Mitchell Capital Successful Insurance Co Gains Trust and Savings
The Mitchell Capital successful insurance company and Commercial Mutual Fire Association report two years of steady growth, doubling assets to 17066.23, 777 policies, 689825 in coverage, and $130000 saved in member dividends. Officers include J.O. Walrath and W.J. Healey. auditing committee lauds conservative management and strong finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Mutual
Phe Association of Mitchell
W. J. Healey
Hin
Snccuiive
Mitchell National Bank
First National Bank
Commercial Savings Bank
J.O. Walrath
L. S. Tyler
Salem Bank
H. L. Bras
McCook Co. Bank
Salem
O. L. Branson
Mitchell
The
South da
Kota
Bapua
Commercial Mutual Fire Association
Association
Bey
Tyler
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Workmen Elect Officers for A. O. U. W. Year 1899
At Tuesday’s lodge meeting the A. O. U. W. elected M. W. Hitchcock as master workman and A. W. Meilenz as foreman along with the other officers including Paul Stowell as overseer and F. S. Schirmer as recorder. Installation is set for January first. A high school entertainment program is listed for Friday afternoon December 9 with numerous students performing musical pieces, recitations, and acts.
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A. O. U. W. Lodge
M. W
A. E. Hitchcock
A. W. Meilenz
Paul Stowell
F. S. Schirmer
N. J. Neilsen
Grand Lodge
Sam’. Whyte
J. F. Smith
Music—School
Joel Strong
Anna Thompson
Inez Ball
Julia LaFortune
Maud Bradstrop
Perle Richards
Jessie Walrath
Jessie Laidlaw Denate
Louis Welch
S. Bert Kinga
Lrio
Jeasie Litcey
Danie Smith
Edna Daniels
Bessie Stair
Kila Wood
Alice Doyle
Eleanor Cook
Tom Johnston
Jessie Lilsey
High School Lyric Society
Local notices and social items from Mitchell
Mrs. C F Overton of Shabbona visits Mitchell friends. Three pure bred male pigs for sale cheap. Fire loss handled by Champney, from Milwaukee. Government thermometer down to nine below zero. G A R meeting to attend Rev A R Boggs funeral. Manager Gale cancels Dec 16 17 appearances by Muldoon’s Picnic and A Booming Town. Rev Tomlin of Redfield visiting Congregational field, to return after Sunday. J D Farrell leaves for Iowa for real estate work. Degree of Honor to elect officers next Mon. John Colvin heads to Livingston NY for holidays and Chicago visit. AOH to celebrate Dec 13 with program. H B Anderson sells farm machinery and stock Dec 20 west of Ethan. Bishop Hare to visit Mitchell Jan 1 1899. London Liverpool & Globe and Fire Association adjust Spooner Nordaker fire loss. Baptists extend call to Rev Harry Gunderson. two new church members admitted. Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised as blood purifier. Hood’s Pills claimed to cure liver ills.
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G. A. Rs
A. R. Boggs
Gale
New York
Chicago
A. O. U. W. Lodge
Order
H. B. Anderson
Tie Place
Ethan
Phillip Tobin
Bishop Hare
Mitchell
St. Mary's Church
W.E Hitchcock
London
Liverpool & Globe
J. KE. Wells
Fire Association
Connecticut
Spooner & Nordaker
Harry Gunderson
Snobbery Revealed Through Everyday Associations
A reflective passage from Lippincott's ponders how snobbery distorts views of people by their jobs and roles. It notes the amusement at social incongruities such as an usher policeman, soda distributor leading singing, a handcart porter as church soloist, and a butcher's cemetery emblem, arguing these are merely occupational stamps rather than true character.
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Lippincott’s
Superlatives in English Predict Speech Rhythm and Milton
Dr Johnson notes that adjective comparison is unstable and tied to utterance ease. He cites Paradise Lost with virtuousest and powerfullest and Samson Agonistes with famousest, concluding Milton had a keen ear for superlatives.
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Johnson
Milton
Ancestors and Rubber Bands in Everyday Life
A collage of 1900s era notes touches on lineage fixation in New York social circles, rubber bands replacing twine and serving as simple cleaners or packaging aids, plus a brief philological note on protocol and a dialect quip about a circus boss. Names include New York Times, Philadelphia Record, Detroit Free Press, Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Times
Philadelphia
Notices of permit to sell intoxicating liquors in Mitchell
Multiple public notices dated December 1898 announce that John Michels James W Sanford Henry Levenger Fred Widman and others filed applications to sell intoxicating liquors at retail in Mitchell Davison County South Dakota. Hearings before the City Council set for December 26 1898 at 7 pm. Also timber culture land office notice for Julius P Smith final proof February 18 1899 with witnesses named.
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John Michels
Mitchell
Davison
South Dakota
Saidity
Mitchell S. D
J.K. Smith
James W. Sanford
J. K. Smith
Henry.Levenger
County of
Porbone
JK. Rarity
Fred Widman
City Auditor
Timber Culture
S. D
Julius P. Smith
William Selvert
John J. White
Ener Cor le
Manley Hurd
Letcher ,C
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Successful Insurance Co
Scott
Scott & Bownd
John G. Bately
Jessie Laidlaw
Bessie Statr
Bishop Whipple
Temple Magazine
China
Japan
Mra. C
Jati
Hood
C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Snoobbishness
Detroit Free Press
Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Geo. E. Foster
Register
Callon
A.H. Pearson
D.T. Gilman
C. L. Branson
I. W. Seaman
V.president
H. P. Beck
Mitchell, South Dakota
D. T. Gilman
J. D. Newcomer
J. 3. Daniels
A. A. Boynton
M Swan
J. W Senanian
T. A. Duncan
J. C. Walrath
Mitchell Sodak
W. J. Graham
Sincexty Inter Ocean
West
Inter Ocean
St St Se
Tee
Mail
P. T. McGovern
Dry Goods and Shoe House
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