Surprise Iron Buoy Drifts to St Kilda After Atlantic Crossing
In a winter tale, St Kilda residents spotted a blood red conical object adrift off the island. The derelict was brought ashore and identified by a visiting factor as a large iron buoy that had broken from its New York harbor moorings and drifted across the Atlantic in two years.
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St. Kilda
Lonely Isle
Islue
Great Britain
New York Harbor
Gulf Stream
Atlantic
First Visitor in The Ruins Wonders at Rain
A brief dialogue in London captures two visitors discussing the ruins and rain at a hotel, one noting the guests leaving as the other pays a bill. The exchange evokes a traveler’s impression and urban atmosphere.
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London
Austin notes and notices from local column
Local items report visits and travel of residents including Herb McAdoo in Minneapolis Eaton Robbins in Albert Lea and M Skahan from Rove Creek. School reopens after gripe illness Hazel Mady and others in town. Ads list house for rent and sales including farm property and lumber items. Social events, church activities, meetings and visits fill a busy local week with various travel and health updates.
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Hazel Mady
Gripe
Mrs Jo Becker Hosts Quiet Ghost Story Evening
Mrs Jo Becker entertained friends Sunday with ghost stories and light refreshments. Joe Graf went to Decorah. Lynn Fairbanks 16 on sick list. Miss Julia Wall returned to Rose Creek. Mrs T E Austin and Mr Mrs W D Olay visited W F Clay in transit from Mason City. Ralph Bloomfield ill. G I A T B of L E to install officers Tuesday. good attendance expected and refreshments after.
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N. +. Jensen
Nashua
Iowa
Air
James Soogan
Nellie Adams
Jo Becker
Joe Graf
Decorah
Lynn Fairbanks
Ole Tolbertson
Mra
T. E. Austin
W. D. Olay
Apolis
W. F. Clay
Mason City
M.ra
Ralph Bloomflid
Theg I.A Tob B. of
L. E
Which of Them A moral puzzle on handling $10000
Two men each have exactly 10000. One buys a modest house for 4000 and a modest business for 3000, saving the rest. The other spends the full amount on motor cars, gains such credit he can own a 50000 house and become a partner in a 100000 yearly business. With wives and daughters, who lives to kick himself?
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Puck
Austin
Preaching Scene Highlights Borrowing Chance
A fragmentary dialogue shows Towne Itsi and Browne debating preaching and the need for salvation. Towne mocks the idea while Browne argues about saving souls and the odd chance to borrow.
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Towne
Burrouzi
Browne
Public digression on language use by a mentor figure
A speaker recalls the challenge of learning crude dialect and defends the effort to adopt correct speech. The exchange highlights pride in mastering words and a quick retort about others’ perceived mastery.
Notice to Minneapolis Tribune Mail Subsiders
The tribune accepts new and renewal subscriptions up to February 1 1908 for two years in advance at the old rate of 3 dollars daily and 4 dollars for daily and Sunday. After that date the new rates of 4 dollars and 6 dollars will be in effect. Subscribe now and receive a new up to date state map free. Telephone or see the office.
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the Tribune
Lichfield Building Sold to Frank Uzlik at Mill Street
Frank Uzlik purchased the Geo. Litchfield building on Mill Street now occupied by Geo. Dolan for 400000. Dolan will remain until his lease expires in January, after which Uzlik plans to move the grocery stock to the new premises.
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Frank Uzlik
Geo. Litchfield
Mill Treet
Geo. Dolan
Dolan
Jane
Uzlik
Tia Grocery
Omar’s shrug stings a shah and spurs a flogging tale
A Denver Republican pickup quotes a dramatic critic recounting Omar the Persian poet. The tale shows Omar shrugging at a reading and predicting harsher punishment, then again hinting at a second flogging when summoned for a new poem.
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Omar
Shah
Denver Republican
Financier Folks Question Government Power
A financier called Father explains to Rollo that a financier differs from ordinary merchants by the ability to make the government sit up and take notice when his affairs falter. The Washington Star quotes this definition as a sharp distinction.
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Rollo
Washington Star
Pearl Harbor fortification bids held up over possible dummy bidder
Honolulu reports the Pearl Harbor fortification material bids delayed amid suspicions the lowest bid may be a dummy for Japanese contractors. The War Department may reject all bids and take over the project.
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Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
War Department
Dreadful Balloon Prank Ends in Tragic Misconception
A New Orleans Times Democrat report tells of an aeronaut Strohschneider who advertised a risky trick with a village inn landlord aboard a balloon. The crowd watched as the landlord,, gripped by fear, was hurled into space, only to reveal a manikin, proving the joke was fatal in imagination.
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Strohschneider
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Homecoming Quip Sparks Laugh Through Campus Lines
In a lighthearted exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal, a Pennsylvanian student voices relief at returning home and expresses joy with a folksy greeting. The conversation hints at a humorous rural scene as a new visitor is noted on the property.
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Pater
Hank
Louisville Courier-Journal
Vinol Promises Strength for the Aged in Austin
Old age brings weakness and slow organs. Vinol repairs worn tissues and aids digestion. This cod liver tonic boosts blood and strength without patent medicine. J. E. Malloy, Druggist, Austin, Minn offers money-back if it fails to benefit.
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Vinci
J. E. Malloy
Austin, Minn
Eagles of Russia Hold Second Mask Ball
The Eagles of Russia announce their second annual Mask Ball tomorrow night and a daytime mask parade in the afternoon. All Eagles of the city are urged to attend, with the evening ball billed as the year's largest masked event.
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Eagles
Russia
Petroleum Coxe Ad Promotes Coal Options
Unclear clipping advertises petroleum Coxe and coal products. Mentions Mower County Lumber Co with phone numbers 234. 0 and address details. No clear event or personnel beyond product promotion.
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Mower County Lumber Co
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Phon
John
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Minneapolis
Eaton Robbins
Albert Lea
M.skahan
Rove Creek
Main Street
Bride
Mads Sadeage
O. L Rico Farm
Rochford Co
The
Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Church
Alfred Peterson
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Hi. L. Banfield
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Our City
Grippe
W. E. Bloane
J. B Lyle
Washington Jefferson College
Fox Hotel
Hattie Erickson
St Paul
Riverview Farm
J. W. Mitchell
Waupeton, N. D
Keogh Oc
Fred Peck
Colorado
G. Borflaten
N. Main Street
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E. BH
Smith Land & Loan Co
M.sakraida
Edwards
Linton
N. Dak
Harry Fortney
Furtney
3. A. Emerson
Colorado Springs
Reno
George Ilireb
L. B. Griffin
Lyle
Rutch Wilder
Elia Weisel
Owatonna
Alice Gahagen
Margaret Wall
Rose Creek
Ray Chapham
Northfield
Austin Friends
Ballister
Malloy Bros
Austin Relief Society
Keefe
Ella
Josie Peterson
Will Brown
Eve
Josie
Adams
Magazine Study Club
Emery
Hame
H. A. Vosburgh
Sumner School Piano Fund
G. W. Larter
Relief Corps
John Handk
Grand Meadow
Ba French
Grace Hall
Wienigeg
Sparta
Wia
Winnipeg
Fred Stimpson
Winnebago Uolty
Sylvia Eimer
Monroe
Wis
J. P. Eimer
W. EK. Kempster
Rock Island
KE W Marsh
A. G. Jarneil
Cedar Rapids
Harry Jones
Julia Wall
GEO
HIRSH
Minneapolis Tribune Mail
Lichfield
Gosto
Electric Theatre
E. Heissey Y
Chicago
Chicago Great Western Railway
Nmarvon
Edward
E. Mill St
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