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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1902
Page
2
The Herato advocates a clean sweep of the old ring and favors a new primary system. It criticizes Belden Swenningsen Seebach and allies for years of control, urges wide voter participation to end boss rule, and promotes fair candidate selection in county offices.
Mr and Mrs MO Wilsie hosted visitors for Biske Wie. Mrs T B Mexfield and Milwaukie relatives visited. Amy Little returned home to Northfield. Louise and Bertha Heid from Milwaukee visited the Schleiger and Schroeder homes. Various residents traveled to Austin LaCrosse Spring Valley and Minneapolis. A ladies gathering hosted by Mrs B Wright drew about 25 guests with prizes awarded for head and baby prizes.
Apert Lea’s Library Board election results show six ladies and three gentlemen elected to the board, a distribution favoring women over Austin’s balance of members.
Miss Ida Cronan hosted Monday evening at her home in honor of cousin Alice Cronan of LaCresce and Misses Shephard of Madison, S. Dak. A musical program entertained guests with fortune telling and games. Light refreshments were served.
Rev Hurlough and wife drove to Spring Valley Monday. Will Campfield and wife of Stewartville visited Sunday. Miss Alice Leonard spends her vacation here. Walter Glover visits friends in Wisconsin. Miss Stella Smith visited earlier. Lute Sanborn of Lime Springs transited here between trains. Mrs Waite hosts company from abroad. Miss Mary Glover attends summer school at Preston. Miss Lena Schwarz of Welcome visited C Schwarzs and De Me Kees last week.
Red Rock items include H Beneke windmill damaged like a bird with tail broken. Rev J Pohbley and family visited Austin. N Quast sold Red Rock farm for 51 dollars per acre. BR Greff bought McBride farm for 52 dollars per acre. M steuwart from Oklahoma and Wisconsin visits with daughter Mrs Studer. Mr and Mrs Ralof of Milwaukee visit G E Suder. Metta Holst called at homes of Mrs Jacob Holet and Mrs Wm Engen. Wm Smith received a new buggy. Judge made a call at A Holet. Wm Woohlin bought a buggy from H Beneke. He needs a horse and a girl. Wm Esgen has a fair hay rack with slight bias.
The Co. will tour Austin July 28 and 29 presenting Jessie M Garvin an impersonator singer and lecturer Myrtle Garvin a locutionist singer and accompanist and Pau Garvin a great boy orator. The program blends temperance magic and elocution at the Congregational church at 8 p m each night with no set admission and a voluntary collection.
The article rejects phrenology asserting no link between head shape and intellect. It argues ability is about hard work and promotes Golden Grain Belt Beer as a tonic and nerve food, claiming it is delicious and refreshing. The notice ends with a dealer order in Austin.
A week of hail damage destroyed crops in some areas and toppled Simon Holt's windmill. Mr and Mrs Nash Cooper visited Mrs Luke in Dexter on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Eugene Ostrander and children stayed with friends here last week. Miss Ellen Smalley planned a Baptist Church recital in Ostrander on Wednesday. Rev Hallowell from Rochester preached in Ostrander on Sunday replacing Mr Robbins.
Peter O Malley of Rose Creek and Joto French of Wiodom filed for County Commissioner in Lis district. Both seek the Lis County post, adding names to a contested local race.
Waltham reports Nicholss ongoing treatment in Rochester for blood poisoning and a lingering bad hand. Rain disrupts harvest and lodging of grain. Visitors include C O Main and daughter from Liberty Missouri, JF Main and wife from Mankato, and others. Twine scarcity worries farmers while school meeting attendance fails due to weather. Local travel includes Emil Handke trip to Rock Dell and Oscar Erickson heading to Minneapolis to see his sister.
A London Answers feature describes Langum, a Pembrokeshire hamlet run entirely by women. The piece portrays two dominant forces, womankind and oysters, with men accepting subordinate roles and a strict exclusion of outsiders in a secluded, female-led community.
A Philadelphia traveler recalls a shipwreck off the English coast where a heavily drunk passenger calmly sat at the saloon piano. He alternated between Home Sweet Home and Down Went McGinty as chaos grew, provoking laughter that eased tension and restored order.
Walter Gilligan spent Sunday in Austin. J oh Kreebach transacted business in Austin Tuesday. D Knight was in Austin Monday calling on friends. Mr and Mrs Reynolds and others from Austin visited Tuesday to see the ball game. Nina Bassett visited friends in Lansing last week. John Bertram arrived from Boston and will visit his parents. Mrs Stephen Schmidt celebrated her 35th birthday last Sunday. Mrs Bertram returned Monday from St Pan to visit her daughter. Fannie Hubbird visiting at the Cross home in Austin. Mrs P Cumminge visiting her daughter Mrs Thos Keating in Austin.
The Hub deposits 100 in gold at Austin National Bank to be awarded to cash sale leaders. $50 goes to the largest holder, $3.50 to the second, and $12.50 to the third. Cash sales slips to be saved. For details contact Austin National Bank.
Limited time offer begins Monday July 21 for piano violin and string instruments. A term of 24 lessons costs $10, harmony $5. Call soon for the Audio School of Music at 12 W. Bridge Street.
United States consul at Bergen describes Nordic eating habits as models for American health. He notes Swedes and Norwegians avoid dyspepsia, blame hot rolls and white bread, and favor knackbrode bread made from oats and rye with milk meals and rare sweets. Children may eat candy only on state occasions.
A friend resolves to meet Mrs. 8S after noticing her striking tie. The speaker believes she can imitate any garment after a brief study, boasting she can reproduce the tie perfectly so no one can tell the copy from the original.
A reflective passage likens the heart to an encyclopedia of personal experiences. It notes how happiness masks deeper sorrows and how buried memories would alter the seen surface if released from their graves.
A New York architect states that modern steel frames allow a building to rise seven and a half times the base diameter. On a standard city block this yields a 1,500 foot tall structure with 125 stories, costing about 30 million dollars.
In a brisk exchange Griggs asks Brigges how he knows Mrs Dulcet is handsome. Brigges replies he has not met her but notes that other women in Boston gossip about her. The dialogue hints at social perception without direct encounter.
A Washington market fish dealer cites widespread mislabeling of Spanish mackerel in restaurants. He notes many patrons unknowingly receive bonita or other lookalikes, with cheaper fish like striped bass or common mackerel served as the sought after Spanish mackerel.
A child discusses superstitions about spilling salt and quarrels with his mother. He suggests that avoiding spilling salt would prevent disputes, revealing a playful, precocious line of reasoning about cause and effect. The dialogue ends with him realizing the spill was not salt alone.
Industrial Agent W J Reed invites competent capital for roles along the Chicago Great Western Railway in Iowa Illinois Minnesota and Missouri. Opportunities include creamery men millers general merchandise hardware harness hotels banks stock buyers with maps and maps leaflets available. June 30.
Special excursion by Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul on Sunday July 27 offers balloon ascension parachute descent by Madame Le Roy and Bach concert at Minnehaha Falls Park. Baseball game Hopkine Tureshera ve Minneapolis and more with round trip from Austin priced at $1.50 and grand stand 25c.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers round trip tickets October 2 3 4 and 5 from Austin to Washington D C with a price of 25 25 for the empover's limit and full particulars available from O W Snere Agent.
Tickets to nearly all points at low rates by the Chicago Great Western Railway on the first and third Tuesday of each month from June to October inclusive. For particulars apply to any Great Western Agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago IL.
Low summer fare offer ends September 15 1902 from the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Ogden Salt Lake City Lead Deadwood Casun and Hot Springs. Inquire W Snere Agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago for details and Great Western agents.
The Ohio go Milwaukee and St. Paul R R will offer one fare plus two dollars to many points south north and west on July 15 August 5 19 September 2 16 October 7 and 21 reading as an excursion sale announced by O W Soere.
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