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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1901
Page
3
Help wanted ads show male and general labor needs. Positions include housework competence for a Mus. A. Wright at 300 Water St West, sewing for children’s garments, barber trade helpers, and waiter/board offers. Also listings for chicken pickers at a referenced refrigeration facility and other trades.
Fragmented ads and notices listing rents and rooms near south Main Street. Capt. Judd offers a wood nine room house for 1.00 per month with a well and barn next door. Lost items include a Scottish collie and a blue astrakan fur collar. Also horse for sale and various business offerings from Lumber and coal to home-based opportunities.
Auction notice lists two horses aged eight and nine, double harness, plus poultry and assorted items for sale or trade. Items include a bay horse, various poultry, an old refrigerator, freezer, and a 25,000 pound pop orn. Call for details. no holidays. EF Peck 44%.
A. VD. Searles offers furnace and stove repairs and all kinds of repairs. He also does eaves troughing and New ceilings at Cracker Building, Bridge Street. 15 weapons wanted at a Packing House for trimming department. Gris. Nene under 16 must apply.
The Ladies of the Christian Church plan a two day sale on Friday and Saturday December 20 and 21 featuring handkerchiefs aprons toilet and fancy items dressed dolls and various Christmas gift goods. Other items include Christmas trees at Evergreen farm and a variety of household goods and baked items. Local residents are urged to support by shopping and subscriptions and to notify the office if papers are missed.
The Golden Eagle Clothing Company showcases a full line of Holiday goods including neckties and gloves. C. H. Thomas contributes five short notices announcing Holiday offerings. Anderson & Skinner open a real art store and cut prices on pictures and frames by 15 percent. The Blue Front store promotes special footwear offers for holiday shoppers.
Notice advertises repair services for sleighs and wagons, offering new dash boards, shoes, and upholstery. Kept free of charge at Hansen Rogers' Bridge sheet facility. Includes owner signatures and location details.
Negotiations between Secretary Hay and Mr Brun remove remaining substantive hurdles to the treaty enabling the United States to possess Danish possessions. The adjustments aim to secure Senate approval before the holidays. Supreme Court decisions on insular cases ease treaty preparation.
Maurek's People's Store on the East Side advertises an unmatched Christmas stock with 100 lb and 26 lb granulated sugar, citrons, raisins, figs, currants, nut meats, assorted candies, chocolates, and handmade creams. The shop touts 4 large candy stock, prices from 15c to 50c, plus nuts, fruits, pickles, sauerkraut, cider, and a full provisions selection. SPECIAL PRICES to schools and Sunday schools.
Our Meat Department is complete with dressed and live poultry including young hens and turkeys at 10 cents per pound, geese at 6 loose and 10 dressed, ducks at 10, and fine chickens at 10. Armour's beef and other meats, plus lard bacon and hams, are offered with careful selection.
Mixed nuts priced at 15 cents per pound with almonds 18 cents filberts 12 and a half cents pecans and walnuts 12 and a half cents per pound hickory nuts five cents per pound No 1 very peanuts ten cents per pound also celery and oysters featured in the advertisement local grocer markets bird.
Local ads advertise Campbell Buckwheat Flour at 35 cents per 10 pounds and Campbell's Peerless Flour at $1.00 per sack. Promo discounts offered through Christmas at Guillemin's Opera House Annex. Mention of Mayor O L West traveling to St Paul.
Mrs. Herman Hovlach and children, en route for Royal Ina, visited Miss Clara Brushin in Albert Lea. Mrs. Billogton and Mrs. Frank Husbek returned to Wansea with Katie Fisher, who will winter with Mrs. Hushek in Cedar Rapids. Conductor Gi aided in entertaining Cedar Rapids visitors. Conductor Campbell listed sick. East Side orchestra to meet at Mrs. Ellingson’s home. Anton Helebrant injured in a wood loading accident at Milwaukee chop. Ethel Leighton travels to Los Angeles for winter. Virginia Fortney, Lydia Hale, and Besse Fortney plan a short trip to St Paul and Minneapolis. If weather persists, summer wheels may be substituted.
Merchants urge early buying though crowds will grow in the days before Christmas. F M Refuss visits for piano repairs at Love's Music Store. Edith Larabee and Florilla Snyder arrive from LeRoy. Mollison travels to Northfield. Mrs. Ferris of Lyle visits. Guillemin's Opera House Annex features phonographic entertainments. A large line of pipes and smoker's articles is advertised. A warning note about watch and wife’s hair emphasizes gift caution.
Promoter Onas F Exuis of Mandan invites buyers to contact him for cheap farm lands and ranch properties with easy terms. The ad emphasizes strong bargains and urges interested parties to write.
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