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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1906
Page
2
The snippet lists John H. Skinner as Editor and Proprietor and Gertrude Ellis Skinner as Associate, indicating the paper’s leadership.
A bustling Christmas scene unfolds as shoppers rush through a store to find gifts and supplies. A merchant notes this season as the biggest ever in Austin, with shelves full of bags doilies powder-cloths and sewing items.
Mrs William Lambert entertained Social Seven at her home Friday afternoon. The girls shared stories and chatted beside a Christmas tree loaded with gifts. A cone shaped tree centerpiece concealed a neat surprise gift for each guest, making the gathering charming and original.
The governor states a plan to create a permanent tax commission and recommends imposing an income tax on credits that are currently exempt. He suggests a registry tax on mortgages and notes borrowers bear the tax, with mortgage borrowers paying a double tax.
At a special Dec 20 gathering, the Lady Trainmen installed officers for the year. A banquet followed. Mistress Ada Pium offers a hand painted fruit dish to the member who provides the best money making idea for 1907. Suggestions due at the Dec 26, 1906 meeting.
The Southern Minnesota Horticultural Society plans its annual meeting in Austin from January 18 to 20. It marks the first gathering here in several years and organizers hope for attendance matching that in other cities.
The Chicago Iowa and Northern railway lines up expansion by purchasing eighty acres at Jubilee Junction to build a station, depot, and stockyards along a route from Anamosa through Waterloo to the Southern Minnesota line.
Mrs Mayo wife of Dr Charles H Mayo was robbed of 60 dollars and two diamond rings on a westbound North Western train from Chicago last night. No clues yet to the perpetrators.
The Christian Brotherhood men's meeting at the Elke ball will be addressed by a railroad man Sunday afternoon December 2nd at 3 o'clock. Two little children will sing. Louie Rice went to Kenyon this morning to attend to his farm business. Miss Ethelbecker closed a successful Varco station school term Friday with a Christmas tree and program.
Austin Lodge No 201 O I F held a class of 15 candidates Friday night in a late session. The tea work received praise for its fine charges. An oyster supper followed as speeches kept about 75 attendees in high spirits past 1 am. Next Wednesday night another class will receive their first degree.
Bradstreet's reports holiday buying rising as the season ends with forecasts of record turnover. Stocks are strong and reorders booked while weather lags in the South and Northwest. Spring business looks heavy with industrial demand active and high finished-line specifications. Shortages of copper and other materials slow shipments, fueling anxiety in the Northwest and Pacific coast.
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