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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
3
Local showers tonight and cooler Saturday. Numerous names attend the carnival and visit relatives in Austin. Residents travel to LaCrosse, Minneapolis, Winona, and other towns, with many returning or planning short visits and errands. Lost items, sales, and business notices pepper the local page.
Mrs. Joseph Tucker and daughter Hazel travel to Manston Wisconsin for about ten days with relatives. The Riley infant is ill with whooping cough. Mrs. Wendt of Lakefield visits Mrs. Loudon on Bridge street. Mr. and Mrs. Job and children of Rochester visit J. M. Plum. R. Bloomfield returns from Calmar with Miss Olive Blogsvet. Alma Christopherson returns to Minneapolis after visiting Austin relatives. Mamie and Amelia Pearl return from La Crosse. Gertie Mandler of Adams visits her sister Mrs Anthony Lickteig. Mrs. Magdaline Felber of McGregor and Mrs. Eleanor Walsh of Menona Iowa return home after visiting John Becket. Mrs. W. J. Plummer of Mankato visits Mrs. M. J. Killoran.
In Rochester Minnesota Ruth the baby elephant snatched the Merry Widow waltz music from the band stand and chewed it up with her trunk after a gust blew the sheets to the arena. Trainer Al G Barnes halted the rehearsal as Ruth refused to continue with new tricks planned for that night.
A discomfited band leader is pressed for cause and replies with a fragile quip about Ruth consuming the waltz, reflecting tense backstage dynamics.
Miss Bernice Edgerton died Thursday night while visiting New York state. The report reached the city as news of her death circulated locally.
Mrs. Frederick Bischoff returns to Waukegan Illinois after visiting her parents. Mrs. M. E. G. Wilson and daughter Grace depart for Minneapolis then Racine and northern Wisconsin for vacation. Miss Ida Allen of Arvada Colorado visits Ada Smith in Barley. Evergreen farm cutting begins. Mrs. Geo W Slade of Mankato visits Mrs W W Allen in Cedar Rapids area. Typhoid cases tallied by Mapleton Enterprise editor H C Heatl ing at 1500. state board concurs with little change. five deaths noted. Lost Greek letter fraternity pin with pearl setting. reward offered at HERALD office.
Classified notice offers three quarters of good land in Cook County South Dakota at 20 dollars per acre. Contact Ed Peterson Box 727 Sioux Falls SD 23 6.
Dr. Sperry gave a thoroughly delightful talk to summer school teachers at the Austin High School building this morning earning high praise as one of the best lectures in town. He speaks again tonight at 7 15 on the subject Our Heritage at the same location.
Loomis Bros will buy poultry on July 28 at 218 Mill Street Austin store. Prices listed for spring chickens and various weights. Deliver poultry to the Austin store. bring in your birds.
About 150 Italians, nearly the entire foreign population, fled Natalbany Louisiana after reports of planned attacks. American men, fewer than 100, were armed for about twelve hours amid rumors Italians would dynamite the town.
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