Mitchell News Roundup Signals Local Happenings
Mitchell and vicinity report new construction on East Fifth Street by Jerome Miles, musical festival plans with local delegation to Sioux Falls, and church outreach by Rev. Bruns. A Woonsocket death arrives as Mrs. John Kean is laid to rest in California. Fire, accident, and medical notes include a broken arm from a horse, serious injury to Mrs. Bjardstrop, and medical visits in Aberdeen and Minneapolis. Plans for a German church, courthouse tests, a new dramatic troupe, and local real estate upswings follow Milwaukee expansion talks.
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Mitchell Steamz
Jerome Miles
East Fifth Street
Geo. A. Johnston
Mason City
Iowa
J. T. Morrow
S. H. Scealli
D. R. Tomlin
Idaho Springs
Col
Chicago
John T. Kean
Woonsocket
Palo Alto
Cal
Kean
California
Nels Soderstrom
Bobb
W. S. Spragge
Woodmen Accident Association
Lincoln
Neb
Sprague
Salvation Army
F. H. Bruns
Geo. P. Dix
Aberdeen
Dix
Fred Bjardstrop
Woman's Library Association
Carnegie Library
Schussler
H. L. Maxwell
Opera House
George Koehler
Webster, Cook & Co
Harddare
Maxwell
Wm. D.allen
William Tuttle T
Alberta Watson
Fred T. Drewett
Allen
C. W. Boggs
Washington
Eliza M. Somers
Chamberlain
Maj
Bob Somers
Crow Creek Agency
S. E. Young
Reform School
Plankinton
Maggie Marshall
Fred Widmann
Parkston
Wm. Mueller
Widmann
Fred
Aberdeen News
S. F. Schirmer
Minneapolis
State Board of Pharmacy
M. Janowitz
Sioux City Boiler & Sheet Iron Works
Sioux City
Keith
H. Scallin
Rev
QO. E. Cassem
J. O. Walrath
Freeland Extension
Scotland
Miss Ronish
Scrofula inheritance described with symptoms and debility
The passage notes scrofula is commonly inherited with many affected pale weak children and some adults. It lists neck enlargements abscesses eye and ear inflammation rickets catarrh wasting and general debility as common indications.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises to Cure
Advertised as a potent remedial product Hood's Sarsaparilla claims thousands of permanent cures. A testimonial from Mrs. J H Jones of Parker City Indiana recounts curing scrofula affecting her daughter with eleven sores. The ad asserts the medicine both promises and delivers cures.
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Hood
J. H. Jones
Parker City
Ind
Paris shelter admissions by profession in twelve months
In Temporary Hard Luck Paris statistics are published with respect to the professions of the men admitted to the municipal night shelters. During the twelve months ending February 15 the seekers after shelter included ninety five actors sixty four lyric artists fifty one musicians twelve pianists eleven chemists six authors two lawyers and a captain in the merchant service.
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Paris
Odd Fellows to Celebrate Eighty Sixth Anniversary
The Odd Fellows of this city mark the eighty sixth anniversary with a Saturday program in the Old Fellows hall at 8 pm. O. W. Coursey will give the welcome and Will O. Clough of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader will deliver the principal address. Nichols's mandolin club will perform and a 6 pm banquet in Firemen's hall precedes a dancing party with Nichols's orchestra.
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Odd Fellows
Order
Letcher
Mt. Vernon
Alexandria
Oold Fellows
O. W. Coursey
Will O. Clough
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader
Clough
Odd Fellowship
Nichols
Mandolin Club
Firemen's
L. O. M. Social and Land Sale Notice
The L. O. M. holds a dime social at Workman hall on Thursday evening April 30 with a quilt prize for the lucky number and refreshments for all. Also advertised is 160 acres near Mt. Vernon with a natural spring offered at a bargain. inquire Ed Tobin.
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Workman Hall
Mt. Vernon
Ed. Tobin
No Convictions Yet Exposes Promoters in Prison Stripes
A New York Tribune editorial laments the lack of convictions while noting many swindling promoters face arrests. It questions how many offenders who pose as Cagliostros and Casamovas ever serve terms, suggesting justice should bring penalties to those misusing schemes.
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Cagliostros
Casamovas
New York Tribune
Read Bible Daily Class Led by Rev E W Bishop
The Rev E W Bishop of Southchurch Concord Mass conducts a daily Bible class for 139 enrollees who have promised to read daily. The eight month course will study the history of Israel.
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E. W. Bishop
Southchurch
Concord
Mass
Israel
Cuticura Trio Promises Complete Skin Cure Remarkable claims
When all remedies and best physicians fail, Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills are touted as complete treatment for torturing disfiguring and scaly skin humours scrofula hair loss and related conditions. The ad highlights infantile birth humours milk crust eczema and rashes and asserts swift permanent cures where others fail.
Ban on Women Clerks Sparks Civil Service Debate
The Kansas City Journal reports concerns over a Department of the Interior bias against women in the pension office and related bureaus. Despite 350 women in the office, only men are certified for key positions, with some high scoring women blocked by age-old rules. The piece notes the patent office’s preference for women typists and cites historical appointment figures showing systemic gender discrimination within civil service.
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Washington
Ware
Clay Evans
Pension
Eden
Civil Service
Pension Office
Civil Service Commissioners
Commissioner of Pensions
Geological Survey
General Land Office
Department of the Interior
Patent Office
Civil Service Commission
Kansas City Journal
A Very Old Hat From Corpus Christi College Oxford
An ancient hat in Corpus Christi College Oxford’s safe is at least five thousand years old. Found in an Egyptian tomb, its simple design resists wear with no nap or perishable trim. It resembles a panama straw hat and folds without damage, suitable for modern use as in pharaohs’ times.
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Corpus Christi College
Oxford
Keeping Track of Ships
In a year more than a dozen ponderous books are filled at Lloyds with names of ships captains and port dates. Every known vessel over 100 tons register has a record, and underwriters can locate a British or foreign ship and its current position.
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Lloyd’s
London
Too Stingy. A family trait mocks a miser’s flaw
The Philadelphia Press quotes bantering dialogue about a miserly man. Casey and Cassidy discuss whether stinginess is a family trait, with Cassidy condemning the idea and Casey denying it, noting the man’s peculiarity and lack of a trait.
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Casey
Dolan
Cassidy
Philadelphia Press
Vacancy Yawnus For Him in Chicago News
A humorous exchange unfolds as a caller asks for a sponge to moisten stamps while visiting a lawyer. The man from across the street joins, a nod to legal wit and suggestive banter as the scene pivots toward a possible job offer.
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Blackstone
Chicago News
There Was a Difference. Hamlet Exchange Between Stagers
A playful exchange unfolds as Olde Stager questions the title of Bockson Buskin’s Hamlet prompting a wry reply about recognition and authorship in a backstage dialogue.
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Bockson Buskin
Stager
Statesman a Centenarian Heads to Ottawa in 1867 Senate Tradition
David Wark of Frederickton New Brunswick enters his hundredth year and plans to travel to Ottawa next month to take a seat in the Senate of Canada. He has continuously held his position since the Dominion's first assembly in 1867.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wark
Frederickton
N. B
Ottawa
Senate of Canada
Dominion
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Mitchell and Vicinity
Teain
O. Weare
Mitchell Printing Co
M. D. Purdy
Thomas
Don
W. Leanhart
Bowling Green
North Dakota
Wm. Brown & Co
Mandan
N. Dakota
S. D
Frank VanWagenen
Mitchell
James Robertson
Winchester
Tenn
Department of Music
Board of Education
Mary Windle
John O. Perry
Newton, Ga
Baker County
J. C. Schmidt
Hinckley
Modern Brotherhood of America
Association
B. A. Bobb
Court of Columbian
Joseph Furrows
M. H. Davis
F. J. Woods
J. G. Quivey
Dysart
E. H. Davis
A. BE. Baughman
Grundy Center
Furrows
Mr. Dians
Court of Columbian Circles
Tipton
H. C. Greene
Wessington Springs
W. W. Sewall
My. Collins
the Mitchell
L. O. M. Social
Burnside’s
Madia
Banca
Macia
Java
Kin Hea M. &J
Burnside
Madia Coffee
H. H. Motley
A. B. McKeel
W. A. Barber
General Hardware
Boyton
Mueller
Herrick
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