Real estate sales and rentals listed for Austin area
Listings include Kent-House and barn on Mc Gary street near Kenwood. Al Moltson property at Redwood and Baldwin for two families plus three lots and barn. Captain W H Scotton residence on Lansing Avenue priced at 3500. Building lot on Lansing Avenue between Chris Hayes and A Hegge for 750. 160 acre farm four miles east of Austin at 5500 per acre. Fine Lansing Avenue building lot two blocks from Fox hotel with 1000 price. Austin 160 acres with buildings. 55.00 per acre. owner moved away. House and barn for rent with possession October 20 1907. Mrs Susan Fifield residence 310 South St Paul Street. one of the best in the city. easy terms.
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Kent
McGary Street
Kenwood
al. Mol’tson
Redwood and
Baldwin Streets
W. H. Scotton
Lansing Avenue
Lansing Ave
Chris Hayes
A. Hegge
Austin
Fox Hotel
Susan Fie
Mel
South St. Paul Street
Congress Sees 1000 Bills Referred to Committees in New Session
Washington reports nearly 1,000 Senate bills sent to committees for consideration after assignments. Highlights include Fulton on rail rates, Burkse on agriculture teaching, Heyburn on national boards and land courts, La Follette on fair rate returns, Lodge on customs inspectors, and Nelson on expanding free delivery to towns with $8,000 postal revenue. Also notes no paid entertainment in New York next Sunday after court ban.
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Washington
Senate
Fulton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burkse
Telegraph and Express Companies
Hansbrough
Frye
Heyburn
Plls
National Board of Corporations
Department of Mines
Senator la Follette
Lodge
Customs
Customs Service
United States
Nelson
New York
Supreme Court
O'Gorman
McClellan
Porcelain Inlay Technique Flaunts Delicate Gold Mold
A Washington Post dental feature explains making a porcelain inlay by forming a near invisible gold mold in a thin gold leaf. The process uses powdered asbestos in a tiny holder, gentle vibrations to set the mold, and porcelain powder baked in a small oven before cementing the final inlay.
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Chas Havin
Deutiet
Washington Post
McCumber Backs National Charter Plan for Interstate Firms
Senator McCumber of North Dakota introduces a bill to allow interstate corporations to obtain a national charter though not mandatory. It aims to separate reputable firms and apply federal controls similar to national banks, including safeguards against stock watering. The proposal was sent to the Interstate Commerce Committee.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Battleships Rhode Island and Virginia Sail for Hampton Roads
Snowbound at sea the battleships Rhode Island and Virginia left Brooklyn Navy Yard on schedule. Rhode Island anchored off Tompkinsville Staten Island. Virginia proceeded toward Sandy Hook and then Hampton Roads. Smaller ships sheltered. Minnesota delayed. Illinois and Missouri sought refuge after Boston departure.
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New York
Rhode Island
Virginia
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Sandy Hook
Hampton Roads
Yankton
Connecticut
Navy Yard
Minnesota
Wich
Ilinois
Missouri
Boston
Illinois
Province
Tough Forecast of a Matchup Amid Gossip
A Town and Country quip notes Youning plans to marry widow Hennock. The joke centers on age, with the widow described as twice his age and comments that marriage will accelerate aging.
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Youning
Hennock
Shoe
Ismarck's Retort Over Decorations in War
An article recalls a late 19th century exchange about awarding the first class cross for bravery. Bismarck defends the practice noting merit and position both deserve recognition and cites contemporaries such as Moltke and Roon while acknowledging a duke’s grumbling.
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Ismarck
Paris
Ernst
Says Coburg
Oiha
Biemarck
Myplos
Roon
Blumenthal
Odd Legacy Mentions Thomas Jefferson and Will of Weston
An old will notes Thomas Jefferson, founder of the Jefferson family of actors, as Weston’s benefactor. Weston, a Garrick era actor, left his stock to Jefferson after praising his politeness and management at Richmond. The fragmentary text hints at a transfer of acting stock and respect for Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Familly of
Actors
Weston
Garrick
Jefferson
Richmond
Wheat Prices in Minneapolis Market Report
Minneapolis wheat quotations show Dec at 31.01 percent and May at 1.06 dollars. On track No 1 hard 1.06, No 1 Northern 1.04, No 2 Northern 1.02, No 3 Northern 0.97 to 0.99 percent.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Live Stock Prices From St Paul Market Report
St Paul market summary lists cattle values with good to choice steers at 5.00 to 6.00, cows and heifers 3.50 to 4.50, veals 4.00 to 5.50. Hogs quoted 4.40 to 4.60. Sheep per head wethers 4.25 to 4.50 and lambs 6.50 to 6.00.
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St. Paul
Wheat and grain prices slip in scattered bids and arrivals
Duluth reports wheat arrivals on track with No 1 hard at 1.93 and No 1 Northern at 1.02 in store 1 Northern 1.02 and 2 Northern 99 100. Flax arrives with Dec 1.10 and May 1.17. Chicago shows Dec wheat 92 cents and May 1.00 190, corn Dec 65 cents and May 66, pork Jan 12. 17, butter 19 26, eggs 20 25, poultry prices for turkeys 11c chickens 10c springs 8 10c.
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Duluth
Northern
Chicago
Cattle and Hog Prices Across Markets
Chicago data shows cattle beeves at 2.20 to 6.26 per hundredweight, cows and heifers 1.15 to 4.65, Texans 2.00 to 3.80, calves around 6.00, western cattle 3.00 to 5.00, stockers and feeders 2.20 to 4.20. Hog prices range from 3.90 to 4.18, sheep 2.00 to 1.90, yearlings 4.30 to 5.25, lambs 3.75 to 6.25.
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Chicago
Lapse of Reasoning Teetorics by Two Great Benefactors
A garbled anecdote on invention and Morse, showing lapses of reasoning before the telegraph. Morse, asked to solve a problem for railroads, discovers a bridge wiring solution when advised to fasten wires to a bridge. The tale frames a misdirected path to a key idea.
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Baltimore and Ohi Railway Company
Morse
Grizzly Encounter in Early Cathoria Story From Pew
In early Cathoria settlers faced many bears and Pew near Santa Cruz recounts a singular ordeal with a grizzly. A bear attacked, dragged him, buried him in sand, and repeatedly reburied him as he slowly freed himself while remaining hidden. The tale appears in My First Holiday via Mrs Dall.
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Cathoria
Pew
Santa Cruz
Mra Dall
Mr. Sweet
Biw
Sweet
Kittens to be drowned ordered by keeper of house
A grim note from the Louis Repub reports that a mother instructed Uncle Ben the coachman to drown many kittens but ensure Little Mary remains unaware. Mary pleads, asking Ben to warm the water, implying the cruel plan.
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Mary
Ben
Louis Repub
Pelican pouch and hunting display amuse natural curiosities
The article notes the pelican can distend its pouch to hold about two gallons of water and use it to scoop fish or feed its young. It describes the bird’s hunting dive from about twenty feet, its swift arrowlike plunge, and the fish gulped in its capacious throat while water shakes from its plumage. It also includes a humorous Emerson pun and a Boston boy mispronunciation.
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Burnham
Jasmin
E. Am
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Lil
Wr R. Murphy
Edward
Mills Street
Emedy
Bishop
Court House
John Faira
G. F. Rademache
Davidson
St. Paul and
Mill Streets
John Fairbanks
Austin Lodge No
Elk’s Hall
J. Solon Wood
Dowagiac
Mich
Fritz
Range
Timber and Stone
New York City
Ter
Bingham
Pilo
Piso
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Tr Farley
Emerson
Strin
Orris Heyes
Hayes Pros. Jewelers
Aveter, Minn
Chas. H. Weber
Buenos
London
Detroit Fire
Detroit
St. Louie
Providence
Vegue
Lowes Borgia
Fae
Kautep Saseig
Ooi
Omany
Baltimore
Bream Voller Genera
Cleveland
C. H. Johnson
Rochford
Ceumn
R Vatty End
Rochford Land
Ming
Qur Music
McKinley
Hamilton
Schumann
Schall
Straud Bros
Ristmas
Charles
Furniture
Austin, Minn
Bright
Robert G. Burke
Elnora
Saratoga Co
N.Y
Foley
KO Wold Drug
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