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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1908
Page
3
Snow tonight and colder Friday. Lost gold bracelet between the Gem and the College. finder should leave at the Herald office. Various local meetings, visits, and notices from Austin Minnesota including church gatherings, a smoker after Initiation, and community services. Also ads for plaster and lumber, dry cleaning, seed oats, and local trades.
Mr and Mrs Dan McLaren of Aberdeen South Dakota visit East Side hosts Mr and Mrs Ray Chaffee. Brakeman Olson out with a sprained ankle with Sam Plummer covering. Joe Graf and his father travel to Decorah for a short stay. Hazel Jackson heads to La Crosse. Mabelle Henderson returns to Brownsdale after staying with C E Dickens. Frank Showers closes his East Side business. Dan Harrington of Wells and wife visit M Harrington home.
Rochester council quickly approves Mayo gifts to create a public park by designating the city market area as park land. Doctors W J and C H Mayo will buy Kalb property at Zumbro and Liberty for 4000 dollars and add 8000 dollars in cash to the park fund if the market ground is vacated and dedicated to park use, bringing Mayo park contributions to 27000 dollars over two years.
Notice for the City Convention of the Republican party in Austin Mower County Minnesota to nominate candidates for mayor alderman at large treasurer assessor and to hold primary elections for ward officers and delegates. The meeting is at the City Recorder office in the Court House on Friday March 27 1908 at 8 pm with ward primaries 5 to 7 pm. Delegates by ward allocated First Ward 10 Second Ward 13 Third Ward 8. Signed Thomas Riley S A Smith Charles Opie. Dated Austin Minnesota.
To the patrons of the Austin Steam Laundry we announce a new steam cleaning and dry cleaning and pressing department. We guarantee good work.
Large crowds attended yesterday afternoon and evening to see the artistic and educational glass exhibition by Backman's Glass Blowers in the Auditorium. Visitors received free glass specimens, with many described as handsome. Vaudeville features, including a ventriloquist and educated cockatoos, entertained attendees. Saturday is the last day with shows from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9:30, admission ten cents. Three hundred glass ships will be given to children on Saturday afternoon.
Old friends in Austin report the death of Henry Sparks Holt in Holton Kansas on Monday February 24 after a long illness. Born September 14 1830 in Surrey County England he trained as a wheelwright and came to America at 21. He lived in New York Albany Rochester Dubuque and Decorah where he ran a wagon shop and married Pamelia Schenck in 1857. The couple moved to Austin Minnesota before relocating to Holton in 1887. He served three years in Company C Ninth Minnesota volunteers during the Civil War. He leaves wife three children Judson Vivian and Cretia and nine grandchildren. Holt was a Mason for fifty years. Mrs Holt is improving after illness.
Advertisement claiming deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube can be cured by constitutional remedies. Infers catarrh as main cause, promises $100 for uncured cases, endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, Toledo supplier details.
For sale a set of farm equipment including five section disc wagon hayrack new air steel hay tedder a 36 inch wagon box two harness sets a box sled plus straw and early oats for seed. Sale on time at low interest. Call R Parkins Decker farm new phone 4 6t
Our Busy Season is almost here. If you want painting or paper hanging done this spring, better let us know now. First come, first served. Rosenthal Bros. Painters and Paper Hangers.
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