Shoppers Find Wide Holiday Toys at Mailey Bug Store
A bustling display at Mailey Bug Store showcases Christmas toys from dolls to mechanical gadgets. Young shoppers admire figures while adults browse perfumes, stationery, cameras, and gift sets, as Homes Hardware touts a vast boy and girl gift selection including knives sleds skates and tools for the season.
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Mailey
Glad
All & i
Oh Lhood
Homes Hardware Store
Holmes
Spanish American War Vets Elect Officers in Harmonia Hall
Spanish American War Veterans met Wednesday in Harmonia Hall for their annual meeting and elected officers for the coming year. Commander F. B. Teeter Sr. Vice Commander John M. Teeter Jr. Vice Commander B. F. Holmer Officer of Day Ne's Christopherson Officer of Guard L. M. Sargent Chaplain A. C. Page Trustee J. N. Nichosen. Installation by the department commander will take place December 30. A New Ulm style goose supper was served to the veterans.
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Harmonia
F. B. Teeter Sr
John M. Teeter Jr
B. F. Holmer
Christopherson
L.M. Sargent
A.C. Page
J. N. Nichosen
List of Letters for Unclaimed Post
Postmaster J Simmons lists names including Olaf Born Stanley Crane Laurie Lewis Lucas N C Paul son Robert Towne C L Allen Mises Anna Dah Miss Anna Dowle Mrs May Dunfee Mrs Frank Perkins Mrs George. Letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not delivered. Advertised with date of list.
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Born
Olaf
Crane
Stanley
Laurie
Lewis
Lucas
Relief Corps Elects New Officers After Meeting
Large attendance at the Relief Corps gathering Wednesday afternoon as two candidates Millie Gregg and Jennie Phillips were initiated. New officers elected include Pres. Mrs. Miles Smith Sr. Vice Mary Horrobin Jr. Vice Eva Davison Treas. Clara Urbatch Chaplain Emma Neller Guard Eva White Delegate to Department Convention Marietta Bump Alice Barr Mattie Williams Bertha Warfield Lou Hendryx Alternates Clara Urbatch Louisa Secofield Mary Warfield Eva White Julia Kearns. The corps numbers 114 members and other appointments await.
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Relief Corps
Millie Gregg
Jennie Phillips
Cass Fairbanks
Miles Smith Sr
Mary Horrobin Jr
Eva Davison
Treas
Clara Urbatch
Emma Neller
Eva White
Marietta Bump
Alice Barr Mattie Williams
Bertha Warfield
Lou Hendryx
Clara Urbat
Ladies of the G A R Elect New Officers
The Ladies of the G A R held a meeting Wednesday afternoon with large attendance and elected officers including President Mrs May Carter Senior Vice Mrs Florence Chapin Jr Vice Linens Mrs Anna Gunderson Secretary Mrs Lucy Dickens Treasurer Mrs Frances Watkins Conductress Mrs Florence Waite Assistant Conductress Mrs Eva Webster Chaplain Mrs Minnie Twedell Guard Mrs Belle Watkins Assistant Guard Mary Boyd Patriotic Instructor Mrs Eva Carter First Delegate Lucy Dickens Alternate Mrs Minnie Twedell.
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G.A.R
May Carter, Sr
Florence Chapin, Jr
Anna Gunderson
Lucy Dickens
Frances Watkins
Florence Waite
Eva Webster
Minnie Twedell
Belle Watkins
Mary Boyd
Eva
Stranger Quits Austin After Night in Fox Hotel
A man visited the Fox hotel and offered $30 to pay for the best. An officer detained him and he spent the night in the jail corridor nicknamed Gali Bumgaio. He claimed innocence but witnesses testified to his intoxication. He paid about $13 to secure release. He vowed never to return to Austin after the brief, costly visit.
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Fox
Gali Bumgaio
Austin
Sylvia Opera Rehearsed in Austin for January Debut
Sylvia, a charming opera now rehearsed in the city, will be staged early in January. Audiences have welcomed its prior city runs and Austin’s best musical talent is enlisted. W Rhys Herbert’s score promises high quality and an orchestra will participate in the performance.
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Austin
Sylvia
W. Rhys- Herbert
K. U.s Elect Officers Knights of Columbus Choose Board
The Knights of Columbus at K. U. held a Wednesday meeting and elected officers for the coming year. Grand Knight M. S. Fisch. Deputy G. K. Ed Gilleece. Chancellor Fred Dugan. Recording Secy Frank Cronon. Financial Secy C. I. Riley. Treasurer P. V. Beaulieu. Advocate J. J. Furlong. Warden Matthew Chambers. Inner Guard Dan Guinney. Outer Guard Mike McShane. Trustee Charles Gilleece.
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Knights of Columbus
M.S. Fisch
G.K
Ed Gilleece
Fred Dugan
Woodmen hall names officers for year at WM. W A. meet
Von Dusko Camp No. 243 of Woodmen selected officers for the coming year at a Wednesday evening meeting. New appointments include W C Ransome J Thomson W A Frank Etch Banker Gus Ward Clerk E H Sterling Watchman Will Richards Seniry George Merrill Escort Will Plzak Manager Three Years William Cutter Physicians Pierson Lewis and Johnson were named as doctors.
A U C Commercial Club Stag Dinner Set for Dec 11
The Commercial Club invites its members to a stag dinner at Elk Hall on Monday evening December 11 with seating for about one hundred. W H Nangle will supervise service. The event promises unusual fellowship and a festive board. Service starts at 7 30 and continues until the last man says Hold enough with a diligent committee preparing extra features.
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Elk Hall
W. H. Nangle
The Rialto Gift Game Sets Holiday Fun at Home
A new parlor novelty called The Rialto is praised as the king of amusement for holiday gatherings. It suits one or many players, comes boxed with ivory balls cushions and table in a glass case, and is offered at a low price with a two for fifty cent deal.
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Rialto
Calumet Novelty Works
Oakland
Music Hall Bldg
Chicago
Ils
Cement Block Sale at Yard and Delivery Prices
Nels Mickelson advertises cement blocks for cash sale at 9 12 cents at the yard and 10 cents delivered, offering immediate purchase options.
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Nels Mickelson
Social events and a street scene prompt stories of community life
The article details a Wednesday church group social at the YWCA Phi lathea club with blue and white decorations, doughnuts and coffee, plus twenty attending a Sumner social tea at Mrs P H Friend’s for playground plans. It also notes Mr and Mrs F H Horrobin hosting a 50th birthday card party and Mr and Mrs William E Pike’s surprise with silverware. A Chicago Deaconess home inquiry recounts a crying man on the street, reflecting on hardship and unseen suffering from a Christian Herald-quoted observation.
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Sumner
P. H. Friend
F. H. Horrobin
Mr. Horrobin
William E. Pike
Second Street
Deaconess
Chicago
Christian Herald
Lesson in morals misread by a Philadelphia instructor
A Philadelphia teacher notes children often read deeper morals into fables than intended. He recounts a boy, Tommy, who interpreted the wolf and lamb tale to mean the lamb’s fate depended on virtue, quipping that if the lamb had been good there would have been nothing to eat. The remark highlights persistent misreadings in moral tales.
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Philadelphia
Tommy
Lippinecott
Letters Going Abroad Postal Rates Announced
A postal regulation outlines foreign letter rates. For Canal Zone Guam Hawaii Philippine Islands Porto Rico Tutuila Shanghai Canada Cuba Mexico Newfoundland Panama Great Britain Ireland and Germany by sea direct two cents per ounce or fraction. For all other foreign countries including Germany via England or France five cents for the first ounce or fraction and three cents for each additional ounce or fraction.
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Canal Zone
Guam
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
Tutuila
Shanghai
China
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
Newfoundland
Republic of Panama
Great Britain
Ireland
Germany
England
France
Two Arrival Types Reported by Hotel Clerk
A New York Sun report quotes a hotel clerk describing two classes of guests who need help registering. One is the woman with tight gloves who cannot write, and the other is men arriving after 11 p.m. who joke about needing the clerk to register them quickly.
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New York Sun
Chicken Pie Dinner Menu At Congregational Church
Supper menu lists chicken pie mashed potatoes rutabagas cabbage salad cranberries rolls pie coffee with price 35 cents. Cold meats creamed potatoes baked beans rolls coffee doughnuts served Friday at 5 30 pm at the Congregational church with a 2 cent price noted.
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Congregational Church
Lost Days Echo in a Chicago Record-Herald Quote
A literary exchange recalls lost days as a narrator laments not hearing a loved one’s voice. The reply affirms an enduring longing for those once cherished moments. The Chicago Record-Herald is the attributed source of the quotation.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Farmer laments shelling ruin of corn by troops
A Dallas News report quotes a farmer surveying a battlefield scene with torn fields. He remarks that soldiers are a help as they have shelled his corn, highlighting the war's impact on local farms.
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Dallas News
Point of View Exchange Reveals Household Budget Clash
In a brief humorous exchange Mrs. Whooper notes Mr. You spend too much money while Rup counters that the real issue is not earning enough. The dialogue highlights marital stress over finances.
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Whooper-Rup
East Side wagon delivery schedule by Hormels Provision Market
Notice lists three daily wagon departures for East Side customers: first at 7 30 A M, second at 10 30 A M, and third at 3 P M. Phone in orders to Hormels Provision Market for prompt service.
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Hormels Provision Market
Shake Not the Credit of Others in Endeavoring
A compact moral admonition urges individuals to avoid crediting others when pursuing personal achievements, emphasizing integrity and self reliance in work and reputation.
Regular meeting notice for B A Y group
Regular meeting Friday December 8 to nominate and elect officers. A L Lickteig is listed as corresponding secretary.
Hat Sale At Austin Millinery On North Main
Local retailer Austin Millinery advertises hats at half price. Shop at 413 North Main Street with a bold sale message urging customers to come in and see the discounts.
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Austin
North Main Street
Bead and mesh bags offered for women at Gleason
Over 50 styles of ladies bead and mesh bags arrive with prices ranging from 1.35 to 10.00. Gleason advertises new accessories and fashion items for the season.
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Gleason
Hall's Catarrh Cure sworn to fund cure claim
Frank J Cheney of F J Cheney Co sworn that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, dated 6 December 1886, appears before A W Gleason, a justice in Toledo. Hall's Family Pills are also advertised for constipation.
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Frank J. Cueney
F. J. Cursing & Co
Dougusiness
Teledo
Hall
Catakry
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Novagny Public
Ball
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Draceteta
Dake Hall
Box and Its Meanings Across Uses in Language
The article lists many senses of the word box, including a container of any size, the carriage driver’s seat, a gift, enclosed theater or court seats, a box drain, a private shelter such as a shooting box, a cylindrical iron part in wheels, a carpentry trough, the space in a boat, and an awkward position. It also notes verb forms meaning to fight, to go over compass points, and to cause a vessel to turn, among other uses.
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Court of Justice
Auction Yard Scale Notes From A Rural Market
Fragmentary market listing shows hogs veal fat lambs and sheep sale terms with price ranges and weights. Names and places are unreadable but the fragment hints at livestock pricing and yard observations.
The Death Pain Explained by Surgeon
A surgeon discusses death as usually painless, noting the body weakens before death and impure blood affects brain function. He adds temperament and education affect pain perception, with educated and female individuals tending to endure better.
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London Globe
The Biter Bitten
A Philadelphia man buys a dozen homing pigeons at a bargain price from a dealer. Two weeks later the dealer learns the birds were purchased for a man in San Francisco and would return home when released, proving the biter was bitten in a humorous twist.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Life of a Gown and the Value of Worn Clothes
A woman cites a trial where a plaintiff seeks full insurance for gowns damaged by fire. An expert testifies that no dress has value in law after ten wearings, implying most gowns have outlived usefulness, which could absolve the insurer except for the weight of old material.
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Insurance Company
New York Sun
One View of Mountain Climbers
A reflection on mountain climbing from past to present notes the shift in view. It cites Murray's Guide to Switzerland of 1838 regarding Mont Blanc and the remark that many climbers were of unsound mind, then contrasts with modern enthusiasm and curiosity about alpine journeys and Arctic terns.
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Murray
Switzerland
Mont Blanc
No Nubbins Hay Grain Feed Sold at Hare Mill Street
A promotional notice from J. W. Hare Mill Street Feed Store in Austin Minnesota touts hay grain and feed as clean bright and sweet with no dirt rot or nubbins. It claims a trial order will prove better quality and invites customers to deal locally.
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J. W. Hare
Mill Street
Austin
Minn
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