Local notes mix travel, illness, and shop updates
Fairmont brief highlights residents in town and nearby areas. Thos Collins and others visit. Vera Cleveland sick with quinzy. residents return from Clarkfield and Bayfield trips. families relocate to Austin and Anoka. several from Rochester and Albert Lea noted. A new steam heating plant begins. local events include dances in Rose Creek and church sociables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Collins
Rose Creek
Little Vera Cleveland
Oli Gullickson
Clarkfield
Minn
Will Kellner
Louis Andrew
William Andrew
John Konovsky
Albert Lea
M. S. Fisch
Clefton Plumbing Co
Local social notes and visits in Lansing area
Mrs George Detwiler drove from Austin Monday and Mrs Herman Hormel of Austin visited her brother B Miller. The Oak will meet with Miss Cora Bell Thursday. Several residents traveled to Grand Meadow for a relative's redding. A dance drew young people from the area to Herman Goetz's Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
W. W. Ward
Albion Avenue
Chas. Willeth
Austin
Fairmont
George Detwiler
Herman Hormel
B Miller
H Vaughan
Grand Meadow
Gertie de- Young
Katie Rector
the Oak
Cora Bell
W F Markham
George LaBarr
Mr. Chaffee
Herman Goetz
Social Evening and Surprise Tea for Mrs Porter
Mrs Frank Porter was surprised by friends and neighbors this afternoon and received a set of silver teaspoons. Refreshments were served at five o clock. Mrs Porter plans to travel to Oregon to visit her son for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Porter
Orient Theater Closes After Short Run in Hawkins Hall
The Orient moving picture show operated by W. H. Bowen and son in Hawkins Hall closes after a month due to lack of patrons. Despite good quality and prompt bills, competition with Cosmo Iola and Dreamland proves too strong as Austin’s theater market remains crowded, forcing exits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient Moving Picture Show
Hawkins’ Hall
Orient
W. H. Bowen
Central church choir concert at East Side Chapel
The East Side Chapel hosted a Tuesday evening concert by the Central church choir drawing a fair crowd. Readings by Cassie Guy Jane Todd and Bella Todd and solo work by Frank Dearborn pleased attendees. Receipts totaled $12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side Chapel
Central Church
Cassie Guy
Jane
Bella Todd
Frank Dearborn
Regular Meeting Notice for L A to B of RT Members
A notice announces a regular meeting of the L A to B of RT on Friday evening. All members are urged to attend for important business to be transacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
R.T
Tempest and Sunshine comes to the Gem Theatre on Oct 1 1908
The Gem Theatre hosts Tempest and Sunshine a dramatization of Mary J. Holmes novel. Producer W F Mann says the play will touch tenderness in every heart. The show debuts October 1 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Mary J. Holmes
W. F. Mann
Ducer
Gem Theatre
East Side Residents Take Short Trips and Returns
Mrs. Killoran visited friends in Cresco and Calmar. Mrs. Jacobson went to Lyle at noon. T. M. White traveled to Minneapolis yesterday. Mrs. J Reckenthaler, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Louis Reckenthaler and daughter visited Rose Creek today. Mrs. Stuart Evans returned to Calmar after visiting friends and relatives. Mrs. J. C. Carlson returned to Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Scoffield
Arthur
Anoka
Austin
A. Smith
Park Avenue
P. H. Friend
Ida Olson
Adame
J. C. Johnson
T. M. White
Minneapolis
J. Reckenthaler
Brown
Louis Reckenthaler
Rose Creek
Stuart Evans
Calmar
J. C. Carlson
The Bottle Tree A Lifesaver For Cattle In Drought
An English observer recounts the bottle tree as a giant living bottle thirty feet high with gray bark and moist wood. It provides fodder during Australia’s droughts, feeding cattle when grass fails and water vanishes, often saving large stock despite long dry spells. The tree survives droughts, its leaves reaching skyward as farmers await rain, then stands as a landmark once green grass returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engishman
Philadelphia Inquirer
Australia
Universal Two Cent Postage Push Wins in 1908
Republican measures herald world wide penny postage starting October 1 1908. The article highlights the Rome Universal Postal Congress actions including a two cent rate with Great Britain and other nations, plus return coupons and extra US voting power at future congresses. It stresses benefits for foreign born citizens and foreign- born residents through lower postal costs and broader international links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Administration of
Great Britain
United States
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
G. V. L. Meyer
Rome
Italy
Berne
Switzerland
United States Post Office Department
Edward Rosewater
Omaha Bee
Universal Postal Congress
J. Henniker Heaton
England
America
Whitelaw Reid
Court of St. James
London
Reid
Heaton
Atlantic
New York
Calcutta
Manila
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Panama
Republican Party
Australia
New Zealand
Egypt
Germany
France
South Africa
Japan
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Sweden
Europe
Mill
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Kozy Kup
Victor
Viac’s
M. & J. Blend
Rerndell
McBride
Fred Schroeder
Wykoff
Lafayette French
John Detwiler
Elizabeth Sherman
Chicago
Guy Edwards
Waseca
George Baird
Bayfield
Wisconsin
Mrs
William Anderson
Miles City
Montana
Fred
Mr. Anderson
W. R. Hendryx
Morgan, Minnesota
Mr. Hendryx
J. W. Carlyle
C. L. West
A. L. Eberhart
Ed Kennedy
Mankato
Mamie McGreevy
Hazel Mady
W. HI. Albertson
Henry Furtney
J. H. Davis
John H. Anderson
Minnesota Lake
W. E. Brown
Lary McCormick
Beardsley Place
Helen Shepherd
W. C. Horrobin
F. L Crane
Bertha Ulmer
Charles
Lisbon
Mead
Charles L. West
Ohio
Hunt
Mate Sargent
Nevada
Mabel Sargent
Red Wing
Holy City
A. F. Mattice
Owatonna
Mower County Lumber Co
J. H. Bowen
Oskaloosa
Luther League of the Lutheran Church
Anna Miller
Dr. Cooley
J. W. A. Jensen
G. W. Lutz
A. Cressey
J. L. Mitchel
Geo. A. Franklin
D. Z. Robinson
Loomis Bros
East Mill Street
Lansing
Byron Merton
Blooming Prairie
Mr. Saxton
Dakota
Rostron
Crookston
Drew Vaughan
JN Space District
Beatty
Buxton
Lake Superior
Fish
Dian
York
John Briebach
Herald
Alice B. Hawley
Crystal Wizzard
Mary J. Hopeciat
John Dovenburg
Thomas Rochford
Third Ward
Second Street
Bridge
Tom
E. S. Entertainment
Fairbanks Bros
North
Entran
Pooler’s Co
Tempest and Sunshine
Tempest
East Side
Baron Clothing
Baron
Styles
Acter
Dresser
George
Policy
Alaska
South Pacific
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