Local notices and social updates from Austin and vicinity
The column records a social gathering of the Lady Maccabbees and Mrs. Herzog, illnesses including Joe DeGroodt with bronchitis, local business in Austin, fruit sale ads for Navels, property trades and rentals, a lost seal brown mare, church suppers, travels of residents, marriage plans for Miss Sadie Hagan and William Ray Weber, travel notes, a list of residents visiting relatives, and upcoming community events including Elks social, a dance supper, and a bowling contest in Spring Valley vs Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Hagan
William Ray Weber
St. Augustine’s Church
Craney
S. T. Littleton
Steele County
Owatonna
Spring Valley
Austin
Miss Elizabeth Hormel Studio Classes and Art Supplies
Local studio at 709 High St offers classes in China decoration and watercolors. Original studies for rent available. White china for decorating plus paints and brushes for sale. Both phones listed.
Special Novel Oranges Friday and Saturday
Local notice advertises a Friday and Saturday event offering oranges at 40 cents a peek. Names BS Figester and THOMAS appear, indicating organizers or vendors for the 2021 promotion.
East Side Supper and Night School Meet in German Hall
East Side events note a supper for the B of R T dance and a night school opening at Mrs Henry Furtney home with about a dozen Thon salesladies and friends. Joe Graf returns from Decorah trip. Conductors Swenson Tolbertson laid off. Chris Johnson from Rushford visiting A Johnson home. L A t B of R T to meet at German Hall at 7 30 pm tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Bero
Rolle DeGroodt
Carroll, Jr
Bert DeGroodt
Des Moines
Austin
L. M. Tollefson
Barnitz
Thos Molden
Wabasha
Trowbridge
Harry
Frazer Drug Co
Lyle
A. Elmer
Harrington
Henry Furtney
Thon’s
Chris Johnson
Rushford
A. Johnson
R. T
German Hall
Petrarch's Ill Fated Encounter With Cicero in Autumn 1358
In autumn 1358 Petrarch recounts an accident caused by a beloved Cicero volume in his library. A fringe snag struck his left leg repeatedly, breaking the skin and wounding the limb, prompting visits from doctors amid his lighthearted complaint over the book’s blows and its affectionate mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrarch
Cicero
Hollway-Calthorp
Encyclical Tightens Catholic Marriage Laws in Minnesota
The pope issues new rules affecting Minnesota dioceses. Civil marriages by civil magistrates become void after Easter. Engagements require two witnesses. Private betrothals post Easter carry no church obligation. Fallen-away Catholics remain bound. Bishops and priests marry only within their dioceses or parishes. Marriages require the consent of both parties and two witnesses. Parish location preferred for weddings. Deathbed cases allow witnesses or two laypersons. If no priest for over a month civil marriage with two witnesses permitted.
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Minnesota
Age of progress in cod liver medicine and Vinci
Two French chemists isolate the curative elements of cod liver oil removing the oil to create a tastier extract. Vinci, a cod liver oil substitute, blends with peptonate iron to support body building and lung health without the oil taste. J. E. Malloy, a druggist in Austin Minnesota, offers a money back guarantee if Vinci fails.
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Vinci
J. E. Malloy
Austin, Minn
Guideposts in France and Touring Club Signs
Frank Presbrey notes France’s road signs and guideposts in Outing Magazine. White and blue plaques mark communes and key destinations with distances, while Touring Club symbols warn motorists of road type and hazards.
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France
Paris
Metropolis
Touring Club of
Ralentir
United States
Frank Presbrey
Outing Magazine
Deafness Cure Claims Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness due to catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars available and a 50-cent price for the pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
KF. J. Chenney&co
Toledo
Special Weather Forecast Notices for Rosenthal Bros
Interior painting and wallpaper hanging services advertised with a weather oriented notice. Rosenthal Bros invites orders by phone, emphasizing suitability for upcoming conditions.
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Rosenthal Bros
Are all my hopes to be thus dashed to pieces
A dramatic exchange ends with a woman rejecting marriage to Mr. Smith and him declaring his hopes dashed, as reported by the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
His Idea of a Wife and an Ideal Homemaker
Exchange on the role of a wife features a jokey contrast between traditional housekeeping duties and maintaining youthful looks akin to a vaudeville actress earning $400 weekly. The quip highlights social expectations and humor from the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Mexican Rapid Transit Described In Travel Magazine
The piece notes a woman riding to a doctor seated in a chair carried on a man's back as an example of Mexico's queer transport. It contrasts fear of male cars with tolerance for the spinning trolley and mentions women avoiding footwork toward it, hiring human carriers for a few cents per trip.
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Mexico
Trave! Magazine
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Hormel
U.S
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John Briebach
Presbyterian Church
Jesus
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Grippe
Dr. Hegge
Wm. W. Dean
Adams
John Fairbanks
C. C. Leck
Austin Feed Stables
M. E. Church
Mrs. Leffingwell
Columbus, Wis
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N. W
L. Bt
Herald
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George
Hamline
Ida White
St. Paul
Frank Page
Baby
Cresco
M. E. Blyton
Ausin
Susie Moe
Minneapolis
Hattie Woodson
Janesville
Wis
Joe Lohman
M. E. James
Robert Carr
Eagle Lodge
Mrs
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M. W. Rogers
A. V. Ellis
St Paul
R. P. Ingmundson
Harry Rutherford
Chicago
Nick Quast
Elkton
Eclipse Lumber Co
Willie Kolpen
Brayan Street
Mower County
C. E. Heisey
C. H. Decker
Washington
Decker
Harrington Hotel
Charles Fox
Charles Sargent
Red Wing
Austin Lodge No
Timothy
Wm. P. Johnson
R. R
Hermann
Epworth League of the
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Ray O’halloran
Hattie Fuller
Tony Miese
C. N. Beiseker
Mrs. Yelland
Helen Jahren
Western Union Telegraph Office
John Konovsky
Bridge and
Oak Street
James Balwebber
Schiewer’s
A. Emerson
Colorado Springs
Roy Gates
Bloomington
Gates
Art Parkins
Lansing
J. Conda
Sargeant
Miss Griggs
Peter Caprett
Will Bennett
Ada Opie
Mrs. Buell
Janesville, Wis
John Saman
Jo Sistek
G. W. Todd
LaCrosse, Wis
Riverview
B. J. Robertson
Burton
W. W. Keyser
St. Louis
Omaha
Jessie Millard
Omaha Woman’s Club
Keysor
Charles Offutt
A. B. Somers
S. R. Towne
J. A. E. Naess
W. R. Earl
O. H. Hegge
San Carlo
Mozart
Don Giovanni
Alice Neilsen
Zerlina
Victor Maurel
Giovanni
Segurola
Leporello
Tina Desana
Donna Anna
Maria Glaessens
Donna Elvira
Carlo Dani
Ottavia
Tavecchia
Masetto
Pulcini
Il Commendatore
Masonic Hall
H. CC. Waldecker
Freeport
Ill
Bert Hanson
Albert Lea
H. J. Petran
Albert Lea Tribune
Elizabeth Hormel
High St
China
Figester & Thomas
East Side
Joe Graf
Decorah
Swenson and Tolbertson
Special Weather Report
Hart Schaffner & Marx
W. D. Bassler
Thos
Rochford
Main St
Cressey’s
the Herald
Albert Thon
Austin, Minnesota
Albrecht
Astrachan Fur Coat
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