Wreck details emerge after Malden train disaster
The Spokane Review reports the May 31 wreck of the Columbia Limited near Malden Washington killing engineer Earl K Tallmadge and fireman, injuring one negro waiter fatally and three others seriously. Passengers suffered minor injuries as the train left the track on a seven degree curve at 4 52 am.
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Spokane Review
Malden
Wash
Earl K. Talmadge
Chicago, Milwaukee
Puget Sound
Marengo Junction
New Columbia Limited
Seattle
Parker
Cur
Tallmadge
K R T Elects Officers for 1910 11 Year
The final K R T meeting of the school year elected new officers for 1911 12 led by President Rollin Alderson and Vice President William Pickett. Marion Sherman was secretary and Allen Edson corresponding secretary with Claire McCormick as treasurer. The program featured talks on Petrified Forest Panama International Law in School Days and Unexplored Regions followed by farewell remarks from President Harry Emery and Vice President Fred Franklin of the class of 1911.
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Marion Sherman
Rollin Alderson
William Pickett
Sec
Allen Edson
Claire McCormick
Petrified Forest of Arizona
Panama
Arthur Murphy
Thomas Laird
Aron Johnson
Earl Phillips
Harry Emery
Fred Franklin
Bathers Warned Off Cedar River Within City Limits
Notice warns that boys and young men bathing in the Cedar river inside city limits will be prosecuted. Complaints focus on bathers south of Bridge Street Bridge. James M. Galt, Chief of Police.
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Cedar River
Bridge Street Bridge
James M. Galt
Northfield Baseball Falls to Austin 30 to 2 in Sunday Game
Austin defeated Northfield 30 to 2 as Ten Eyck hit a home run and added two more. The Austin players showed better teamwork and Dunfee pitched well while Northfield’s fielders tiring, attendance was solid and net proceeds reached about 76 dollars.
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Austin
Northfield Baseball
Albert Lea
Ten Eyck
Northfield
Dunfee
Marriage of Mrs Mary Guy and James McKee at Manse
The marriage of Mrs Mary Guy widow of John Guy and James McKee of Albert Lea was solemnized Saturday at 8:30 pm at the Manse by Rev F L Knopf. The couple will reside in Austin.
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Mary Guy
John Guy
West
Winona Street
James McKee
Albert Lea
F. L. Knopf
Grateful Thanks From McIntyre G A R Post 66
Grateful appreciation extends from the resolution committee of Grateful Appreciation Headquarters McIntyre Post No 66 G A R of Minnesota to Rev Whiston for Memorial Sabbath address May 28 1911 and to Hon Jacob Nicholson for Memorial day address May 30 1911. The Autmobile club aided visits to cemeteries with floral tributes to departed comrades.
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McIntyre
G. A.R
Minnesota
Whiston
Citizens’ Committee
Jacob Nicholson
Automobile Club
Crowd from Austin to Attend Owatonna Firemen's Convention
A large Austin contingent plans a three day outing to the Firemen's convention in Owatonna starting the 20th. City departments and the Water and Light Board back the trip with band uniforms awaited. Commercial Club to carry banners and promote Austin. special train available via Fire Chief Jensen.
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Austin
Owatonna
Water and Light Board
Tichy
Jensen
Royal Neighbors Dues and Assessments Due by June
Quarterly dues for the Royal Neighbors are due this month and must be paid before July 1. Assessment No 5 is called for June and members will take notice. Those in arrears for Assessments Nos 3 or 4 should pay to the recorder by June 5 to avoid suspension. Tracy Young, Rec.
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Tracy Young
Dynamo Burned Out In City Lightning Strike
A fierce electric storm hit Saturday night affecting Brownsdale. A bolt struck the electric light plant, disabling the National Electric generator and injuring Engineer Boody, leaving the city in darkness until a second machine was started. Plant workers spent Sunday repairing the system.
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J.B. Browning
Brownsdale
National Electric Generator
Boody
Junior Party at High School Gym Gathers Teens in Red and Green
A large Junior party at the High School gym Saturday evening featured the faculty couple Mr and Mrs Franklin Seniors and Juniors as guests. The hall was decorated with banners in red and green and an art gallery of senior baby pictures drew attention. Five conversational topics kept chatter lively while two punch tables and a storm light outage added color. Ice cream and cake were served around 11 pm and Mr Towne awarded the baseball and basketball A's to the participants.
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Franklin
Austin Prepares Grand Fourth of July Celebration
The Fourth of July committee in Austin advances plans for a full day of events. Prizes of 50 dollars for the automobile and float parade and 75 dollars for the firemen's contest have been voted. Sunrise salute, flag raising, band concert, parade, reading of the Declaration, baseball, horse racing, and a grand fireworks display at dusk are on the agenda. Band concerts continue through the day with plans to engage county bands and inform surrounding towns within 50 miles.
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Court House
Athletic Park
Minnesota
Austin
Good News for Catarrh Sufferers Hyomei Vapor Method
Hundreds of catarrh victims praise the HYOMEI treatment published for inhalation with a pocket inhaler. Five minutes nightly relieves nasal congestion and improves sleep. A bottle costs 50 cents at K O Wold. complete outfit $1. Free trial bottle offered by Hyomei Co Buffalo NY.
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K. O. Wold
Hyomei
Buffalo, N
Mission Services At St Augustine’s Church
Largey attended a Jesuit mission led by Rev Ross Winkle and Rev McNulty at St Augustine’s Church. The speakers, popular here from a past visit, filled the great church at all services. The week’s schedule lists Masses at 5:30, 6:00, 9:15 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. with Way of the Cross at 3 p.m. on closing day Sunday night.
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Rosswinkle
McNulty
St. Augustine’s Church
Masons Plan Trip to Spring Valley for School Builders
About fifty Masons will travel to Spring Valley for the corner stone laying of the public school building. The St. Bernard Commandery will escort the grand lodge. The Knights will assemble at the hall, board a special car at the depot, and all clothing and gear will be loaded for transport. The train leaves at 11 38 a m and returns at 11 30 p m.
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Spring Valley
St. Bernard Commandery
Grand Lodge
Notice to Customers on Accounts Due July First Nineteen Eleven
All accounts not settled by July 1, 1911 will be placed in the hands of a collector. All accounts can be settled at the shop. Henry P. Zender. Hanna and Eva Enochson visiting relatives in Wells.
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Henry P. Zender
Hanna and
Eva Enochson
Wells
Greatest Show on Earth Comes to Austin Stage
Advertising cars from Barnum & Bailey arrived in Austin to promote the June 24 show. W. C. St. Clair of Winona, a veteran advance man, directs half the crew billing country districts while the rest posters city gates. A second car will visit next week and a third a week before the show with rail stations within 100 miles targeted for tickets. Local businessmen and the excursion bureau arrange special show-day trips.
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Barnum & Bailey
Milwaukee
Austin
W. C. St. Clair
Winona
Mr. St. Clair
St. Clair
Australia
Minneapolis
Barnum & Bailey Excursion Bureau
Henry Accused of Hidden Life in Dream Revelation
The dialogue reveals a wife confronting Henry about a supposed double life after she overhears him in sleep saying robber kill him and other alarming phrases. She urges confession, offering forgiveness for any wrongdoing. The source cites the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Napoleon learns peace of Amiens from Talleyrand in Paris
On the day the Amiens peace was signed couriered to Paris Talleyrand hurried to Napoleon with the document. He urged focus on current affairs first then revealed the good news for the emperor who could not be told immediately without missing details.
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Napoleon Walt
Amiens
Talleyrand
Napoleon
White Plague Decreases in Minnesota as Typhoid Rises
State board of health figures show fewer deaths from the so called white plague in 1910 than 1909 while typhoid fever measles pneumonia and other preventable diseases show higher totals. Officials say rising counts reflect improved data collection and reporting across the system.
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Minnesota
State Board of Health
Get
Illicit Diamond Schemes Highlight Kimberley Era Tricks
Louis Cohen recalls illicit diamond buying in early Kimberley as smugglers used dogs horses and carrier pigeons to move stones across the Vaal. Diamonds were hidden in meat or wax seals and even a goose stuffing thwarted a detective. A Cape boy sold a forty carat diamond to a husband in a trap, leaving a missing gem.
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IL. D. B
South Africa
England
Louis Cohen
Kimberley
Christiania
Vaal
Friends of Man
Ladies Turkish Baths Open Weekdays for Ladies
Ladies may reserve Tuesday and Friday afternoons for Turkish bath parlor use. An experienced lady attendant will supervise. L. W. Kumlin, proprietor.
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L. W. Kumlin
Gas Consumers Notice Owing to Change of Ownership
Gas and merchandise bills must be paid at once due to a change of ownership by Austin Gas Co.
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Austin Gas CO
Oiling the Streets in Jackson Republic Progress Report
After a successful test residents vote to oil all principal streets and raise over one thousand dollars. The funds will cover about fifty blocks with leveling and prep work to produce streets equal to any town in southern Minnesota.
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Jackson Republic
Minnesota
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Austin Boys
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Schleuder
Dependable Jewelry Austin
H. S. Gymnasium
Largey
Great Barnum & Bailey Circus
Henry
Austin Furniture Co
Faribault, Minn
Faribault
Tri-State
State Health Board
Dodges
Willie
Interstate
Paul RF. Donaldson
Unique Theatre
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Lenwood
T.H. Bennett
South
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E. Bridge Street
Charles Cressey
Stanley County
South Dakota
L. G. Torgerson
R. R
Fox Hotel
Bryant Street
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J. Fitzthum
Mra
W.H. Adams
South River
L, D. Baird
Kenwood
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Herald
J. B. Weiss
Hart Scnadner & Mart
Wen'd
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W. D. Bassler
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