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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
3
The report notes steady to strong demand with limited activity for wheat and corn. May wheat closed around 75 1/4, July near 75 7/8, while May corn about 43 3/9 and Jan at 44 5/8 with a tendency for prices to rise on break opportunities as buyers remain active.
Eugene Austin plans to move his family to Bell Vedere Illinois in spring. Vera West returns home looking well. Cranes enjoy Christmas at F I Crane home. Navel oranges and fruit sold at Main Street Fruit Store. Lost black chatelaine purse with 5 50 between E B Cranes and post office. Fire whistle quiet on cold day. Christmas dance at Turner Hall. Chas Fox Jr reports blizzard in Salt Lake City with father. Guillemin buys candy stock for holiday trade. Miss Gussie Gusdavison visits sister Mrs J E Davidson. Conductor Crabtree resumes Hayfield to Fort Dodge run. Way Down East praised as sermon within a play. Austin Opera House to host Dec 31. L D Carter and Will Tyler visit Rochester. Mrs H S Schiender visits Rochester. Special low candy prices for churches before the 20th at Guillemin’s. Death notice for Mrs Brewer Mattocks formerly Emily Richardson at Duluth. Fancy cigars and specials at Guillemin’s. Apples advertised Honest Pack. McBride the Grocer promotes ventilation joke. Mrs Opie and two daughters go to Janesville. Detwiler family from Minneapolis home for holidays. Frank Kinney spends Sunday in Austin. Mrs Al Hall returns from Rose Creek. Mr and Mrs Geo Burnham visit Blooming Prairie friends. Mrs Sarah Cook returns from Minneapolis. Moving into new college building noted. Mrs Fiester from North Dakota attends Mamie Kinney funeral.
Allen and Godfrey Honstein wed at 7 30 Christmas Eve at Mrs Winzel s home on the East Side. Rev Barth officiated. The couple plan a wedding trip to La Crosse and St Paul and will reside with the Winger family for the winter.
Members of McIntyre Post No. 66 GAL SR and McIntyre Relief Corps plan a joint installation and camp fire at the G A Batb area next Saturday Jan 3 Families of old soldiers will attend followed by a banquet and program U S Council Jack Bacon former Austin boy will serve during the absence of the regular council A N E tin boy noted A Hall co Xmas at Eastman home near Rose Creek Auditor elect Geg Robertson spent Xmas in Lyle Sir Knights and Fiks distributed cheer at Xmas
The Minnesota State Educational Association meets in St Paul on December 31 1902 and January 1 2 1903. Educators are urged to attend to hear leaders in educational thought and to share their own ideas on state educational influence.
Be sure and buy a ticket for the Fireman's ball New Year Eve. Tickets can be obtained at Cronon's and Bassler's stores. Remember the firemen.
Scranton reporters recount three witnesses for the miners as the strike commission's day-long hearings proceed. John Haddock and Rev. Peter Roberts defend concessions under conditions while Samuel Gompers hints at immigrant ties to coal firms. The panel limits evidence to the commission scope.
A first person account recalls a morning on Pennsylvania Avenue soon after Lee surrenders when General Grant questioned whether President Johnson would revoke parole for Lee and other Confederate officers. Johnson refused, later angering Grant, with the incident recounted by a Indianapolis Sentinel reader. The piece shifts to a note on Mivart and mortality linked to inability to adapt to change, citing North Africa quail migratory patterns and Pliny.
The Indianapolis News acknowledges an error in its state fair coverage stating the longest snake exhibited reached thirty one feet, not twenty feet as previously published. Crowded space forced editors to cut material yesterday.
A brief quoted musing from Smart Set notes that initial love makes a man feel unworthy without reason. With time the reason emerges and the feeling of unworthiness fades as love deepens.
Snippet shows two councilmen in a terse exchange about a bet and a note. One asks if the other was asked personally to vote for it. The fragment suggests informal dialogue during a council meeting or committee discussion.
A fragment from the Plain Dealer quotes a heated exchange over a woman's status with phrases like Not from my side of the house and Because she hasn't any, illustrating a domestic dispute rejected by one speaker.
A quotation marks the idea that genius lies in knowing what to omit. The text frames omission as a deliberate craft, aligning memory with editorial restraint and selective emphasis.
A playful exchange shows husband praising hair as glory while wife insists on needing a new bonnet despite flattery. The light banter highlights domestic shopping desire and humorous gender roles within a domestic scene.
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