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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
3
Maurek’s hall on 800n features a large June gathering and a July 5 to 11 Chautauqua program. On Tuesday July 6 the venue Woodman hall serves a 15 cent supper by Lady Marenbees.
Numerous short items report residents and visitors in Austin and surrounding towns. Among notes are Theo Emerson in the city for races, Don Sullivan and James Schindle heading to New Hampton for church-building work, visits by Mrs. Hugo Sontag and Dr. Van Bronkhorst, and updates on dances, meetings, and church events. Also listed are sales notices, lost pocketbook, job ads, and upcoming suppers and entertainments at local churches.
East Side notes report Birdie Boyan in Dodge Center visiting relatives, Mrs. Louis Dahlquist ill, Mrs. Brossard from Farmington visiting Geo. Taylor, S. Twedell back from Owatonna, Mrs. Lee Thompson and Stella of Lansing visiting Ray Chaffee, Mrs. Cummings retiring after sister visit, Gertrude Kornopp returning to Hayfield, Wall-O’Manrow wedding guests back in Minneapolis, Rose McShane home from Wessington Springs. Fifteen friends honor Orpha Boyan with a fifteenth birthday celebration including games ice cream and gifts.
Mrs Jesse Phillips will entertain a party at bridge and whist on Friday at three o clock honoring Mrs E R King and Miss Pearse. Kenneth and Theokla Knopf hosted about forty guests at an evening party with Japanese lanterns decorating the Manse yard and a merry gathering.
Classified joke excerpt from the Boston Transcript explores a child asking if Pa is a boat and the punchline that a blood vessel is a lifeboat, ending with a bedtime dismissal.
The A H B Alumni annual meeting and banquet will be held tonight at Hirsh Auditorium. President Chester Johnson will call the business meeting to order at eight, followed by a program and at ten a three course banquet in Woodman Hall.
Will exchange improved land in Red River Valley and Ottertail county farms free of encumbrances for Mower county land. Cash difference paid if farm is clear. or assume indebtedness if mortgaged. Direct deal with owner to save agent’s commission.
A drug advert proclaims DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills superior for kidney and bladder ailments. It claims strong backache, rheumatic pains, and urinary disorders improve with a trial and invites readers to request a free box from E. C. DeWitt & Co. Chicago. Sold by all druggists.
The narrator reflects on snakes in East Africa and South Africa during a war. Pythons are present but not seen as dangerous, while a black mwamba bit in bed in South Africa caused fear and illness. The account emphasizes deadly potential and the narrator’s later shock at the intimate danger.
A travel remark recounts a Vancouver hotel dinner where a Japanese waitress prioritized the male diner over two Canadian women, illustrating a belief in male superiority and female subordination. The tale reflects enduring gender norms and cross cultural misgivings.
J L Nohner the Pennsylvania Masseur visits Michigan towns in June 1909 to demonstrate a compressed air ear device. He claims it restores ear membrane nerve and muscle function with daily five minute sessions and offers home delivery after a deposit. Demonstrations occur in Mankato Albert Lea Austin Owatonna Fribault Northfield Rochester Red Wing through late June.
The Board of Water Electric Gas and Power Commissioners of Austin Minnesota invites sealed bids for about 3000 tons of bituminous coal to be delivered in monthly installments over one year to the Electric Light and Pumping Station. Bids due 6 PM Friday June 25 1909. The board may reject all bids.
Beware of ointments for catarrh that contain mercury as they damage the sense of smell and the whole system. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Buy genuine Hall's Catarrh Cure in Toledo Ohio. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists, 75 cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Degree of Honor assessment No 4 has been called for June and must be paid on or before June 28. Mrs Spencer Barr.
Market figures show young fat hogs at 200 to 700 pounds with bids from 5 50 to 6 50 per hundredweight. Packer hogs range 6 00 to 6 75. Fat lambs and veal prices appear around 4 00 to 6 00, cattle and other meat offerings listed with varying bids.
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