Glee Club Concert Delights Yankton Audience
The Yankton college glee club of eighteen members performed at city hall under the YWC A auspices. Directed by Prof. Dailey the program featured Miss Max on violin and Miss Moses as accompanist and soloist. The concert drew hearty encores and marked the group’s second annual tour across central state towns starting with a westward leg.
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Yankton College Glee Club
Lee Diuiley
Dailey
Max
Alard
Hofmann
Miss Moses
MacDowell
Moszkowski
Glee Club
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh and constitutional disease. It promises internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers 100 dollars for failures, and urges sending for testimonials from K. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
K. J. Chaney & Co
Toledo
The Conductor Watches A stout Woman Exit The Car
A Cleveland Plain Dealer scene describes a stout woman with a monkey hat alighting from a streetcar. The conductor admires her for her confidence as she steps to the street, guiding a slim man named George. The moment ends with her calling him to follow.
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George
Cleveland
A Doctor's Wonderful Discovery
Dr Albert Calmette of the Pasteur Institute reports immunizing cattle sheep and guinea pigs against tuberculosis. Immune animals remained protected for eleven months in observation with potential for lasting human application. If permanent or lasting for years the discovery could be highly important.
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Albert Calmette
Pasteur Institute
Lille
France
Vienna
Leslie’s Weekly
Gum Arabic Water And Home Remedies For Headache And Pain
The article describes making gum arabic water by soaking gum in cold water then adding boiling water, straining, and bottling for use on fine fabrics and artworks. It notes headaches respond to hot water at the neck and neuralgia treatment with hot water for the opposite side of the face, plus a charcoal method for an ingrown toenail.
Testing Flour Quality by Color Texture and Feel
The guide explains flour testing by color and texture. White or yellowish straw colored flour is good while bluish tint or black specks indicate poor quality. It also notes adhesiveness, kneading test, powdery fall on a surface, and hand-formed shape retention as quality indicators.
Scrubbing Device Uses Vacuum Action For Easy Washing
A rubber rectangular device with flexible pockets compresses to create suction that pulls water and soap through textiles, scrubbing without hand wear. It moves over fabrics to rapidly and effectively cleanse, using pressure to aid cleansing.
Pork Apple Pie Recipe
Eight apples with sugar and cinnamon are layered in a buttered pan, covered with pork slices and paste, then baked until tender. Salt is added between steps for flavor and the dish is served hot straight from the oven.
Fastening Trick for Young Child Garments
A garment button is missing and the place can be pinned with a safety pin. Slip the buttonhole over the pin as if the button were oval shaped to save time, avoiding repeated unpinning throughout the day.
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Mitchell Woman
Mrs. Mary I. Perry of Mitchell South Dakota credits Doan's Kidney Pills with saving her life after years of Bright's disease and kidney trouble. She describes severe edema and exhaustion, says remedies failed until Doan's provided relief, and urges others to buy the product at 50 cents through Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as sole agents.
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Mitchel
Kalamazoo
Mich
Tampa
Fla
Mitchell
Mary I. Perry
Eleventh St
Mitchell, S. D
Dean
Bright
Doan
Diehl & Brown
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
WORTHLESS TESTIMONY IN POST OFFICE PROSECUTION
A Hertford assizes post office case features Anthony Trollope as a government inspector who testifies for the defense. A sharp Irish cross examiner mocks Trollope by asking if his latest book Barchester Towers contains any truth, prompting Trollope to admit fiction. The jury is urged to doubt his testimony as untruthful.
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J. E. Preston-Aruddock
Lord Alverstone
Hertford Assizes
Anthony Trollope
Post Office
Trollope
Barchester Towers
Glazed Ham With Egg Yolk Cracker Crust
Instructions describe washing a boiled and skinned ham, coating the top with a paste of cracker crumbs and beaten egg yolk, optional cream, seasoned with salt and pepper, browning quickly, and serving cold. The method emphasizes even coloring and a quarter inch topping.
Laughing jackass joke from sea tale ends in Irish wit
A sailor shows a friend a laughing jackass bird. An Irish navvy, thinking mockery, learns the bird’s name, then replies it is the bird of a man, not a verse, with a sly smile. The exchange preserves humor in a compact sea captain anecdote.
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London
To Soften Hard Water With Limewater Remedy
Limewater can soften hard water using a mix of ten gallons of water to one gallon of limewater. Sasoda is listed as the only remedy when water hardness is permanent.
Birthday Gift Dilemma From a Playful Boarder
A fond mother asks for a suitable present for her little boy and the star boarder, who enjoys late mornings, ponders aloud and finally suggests a gag or a straitjacket as a solution in a quip from the Chicago Post.
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Chicago Post
Keep Bugs From Seeds
Seed saving tip advises placing each seed type in a paper and adding a drop of turpentine to deter bugs and worms from eating the seeds during winter storage.
Treatment of Oilcloth and Linoleum Wear
Oilcloth and linoleum can last indefinitely with a coat of varnish applied as often as needed to withstand wear and tear.
Arousing the Lion with Compulsory School Talk
London Bystander notes that educating the British public is hard and suggests masking a bitter message with pleasing imagery. It argues compulsory schooling exists but the nation resists true education and prefers entertainment.
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London
Notice of Application to Sell Intoxicating Liquors in Mitchell
John W. Birge has filed for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors at retail for lots 7 and 8, block 2 original plat in Mitchell Third ward Davison County South Dakota. The City Council will hear the application on December 31, 1907 at 8:00 pm in City Hall. Any person may appear to oppose or support the license. Dated Mitchell SD December 9, 1907. J G Markham City Auditor.
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Robert Paulseh
Mitchell
Davison
South Dakota
Sid City
Dee
City Hall
S. D
J. G. Markham
James Fogerty
Orie
Vilvebell
Connell Rooms
Mitchell, S. D
J.G Markham
John W. Birge
J.G. Markham
City Auditor
Thomas P. Navin
County of
Phillip FE
Tobiand F.E Gormley
Co-Partners
Orlein HL Kirst
Mitchel
Thivson
Ory Council
Connell Peecastn
C. Dee
Amos Johnson
Conneil
Jacob Buyer
Mitchell S. D
S. A. Dales
J.J. Schlimgen
G. Markham
B. M. Johnston
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Yankton College
Musical Organization
To Sing
Tle
Condctor
Pork Apple Pie
Will
Stu
Hart Schaffner & Marx
the Coane
Colthier
E. C. DeWITT @ COMPANY
Chicago
Ill
Scallin Bros
Olney & McDaid
Clinton
Iowa
J. J WA
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