Fair and warmer tonight and Saturday planned
Local notes report Val Correll is still very ill and Mrs. J. Guinney shows some improvement. J. J. Mitchell travels to Minneapolis on business. Hattie Fuller takes a vacation from Shedd & Wright. Avery's advertises a large wall paper sale and Hunt's baking products. James Ricard returns from Portland for the winter. Bert Gatherless visits Austin from Seattle. Methodist County Fair events set for Oct 9 and 10 with live mermaid attraction.
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Val Correll
J. J. Mitchell
Minneapolis
Hattie Fuller
Shedd & Wright’s
Elegant Scottish costumes to be seen at concert
The act by Roney's Boys features five vocalists in distinct Scottish clan tartans Gordon Victoria McLachlan Wallace and Hunting Stewart outfits plus cotta cassock Mexican costumes cadet uniforms and sailor whites. The program promises lively surprises at M E church October 16 under Ladies' Aid with tickets 25 and 50 cents at Wold's Pooler’s.
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Rooney Boys
Methodist Church
The
Ladies’ Aid
Roney
Hunting Stuart
M. E. Church
Wold’s End
Pooler
Surprise Birthday Tea For Mrs. Sam Twedell
Friends of Mrs. Sam Twedell hosted a Thursday afternoon surprise birthday gathering at her Clark street home. About fifty five guests attended with each bringing personal refreshments and a lunch was served at 4 30. A tea set was presented to the guest of honor.
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Mary White
Lansing
Angie Fisher
Bridge Street
Margaret White
Sam Twedell
Clark Street
The Era Club Holds Annual Meeting and Program
The Era club gathered Thursday with Mrs. Charles Kearns presiding. Fifty of one hundred fifty members attended as Mrs. Reilly read annual reports. The program featured piano solos by Mrs. Harpman Florence Weidt and Abigail Lutz, talks by Mrs. Boostrom and Mrs. Lutz, and a vocal by Abigail Lutz. Next meeting set with Mrs. Lutz on Nov. 20. officers named include President Mrs. Boostrom and Secretary Mrs. Kearns with delegates to the state convention in Owatonna on Nov. 10–11.
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Era Club
Charles Kearns
P. A. Reilly
Arthur Harpman
Boostrom
Lutz
Ira King
Abigail Lutz
Florence Weidt
East Side News Briefs and Local Updates
Mrs Clyde Hubbard is quite sick. Mrs F Harmacy went to LaCrosse this morning. Born to Mr and Mrs J H Mitchell today a baby daughter. Ed Wall, sick with rheumatism, is much better. Big Wall Paper Sale Avery Store. Miss Elizabeth Reinartz and Loretta returned Thursday from Rochester. Mrs Henry Herzog and sons Jake and Jean returned Thursday from a three weeks visit with relatives in Marysville Kansas.
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F. E. Knopf
Stephen Cook
Bennett
Faribault
Congregational Church
Addie Cook
Avery’s
Wall Paper Store
Clyde Hubbard
F. Harmacy
LaCrosse
J. H. Mitchell
Big Wall
Avery
Elizabeth Reinartz
Loretta
Rochester
Henry Herzog
Jake
Jean
Marysville
Kansas
True to Her Training Laundry Star Sparks Debate
A dramatic critic asks where the new star was discovered and is told in a joke that she was found in a laundry. The punchline notes she cannot forget her old calling as she mangles the part.
Tricksters and a dissection deal echo political slyness
A New York Tribune tale recalls two emaciated men approaching a medical dean with an odd sales pitch. They claim imminent demise and offer their bodies for dissection, noting Philadelphia pays $40. The anecdote links such sharp manipulation to political trickery.
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New York
Philadelphia
New York Tribune
Not So Bad as She Feared
A girl and George discuss his father being called a pirate with a playful tone. George reveals a dreamlike plan in which pirates board people, hinting at a larger scheme. The exchange shows relief at avoiding a stale insult and interest in fresh ideas.
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George
Papa
Natural Cross Carving on Grand Manan Island
A renowned rock sculpture the Southern Cross sits at the head of a rock ledge extending into Fundy Bay on Grand Manan. The cross shape is described as an almost perfect cross at the base of a massive cliff on the southern tip of the island.
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Grand Manan
Bay of Fundy
Play’s intensity leaves audience breathless
A dramatic remark sparks playful exchange as a young man says the play takes his breath away and a lady replies she wishes it would, captured in a Baltimore American snippet of backstage banter.
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Baltimore American
Golden For Him Joke Highlights Ardupp’s Anniversary
Bunker jokes that Ardupp has just celebrated his golden wedding though he was married yesterday. Hanks notes he married an heiress, turning a supposed long union into a swift match.
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Bunker
Ardupp
Hanks
Be sure that the wisest persons are the least severe
A pithy Montague quote on wisdom and mercy. It suggests that true wisdom moderates harsh judgment, valuing restraint over severity.
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Ouinces
Jonathans
Jersey Sweets
Muscatine Sweets
Ticbride
Hormel
M. A. Gedney Pikeling Co
John Briebach
the Herald
Herald
W.j.mahnke
Mgr
Willies
Korea
Brittany
Frank E. Long
Avery's
M. S. Fisch
Bird Island
Minn
J. Guinney
J. F. Hogan
Cresco
Henry Byre
Albert Lea
James Ricard
Portland
Bert Gatherless
Seattig, Wash
Austin
Vicinity
A. J. Salzgeber
Bert Soul
Catherine Heim
Waseca
Mrs. W. ©. Horrobin
Rockham
Mrs. Wolters
Chester Morris
Mr. Morris
Mrs. H. Martin
Methodist County Fair
A. D. Dennison
Charles Fairbanks
Boston
L. M. Tollefson
Wall Paper
C. A. Affeldt
Ev. Luth
Adventist Church
Charlies Sargent
Red Wing
Prairie du Chien
Clarence Hanson
A. C. Hanson
Hankin
Holmes
J. A. E. Naess
C. A. Hegge
George Anderson
Minnie Johnson
Peter Hanson
Kenyon
Methodist County
Frank
Frank Enkel
Crane Mitchell Farm
Fairbanks Bros
Pooler’s North Entrance
Cordelia
D M. C
Utopia
Martha Washington
Albert Thon
East Side
Ed Wall
Hirsh
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