Local notices from Mitchell area several moving, events and births
Mitchell items report additions to homes. Frank Weller heads to Chicago for a family matter. John Laidlaw visits relatives then returns to Alexandria. Several residents relocate to Oregon and Washington. A surprise party honors L W Lewis. Miss Cora Miner hosts a social with cakes and games. Robert McCaw and Margaret Spears wed at 704 South Sanborn. Max Loevinger plans bakery in Everett. County residents relocate with South Dakota loyalty noted.
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Atiss
Georgia Dillony
Vaiss
Ysis Weld
Ales
M. & Orrell
McEwen
Vernon
Puesday
Zey
X. Cook
Wraist
Lawler Street
Frank Weller
Chicago
Hines
Gardinier
Petcher
Grace
John Laidlaw
Alexandria
J. C. Holmes
Amour
Mitchell
James Kimble
Florida
Miss Kimble
Leslie Wise
Commissioners of Insanity
Wise
Yankton
Robert McCaw
Margaret Spears
John Courrier
South Sanborn Street
A. D. D. Fraser
West First Street
McCaw
Milwaukee Railroad Company
James Spears
Max Loevinge
G. D. Drake
Everett
Wash
Loevinger
South Dakota
South
Notable Rail Fatality Gap and Global Coal Prospects
A year with only one railway death in Britain contrasts with 845 killed and 11 162 injured on American lines in three months. The piece notes harsher penalties for railway killings in England, highlights South Africa’s four coal regions led by a zone near Ladysmith, and Natal’s 204 000 tons exported in 1901. It also covers a cork cask patent in Algeria, a cormorant nest from a wrecked ship, a wolf’s clever poultry-catching plan, and Lyddite as picric acid's explosive birth from a 1771 dye.
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Great Britain
America
South Africa
Ladysmith
Natal
South
Guelma
Algeria
Africa
Royal United Service Institution
London
Susquehanna
Manchester
Diamonds In British Guiana Boom Drives Production
British Guiana reports a diamond boom with 91,206 stones found in 1901 02, compared with 4,981 in the prior year, signaling a sharp rise in output for the period.
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British Guiana
Great Sensation in Leesville Over Cure by New Discovery
In Leesville Indiana W H Brown was reportedly saved from death by Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption. He claims immediate relief from asthma and a full cure. The ad touts cures for consumption pneumonia bronchitis and grip with prices 60 cents and 1.00 and a trial bottle offer. Emperor to Czar note appears in product copy.
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Leesville
Ind
W. H. Brown
King
S. H Scallin
Robbed the Grave Narrative Promotes Electric Bitters
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a near fatal illness with yellow skin sunken eyes and loss of appetite and credits Electric Bitters after one bottle with a dramatic recovery. He claims the remedy “robbed the grave” and urges others to try it, priced at 50 cents at S H Scallin's drug store.
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John Oliver
Philadelphia
S. H. Scallin
Grammar quiz on the piazza marriage remark
A married man answers a girl on the piazza of the Hardened Wretch about the word marriage. He explains it as a subordinate conjunction.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised For Quick Healing
A local druggist touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy for burns sores bruises cuts boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles. The product is advertised at 25 cents with a satisfaction guarantee from S. H. Scallin.
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Bucklen
S. H. Scallin
The Important Question in a Lawyer Client Exchange
In a New York Times anecdote the law firm Black Olcott Gruber Bonynge cites Mr Gruber asking a client how he liked the judge's charge. The client replies that he liked the judge’s charge but not Gruber’s.
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Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
Gruber
New York Times
Thoughtful Man Aids Wife With New Life Pills
A Winchester Indiana man M. M. Austin aided his wife suffering from stomach and liver trouble by using Dr King s New Life Pills. She found relief at once and was finally cured. Available for 25 cents at 8 H Sceallin s drug store.
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M. M. Austin
Winchester
Ind
Dr. King
H. Sceallin
Increase In Judges' Salaries Shiras Retires
Judge Shiras, newly retired from the Supreme Court, gains 2500 dollars annually under a bill raising tribunal salaries. He planned to resign months ago but Justice Gray's death delayed his acceptance. the pay rise becomes effective and he will receive 12500 dollars a year for the rest of his life.
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Shiras
Supreme Court
Gray
Dyspepsia Remedies and Dr. Pierce Promises Cure
An 1890s trade pitch touts numerous so called medicines for dyspepsia and marketing claims. Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is promoted as a permanent cure for stomach and digestion ailments. It notes a free 1008 page Medical Adviser sent on stamps and costs of mailing.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Tennessee bill targets kissing bans
The Tennessee legislature passed a measure prohibiting kissing by unmarried persons aged sixteen to forty five. Introduced by Rep. Barnes of Lauderdale County, it was amended to apply only to him. The author seeks a gubernatorial veto.
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Tennessee
Barnes
Lauderdale County
Medal for Mathematicians Honors King Oscar Medal
King Oscar of Sweden awards a gold medal every fifth year to the globe’s leading mathematician. The prize recognizes outstanding contribution and raises prestige for the recipient and field.
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Oscar of
Sweden
Quick lunches in London condemned by Lancet
The Lancet warns against rapid midday meals for busy men, arguing hurried eating harms digestion and slows bodily processes. It cautions that bolting food damages the body and is a dangerous physiological error for health.
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London
Lungfish dies after a century in zoological lab
The Queer Thing lungfish Protoperus annectens dies after a brief pneumonia. It and other specimens are shown at Columbia University zoological laboratory where students study its anatomy. The fish, once thought midway between fishes and batrachians, originates from Nile waters.
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Zoological Laboratory of
Columbia University
Nile
New York Press
Cosmopolitan Chicago Leads In Language Diversity
Professor Buck of the University of Chicago reports Chicago tops world cities in cosmopolitanism with fourteen languages spoken besides English and newspapers in ten languages. The city ranks highly for Bohemian Swedish Norwegian Polish German speakers and a total of about forty foreign languages with populations ranging from a few to half a million. Pussy Keeps the Clock Wound in Salem facts about a cat winding a clock in a store and preventing the clock from running down are noted.
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Chicago
Buck
Philology
University of Chicago
Worl
W. G. Sanderson
Salem
8.D
Wealth of the Northwest Mining Wealth and States
Ray Stannon Baker notes Montana leads the nation in mineral wealth as the largest copper producer. Idaho ranks eleventh in mineral wealth with about 10 million dollars annually. Wyoming has coal deposits valued near 6 million dollars yearly.
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Northwest
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Ray Stannard Baker
Preserve Old Names
The piece argues for keeping aboriginal and early settler names to honor native heritage and American identity. It stresses that nomenclature is a national possession and a link to pioneers that should be guarded and retained rather than replaced by less distinctive modern names.
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Utica
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Gis Laken
Lhe Republican
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Frank T. Windle
Owatonna
Minn
Hope
Frank
R. J. Saylor
Austria
Zoological Garden
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Herr Schilling
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German East Africa
Europe
Abyssinia
Dat
4Th St
Main Straek
Onaa Track
E. Wells
S.b
R. D. Prescott
Davison County
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Morgan's Meat Market
Star Barber Shop
Gast Seconda St. Paone
J. N. Cook
Mitchell Steam Laundry
Miitchell Steam Laundry
Fish & Garton
A. S
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Maryland
Charles
Lexington
Baltmore
Mnicome -Deses
Cen Eeeresees
Gia Wee
Aor
T Dakota
Southing
Beccavens
City OF Baltimore
S Sry
Jos. R. Stonebraker
Harry Nicodemus
Fred S. Axtell
Notary Public
State OF South Dakota
Insurance Department
I. H. C. Shober
State of
Pierre
H. C. Shober
Insurance
Department of Insurance
Fidelity and Deposit Commpany
Fidelity and Surety
A. D
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Baden-Powell
Mateking
Ole Kyelmyr
MO. J. Mitchell CO
New York City
Dak
A. E. Hitchcock
Mitchell,s. D
R. G. Pottenger
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