Local notices list births visits and travel around Mitchell
Births announce a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Al Walpole. Several residents travel to nearby towns while others visit relatives. Rev J H Babcock returns from vacation. University Summer School closes. A rain benefits corn while wheat harvest faces delays. Church events, arrests for disorderly conduct, and a WCTU election fill the community update. A military recruiting stop in Mitchell is scheduled for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Booth
Sioux Falls
C. W. Boggs
J. H. Babcock
Estelle Adama
Beloit
Kan
Mr. Olmstead
Tyndall
Big Stone
Martha Swett
Mabel Robinson
Big Stone City
Bert Lockwood
Chamberlain
Misa Winfred Bridgeman
Z. C. Trask
O. K. Stablein
Royal Union Mutual Life Ins. Co
Des Moines
Iowa
E. F. Windger
Great Western Railroad
St. Paul
Seattle
Northern Pacific Railroad
A. H. Daniels
Dakota Medicine Co
Harker Bros
Chas. McLennan
Alice Dear
Ed. Leehan
Geo. Evanne
Toronto
Canada
Storm Lake
Leehan
Joseph Adams
Clara Adam
Willett
West Fourth Street
Father Shea
Adams
Beresford
C. E. Hager
Hager
Champeny’s Creamery
Ole Hendrickson
Prosper Township
Chas Boregon
Will Scallin
Scotland
Eastman
Mt. Vernon
Ayers Fiscus
Joe Blaky
Abbey
Fiscus
Blakey
Aurora County
Ethan
Rebecca B. Hager
A. E. Carhart
Ida N. Reeves
B. Davis
R. KE. Ruth
C. A. Gordimier
James Lyons
Hurley
R. E. Dundass
L. W. Lewis
Armour
Anna
University Athletic Park
Superstition Guides Gate Choice At City Station
A Philadelphia Inquirer report notes passengers favor No 14 for the St. Louis express at Broad Street Station, while gate 13 remains largely ignored due to superstition. A gate attendant cites fear of misfortune from traveling through gate 13 as the crowd rushes toward 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
No. 14
No. 13
Philadelphia Inquirer
Inheritance of Health and Its Moral Consequences
The article argues that health, like wealth, is unevenly inherited and subject to personal stewardship. It contrasts natural endowments with controllable habits, noting some prosper through frugality while others squander vitality, and concludes that wisdom and adherence to natural laws govern bodily well being.
Cricket chirp rates tied to temperature in a science note
A temperature dependent note explains how cricket chirps relate to heat. At 60 F the rate is 80 per minute, at 70 F it is 120, rising four chirps per minute per degree, while below 50 F the cricket is silent. It also includes a humorous exchange and a fact about elephants in India valued for work, noting animals aged 12 to 45 are preferred and can work until about 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Rosemary and fading love in Elizabeth Alden Curtis piece
A Connecticut Magazine note reflects on a rose pulled in summer and a year grown old. The writer muses on leafless hedges and cooling love, ending with a mention of rosemary and Elizabeth Alden Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary
Elizabeth Alden Curtis
Connecticut Magazine
Hearse Driving As a Steady City Occupation
In New York City hearse driving is a regular occupation with drivers steadily employed for years. Many livery firms own multiple hearses and lease them to undertakers, keeping the vehicles busy daily within and beyond city limits. Distances driven rarely exceed twelve to sixteen miles.
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New York
New York Sun
What Is a Day How Earth’s Rotation and Orbit Change Time
The article explains that a day is not 24 hours but 23 hours 56 minutes and that the earth makes 3664 turns in a year due to its orbit around the sun. It notes the sun’s apparent westward motion and the four minute discrepancy between solar and sidereal days.
Oddities of Whisky Making Highlighted by Expert
A New Orleans Times-Democrat expert notes strange quirks in distilling. He cites unexplained output variation from the same plant, failed duplicate attempts, and the regional limits that prevent Bourbon east of Kentucky or inland rye west of the Alleghenies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Alleghanies
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Ireland Names Through Ages and a Q&A Exchange
The article surveys historic names for Ireland from ancient writers such as Ptolemy Diodorus Strabo and Plutarch noting Beotia Irs Irene Irene Hibernia Juverna and native Erin. It then presents a short dialogue about coddling and scolding as a supposed natural law.
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Ireland
Ptolemy
Beotia
Diodorus Siculus
Irenae
Orpheus
Irinus
Strabo
Irene
Cesar
Tacitus
Pliny
Hibernia
Mela
Juverna
Eri
Erin
Plutarch
Ogygia
Treland
Kalamazoo Legend of Mahzoo and Kahla
Kalamazoo Telegraph recounts the tragic tale of Mahzoo the Indian maiden and Kahla the brave lover. She weaves by the river while awaiting him, he returns in a birch bark canoe, she dies in sorrow, and the name Kalamazoo endures in the stream. Echoes of their love linger in the river and trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahzoo
Kahla
Kahlal
Sweet Mahzoo
Kalamazoo
Removal of 910 graves spurs old Scot to halt new tomb
The New York Tribune recounts opposition to moving remains from Granary Burial Ground in Boston for subway construction. An elderly Scot balks at desecrating ancestors, forces a pause, and secures a family tomb by insisting the old vault stay closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Green
New York Tribune
Pet Whale On Remote South Pacific Island
A branco planter, the island’s sole white resident, tends a 70 foot sperm whale kept as a pet. The whale roams a coral-wall harbor, responds to a horn call for feeding, and entertains visitors with playful tricks after meals of meat or fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Colonial Austrian court wagers grand costumes and a tragic end
Two Austrian nobles, Count Crobor and Marquis Taroncca, wagered over who would wear the costliest court ball costume. Taroncca dazzled in jewels while Crobor revealed a cloak lined with Correggio art, winning 1,000 ducats as Crobor’s 100,000 ducats fell short. The tale notes Crobor’s later Paris visit, three day dinners, and eventual penury, pensioned then cut. His frozen Danube shore death ends the anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Theresa
Count Crobor
Marquis Taroncca
Count Crober
Francis
Danube
Texas Named New Philippines in Early History
The article recalls Texas historic name changes with French and Spanish struggles from 1685 onward, noting the period when the land was officially called New Philippines before Texas derived from a Native American name. It also shares a Mrs. Keeley anecdote about Queen Victoria joking about rheumatism during a courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Philippines
Arogue
Indianapolis Journal
Balky Horse Makes Fast Break to Bridge
A Fourth Avenue motorman, lacking horsemanship, orchestrates a bold move to move a balky horse blocking the track. He straps a car, signals the stalled wagon, and charges toward the bridge as cheering onlookers watch the clever makeshift tactic succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fourth Avenue
Center Street
New York Sun
Not Her Style and Courtroom Slapstick Headlines
The sensational actress proclaims “The ideal” as she slaps the floor with a slipper amid talk of divorce publicity. The Washington Star discusses a lawyer offering to secure a divorce without publicity. The piece notes Louis XI as the first to bear the title majesty, replacing earlier “highness.” A Berlin Maryland Herald item remarks that a beggar is a touching object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Louis XI of
France
The Return of the Rations and a Local Youth
An Indianapolis Journal excerpt recalls Civil War hardship from Wormy hard tack at Petersburg and a brigade officer’s quip about trenches. It also notes a sharp featured youth gaining fame for sending telegrams of congratulations or condolence to prominent persons in his native village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Clay Trumbull
Petersburg
Indianapolis Journal
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Indian Congress
Chicago Post
Richmond Dispatch
Berlin
Karl
Wells & CO
Leroy
N.Y
8. H. Scallin
Scalia
Elly
ELY Brothers
Warren St
Smith & Conyes
the Jones Lever
D. W. Collins
The
Buffalo Pitts
Nichols Shepard Threshers
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