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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1900
Page
3
A collage of short items reports visitors and travels of H Juddbee and Mrs Owen, piano sales and tuners, a church visit by Rev Treloar, funeral services for Miss Elizabeth Asker, and various local business promotions. It mentions Degres of Honor event, Rocky Mountain Tea ads, laundry services, Kodake supplies, and multiple brief social notices across Austin, Albert Lea, Dexter, Owatonna, and surrounding towns.
Miss Anker, aged 52, died Thursday night at the family homestead near Frankford. A native of Grand Meadow, she taught in the county and was a pillar at the Episcopal church. Survived by four sisters and three brothers, funeral held Sunday at the Frankford schoolhouse with Rev. D. J. Sommerville officiating. Interment in Frankford Cemetery.
Stephen Cook and Nathan Banfield attended Sunday night services at the Congregational church. While worshippers prayed, two men, Mesers, Cook and Dar'eld, reportedly left in a carriage and collided with a vehicle. Police were notified.
Fire was found at six near J F Fairbank's car shed by the Milwaukee tracks. Thad ward company responded quickly and extinguished the blaze. Origin suspected as spontaneous combustion. Loss not specified due to damage.
Newspaper fragment lists Everyday items and ads including a mineral tea promotion and a drugless osteopathy notice. Mentions W Strorg of Northfield and Malloy Bros. and O S Albertson D.O advertising office location near Hirsh's Clothing store with free consultation.
A local brake man named Jay Frank fell from a trestle near Easton on Sunday morning and suffered serious injuries. He was found unconscious and transported to hospital, where D B Johnson and Kendrick are taking care of him. Friends hope for a rapid recovery.
McGown, the thief who fled town last week with money and jewelry from Gordon Norse and guests, remains at large. He used forged credentials to gain work, bought provisions on credit, and allegedly borrowed a coat from L. W. B. Mareh before selling the coat to a local. A letter and explanation traced his recent actions, but his movements remain unclear as authorities search for him amid a generally fair weather pattern.
The Austin Base Ball team defeated Albert Lea 26 to 11 before a crowd of about 300 at Far Group's Ponday noon. Graf and O Mely starred in battery for Austin, while Albert Lea's errors doomed them despite solid hitting by their players. Umpire Kelley officiated. game lasted 2 hours 45 minutes.
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