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Newspaper

Austin Daily Herald

Location

Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1911

Page

2

Manager Arrested Over Bankruptcy Stock License

Austin enforces a license for selling bankrupt stock importations. The New York Brokerage Co advertised two large bankrupt stocks from Des Moines and Mason City. City Attorney Nicholson and Chief Galt confronted the store about licensing. A warrant for manager Ar changer was served. ex-sheriff Johnson pressed for immediate arrest and closure. Trial set for Monday at 4.

Austin New York Des Moines Mason City Nicholson Galt Keenan Justice’s Office French & Sasse

Epworth League District Convention in Austin

The Wi nona district Epworth League meets in Austin June 16 to 18 with Bishop Ro bert McIntyre of St Paul delivering a keynote on Methodist Dynamite. Miss Jessie Hillier of Brownsdale presents a Saturday morning paper on The Up Family Get up stay up pay up pray up look up and lift up. Rev E V Du Bois of Chester will preach the convention sermon and J C Craig of Winona closes Sunday eve with The Supreme Task. Hortense Robbins of Austin is secretary treasurer.

Winona Epworth League Austin Robert McIntyre St. Paul Jessie Hillier Brownsdale Austin Epworth League E. V. du Bois Chester J.C. Craig Supreme Task Hortense Robbins

B Y P U Picnic Delights Community Gathering In Dinsmore Grove

The B Y P U picnic drew about one hundred attendees Wednesday evening at Dinsmore's grove two miles south of town. Autos from the church provided transport, with Gleason Curbitt and Machacek assisting. Harry Earl and committee supplied ample refreshments. Roy Pierce departs for Minneapolis tomorrow to work as a ticket agent for the C M St P railroad. Harry and Ethel Mady visited Rose Creek today.

Baptist Young People Dinsmore’s Grove Messrs Gleason Corbitt Machacek Harry Earl Roy Pierce Minneapolis C. M St. P

History of Mower County published by H C Cooper Jr

Advance copies of the new History of Mower County are issued by H C Cooper Jr of Chicago. Editor Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge is praised for scholarly organization and exhaustive research in a multi hundred page local history with twelve hundred biographies and chapters on Indian history settlements government railroads and civil war.

Mower County H.C. Cooper Jr. & Co Chicago Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge Minnesota Austin Minnesota National Guard H. C. Cooper Jr Nathan F. Banfield Lyman A. Sherwood A. W. Allen Jennie Keith Robert L. Moore C. D. Belden Col A. W. Wright George E. Anderson J. N. Nicholson G. A. Franklin H. L. Banfield L. D. Baird

Misses West and Hall Attend St. Mary's Commencement

Misses Vera West and Sophia Hall, with Mr and Mrs Frei Baird, returned from Faribault Wednesday after attending the St. Marys commencement exercises. They reported delightful weather and a fine time.

Vera West Sophia Hall Frei Baird Faribault St. Mary’s

A Long Trip From Austin to See Relatives on Three Month Tour

Mr and Mrs Paul Zender depart Austin at 4 30 am tomorrow for a three month vacation to visit relatives and old time friends. They will travel via Aberdeen Clark Spokane Pullman Walla Walla Colfax North Yakima Portland Tacoma and Vancouver stopping to see family and Austin connections, ending by Canadian Pacific route to Winnipeg St Paul and home.

Paul Zender Austin Co. G. W Aberdeen M.D Mary Birdsey Mr. Zender Nick Clark Henry Billings R.R. Shepherd Geo Brieback J.M. Russell Spokane Joseph Pullman John Walla Walla Lohman Houston County Colfax Charles Custed Calmar North Yakima H. Harrison Austin Bunch Portland John Robertson Tacoma O. H. Harris Seattle Vancouvre Winnipeg St. Paul Home

Big Fourth of July Celebration Planned in Austin

The Fourth of July committees meet Saturday night to finalize plans for a large celebratory program in Austin. The event aims to attract the biggest crowd yet, with extensive advertising across Mower County from Albert Lea to Spring Valley and near the Iowa line to Owatonna. The Austin Automobile club assisted in distributing lithographs, posters, banners, and related materials.

Mower Minnesota Austin Albert Lea Spring Valley Iowa State Line Owatonna Austin Automobile Club

Howard Vaughan Wedding At Home ceremony in Austin

A quiet home wedding took place at 1 o'clock on Wednesday at 1105 Jay Street Austin as Myrtle Thelma Howard wed Phineas Drew Vaughan Rev C D Belden officiated the ring service in front of close family. The bride wore a blue silk gown with white trim and carried white roses. After a wedding dinner the couple departed by afternoon train for Owatonna Mankato St Paul and Dodge Center amid friends best wishes.

Nartey Howard Jay Street Austin Myrtle Thelma Phineas Drew Vaughan C. D. Belden Nancy Howard Lansing Owatonna Mankato St. Paul Dodge Center

Made as Good as New at Austin Pantorium

The Austin Pantorium offers French dry cleaning steam cleaning tailor pressing and repairing. They clean all kinds of clothing including men and women’s wear and accessories. Mrs H J Watt proprietor 131 E Mill St with phones Interstate 428 and N W 440 J.

Austin Pantorium H. J. Watt Mill Street Interstate N. W

Daffodil Superstitions Cited From Poems and Folk Belief

The piece notes daffodils as poisonous and unlucky, citing Herrick’s lines about a single flower predicting misfortune and death. It adds a Devon superstition that a lone daffodil on an stormhouse table would trigger fear of no young ducks, while breaking the spell relies on a bouquet.

Herrick Herrick’s Devon St James

Miss Belle Kearney to Speak on Women's Day at Chautauqua

Miss Belle Kearney, renowned traveler and speaker, will headline Women's Day at Chautauqua. She plans to discuss Old Days in Dixie Land from a slaveholder's daughter's view, sharing humorous anecdotes about Negro life in the old South. The event invites all women in the region to attend with their husbands and beaux.

Belle Kearney Dixie Land Miss Kearney Old South Chautauqua

Physical strains and aging athletes urge easing limits

The piece argues men over forty face declining physiologic resilience as civilization extends life. It warns against excessive training by nonathletes and sportsmen, noting rising damaged hearts. It urges men past forty five to reduce strenuous exertion to preserve health and lifespan.

Musical Sounds and Noise Compared Across Distances

A London Globe observation notes musical sounds travel farther than loud noise. From outside a fair, instruments are heard at a mile, while the crowd noise fades. It cites Cremona violins around 1600 as superior in tone, remaining audible longer at distance than modern instruments.

Cremona London Globe

Two Machines for Bobbies and His Wife

Two machines bought one for himself and one for his wife. The remark prompts that her sewing machine keeps his going, a witty line from the Baltimore American reflecting domestic practicality and humor.

Bobbies Baltimore

Great Regatta Plans Foreshadow World Speed Records

Dubuque Iowa hosts the Mississippi Valley Power Boat association regatta July 3 4 5 with dozens of high speed hydroplanes from Dixie IV to Yankee expected to break records. Enthusiasts from across the nation converge as power boats race 40 32 36 foot classes amid illuminated parades and fireworks.

Thomas Lipton Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association Dubuque Iowa W. H. Fauber Mississippi Valley America Mississippi Missouri Ohio St. Chox Illinois Great Lakes Cagsville Wis Bellevue Milionaire New York Frederick K. Burnham Motor Boat Club of America

Sensational Arrest Halts Austin Sale At Hub Store

The Austin Minnesota hub store sale halted at game time after a sensational arrest. M. L. Urdanger faced charges for operating without a license, with Justice Fairbanks setting a hearing for June 19. The seizure disrupted 50 plus jobs and upset hundreds of shoppers, but organizers promise a 1 p.m. reopen and ten days of bargain selling.

State OF Minnesota Mower Austin J. N. Nicholson City of M. L. Lordanger M. L. Urdanger Minnesota Minnnesota John Fairbanks

Yoncalla land sale in Umpqua Valley offers five or ten acre tracts

Prospectus markets Yoncalla Douglas County Oregon land in the Umpqua Valley promising rich living on five or ten acre tracts with no irrigation and deep soil. Buyers are urged to plant and care for trees for five years and pay in easy installments, with free information from The Normal Restaurant or Yonealla Orchards Company in Minneapolis Minnesota.

Douglas County Oregon Umpqua Valley Yonealla Orchards Company Plymouth Ridg Minneapolis Minn

He’s Still Doing Time Says Youth

A kindly old woman asks what the father does for a living and the youth replies that time itself sows, noting that the father used to do everybody. The exchange, attributed to the New York Times, reflects a humorous or philosophical take on labor and aging.

Younster New York Times

Also Mentioned on This Page

B. Y. P. U. Picnic Harry Ethel Mady Rose Creek Thomas Cronon Roger Rogers Brand Mower County History H. C. Cooper, Jr. Co Louis W. Belden Connecticut Samuel M. Gillelan Boston Howard-Vaughan Greece Egypt China Japan Russia Leo Tolstoi Europe Belle Kearney, Balfour Miss Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association Regatta Dubuque, IA City St. Valentine Shakespeare Noah Webster Jim Galt Hub Dept Jas. Keenan M. L. Archanger New York Brokerage Co Justice Fairbanks Ado Dan Grant Mrs Wm. Thompson Yoncalla Munsing Union Ladies Union Children’s Union Suits Girls Union Men’s Union C. L. West Dry Goods Co Peerless Flour Mills
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