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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
3
Local notes advertise new bracelets at Gleasons and holiday gifts at the Chicago Department store. A Kingsman greenhouse supply of holly and mistletoe is noted along with a Santa appearance and gift distribution. Other items include orchard sales, dress goods, a sheriff recount, parosol lost, and zinc soot remedy.
A long list of holiday promotions and sales across Austin with mentions of Guillemin's Main street candy and cigars, The Bee Hive store, Andrew's Music store, and The Main street Fruit store. Several personal notes include Peter Hein, Nathan Gendier, Miss Kate Myers, and others. Local efforts like the Willing Workers Society event at G. A. R. Hall and a fire alarm system decision in Albert Lea are noted along with civil service employment information and a few travel updates.
Regular meeting to L A to O R C tonight. A new depot is being built at Ramsey. W D Bower is expected home for the holidays. Miss Bessie MacKay will spend Xmas with her parents in Milwaukee. Miss Ruth Plummer will vacation with her grandmother in Lime Springs. Miss Benage Thomas and Florence Diggins returned to Bristow after the Diggins Moore wedding. Florence and May Cross return from Faribault where they studied. Mr and Mrs Moore moved to Bristow. Brakeman Emmet Chambers took a run after summer work in Farmington. Miss Minnie Guinney to arrive from Adams for holidays. Conductor Bard Stevens now running away freight. Mrs Amos of Wells arrives due to Mrs Barrett illness.
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