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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
6
Austin Daily Herald notes involve I0an H Skinner Kelltor and Prop Seatrude Ellis Skinner in a reading of possible aerospace or prop machinery interests. The piece highlights individuals with the Skinner surname in economic or aviation contexts.
A collection of small items: a Mrs Warren Padelford pearl sale for 100, a lighthearted take on July Fourth, a Cincinnati almanac predicting no summer in 1907, and Austin residents debating Water street shade trees. Newsboys at Gem Theatre benefit, park trimming urged, and local mishaps including Mrs Horrobin fending off a drunk man and a clergyman helping Andrew Townsend Hisey who injures his foot after bath attempts.
Five denominations join for July and August Sunday evenings. July 7 marks the Congregational church fiftieth anniversary at its church, July 14 dedicates the Presbyterian church, July 21 features Rev W EF Sloane at the Baptist church, July 25 hosts Chautauqua at Park, August 4 also Chautauqua at Park with Rev E Koopf of the Baptist church, August 25 Rev Forster at the Presbyterian church, and Rev G W Lutz at the Congregational church.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at family memory and anger in a Philadelphia scene. The readable lines mention a daughter and a father figure, with cryptic descriptors and a puzzled exchange about upbringing and identity. The text remains unclear but suggests domestic tension and a fading memory.
The Bachelor Girls of 1907 entertained by president A Gillet at her Brownsdale home on Saturday afternoon June 29. The event featured clear skies and flowers, with Mae Sheridan and Margaret Ulwelling among key attendees. Guests included Fanny Palmer Wood Nellie Leslie Highie Jennie York Smith Master Oscar Smith Nina Kay Swift Mary F Sims Martha Harrington Dora Evelyn Clark and Oscar Smith’s departure noting the group’s pride in him as the first baby in the circle. Angel Mae Sheridan wed Frank Alwelling of Leeder NYPD on June 20 and the club plans a post nuptial shower.
Fred Hailey of Grand Forks married Miss Jennie Cruickshack of Brownedate at the bride's home. Rev J S Bodiong officiated before family guests. A wedding dinner followed. The bride wore silver gray silk. groom is a well regarded night bag age man from Grand Forks. They left for Minneapolis and Wilmar for a week before settling in Grand Forks ND.
The funeral of Albert F Mattice was largely attended with services under St Bernard Commandery Knights Templar. Masonic orders and G A R units escorted the body from Masonic hall to Mattice residence then to Congregational church for rites and finally to Oakwood cemetery for interment with G A R ritual. Florial tributes and emblems from Mattice’s orders honored the deceased.
A gathering of twenty five relatives was hosted by Mr and Mrs J Z Rogers on West College Street Monday evening for a family picnic in honor of Mr James Keenan. The surprised honoree enjoyed supper and a social evening before departing for Minneapolis and a trip to Winona La Crosse Des Moines and San Francisco to join Mrs Keenan in San Diego California.
John Briebach's new market on Mill street opens Saturday and promises a sanitary, rat proof building with modern refrigeration. The store will offer a complete line of meats, fresh and salt, as well as fish and fowl game in season, and invites all customers to visit.
The regular meeting of the county board will be held at the office of the County Auditor in the courthouse at Austin Minn on Monday July 8 at 3 o clock p m. George Robertson County Auditor.
Margaret Mitchell of Austin and many others visited friends and relatives across Spring Valley Racine and Dover. Jens Neshein of Austin spent time with his sister Mrs A J Lilligrave while Mr and Mrs Ray Clark traveled to Austin. A farewell party for Mrs Herman Hanson was held at her home as she prepares to move. DL Tanner met county commissioners at Grand Meadow.
The article details St George as guardian saint of Sicily, Aragon, Valencia, Genoa, Malta and Barcelona, noting diverse orders named for him in 1200 through 1839. It describes the dragon slaying emblem on czar arms and coins and cites a London Chronicle note discounting a popular Eliza bethic legend about Garter gift to Ivan Vassilievitch.
Miss Skeery recalls seeing a man skulking along in the shadow while coming home last night. Her brother asks if she could catch him, prompting a terse exchange that reflects local curiosity.
A Western observer describes Canton prisons as ramshackle, yet secure by chains and manacles. Prisoners endure day and night shackles, granite weights, and brutal thrashings to extract money from relatives. Many die under torture, while officials offer no inquiry into deaths.
A London Telegh excerpt reveals a visitor staying three hours after plans and a child Freddie censoring his thoughts. Mrs. Smith excuses children blurting truths, while the guest recalls she has only three minutes to catch the last car home.
A boarding house tale centers on a sister seeking guidance for her sister Louise as a telegram hints at an engagement. The misread verse from Solomon six three sparks a Bible hunt until the line I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine is found.
A New York Herald piece recounts a Celtic sea tale of a fisher maiden who, after her sweetheart vanished during a smuggling raid near Cape Finisterre, clothing herself as a man to hunt him across oceans. Surviving prison and peril, she becomes a legend of the seas forever hunting the man she loves.
A man tells a waitress at the Union depot lunch counter he overpaid in error five years ago. She replies she was short twenty cents, and leaves to serve another customer, sparking a brief exchange in a Kansas City Star item.
A New York Press item notes a second woman opening her purse to reveal a first class return ticket to Europe. She remarks a good cry benefited her, implying emotional relief linked to travel and purchase. The piece frames sentiment and social gesture through a concise quip.
A New York Sun quotation portrays a carefree bachelor maid boasting about carrying fifteen keys to studios clubs desks trunks and boxes and lamenting the burden of her many locks. A London Tit-Bits fragment adds advice on careful driving and selecting a hospital in an accident with a cabby responding earnestly.
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