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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1907
Page
3
Local brief reports on fair weather, cooler southeast, and death of Maud Ulmer Joner amid city social updates. Austin scenes include the Shannon Brothers tent show, church picnics, weddings, sales at the Hub, and community announcements with a mix of village notices and upcoming events.
James Keenan advertises a rapid sale of nearly all household furniture and fixtures before returning to California within eight days. The items include a fine bedroom suite and top quality bed springs and mattresses, with clothing excluded. Call at his office for bargains.
The G I A to B of L B will hold its regular meeting Tuesday evening at T. A fall attendance is desired. There will be practice in the ritual work. Mr. and Mrs. Ole Tolbertson have returned from a visit to Calmar. John W. Davis was returned to his home in Lime Springs after spending Sunday in Austin. Mrs. W. I. Plummer has returned from a week's visit in Perry. Love Ida Thompson and Rudolph Pizak have returned from Calmar where they spent Sunday. Mrs. Tony Beckel has gone to Rochester to visit Mrs. George Beckel who underwent an operation at the hospital last Saturday. Mr. George Beckel reports Mrs. Beckel is doing as well as could be expected. Mr Charles Oots received word today of the death of his brother Henry in Kansas City yesterday after an illness of about a year. Henry was twenty nine years old and had worked at the Kansas City Fish Market for five years. Mrs. Geo Gordon went to Somerset today. John Nibile and George Crosa returned from a week at Lake Oses. Henry Herzog and son Jerome have gone to Milwaukee for machinist examinations. Martha Goodman of Northfield is visiting at the John Gaelf home.
Henry Matter died Wednesday night at an advanced age, one of Mayville’s oldest settlers. His funeral Saturday at Buffalo cemetery was led by Pastor Schlutz of Elkton. Relatives and friends filled the day with visits involving Mr and Mrs Herman Jacob in Austin, Mr and Mrs Geo Butler visiting Charlies Faber, Mrs Julius Frohreich and daughter Frieda at Jacobs, and Mr William Kauth and family visiting Albert Reinkes. Miss Clara Matter returned to Milwaukee Thursday.
Mrs Frank Miller and daughter Rose of Morris Minnesota arrived in Adams Thursday for a visit with relatives. Kenneth St Clair left Adams last Sunday for Omaha to spend the summer with relatives. Mrs Joe Rethrat left Wednesday evening for Fond du Lac Wisconsin to visit relatives. Francis Scanion of Eko arrived there Tuesday for a week's visit with his grandmother Mrs John Scanlon and family. Mrs M W Stiles returned from Le Roy where she visited her daughter Mrs John Back. Wm Cumminge departed Tuesday for South Dakota. Mrs Wm Dean and children went to Minneapolis Saturday morning. James Seamon Sr was in Austin Wednesday. JD Rooney transacted business in Austin last week. Mrs H Lovoid was in Austin Friday afternoon. Dr Schlutz whose child has been very sick has quite recovered.
In a Baltimore American style exchange a woman vents fury over an unexpected incident described as a head on collision caused by a misplaced switch. The dialogue hints at a domestic dispute framed as a misinterpreted accident.
Stella notes her automatch gown contrasts with Bella who says neither is paid for. The New York Sun presents a playful social wrinkle on fashion and status in a brief gossip item.
In Waltham township Mr Iiney died at his home on June 20 from a bed rupture after not calling a physician promptly. He was 66, leaves a wife and ten children, and was a member of the Buffalo German Lutheran Church. Funeral held June 22 with mourners noting he was a kind father. Context notes include local movements, marriages, and farm business activity in the area surrounding Waltham.
The Common Council of Austin Minnesota receives applications to sell alcohol in licensed lower front rooms of multiple addresses on East Water East Mill East Bridge and North Railway streets. An adjourned City Council hearing will be held June 25 1907 at 8 pm in the City Recorder office.
A village tale recounts Daft Tam being bitten by the inn dog. He shows the inn mistress the injury and receives a half crown to fetch a doctor, but Tam prefers to keep the coin and avoid the doctor. The mistress insists Tam go, warning he may go daft again.
A joke contrasts national pride in rail speed with Paddy Pat boasting of a rapid Irish train. An Englishman recalls telegraph poles like a hedge, a Scot cites milestones like tombstones, and Pat claims a swift ride past turnips carrots cabbage and parsley then a pond of water, thinking it broth.
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