Potpourri notes on local events and remarks
Local page items include school fire drill speculation after a Cleveland calamity and sightings of meadowlarks and blue birds. C F Stillman reports strong building prospects. Ralph Crane quizzed stock breeders on a joke about the farm cow. Petitions target the 38893 amendment, raising postmaster general power over presses. Woodmen lodge plans to fund a Woodsmen room at St Olaf hospital. other lodges urged to contribute. A visiting Austin man mocks tariff praise at a crowded Congregational Church lecture with a low per capita donation expectation.
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William Bandler
Nelson
Clapp
Tawney
Woodmen’s Lodge
Woodmen
St. Olaf Hospital
Austin
Congregational
Last Lecture by Rev. Charles A Payne at Congregational Church
Rev. C A Payne delivered his last lecture Wednesday evening at the Congregational church. The audience filled the house as he described nature s story of creation and the forces shaping the world. He traced heat from volcanoes, water from Yellowstone and Colorado River, frost, glaciers, and life as a progression from simple to complex.
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C. A. Payne
Congregational Church
Payne
Yellowstone
Colorado River
Bowling showdown set in Austin for Friday March 6
The Austin and Albert Lea bowling teams meet at Palace Bowling Alley in Austin on Friday night March 6 at 7 30. Each team has one win, making this deciding game. Both lineups updated, a fast match is expected. Admission is ten cents.
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Austin
Albert Lea
The
Palace
Austin- Austin
Stock Breeders Meet Highlights Farm Livestock Topics
Ralph Crane of Grand Meadow discusses mortgage duties tied to cows and Aberdeen Angus benefits while John M. Christgau urges better roads and drainage. Others cover fowl care, sheep profitability, and livestock feed. Constitution and by laws adopted. next meeting set for Owatonna on June 2.
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Ralph Crane
Grand Meadow
Crane
John M. Christgau
Dexter
Dexter Good Road
H. W
County Board
John Rahilly
Rahilly
The
Herald
H. L. Wilken
Sargeant
Wilken
D. B. Frazier
Winona
Owatonna
Ciation
Japan Past Present and Future: Sermon on Mission Work
Rev. Geo. Wallace of Tokio spoke at Christchurch on the missionary work in Japan. He outlined three pictures Past Japan with Shintoism and Buddhism, Present Japan with poverty and disease, and Future Japan as a Christian nation guiding the Orient toward Western civilization.
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Geo. Wallace
Tokio
Japan
Christchurch
Wallace
Confucius
Republican District Convention Called in Owatonna
The first district Republican congressional committee met in Owatonna and set a district convention to choose delegates for the national convention to be held in the city on April 15 at 3:30 PM. Representation mirrors that of the state convention. West Ward Two residents protest lack of council representation and mull a Republican primary run.
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Republican Congressional Committee
Owatonna
Ward Two
Lyle Lyle Minn Gets $600 Ad Budget From Club
Progress west of Austin Minnesota’s Lyle Lyle area has a lively economy with a $600 subscription from the Stillwater Gazette. The commerce club plans to use the money to publicize the town as several industries seek sites including a cigar factory iron foundry incubator laundry and milk condensing plant. The effort demonstrates real momentum and civic spirit in the small town.
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Lyle
Minn
Austin
Stillwater Gazette
Commercial Club
Cosmo Evening Program Delights With Comic Sketches
The Cosmo tonight offers a full line of light comedy with acts including Babies Will Play Gamble for a Woman Discharging the Maid Mr Short Sight Goes Shrimping College Boys and an illustrated song Come Put Your Arms Around Me audience urged to attend for evening of amusement and laughter.
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the Cosmo
Woodmen Lodge Prizes Lot At Meeting Drawn By Members
Vandusko Camp 243 M W A awarded a corner lot at First and Walnut to Roy Furtney after a draw using numbered tickets. C H Waldecker, Wm Cutter and John Detwiler conducted the drawing with C N Beiseker handling absent entries. The lodge also discussed supporting a sanatorium project at Colorado Springs and plans to furnish a Woodman Room at St Olaf’s Hospital with modern amenities for members and their families.
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Vandusko
First and
Walnut Streets
C. H. Waldecker
Wm. Cutter
John Detwiler
Roy Furtney
C. N. Beiseker
Rock Island
Colorado Springs
Col
Vondusko Camp
St Olaf’s Hospital
Dale Digs Deep at Old-Fashioned Revival in Austin
Evangelist Rev. Otis G. Dale of the Minneapolis Presbytery addressed a sizable audience in Austin on What Do we More Than Others. He delivered a forceful sermon on Christians proving power by life, stressing a divine power beyond mere morality. Dale urged public attendance as Turner the Chalk Talkman and Koenig the house to house worker planned appearances.
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Otis G. Dale
Minneapolis
Evangelist Dale
Austin
Mr. Dale
Turner
Koenig
Dr. Sloane
Social Evening Hosted by Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Baird
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Baird entertained a small party of friends at dinner on Wednesday. Mrs. O'Marro of St. Paul visiting Mrs. Baird performed several vocal selections during the evening.
Republican County Convention Call in Mower County 1908
Official call issued by the Republican County Central Committee of Mower County Minnesota for a county convention on April 9 1908 at 3 30 pm in Austin to elect 13 delegates to the State Convention and 13 delegates to the Congressional Convention or 18 delegates to that body plus alternates and to nominate 11 Presidential Electors with primaries set for April 8 1908 from 4 to 5 pm. Representation based on 1906 votes for Republican statewide offices. Includes precinct delegate counts and participating towns and villages.
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Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee
Republican County Central Committee
Mower County
Court House
Austin
Minneapolis
Chicago
Mower
Currency Legislation Under Senate Consideration
In Washington on March 6 the senate debated currency legislation. Senator Hepburn opposed the pending bill and said it was useless and he would not vote for it.
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Washington
Senate
Hepburn
Threats Against Governor Hughes Over Track Gambling
Telegraphic brief notes report threats of violence against Governor Hughes of New York tied to his stance against race track gambling. Also: Iowa coal mines may close April 1 due to wage schedule stalemate affecting about fifteen thousand workers. Edward D. Eaton installed as Beloit college president with ceremonies. delegates from thirty colleges attended.
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Hughes
New York
Iowa
Edward D. Eaton
Beloit
Wis
Broad House Debate Covers Cotton Futures and Paper
Washington March 5 The post office appropriation bill was under discussion in general debate as lawmakers shifted to a wide range of topics. Sims Tennessee spoke for the Burle ron bill to end cotton futures trading while Chanty Indiana and Lindberg Nebraska pressed for wood pulp and print paper on the free list amid brief floor jaunts by others.
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Washington
Sims
Tennessee
Messrs
Chanty
Indiana
Lindberg
Nebraska
Steeple Jack Prowls Back for Reconciliation Then Shootings
New York report says "Steeple Jack" P Brien, famed aerial performer, returned home after two years seeking reconciliation with his wife. A quarrel ensued and he shot his wife, his eighteen year old son Ernest, and himself. The son is expected to recover while the parents are critically wounded.
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New York
Jack
P’brien
Ernest
O’brien
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C. F. Stillman
Stock Breeders’ Association
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Jacob
Aberdeen Angus
Rev
Charles A. Payne
Stock Breeders’ Meeting
Christ Church
Stowe
Dale
Heewene
Oery Pathasarenes
Leroy
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Ile
Ngvrur
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Marehialt
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Windom
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Rose Creek
GE Aes
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City of Austin
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Chase
Frankford
Brownsdale
Lansing
Pleasant Valley
Waltham
Adolpho
O. J. Simmons
Red Rock
Racine
Sargent
Republican County
L. A. Sherman
Teeta
Chas. L. West
J. & P. Coats
Lonsdale
St Louisusa
Orris Hayes
Hayes Bros., Jewelers
Austin, Minn
Schiewek the Tailor
Murphy’s Dry Goods
Iola Theatre
Honeysuckle Time Illustrated
Edward
the Tailor
E. Mill St
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