Mitchell Local Happenings and Exposition Notes
Local news from Mitchell and vicinity recounts visits home from Prof. Geo H Grace and Nic Reimers, arrivals from Omaha Exposition, teachers institutes, business moves, and social events. Citizens travel, shops expand, and civic life continues with a Congregational picnic, school notices, and updates on public works and local industry.
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Geo. H. Grace
Mitchell
Nic Reimers
Geo. M. Rowley
C.C. Bras
Here
August Tame
Chamberlain
Tame
Indra
O. P. Shaw
Baby
Parker
Shaw
James Lyons
May Irvine
Waterloo
Iowa
Miss Irvine
Marion Krom
Ishpeming, Mich
The English Smart Bet on Society’s Rising Class
A London Truth critique laments the modern smart society, where access is bought and exclusivity rules social life. It recalls American fashion circles, noting guests must be curated to a chosen set and invites lead to a string of late appointments. The piece questions the pleasure of nightly party hopping and the exhausting social treadmill.
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London
Independent Woman Recalls Cat's Crafty Mouse Game
A tale from the wife of a man describes a domesticated woman and a clever cat. The cat kept a mouse hidden in an old shoe to prolong amusement, feeding both for days before the wife released the mouse, ending the prank.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Sport as a Developer of Character In Society
A compact piece argues sport shapes character, noting rulers from culture fail without virtue while well managed sport teaches fortitude gentleness meekness and fair play. Boxing may soften or harden men, but proper sport benefits the many more than books or editors can. Outing endorses sport as character building amid political inconstancy.
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Republic
Funny Inn Mistake Ends With Surprise
A servant girl at an inn mistook a warming pan handle for a bed warming device. She pulled it, waking an awake traveler who shouted for privacy, revealing a wooden leg instead of the expected pan.
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Martha
London
Gravestone Flowers Mark Two Rival Graves in Nearby Cemetery
In a neighboring state a Rose family burial shows a headstone carved with a rose broken at the stem while a bud graces the infant’s stone. The Fish family nearby copied the motif with a small specimen of the same flower on each grave, a curious shared custom reported by the New York Sun.
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Rose
Fish
New York Sun
Easy Enough to Tell Briggs Delineates Characters
Briggs explains how Mc Faker marks character through dialect. Griggs confirms clear distinction between German English mimicry and Irish brogue in the programme as indicated by the Transcript in Boston.
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Briggs
McFaker
Griggs
USA
Boston ‘Transcript
The Good Old Jokes Excerpt
A brief overheard exchange from the Boston Transcript as Grier and Frier argue over a joke about an end man and a small boy. The quip echoes the timeless humor that circulates among crowds and journalists.
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Grier
Frier
Boston Transcript
German steel wire flywheel spans twenty feet across
A German flywheel, crafted from steel wire, measures 20 feet in diameter. The wheel uses an estimated 250 miles of wire in its construction, reflecting a substantial engineering project.
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Germany
The Pog and the Law on Dogs
A discussion of dog liability and scienter argues owners are not responsible for a dog’s vicious acts without prior knowledge of the animal’s aggression. The piece cites Lord Coleridge and notes the maxim every dog is entitled to one bite or worry, with focus on gentleness versus viciousness.
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Lord Coleridge
Racial Repartee and Noble Charity in Historic Anecdotes
A Swede and an Irishman spar over ancestry at the courthouse, joking about pedigree societies and sheep stealing. The piece recalls Nadine Boulitchoff’s 1880 charity for slave liberation in Rio and a Savannah Georgia corn bread profile praising staple rural life and turpentine workers.
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St. Paul Globe
Chicago diner mishears menu in Bengalese joke
Mrs Parkenham of Chicago asks the waiter about Benglese at a restaurant. The waiter quips that he speaks it almost like a native, claiming Indiana roots. The exchange ruins her appetite and ends the scene with a joke.
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E. H. Mortimer
Sioux City
R. R. Stevenson
Sioux Falle
Mitchell
Fred Smith
Chicago
Lillian Teall
Armour
Hoon
Florence McDonald
McPherson
Kan
Blindness and code talk puzzle crosswords
A London Tit-Bits cartoon parodies deception around a blind card and abstract proposition. A dialogue shows Wickwire questioning Dismal Dawson about a card while the mock code theme echoes. The Philadelphia North American joke follows a father puzzled by his baby and a mother with a code book.
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London
Philadelphia
All at Sea. Absentminded Professor in Bath
The line features a distracted professor in a bath with a quip about forgetting the task at hand. It evokes a comical mood as a stage or screen aside.
Grotesque Spanish Honor Recalled In Wellington Tale
The Washington Times recounts a story of the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War. A Spanish general refuses to move without the king’s honor, forcing Wellington to petition on his knees, which he declined saying he cared little for kneeling yet pressed the movement.
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Washington Times
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon
Spain
Wellington
Doubtful Characters Visit St Magnus Cathedral Tale
The Westminster Gazette reports Mr. Gladstone and Lord Tennyson visiting Kirkwall. They needed the United Presbyterian minister to guide them through St Magnus cathedral, as Gladstone joked he was too doubtful a character to be shown there by proper authority.
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Alexandria Journal
S. T. Greene
Mitchell
Kif
Green
Bard
Hanson Township
Omaha Road
Hubbard & Palmer
John R. White
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Tennyson
Kirkwall
St. Magnus
United Presbyterian
Tennyson
Patrick Campbell
Gladstone
Midlothian
Westminster Gazette
Burglary Dialogue Punctuates Detroit Journal Quip
A Detroit Journal snippet presents a burglar and a lay figure in a humorous exchange about naming a tool. The jokey exchange centers on why it is called a jimmy with the burglar admitting familiarity with the term.
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James
Jimmy
Detroit Journal
Favorite Prescription Promises Health For Women
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and local disorders. It claims to strengthen reproductive organs, relieve period discomfort, and aid childbirth, with testimonials and offers for free medical advice and mail order copies.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Camfield
East Dickinson
Franklin Co
Roths Plumbing Shop Adges Full Line of Pumps
Roths Plumbing Shop advertises force and common pumps cistern pumps and a full line of well drillers couplings. Located opposite the Mitchell House in Mitchell.
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Roth
Mitchell
Mitchell Iron Works Advertisement Promises Durable Products
Mitchell Iron Works advertises artesian well outfits pumps and cylinders with quality polishing. They claim wagon tires can be reset without removal and last longer than before. Paper knives for printers reground and all work is promptly executed with satisfaction guaranteed. George H. Summers is the contact.
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Mitchell Iron Works
Geo. H. Summers
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Eastern College
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E. H. Wheeler
H. L. Wright
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Ravestone Emblems
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