Local land sale and town notes in Austin
The Wilder farm of 160 acres near the city is up for sale with John Fairbanks, priced below county land values. Nearby, the Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting was postponed, and numerous notices cover people traveling, shop sales, a theatrical tent show, and local incidents from Brownsdale to Austin, including a runaway horse accident and a wrecked suit.
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Wilder
John Fairbanks
Mower County
Ladies Aid
The
Lutheran Church
Lawrence Olson
Tony Regner
toZender
Mayor Sutton Aims To Cull Unlicensed City Dogs
Mayor Sutton plans to remove all unlicensed dogs in the city. He has appointed Al Pettey to visit each household with dogs, carrying official tags to verify compliance. Pettey will urge owners to pay one dollar for licenses or surrender unlicensed pups for slaughter. The officer began work this afternoon.
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Sutton
Mayor Sutton
al Pettey
Pettey
East Side News Social Notes Include Travels and Visits
Mrs. M A Holman returns to Cresco after two weeks with Gus Bardouch. M McShane travels to Janesville for convention. Mrs. Thomas Saban goes home to Rose Creek after visiting Mrs. Reckenthaler. Mrs Kota and daughter tour Galesburg Lil for three weeks. Rath Shepherd and Louis Montgomery head to Billings Montana. Dr H L Knight of Minneapolis visits Austin. N W Warren Rev Lutz and family and Ina King spent the day at Rameey fishing.
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M. A. Holman
Cresco
Gus Bardouch
M. McShane
Janesville
Thomas Saban
Rose Creek
John Reckenthaler
J. Kota
Galesburg
Lil
H. L. Knight
Minneapolis
Austin
N.W. Warren
Rev. Lutz
Ina King
Rameey Fishing
Brahma poem and Longfellow sleigh verse debate
Emerson's Brahma sparked mixed judgments in The Atlantic Monthly with lines about life and fate. A Longfellow relative’s sleigh purchase inspired an unpublished verse: To-On the Purchase of a Sleigh, reflecting seasonal wordplay and the thaw of January.
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Atlantic Monthly
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Longfellow
Cambridge
Ghost in Galway Graveyard Turns Poacher
A ghostly white figure in a small Galway graveyard alarms locals as a gentleman challenges it to drink whisky. The “ghost” reveals itself as a neighborhood poacher using a spectral guise to set night lines and raid the area, disrupting the community.
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Galway
Blackwood's Magazine
Smallpox Cases Rise Across State This Year
Forty three new cases were reported to the state board of health for the week ending June 17. Over seven weeks there have been 514 new cases in the state, with activity higher than in three years. In 1906 there were 1,920 cases and six deaths. by 1907 to date there are 2,611 new cases and five deaths.
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State Board of Health
Why a Duck Sleeps Beneath Big Teacher Feet
A London Answers item recounts an inspector questioning a class of boys about swimming. A boy answers a duck swims due to webbed feet, then explains the teacher cannot swim because he has very big feet, prompting a lighthearted exchange.
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London
Telephone directory delivery notice and bid for Washington school
The Interstate company announces new telephone directories ready for delivery. Central is to be notified if not received. Office pickup also available. The Board of Education will receive bids at 8 o clock p.m. June 24 1907 for the Washington school building, for the building but the foundation. The building to be removed at once. Terms cash. Signed J F Fatrbanks Austin Minn June 13 1907 Clerk bt.
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Shannon Brothers
Bridge and River Streets
East Lynn
Virginie
John Mears
Austin
Owatonna
Janesville
Austin Candy Company
Chas, Cressey Furniture
Robert Isler
Interstate Company
Central
Board of Education
Washington School
Orce
Experiments Relate To Human Strength And Courtship
A Chicago Tribune excerpt notes experiments on male strength showing varying lifting capacities by height and weight, concluding the average strength equates to lifting thirty pounds two and a half feet per second. It also quotes Miriam and her mother testing Mr Stapleford's marriage prospects with a witty exchange about costly flowers.
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Miriam
Mutiny of Sappers in Kiev Violence and Arrests
In Kiev on Tuesday night the Twenty first battalion of sappers mutinied. The 450 men killed the Third company commander and fired at loyal troops. Five loyal battalions arrived, mutineers shot at them. four loyal soldiers wounded. Royal forces fired, mutineers fled. Two hundred fifty eight mutineers were arrested. others escaped.
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Kiev
Durango Bandit Leaders Attack Pueblasn Pursuers Near Nayar
In Durango on June 19 Julian Reyes and his lieutenant Cenobia Rodriguez ambushed pursuers after assaulting a girl in the Puebla. One pursuer was killed instantly and two were fatally wounded in the hills near Nayar, drawing intense indignation from Durango residents.
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Durango
Mex
Julian Reyes
Cenobia Rodriguez
Puebla
Nayar
Merely a Suggestion and Literary Sales
A fragmentary exchange notes difficulties in selling novels. Penman requests drastic action after Wright, and a claim that Kreckens' works outsell his lifetime fourfold, with Yonkers and States waning in interest.
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Wright
Penman
Kreckens
Market Quotations. Wheat, Cattle and Hogs Across Cities
Minneapolis and Duluth quotations show wheat prices for futures and on track, flax values, and near dates. St Paul and Chicago markets list cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb ranges, with bids for various grades and weights across multiple dates and regions.
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Duluth
Northern
St. Paul
Fish Theft Accusation Sparks Sunday Curiosity
A fragment describes a minister, preceded by a humorous exchange about a string of fish. Johnny confirms ownership, remarking on the consequence of chasing worms on a Sunday, reflecting a light civic anecdote from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Sina
Johnny
Johnnys
Philadelphia Inquirer
Telegraphic Brevities: Notable Deaths and Events
Alexander Stewart Herschel dies in London. The National Medical Association holds its seventh annual convention in Los Angeles. Grand American Handicap opens with 345 marksmen in Chicago. Mike Donovan defeats Joe Walcott in Brazil, Indiana, after ten rounds. IACP meets at Jamestown exposition. Typhoid fever resurges in Pittsburgh with 41 new cases in 24 hours and 228 since June 1.
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Ational Medical Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago
Brazil
Ind
Mike Donovan
Buffalo
N. Y
Joe Walcott
Boston
International Association of Chiefs of Police of America
Jamestown Exposition
Pittsburg
Bureau of Health
Mob Roughs Up Bigamy Suspect As Officers Intervene
A mob seized Alfred Bouland in Assumption on June 19 and rough handled him after he was charged with bigamy. Police arrived to save him. Three alleged mob leaders have been arrested.
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Assumption
Alfred Bouland
Not Her Business. Husband-Another New Dress
A witty exchange where a husband questions funds for a new dress and the wife retorts she did not marry him to provide financial advice. The brief dialogue highlights financial tension and humor between spouses.
Work Is Not a Man's Punishment
A brief inspirational note attributed to George nd contends that work is not punishment but reward and a source of strength, reflecting a midcentury sentiment about labor and character. The fragmentary quote emphasizes toil as empowerment.
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George Nd
Char H Webber Rentals Offers Bargains in City and Farm Property
Chas H Webber Collections and Rentals advertises loans on real estate and chattel mortgage security from Wold's Drug Store. It lists three Third Ward houses for bargain installment sale, six LaCom's addition lots, and several farm and city bargains. A 24 acre Shady Nook Farm is offered on easy terms, with rent options if unsold by August 1 1907. Also offers a high grade survey at half cost, suitable for two horse rig use.
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Third Ward
Mower County
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Louis Montgomery
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J. F. Fatrbanks
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