Why I Remain on the Farm contest offers $100 in prizes
Minnesota students in seventh and eighth grade living on farms may enter essays on Why I Remain on the Farm. Prizes total 100 dollars with 1st through 15th places. Essays must be under 500 words, on solo-sided letter paper, and mailed to the Extension Division by Jan 1, 1911 with name age and post office address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Chapman
Minneapolis
Charles M. Loring
Minnesota
Dept. of Agriculture
U. of M
St. Paul
Obituary of Mrs J W Taylor from 708 North Elm Street
Mrs J W Taylor died at her home in Austin after a stroke of paralysis last Sunday. She was 56, born in Pikesville Pennsylvania and lived in Fillmore County Rochester Dexter before moving to Austin 28 years ago. She married J W Taylor September 2 1875 in Rochester. Survived by husband two sisters and two brothers. Funeral Wednesday at two from Elm Street home with Dr J F Stout officiating.
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J. W. Taylor
North Elm Street
Pikesville
Fillmore County
Rochester
Dexter
Austin
Margaret Finney
Taylor
Methodist Church
Eastern Star and Relief Corps
G.I. A
L.E
Elm Street
J. F. Stout
M.E. Church
Lafayette Lodge Elects Officers at Brownsdale Meeting
Lafayette Lodge No. 116 A F and A M Brownsdale elected officers for the next year led by W M W B Sleeper and H Stephenson with K Dahle Thatcher Warren Lambert Gillett Bacon Co and Hoy. A joint installation with the Eastern Star is set for December 28.
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T. F. Bacon
J. S. Co
F. Hoy
Tyler
A. B. Warren
Eastern Star
Owls Elect Officers At Austin Order of Owls Meeting
The Austin Order of Owls held its annual gathering with about 90 members present. Five members were initiated and a banquet was served. Officers for the coming year were elected including H. J. Zender president and Art Speck vice president.
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Austin Order of Owls
H. J. Zender
Art Speck
Ben Speck
Ben Hart
Peter Capretz
Stanley Ward
J. E. Harris
Otto Jenson
C. H. Johnson
Miss Anna Carroll Returns From Calmar Visit
Miss Anna Carroll is home from Calmar after visiting her sister Agnes Carroll has gone to Calmar to be with her sister for a time. McBride's Grocery store will be closed all day Monday December 26.
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Anna Carroll
Calmar
Agnes Carroll
McBride
Sentencing of Fred Anderson for Clarence Contdit shooting
Fred Anderson waived examination and appeared before Judge Kingsley. He was sentenced to three years and six months at hard labor at Stillwater state prison. Sheriff Nicholsen escorted him to prison Monday afternoon.
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Fred Anderson
Clarence Conditt
Kingsley
Stillwater
Nicholsen
Card of Appreciation and Local Notices
Card of appreciation thanks Austin readers for money aiding a family to seek treatment for their daughter at Rochester hospital. A lost pocketbook containing 75 cents to $1 and a Harry Keyser receipt is sought by finder at the Herald. A Ladies of the G A R meeting is announced for auditing books at Woodman hall. Santa Claus jokes about barber baron suit and Hirsh's ad promotes a large clothing selection.
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Austin
May
Rochester Hospital
Geo. Dorn
Harry Keyser
the Herald
Woodman Hall
Santa Claus
Hirsh
For Sale Local Real Estate and Goods Listings
Advertising notes offer a six room house at a good location for 300 with half cash and 10 monthly balance. Also several lots in northeast city, land in Mower County, multiple 160 acre parcels in North Dakota and Wisconsin, and a 160 acre Bayfield County option. Other items include a pair of driving ponies, a rent yielding house at 500 with cash terms, a $700 mortgage and 160 acres, plus concrete building material and delivery claims. Phone 94 L.
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Mower County
Emmons County
N. Dak
Mercer County
N. D
Ramum County
N.D
Bayfield County
Wis
Sutton District 78 Vacation Begins Friday
Mildred Christgau celebrated her sixth birthday with about 20 friends at her home yesterday. The party featured outdoor games from four to six, supper for 20, evergreen decorations, and a small Christmas tree centerpiece. Fred and Gertrude Christgau will visit friends in Spring Grove, Minnesota, over the holidays.
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Mildred Christgau
Fred
Gertrude Christgau
Spring Grove
Minn
Local notes on sickness visits and community events
The town reports Jenny Tollerud visiting the Albert Tollerud home as Miss Nellie Thompson teaches, and Viola Swanson on the sick list. A temperance meeting in Lyle on the 15th drew a large crowd. a basket sociable in District 11 on the 14th raised about $30. Mrs. Lawrence Eggen and Harriet visit Osage. Baptist church fundraiser in M. W. A. hall netted over $40. Oakland camp MWA initiated new members. an oyster supper followed. Rev J P Davis preached a fine sermon at the Presbyterian church with good attendance. locals regret his departure. Others arrive home from Macalister college for two weeks’ vacation. George Dearmin returned from Albert Lea. Christmas program planned for next Saturday with the Baptists and Presbyterians uniting. A party at Miss Laura Hatch’s home featured gifts and games with an oyster supper at 11:30.
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Oakland
Austin
J. P. Davis
Presbyterian Church
George Dearmin
Albert Lea
Exis
The
Baptist Church
Laura
Hatch
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Austin Daily Herald
Gertrude Ellis-Skinner
Austin Herald
Olmsted County
Mexico
Alberta
Florida
Washington
Winona
Lafayette Lodge
Owls
Thos
Rochford
Ve Andeux
Kid Mittens
Brown
Sec
Ladies
Embroi
White
Cardinal
Navy
Silk Wais
Barretts
Buck
Our Alexandre
Toques
Wayne
TAM O'Shantas
Mittens
Austin High School
S. M. N. C. College
Sanitar
Bradley
Needle Books
Oxford
Sutton
Nevada
Albert Tollerud
Jenny Tollerud
Viola Swanson
Lyle
Dist
Nellie Thompson
Temperance Society
Lawrence Eggen
Harriet
Osage
Holerson
Basket Sociable
Moscow
Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist Church
M. W. A. Hall
Irvin Lowry
Honrom Macalister College
Vacati
John McCourt
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