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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
3
Weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with possible showers tonight or Wednesday. Cooler air settles in the northwest portion as the event proceeds.
Austin notices promote the Ladies Quartette at the Presbyterian church next Tuesday evening. The event features local talent and is tied to church activities with support from the Boys' Class. Also advertised are sales on ladies wear and a variety of local announcements and visits.
The Eastern Star ladies held a social at their hall after a Monday meeting, the final session until September. A program was presented and ice cream and cake were served.
Kate Umhoefer returns from a three week visit with friends and the Roy Smiths plan a Chicago wedding trip. Mr and Mrs Loomis and Mr and Mrs Furtney with Mrs Olin visit the cities. Loomis to their eastern home. Mystic Workers of the World hold a large initiation with state deputy F K Cauldwell aiding. East Side church entertainment set for Friday at Maurek's hall. attendance encouraged.
Cedar City reports Reverend Charles H. Alborn will preach at the school house Sunday afternoon July 4 at 3 o clock. Various visitors are named in town including Mrs. John Manning of Austin and families visiting neighbors and relatives.
To Steam Laundry Patrons on account of Monday being observed as a legal holiday the Austin Steam Laundry will close its doors for the day. All patrons who have laundry to call for are requested to do so Saturday.
A visitor to the Philadelphia Record office asks for copies covering a week. A facetious clerk suggests trying a porous plaster as a joke, reflecting lighthearted newsroom banter.
Moscow notes the last day of the three month term in Sumner district with Miss Agnes Hoban, the teacher, returning home for vacation. Confirmation exercises were held last Sunday at the Lutheran church with several local attendees.
County news item notes Mrs. T. R. Morgan is recovering from illness and can sit up a little each day.
A fragmented local column records Elizabeth Taylor and Margaret Lakey visiting friends in Columbus and Austin, Mrs. Will Taylor hosting the Presbyterian Ladies' Aid, a wedding near Hayward, and et al. The Baptist Ladies' Aid supper in the grove near the dredge drew a large crowd with about 15 dollars raised.
Waltham residents visit relatives in LeRoy while others travel to Austin Blooming Prairie and Sargeant. A neighborhood picnic is planned south of town on July 3 with the Dutcher family. Cracker Box district school ends this week and several locals attend barn dances, races, and social calls through the week.
A social orbit covers June events: Bill Say and family in Waltham at the Charley Condo home after a Sunday together. A. A. Marshing visits Austin Friday. Will Decker also travels to Austin. Miss Ethel Stephan hosts the X I T club for a Tuesday drive and a six o clock picnic at Thompson schoolhouse. Rain interrupts the outing forcing a cozy finish with Margaret Raach. Pearle Nichols hosts a linen shower Monday June 21 for Miss Louise Schreiber, bride-to-be of Carl Luttschwager.
Saturday winds felled the barn under construction on the L Tow farm in Rose Creek. Local residents note social visits with Emma and Lillian Jenson returning from Ellendale and others in Rose Creek and Austin.
Adams Miss Rose Bagan visited Geo Bagan home. Mrs Anton King and family visited friends in Rose Creek last week. Mrs Ole Ulven and Mrs J Johnson were in Austin last week. Knute Gordon in Austin Tuesday. Miss Carrie Tiegen went to Austin Monday for teachers' summer school. Thomas Keating and family returned to Wells Saturday. Miss Florence Wilson in Faribault Monday. Scanlon residence painted by Thomas Kolen. Mrs C King went to Osage Tuesday. Miss Maggie Rooney and Reina Gilligan from Tistin attending summer school. Mrs Edw. Howell returned from the cities Friday. A Torgerson in Austin. Emil Anderson and children depart for West Bend Iowa. Miss Katie Blazer returned to Stacyville Tuesday. Mrs Gilbert and daughters depart for Spokane. Miss Lizzie Burns to Austin Tuesday for summer school. Mrs John Schmitt and son of Rose Creek in town Tuesday.
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