Masonic and Civic Lodges Meet in Woodman Hall
Societies including BROTHERWOOD AMERICAN YEOMEN Austin Homestead No 443 hold 2nd and 4th Saturday meetings in Woodman hall with officers Foreman F Peck and correspondent. FIDELITY LODGE No 30 A F and AM regulars meet in K hall Austin Minn on the Island area Wednesdays. John Robertson WM and T Thompson Secretary. VON DUSKO CAMP WA No 43 meets 1st and 3rd pendayev evenings in Woodman hall with Ed Davied terling, Clerk.
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Austin Homestead No
Woodman Hall
Mayer Foreman
F Peck
K Hall Austin
Minn
John Robertson
WM T Thompson
Meeta
Ed Davied Terling
Cedar Camp No 206 RN A Meets Monthly in Woodman Hall
Cedar Camp No 206 RN A meets on the 20d and 4th Mondays in Woodman hall with Mrs Mattie Fairbanks Oracle Anna B Robie recorder. C E 8 No 20 meets nd and 4th Mondays in Masonic hall led by Mrs Wm McFarlane WM Jane Todd secretary.
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Woodman Hall
Mattieo Fairbanks
Oracle
Anna B Robie
Recorder
Masonic Hall
McFarlane
Jane Todd
Modern Samaritans and Knights Meeting Notices
Austin Council No 53 meets on second and fourth Teeter at 8 p m in Woodman Hall. Visiting neighbors welcome. Herbert St Ledgers. Samaritan J Scovell Scribe. Meets every Monday evening in Ells Hall. Visiting Knights welcomed. J C Snyder C W J Urbateh KR 8.
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Austin Council No. 53
Woodman
Herbert St Ledgers
Samaritan
Scovell
Ells Hall
J C Snyder
W J Urbateh
Court of Honor Meeting Notice in E hall
Court of Honor group meets first and third Tuesday evenings in E hall. Rev Miller and W C are listed as officers or contacts with a later name Mr Sarshifocter. The fragment confirms regular meetings but lacks full context or clear agenda.
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Court OF Honor
E Hall
Miller
W C
Sarshifocter
Hecorder
McIntyre Post No 66 and Austin Lodge No 22 Meeting Dates
McIntyre Post No 66 notes monthly meetings on the first and third Saturdays at their post hut with visiting comrades invited. Austin Lodge No 22 A O A W meets on the second and fourth Thursdays at Ellis Hall on Main Street, with officers listing C M Hall MW, OH Harris Recorder.
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Eee
John Robertson
Austin Lodge NO
A. W
New Ellis’ Hall
Main Street
C. M. Hall
O H Harris
Fraternal Meetings Set At Elmms Main Hall
Meets on the second and fourth Friday evenings at the new Elks hall on Main St Vis Elks invited to meet L D Baird Exalted Ruler O J Simmons Secretary ROYAL ARCU CHAPTER No 14 states meetings held in Masonic hall Austin Minn on second and fourth Friday evenings K Geo Doehne Jr MEH P Parke Goodwin Secretary
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New Elks
Main St
Visi Elks
L. D. Baird
O J. Simmons
Masonic Hall
Austin
Minn
K Geo. Doehne Jr
Meh P
Parke Goodwin
Cuckoo Legends Stir in Danish and German Lore
A curious Danish folk tale explains the cuckoo’s voice in spring and its refrain about release from labor. Elderly listeners wonder when the curse ends, while the bird’s busy answers delay nest building, leading it to lay eggs in hedge sparrow nests.
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Germany
England
Europe
Eitson
Homeseekers Excursions Rates by Railroads in 1903
The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway re establishes its Homeseekers Rates to Minnesota North Lakota Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon plus western districts. Applies on the first and third Tuesdays of April May and June 1903 at one fare plus $2.00 round trip, valid 21 days from sale. Iowa Central Bay also re establishes Homeseekers Rates to Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and western regions on the same schedule and price, with inquiries to ticket agents or A B Curtis GP TA Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis & St. Louis R. BR
Minnesota
North Lakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
A. B. Curts
GP & TA
Minneapolis
Mina
Iowa Central Ba Y
North Dakota
Iowa Central
B Curtis
Gp&t A
Minn
Great Western Round Trips to Minnesota and Southwest
Via Chicago Great Western railway. Round trips to St Paul Minneapolis Superior Ashland Duluth and other Minnesota resorts Tickets on sale daily June 1 to Sept 30 Good to return Oct 31 Also to Colorado Utah Black Hills New Mexico and Texas points with stop over privileges For full information apply to any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G A Chicago T
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Chicago Great Western Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Superior
Ashland
Duluth
Minnesota
Colorado
Utah
Black Hills
New Mexico
Texas
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicasro
Great Western Railway round trip to Lucianayclis
Tickets on sale June 13 and 14 for a June 12 to 25 2038 excursion abroad. The round trip fare is 13.00 with return options by June 26 or July 25 for an extra 50c. Inquiries to Great Western Agents or J. P. Exmer G P A Chicago Illinois.
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Lucianayclis
Ind
Ch Cago Great Western Railway
Great Western
J. P. Exmer
G.P. A
Chicago
Great Western travel notices for 1903 fare offers
Indianapolis notices detail one fare plus two dollars for a round trip with sales on June 13 and 14 and return by June 26 or July 25 with fifty cents extra. Minneapolis and Chicago area agents listed for routing to St. Louis and Kansas City. Grand Lodge and Rebekah I O C F event in St Paul June 24-25 offer one and one third for round trip via Chicago Great Western with sales June 23-24 and return by June 27.
Travel by Great Western Airway to the West
Tickets sold on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through September 15, 1903. Routes reach points to the west and southwest. For Great Western agents or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago
Great Western Airway
Great Western
J P_ Elmer
G P Achicago
Ill
Nickel Plate Excursions Announced For Summer Dates
Losten Excurions via the Nickel Plate Road run June 25 to 27 and July 1 to 5 at popular rates. City Ticket Office at 111 Adams St and Union Ticket Office at Auditorium Annex, Chicago, will handle bookings.
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Nickel Plate Road
City
Adams St
Union
Auditorium Annex
Chicago
Union Ticket
Train Fare Notice for Nickel Plate Route Specials
June 25 to 27 and July 1 to 5 offer special travel on Nickel Plate Road with especially low rates and liberal return limits. Details available at Union Ticket Office and Auditorium An.
New Coaches Improve Travel on C M St Paul Route
New coaches recently placed in service between here and St Paul and Minneapolis by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul railway greatly improve comfort and boost the line's popularity through faster, smoother rides and better seating.
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Here
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Bat choice of three through tourist cars in California is offered
A Great Western Railway announcement states a choice of three through tourist cars in California is offered. Prospective travelers are advised to ask a Great Western agent for details on routes, schedules, and pricing. The note reflects early 20th century travel promotions and railway comfort options.
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California
The
Chica
Great Western Ry
Great Western
Abou
Telegraphic Brevities From Across The World
Quiet prevails at Jackson Kentucky while Manchuria remains largely unchanged. Outlaw James McKinney was shot dead by a ranchman. Cardinal Vaughan of Westminster died in London. Oarsmen in Poughkeepsie gain weight due to cool weather. Wisconsin crew cited. The Picket won the American Derby in Chicago with Claude second and Bernays third. time 2 33. attendance 70 000. Prominent Chicago critic Samuel Vernon Weele dies of bronchitis. Kiowa Indians ban whites from their meetings in an Aspang report. Ten killed in Moenich Kirchen fire in Austria. Russian G Z Zoubikov lives as a lama in Lhassa and plans a book. Cuba reports no smallpox since 1900 and no yellow fever since 1901. malaria declining. Major Stephen Johnson of Piqua Ohio dies at 91. Civil War veteran and 1877 Greenback gubernatorial candidate. May emigration from Denmark to America doubles year over year. American fever persists.
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Jackson
Manchuria
James McKinney
Montana
Herbert Vaughan
Westminster
Tondon
Poughkeepsie
Wisconsin
Chicago
Claude
Bernays
Samuel Vernon Weele
The
Indian Baptist Association
Aspang
Austria
Moenich-Kirchen
G. Z. Zoubikov
Lhassa
Thibet
Cuba
Stephen Johnson
Piqua
Ohio
Denmark
America
Baseball Scores From Multiple Leagues
American League games include Washington at St Louis with a 2 to 1 score. Boston defeats Canton-Cleveland 12 to 7. Chicago hosts Philadelphia with an 11 to 1 result. American Association games show Toledo over Kansas City 8 to 2. Louisville edges Minneapolis 4 to 3. Milwaukee beats Columbus 8 to 6. Muncie-Indianapolis defeats St Paul 2 to 1.
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St. Louis
Washington
Canton
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
American Association
Toledo
Kansas City
Louisville
Minneapolis
Columbus
Milwaukee
Muncie
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Minneapolis Wheat Prices and Track Numbers
Minneapolis traders report cash wheat at 83 4, July at 81 4, Sept at 73 5 8 cents. On track prices list No 1 hard 84 4, No 1 Northern 83 4, No 2 Northern 82 4 cents, No 3 Northern 79 1 80 cents.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Market and livestock prices across cities and seaweed note
St Paul reports cattle hogs sheep and veal prices by grade, with Duluth and Chicago quotes for cattle hogs sheep and grain including wheat flax oats and butter. A naturalist extols seaweed giants such as macrocystis and tropical varieties, detailing lengths from thirty feet to fifteen hundred feet.
When your system is wrong take Blinkum tonic
A frenzied orator proclaims social system faults and a man in the crowd offers a lyric card praising Blinkum’s tonic as a cure all. The exchange ends with the crowd echoing the suggestion as a comic aside from Baltimore News.
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Blinkum
Baltimore News
Conversation of Smarticus and Spartacus About a Head Thing
Smarticus asks how Spartacus feels and Spartacus replies with a cold in the head. They exchange banter about reassurance and comfort, noting the subject has long been uncertain and now seems definite.
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Smarticus
Spartacus
The Ship's Steward Duties and Life at Sea
A steward aboard is a hybrid waiter and chambermaid whose day starts an hour before breakfast. Duties cover dining room service, silver care, dishwashing, and pantry work, plus state room tasks like making beds and attending passengers. Pay is low, tips can be sizable, with some stewards earning around £40 in six weeks.
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Ijlis
Leslie
Mythic imagery links Pegasus to the rise of sciences
The Grecians placed wisdom's god in a sun chariot drawn by four fiery horses symbolizing doctrine and intellect, and Neptune in a sea chariot representing science. Pegasus emerges from rock to fountain of truth, with seven virgins representing seven sciences, the flying horse symbolizing heavenly-directed intelligence and pure truth.
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Neptune
Pegasus
Earth
Heaven
Truth Is a Mirror That Shuns Falsehood
A concise reflection on truth as an estimable quality that cannot be tainted by deceit. It suggests that truth remains pure while falsehood dulls its shine, and that an untruthful man is to be feared.
Sympathizing Friend Cheers Up Old Boy
A witty exchange recounts a rejected suitor fearing his beloved will share the tale with other girls, prompting a sympathetic friend to reassure him that plenty of others exist. The Baltimore American quotation captures a lighthearted moment of social gallantry.
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Baltimore American
Peculiar self guillotine death case described by New York Press
A felon devised a self inflicted decapitation by fixing a sharpened spade beneath a carpenter’s bench and rigging the bench to fall. He positioned a wood block as a fulcrum, laid his neck on wood, then removed support, causing immediate decapitation. The macabre method highlights a dramatic suicide by his own device.
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New York Press
The Unobservant Men quote on halves of society
A witty line contrasts ignorance of the other half with gendered observation, noting that the uninformed half is not the women. The remark hints at social divide and gendered perspective.
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Chicago, Mildabee & St Paul Railway
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NW Corner Water
St Paul Streets
Christian Endeavor
Ladies’ Aid
Oakland
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F. L. Anderson
St. Paul Street
Oakland Avenue
Woman's Mission
G E Wilbour
First Congregational Church
Arthur Dascomb
Corner St. Paul and
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Paston SE Corner Water
St. Paul Streets
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Paul G. Viehe
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Kenwood Ave
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Illinois Central
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Inneapolis
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Cincinnati
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A. H. Hanson
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R. R. Notices
Homeseekers
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Iowa Central Railroad
A. B. Cutts
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Chicago Union Stock Yards
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North Sea
Tropics
Story & Clark
Camp & Co. Pianos
Andrew's Sic
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National Bank
P. W. Shaw
N. F.banfield
H.L. Bantiela
Youngreen Allerton
Allerton
Goy
Sprague
Alta J
Galesburg
L. Rice
Elias Bassett
Ira L. Johnson
Jnc
W. Scott
Pres
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A. &. Johnson
Citizens National Bay
Seymour Johnson
M. J. Slaven
A. S. Campbell
Jac
Weisel
John W. Scott
Austin National Bank
J. L. Mitchell
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