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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1903
Page
2
Rates listed for local ads include five cents per line for single insertions and ten cents per line for black faced type. Discounts apply for more than three insertions, lodges churches and societies. Cards of thanks and resolutions priced at twenty five and fifty cents.
James W. Davidson Consul of Formosa returns after more than two years abroad. The article praises his character and notes his ambitious plans to expand literary work, including a forthcoming Manchuria guidebook and continued research in Russia and East Asia. He traveled extensively, gathering data from 80 places and preparing materials for two new books.
A joint meeting at the council chamber in Austin brought 40 clerks and merchants from the Merchants Association and clerks union. Clerk leaders said no grievance exists and most merchants opposed the union while some would hire only non union clerks. Merchants had already voted to close stores at 6 30 each night except weekends and the 25th and 26th monthly.
Mrs Eliza Wart Wait aged about eighty seven died Sunday night after a week of illness in Austin. The funeral is set for Wednesday at 1 30 PM from the home of Mrs E R Earl 207 Jay street with Rev Brown. She was born June 1 1817 at Willsburg NY and lived in Vermont Iowa Minnesota before settling in this area. Surviving children include Daniel Amherst William Polly Samuel Norman Rhoda Simeon Henry Clinton and Nelson with about eighty grandchildren and great grandchildren. Known for her active kindness she prepared Sunday dinner alone a week prior to illness.
A 100 dollar reward offer claims Halls Catarrh Cure cures catarrh a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. It is taken internally and said to destroy the disease foundation by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer testimonials and list F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as manufacturers with a 75 cent price and mention Hat's Family Pills.
Gov Van Sant fixed Wednesday February 10 as the date of execution for Charles and Henry Nelson who were convicted in Steele county court of the murder of Henry Krier a saloonkeeper on April 13 1903. Sutton pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received life. The Nelson brothers appealed for a new trial but the supreme court denied the petition. Attorneys and friends plan to seek commutation at the state board of pardons meeting in January.
Ferdinand LaCom died suddenly from apoplexy at Shell Lake Wisconsin on December 22. He had moved from Austin in the spring of 1902.
An advertisement asserts dandruff is caused by a scalp germ and claims Newbro's Herpicide kills the germ to prevent hair loss. It promotes samples via The Herpicide Co. Detroit with a special agent contact.
A dull shopping day precedes a flood of year end bargains as merchants plan deep cut price sales to meet bills. Post office hours may be extended after distribution and clerks discuss forming a union amid rising inventories and late Christmas deliveries.
Saturday evening a large family gathering at the 8 D Cath erwood residence included J L Mitchell Judge Robinson F L Gleason A N Decker C H Davidson W T Mandeville J F Cook Mrs Sherwood Bert and Grace Mrs Cartwright Mrs C H Davidson and James Frank Mitchell A six o clock dinner served and twelve children sat at a separate table. The tree was for the children and grandmothers with one grandmother absent. a rare good time was reported.
George Burnham has arrived home from Blooming Prairie Miss Croft returns to Minneapolis to resume work after visiting her parents Next week Wednesday to Saturday the Poultry Show with 10 cent admission 35 cent season pass Frank Cronon secretary Howard Lord has been transferred from Columbus Ohio to the 26th Infantry Fort Sam Houston San Antonio Texas Congregational church invites families to Friday evening program with an instrumental sing along
A New York Tribune snippet recalls a playful quarrel between a couple. The woman vows to face poverty together, while the man jokes the sight of her would scare a wolf, ending with his wonder at why she kept or returned the ring.
A tale from Twain's river days describes his punctual yet earnest approach as a pilot. A fellow worker recalls he missed a boat but did not invent an excuse, reporting to his superior that the boat left at 6 10 and he arrived at 6 20.
A joke tale about a bottle breaking its neck after Mrs Brown fed her baby and left the room. The cradle bottle mishap leads to the punchline that the bottle is the catastrophe, not the baby.
The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of The First National Bank of Austin Minn will be held at its Banking House on Tuesday the 12th day of January 1904 at four oclock p m for the election of five Directors for the ensuing year and for the transaction of any other business that may come before said meeting N F BANFIELD cashier Austin Minn Dec 8 1903
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers tickets at the above rate for the Iowa State Teachers Annual Convention from December 28 to 31. Return validity extends to January 2. Inquiries: any Great Western agent or J. P. Eimer, G P A, Chicago Lil.
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