Mower County transcript., 1904-09-14

E-Austin city schools commenced
Monday with large attendance.
Mrs. f. G. Milius and two sons Wis
tied at T. J. Abraham's Wednesday.
The Retail Merchants Association
held business meeting last evening.
Charlie Jim now runs delivery
wagon for his laundry with Will Bump
driver.
Miss Lulu Merrick left for the
East Monday evening to attend Smith
College.
Send your orders for fine wedding
stationery to this Office. We have the
atest and best.
Rev. F. L. Anderson will preach at
Saints Rest at three o'clock next Sum-
day afternoon.
Will Nordland and wife of Lyle
were up Wednesday to visit relatives
and take in the sights.
For sale, my farm adjoining the
village of Lyle on the west for sale at
a bargain. Gus LENTH.
The L. A. to the O. R. G. netted
about 800 at their dance given in Music
Hall Wednesday evening.
Farmers, bring your poultry for
the car Thursday and Friday to the re-
frigerator. SMITH & PECK.
John A. Thompson had his large
field of corn all cut and in shock Fri.
day. It is thoroughly ripe.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid served
lunches in the Baird building during
the street fair and cleared about 1928.
Catherine Lobb returned to Chi
cago Monday after a visit of five weeks
with her grandmother, Mrs. G. D.
Belden.
Mrs. John D. Smith entertained
Monday evening in honor of her sister,
Mrs. Charles A. Litchfield OF Dodge
Center.
Misses Ada and Cecile Opie, who
were visiting their sister at GAINESVILLE,
Wis. returned in time for the street
carnival.
MIR. and Mrs S. G. Lobdill of Spring
Valley we're guests of their daughter,
Mrs. AL M. Smith during the fair and
carnival
Forrest Schleuder and wife re-
turned Saturday from the St. Louis ex
position where they spent two weeks
in sight seeing.
Miss Helen Banfeld left Friday
evening for Poughkeepsie, N. Y. to
enter Vassar college,. Her father ac-
companied her.
There will be dance in Woodman
Hall Friday night, Sept. 16, given by
the Omega Club. Music by the Queen
City Orchestra.
Work on the excavation for the
foundation of the elegant new Austin
National bank block, on the site of old
Headquarters commenced Monday.
Henry Dennis has rented his house
on Lansing avenue to c. S. Campbell
and left Monday with his wife to spend
the winter at St. Edwards, Neb, where
Mrs. Dennis's folks live.
R. G. Dunn addressed the students
of the S. M. Normal college Wednes-
day and on Friday Senator M. E. Clapp
gave an address before them on the life
of Gen. U. S. Grant.
Miss Basford will resume lessons
in piano Sept. 19 at her studio on Main
street. Pupils are requested to arrange
for lessons either Sept. Is or 16 from 5
to o'clock at the studio.
Our Illinois and Indiana customers
want to buy your farm. They will be
here every week. If you want to sell
your farm come now and list it with
us. John M. Cannon Land Agency.
The date on the printed label of
your paper tells every subscriber re-
gularly the time to which he is paid up.
Look at it today and if you are in
arrears please make remittance of part
or all if possible.
Rev. A. Cressey preached Sunday
morning in the M. E. church at Wells
on Old Peoples Day. Carriages were
sent for all aged and infrm persons and
the congregation was made up of re-
presentatives of all ages from six
months to over one hundred years.
The occasion was an interesting one.
Miss Susie Basford arrived home
safely on Saturday from her European
trip. She left Austin about June Is
and has spent most of the summer
taking special piano instruction under
Prof. Barth of Berlin. She visited
London, Paris, Cologne, Dresden and
other European cities. She arrived in
Montreal last week after a rough and
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