Corn Palace prep under way as exhibit season nears
Active work has started at the corn palace in Mitchell with exterior decorations being removed and surface cleaned for Col Roche’s upcoming beautification. J O Davis and John Michels oversee the year’s preparations as county exhibits and advertising drive South Dakota’s profile ahead of the fall exhibition.
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Corn Palace
Col. Roche
Mitchell
J. O. Davis
John Michels
Mr. Davis
South Dakota
James Lee's Recovery Credited to New Discovery
Mary Lee of rural route 8 Zanesville testifies her husband James Lee owed his life to Dr. King's New Discovery. She says his lungs were badly damaged and consumption seemed certain until a friend recommended the remedy. Trial bottles are free, with full sale guaranteed at Diehl & Brown's drug store for 60 cents or 1.00.
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Zanesville
Mary Lee
James Lee
Belives
Dr. King
Diehl & Brown's
In Town Captain Hite Seen. Not Governor Crawford
Captain Hite of St. Louis visited Mitchell and Woonsocket for several days. He resembles Governor Crawford in build and manner, explains he is not the governor, and promotes the Carrizo Mining Co. while meeting Mitchell men with mining interests. He said mining progress is advancing toward production soon.
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Hite
St. Louis
Woonsocket
Crawford
South Dakota
Electric Bitters Praised By San Jose Resident
Mrs. M. M. Davison of 379 Gifford Ave San Jose California endorses Electric Bitters as an effective general family remedy for headache biliousness and liver and bowel torpor. She asserts a bottle offers more health for digestive organs than any other remedy known. Sold under guarantee at Diehl Brown's drug store for 60 cents.
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M. M. Davison
Gifford Ave
San Jose
Cal
Diehl & Brown
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Birge at Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. John Birge were conducted at the Baptist church on Saturday with Pastor Jeffers delivering a comforting tribute. Music by the choir accompanied the ceremony before the remains were laid to rest in Graceland Cemetery. pallbearers included John McLoughlin and Jacob Bajer among others. Her death is noted as especially sad as she had married only a year ago and leaves her husband, her mother Mrs. Hattie Taylor, and eleven siblings.
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the Baptist Church
John Birge
Pastor Jeffers
Graceland Cemetery
John McLoughlin
Jacob Bajer
Frank Conant
H.H. Collard
Luther Platner
Wm. Jones
B8birge
Hattie ‘Taylor
Mrs Chas HB Smith Endorses Dr King’s New Life Pills
Mrs Chas HB Smith of West Franklin Maine says she likes good things and has adopted Dr King’s New Life Pills as their family laxative medicine because they are good and do their work without fuss. These painless purifiers are sold at Diehl Brown’s drug store for 25c.
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Chas. HB. Smith
West Franklin
Maine
Dr. King
Diehl & Brown
Murder at Wolsey: plasterer suspected in mill homicide
A man described as a plasterer arrived in Wolsey and another stranger later claimed a murder had occurred. The body was found hidden in a flouring mill chute, with head injuries suggesting he was struck and dragged there. The second stranger was detained due to bloodied clothes and knowledge of the body’s location.
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Wolsey
Jovian Life and Winds Imagined in a Detroit Chronicle Piece
The Detroit News-Tribune essay imagines Jovian inhabitants and oceans on Jupiter. It describes 250 mph equatorial winds, a ten hour rotation, massive size, possible tall humanoids, and subsurface ships, with moons providing light and color. It notes long Jovian lifespans and a wind dominated equator where flying machines thrive.
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Jupiter
Earth
Equator
Detroit News-Tribune
Hall of Fame, Leaders, and Notables Headline the Era
Charles G Gould of McGill Library Montreal is elected president of the American Library Association. Senator Samuel H Piles of Washington state, aged fifty, rose from logging camps to Pacific coast wealth. The elderly Franklin Maine couple, W H Card and wife, celebrate their sixty first anniversary. R S Dobbs of Great Barrington Mass owns a 150 year old soft gold watch case. Sara C Murray Radcliffe graduate earns a PhD magna cum laude from Munich at twenty three. Nine years after John C Meyers swam 26 miles from Alton to St Louis, Lot tie Mayer swam it in 5 hours 18 minutes. Mayer swam overhand throughout. Gertrude Trolland Wren receives the Vereira medal from the English Pharmaceutical Society, a first for a woman, along with other medals in chemistry and physics. Moses I Ostrogorski arrives to study American campaign methods and will stay until November election.
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Charles G. Gould
McGill University Library
Montreal
American Library Association
Samuel H. Piles
Washington State
Pacific Coast
Franklin
W. H. Card
R. S. Dobbs
Great Barrington
Mass
Sara C. Murray
Radcliffe
Munich University
Germany
John C. Meyers
Alton
St. Louis
Lottie Mayer
Miss Mayer
Gertrude Trolland Wren
Vereira
Pharmaceutical Society of England
Pharmacy
Wren
Moses I. Ostrogorski
United States
Arnica Salve Advertised For Sore Feet And Burns
East Poland Maine resident W Grene praises Sucklen’s Arnica Salve as suitable for sore feet burns cuts and abrasions and piles. The product sold at Dick and Brown’s drug store for 26 cents with a guarantee.
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Sucklen
Mr. W. Grene
East Poland
Maine
Dick & Brown's
Fly Catchers and Prospects in Baseball Circles
Harry Bemis notes scarce good catchers and looming salary demands. Raymond of the St. Louis Nationals draws many relatives in Chicago when he pitches. Schweitzer, a St. Louis Ohio Penn recruit, shows promise. Dartmouth pitcher Percy Skillin falters this spring. Karger of St. Louis could fetch a large sum from NL or AL clubs, but waiver rules hinder team membership.
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Harry Bemis
Raymond
St. Louis Nationals
Chicago
Schweitzer
St. Louis
Dartmouth
Big South Paw
Percy Skillin
Chicago Nationals
Karger
Tired Tatters on Patent Ideas for Automate Tire Club
A fragmentary Chicago News item notes a character tired of lacking funds to patent two ideas for an automatic tire for police clubs and muses on the millennium as a time for good intentions.
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Chicago News
What the kidneys do in health and disease
An informal health note explains kidney function and symptoms of kidney trouble. It cites Doan's Kidney Pills as a remedy, with a testimonial from Paul Stowell of Mitchell South Dakota describing back pain, dizziness, and weakness improving after using the product sold by Foster Milburn Co in Buffalo New York.
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Paul Stowell
Seventh Street
Mitchell
Dean
Diehl & Brown
Doan
All Ael
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Fish superstitions and outdated cures from sea folklore
A summary of old beliefs about fish as medicine and luck. Cod liver oil is approved by science in a milder form, while trout in milk, eel preparations, and eel skin belts are cited as cures or protections. The piece notes a Welsh boy’s epilepsy linked to a drowned trout and describes New Year herring rites and the idea of a king herring guiding shoals.
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North
Wales
Pittsburg Gazette Times
Ingratitude and Betrayal Highlighted by George Jordan
George Jordan laments ingratitude and treachery in a New York Trib piece, detailing how past favors, unforgotten debts, and refusing kindness corrode relationships. He condemns dishonor as betrayal of benefactors and the moral cost of desertion.
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Wil- Mam
George Jordan
New York
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Vermillion
Captain Hite
Carrizo Mining
Gov. Crawford
Stranger
Mars
the Hall OF Fame
S. H. Scallin
C. F. Paige
Wm. Scallin
Sec-Treas
Electroliers
Scallin Bros. CO
Paer
THE
Northwestern Conservatory
Northwest
QAI
Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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