Fadettes Impress Mitchell Audience With Superior Concert
The Fadettes under Caroline B Nichols delivered a flawless performance at the Mitchell court house, thrilling nineteen young women of the ensemble and the crowd. Soloists Miss Webb and Miss Lyne, plus the string quartet, earned strong ovations as the program ranged from Coronation March to The Charge of the Rough Riders.
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Caroline B. Nichols
Court House
Fadettes
Northwest
Rough Riders
Miss Lyne
Mitchell
Graham
Opera
Emergency chest salve for children burns and bruises
A notice promoting Cole's Carbolisalve as a quick relief for burns cuts and bruises in children. Sold by J A Ferris.
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Cole
J. A. Ferris
Reproduction of Mitchell Corn Palace Idea Takes Shape
A dispatch from St Paul reports a plan to build a Mitchell style corn palace at the Pan American exposition in Buffalo next summer. Local producers favor a large multi county exhibit to boost South Dakota image and advertise the state’s bounty and industry.
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South Dakota
Buffalo
Chicago
Healey
Mitchell Corn Palace
St Paul
Mitchell
Changes in First National Bank of Mitchell
I. W. Seamer vice-president has sold his interests to O. L Branson and retires from banking. Branson now holds a larger interest as cashier and praised for growing the bank. H. P. Beckwith resigns as assistant cashier and moves to Elk Point to take a similar post with Citizens Bank after selling stock stake.
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Northwestern
I. W. Seamer
First National Bank of Mitchell
S. D
O. L Branson
Branson
First National
H. P. Beckwith
Elk Point
Citizens Bank
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Rapid Relief
A vintage testimonial touts One Minute Cough Cure as the only harmless remedy for croup and lung troubles, claiming immediate results, pleasant taste, and quick cure for coughs and colds while preventing consumption.
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S. H. Scallin
How the Burmese Make Fire: A Surprising Air Piston
A Burmese messenger showed a simple device for producing fire using sudden air compression. A piston within a tube, waxed end, and tinder ignite with a sharp blow, illustrating heat generation. The inventor’s ingenuity impressed me and I sent details to the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
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Surman
Asiatic Society of Bengal
Sir John Fayer
Parson's Pen Wool and Wareham Sheep County Wit
A Cornhill Magazine writer quotes Canon Bingham’s quip as clergy ride to a meeting about Wool and Wareham in Dorset. He jokes that Wool means wearing sheep and Wareham means wearing fem, a line deriding provincial toponym origins.
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Cornhill
Canon Bingham
Wool
Wareham
Dorset
Wedding That Was a Success Revealed in Lively Life
A humorous Life poem notes a wedding with wild reactions. The bride’s mother cried, the groom’s mother fainted, and the church overflowed so much that a person named Unree nearly fainted. The piece confirms the wedding was a success.
Milk as extinguisher and punishment by spearing in Australia
The text notes milk as a useful extinguishing agent for burning petroleum forming an emulsion with oil and disturbing cohesion to stop combustion. It also states among Australian Aboriginals the common punishment shorter than death is spearing the offender in various body parts.
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Australia
How to Give Medicine to Suffering Dogs
Practical veterinary guidance from Charles Henry Lane on dosing dogs with liquids or pills without distress. Techniques include position between knees, cup for liquids, jaw control, and securing paws with a shawl to prevent interference. The piece emphasizes calm handling and experience for kennelsmen.
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Charles Henry Lane
The Collar Button Its Blessings Realized
An elderly man recalls a trunk of old shirts with sewn collar buttons and reflects on the collar button as mankind’s unmixed blessing. He notes how lacking this button could ruin a day and tells of a man who lost his temper rather than swear, a rare virtuous act.
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New York Sun
Dialogue From A Missionary In The Great West
Rev Cyrus Townsend Brady recalls a dark night ride with a bishop while discussing the soul. The wagon crashed into a muddy ditch as the driver says he forgot his route while listening to the bishop's exposition on immortality.
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Bis
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Great West
Ladies’ Home Journal
Better to Have Waited In Pearson’s Weekly Style
A pithy tension in a Pearson’s Weekly anecdote shows Jones arriving late at the office. His employer, tiring of delays, begins entering the day’s transactions, only to clash as Jones points out a misfiled McKurken order. The exchange ends with Jones calmly insisting on the correct ledger.
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Jones
McKurken
Pearson’s Weekly
Tricks by Mastiff Thief Circle In Street
A mastiff trained to assist thieves would target elderly gentlemen in the street. The dog would harass victims and knock them down while a pair posing as a lady and gentleman owners of the dog offered help. While aiding the fallen man they would steal the watch and purse.
Leisure Class Echoes in Posh Jibe Clash
A satirical line targets social rank with quick quips about leisure and labels. The exchange mocks titles and the idea of social privilege while naming everyday nicknames and figures in a sharp, witty tone.
Nearer at Hand Quips on the Solar System Note
A Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon caption jokes about paying a note next week while contemplating the vast solar system. The exchange features a character asking about reflecting on cosmic enormity and another replying with focus on upcoming debt.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
What Russia Is Like As Seen In Moscow And Its Streets
A Saturay Review portrayal sketches Moscow as a vast village where space dominates. The piece emphasizes grand unpaved squares, expansive markets, and colorful, brash architecture with loud brass music and busy streets. It notes stark social contrasts from bare feet to patent leather boots among classes.
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Russia
Moscow
Everling
Burlington Arcade
Milan
Sayuare
Saturday Review
The Senate Hole In the Wall
A historical note from the Washington Post describes the Hole In the Wall, the first senate restaurant near the post office in the upper house. Senators bought toddies and small fare like jam, corned beef, bread and cheese, with drinks crossing to the mails department when crowded.
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Senate
Supreme Court
Mails Department
Ste
Washington Post
Halstead Receives Sherman Commander's News Scoop
War correspondent Murat Halstead visited General William T. Sherman seeking the latest front news. Sherman, after a curt reading of Ewing’s letter, sent him to catch a 2 o clock train to Cincinnati, ensuring Halstead could dine before departure.
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Murat Halstead
William T. Sherman
Cincinnati
Sherman
Halstead
Department on a Car Platform
A Chicago Post item describes a courteous conductor who greets a passenger with a Chesterfieldian bow and identifies car No 319 as destined for the car barn, explaining his knowledge of proper conduct and vigilance against missteps.
Open Book Like Smile Sparks Sour Remark
In a Baltimore American anecdote Mr. Softleigh compliments Miss Goople with a winning smile. She retorts that if she had his mouth she would keep from talking about others, then exits, teaching him to rely on cautious, old fashioned flattery.
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Mr. Softleigh
Tavernier Pearl Sets Record Price for Single Gem
The Tavernier Pearl, the largest price ever asked and paid for a single pearl at 550000 dollars, is described as the largest and most perfect of its kind. The gem is stated to be exactly inches long and oval shaped.
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Tavernier
Tailor’s bill sent to editor ends with polite decline
A tailor sent his bill to an editor a year ago. He received it yesterday with a courteous note stating the manuscript is respectfully declined.
Umbrella Habit Costs London Millions Yearly
London spends ten million dollars a year on umbrellas as residents carry them in all weather. The piece argues that misusing a useful tool is a significant evil and highlights a cultural habit of overvaluing protection.
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London
Figures and Eyes
A New York Sun reader recounts aging and the need for glasses to read figures and letters. He describes his initial resistance to wearing spectacles and how, after obtaining glasses, he can distinguish numbers and letters clearly again.
Rose to the Occasion The American Girl in Paris and Germany
A returning traveler recalls a German train station meeting with American tourists and an English family. The Americans’ loudness and peach-stone tossing provoke Britons while a pretty young American silences a rude remark with a sharp glance, preserving decorum.
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Paris
Germany
Grunenwald
Sam
Clara
Washington
Emerson and Tobaccos Role in Society Debated
A discussion on tobacco contrasts its abolition with healthful stimulants. Emerson argues nature supplies her own stimulants and tea provides gentle excitation, while he warns tobacco acts as a rude crow bar to the brain's delicate tissues in a debate reflecting decades of interest.
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Emerson
A Bold Defense in Cassell’s Magazine Court Tale
A Cassell’s Magazine writer recalls a court martial in which an enlisted man refuses to concede guilt. He contends the presidents and officers misled the proceedings, pointing to officers reading papers and misusing duties during the trial. The soldier insists the court’s sentence would be unfair.
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Cassell
Powers of Endurance in a Chicago Tribune Note
A dialogue snippet contrasts a grandfather’s endurance with a boy’s slim endurance. The boy with a snub nose recalls ten mile runs and a 25 minute prayer at a meeting, reflecting on ancestral stamina and religious resolve.
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Chicago Tribune
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