Local News From Austin and Surroundings
Local notes report visits and travel among residents including Mr. and Mrs. Beiseker of Fes senden North Dakota and Miss Mary Weisel returning from Owatonna. Others visit St Paul, Minneapolis, and Londonia while Austin hosts guests from Madison and Stewartville. Community events include a Lamb's Club picnic in Lafayette Park and a Royal Neighbors anniversary. Public notices mention a Primier typewriter for sale and a furnished east room for rent at 210 Fast Winona. The Owatonna Royal Neighbors event and Austin lodge preparations are noted with a Steam Laundry staffing change and foreman appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Beiseker
Fessenden
Lamb’s Club
Lafayette Park
John Thomas Lee
Madison, Wis
Henry Birkett
Austin Notes From The County Courthouse and Street
Minnesota fair weather with cooler northeastern showers. District court opens Tuesday as calendar is light due to farmers in fields. Community items include Christian Endeavor union meeting, district convention dates, local baseball, visitors, and church events. Also notices of housing, employment, sales, and upcoming weddings and social gatherings around Austin and surrounding towns.
Narrow Escape Near Great Western Tracks Alleghany St
A runaway horse team crashed into a single rig driven by Mrs. Gus Ward, her baby, and another woman on Alleghany Street near the Great Western tracks Saturday at about 8 30 PM. The buggy overturned, occupants were shaken but escaped with slight bruises. Both vehicles were damaged and a horse lay down until help arrived. The team belonged to Basset the Livery man.
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Great Western
Alleghany St
Gus Ward
Baby
Basset
Travel offer for Modern Woodman event in 1903
A June 12 to 25 1903 travel notice for Modern Woodman Uniform Foresters Indianapolis. One fare plus 200 dollars round trip via Chicago Great Western Railway. Tickets on sale June 13. Good to return June 26 or July 25 with 50 cents extra. Information from Great Western Agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicano Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
G.P
Ill
Sprinkling Notice for Austin Common Council
A special meeting of the City of Austin Common Council will be held at 7 30 p m Friday June 12 1903 in the City Recorder's office to order street sprinkling for 1903 on Main Street from Lansing avenue to Oakland avenue Oakland avenue from Main Street to Kenwood avenue and Water street from Main Street east
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Bertram
Adams
Hinkley
Mrs. Wells
la Crosse
Ida Burgon
Hayfield
Austin
Miss Frazer
Lyle
Carl
Fairbanks
Adolph Roseland
Ed. Volkman
Fessenda
James ©. Caldwell
Common Council
City of
City Recorder
Main Street
Lansing Avenue
Oakland Avenue
Main Stree
Kenwood Avenue
Water Street
Sprinkling Plan Faces Petition Rule In Austin Minn
The Austin Common Council plans street sprinkling from Lansing to High street using its staff and water supply. Under the new charter, sprinkling requires a majority petition from owners or occupants along a street block. Petitioners for the mentioned streets must act to secure two weeks of publication before the special meeting, or sprinkling will not occur. Petitions may be filed with City Recorder T. M. Foster dated May 22, 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland Street
Lansing Avenue
High Street
Common Council
City Recorder
Austin, Minn
T. M. Foster
Copley Disputes Ten Center Cigar Bet
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger shows Copley and another man arguing over a ten cent cigar bet. The exchange includes a mistaken payment claim and a reference to a dime found in a bath, with a brief mention of a force or eater day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Copley
Bath
Philadelphia Ledger
Plenty of Time Couples Secret Marriage Dialog
A Pittsburg Gazette snippet captures a couple debating secrecy as they plan marriage. The exchange highlights mutual insistence on openness with the line There is plenty of time. The fragment reflects a domestic moment with subtle implications about future plans and honesty.
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Pittsburg
Goose Shop Encounter Sparks Brief Exchange
A customer asks to see a well fed goose in a poultry shop while a small boy notes his mother will arrive shortly. The brief exchange captures a small moment of ordinary city life with no further developments.
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Sohknson
McBride
Menbers
Clasia
Minneapolis
Clos
Chicago
Guillemin’s
Ruth Curtiss
Waverly
Inl
Smith Primier_ typewriter
First Street
Mrs. Geo, Kensall of
J. Davison
Geo
Crane
Council Bluffs
Florence Lang
Londonia
May Sharp
St. Paul Street
Will Austfather
Little Con
Mrs. L. 8. Mitchell
Franklin Street
Will Bennet
Northfittle
Malloy Bros
Owatonna Royal
Austin Lodge
Andrew Nelson
Owatonna
T. Hartwell
Andy McCormick
Mrs. Fitch
Illinois
Mr. Fitch
Allie Robbins
Stewartville
Cdaeentin Ie
Woop & Co
Geo. A. Hormei & Co
Weather Forecast
Minnesota Fair
Christian Endeavor Societies
Congregational Church
Albert Lea
Christian Endeavor
Dexter
J. D. Hobbes
London
Mrs. Dascomb
Bert Wheeler
Mill Street
West Bridge Street
Judge Lane
William Holgate
Winona
Dr. Dalager
Radcliff, Ia
Prof
Boostrom
Unity Chapter
Mary E. Taylor
Elizabeth Thomas
George Bucklin
Sheriff Johnson
Oakland Presbyterian Church
Firemans
Brainard
John Konovsky
Jess Jones
Austin Choral Union
J. Rensberger
Rochester
Stockton
Cal
Rensberger
Hallet & Davis
Story & Clark
Schiller, Hampton and Camp & Co
Andrews Music Hovusk
A. E. Allen
Dodge Center
Northwestern Association of the Seventh Day Baptist Churches
Joe Zenders
Kenwood Ave
C. N. Beiseker
Chester
H. E. Catlin
Edithr Snyder
M. J. Rawn
Mrs. M. Lausen
Fred Christensen
Concord
L. Rawn
Lida Mattice
A. F. Watkins
Mason City
Arnold Johnson
W. L. van Camp
Northfield
East Side News
Geo. Taylor
Macalester
Sam Swenson
Nan Sullivan
Frank Root
Wells
Chris Knutson
T. A. Keating
Decorah
Taylor
Grand Secy
O. E.S
T. McFarlane
Brakeman Bloomquist
Mae. Chambers
Wm. Johnson
Adam Fisher
Blooming Prairie
Lade
Beiseker
Abbie Webb
Morehead
J. Réensberger
Ladies of the Baptist Church
United States
Sutton
Nelson
Astoria
Furni
Ture
Ing
Butchers
Viver
Castile
Maurek’s
East Side
Cathie
John Gund Brewing Co
Wis
Bridge Street
Chatham Street
Greenwich Street
Nassau Street
Winona Street
Rocky Mountain
Brussias
Tone
Tone’s
Tone Brothers
Des Moines
Iowa
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