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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
2
The piece praises Austin Minnesota's 1907 public improvements and law order under Mayor Sutton. It notes increased city beautification, fewer drunks, and strong public sentiment supporting enforcement. Citizens urged to invest in home beautification and curb dirty yards to make Austin “City Beautiful.”
The Farmers Institute held today at the Court House drew about a hundred attendees in the morning session. R A Schultz of LeRoy conducted and spoke on airberries, with 50 years in fruit raising, followed by D F Griswold of New Salem on breeding of dairy stock and C H Hale of Stewartville on sheep and seed corn.
The City Council's first 1908 meeting noted absence from the Second ward. Topics included sewer and water connection rates, a Winona street sewer petition, fines collected by Justice Fairbanks and Ranney, police arrests, tramps in custody, street work costs, fire reports, and preparations for 3000 feet of 24 inch sewer pipe. The board debated cement pipe orders for next year but avoided binding actions for the incoming council.
The funeral of the late Mrs J Solner was held from her residence on South St Paul street today. Mr Belden officiated and delivered a touching sermon about her virtues and character, noting their years of neighborly friendship. Remains laid to rest in Oakwood cemetery.
Specials list include double tea and coffee tickets, sugar bags at 1.60, 25 lb sugar sacks, cooking apples per pint, good apples per pint, potatoes per bushel, taffy candy for Saturday, and Rio coffee per unit.
A program for a First District livestock meeting in Austin on January 7 1908 at the Court House lists speakers on milking machines dairying range markets sheep horse and swine production and pasture crops. Horticulture talks in Albert January 14 15 feature J A Jensen J A Lindsay and E F Peck. Also notice of a rental room on South Chatham Street available through J M Hall.
All depositors in the savings department are requested to bring their pass books to the bank early in January so interest may be credited thereon. Citizens National Bank.
Fire Chief Jensen handles duties amid personal strain as his wife Mrs Jensen visits Nashua Iowa to spend time with the Marsh Noble family during a vacation.
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