Ladies Bazaar Draws Crowd at City Library Fund Drive
A large evening turnout filled seats as the Ladies Bazaar opened with booths selling goods and refreshments. Performers including Miss Myrtle Lee and a quar tette entertained while proceeds go toward buying books for the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Ruth
Perle Richards
Myrtle Lee
M. N. Lee
Howard Rew
Mildred Healey
Mitchell
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ruth Youngman
Miss Youngman
Lee
Tillotson
Briggs
Kratz
Shelley
R. N. Kratz
Corn Palace
Papers reveal wide varied curiosities and studies across nations
A survey of topics from Scotland favoring cremation to Dublin university admissions for women, and innovations in paper uses. It notes population trends in New Zealand, a meteor analysis by an Australian scientist, political moves in Belfast, naval gunnery ideas, and wartime aid efforts. It also covers champagne exports, rice consumption in the US, and labor statistics in Ohio and the AFL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Dublin University
New Zealand
Belfast
Orange Order
Gibson Bowles
Kishineff
New York
Boulogne
Napoleon
England
Army Museum
Paris
Reims
American Federation of Labor
City Centrals
Hall Caine
Vatican
Leo XIII
Windward Islands
Martinique
Guadaloupe
China
Europe
Germany
Sven Hedin
Himiy
Wiesbaden
Mlle. Boyenval
Thenells
France
Society of American Authors
Congress
United States
Universal Postal Union
Donegal
Chicago
Andes Mountains
Buenos Ayres
Santiago
Valparaiso
Chile
Strait of Magellan
Circus People Live Well On the Road
A Kansas City Journal extract describes circuses providing excellent living conditions. It notes twelve well equipped Pullman cars with porters and polished beds for staff and performers, an extra long dining car, and full meals served daily. Laborers also receive ample food and beds in suitable accommodations on the ground and in specialized animal cars.
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United States
Giicus
Kansas City Journal
Hot Weather Diet Advice From Cooking Club
The article urges summer eating habits to avoid heat in summer. Eat bread, butter, fruits, and vegetables while limiting meat and grease. Do not overeat and listen to appetite for a healthy body. when not hungry consider light fasting to rest the stomach. A good appetite signals good health.
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Cooking Club
Omnipresent Fly Nuisance Across Homes and Oceans
The New York Press laments the fly as a universal nuisance that spoils what it touches and outstays in every climate. It notes flies stain white surfaces blue or green before spring and claim to be the unwelcome companion of man from Alaska to deserts, even gathering on a clean deck mid ocean.
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Fly
Globe
Alaska
Great Desert
New York Press
Portraits of Leaders Across Nations
London Chronicle notes that in England a subject must buy a portrait of the monarch, while in France every voter and registrar faces the president’s image in elections and civil life. The interior minister’s first act after a new president’s election is to request a portrait be made for display in France and Algeria.
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England
France
Algeria
London Chronicle
Lightweight electric chair to replace famed roller chair
The Chicago roller chair will not appear at the St. Louis exposition. A light electric chair will be shown instead and is designed to be easily guided. The key feature is a guard rail on the chair sides linked to the mechanism that stops the chair immediately on contact with any obstacle.
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Chicago
Freight Cars and Locomotives Specifications Listed
The standard freight car costs 750 dollars with wooden underwork and 1 000 dollars for steel underframe. It measures 36 feet long by 8 by 84 feet inside and carries 60 000 to 100 000 pounds with a life of ten to twelve years. A standard locomotive costs 16 000 to 12 000 dollars, weighs 170 000 pounds, has a 6 080 gallon tank, coal bin capacity of ten to twenty tons.
Not Over Wise Allegory Of Foresight And Safety
An old allegorical description contrasts a girl fearing a grasshopper while stepping on a snake with a man spending much to build a cyclone cellar yet failing to buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for the family. The passage promotes the remedy as prompt and reliable and notes it is sold by all druggists.
DeLaval Baby Separator Offered Directly by E B VanAlstine
A Mitchell South Dakota advertiser promotes the DeLaval Baby Separator as the best and cheapest machine. He claims units are new, not canvassed or used, and offers payment terms and home demonstrations on request.
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E. B. VanAlstine Mitchell, S. D
Mitchell Teachers Examination Notice 1903
Regular teachers examination at the Mitchell high school on Friday and Saturday August 21-22, 1903, starting 9:00 a.m. Those new to teaching receive only third grade certificates. Fee is $2.00. Re‑examination required for certificates expiring before February 1904. State certificates available by examination at Woonsocket on the same date. O W Coursey, County Superintendent.
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City of
Mitchell
Woonsoket
O. W. Coursey
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera Remedy Praised by Tenn Merchant
Drummond Tennessee merchant T A Pinner declares he cured dysentery with one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy without a doctor. He calls it the best cholera medicine and says it never fails for bowel complaints in children or adults. Sold by all druggists.
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Tam
T. A. Pinner
Drummond
Tenn
Bridge Bid Notice for Baker Township Structure
Notice for bids to 1903 Sept 1 at the county auditor’s office for a 40 by 16 foot pile bridge in Baker township. County commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Plans and specs on file at the auditor’s office. O D Stearns County Auditor.
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County Auditor's
Baker Township
County Auditor’s Office
O. D. Stearns
County Auditor
Her Idea of Identification in a Punchline
A joke from the Cleveland Plain Dealer where a bank clerk refuses funds asking the man to identify himself. The man admits he cannot identify himself because none of his linen is marked except handkerchiefs, and he forgot to bring one.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Multiplied Revenge in a Philadelphia Press Fragment
The Philadelphia Press quotes a dialog where a man vows to drown a cat after killing their canary, invoking life for a life and nine lives for a life. The exchange frames a grim moral dispute over revenge and killing.
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Philadelphia Press
Change of Opinion Cigar Boost Sparks Doubtful Praise
A sporting man is skeptical after a cigar named for him proves unflattering. The exchange reveals irony as he suspects the tribute is a libel rather than a compliment.
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Washington Star
Here the passenger scolds over Tremont street error
An irate rider argues with a Boston street car conductor about a mispronounced or misheard street name. The conductor corrects the language and urges quicker movement. The exchange is reported by the Philadelphia Press.
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Tremont Street
Boston
Philadelphia Press
Labor Banter From the Yard About Fred
A workman asks what ails Fred and jokes he has a splinter in his hand. The exchange shows rough humor about pulling it out during a worker’s lunch break in a King-style quip.
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Fred
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Fd Wapchell Capital
Mitchell Printing CO
W. Downey
Oh Mig
Ladies’ Bazaar
Butterfield
D. Butterfield
SO. Dak
Clark
Main Street
South Dakota
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