Mitchell Local Notes Report From December Era
Local items from Mitchell and Vicinity include civic donations and retirements. R S Vessey returns home, Mrs Downey improves, and A G Bailey expands cigar production with a sixth maker. Mentions of Miss Loftus, C Vermilyea, and railroad agents frame a busy community snapshot with weather, ice, lamps and club events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G H. Bailey
Maella Loftus
A. G. Shearman
Minneapolis
Northwestern
Nickle Plate Railroad
A. Jx. Curts
Sioux City
Union Pacific Railroad
Taylor
Milwaukee Road
van Houten
Mitchell
Mr. Gochey
Miss Hope Valentine Walte
Sioux Falls
Jensen & Warne
Court House
Hollands
Mitchell Club
C. C. Bras
D. V. Moore
The Gallup Family Death Talk Makes a Mock Message
Mrs. Gallup delivers a comic deathbed chorus of fears and fantasies to her husband Samuel Gallup. She predicts a Saturday funeral and muses on angels, harp music, beauty, and household chores, while he reads another article and remains oblivious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Lewis
Samuel
Mrs. Gallup
Mr. Gallup
Heaven
Ohio
Suspicion cure sparks honeymoon revival for Mrs Jones adviser
Mrs Jones learns a plan to keep her husband at home by ironically encouraging him to spend more evenings at his club. The tactic, dubbed the suspicion cure, restores a cheerful, honeymoonlike mood while hinting at unresolved tensions. Baldness survey finds unmarried men most affected, with indoor intellectuals most affected and heredity a factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jones
Susan B. Anthony
London
Four fools in Malta a witty language quip
An English officer asks a Maltese native for directions. The man shrugs and says no speak English. The officer labels him a fool, but the native replies in parts asking about Maltese, Arabic, Italian, Greek, then declares I am only one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Incredulous Lawmaker on Mount Washington Rail Route
A 19th century issue recalls a lawmaker's remark that granting a charter for a mountain railroad was like asking for a railroad to the moon. The line accompanies note that the railroad still runs to the Tip Top House. A separate quip compares marriage to a roast lamb, tender and nicely dressed but without sauce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Washington
New Hampshire
Tip Top House
Buffalo Commercial
Chicago News
Honest Man Warns as He Talks
A brief, cautionary line notes that when a man begins claiming his honesty, one should guard the pocketbook, reflecting a wary live-voice sentiment from the Atchison Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mitchell and Vicinity
R. S. Vessey
Weasington Springs
Bert Havens
Geddes
Havens
John Steinmetz
Gedder
C. W. Hoon
Oskaloosa
Iowa
James Shaw
Madison
L. J. Shaw
Hough
Duncan
Gale
W.N. Hollands
John Tuckey
Geo. Garton
Sioux Palls
Sid Smith
Capt. van Etten
Ethan
Farmer
Omaha
Emma Haynas
Mt. Vernon
Vermillion
A. T. McGovern & Sons
D. W. Lewis
Lauriston Reynolds
Redfield
Bina Thorns
Odd Fellows
Harker Bros
South Dakota
John Colvin
York
N. Y
James Colvin
Mr. Colvin
W. N. Day
New York Life Insurance Co
Board of Education
East Side
Austin
Gallup Family
Mr. Comfort
Mrs. Watkins
Gabriel
Iallus
SSSS
L.o.gale
THE
Gillis Shoe CO
Davison County
J. E. Turner & Son
CL. Indra
the Clothier
the Republican
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