A Fatal Shot In Wessington Springs
Mary Ada Jones, aged 14 years 10 months and 9 days, was accidentally shot at Teil Toffemire's home last Sunday evening. She was the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jones and died shortly after. The remains lay at Toffemire’s until Tuesday morning, then were taken to her home for a sermon by Rev. Coffee of Wessington Springs. The community expresses deep sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teil Toffemire
Mary Ada
Janes
Teil Toffillemire’s
Coffee
Wessington Springs
Edward Jones
Wessingtons Springs
Loomis News Briefs Include Quarantine Lift and Local Happenings
Loomis notes the end of smallpox quarantine in Mr Pool's family and a fall injuring Clarence Mewhirter at Mr Shaw's. Newborn daughter born Aug 5 to Mr and Mrs J E Wilsop. Strong tent meeting turnout on Sundays, thinning weekday crowds. Mitchell area attendees include Beddoes, Sandy, Ed and Laura Kjelmyr, Rose Fox, Seth Greenacre. Threshing begins. Ira Fraser reports fields yielding twenty and twelve bushels per acre. Local youth discuss Badger and West Perry festivities with lighthearted questions about climate in Woon socket and banter about spoonies in Badger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Peopes
Mr. Beddoes
Sandy
Laura Kjelmyr
Rose Fox
Seth Greenacre
Seth
Ira Fraser
Threshing drives up North Dakota area news item
Emsley reports threshing busy with oats from 40 to 76 bushels and spelt from 35 to 50. wheat around 20 to 22. Barnard family and guests visited Swenson and Jenks. Stevenson hosted Davis. Ela Gaines and Florine Barnard social visit. Bray helps Markla Bros stack grain. Moses and Gardner go to Mt. Vernon for Duke's Mixture. John Allman sells oats in Mitchell at 24 cents. Jenks sells wheat in Mitchell at 69 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markla Bros
Oscar Moses
Art Gardner
Mt. Vernon
Duke
John Allman
Mitchell
Jenks
Banda Rossa to Headline Mitchell Corn Palace Week
The Banda Rossa, a popular Kansas City ensemble led by conductor Sorrentino with 50 musicians, will perform at Mitchell’s corn palace from Sept 22 to Oct 1. The group also plays Denver in September and returns to Mitchell with double the expense and top quality, drawing large crowds and encores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Park
Kansas City
Mitchell
Corn Palace
Denver
Colorado
Sorrentino
South Dakota
Kansas City Journal
Iheland
Willow Grove
Kansas City Spirit
Harriet
Banda Rossa
Why February Has Twenty-Eight Or Twenty-Nine Days
A legend explains February’s short length by a tale of a gambler month who borrowed days from January and March. January and March gained thirty-one days each, while February kept only twenty-eight days, twenty-nine in leap years, to repay the loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
February
Doan's Kidney Pills Told By Grand Forks Citizen
A Grand Forks resident narrates severe backache and kidney trouble relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He describes long efforts and eventual complete relief, urges others to rely on the remedy, and notes 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co as U.S. agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand “Forks
Frank Foley
Grand Forks
Grand Fork
N. D
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
United States
Strength Through Digestion: Dr Pierce Remedy Ad
Promotes Sandow-like strength tied to digestion and stomach health. Claims Golden Medical Discovery enables digestion and nutrition, with a testimonial from W H Wells of Willard NC who reports relief and renewed appetite and sleep after six bottles. Also notes free Common Sense Medical Adviser offer and request for stamps to cover mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandow
Dr. Pierce
W. H. Wells
Willard, N.C
Pierce
One Fare Rate For State Fair Railroad Travel
Railroads offer generous one fare round trips to the South Dakota state fair region with special excursion dates in September. Tickets from eastern South Dakota areas east of the Missouri and from towns with $3 or less one way to Yankton valid Sept 12–19, 1903, plus Black Hills district routes Sept 11–13 valid to Sept 20, 1903. Also includes sale and return limits, ensuring continuous passage across directions. Man-Er-Vine Tablets advertised as nerve tonics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Missouri River
Minnesota
Yankton
Black Hills
Infant Son of Gosche Dies at Eight Months
The eight month old infant of Mr and Mrs M H Gosche died this morning from lung trouble present since birth. Funeral services were held Sunday at Holy Family church at 3 o clock conducted by the Very Reverend Dean Shea and interment followed at Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Gosche
Holy Family Church
Dean Shea
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy Ad
An aged advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a trusted teething remedy used for over sixty years by mothers. It claims to soothe, soften gums, relieve pain, cure wind colic and diarrhoea, and notes pleasant taste. Sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents per bottle. Consumers urged to ask for this product and reject others.
Wounds of the Heart and Heart Perfusion Loss
Wounds of the heart cause fatality not by heavy blood loss but by blood entering the pericardial sac and mechanically stopping the heart’s pumping cycle. This imitates gradual suffocation as the primary lethal mechanism as described by American Medicine.
Senator Gamble Visits Mitchell on Nebraska Tour
Senator Robert J. Gamble arrived from the east on Monday and spent Tuesday in Mitchell before continuing north. He toured the city, expressed surprise at its growth, and noted it was his first long look at the residential area in years. Gamble forecasts Rosebud open during winter session, aided by bill modification easing house passage, with Major McLaughlin securing Indian signatures for government land payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Gamble
Omaha
Milwaukee Road
Mitchell
Senator Gamble
Rosebud
Congress
House
Senate
Major McLaughlin
Sioux Falls Doctor Arrested Over Medical License Law
Deputy Woelsch arrested Dr Gilbert Loffler in Yankton and brought him to Sioux Falls to answer charges of practicing medicine without a required $500 license. Loffler seeks Bartlett Tripp to defend him and plans to challenge the licensing law, claiming about eighty doctors travel the state similarly and that only one has complied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Woelsch
Yankton
Gilbert Loftier
Loffler
Bartlett Tripp
Chickens Confess Violating Game Law At Trial
Roy Hackett pled guilty to shooting a prairie chicken on Monday. He paid a $12.50 fine plus costs. Later evidence showed two more chickens killed. he admitted them and paid $31.40 more. Total paid to the county for three chickens was $43.90 as officials vow to pursue violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hackett
McKinley
Hackett
Roy
Bennett Farm
Bennett
Hitchcock
Justice McKinley
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Ings Bank
Loomis
Woonsocket
Badger
West Perry
Wil
Heaxty
Nan
South Dakota Fair
L. 0
Gale
Dean
Gamble
Riverside Department Store
Riverside
Maydale
Sporting Goods
Goldsmith
Morgan & Wright
Ww. L. Wallis
J. Es. Tuerse
We Son
Eddy
General Feed Store
E. B. van Alstine
Mitchell, S. D
Railroad Star Milwaukee Depot
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