Special bargains in city lots and houses in Winona area
For Sale cheap. No. 3 a house two blocks from Main street ideal for party moving away. Special bargains in city lots on Kenwood avenue Bridge and Railway streets. For Rent 240 Acres west of the city. For Sale a good house barn and an acre and one half near the city center.
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Main St
Maple St
Bridge Street
Milwaukee Depot
Main Street
Kenwood Avenue
Winona
Bridge
Railway Streets
Ole
John Olson
Local News Briefs From Austin Minnesota
Weather shows cloudy and cooler tonight with possible showers while Tuesday brings fair conditions. Local shops advertise fall coats dresses sweaters and silks at West's and Bazaar promotions. Numerous residents travel to cities state fair and events include Harmonia club picnic and community sales. Baby born to Mr and Mrs James King. more births and visits noted across Austin and nearby towns.
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Harmonia Club
James King
E. T. Bassett
Pretty Saturday Dinner Honored Guests Visit
Mrs. W. F. Kearns hosted a pleasant Saturday dinner for friends. The guests included Mrs. Cecil Freeman and her young son Raymond, adding a cheerful social note to the afternoon gathering.
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W. F. Kearns
Cecil Freeman
Raymond
Local notes and social bits from Austin area
Short items report new dill pickles for sale at Hub Grocery and prices, people traveling to Minneapolis for the state fair, others heading to cities for state fairs, the Eclipse Lumber Co offering building materials, coal or wood, and a Presbyterian Sunday School picnic at Lafayette Park. Mrs Frank Martin and children visit Riceville Iowa, Carleton Fairbanks returns to work, Loretta Newman and Anna Neumann travel home, Ulmer vacationing, Henry Martinson and family visit from Minneapolis, a fire at Ed Schiewek's tailor shop causing $25 damage, M J Feeny and Harry Rutherford en route to the state fair and then Plattsville Wisconsin.
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Henry Martinson
Minneapolis
Cramp Rings and Royal Use on Good Friday
Historic note recalls English kings hallowing cramp rings on Good Friday to ward off cramps and epilepsy. Ring material came from decayed coffins and ceremonies were elaborate, once praised by physicians around 1557 in Andrew Boorde’s Breviary of Health. Diplomats like Lord Berners used cramps as gifts for influence with Charles V’s court in 1508.
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Cramp
England
Andrew Boorde
Lord Berners
Charles V
Westminster Gazette
East Side News Briefs Highlight Local Moves and Visits
East Side notices report Donald and Leon Barr and Vivian Contell leaving for a visit at McGregor. J. H. McDonald returns from Madison South Carolina to spend Sunday in Austin. George Olaf Damm and Harry Martin travel to Minneapolis for the state fair. Esther Simmonson returns to Stillwater after visiting Robin Johnson. Clem Ellingsen family packs for a move to Madison South Dakota. Conductor Herbert Warfield takes a ten day layoff and will visit Coffeyville Kansas with family. Mrs. Harry Haines and daughter Etta return from Owatonna after two weeks with E. L. Haines. The East Side Presbyterian Sunday School picnic is at Lafayette Park with attendees asked to meet at the East Side church at 9. New September records are on sale at Bazaar. Dan Gorman appointed temporary roadmaster on the C. M. & St. P. extension from Lemmon South Dakota to Marmarth North Dakota. The family will not move from Austin yet.
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Herbert Warfield
Coffyville
Kansas
Harry Haines
Etta
Owatonna
East Side
Lafayette Park
Austin
Dan Gorman
Lemmon
Marmarph
A Boy Humorist Felicitates Crowd At M. E. Church
Master Fred Crow, a 14 year old humorist, showcases Irish wit and lively comedy at the M. E. church on September 8, drawing smiles and keen attention from the audience with his amusing selections and infectious grin.
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Fred Crow
M. E. Church
The Furore Over a Woman in California Mining Camps
A reminiscence from William M. Stewart recalls scarce women in early California camps and a famous wager tale. Miners lined four miles, cheered a woman emerging from a wagon, and raised a gold dust donation of two to three thousand dollars before the wagon and owner vanished by next day.
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California
William M. Stewart
Coyote
Joe
Buckeye Hills
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Whitehall
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Anna
Elizabeth Hosted
Cargill Elevator Co
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Luella Tierney
New Hampton
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Nora Becker
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William Danzer
William Satterby
Linley Cress
The
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Frank Martin
Riceville, la
Carleton Fairbanks
Peoler’s
Presbyterian
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Anna Neumann
Lewiston
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Hugo
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Ada Jones
Dance of Clowns
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