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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1901
Page
3
An old hotel advertisement offers rooms at $1.00 to $1.25 per day and weekly board for $4.50. Meal tickets priced at $3.50 for 21 meals, with single meals at 25 cents. Weekly rooms start at $1. A promotional note highlights affordable lodging and dining options at Gordon Hotel.
A collage of shop offers and notices includes cooks and groceries at Cash Butter and Egg store 207 East Bridge Street with Campbell's flour and dairy items, Keenan selling cutters, holiday candy prompts, a Palace Music hall dance on January 1, and a Ladies of G A K meeting rescheduled to January 2 at 2 o'clock. Also an employment ad for an active man with horse and rig in Minneapolis and a note on Booker T. Washington speaking in St Paul.
Mrs Frank Blake and daughter Melba visited Mr and Mrs McCormick and Mr and Mrs Gallagher over Sunday. John Myers is able to be about again and friends rejoice. Mrs H B Hinckley, Misses Laura Owen and Katie Bertram spent Sunday at the Bertram home in Adame. Mrs Fleming and daughter Bernice visit relatives at Lake Preston. Miss Kanes of Minnesota Lake is guest of her brother Conductor Kanss and has returned home. Thos Shaughnessy and son Eddie of St Thomas Minn have returned home after being entertained at the Cooper home last week. Conductor Cooper has recovered and returned to work. Fred Dexter bee returned from his visit to Appeton. Mrs Chestnut and son Earl have returned from Prairie du Chien. Miss Esther Smith is home for the holidays, Miss Mattie Minar returned from Minneapolis. Misses Pearl Cota and Hattie Minar went to Owatonna today.
Long list of Austin area social notes and travel updates. Reports mention Harmonia club planning a Millequerade ball on January 15. Multiple residents and visitors are listed with movements between Austin, Owatonna, Albert Lea, and nearby towns, plus local events, illnesses, and business trips.
The Ladies' Musical will present an entertainment at Elk's Hall on Wednesday evening hosted by Mrs. Ethel Birkett Lee of Madison Wisconsin and Mr Stevens of Minneapolis. The Harmonia Club will stage a masquerade dance on January 15 at Music Hall. The public are invited.
Miss Novena Muarane and Mr Wm Casey called for the first time Sunday. Father Devlin preached a practical, engaging sermon with many incidents. It was a fine Christmas Mass with Mr Jones on bass and Miss Zanders on solos enhancing the service.
Washington reports from Senor Infante the Chilean charge that Argentina did not formally demand changes to the protocol for settlement. Officials say no change was made by the Chilean foreign minister and any talk has been informal. Prospects for a settlement are described as good with hope for a satisfactory arrangement.
Social events notice states the M. P. and B. club will hold a dance on January ninth in Palace Maeic hall with Tichy’s fall orchestra providing music.
Murphy announces a pre inventory sale to move stock before counting. The note highlights planned price reductions likely to attract shoppers across the region, with emphasis on attracting women readers in the section.
Light Brshma cockerels range from 1.00 to 6.00. About 100 backels of seed corn offered. Address 30-12 Bupp Sra, R. BR. 1, Austin.
General Lucien Mendoza, rebel leader in Caracas area, suffered successive defeats as government troops routed him near La Victoria and later near San Juan de las Rosas. He reportedly fled toward de Cura in Miranda state with about 40 followers, after another setback in La Victoria. Several engagements occurred in Guarico's oil mountains as authorities pursued him.
In Mexico City at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe a grand Pan American ceremony united archbishops and delegates from all American nations. The United States delegation, led by Senator Davis, carried its flag in the procession. General Kiesman bore the U S flag to the high altar where all flags were laid, and General Frisbie presented a commemorative medal after services.
Paris on December 30 reports sculptor M Haward completed a statue of General Rochambeau for presentation in Washington D C as a companion to Lafayette. The bronze work will begin next week and the finished piece is hoped ready for shipment to the United States in April.
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