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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
3
For sale or trade listings include 200 acres near town with buildings and well, a good house and barn on Winona Street, a threshing outfit, a cottage with small barn on Moscow, a two story brick building in Austin’s business district, and two lots in old Ward. Prices described as cheap.
Partly cloudy with showers tonight and Saturday, warmer north east section, cooler west. Local moves include visitors from Minneapolis and Austin relatives, tile works starting, births, surgeries, and many city notices. Notables: Mr. and Mrs. Williams on wedding trip. various visits, retirements, and public events around June with church, social, and civic mentions.
Clerks of Fisch's store hosted a basket supper at Lafayette park Thursday night in honor of Mrs Yarber who leaves for Milwaukee next week. Guests enjoyed a boat ride and a Gem performance. Miss Catherine Zender entertained the B D club at an eight o'clock dinner with twelve covers, carnations decor, hand-painted place cards, and an evening of games and music.
G SorflatEn offers houses on water bridge railway streets in St Paul and Oakland avenue, town lots and farms in northern estate area. Call and see me at Office 223 N Main St for details.
Austin firemen hold memorial services at Christ Church on Sunday. All members meet Hose House No. 1 at 10:00 a m and march in a body to the church.
Fragmented OCR text shows livestock market terms with hogs veal sheep and lambs. Credible items include price ranges such as 400 to 475 and 400 to 450, with references to hogs and sheep. Specific details are unreadable. the record points to a livestock sale listing with mixed garbled data.
Mrs. John Reckenthaler travels to Canton Minnesota for a brief stay with Mr. Reckenthaler to join her later. Genevieve Gilleece visits the cities this morning. Miss Florence Ryan of Moscow visits Mrs. A L Trader. Mrs. Charles Mandler of Adams visits Tony Lickteig home. John Reckenthaler and son Ralph depart for South Dakota for about two weeks. Mr and Mrs J T Bowen of Wilmar visit W F Clay home. Mrs of Minneapolis visits Ed lomsley home. Anthony Lickteig returns home from St Olaf's hospital. Mrs W F Clay returns from the cities last night.
Twenty five years ago the country faced a severe rainy season with a bright moonlit night that sparked hopes for better weather. James Coats of Mason City, visiting Fay Lewis Bros. of Milwaukee, recalls attending the Gem and the vaudeville act. A boy seeks a job running a passenger elevator at the Fox Hotel. Citizens complain mounted police stop youths from window ticktacking and tying ropes across sidewalks. Joe Ober of the C M & St P Ry hosts his California-based brother L M Ober. John, tired but well after travel, is resting and feeling fine.
The Austin Hormelas meet the Flecks at Faribault Sunday afternoon with a large crowd expected to attend from here. Phillips and Chapman will pitch for Austin and Smith will be behind the plate. The Hormelas also schedule games against Owatonna at Blooming Prairie June 21 and 28, then Colored Keystones of Minneapolis July 1 and 2, and Albert Lea here on July 4.
A smooth traveling agent who had canvassed the country around Austin sold a $175 livery team worth 175 to a buyer in LeRoy for 75 dollars in cash and disappeared with the money. He was last heard from after telephoning from LeRoy promising to return in the afternoon. No trace of him has been found.
At a special meeting on June 10, 1908, J W A Jensen resigned as secretary of Austin Council No. 354 and Dr Leck was elected to serve the unexpired term. All payments to the Council after June 10, 1908, are to be made at Dr Leck's office in the Hirsh block. Currorp C Leck See'y.
A brief classified notice seeks a permanent stock clerk position at Schleuder’s Jewelry. The ad specifies a young lady applicant and a full time, permanent role.
The schedule lists June morning and evening services with topics such as The Liberty of Sonship, Annual Children's Day, Man's Greatest Privilege, How We Got Our Bible, the Need of a Revelation and The Ancient Documents, Parables Of Privilege and Service, and The Story of the English Bible. Evening services will be illustrated by an electric lantern.
Lawn mowed and kept in good shape. Contact J C Miller listed at 477 S Interstate and 611 N Fourth Street for service. lw
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