeders and stock men in large numbers. The Holstein-Friesian Association adds premiums and displays, promising a strong turnout of breeders, stock growers, and farmers statewide. Half fare railroad rates are offered for travel during the first week of September.
The committee on decoration met and adopted a plan for Main Street during the Golden Jubilee. Posts twenty five feet high will be set twelve and a half feet apart, connected by arches and topped with electric lights. White will be the prevailing color with 400 multicolor lights. Viewers call the plans fine.
Neighbors complain Mary A. Hoffman of the East Side is arrested for cruelty to her grandchildren Walter 10 and Hazel 8. She pays a $5 fine and costs. The children, undersized and scarred from beatings with rawhides and sticks, await a judge and possible placement in a home for friendless children. their father is dead.
Maude and Pearl Bowers of Austin visit H B Roe's while Mable Vaughan returns from Fergus Falls. Dr Geo Vaughan from Hurley S D visits J G Vaughans as Lillian Hayes calls on Lansing residents. Albert Schissler's family welcomes a baby boy born Sunday. J G Vaughans's wife improves slowly. Rev Hamren and family from Bloomington Prairie spend part of the week in Lansing. Mrs Peterson plans to leave Thursday for Nicollet where her husband runs an elevator.
A syndicate of four Austin men purchased the Taopi farm spanning 4278 acres for 178000 dollars. The sale ends years of hedges around Taopi and rail lines on the property, opening the land to subdivision into smaller farms and a projected local boom.
Good farm land and homestead relinquishments offered in North Dakota. Several plots include 6 to 10 acres of A-1 flax with improvements. Prices range from 350 to 800 dollars for halves and quarters. Correspond with Claude Keenan Minot North Dak or Bjelland P. O. North Dak.
Edith Jackson returns to Austin after visit to Martin’s. Prof. Keenan comes back from the city. J F Carson visits Austin. Chester and Lynn Martin spent time with relatives in Austin. M E ladies plan Harvest Social and Apron Sale on Saturday Aug 30 with supper. Mrs F Wagner hosts card party Thursday afternoon. Marian and Beth Sheldon back from Northfield. Revel family moves to Stewartville soon. Wm. Bently returns from Lime Springs. Mrs J A Lowry and daughter visit A J Stewart. Lila Revel hosts a Saturday gathering for friends.
Albert Lea Minnesota hosts the exclusively women’s Albert Lea College offering B A degrees and normal training under Miss K I Hutchison as principal. The four year program emphasizes music art elocution physical culture and refined social advantages with university standards and lowest possible terms. Fall term opens September 10 1902. Rev C Adams serves as secretary.
Notice to conditioned students last June they may makeup by taking exams at the High School on August 29 at 9 a.m. Arithmetic and Geography, 2 p.m. United States History, 4 p.m. English Grammar. Signed Very respectfully Andrew Nelson.
Great Western offers one way colonist fares of 41.70 to California and Arizona points via Chicago Great Western. Tickets on sale daily in September and October with five day stop overs at select California points. Through tourist cars available. Inquiries through any Great Western Agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago 11. ?)
Minnesota State Fair at St Paul September 1 to 6 1902. One fare for round trip via Chicago Great Western Ry. Tickets on sale August 30 to September 6. Good to return by September 8. Inquiries to any Great Western Agent or J P Emer G F A Chicago Ill.
Ra cin e Mr Waite s sister returned to her home in Iowa last Wednesday. Elder and Mrs Calkins entertained company from abroad last week. The dance last Friday was well attended and a good time enjoyed. Schwarz and family visited at Welcome last week. Luther Freck of Grand Meadow visited friends here Thursday and Friday. Mrs D C Sanborn went to Edgely North Dakota last week. Mr Link and wife of Preston are visiting their son Joe. Mrs Lute Sanborn of Lime Springs visited relatives here last week. George McNeil of Dexter spent Sunday at H F Eppard s. Merle Eppard returned home with them.
C A Emmons of Austin Lumber and Fuel Co. argues practical prudence means choosing high quality and low prices. He says prudence in practice helps customers avoid alluring but worthless goods.
A special 1902 excursion from Austin via Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway promises entertainment for visitors. The round trip fare is 1.50 dollars with a special train departing Austin at 6 45 a m on Sunday August 24.
The annual Christ Episcopal Church Sunday School picnic shifts to Thursday afternoon at Lafayette Park. All congregation members are urged to attend.
Price single tuning three dollars and fifty tunes two tunings five dollars in clubs of three or more two dollars each. First class work guaranteed. Address 303 Water Street, Austin.
A promotional note warns of hidden heart disease and sudden death, urging readers to heed early signs and strengthen the heart. It promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as a leading remedy to quiet nervous irritation and regulate heart action.
After September first cement sidewalks will cost 55 cents a foot for a five foot four inch walk due to higher cement prices. E. Dickens, E. Enockson.
Male applicants sought to take charge of office work in Austin. Address with reference to A. T. Morris care L. T. Deaver Creston Iowa.
Miss Basford plans a studio opening in the Joseph building on August 25, inviting local residents to view the new space and its offerings. The event marks the artist’s first studio in a prominent city location and aims to showcase recent works.
Three good rooms suitable for housekeeping available at 403 East Maple Street, cared for by Mrs. J. Guinney.
A fragment from H. H. N. in New York Mail and Express recounts an observer’s 1679 voyage to Greater New York. The diary describes vast peach abundance in Harlem and on Long Island, daily fruit tasting, and local scenes such as ferry crossings and hospitality, with notes on the Labadist leaders and colonial life.
In Memphis on August 26 a southbound car toward Jackson broke a trolley wire at Georgia and Kentucky avenues. The wire whipped around the car causing a panic as passengers rushed to the rear door. Conductor Jones was swept from the platform and a mass of riders toppled. Mrs. N. E. Morris was found dead and seven others injured, with one in grave danger.
A presumed sixty year old woman unknown to police committed suicide by jumping from the Eads Bridge into the Mississippi River in St. Louis. This marks the first reported case of a woman taking her own life from the bridge.
Fragmentary OCR notes list railroad routes and summer travel options. Mentions Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul lines with round trip tickets to Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Ogden Salt Lake City Leadville and Hot Springs. Also references names and agents in a limited, unclear context.
Industrial agent promotion lists eight eight opportunities across Iowa Illinois Minnesota and Missouri on Chicago Great Western rail lines. Targets include creamery merchandise hotels books and general goods with demand for competent men in multiple business branches. Correspondence requested for maps and caravan locations.
Five dollar round trip offered from St Paul to Duluth with a Chicago Great Western morning departure and a Great Northern return to St Paul. Travel pattern shows arrival in Duluth 6 30 p m and departure 11 10 p m Sunday Aug 24, with return validity to Aug 25 via Great Western trains. Contact any Great Western Agent or J Elmer G P A Chicago.
The Eureka to Linton railway extension will connect McPherson County South Dakota to Emmons County North Dakota. It travels through prime wheat country and targets a harvest ready opening this fall. Towns Greenway Zeeland Hage Stafford and Linton are slated for market access in August and September with opening announcements planned.
Noril encew highlights Linton as a new town in Emmons county Dakota at the junction of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line from Luresa and the Northern Pacific to McKenzie North Dakota. The notice announces a land sale on September 4 1902 with excursion rates from all points on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul within South Dakota and urges investment in a growing farming and stock region along Beaver Creek. W Morrow Eureka Dakota is listed for more information and ticket rate inquiries through Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul agents.
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