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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
3
A fragmented notice lists D B Stan offering massage services at clients homes and an eight acre improved farm six miles east of Austin for sale with easy terms. It mentions calling 806 Lansing Ave and a Horace office.
A local notice promises payment to anyone who can identify a person who knows nothing about the Austin seam dye workers and their duties. The ad emphasizes the shop as the place for leasing dyeing and pressing at the lowest price.
Local briefs report storefront appeals, staffing shifts and civic notices. Election chatter and ward rivalries mix with personal updates, health notes, and travel plans as residents prepare for spring.
A miscellany of personal notices includes visits and travels of Miss Lucy Carll and Miss Bertha Ferdah, a Presbyterian church meeting, a charity ball rumor, and school funding figures for Minnesota. The piece mentions Keough’s sheep article, Kempster at home after April, and various minor community updates.
Shirts at Obalie Hanson the Grocer drop from one dollar to seventy five cents. Mise McGowan of the Lincoln declines Spokane work due to season and notice. Conductor Ed Dexter and Slinion are ill or resting. Riley fills in. Wengert’s liquor case postponed to Tuesday. Cross writes from Nate Reed in Howard Miss. Reed travels toward Austin by Friday. Mrs Collinge to Calmar for L A O R O meeting.
Mrs. L D. Baird and Mrs. C N Brown hosted a large social reception at the Brown residence on Kenwood Avenue. The darkened rooms lit with electric lights featured thematic color schemes and greenery while Tichys orchestra provided music. About two hundred invitations were issued and nearly all invitees attended.
A joint debate on the motion that newspapers do more for civilization than electricity will be held on the 25th with two boys and two girls on each side. Senior participants include Ada Tolbert Kate Todd Cecil Freeman Lyman Varco and Robert Carter Ada Leonard Addie Phillips Gordon Christie will argue the negative. R E Shepherd and friend Peter Mjerne plan to depart for Germany soon. Auditor R L Johnson has returned from St Paul.
Mrs Louise Codding entertained about twenty five friends at Mrs Gedd's home on Wednesday evening. Guests played a guessing game with Dr Leck as the winner. Afterward refreshments were served and the evening proved pleasant. Mrs Codding will soon leave for Green Bay to attend college.
The Pocahontas social at the Myers residence was a standout event for the lodge. Hosts and hostesses showed genuine interest, driving social success with an engaging program and ample refreshments for a large crowd.
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