Multitenor Local Notes From South Sanborn Area
Neighborhood news from South Sanborn Butler and nearby towns reports births, visitors, and social events. Highlights include a December birth of an eight pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. J. VanOverachelde, visits by relatives, dances at Oscar Andrews, revival meetings, and community church activities across Bethel Beulah Union Mt. Vernon West Perry and surrounding communities.
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Clara Jacobus
Oscar Andrew
Alphonso van Overschelds
Henry Holshire
Butler Township
Roy Kirkpatrick
Letcher
Blendon
J. I. Clark
Moselle
North Dakota
Bethany
Shay School
D. H. Grove
Plano Township
S. C. Michener
Wm. H. Deane
Mitchell
RE. C. McLeod
Robt. Schnee
Mt. Verron
Victor
Brendon
Rich Brennan
N. N. George
Winnebago
Minnesota
J. W. Ryan
Lundgren
Sanborn County
L. J. McEwen
T. W. Taubman
Plankinton
Mt. Vernon
Bethel Bethel
Sholes
Hampton
Iowa
W. C. Sholes
Nic Gaetz
Laura Hubbard
Elsie Jackson
Roy Bates
Will Rowley
Dakota University
Red Thomas
W. L. Wallis
Mysterious Aide Hides Behind Back Door
Fragmentary note mentions a reporter's secrecy and a teacher warned about a stoge while recounting a Christmas greeting.
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Stoge
The Clove Tree and Its Buds for Commerce
A Philadelphia Times excerpt explains the clove tree native to Lucoa islands, its evergreen form, leaves, and purplish flowers. It describes the unexpanded flower buds called claves, how they are dried by smoke and sun, and how aging buds lose pungent properties. It also details clove structure and aroma throughout the plant.
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Molucca Islands
Commerce
Philadelphia Times
Lightning Bugs Triggered Civil War Night Engagement
In May 1864 near New Hope Church Georgia two armies faced 400 yards apart when a nest of lightning bugs lit the field causing both sides to fire for over an hour. G H Bell of Liberty Nebraska recalls serving with the Twenty-fifth Ohio and meeting G W Harris of the Fifty-fifth Tennessee. Both sides suffered timber damage but no lives were lost due to shortages of ammunition. The anecdote comes from the St. Louis Republic report.
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G. H. Bell
Liberty
Neb
Twenty-fifth Ohio Regiment
Bell
G W. Harris
Fifty-fifth Tennessee
New Hope Church
Georgia
Bedlam
Harris
St. Louis Republic
Ends Well Tale Reveals Friend Betrayal and Love
A veteran businessman recalls a pact of friendship with a rival Dick and a shared love for each other’s fiancée. Their confession triggers a comic yet tragic reflection on loyalty and fate. Separate jokes highlight opinions on genius and literacy among Turkish women in Constantinople.
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Tom
Detroit Free Press
The Vulgar One and London Graves
Cornhill Magazine recounts an Englishwoman mourning a vulgar yet rich neighbor who aided national charities and is mourned as heavenward. In a Penh tonville graveyard lie Grimaldi the clown and the Dibdins family plot among others in London journals.
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Cornhill Magazine
Pentonville
Grimaldi
Dibdins
London
Dr Rea S Doctor Specialist at Mitchell House
Dr Rea specialist Mitchell S P January 13 1898 at the Mitchell House event noted in local records.
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Mitchell
S. P
Mitchell House
Dr Rea Promises Cure All Ailments At Southern Institute
One day only for a sales pitch by Dr Rea, president of the Southern Medical and Surgical Institute in Louisville. He touts a large practice, offers fifty dollars for any case unknowable in five minutes, and claims cures for a wide range of diseases in modern methods. He advertises free consultation in German and English, with confidential treatment for men and women.
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Rea
Southern Medica and Surgical Institute
Louisville
DR. Rea & CO
Hair coloration as age advances style described
A brief note explains aging is linked to abundant natural hair color and suggests pursuing a result through an unspecified method.
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Becker
Neighborhood News
South Sanborn
Beulah
Joe Emmons
Nebraska
Ransom Beddoes
Rockford, Ill
Vernon
Wm. Westphall
West Perky
West Terry
Byron Streeter
M. Lawrence
Wisconsin
Larry Burns
East Badger
Michigan
Charley Smith
Wm. Herbert
Lincoln
Mrs. Gil
School House No. 2
Woonsocket
Ethan
Mr. Beall
Sioux City
Mr. Cool
Mr. Vegus
R.L. Tremaine
Gertie Schurze
Joe Sheike
Mr. Betts
Alexandria
Fred Tobey
Armour
Mr. Williams
Weary Watkins
Indianapolis Journal
Constantinople
Him
Jehl
East Fifth Street
Des Moines
Agente
Gilbert & Allen
Mitchell, S.D
J.T. Morrow
Samuel Webber
H.R. Kibbee
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