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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1902
Page
3
Local brief item notices recap church dinners Decoration Day games with Osage and Spring Valley, college program at Star Literary society, and community updates from Austin including births, visits, and local shop ads. Rio Grande lines note Rocky Mountain Tea ads and shoe repairs, plus Memorial Day activities and small-town arrivals.
Readers send in social and political jabs as a partisan column critiques the elderly Framer Ben. The note mocks his memory and health while referencing Senator Hoar and political dynamos. Tone is taunting and sardonic with satire of past senate episodes.
The Baptist Church Toverse will hold public worship next Sunday at 10 30 a m with a sermon on the Optimism of Christianity by the pastor who aims to bring hope to those struggling with sin and society. Evening services will be at the usual location, and the congregation will attend the commencement service at the Congregational church in the evening.
At Northwest corner St Paul and Water streets Rev B H Kreeze leads morning sermon titled Three Astounding Indictments. Evening union service at Congregational church. Sunday School 12 Junior Endeavor 3 pm Christian Endeavor 6 30 pm. St Johns Church Rev H Barth at 605 Mereda Street offers Sunday School 9 45 am and service 10 30 to 11 30 am next Sundays subject The Rich Glutton and Lezarius. Seven Day Adventist church at Kenwood Ave and College St hosts services corner schedule and next sermons.
Pastor Rev John Treloar preaches at 10 30 a m on Doubling the Preacher s Power with Bible School at noon Junior C E at 3 p m and Y P S C E at 6 45 p m led by Mrs Blalock there is no evening service.
Rev Brown leads a morning service at 10 a.m with a 10 30 preaching. Sunday School at noon. Junior League at 3 p.m. Epworth League at 6 30 p.m. No evening service. First Church of Christ Scientist holds regular services at 10 30 a m each Sabbath with Sunday School at 11 45.
Sunday School at 2 p.m. preaching by the pastor at 3 p.m. Christian Endeavor Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
Universalist Church holds Sunday School every Sabbath at noon Y. P. C. U. meets at 6 pm at Maple Street church. St Augustine's Church mass times set for 8:00 and 10:30 tomorrow at Saint Augustine's church.
A carload of bananas arriving ripe and unsuitable for resale is being sold cheaply at the Main Street Fruit Store. The sale offers a limited-time opportunity to purchase fruit at reduced prices.
East Side friends gather at the Paine residence for a farewell party as packing for shipment to California nears completion. The informal program features music and recitations by Miss Jones, Miss Campbell, and Fern Bower, followed by a gift of solid silver teaspoons and a silver berry spoon. Ice cream and cake cap the pleasant sendoff.
John Finneigan son of Thomas Flannigan of this city was badly hurt Friday night around 7 30 while boarding train no 22 from Minneapolis. He slipped between the platform and the coaches and suffered bruises with no broken bones. He was taken to Minneapolis on a special car and admitted to Asbury Hospital. Latest reports say he is recovering and his injuries are not serious.
Mrs H J McDonald hosted the Calendar club this afternoon from 2 to 6. Mrs George Hill and daughter Bertha of Jackson Minnesota visited Mrs Will Plummer on Wednesday. Ozear McGee is taking a brief layoff. Mrs Ray Thomason left for Lime Spring Iowa to visit her parents. Ruth Plummer will visit her Grad mother during the trip. Mrs A J Foxie is on the sick list. Guy Fox base returned from Ft Dodge. Clancy Hunt McFarlane Furtney and Mathews depart tonight for French Lake fishing trip for two to three days. Mr and Mrs George Sutton and children went to Lakefield to fish.
In a Brunswick Memorial Day contest Austin bowled 1995 pins to 1960 for Osage. Wayne Stickney F and Seargent Brush H led for their teams with Furthey Wood Dr. Allen Hampson M and Erdman Gutches contributing significant scores.
Friday evening a Great Western freight train at Waltham collided with standing cars. One car was thrown from the track and stove in but remained empty. no injuries were reported.
Work has begun in the Catholic cemetery as a committee from St Augustines Church leads the effort led by Patrick Geraghty. The plan aims to level the site and improve its appearance for all to appreciate.
Closing quotations for Minneapolis grains show Hard and Nor grades around the mid seventy range while No 8 corn and barley futures trade near fifty to sixty. Wheat futures in Chicago also edge lower with mixed overall signals noted alongside barge and pork futures nearby.
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