Mitchell County Board Sets 1903 Tax Lists And View Plans
In Mitchell in joint session the county board and assessors met to arrange the annual assessment. They viewed proposed hill cutting near Rome and a bridge at Enemy creek in Lisbon. Morgans applied for a $1000 school fund loan secured by mortgage on Section 3 104 62. Tax bills and refunds were approved including personal tax refund for Luke Richards and abatement for W A Fowler and F A Bidwell. Assessors fixed 1903 property values by township, then board set per-acre and per-head rates for land and livestock and adjourned.
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Board of County Commissioners and Assessors
S. J. Moore
O. M. Butterfield
Newell Blackman
W. H. Webster
Rome Township
Lisbon Township
Enemy Creek
Fullerton Lumber Co
Andrews
Mt. Vernon
George F. Morgans
Koch’s Department Store
Wees
Gattreil
Joan of Allen D. Stevens
James Grace
Oh-Ca
Luke Richards
City of
Mitchell
Hitchcock
W. A. Fowler
F. A. Bidwell
Bidwell
Mitchell Telphone Exchange
Court House
Kintigh
Board of Insanity
State Publishing Co
Eacetiee Wey
Board. of
Health
F.W. Freyberg
E. Stanbougl
Warne
Kern
Scoville
John Hattenberg
N. Jennis
Perry Township
A. L. C. Hillman
Badger Township
John E. Watkins
Blendon
O. O. Johnson
A. J. Loga
Beulah
Theo. N. Schneiders
J.F. Smith
Rome
Tobin
Lisbon
Baker
Board of County Commissioners
James H. Tobin
Local County Board Minutes Record April 1903
Davison County commissioners discuss road matters and approve depository bonds for First National Bank and Commercial and Savings Bank. Board approves court house repairs plans, cement walks, and bids for painting, plumbing, and water closet work.
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Court House Square
Court House
South Dakota
Davison
D. Stearns
Quips and Quirks From City Streets and Theaters
A collage of humor snippets includes a Yukon Opéra House moment with a captioned stranger in the lobby, jests about aging ancestors and capital punishment, and snatches of witty banter from papers like the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Boston Evening Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Yukon
Nugget Ned
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Coast Survey Party Heads West To Map 98th Meridian
William H Burges leads a U S Coast and Geodetic Survey party arrived in the city with Wm C Noble and Jasper Biley. They bring surveying gear and seven horses from Lampasas Texas. The crew will extend the 98th meridian arc toward the Canadian border to aid earth measurements and boundary surveys. Mitchell will serve as supply base as towers and signals are erected and additional parties arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam H. Burges
Washington, D.C
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Omaha Road
Wm. C. Noble
Jasper Biley
Lampasas
Texas
Mr. Biley
Burges
Freeman
Hutchinson County
Mitchell
Ferguson
Rarities, Carbuncles and a Cabinet Mixup From Fortnightly Review
The excerpt discusses carbuncles as precious gems with historic talismanic beliefs, citing Ethiopa and the Chaldeans and noting their powers. It then shifts to a miscommunication over appointing Lord Somerville as president of the Board of Agriculture, described as a willful misunderstanding by Sir John Sinclair in a Fortnightly Review item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt
John’ Stbyclair
Board of Agricultute
Sinclair
Board. of Agriculture
John Sinclair
Lord Somerville
Board ‘of Agriculture
Confusing Mileage Claim At Arkansas Squatter Cabin
An account of a squatter in Arkansas arguing over how far Col Fax is from a cabin. The colonel recalls asking the distance two months earlier and the squatter insists the nine mile figure was acknowledged but blames an old woman for the twelve mile estimate. The exchange centers on whose reckoning should prevail and leads to a disputed distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Colfax
Congress
Hub
Gore
Faily
Vici Kid
Goodyear
Turquoise valued by shade and size in ancient Persia
The turquoise is described as a talisman in Persia, protecting its owner from accidents and ensuring constancy in affection. Value hinges on shade and thickness, with old rock varieties valued highly. It is called the forget me not of stones, emblematic of youth and tender recollections.
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Persia
Cash Grocery Specials Prompt Sale Opportunity
Fragmented ad copy markets cash grocery specials and machinery to be sold. Mentions California and Harris counties, Brown Marg, Vanes, Harros, steel, and agricultural items with limited legible details. Contains confusing garbled text and faded names but implies a sale event and shoe line.
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Cali
Harros
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He Mitchell Capital
Sesson
Leslie Wise
W. Abbey
Etchcock
Fe R. C
Cattreil
M. Ins
F. W. Bailey
J. W. Gatey
Chen Eukan
Chancellor
T. B. Smiley
M. A. Reeves
Justice of the Peace
State of South Dakota
Dave Minard
Justice Fee
M.A. Reeves
RcLovejoy
Chas, Gammage
Jas. Parks
PaulRobro
James McKinley
Liyoejoy
Clifton Johnson
State of
Prosper
Tibson
Ips
Gomisiseionets
L. C. Gaie
Deen
Cooley
Nem
S._ J. Moore
First National Bank
Commercial and Savings Bank
Chiirman
J. Haynes
Hayne Arch Meagans Ss Acas Foray
Haynes
Xpress
S. da E. Cassem
Ier
County Matiges
IM Gid Cosas Shteo
Cass Tami Als
H. E. Hitchcock
BEE
James A. “Rogan
Marc
vNeeees Joss Co
Hatcha Clarion
Aleie Henvactis
Caieiete Ptt
O. W. Coursey
Case County
Salary
James A. Rogan
Krom
Ing
Mitchell Printing Co
Fternoon
Frank P. Stearns
Naas
S.J. Moore
Yune
O. M. Butterfeld
D. Stearns County Auditor
Opethabe
Chicago Tribune
Pike
Boston Evening Transcript
Chicago News
Ned
Jack
Kansas City Journal
Grover
Wilder
Coast “Survey
PARTY
Party of Governments
Ethiopia
Gary Tids
Riverside
South Dakar
Vici
Telco
W. L. Wallis
Keola Hercules
Clay County
S. Dao
iGyiy Pan
Chalkstone Barn
S. O
J. S. Serveson
J.W. Horley
iNcKinkey
Eddy
General Feed Store
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