Local Notes and Social Items in Austin and Area
Edna Ward visits friends in St Paul. Hair Shop promotes cosmetic sale. Burgen of Owatonna visits Austin. Mrs Shook ill in city. Cloak and Suit Man at WESTS Sept 24. Herman Hormel on business trip. Ladies of M F E church bake sale at F O Hall. Frank Erdman and daughter Helen visit Oakland relatives. J L Cooley offers carriage painting services. Loomis Bros buy poultry daily. Alec Requa visits Austin. ex county treasurer now in Missouri. Royal Neighbor lodge to meet next Monday. Mayor Sutton and local doctors tour Big Ditch work. Warner Comedy Co at Gem theatre for three nights. Miss Nora Anderson receiving treatment at St Olaf hospital. Prohibition candidate Alec Halvorson canvasses Varco. John Bantes examined for insanity. taken to Rochester. Shelby family to relocate to Mitchell SD. Warner matinee for children. upcoming display amusements promised. Galloway wedding in Waterloo IA. Rev G W Lutz to perform. P C Sullivan’s death report questioned. confirmation sought.
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H. C. Burgen
Owatonna
Jake Shook
Canning
Huir Grocery
Frank Matter
Waltham
Austin
West’s
Herman Hormel
Lansing
Chas, Beeman
Frank Dawes
LaCrosse
Alec Halvorson
Varco
C. Nelson
Ostrander
St. Olaf Hospital
John Bantes
Lodi
Rochester
Nicholson
Shelby
C. N. Beiseker
Mitchell
Local Notes From East Side Communities
Mrs. Nelson returns home to Spring Valley after visiting the C Swenson home. Pete Graf of Calmar visits his sister Mrs. R Bloomfield. Sam Swenson resumes work after layoff. Mrs. Jacobson returns from Lyle after hand operation. Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loudon thriving under Dr. Peirson. Born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Christians a baby boy.
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Pete Graf of
Calmar
Mrs. R. Bloomfield
Sam Swenson
Mrs. Jacobson
Lyle
Mrs. Loudon
Dr. Peirson
Tom Christians
Mark Twain Caught Out In Needle Threading Debate
A poet reads passages from The Prince and the Pauper and Huckleberry Finn while threading a needle, noting contrasting approaches of men and women. Twain discusses both methods as right or wrong, illustrating gendered threading styles in a humorous attic scene.
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Mark Twain
Who Would Want to Be a Lama Pilgrims and Monastic Trials
The piece describes lama pilgrims in Tibet and Hindu practices during mountain journeys. It cites Sven Hedin noting travelers lying full length to mark the road and stepping forward each time. It also mentions lagans who entomb themselves in underground caves with food passed in, and death signs when the dish remains untouched.
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Sven Hedin
Tibet
Harper's Magazine
Dr. Hedin
Mrs M I Bassler Hosts Thimble Bee Event
Mrs M I Bassler will entertain at a thimble bee Friday afternoon from two to five for the Birthday and Stoddard Clubs.
Guild of Christchurch Meeting at Mrs Clay’s Home
The Guild of Christchurch gathered at the home of Mrs Frank Clay on Wednesday afternoon with about eighteen in attendance. Refreshments were served at 4 30 and a social time followed for all attendees.
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Guild of Christchurch
Frank Clay
Degree of Honor Notice Assessment Due September 23
Degree of Honor assessment number 6 has been called for September and must be paid on or before September 23.
Bryan’s Ohio Swing Draws Huge Campaign Crowds
William J. Bryan spoke to 20 000 in Columbus as crowds filled Memorial hall after an earlier 6 000 capacity venue. He addressed 4 000 precinct committeemen and spoke on trusts and labor policy including jury trials for indirect contempt.
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Columbus
William J. Bryan
Ohio
Memorial Hall
Bryan
James Kilbourne
Judge Harmon
John J. Lentz
Haskell
Commercial Travelers’ League
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Irish League of America Adopts Plans for Irish Freedom Drive
The Irish League of America ended its biennial session at Fenueil hall Boston with officer elections and resolutions praising league reps in the British House of Commons. A $50,066 drive for two years grew to over $80,000. speakers included John E. Raymond M P Joseph Devlin M P and John Fitzgibbons. Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia was chosen national president.
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Boston
The
Irish League of America
Feneuil Hall
Leagues
League
John E. Raymond
M. P
Joseph Devlin
John Fitzgibbons
Michael J. Ryan
Philadelphia
Graves at Sioux Falls rally opens Independence party
Sioux Falls South Dakota September 24 John Temple Graves nominee of the Independence party for vice president and Dr Howard B Taylor of Chicago spoke at the opening rally. The Auditorium the state's largest public hall was well filled with attendees.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
John Temple Graves
Independence Party
Howard
Taylor
Chicago
South Dakota
Market Quotations for Wheat Prices in Minneapolis
Market quotations from Minneapolis on Sept 23 show prices for wheat contracts: Sept at 1.00 percent, Dec 1.01, May 1.06. On track grain grades include No 1 hard around 1.00 to 1.04, No 1 Northern 1.02 to 1.03, No 2 Northern about 1.00 to 1.02, and No 3 Northern near 0.97 to 1.00.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Livestock Market Prices Reported for St Paul Sale
Cattle values ranged from 4.00 to 7.00 per hundredweight with good to choice cows and heifers at 4.00 to 5.00. Hog prices 6.10 to 7.00, sheep priced from 3.50 to 5.75 for wethers and yearlings 24.00 to 4.25, lambs 4.50 to 7.75.
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St. Paul
Gove
Wheat and flax grain prices on track market notes
In Duluth on September 23 bid prices show No. 1 hard wheat at 1.03 and No. 1 Northern at 1.02. No. 2 Northern 1.0014, Sept 1.02, Dec 1.0154, May 1.05, Oct 1.02. Flax on track and September 1.235, Oct 1.23, Nov 1.238, Dec 1.21, May 1.26.
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Duluth
Northern
Taft Launches Aggressive Campaign Previews in Chicago
William H. Taft, Republican presidential nominee, spoke to the Railway Men’s Independence Taft club in Chicago and pledged an aggressive campaign. He paid tribute to union labor and recalled labor decisions from his time as a judge after arriving from Cincinnati via Brook Ind.
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Chicago
William H. Taft
Railway Men’s Independence
Taft Club
Taft
Cincinnati
George Ade
Brook
Ind
Chicago Grain and Meat Prices Report
Wheat Sept 99 Dec 1.00 1.00 May 1.03 1.035 Corn Sept 78 14c Dec 65 5 65c May 64 5 64c Oats Sept 48c Dec 48 49c May 51c Pork Sept 15.27 Oct 15.32 Jan 16.82 Butter Creameries 20 24c dairies 17 20c Eggs 22c Poultry Turkeys 14 15c chickens 12c Spring 12c
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Chicago
Livestock and Hogs Prices From Chicago Market Report
Chicago market prices list several livestock categories with bid ranges. Cattle and calves show varied bids for beef cattle, stockers, cows and heifers, and calves. hogs show price bands for light to heavy grades. sheep and yearlings and lambs also present bid ranges.
Taft Addresses Labor Crowd At Lakefront Meeting
President Taft spoke from an automobile at Orchestra hall after a dinner with Chairman Hitchcock. He praised judges who care for labor and aligned his views with Roosevelt on labor matters. He contrasted Bryan and Gompers with Roosevelt and planned to greet all 3,060 attendees, mainly railway workers, after the speech.
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Auditorium
Hitchcock
Orchestra Hall
Lake Front
Taft
Roosevelt
Mr. Bryan
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Frank Larrabee
National League baseball scores from today
NL games include Philadelphia 6 Cincinnati 1, Brooklyn 2 Pittsburg 1, New York 2 Chicago 1 in a tie, Boston 7 St. Louis 2, and Boston 4 St. Louis 1 in the second game. AL results list St. Louis 5 Washington 4, Detroit 1 Boston 4, Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2, and Cleveland 9 New York 8.
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Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
New York
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Prohibition Candidate Chafin Narrates Campaign Strain in St Joseph
Eugene W. Chafin, presidential contender, says he received osteopathic treatment in St Joseph for a lame run and shoulder blamed on shaking hands with 600 900 people since his campaign began. He addressed a large crowd at the Y M C A hall.
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St. Joseph
Eugeng W. Chafin
Prohibition
Hackensack Man Pleads Guilty in Aunt Murder
August Ebberhart, on trial in Hackensack New Jersey for the murder of his aunt Ottilie Eberhart, changed his plea to guilty and received a thirty year sentence in the state prison.
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Hackensack
N. J
Ebberhart
Ottilie Eberhart
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Big Ditch
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C. Johnson, Jr
Adama
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Warner Comedy Company
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Compton
J. K. Galloway
N. W. Warren
Waterloo
Iowa
Mr. Galloway
Myra Warren
Rev
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Frank Sargent
J. E. Sullivan
Kavanaugh
Bricklayers’ Union
P. C. Sullivan
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Pooler’s North Entrance
Biyan
Brook Ind
Latte Place
Irish League
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