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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
4
Local items report weather with snow and cold, social church events led by Mrs. Cheater and the Congregational and Christ Episcopal auxiliaries, and multiple visits and errands among Austin residents. Advertisements promote medicines, plaster and lumber, seed oats, and services, with society notices about cemetery meetings, expanded business, and personal moves.
East Side community updates with Aberdeen visitors Me Dan McLaren and Mrs Chaffee guests of Kay Chaffee. Brakeman Olvay sidelined by sprained ankle. Sam Plummer filling in for him. Joe Graf and father visiting Devoran for several days. Hazel Jackson heads to La Crosse. Madelle Henderson returns to Brownsdale from C E Dickens home. Frank Showers closes his East Side business. A Harringtons visit M Harrington in Wells.
Rochester council quickly passed ordinances to designate a public park and vacate market ground after Drs W J Mayo and C I Mayo agreed to buy the Edw L Kolb property at Zumbra and Liberty for 4800 dollars and donate 24000 dollars in cash to the park board. The Mayo gifts over two years total 27000 dollars.
Notice from the City Convention of the Republican party of Austin Minnesota calls for nominations for mayor alderman at large treasurer and agestor. Primary elections for ward officers and delegates to the convention are set for March 27 with ward representation listed. Signed by TROMAS RUCY and CyanLes OIF.
To the patrons of the Austin Steam Laundry. We have added steam cleaning dry cleaning and pressing of clothes department. We guarantee good work.
Large audiences enjoyed Shin artistic and educational exhibition by Backman's Glass Blowers yesterday. Visitors praised glass dresses and studied engravings while receiving free specimens. Vaudeville features, including ventriloquists and educated cockatoos, pleased all. Last day follows Saturday with doors 2 to 5 and 7 to 9, admission ten cents. Three hundred flags will be given to children Saturday afternoon.
Old friends in Austin report the death of Henry Spark Holt in Holton Kansas on Monday February 4 after weeks of illness. Born September 14 18 in Surrey County England he learned wheelwright trade, came to America at age two and survived smallpox on ship. He worked in New York Albany Rochester Dubuque Decorah where he opened a wagon shop and married Amelia Schenck on April 22 19. The couple moved to Austin Minnesota later living at the site of today’s Wold Drag store and buying lots later sold for Holmes Hardware and Hanson shops. He enlisted in Company G Minnesota volunteers during the Civil War and served three years. In 1870 he moved to Prechorn county farm then Minnesota until 1887 when he moved to Holton where he lived until death. He leaves a wife and children Hudson Vivien and Gretta and nine grandchildren a Mason for fifty years. Mrs Holt is improving after illness.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed nasal and Eustachian tube lining. It claims only constitutional remedies can cure, offers $100 for any deafness due to catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A terse ad offers three good two year old colt, Smith and Johnson drag five ser tiane disc wagon, buyrack, a new ally steel hay Udder, new wagon box, two self harness, new box dled, and alsa straw and early outs for bed. Selling on time at low rate of interest. Call R. Parkins ay Decker fain, new phone. tit
Readers urged to act quickly as services fill up soon with a first come, first served approach. The notice signals seasonal demand and encourages timely responses.
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