400 Acre Farm With Farmhouse, Outbuildings and Water Access
Describes a 400 acre farm with a 16 by 26 two room house, shed, walled cellar under the house, 75 barrel cement cistern, near house well, a 13 acre garden, various fruit and root plants, granary 24 by 28 on a stone foundation, two story with stairs, six grain bins, wagon and farm machinery space, multiple outbuildings, fenced lots, ample water at 10 to 30 feet, proximity to school post office store and three daily mails. Possession at once. Price 15.00 per acre with one third cash and balance in 5, 10 or 15 years at 6% interest or 5% cash discount.
Telephone system to build new offices and home combo
Fred B. Elce, manager, outlines plans for a 20 by 30 foot building on the west end of Fifth and Lawler streets to house the telephone system with top appliances. He expects completion in a month or two and will move lines from the current site at great expense. Elce also plans a residence on the east end to consolidate business and home in one location.
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Fred B. Elce
Aonth
Elie
Fifth and
Lawler Streets
Geltch Concert Promises Master Violin Performance
Waldo Geltch will perform Tuesday evening at the corn palace with local talent. Admission is 60 and 36 cents, with no extra charge for reserved seats. Tickets available at Nichols's music store. Sheboygan reports his playing as charming and masterful spanning Schubert Serenade to Mendelssohn Concerto, noting a magnificent andante and sparkling finale.
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Waldo Geltch
Corn Palace
Geltch
Nichols
Mr. Geltch
Sheboygan
Wis
Schubert
Mendelssohn
Turning Out Christian Graduates at Mitchell College
Dr. J. C. Bigelow, Dakota University financial secretary, preached in Watertown on Christian education. He noted that of 300 students at Mitchell College only 11 of the women and 20 of the men are non Christians. A new Twentieth Century Memorial Hall, costing 50000 with 43000 raised, is under construction and aimed for fall completion.
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J. C. Bigelow
Dakota University
Gentury Memorial Hall
Watertown
Methodist Church
Stevens
Mitchell College
Mitchell
Cattle shipments eyed as Milwaukee road official reports good range condition
J A Macdonald division freight and passenger agent for the Milwaukee road says cattlemen west of Chamberlain are assembling stock for shipments in September. He notes cattle are in fine condition after ample range moisture and that larger dealers will start moving stock in about ten days to two weeks toward Sioux City and Chicago markets despite low Chicago prices.
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J. A. Macdonald
Milwaukee Road
Mason City
Chamberlain
Macdonald
Missouri River
Chicago
Sunday School Debate Sparks Controversy in Boston
A Boston reader recalls a heated exchange as a Sunday school teacher urged Bible reading over Browning, prompting reported shock among townsfolk and triggering remarks about sacrilege.
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Boston
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Product note promoting Mother Gray a nurse at the Children’s Home New York. Claims to break up colds in 24 hours cure feverishness headache stomach troubles teething disorders and destroy worms. Available at all druggists two cents sample mailed free address Allen Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Mother Gray
New York
Allen, Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Clergymen Seek Lincoln Favor for Hawaiian Consul
A delegation of clergymen urged President Lincoln to appoint one of their members as consul to the Hawaiian Islands citing the candidate’s poor health and climate benefits. Lincoln asked about symptoms and replied that eight others are after the post and all are sicker than the candidate. The remark is recorded in The True Abraham Lincoln.
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President Lincoln
Hawaiian Islands
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Bucklen's Amica Salve Cited As Protective Remedy
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Amica Salve as life saving for minor injuries. It claims scratches cuts boils burns ulcers and piles can be dangerous and promises prevention, offered for 25 cents at Scallin Bros. drug store.
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Scallin Bros
An Odd Bequest From a Bristol Mariner's Will
In a 1795 Bristol will a mariner orders his executors to pay his wife one shilling from first funds so she may buy hazelnuts to crack rather than mend stockings, described as a token of love and a lighthearted bequest.
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Bristol
A Certain Cure for Chilblains Ad
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure chilblains frostbites and damp sweating feet. The product is sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
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Allen
Not the Genuine Kind in a Society Snub
A Detroit Free Press excerpt mocks a woman deemed unsuited for society life as she shows no taste for extravagance. The dialogue contrasts appearances with assumed social finesse and criticizes values of upper-class conduct.
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Detroit Free Press
Preventive tonic for self destruction noted in ad
An old notice claims a discovery to prevent death by self action follows a run down system and despondency. It promotes Electric Bitters as a great tonic and nervine that strengthens nerves and the body and regulates stomach liver and kidneys. 50c and guaranteed by Scalla Bros., druggists.
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Scalla Bros
Eskimo Lover Steals His Enemies Daughter in Ice Bridge Heist
A young Eskimo secretly courts the daughter of an enemy. After a crevasse splits their huts a narrow ice bridge remains. He crosses at night carrying her in a sack but discovers he has stolen the wrong woman, the enemy father.
Hairdressing Customs and Eskimo Garments Described
The article explains Japanese hair styling by age and status showing bows for young girls and butterfly or fan shapes for marriageable women while widows wear shell hairpins and widows cut their hair. It also notes Eskimo women wear bird skin garments chewed to soften the hides, requiring about a hundred skins per shirt and shaping strong jaws.
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Japan
Banda Rossa Endorsed After St Louis Park Engagement
The Banda Rossa led by Eugenio Sorrentino wins strong approval in St Louis with concerts at Suburban Park and a corn palace engagement planned for late September. The Globe-Democrat praises discipline unity and flexibility of brass, noting Sig Bottega as a standout trumpeter and the band’s cheerful encore culture.
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Banda Rossa
St. Louis
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Corn Palace
the Globe-Democrat
Eugenio Sorrentino
Suburban Park
Sorrentino
Sig. Sorrentino
Sig. Bottega
South Dakota Tops Corn Crop Prospects Says Expert
James Crombie of A J White & Co Crops Merchant Chicago toured Mitchell area and praised South Dakota for the best corn prospects seen after inspecting corn wheat oats and barley across Illinois Oklahoma Missouri Kansas and Nebraska. He reported abundant yields and sent an upbeat report to his firm.
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James Crombie
A. J. White & Co
Commission Merchants
Chicago
Mitchell
Crombie
Illinois
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Aberdeen
Huron's Capital Vote Seen Shifting in Huron Stunt noted
The Dell Rapids Tribune lauds Huron residents for their evolving stance on the capital site. It claims 95 percent of Huron voters back Pierre, despite years of opposition to Pierre as capital. The piece portrays a dramatic about-face as Mitchell’s candidacy reshapes local opinion.
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Dell Rapids Tribune
Huron Iuronite
Huron
Pierre
Mitchell
Thetranger
Deal Shapes 80 000 Ranch Livery Transfer in County
L. H. Martin traded a 720 acre Mitchell area ranch and livestock to Geo. W. Burnside mayor of Sioux Falls for Burnside’s livery business and property in Sioux Falls. The 722 acre Mitchell ranch includes 150 cattle and 14 horses with machinery and stock. The deal, aided by F. C. Whitehouse & Co., covers extensive transfer of premises and undertakings with Burnside to focus on undertakings and telephony ventures.
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L. H. Martin
Geo. W. Burnside
Sioux Falls
M. ©. Porter
A. N. Hill
Porter
Hill
Burnside
Martin
Mitchell
Ninth Street
F. C.’ Whitehouse & Co
Citizens’ Telephone Company
British manager loses chorus through many desertions
A theatre manager returning to London after an eighteen month tour with a comic opera company faced continual losses as chorus members married and left at multiple stops. From Gibraltar to Valparaiso the company dwindled to about half its original strength.
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Feun
London
Gibraltar
Cairo
Bombay
Calcutta
Cape Colony
Valparaiso
Our Saltcellars In England
An American covered salt shaker meets resistance in Britain as conservatives prefer open salt. A prominent physician promotes the shaker as cleaner, arguing it reduces dust and bacilli from the sick room entering the salt.
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England
Bacilli
Educated Rooster In New Jersey Draws Attention
Harry F. Edsall of Hammonton New Jersey claims to own the state’s only educated rooster. George the barred Plymouth Rock responds to his name from any family member and will sit on laps while crowing on command. He guards attention from other fowls and starts fights if another chick is noticed.
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Harry F. Edsall
Hammonton
N. J
New Jersey
George
Mr. Edsall
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