Local News Notes on Rentals and Town Happenings
Local items include a large furnished east room for rent at 210 Fast Winona and a Rocky Mountain Tea ad for skin care. Also reported are social calls by E W Cook of Chicago and T L Warfire of Dexter, hay prices at 25 dollars per ton in Vermont, and a reception plan for Christian Endeavor delegates at the Congregational church. The piano sale extends to July 1 due to weather, with brands listed. Community updates cover arrivals, returns, and local dances, plus a New York Times anecdote about a tramp and labor unions.
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Malloy Bros
E. W. Cook
Chicago
Austin
Friends
T. L. Warfire
Dexter
Vermont
Barnum & Bailey
Guillemin’s
Christian Endeavor Convention
Congregational Church
Hallet & Davis
Story & Clark
Schiller, Hampton and Camp & Co
Andrews Music House
West Bridge Street
Seveet Hankedahl
Sanborn Lawe
QO. A. Lime
For Rent and Lost Notices in Austin Street Ledger
Public notices list a six room rental at the corner of First and Moscow Streets and a lost spotted calf with a long halter. Numerous local society items mention visits, travel, and routine business across Austin including mall trades and street life.
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First and
Moscow St
Geo. Cross
Water St
Longevity Odds From A French Scientist
A French statistician has compiled life expectancy data showing how many of one million births reach various ages. Among a million, 312,000 live to 70, 107,000 to 80, and 8,841 to 90. The odds for ages beyond 90 shrink to 245 at 97, 119 at 98, 54 at 99, 23 at 100, 9 at 101, 3 at 102, and 1 at 103. chances for 104 and 105 are 0.5 and 0.1 respectively.
Fourth of July Fest to Feature Wide Austin Program
Will be celebrated in Austin with a full set of events from bicycle and pole vault to sack races and a clay pigeon shoot. Committees promise a full program from dawn to night with prizes from two to ten dollars and details to appear in the advertising matter for the Fourth.
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Austin
Union Services Schedule by Austin Ministerial Association
Union services will be held in Austin with alternating churches and ministers. July 5 Baptist church Rev A B Miller July 12 Methodist church Rev A S Dascomb July 19 Congregational church Rev F L Anderson July 26 Baptist church Rev J M Brown August 2 Methodist church Rev A B Aug. 9 Congregational church Rev A B Dascomb August 16 Baptist church Rev F L Anderson August 23 Methodist church Rev J M Brown August 30 Congregational church Rev A B Miller
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The
Austin Ministerial Association
Baptist Church
A. B. Miller
Methodist Church
A.S. Dascomb
Congregational Church
F. L. Anderson
J. M. Brown
Dascomb
Thanks for assistance during illness and death
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors who kindly aided us during the sickness and passing of our husband and son, Mr and Mrs Frank Herzog and Mr and Mrs Henry Heer zog.
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Frank Herzog Mk
Henry Heerzog
Bananas Sale At Main Street Fruit Store Saturday
Owing to an over stock of bananas the Main Street Fruit store will have a bananas sale Saturday. The notice mentions the place and the date as Main Street Fruit Store and Saturday.
That's a sizable boss you're drivin in the story
A Tennessee speaker notes a large boss of a vehicle while a Georgia man agrees the critter is right smart. Chicago Record-Herald reports a dialogue snippet.
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Tennessee
Georgia
Chicago Record-Herald
Spanish Wedding Customs Described in Abridged Form
The account outlines Spanish wedding practices with a madrina present instead of bridesmaids and no bride cake. It notes a reception after the ceremony, the bride’s maidsmaids preparation, and delayed honeymoons. It mentions visits to parents, sending sweetmeats, and an ultimatum theme before railway travel and late trains.
A Bad Start and the Line That Began a Dream
A weary young man remarks that his aim to become a millionaire began on a rough path where transfers were not provided. This Baltimore American excerpt frames an early setback as a cautionary note about opportunity and luck in pursuit of success.
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Baltimore American
A Change in Conversation Between Mrs Brown and Brown
A terse dialogue excerpt from the Detroit Free Press shows Mrs Brown accusing and Brown replying about last night. Brown claims No. 1 was in and offers $10 for a share, highlighting a plotted financial negotiation.
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Brown
Detroit Free Press
Arranged dialogue on applause and opinions
A brief dialogue featuring a manager and an obstinate man. The manager asserts applause will come, while the man doubts it. The line “An obstinate man does not hold opinions, they hold him” attributed to Butler frames the exchange.
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Manaer
Butler
Bizarre Credit Log From West England Debtor List
A bankrupt dealer’s premises yielded a peculiar accounts book listing credit to many women and men by quirky descriptors and nicknames such as Woman on the Key, Jew Woman, coal woman, market Woman, pale woman, egg man, coachman, big woman, lame woman, Mrs. Irish woman, and others including clothing notes and street references. The fragment reflects 19th century social labels and informal identifiers in a volatile mercantile setting.
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England
Feather Bonnett
London
A visit to the old kitchen of Four Track News
The passage evokes a low ceiled kitchen with rough timbers and a great fireplace. It invites the reader to inspect a brick oven that could bake for a regiment and to sit by a windowed settee sipping tea from a blue cup. Shadows, memories, and contrasting silhouettes enrich the nostalgic home scene.
Shipping Cinnamon Trade Secret Revealed in Ceylon Note
A historical note explains cinnamon’s delicate aroma on ships. The text recalls that packing cinnamon among coarser bark loses fragrance, prompting experiments with coconut fiber and cattle hides. Ultimately bags of pepper are cited as the effective safeguard aboard vessels.
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Ceylon
Just the Reverse in a Streetwise Quotation
The boss accuses a subordinate of break of promise. A stenographer recalls the boss saying he would call by telephone this morning. Instead he blamed the worker for not answering after returning from lunch. The exchange appears in a Cincinnati Commercial Tribune transcription.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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Sohnson’s
Grocer
Wenbers
Fiwards, Wood & CO
Chamber OF Commerce
Board OF Trade
Duluth
Minneapolis
Taladane
Loop & Co
Castor
Kin
Rane Mea Bougt
Dan & hatffThEdia
Rocky Mountain
Clarence Toye
Winona
Mrs
Harry West
Aultfather
Katie Bertram
Adams
Miss Marian Gleason
Owatonna
Meta Fox
New York Times
Jerome
Lakeville
Mr. Jerome
Furni
Ture
Butchers
Viver
Ing
Ilbe
Castile
Jaa-Lie
McBride
Riverview
H. Robbins
Blue Earth City
5. C. Schmidt
Chas. Kaufmann
Grafton
Ed Gilleece
Golden Eagle
A. M. Lewis
Eva Lewis
St. Paul
Chas. Felber
Mason City
Bucklin
Nels Peterson
Frank Hagage
Iowa Land & Loan Co
Salisbury
Sparta
Wis
E. W. Wilder
S. M. Kinney
E. C. Kinney
Ruth Wilder
Madison, Wis
A. Ruste
Charles City
Major Nicholson
Leonard Mitchell
Reformatory
J. L. Nichols
Minot
N. Dakota
Hotel Albert
Jorgensen
Freeborn County Times
Minn
J. C. Johnson
Chester
St. Cloud
Joseph Keenan
J. A. Healey
Wykoff
Healy
First Street
E. J. Love
Mr. Love
Weather Forecast
Minnesota
Lake Region
LaCroy
Grand Hotel
Rathbone Sisters
Faribault
J. J. Corneveaux
Rev. B.R. Kreeze
Gertrude Kline
Rose Creek
Ella Weisel
Iracuse
Mabel Gleason
Audubon I
Chas, Albert
Albert Lea Gilbert
Ed O Malley
Farrington
Margaret Zender
E. F. Peck
Lake Okoboga
Christian Endeavor
G. A. Hormel
Paul McKenna
Albert Lea
Clapper
Malcolmson
Flaws
le Roy
C. E
Miss Neil
Clear Lake
Robert Neil
Cleveland
Ohio
Carrie Nation
Trails
J.J. Furlong
A. E. Hotson
de Remer
Insurance Co
R.L. Johnson
Des Moines
Davy
Miss Healy
Austin Furniture Company
Shetlan
Union Services
Tone
Tone Brothers
Prnang
CLOV
Grandpa
Mavrek
Maurek’s Peoples Store
Were
Schiewek
Meer
Ktiway
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