Mitchell and surrounding notes in Aug 1898 issue
Local notes from Plano Heulam Badger and Mitchell region recount farming incidents horse mishaps haying grain yields and creameries. Mentions trades visits by J. H. Kipp instructors at teachers institute and a forthcoming county tax levy meeting September 6 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plano
May
Fay Howley
Deacon Moree
Mitchell
J. Sanders
J. H. Kipp
Dan Grove
Julia
Ethel LaFortune
Ethel Jewett
Teachers’ Institute
Mre
Dan Tenny
Jewett
Ek G. H. Ball
Lead City
Johnson Pardoned After Hanging Attempt Shifts Headlines
Johnson, once condemned for murder, has been declared innocent after a government telegram announcing a pardon. The scene features a full account of the hanging and illustrations prepared for publication, with the fort pushing the story to press in large capitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rooking
Johnson
Hias
Pearson’s Weekly
Yucatan Name Meaning Quoted in Washington Star
Mrs Corntessel questions a man about farming while his husband asserts he was never a farmer though he talks of country life. The Washington Star notes Yucatan as a compound Indian name meaning What do you say revealing the natives’ response to Spaniards inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signe
Yucatan
Buddhist Nunnery Visit Reveals Hidden Male Inmates in 1660
In 1660 at Tianjin two Gordons seeking hospital sites entered a Buddhist nunnery despite inmate warnings. Wearing male clothes, they found inmates adopting male robes to enter. they were received by the lady superior and offered tea and cakes. They visited a private chapel before departing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Tien-tein
Gordons
Tex
Charlie
Cals
Religieuses
Thackeray Autograph Hassles and a Humble Suggestion
The article notes Thackeray’s annoyance with autograph seekers and recounts an example where a fan album yielded a page with playful verses. Thackeray responded with a quip proposing Lindley Murray might have penned the line instead of whom and included a brief correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Lindley Murray
W.M TeHackEray
Blunders In Songs and Programmes
The author recalls humorous errors in song proofs and concert programmes. He mentions printing odd lyric lines and a misprinted concert title showing Mr. Blank To Marry Maude Valerie White. Crabbed Age and Youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lama Sea Tv
Cof
Mary
Mr. Blank
Maude Valerie White
Cornhill Magazine
Neatly Caught and Ancient Manuscripts Fraud
The piece recalls a Greek adventurer who sold fake gospel manuscripts. Dr. Coxe of the Bodleian detects the fraud as described in The Spectator. The narrator recalls testing a page and recognizing nineteenth century paper in a moment of skeptical scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxe
Bodleian Library
Oxford
the Spectator
Rascal
Hunger and Poverty In Italy Reflections on Pellagra
A North American Review excerpt recalls pellagra’s lasting mark after famine. A Monza shopkeeper’s wife, long cured, still shows pain in conversation and repeats a dialect phrase about bread and wine. The piece links hunger to enduring suffering and social hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monza
Italy
Dario Papa
North American Review
Anchovies and a Delicate Plant Riddle from Sir Walter Scott
A nursery gardener tale cited by Sir Walter Scott notes an old friend asking for a dozen anchovies. The reply says he has plenty but they are still in the hothouse as he is a delicate plant. Household Work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter Scott
Ans Epain Sees Teddy In Madrid Paper
A Madrid newspaper misidentifies the American leader as Ted Roosevelt once a New York policeman born near Haarlem. It notes his supposed bodyguard as rough rioters and echoes a toyish burglary exchange. The item also mentions Harper's Bazar and Apaches with single string violins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ans Epain
Teddy
Madrid
Ted Roosevelt
New York
Haarlem
America
Harvard Academy
Birth of the Prince Sparks Joy and Fury in City
A vivid account recalls how the city cheered the birth with bells and guns while celebrations masked a harsher shift as mobs remember past revolts. The narrative notes noble figures once praised for devotion now evoke antiquity’s heroes, yet warns of the French temper turning savage when stirred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pary
Gelirtam
Jor
Age
Helsingfors Satanic Inheritance Story Causes Local Furor
A European tale recounts Lara Huilariene dying in Pielisjarvi leaving vast land to Satan per a certified deed and will. Locals say he is a bad citizen and claim Satar & Co. holds legal title to estates near Helsingfors. Neighbors have altered a road to avoid entering the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamas
Lasdiord
Helsingfors
Finland
Lara Huilariene
Pielisjarvi
Wintahausa
Satan
Old Houilariene
Huila
Tiene
Satar & Co
Pearson’s
Firecrackers In China Cost and Craft
The article describes firecrackers sold in China at 62 cents per 10 000 with cheaper materials and low wage labor. Most are made by women and children at home, with workers earning 5 to 7 cents daily, experts 10 cents, and novices only board for four years. Production is unhealthy and dangerous with working hours 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biren
Aages
Umre
Steiner Sed Nacuie
Soncay
Mr. Halle
Beules
EL Wilaom
Barger
Ventar Cari Dittman
Mr. Breer
Helsey
Aliben
Havee Chappel
C. F E. Gordimier
C. H. Gordimier
Mitchell
Carl Peterson
Oscar Nicholson
Chas
Mix County
Orion
Joho Powell
Nicholson
China
Goose Law and Lunch Trick in Judge Egan Tale
A St Paul Globe item recalls Judge Egan and Tom Conroy dining when Friday menus featured goose. The judge, noting a goose on the bill, devises a playful verdict that a goose is a water bird and orders goose for lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Egan
M. W. Fitzgerald
Tom Conroy
Tom
St. Paul Globe
Sympathetic girl worries over vaccination during friend's injury
A Cleveland girl feared her playmate would lose a leg after a knee injury. The child worried the vaccinated leg would require another vaccination if the leg were cut off, scaring herself the day her friend suffered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Mamma
Bella
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Useful Neighbors Offer to Train Difficult Children
Cartoonish quote from the Boston Transcript suggesting that if parents struggle with child discipline they should hand their kids to the neighboring family, who claim they can make children behave. The remark reflects a social satire on parenting norms and neighborly meddling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macan
Boston ‘Transcript
Hindoos Use Little Soap
Orthodox Hindoos in India use only vegetable soap made wholly from plant products. Soap remains a rarity and near unknown luxury among the native population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
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Matilde
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Order of the Pyramids
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W, Champlin
Tim
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Mr. Thackeray
Little Binks
Harper’s Bazar
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Schlimgen
Maie Street
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P. T. McGovern
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