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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1908
Page
3
The East Indian Mirror notes a Bengali widow endures strict fasting on the eleventh lunar day for twenty four hours, endures thirst on hot days, subsists on one meal daily, and renounces ornaments and luxuries, making her life a constant state of misery after her husband’s death.
An impressionist artist finishes a purple blue landscape when his wife asks for a title. He proposes the work as a landscape inviting a title suggestion. She suggests Home, noting there is no place like home.
Weather cooler tonight and Wednesday. Walter Mills to speak on Socialism at the court house tonight. Many city residents on business in the cities, including Baird, Bassler, and Mills. Socials, dances, and church events planned, with obituaries and local notices throughout.
Minneapolis Tribune notes Miss Jettie O Reilly and her betrothed R. J. O Halloran are to wed Oct 21. Anna Anderson hosted a towel shower with gladiola decor, music and dancing while Miss Johnson and the O Reilly sisters performed piano and vocal numbers. A St Paul dinner honor occurred for the couple. O Ray O Halloran works for Seid Daltons Company in Austin.
Mr and Mrs O J Hill entertained at dinner today for Mr and Mrs E J Calkins of Denver Colorado in a cordial social gathering with mutual greetings and hospitality.
Mr and Mrs Edward Hanson were surprised at Mrs Hansons parents home Mr and Mrs W P Miner by relatives who dropped in to remind them of their second wedding anniversary and brought gifts. The evening included music and a late lunch with well wishes for many happy returns.
Gradgrind orders no one touch the clock and restricts movement to clock times. The foreman notes the day is a quarter gone because the clock wasn’t wound, causing a halt in work at the office.
Sam Swenson faces layoffs while Effie Benson returns from LaCrosse. Everett Bushman shows improvement today. Mrs. J. M. Plum travels to the cities, Eddie Larson returns from Minneapolis. L A to ORC plans a regular meeting in the German hall Wednesday evening. Mrs. J. R. Jeffries and children with Mrs. Laufie head to Northfield for the fair. Olive Lawler visits F H Kinney home and returns to Dubuque la today.
Moscow residents report Mrs Ballard and Mrs Dysslin as sisters visiting. August butter sales at Moscow creamery 24 cents and milk output down due to heat. Presbyterian ladies aid society meets Sept 23 at Fuller Mann's. Nora Rettig and Minnie Jasperson visiting. George Miller rents farm, Ivy Pace and others visit village. John Hayes travels to Hayward. Clarence Zerkel installs well and pump to 193 feet deep.
Dexter Farnham returned home to Spring Valley after two weeks in the vicinity. Henry Hahn of Sargeant visited. Lessie Weber hosted Grace Leonard of Austin. An ice cream social was held at OJ Dickens’s home. E G Christgau left for Halloway Minnesota for a bank position and attended a farewell party at the opera house.
Adams John Leecher went to Oaks North Carolina. Mary and Gertrude Zilz left for Rochester for an operation. Mrs Wi Dean and daughter Marcelle returned from Northfield. Mike Krebsbach to Minneapolis. Mrs R C McGreevy in Rochester. J H Carey H Carey J W Carr in Austin. Ea Howell back from Tekoa Washington. Jack Scanlon Harvey family Seattle. Van Stiles from Dexter. Miss Delia Cummings Austin visiting south of town. Local business ad lists and typewriter sales promotion by F H McCulloch agent.
John Gilligan was in Austin on Wednesday and J W Heimer visited Austin on Thursday as part of their local assignments.
A Liverpool barber’s shop has one chair when a man with a large hat enters, pulls a revolver, and demands a silent shave. The barber complies, then the man exits, revealing the barber is deaf and dumb, prompting the cashier’s quiet reaction.
The Cassidy and Gray Commission company, based in Quincy with Chicago and Peoria offices plus forty two other Illinois and Iowa cities, has made an assignment.
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