Mitchell News Briefs Highlight Local Moves and Events
Mrs Thouas Fullerton leaves for Sioux City and other points to visit relatives. Charles L. Tenney arrives from Sioux City to visit his parents. McGovern & Sons announce bargains from new stock. Miss Nora Harker returns from California for a family visit. Will Dodson reports a 15 1/2 pound pickerel. Various local property developments, road and city planning, and school and fraternal notices fill the page, with updates on industry, charity circles, and upcoming events in Mitchell.
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Thouas Fullerton
Joseph Farrow
M. H. Davis
Frank Clayton
F. J. Wood
A. E. Bachman
E. H. Davis
Court of Columbian
Tipton
Iowa
Society
Quigley
Education
Yankton
South Eastern
South Dakota Teachers Association
Surpra renal glands and their surprising role in respiration
Dr Sajous of Philadelphia reports fourteen years of study showing the two suprarenal glands above the kidneys are vital. They secrete adrenoxin aiding oxygen uptake and tissue combustion. The brain’s interior pituitary governs their function, and poisons act via this organ. Stimulating the pituitary may boost oxygen, fight germs, and aid illness.
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Sajous
Philadelphia
Pr. Sajous
Pituitary
Harper’s Weekly
Challenge to Science Undermines God in Rural Sage Prediction
The piece rebukes modern science for claims that "undo" God’s design noting organs like eyes feet tongues and kidneys as unnecessary. It quotes the New York Press mocking scientific editors and predicts a future where people may think without brains.
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Max
New York Press
Geese Proclaim Ancestral Fame In Italian Fable
A peasant drives geese to town, hurrying them with a long stick. The geese complain alleging their ancient ancestors saved Rome, while a traveler challenges their lack of present deeds, leaving them to be roasted.
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Rome
Japan’s rapid military buildup faces domestic opposition
The Railroad Gazette reports Japan’s government is criticized at home for advancing too quickly. The Kure dockyard and the Wakamats iron foundry are cited as overbuilt failures with costly undertakings likely to be privatized. Critics urge funds shift from fortifications to ships.
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Japan
Railroad Gazette
Kure
Wakamats
Six Stringed Spinet Among Royal Society Acquisitions
The Royal Society of Berlin recently acquired several medieval instruments including a six stringed spinet dating from the sixteenth century. Its delicate carving and inside painted male emblems indicate the artist's skill, reflecting the era when such emblems were widely used for ornament.
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Royal Society of Berlin
Royal Society
Electric Farm Demonstrates Power By Waterfalls In Canada
A Canadian farm uses two waterfalls of 60 and 180 feet to power all farm operations via a central house and wire distribution. Electric motors drive churns mowing and log sawing while lighting covers houses and barns. The owner claims annual labor savings of about 500 pounds.
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Canada
Rome
Chicago
Bunyan
Kipling
Jeremy Taylor
Hall of Fame Highlights From Diverse Notables
A roundup of prominent figures and events includes Senator Hikins’ intercollegiate family split among Yale Princeton and Penn. Bjornson’s Norwegian tax listing. Sydney Odanne’s claimed insanity. George W. Wilson turning to astronomy. G C Maynard’s gun history volumes. the Joneses exit in 1899. J Madison Bell the Singer of the Maumee dies in Chicago. Charles W. Fulton’s Senate career. Sir Charles Tupper’s survival of Canadian conferences. Mrs. Mary Ann Cooper linked to Dickens relics. Dr. Hugh M. Smith departing for Japan to study fisheries.
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Hikins
Yale
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Aulestad
Norway
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Sydney Odanne
Emperor William
George W. Wilson
Concord
G. C. Maynard
Department of Technology
Washington
United States Army
Joneses
Senate
John P
Nevada
James K
Arkansas
Jones
J. Madison Bell
Singer
Maumee
Chicago
John Brown
Grant
Senator Depew
Robert Baker
Baker
Brooklyn
Charles W. Fulton
Oregon
Joseph Simon
State Senate
Charles Tupper
North America
Little Dorrit
Mary Ann Cooper
Southgate
Cooper
Dickens
Hugh M. Smith
Reining Races and Stud Moves Highlight 1900s Season
Gus Macey races again with 2:11%4 pace as Fred Keyes plans a public stable at Cleveland. Captain Walbridge sold for export to Russia. Galbetor retired to stud at Conneaut Lake. Lexington meeting praised as most profitable for K T S A. Egthorne now owned by William McLean. Dick McMahon and Muscovite part ways. Eugene Sullivan sells brown horse to Eddie Hayward for this year.
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Gus
Macey
Fred Keyes
Cleveland Track
Walbridge
Arsaces
Russia
Galbetor
Conneaut Lake
H. J. Keenan
Toledo
Lexington
Egthorne
New York State
William McLean
Jamestown
Dick McMahon
Major
Muscovite
Eugene Sullivan
Eddie Hayward
Orchard and Garden Transplanting and Care
Guidance on transplanting with firm soil compaction after planting. Recommends well rotted manure for grape vines and warns fresh manure causes excessive growth. Notes spraying required for insects on fruit trees and advises a spray pump. Warns strawberries need less organic matter to avoid excessive foliage. Advocates sandy soil and judicious pruning to grow large fruit and thinning through cutting back slim wood before bud break to increase fruit size.
Diverse opinions on social roles and public life
In London Sir Oliver Lodge argues society may split between the overworked and unemployed. The Duke of Argyll hopes for a fair London stage reception for British writers. Sir William Treloar praises Sunday museum openings as a beneficial Parliament-led reform. Rev Father Coffee urges women to engage in public affairs beyond home duties.
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Oliver Lodge
London
Duke of Argyll
William ‘P
Treloar
England
Father Coffee
St. Louis
Question on Post Office Hours and General Delivery Policy
A Mitchell reader asks Editor Republican why mail service hours are limited at the post office. The letter cites cold waits at the window, long delivery times for distant residents, and asks for all day general delivery to serve the public, urging an explanation or justification for current practices. The writer signs as L Needham, Mitchell, April 13, 1903.
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Republican
Mitchell
L. Needham
Tennyson’s Pipe Finds a Glass Case in Westminster Gazette
The Isle of Wight sale sold a pipe once owned and smoked by Alfred Tennyson. Believed to be given by his housekeeper to Mr. Kelsey of Yarmouth in 1875, the pipe bears marks of use and damage from war. It is now enshrined behind glass in Westminster.
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Tennyson
Freshwater
Kelsey
Yarmouth
Isle of Wight
Spencer
New Oxford Street
Westminster Gazette
Traveler remarks on Indian grooming customs
The traveler notes Indians use combs in hair more than women. A Cinga lese gentleman wears a circular comb and tortoise shell ornament. He sports a full beard while his servant, who trims his beard, is limited to a circular comb.
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Wen
India
Nautilus Air Compartments Inspire Ship Design
An examination of the nautilus suggests airtight compartments in ships. The shell contains many chambers for air or water to control buoyancy, allowing the creature to sink or float and move to larger chambers as it grows.
What He Was Doctor Of
The quoted lines question the Rev. Lonswynde being called a doctor and claim he cured many persons of insomnia, noting skepticism about medical cures attributed to him.
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Tommy Figgjam
Lonswynde
Paw Vigegjam
Baltimore American
Comedy Dialogue About a Little Lobster Scene
In a Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt a humorous exchange unfolds in a restaurant. A waiter asks for a lobster while a woman named John reacts with surprise suggesting ripples of sudden romance. The quip implies dyspepsia affects more good fellows than marriage.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Puck
Clark’s House Nearly Finished on Fifth Avenue
Senator Clark’s marble mansion in upper Fifth Avenue, New York, rises behind scaffolding as the roof lines emerge. The massive dwelling, described as the most imposing in the city, serves as a frequent stopping place for coaching parties.
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Clark
Senator Clark
Fifth Avenue
New York
Watertown Jury Declares Slot Machine Gambling Device
A Watertown jury recently verdicts that the slot machine is a gambling device. The decision aligns with views of those who have operated such machines extensively.
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Watertown
The Black Swallower and Its Gigantic Hunger
A vivid account describes the black swallower, a fish with a stomach that can outsize its body. It bites by swallowing prey twice or more, stretching its stomach and turning belly up as gas expands. Eventually digestion begins, and the fish surfaces, carried by waves until the tide departs with the prey dead or swallowed.
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Castashéré
Lefttie
Ory
The Constitution In Practice And Fruit Seeds Beliefs
The article contrasts constitutional theory with practice highlighting checks and balances in government and Senate confirmation norms. It notes habit and custom called the courtesy influence appointments. It also warns against fear of seed-induced appendicitis while advocating ripe fruits as healthful and preventive.
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Asa
Senate
Dietetic Gazette
Life of Poet James Gates and Quarrel with Assistant
The excerpt recalls James Gates, described as a Wisconsin state geologist, reacting in youth to an assistant assigned to help him. He proclaims he cannot work with the man any longer, citing the disruptive behavior of whistles and throwing stones at birds. The passage notes Gates then continued his geological labors alone.
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Jay G. Markham
Haney
State Supreme Court
Markham
Tudge
Supreme’ Court
Highland University
DesMiones
Iowa
A. E. Hitchcock
James Gates
Percival
Wisconsin
Palmistry Advice From a Metropolis Minister
A metropolitan church pastor who studies palmistry counsels a spinster reader to avoid marriage. The spinster replies she does not but admits she worries about it. This anecdote from the New York Tribune reflects the minister’s cautionary stance and the woman’s concern.
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New York Tribune
French Lawmaker Proposes Tax on Tom Cats
A French legislator introduces a bill aiming to tax male cats accused of harming songbirds in parks. The proposal targets feline predators amid concerns over urban bird populations and public enjoyment of parks.
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France
War horse of service returns to kitchen duties
An Atchison Globe notice portrays a longtime church helper who shifts from hostess roles at socials back to washing dishes in the church kitchen, illustrating steady, quiet service over the years.
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Atchison Globe
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Benj. Davis
Omabe Louis
Medical College
Nora
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F. Pattodidauie
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Patton
Milwaukee
Levi Pierce
Ashton
R. J. Prescott
Rowley Street
Frank Po Stearns
Northwestern *Land Co
Chamberlain
Will Dodson
Dodgen
Geo. R. Hust
Mitchell Munray
Wrene & G8
St. Paul
Sioux Falls
Covia
Aberdeen Néwa
Aberdeen
H. C. Greene
Wessington Springs
Milwaukee Road
Wessintgon Springs
Anderson-Maxgemumben Company
Main Street
Omaha
Land Lana Agency
South Dakota
North Dakota
Lund
W. F.’ Gilbert
Gilbert
Minneapolis
Amestown
Wm. M. Herbert
Aas
Gaa
the Hall OF Fame
Thiler
Sprite
Keystone Watch Case Company
Needham
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