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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
3
Special bargains offered for city lots along Kenwood avenue and Bridge and Railway streets in Winona. Buyers encouraged to inspect offerings and act quickly.
Local notes cover weather updates and sales at West's Bazaar plus new fall outfits including coats dresses and sweaters. Numerous visits and trips by residents to Mason City Rochester Chicago and the state fair are recorded with social calls and school start notes.
A group of Austin youths enjoyed a social dance at Woodman hall on Monday evening. Rev. and Mrs. G W Lutz hosted about forty friends in honor of Prof and Mrs Lord. Guests performed instrumental and vocal selections and readings. Light refreshments were served.
A party of twenty five children gathered at the Best home on South River street to celebrate Florence and Milo Best birthdays. Games music ice cream cake and candy were served. Many gifts were left and the children enjoyed a hayrack ride to their homes afterward.
Mrs. Ed Tompkins hosted the Rugg families and Mrs. Mary Tompkins with children at a blue and white lawn party Saturday afternoon. Decorations, dishes, and napkins followed the blue and white theme, and the gathering was very pleasant for all attendees.
The H B girls hosted Miss Hilda Ellingsen at Miss Annie Andersons home this afternoon before her move to a new home in South Dakota. Ellingsen received a souvenir spoon as a keepsake.
Luetta Knutson travels to Waseca after visiting Austin relatives. Mrs Annetta Ellingsen visits Albert Lea, and Mrs W W Padelford visits Chicago. Miss Francis Carter to cities for friends and state fair. Ladies of the G A R meet Wednesday at Woodman hall. St Olafs hospital addition brick veneer progressing. Miss Leila Fairbanks from Minneapolis to visit Miss Anshus. Auction and dance bills printed by The Herald. call to news items. Van Dusko camp M W A meets Wednesday Sept 2 with State Deputy Reilly expected.
Cass Fairbanks heads to state fair cities. Alderman McCormick builds 2 by 2 addition to coal and wood office. Mrs Margaret John and daughter Katie visit Jefferson Wisconsin. Dr. Bugbee of Wells returns home from visit with aunt Mrs Miles Smith. Angeline Herzog to Appleton Minnesota to trim this fall. Mr and Mrs F R Jeffries and children visit friends in the cities for a week. Mr and Mrs Andrew Sprague and Ruth return to Abbotsford Wisconsin. L A to O R C sewing society meets with Mrs George Cross. thimbles urged. Mrs L K Damm returns from Spring Valley stays with Miles Smith home before Kansas. Conductor F M Callinan in charge of special fair train leaves Austin 5 15 each morning. runs daily this week and early next. Sprague party from Rochester consult Mayo on Mrs Sprague health. operation not possible now. Mrs Marsh Franklin and baby Louis and father Louis Knutson return from Albert Lea. four generation photo taken.
A Washington Post note describes a zookeeper showing a rattlesnake fang that resembles a horn with a needle sharp tip and a tubular channel. The keeper warns handling can cause a bad sore if Skin is pricked though not a true snake bite. teeth are shed during natural changes.
An ethnologist compares a batsman’s boastful chest slap to the gorilla beating its breast. He cites Darwinian theory and literary depictions by Kipling and Du Chaillu to illustrate how pride inflates the lungs and echoes like drums, concluding that humans show monkey blood in vanity.
The Philadelphia Press reports a famed inventor died leaving a crucial secret with his wife before passing. The wife confirms the secret’s existence, suggesting it may still be unrevealed or lost.
A folk tale explains the first silver wedding during Hugues Capet's time. A king rewards a faithful servant and his wife with a dowry and marriage, creating a tradition where twenty five years of marriage earns a silver celebration. Later notes humorously contrast with a modern domestic budget dispute.
Mrs Hoyle reveals she tracked her husband’s routine, saying she found out where he spends evenings. Mrs Doyle replies with surprise as the exchange turns on the idea of staying on herself last night.
A fragment cites Aristephanes stating that every man finds his country where he lives best, reflecting a philosophical view on homeland and personal ties to place.
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