Local Notes on Society and Ventures
The item notes bachelors retreating from society until leap year ends, warns of women being dropped from the eligible list. It also reports G W Pitts of Taopi, formerly a banker's, plan to build farm structures and sell the farm in parts. Capt Banfield of Boston, Nathan Banfield’s brother, shifts from sea to land then sails for Honolulu aboard a three mast vessel around Cape Horn.
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G. W. Pitts
Alton
Taopi
Banfield
Boston
Nathan Banfield
Lubber
Honolulu
Cape Horns
Straite of
Magellan
Stock Cars Rush Through Austin En Route to Chicago
One hundred cars of stock moved through Austin on Sunday via the O M St P railroad toward Chicago. A week earlier 5500 cars entered Chicago and about the same the next day. Some hogs were so small gates were altered to accommodate them. The note cites shortages and high feed prices forcing farmers to sell young stock.
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Austin
Chicago
Newspaper Trust and Secrets The Unprinted Truth
A writer asserts newspapers keep confidences and protect sources. The piece argues local people fear exposing secrets to press, noting papers hold more in their stock than they publish and never betray a trust.
Court Calendar Shows Cases Deferred to Next Term
The calendar lists numerous cases including Cressey vs Bartletts and Feeney v Chicago Great Western Railway. Many Great Western matters are continued as the road is in receivership and the receiver must be named as a defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western
Charles W. G. Cressey
George Bartlett
Geo W. Bartlett
Anna Mahoney
Miles Maxford
Michael J. Feeney
Edward D. Feeney
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Hiram Campbell
4 Corporation
William F. Condo
George Condo
Elizabeth H. Blies
Austin Dairy Co
Chicago Great Western Railway Co
Frank
Long-Lasting Bridge Planks Highlight Local Road Talk
County Commissioner Goodsell notes a road between Grand Meadow and Spring Valley with a bridge whose plank flooring holds the best record. The white pine plank, three inches thick, has lasted fourteen years since its first hole in 1907, far longer than typical country and city planks. The board chose creosote block on Water street bridge due to heavy urban traffic and cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodsell
Grand Meadow
Spring Valley
H. J. Lockwood
Water Street
Cement Tile Industry Expansion in Early 1900s
The January report notes 76 000 barrels of P blend cement used in 1907 by 50 plants manufacturing cement drain tile. One third of these plants started that year. cement tile output reached 2000 carloads of 3000 tiles each. Farm land benefits are estimated at 2 500 000. Largest job was Mud Creek drainage ditch in Kos suth County Iowa with 35 miles of tile. county plans 16 more miles. Outlook remains positive for next year.
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Mud Creek
Kossuth County
Iowa
Young farmer Tanner earns praise for college education
F. O. Tanner of Brownsdale presented at the Stock Breeders association detailing two years of farm leadership and $2300 in improvements funded off the farm. He argues that applying agricultural college training yields practical results, as farmers questioned him about his milking machine and Tanner answered promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. O. Tanner
Brownsdale
Stock Breeders’ Association
State Agricultural College
Becaus
Tanner
John Hay’s Candid Note on Secrecy at St James
The record recalls John Hay as ambassador to Britain answering a tough diplomatic question with frank detail. He explains that secrets should be kept private to avoid leaks among colleagues and ensures information is safeguarded rather than shared broadly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hay
Court of St. James
Library Notes on Free Winter Domestic Science Collection
The library offers a popular domestic science section with cook books child care vegetable gardening and farming topics free to town residents. A Honolulu magazine is now available and patrons may hold two cards one non fiction and one for story books at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library of Domestic Science
Honolulu
Annual Meeting of Mower County Ins Co
The Annual Meeting of the Mower County Farmers Fire and Lightning Manual Insurance Company will be held at the Court House in Austin Minnesota on Tuesday January 21 at 1 30 pm. The session will hear the year’s report elect three directors for three years levy an assessment to cover losses and expenses for the next year and conduct other legal business. A Hobson Sec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County Farmers’ Fire & Lightning Manual Insurance Company
Austin
Minnesota
Eaid Company
Hobson
A Witty Irish Judge and the Castle Ball Reel
In London Law Notes a tale recalls Mr Doherty chief justice of the Irish court of common pleas from 1830 to 1846 famed for wit. A court officer notes a wind bitten quay remark and the judge replies that the wind had the worst of it.
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Doherty
Irish Court of Common Pleas
Dublin Castle
London Law Notes
Old Gambler Keeps Playing Despite Grief
In Soulsville, a veteran bettor explains he returns to ponies daily despite ongoing sorrow. He claims his passion remains a steady fixture, a routine he clings to for tomorrow.
Watch Thief Story Ends With Release After No Prosecution
John Hatch an 18 year old, arrested for stealing a watch in Owatonna and Austin transfers, is released after the victim declines to prosecute. Hatch claims he took the watch as repayment for a damaged clarinet, saying he intended only justice. He previously stayed at the state school in Owatonne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hatch
Riley
Owatonne
Owatonna
Faribault
Austin
Nicholson
Hatch
Baptist Church Announces Weekly Church Activities
This week at the church a reception for the pastor and his wife is planned this evening. Tuesday at 7 30 p m a meeting of the Board of Trustees and Advising Board. Thursday at 7 30 p m a prayer service. Friday at 2 30 p m the Ladies Aid meets at 808 Oakland Ave with a picnic dinner. 15 cents admission for men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Mee's
Oakland Ave
Ella Cox Seattle artist dies of pneumonia at Minor Hospital
Obituary from Seattle notes Ella Sanders Cox a renowned local artist who died after a four day illness at Minor Hospital. Born in Austin Minnesota she had lived in Austin on Bridge Street and taught in the local school. Funeral arrangements pending no date set.
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Seattle
Austin
Cox
Our City
Bridge Street
Gene
Oakwood
Ella Sanders Cox
Arts and Crafte Society
Twenty Ninth Avenue
Minn
Francis Gilson Cox
Convention Brings Talk on Sunday School at Banday
A Banday school convention met at the Congregational church with State Secretary A. M. Locker delivering two talks on a model Sunday school and the Sunday school teacher. I. F. Dahl presided afternoon sessions. J. Budiong, W. E. Sloine, and H. Booth Hazen spoke. County delegates attended. Austin made a separate district with F. P. McBride as president. Officers elected Saturday: J. E. Fairbanks vice president and E. W. Marsh secretary.
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Congregational Church
A. M. Locker
Locker
Anarnest
I. F. Dah
County Sunday School Association
J. 8. Budiong
W. E Sloine
Harry
City of
Austin
F. P. McBride
J. E. Fairbanks
E W. Marsh
Christian Brotherhood Meeting Draws Strong Attendance
The Christian Brotherhood gathered at Elke hall Sunday in a well attended, lively session. Harry Monroe's visit last week revived interest while F. H. Mc Culloch provided strong leadership. Three members announced intent to accept religion and follow Christian lives, with two duets performed by Mrs. McCulloch and Mrs. Underhill.
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Harry Monroe
F. H. McCulloch
McCulloch
Underhil
Evening program at the Cosho features varied acts
The Cosho tonight presents The Dispatch Bearer as the centerpiece with The rol ing filme and How Brown saw the ballgame comi A Southern Romance and Crazed by Phone as comic offerings. A Little Child Shall Lead Them will be the flustrated song.
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Brown
Brahms An Anecdote of a Winter Baden Visit
Waran Luise Pohl recounts a Brahms tale from Baden Baden in 1976. After a concert at Goldenen Kranz, Brahms and Cornelius Rubner lingered with locals. A boastful remark about Adolf Jensen backfired when Rubner appeared at breakfast and Brahms realized the truth, prompting laughter.
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Brahms
Germany
Waran Luise Pohl
Baden-Baden
Goldemen Kranz
Ganner
Cornelius Rubner
Director Rubner
Adolf Jensen
Jengen’s
Rubner
A Japanese dinner served with salty delicacies and ritual tea
The scene recalls a young Japanese baron hosting a dinner for three girls. Courses include cherry poems, salty sake in flat saucers, raw fish, shark fin paste, quail, bamboo shoots, seaweed soup, boiled rice, and tea. The guests find the meal good but somewhat too salty for casual tastes.
Fortsas Catalogue Hoax Shocks European Bibliophiles
A 1840 catalog purportedly listing rare, sole surviving works staged a major hoax among Europe’s scholars. Rene Chalons created the Fortsas Catalogue and library, prompting global orders and feverish bidding before the sale was canceled and the ruse exposed. A copy resides in the Congressional Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Barnum
Fortsas
Europe
J. N. A. de Fortsas
Binche
Belgium
Amsterdam
Corps Juris Cichis
Princes de Ligne
William Shepard
Casteman
Tourney
Brussels
Count de Fortsas
Rene Chalons
le Comte de Fortsas
Congressional Library
Washington
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Practical Citizen Riddle in Ledger Style Dialogue
The Philadelphia Ledger quotes a witty exchange where a young man asks for support and the elder offers a practical test by asking about running for office or marrying a daughter. The snippet hints at political ambition and personal alliance in a humorous tone.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Office Boy's Schedule of Office Hours Displayed
A downtown firm shows a humorous wall schedule by an office boy with time blocks for book agents, insurance agents, long story sellers, solicitors for church groups, sports chatter with callers, and social visitors, noting they handle their own business at night.
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N. B
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Swiss Naval Wars on Lake Geneva Historical Tides
The Westminster Gazette recalls medieval lake warfare with Savoy galleys arming rams turrets and oarsmen famed naval sieges of Versoix and Geneva. Geneva and Bern fleets existed later aiding in the 1536 Chillon capture with their own flotillas led by the Great Bear a 64 oar crew and 150 fighters.
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Lake of
Geneva
Duke of
Savoy
Versoix
Chilon
Canton
Vaud
Westminster Gazette
A Dark Secret. Wanted The man who first made the welkin ring
Detroit News items note a mystery about the origin of a famous phrase with a plea for information identifying the man who first made the welkin ring. The notice reads like a public appeal for historical clarification and names no specific person.
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Detroit News
A Burglars Story From Thieves Language Glossary
A retrospective excerpt from Long on Tit-Bits describes a thief recounting misdeeds in Croydon Shoreditch and with a fence. The tale shows mistrust among criminals as a fence cheats the author and a second raid yields thirty two pounds plus items.
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Croydon
Shoreditch
Lyceum Theater
The Only Fault at the Dining Table
In London Scraps a guest asks for rice pudding and is told by the waiter that none is available. The exchange centers on a lack of the dessert and the brief comic impatience in the hotel dining scene.
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Walter
Jess
London
Sheridan Explains Gibbon Called Luminous
Sheridan recalls being asked why they called Gibbon luminous and answers with the remark I said yo luminous.
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Sheridan
Gibbon
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Smith Manufacturing Co
Christie & Son
Maud Gillett
William Schwabke
Marie Nelson
John Nelson
Louis F. King
Board of County Commissioners of
Mower County
G. W. Hazelton
W. Hazelton
Western Supply Co
Quaker City Rubber Co
LaCrosse Plow Co
Christie
Brand
T. J. Horton
Edward Arneson
John V. Farwell Co
Edward
Arneson
E. E. DeGroff
J. P. Rodgers
Emma Rodges
Joseph Keenan
Frank H. Alwell
H. J. Oby
J. H. Eckewein
Margaret Gallagher
City of Austin
Fielding & Shepley
Etta M Ousley
Library Notes
Too Norrow
Soulsvile Courier-Journal
Elia Cox
Christian Brotherhood
Aince
Sadie
Childrens Hose
Cosho
Mogs Ccs
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