Local News From Mt Vernon And Surrounding Towns
A string of social updates reports visits by Miss Addie Samuels and Mrs. Wickey, cemetery association efforts at Mt Vernon, and a lull in rail work as folks travel to Nebraska and Michigan. Ongoing farm notes from Badger, De Plano, and Bethel detail rains, school terms, and local trades.
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Mt. Vernon
I. L. Burns
Black Hills
E. J. Haynes
Jessie Samuels
Ethan
Mr. Cool
Gemmen
Fred Tobay
Armour
State Band of Mitchell to wear new uniforms
The State Band of Mitchell ordered twenty dark green uniforms with black braid and gilt trim from W. I. Slater of Henderson-Ames Co., Kalamazoo, Mich. The outfits should arrive by May 15 and will modernize their look, shifting away from a juvenile image. The piece notes the band aims to secure summer work and be in position to win more assignments. Beggs' Blood Purifier is praised by Miss May Meyer of Trinidad, Colo., for improving her health, while L. O. Gale endorses the product.
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West PerRy
Alex. Lockhart
Hurweh
Carl Casler
Merridan
Kan
C. J. Casler
Sanborn County
Crapskie
Little Lockhart
Mitchell
W. I. Slater
Henderson-Ames Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Begey
Verne's White Wine of Tar Syrup Cough Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Verne's White Wine of Tar Syrup as the best cough remedy to cure a cold in one day. It lists the price as 25 and 50 cents and is signed S. H. Scallin.
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S. H. Scallin
Clean up that park on Third street asks city action
West end residents protest ongoing neglect of the park at the end of Third street. They accuse the city of letting it decay or be used as pasture and a dumping ground. Citizens plan to petition the council at the next meeting urging immediate cleanup and development.
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Third Street
Trip to England Planned by Broadbents This Summer
Mrs. W. B. Broadbent and Walter plan a June to October trip to England. Mrs. Broadbent has not returned to her old home since moving to South Dakota in 1879.
Presbyterian Sermons by Rev Dr Carson
Rev Dr Carson from Scotland preached at the Presbyterian church on Sunday morning and evening. He urged closer church attendance and acceptance of salvation, delivering clear sermons that the report believes will bear fruit in listeners’ hearts.
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Dr. Carson
Scotland
Presbyterian Church
Try Allen's Foot-Ease for tired swollen feet
A powder you shake into shoes relieves smarting hot feet and tight shoes. It cools, eases walking, relieves swelling and bunions, and comforts rough spots. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free trial package. address Allen S. Olmstead LeRoy NY.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmstead
LeRoy
N. Y
K P Lodge Reorganized in Alexandria
Assisted in initiation by C C Brae W N Hollands D C Burnside and Geo R Owen who re founded the K P lodge in Alexandria on Wednesday evening Fourteen new members were admitted and the lodge revived by the Mitchell boys. Alexandria brethren treated them well and pledged further missions when called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.C. Brae
W. N. Hollands
D.C. Burnside
Geo. R. Owen
Alexandria
K. of P. Lodge
Mr Bras
Mitchell Boys
Heavy Rain Drenches South Dakota With 2.09 Inches
The article notes persistent rainfall in South Dakota from Monday to Wednesday night. Gov't measurements show 2.09 inches total for the past week. Torrential downpours turned streets into rivers, though overall rainfall remained steady rather than exceptionally heavy.
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South Dakota
Mitchell 1882 boom issue lists 124 local businessmen
The MITCHELL REPUBLICAN Sept 9 1882 weekly edition featured a birds eye view of Mitchell and a writeup of town lines of business. It lists 124 men engaged in various callings with 23 firms still operating in Mitchell today, highlighting historic growth contrasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kanouff
Mitchell Republican
Mitchell
Change in Editorial Leadership Ties to Ad Patronage
A historical note cites a shift since eighteen years ago when Stanberry and Wheelock led THE REPUBLICAN. The paper then boasted solid advertising patronage, as reflected in a boom edition.
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Stanberry & Wheelock
Repulican
Buying Driving Horses in Alexandria for Connecticut Market
H L Lewis of Alexandria travels to the city to select a carload of driving horses, paying 100 to 150 dollars each, with plans to ship to Connecticut where demand remains strong and profits are solid. A surveying party from Deadwood begins lines toward Pierre for the Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern, signaling potential new rail links and further season building activity amid South Dakota prosperity.
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H.'‘L. Lewis
Alexandria
Connecticut
Alexandria Herald
Deadwood
Pierre
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Company
Burlington Company
Cedar Rapids
South Dakota
Sons of Veterans Seek Strong Local Camp Enrollment
The Sons of Veterans urge new members for the recently organized camp to ensure solid representation at the state camp in June. Eligible young men, sons of veterans, are asked to enroll promptly as meetings occur Wednesday evenings and names turned in will be acted on at once to welcome visiting camps.
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Sons of Veterans
Mitchell
The New Stamp Books and Alpine Toboggan Race
Postmaster Clark announces new stamp books in various sizes with prices from 25 to 97 cents plus a one cent cover, greased paper between stamp rows. A Cresta run in St Moritz draws European winter sport enthusiasts with a one mile track completed in about 70 seconds, riders using iron shod runners and foot steering.
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Clark
Post Office Department
Alps
Swiss Alps
Europe
St. Moritz
The Ass in the Lion's Skin Fable
A fable from the Philadelphia Inquirer about an ass who hides as a lion to avoid trouble. A tiger stalks him from behind but the beast’s attack is foiled when the ass defends itself, warning that attacking from the rear is not always safest.
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Badger
O. D. Stearns
Will Swett
Butte
Montana
Badger Congregational Society
Miss Stearns
Young
Mr. Young
Orrie Kipp
Beloit
Wic
Philadelphia
Little Folke
Bennie Watkins
Philadelphia Inquirer
Local farm implements and tools on display at dealer
A dealer lists farm equipment including Eclipse Stone Dodger sulky and gang plows, Monitor and spading harrows, Van Brunt grain drills, Eleven Foot and Wagon Box seeders, Fuller Johnson corn planters, Aermotor wind mills, feed grinders, and sewing machines. The harness room has been enlarged to show a broader line of goods.
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van Brunt
Superior
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Plankinton
Carson
Kansas
Missouri
Rose Lyie
Michigan
Ivy Conrad
A. Crosbie
Joe Hooper
Fred Walker
Ravenna
A. B. Rowley
J. Gilbert
C. Walker
E. Washburn
Plano
Harry Bopinon
Will Crater
C. P. Morse
Jeese
Will Slater
George Stratton
Foe
Ellen Jacakson
Elsie Jackson
Bethel
Briain
Geo. W. Wallis
Oelwein
Iowa
S. W. Rowley
Ladies Missionary Society
F. L. Rowley
Mrs. Hubbard
Fred Thomas
Laura Hubbard
South Badger
Tyler
Joe Smith
Fred Grace
Grace
Buffalo County
Earl
E. M. Wilson
West Side
England
the New Stamp Books
Hood’s
C.J. Hood & Co
Lowell, Mass
Tipa
Butterfield
Eclipse Stone Dodger
Fuller & Johnson
Imperial Bicycles
E. B. van Alstine
D. T., Gilman
O. L. Branson
Cashier
I. W. Seaman
H. P. Beckwith
Ass’t
First National Bank
Mitchell, South Dakota
D. T Gilman
J.D. Newcomer
J. S. Daniels
A. A. Boynton
C. M Swan
I. W.seaman
T. A. Duncan
J.O. Walrath
O. L. Brapsor
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