Salvation Army Meetings Spur Converts in Mitchell
The Salvation Army in Mitchell reports six meetings held Sunday with two new converts. Ensign Jewell and Mrs. Jewell welcomed Capt. Bennett and Lieut. Young from Minnesota and St. Paul to lead future Mitchell meetings. Jewell to Yankton to defend a nuisance suit brought by Mrs. Vanderhule. Army aims to extend its work locally.
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Usige
Jewell
Salation Army
Capt
Bennett
Spipestone
Minn
Lieut
Young
St. Paul
Ensign Jewell
Apt
Mitchell
Salvation Army
Ballington Booth
Volunteers of America
Fire Chief Hailed After Impromptu Welcome From Mitchell Crew
Yankton Fire Department Chief David Finnigan and his bride Miss May Herford wed privately in Yankton and enjoyed a brief trip to Mitchell. The Yankton crew staged a water hose reception at their motel, soaking the couple’s room and windows as a playful welcome. Finnigan later received the men’s good wishes as he left with his wife. Also noted is a Unionville PA resident Jacob Mitchell who used DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve to cure long standing piles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Finnigan
May Herford
Yankton
Mrs. Finnigan
Main Street
Fire Department
Jacob Mitchell
Unionville
DeWitt
L. O. Gale
Another New Woman Miss Jessie Fuller Clerks Court
Pierre to Minneapolis Journal correspondence highlights Miss Jessie Fuller of Mitchell and Pierre as a pioneer woman in court stenography. The piece notes her five years as a fourth circuit court reporter and her role as clerk of the South Dakota Supreme Court, calling her the only woman with such an official distinction in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Fuller
South Dakota Supreme Court
Pierre
Minneapolis Journal
Mitchell
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Puller
Supreme Court
United States
Haney
Resignation Named Clerk Seeks Court Stenography Fame
Colonel Goodner resigns as clerk while Miss Fuller of Yankton gains the post. Born in Yankton to A G Fuller, early Dakota settler and provisional delegate, she travels abroad to study art and French, and is praised as a rapid accurate court stenographer with a sharp education and musical talent. One Minute Cough Cure advertised by L O Gale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodner
Sheis
Yankton
A. G. Fuller
St. Paul
Dakota
Congress
Minnesota
Miss Fuller
Supreme Court
High Water Bordens Ashton Farm and Farmstead Losses
A Redfield Observer item recounts Billinghurst and another man paddling a rowboat from the depot at Ashton to Redfield, rescuing 230 sheep and 26 horses from ten miles of flood water. Cattle, horses, and equipment faced peril as water rose to Childs farm and overran the area near the railway embankment. A horse injured by barbed wire was killed. Palm Sunday and Holy Week reflections fill the religious notes, with a Good Friday union service planned. Advertising notes list undelivered mail and rail excursion tickets to southern states.
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Redfield
Seeley Billinghurst
Ashton
Myers
C. F. Child
Jim
Earth
Christ
Jerusalem
Temple
Heia
Gethsemane
Congregational Church
April Weather Data from Huron Over Fifteen Year Span
Compilation from Weather Bureau records for Huron South Dakota covers April over fifteen years. Notes include mean temperature 46, warmest 55 in 1895, coldest 40 in 1893, highs 94 in 1887, lows 9 in 1886, and frost dates. Also monthly precipitation 3.16 inches, max 6.17 in 1896, min 0.64 in 1890, and 24 hour record 2.35 in. Wind mostly southeast with 64 mph peak from northwest in 1894.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Huron
South Dakota
Marriage Advice and Whisky Sparks a Sermon Clash
A southern clergyman officiates a marriage in a poor white settlement. After the ceremony the mother of the bride serves rye whisky to guests, prompting a rebuke from the minister. The large mother retorts that she arranged the wedding and tells him to go. The item ends with a quip about modern ideas and blaming one’s upbringing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Army Ration Reflections and Transit Box Tales
An old veteran recalls army rations noting beans as preferred by hardship and salt pork as problematic, with hard bread and coffee shaping a hopeful meal. The piece cites General Meade and Grant on command logistics and ends with a transit ticket chopper tale about dropped coins and damaged money in New York Sun reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Change of venes in court and distant strategic points
A Scots style courtroom exchange features a defendant seeking a change of veins and a change of venus due to alleged prejudice. The piece also notes strategic points in military art, citing Atlanta Cairo and Vicksburg as key rail and river communications hubs. A plague in India raises pearl prices in London as dealers rush to quit Bombay. An English firm holds a large stock of Indian pearls that could depress town quotations by about 25 percent if released.
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Venus
Troy Times
Atlanta
Georgia
Cairo
Vicksburg
Mississippi
India
London
Bombay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Xu Monk
Mitchell Boys
Anna Wallstrum
Frank Schlimgen
Matt’ Schlimgen
Burns
J A Barton
R W Hindman
Daniel Peck
GD Walcott
Geo Thompson
Oscar
Saml. T. Green
P. M
L. McKinley
D. W. Collins
American Protective Tariff League
House of Representatives
Washington
W. J, Wakeman
Genl
West 23d St
N. Y
Lobe
Science
Troy
Henry Smith Williams
North American Review
Boston Home Journal
Grant and Meade
Horace Porter
Grant
Meade
Army of the Potomac
Burnside
Butler
Sigel
Virginia
Sheridan
Gettysburg
Anna Gage
U. S
Columbus
Kan
Tae
Maall
Bradfield Regulator CO
Rervus
Ican
May & Suchy
Mitchell, South Dakota
Mitchell National Bank
W. G. Davison
N. L. Davison Cashier
U. S&s
E. J. Quigley
W. M. Smith
Europe
Elder & Cole
Ino. D. Walrath
O. L. Branson
GEO. B
LOGAN
V.president
H. P. Beckwith
Assit Cash
First National Bank
Dr. T. Gilman
John D. Wood
J.S. Daniels
A. A. Boynton
C.M Swan
W. Seamen
Milastuczis Lawler
J. O Woairath
Geo. F. Lovan
O. Gale’s
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