Franchise and gas franchise battles dominate Mitchell council
Mitchell city council hears reports on fines and weighmaster fees, approves treasurer reports, and refers Mitchell Gas Co. bill while two new gas ordinances face first readings. A twenty year gas franchise and a W C 1.0 drinking fountain ordinance pass, with discussion on rates and future company ownership. Fire wagon rebuild, hose needs, and sewer planning for the University addition are discussed as council adjourns.
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Branson
Messrs
Koch
Curtis
Reeves
Kelley
Burns
Doyle
Markham
Herbert
McDonald
Kibbe
Mitchell Gas Co
Council
John Absher
Warner
Yreaditiu
J T. Morrow
Astin Berry
BH. M. Linclair
Sioux City
W.C
Avenue East
Main Street
Cmpany
Mitchell Gas
Gos
GC. C. King
Ank
Wagner
Absher
Mitchell
Mitchell Gas'Co
Fire Committee
Fire Department
University
Mather
Jim River
Thanksgiving Social Notes From University Circles
Misses Overbeck Etter entertain faculty guests during a Monday tea. Madge Shryock stayed in the dormitory over Thanksgiving. Norma Brown visited Aberdeen with her parents last week. Memorial hall girls hosted Yankton guests with tea wafers and a short music program. John Stevens spends the week near Rapid City on his claim. J Morehead reportedly had a bicycle accident in a rainstorm damaging a collar button. Rev. Coleman gave a well received chapel address. Laura Matteson of Morningside visited Ora Kelley. Lottie Stein returns to Parker High School teaching. Breckenridge Chappel West and MacLachlan shared a Thanksgiving meal at the Nelson home in Alexandria. December hints of a tonic season with Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Scallin Bros.
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Overbeck
Etter
Madge Shryock
Norma Brown
Aberdeen
Memorial Hall
Yankton
John Stevens
Rapid City
J. Morehead
Coleman
Laura Matteson
Morningside College
Ora Kelley
Lottie Stein
Lottie
Parker High School
Breckenridge
Chappel
West
MacLachlan
Nelson
Alexandia
Three New Divisions Opened on Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway opened three new divisions adding 424 miles to its system, bringing total mileage to 7829. The Black Hills division runs 2.9 miles from Chamberlain to Rapid City while the Duluth St Cloud Glencoe and Mankato line becomes the St Clair branch of Southern Minnesota. The Pacific Coast extension from Mobridge to Bowman covers 165 miles with 200 miles of rails laid and Bowman opened November 21 amid strong cattle trade. Buffalo and two accomplices were arrested in a cattle theft case. Buffalo faces possible prison time after prior escapes from law enforcement.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Minnesota
St. Paul
White River Valley
Chamberlain
S. D
Rapid City
Black Hills
Montana
Bowman
Left Eared Girls and a Nation of Left Ears
A physician notes that telephone operators use their left ear more, testing shows it is slightly sharper, and explains prolonged left ear use leads to greater acuity while the right atrophies. He warns a future with a predominantly left eared population.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Tea Purifies the Blood and Aids Bodily Functions
Scallin Bros advertises Hollister's Tea with claims to purify the blood regulate bowels aid kidneys cure stomach troubles and boost nervous strength. Sold as Tea or Tablets for 35 cents.
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Hollister
Scallin Bros
Senators Pressure On Plans For Federal Mitchell Building
Senator Kittredge reports delays by government architects on the Mitchell building project. He found promises not yet fulfilled and pledged to press for firm plans, bids, and a winter completion schedule to start construction in spring and finish by fall.
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Senator Kittredge
Kittredge
Washington
Supervising Architect
Mitchell
Criminal Cases for Trial in Lyman County Circuit Court
Judge Smith departs to Lyman county to open the December circuit term with a large criminal docket. Sheriff Sheldon has rounded up cattle thieves including the noted offender Buffalo George, who faced arrest near Mardo after possessing stolen stock and was bound to appear in court.
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Smith
Lyman County
Sheldon
George
M Rdo
Nominations Sent in Washington for State Posts
Dispatches from Washington report Senators Kittredge and Gamble starting appointments for state federal posts after the coin flip. Roosevelt nominates J. C. Burns as land office register. Burns seeks receivership with J. C. Bryan possibly in line. J. E. Wells named postmaster. pension bills also pushed including $30 per month to A. J. Annis of Davison County.
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Washington
Kittredge and Gamble
Ffor
Mitchell
Kittredge
Land Office
Roosevelt
J. C. Burns
Burns
Register Foster
Republican Party
J. C. Bryan
Plankinton
J. E. Wells
Senator Gamble
Wells
Senate
A. J. Annis
Davison County
ENGLISH ETCHINGS AND SOCIAL NOTES OF LONDON LIFE
A roundup of curiosities and social observations from England. London clubs reach 280000 members while school measurements show wealthier children grow taller for age. A magistrate hears a wife’s vague report of her husband’s assaults. Shorthand engravers in England number three, one in Bath, joking about a trades union. About 1.6 million in England and Wales are over sixty five, with over a quarter needing poor relief yearly.
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London
England
Bath
Wales
Orange fed on razor in unhinged passenger attack
An elderly woman and her companion on a London to somewhere train encounter a man who suddenly goes mad. He pulls out razors, cuts an orange, and offers pieces to the woman who reluctantly accepts while the train travels to its first stop eighty miles away. Rescue arrives after she prolongs each bite.
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London
For the Good Bitters Ad Promises Health Benefits
A vintage advertisement touts Bitters as the most reliable medicine. It claims an occasional dose before meals preserves health and a course helps the sick recover to robust health. The product is described as absolutely pure and notes a 54 year history of use.
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Proven For Dyspepsia
The claim states Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters cures dyspepsia indigestion costiveness poor appetite colds and general debility with clear proof of effectiveness.
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Hostetter
New Ambassador to Berlin Named for The Hague Veteran
Dr. David J. Till chosen by the president to succeed Charlemagne Tower as ambassador to Berlin. Currently minister at The Hague Till is a world politics expert and diplomat with long foreign service. He served as assistant secretary of state under Hay and later minister to Switzerland, then moved to Berne archives study before going to The Hague. He was a delegate at the recent arbitration conference in The Hague.
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Berlin
David J. Till
Charlemagne Tower
The
Hague
Hill
State Department
John Hay
London
Switzerland
Berne
Netherlands
Ifague
A Successful Wall Street Plunger
J Brandt Walker, Wall Street’s newest successful operator, reputedly earned between 3 to 5 million dollars in under a year. A bear in the market, he first big win was about 1 million last March. Now a self made millionaire at 39, he moved from Chicago to New York years ago after an earlier brokerage run with his brother. He is a widower with no children.
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Wall Street
J. Brandt Walker
Chicago
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Walker
Woodstock ties spark as vice president greets old schoolmates
In Urbana near Woodstock, Mrs. Young Busser and others greet Fairbanks associate Charlie Fairbanks and Woodstock alumnus John Littleton as the vice president exchanges greetings with familiar faces. The scene shows long-standing ties between local luminaries and national figures as a crowd watches.
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Fairbanks
Charlie
Lucy Howard
United States
Young Busser
Woodstock
Urbana
Charlie Fairbanks
Mrs. Busser
White House
John
John Littleton
Little Woodstock
Cor
New York Times
Towpath Question Haunts Inland Child Reader
A five year old girl inland asks her mother to describe the sea and if there is a tow path. The mother explains the beach, water, and waves as they imagine vast ocean far from home, sparking the child’s hopeful question about a tow path.
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New York
New York Times
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Electric Eight
University Notes
Mollister
Rocky Mountain
Milwaukee Company
Buffalo
DeMarsche
A. W. Chase
T. B. Roberts
Marshall St
Syracuse, N. Y
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Gale
Mitchell Land Office and Post Office
David Jayne Hill
Vali
Winter Bros
Lyon Store Company
Lyon
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