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Christmas notices fill Austin pages with sales and socials
Local items report travelers Franklin Curtiss-Wedge and L. W. Belden leaving for Red Wing for holidays, and families visiting in Austin. Advertisements promote Hirsh's Bar on sale neckwear, Hirsh's clothing, Hayes Bros. jewelry, and Dalager's Xmas gifts. Also notes births, illnesses, theater show The Slave of Carthage, and community events at G. A. R camp fire and auditorium use.
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Franklin Curtiss-Wedge
L. W. Belden
Mower County
Red Wing
Henry Balcom
Brownsdale
T. J. Bibby
Windam
John Chapman
West Union
A. Rush
Lincoln Street
Hirsh’s
Hayes Bros
Dalager’s
Cronon & Co
Boston
W. D. Bassler
Twin Cities
Austin
Austin Furniture Co
Warren Zeno
Albert Lea