Local notes from Austin crowd fill social pages
Miss Margaret Zonder returns home from New Prague. Music recital by Miewandhe McCane at Normal chapel at 8 tomorrow. Alfred Johnson of Blooming Prairie visited Arnold Johnson's, then left for Blooming Prairie. M. and Ladies Aid hosted by Mrs Sharpstone and Mrs Andrews. Peter and Gas Vocales of Austin Candy Co have gone to the cities. Peter stays, Gita returns. Clarence Adams of Long Branch, Vala, visited Cooper home and went home this afternoon. Numerous helpers sought: 20 girls for Case Corset Co factory. good woman for Steam Laundry. Potatoes and beans wanted at Dalager’s store. Various local visits, vacations, and small notices throughout.
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Margaret Zonder
New Prague
Miewandhe McCane
Normal Chapel
Alfred Johnson
Blooming Prairie
Arnold Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Clarence Adams
Long Branch
Vala
Cooper Home
Churchill
Sprinkling Notice by City Council of Austin Minnesota
Official notice of a June 10 1907 meeting of the Austin Minnesota Common Council to decide sprinkling streets. The plan uses city employees water from the plant and assesses costs to abutting land. Streets listed include Greenwich Franklin South Main Chatham Bridge Oakland Alleghany Winona St Paul Kenwood and others. Public appeal allowed at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Austin
Minnesota
City Recorder
Common Coane
Main St
Oakland Ave
Cedar St
Chatham Street
Bridge Street
Alleghany
Kenwood Ave
Oakland Avenue
Franklin Street
Alleghany St
Jay Street
Winona Street
Chatham St
St. Paul St
Bridge St
Lansing Ave
Water St
A Fox in Robe Confesses to Temptations Like Roast Rat
An ancient tale from Youth's Companion tells a Japanese priest and a traveling courier who is actually a fox. The fox reveals traps baited with a roasted rat to lure him back to death and explains that humans fall to pleasures like drink and gold, ruinously matching the metaphor of roasted rats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daluro
Tokyo
Ile
He Enjoyed It Hoax Paris Stay Message
A brief note reflects on a hoax about enjoying a stay in Paris and a traveler who returned home from steerage. The item records a streetwise snippet from the Stoutsville Banner via the Boston Record with a wry reflection on mistakes and learning from them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Joax
Boston Record
Stoutsville Banner
Willing to Conform in a Variant Social Scene
In a clipped exchange, a precise wife chides her husband for formal introductions, preferring a warmer, less ritualized greeting. The husband agrees to modify the custom, while the prose playful banter hints at a social nuance in a midcentury urban setting.
East Side News Roundup Reflects Local Illness and Travel
Mrs Newell and Mrs Will Miners mother are reported quite sick. W R Hendryx traveled to Mason City Sunday while Scott family returned from La Crowe and Yountain. Conductor Scott to be away six weeks on Mankato branch. Gray couple returned from Dundas. J M Plum back from the cities. Drakeman Fairbanks resumes work after illness. Sunday School exercises were well attended and enjoyed, led by Superintendent Howelle with John Hormel and Rev W E Sloane assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell
Will Miners
W. R. Hendryx
Mason City
Scott
la Crowe
Yountain
Mankato
East Side
Dumber
Mr. Howelle
John Hormel
Rey
WE. Sloane
The Lord's Prayer Through English History
A compact review showing the Lord's Prayer in successive English forms from 1158 to 1711. It sketches how spelling, grammar, and diction evolved while preserving core petitions and the reverent tone of each period.
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A. PD
Hennes
Heven
Earth
Heaven
Pointed Paragraphs on Tact and Self Control
A concise Atlantic Globe piece reflects on tact, reputation, and privacy citing that smiling at praise shows restraint and that self praise is best avoided. It notes people judge our importance, urges not to flaunt opinions, and warns against airing family skeletons or forcing views. The piece contrasts drift with action and cautions about overbearing behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
The Falling Leaf and Fruit Drop Process
The leaf falls as a thin vegetable tissue forms where the leaf stem meets the branch. After the leaf stops supplying starch and sugar, the tissue grows and severs the leaf automatically. Ripe fruit falls by the same process, not by wind alone.
The Worst of Animals Portrait in Schopenhauer’s View
A compact sketch cites Schopenhauer on humans as the only tormentors, contrasts animal cruelty with play and annoyance, notes the jailer metaphor, and links growth of fingernails to health, ending with a satirical line on equality and dress code.
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Schopenhauer
For Sale: Three Desirable Houses in Third Ward
Advertisement offers three houses with barn on a well located site in Third Ward. One bargain sale on installment plan. Initial payment 1000 with balance at 6 percent interest. Describes good location and opportunities for potential buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Ward
Lars
Owaosr Iets
Diag Taay
Ata Aysci
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Ferndell
McBride
Hormel
Delicatessen
Geneutl
Tinfou
Can
Can Morrell
Honovana Gostee
Austin. Tinn
John Briebach
M. &. Ladies Aid
A.J. Sharpstone
Andrews
Peter and Gas Vocales
Austin Candy Company
Peter
Gita
Sele
Henaa
Arthur Hill
Oelwein
Will Bennett
First National Bank
Red Wing
E. T. Parley
Manual Training Department
St Paul
E. L. Simmons
Kenmare N. D
Stella Slaven
Thief River Falls
Albert Warner
E. H Green
Dan Paine
Canada
Winnipeg
Albert Lea Minn
E. A. Dalager
Wood
Fairmont
L. M. Tollefson
Mies Vera
Chic
Sorflaten
Adams
Gies
Normal College
Eleanor Roickerbocker
Owatonva
Fred Ulmer
Fay Rayman
Mrs Kutner
Spring Valley
Mr Daley
The
Hub
Henry Levi
College
First Street
Kert Mann
Harry Rutherford
Grace Wilson
Orrie Hart
Bert Bump
Hart
Park Avenue
Wyman
Greenwich
Lacy Maccabers
Woodman Hall
BE. A. Dalager
W.m.crane
John Hawkins
John Harpman
Christian Brotherhood
O D Lambert
F. H. McCulock
Brownedale
Preston
L N McWhorter
Minneapolis
John Moreland
Wynn Farm
London
Hollipse Lumber Co
Mower County Lumber Co
E. A Dalager
Farrell Baily
Hyman Kaufman
Faribault
Anna Watkins
Monticello
Seymour Johnson
Wauoon
Wis
Mr Johnson
Thirty. Second Wisconsin
LaCrosse
Julius Smith
Madison
Adam Smith
J. A. Dalager
BR. E. Holmes
Highmore 8. D
South Dakota
Horrobin Fine Trotters
Allerton
Zema Lockhart
jMra
Guillemin
A. Theron
Mrs. Leckband
Frank Leonard
New York
W.J. Arbatch
Bert Crandell
Big Family
John Can Ia
Adame
Dakota
John Tyler
Dr. M. O. Anderson
Clarence Peterson
Frank Reynold
Lee Hive
Greenwich St
Park Ave
Bridge St. Franklin St
Win
Ona St
Wood Ave
Richard
Throgson
Wigmore
Amaryllis
Flatbush
Matbosh
Mr. Skimmerhorn
Vicago ‘Tribune
East Side News
Family Theatre
Music Hall
Austin, Minn
George Hirsh
Man
Puck
Chas. H. Webber
Wold's Drug Store
Farmer City
LaCom
Gem Theatre
le Ver
Errec
Pooler’s
Rochford
Lake Park
City
Rochford Land Company
Pitzen’s
Schleuder’s
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