Advertising rates and South Africa note mix of items
Advertising rates are listed for business cards, locals, legal ads, cards of thanks, obituaries, and notices. A vague South Africa update praises English action against a Boer commander and comments on E. S. Johnson in Armour related to a U.S. senatorship with local editorials expressing mixed pride and skepticism.
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South Africa
Armour Herald
E. 5. Johnson
Armour
United States
Johnson
Pettidrew
Herald
Civil War Relics Sold in New York
Historic papers and letters from Grant Lincoln and others, once owned by General Adam Badeau, sold in New York for notable sums including Grants telegram announcing Lee surrender at $760. Government preservation urged. South Dakota school land fund aids schools, distributing $329 350.79 to counties last year.
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New York
Grant
Lincoln
Adam Badeau
Stanton
Lee
Union
South Dakota
Vermillion Republican Recaps Football Feud and Christmas Tone
In a Christmas era note the Vermillion Republican forgives prior critics from Yankton and Mitchell editors while urging Vermillion and Brett Willey to work with Mitchell. The piece reflects on a past football controversy, asserting Mitchell favored a meeting with the State University and predicting a move forward with good resolutions for the new year.
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Vermillion Mepublican
Yankton and Mitchell
N. B
Brer
Willey
Mitchell
Brett Willey
Vermillion
Vermillion Republican
Teater
State University
Verimillion
Inventor Edison and the endless workday tale in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Rec ord notes inventor Edison draws the hardest workers into a story about extreme hours. It describes him starting at dawn and often continuing beyond midnight, with no rest for friends and family to constrain his labor.
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Philadelphia
Wdison
Overwork and Health Among Rich Industrialists
The piece argues that extreme labor among wealthy magnates like Edison Armour Rockefeller damages health. It notes overwork leads to strict routines, limited pleasures, and persistent worry, suggesting the value of iron personal hygiene to sustain wealth and life quality.
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Edison
Philip Armour
Rockefeller
Food Changes to Poison and Gentle Cure
A claim that putrifying food in the intestines causes symptoms like arsenic effects. Dr. King's New Life Pills are advertised to expel poisons from clogged bowels gently and effectively, curing constipation bile issues headaches fevers and bowel liver kidney troubles. Available for 25c at S. H Scullin.
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Dr. King
S. H Scullin
Patent Remedy Praised by Daily Post Editor
Phil Lipsburg of Lynch, N J, tests Foley's Honey and Tar and says he has used many patent remedies for coughs and colds but this one is the best, praising it highly. S A Seallin endorses the product as well.
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Lynch
Daily Post
Phillipsburg
N. J
Foley
S.A. Seallin
Calves and Buttermilk Quip Echoed by Farm Daughters
A light anecdote from Country Gentleman recounts two young men hungry after fishing who shouted for buttermilk from a farmer’s daughters. The reply noted they kept it for their own calves, prompting the boys to leave.
Dinglebat Advocates Family Republic Idea
Dinglebat proposes family government with universal toleration and a voice for all. The couple claims the plan works in theory, yet daily wrangles with who shall be president persist in their home.
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Dinglebat
Not Peaceful. Oldham and lodger quarrel over brushes
A brief London Answers item records Oldham crying out to a fellow lodger as he protests taking his brush and comb for a holiday. The lodger shrugs, remarking the man has grown bald, sparking a playful but tense exchange.
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Peiaful
Oldham
London
Cholly Noted for Handy Cigarette Holder Joke
A Philadelphia Bulletin quips about Cholly's usefulness noting he "doesn't seem to be of much use in the world" but adds humor that he "makes a nice cigarette holder."
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Cholly
Philadelphia
Notable Figures and Oddities From World and Local News
A mix of curiosities and biographical notes. Kipling’s Vermont home remains unsold while Prince Louis Philippe is described as bright for thirteen. King Edward to install electric lifts at Buckingham Palace with an American firm. Schultze recalls Bismarck’s memory and Tolstoi defies doctors. The Duke of the Abruzzi regrets not reading a paper to the Royal Geographical Society. A Madison County farmer finds $20,000 in gold coins buried near a spring from the Civil War era. Pratts offer a $30,000 brick block to National Spiritualists if consecrated locally. Low, London born, rises as an international journalist and Washington correspondent for The London Chronicle.
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Frank Jacks
Madison County
Ala
Morris Pratt
Whitewater
Wis
National Spiritualists’ Association of the
A. Maurice Low
London
Austria
Washington
The
London Chronicle
National Review
Foreign facts and figures from around the world
A collection of brief notes covers Norway’s 325 submarine cables totaling 324 miles Glasgow’s 16500 mile underground telecom network serving 20000 subscribers King Meneses gains 8 percent share of Ethiopian gold mine rights for fifty years travel risk in Manchuria for foreigners cuttlefish arrivals off northern German waters and Sabbath punishment in St Andrews Italians face 22 percent taxes vs Britons 9.3 percent while Italy’s population trails Britain by 10 million.
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Norway
Glasgow
King Meneses
Ethiopia
Manchuria
Germany
St. Andrews
Italy
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Theatre News and London Plans Highlight 1920s Stage Moves
News items show Dave A. Weis hosting Brooklyn newsboys at a Thanksgiving matinee at Columbia theater. Frohman extends Gillette in Sherlock Holmes in London and keeps Edna May abroad. Maude Adams debuts Quality Street in Toledo drawing 1700 dollars. Casts join Hackett in Don Ceasar's Return at Wallack's New York. Virginia Trained tours with Alice of Old Vincennes in Cleveland. Dan and Erlanger to present the Bostonians in Alaid Marian sequel to Robin Hood.
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Dave A. Weis
News Boys of
Brooklyn
Columbia Theater
Charles Frohman
London
William Gillette
Edna May
America
Maude Adams
Quality Street
Valentine Theater
Toledo
Charles Kent
Joseph Brennan
Jane Oaker
James K. Hackett
Don Ceaesar
Wallack’s
New York
Virginia Trained
Old Vincennes
Opera House
Cleveland
Dan & Erlanger
Bostonians
de Kooyen & Smith
Alaid Marian
Robin Hood
The Cynic and Its Snippets of Social Sniping
A collection of wry dicta from the Atchison Globe on courtship and social vanity. It observes how letters, flirtations, and class signals shape romance and idle pretensions among women and men, with sharp humor about invitations, privacy, and wealth.
Buying up farm lands in Brookings county
Huronite John B. Diamond of Mankate Minnesota, a Brookings pioneer, visited Huron between trains while returning from Faulk and Spink counties where he had purchased farms. He sold Brookings holdings at 30 to 45 an acre and now reinvests in deeper lands, predicting rises to 15 to 25 an acre. He says cheap land is escaping fast and central Dakota offers the last good farm buy near markets, churches, and schools. Diamond has bought many quarter sections since December 11 and will continue investments while touring Kingsbury and T roquois regions.
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John BE. Disnond
Mankate
Mion
Brookings County
Faulk and
Spink Counties
Diamond
Fael
Dakota
Troquois
Kingsbury County
Information Wanted on Banner Salve Cures by Refund Offer
The ad from S. H. Scullin seeks information about Banner Salve’s effectiveness for ulcers tetter eczema and piles and offers a refund if cures are not achieved. The notice asks manufacturers to provide case details and promises reimbursement.
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Banner Salve
H. Scullin
Atwater man credits Foley's Honey Cure for recovery
Chas Replage outlines his illness and kidney problems and states that after trying Foley's Honey Cure he took 50 doses and recovered enough to return to work in four days, now fully well, as reported by WT Seallin.
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Chas
Atwater
Ghe
Foley
WT. Seallin
Picture of Mr and Mrs William Mc Kinley for holiday gift
A framed passe partout portrait of Mr and Mrs William McKinley is offered as a tasteful holiday present. The Tak Mueller Ye Printing Co advertises providing the picture and framing materials or fully framed ready to hang.
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Wm. McKinley
Tak Mrrcuelye Printing Co
Shoe sales boom as prices cut for Christmas shoppers
Footwear deals praise “little profits and lots of them” with leggings at 50 cents, lamb wool Supper Soles, and Ladies Jersey leggings. Advert shows steady trade below zero temps, express delivery, and claims prices undercuts rival reductions. Merchants tout consistent daily low prices and improving monthly sales. Merry Christmas note closes.
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Lostetter
Cynic
Atchison Globe
DR. Doran
Eo Si
Indra
India’s Corners
Yotel Mitchell
Doran
Minneapolis
Minn
Boston
D. T. Gilman
J. 5. Daniels
O. L. Branson
L. J. Welch
National Bank
D. T. Gruman
J.D. Newcomer
J. S. Daniels
C. M. Swan
T. A. Duncan
R.N. Kratz
Branson
Bidwell Land & Loan CO
Mitchell, South Dakota
Pavavas
Gillis Shoe CO
John Colvin
the Republican
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