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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1910
Page
7
The hour line of cinema presents a film about King Harold of Raith and the Hastings battle. A grand production shown in English, it promises striking art and historic grandeur. Admission for children is 5d, with showings tonight at 7:45.
The church held a bazaar and concert Friday with seven booths. The event featured dolls and child's booths, candy, linen, baking, vegetables, and aprons. Mrs J L and Mrs J M Ea arrived at noon. evening program by a large choir drew enthusiastic support for the effort.
M Ha worth leads a major option to buy a controlling stake in 6000 acres of coal lands in southwestern Alberta. The project plans extensive exploration and development with a spur railway line to reach the site. Andrew Laidlaw of Spokane, tied to the lands, attended the Spalding gathering as the deal closed before his departure. The exact value remains undisclosed, but the arrangement is described as a deal of great magnitude.
In a year end salute to trade and health W C Horrobin Austin Minnesota offers deep cuts on canned fruits and foods. Rose Bud goods are moved to make room for stock with current prices for apricots raspberries gooseberries peaches plums clams and sugar beets as well as flour brands including Famous Golf Medal and Nature Gift Patent at reduced rates.
One hundred dollar reward offer for a false claim about Halls Catarrh Cure. J Cheney & Co of Toledo endorse the firm’s honesty, while National Bank of Commerce in Toledo endorses the firm. Halls Catarrh Cure is advertised as a systemic remedy taken internally, with a 75 cent per bottle price and pills for consumption.
Social events fill a busy Austin social week. A Phi lathea Crescent party is set for next Wednesday evening. At the Lutheran church a farewell and home-coming for Rev and Mrs Naess and Mr Malmberg drew a large crowd with music, speeches, gifts, and a lunch. The Birthday Club met at the George A Hormel home for Mr Hormel’s birthday with about fifty attending and a decorative white and yellow setup. A playful card feature noted birth months and traits on place cards, and roast pigs were served as part of the dinner.
The Boyd Transfer Co of Minneapolis announces reduced rates for shipments of household goods to the Pacific coast and other points, promising superior service at lower prices.
A Paris artist famed for boredom recounts an incident during a siege when soldiers found a pistol in his studio. A friend noticed rust inside the barrel, proving the gun unused. The artist explained his indifference, saying he would rather be shot than endure boredom.
An old family retainer recalls Wordsworth pacing a terrace while Dorothy gathered lines he recited as he bum ped along. The scene, quoted by H D Rawnsley, notes Wordsworth and his sister-influence and suggests the bumming aided inspiration, though details remain uncertain.
Harper's Weekly recounts Li Hung Chang’s world tour with preserved Chinese eggs stored in clay as a century old method. Eggs boiled then wrapped in clay, claimed to keep forever and improve with age, yielding dark whites and green yolks when opened. Chinese use these eggs in dishes and sauces, with duck eggs preserved similarly in charcoal paste.
Wanted 100 bushels of oats or corn and buyers for a few good houses. No commission. Offers to bank your house with sand and provide cement block chimney block fence posts. City lots in Austin from $150. Also Mower County land Wisconsin or Dakota lands. Also buyer for a new milch cow and calf, 4 pigs $20, 30 tons tame hay, driving harness $15, single harness $8, two for overcoats $10 and $15, three wagons $22 and upwards.
A London Tatler anecdote recalls a visitor who dropped a cat into a bear pit and was whisked by a bear while the keeper freed him. The man kept his footing, escaped through a side door, but his hat remained in the enclosure and he later sought reimbursement for a replacement.
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