Local notes on visits and community events in Mitchell
Mitchell residents and visitors are listed with travels to Sioux City Aberdeen Oakland and Geddes. Reports include church dedications in Geddes, corn and wheat conditions, fairs and riverbank plans, and band concerts on Main Street. Community life spans travels, farming outlooks, and local philanthropy with multiple household updates.
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Geddes
Will Wilkinson
Lisbon Township
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Mitchell
Main Street
Merrill
J. W. Ottman
Ethan
Henry Lewis
Proper
To Heal a Hurt Use Banner Salve and Ricky Mountain Tea
The ad promotes Banner Salve as a guaranteed healer for cuts wounds piles and all skin diseases urging no substitutes. It credits H Scallin and touts Genuine Ricky Mountain Tea as not sold by peddlers or in bulk and priced at 35 cents. It advises asking your druggist for the Madison Medicine.
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S H Scallin
Madison
Father rode the Goat and the Mystery in the House
A humorous poem fragment describes a family afraid to move after a ceremonial goat ride. Father returns from lodge in ornate attire, bears a heavy tale of signs and passwords, while the household notes a grim look and a patched Sunday coat from a rough night. The verse ends with a playful question who rode whom.
Famous Pear Tree of Niagara Generates Annual Income
In the Niagara vicinity a nearly 50 year old Bartlett William pear tree yields four to ten bushels yearly at 4 shillings per bushel. For 25 years it has produced about 200 bushels and around £40 total, providing roughly 30 shillings annually to the owner according to the Baltimore Sun.
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Niagara
Niagara Falls
Baltimore Sun
Sign Painting and Gymnastica in Berlin Women Trades
The British Decorator reports women in Berlin now practice sign painting as part of an established trades list. They undergo regular apprenticeships learning brush work and paint mixing. Gymnastics training precedes scaffold ascent to keep nerves steady on ladders. They wear the gray linen frock and cap, the painter's badge and defense against paint.
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Berlin
Hints on Farming Dept Gets a Boost of Advice
A reader barges into the country editor offering tips and complaining the farming section is too long and costly. He urges more financial coverage and less talk about buckwheat on garden truck, as crops are already doing fine.
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Washington Star
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Anipas
Sherwin-Williams Paints
L. O. Gale
Herrick
Smith & Motley ’S
Gillis Shoe Coo
Mitchell National Bank
U. S
Davison
N.L. Davison
E. J. Quigley
W. M. Smith
Local News Matters
Roy Taylor
Litil
Parkston
C. W. Taylor
M. L Bobbard
L F. Morris
Artesian
Wil Gregory
Essie Smith
Sioux City
Miss Smith
J. A. Gheen
State Guards
Coursey
Huron
Sheldon
Gov. Sheldon
O. T. Huyck
Minneapolis
Miss Frenkie Kintich
Mrs
Will Mason
Mrs. Chas. Weller
Virgil Boyles
Treland
J. E. Turner
Miss Turner
Roy Boggs
City
Sioux Falls
Pierre
Capital Journal
H. P. Benjamin
Alexandria
H. A. Charles
H. P. Beckwith
Elk Point
Mabel
Pearl Jackson
Milwaukee
Charles City
Iowa
L. E. Stair
Britt
Lowa
Bessie Stair
S. H. Scallin
Frank Stearns
Burnside
M. H. Gosche
Kelsey
J.T. Morrow
J. I. Case Co
Mr. Morrow
Tuckey
Lowrie
Geo. A. Silsby
J.J. Allen
Mr. Silsby
Argug
Garabed
Salvation Army
Joe
Baltimore American
Chicago News
Auiu Ye Hood
Hoon
Viersi
Artic
Sapolio
SAPC
Ene
Parker
Parker’ S
Chester's
Engs
Pennvagval
Tadlen
Chichester
Ets
Chichester Chem
Ise
Elson
Temperance Beverage
Rootbeer
Charles E
Malvern
Wheeler & Wilson
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