Mitchell Area News Items Highlight Local Happenings
Ed Barker adds pew kitchen to his restaurant and buys new pool tables for the poolroom. Frank McPherson returns to Missouri for winter visits and has proven up on a Stanley County claim. Mr M Bower and mother visited Armour. they returned Tuesday. Mr and Mrs A L Davis of Alexandria and Mrs M W Cathout were guests of Mrs Show Friday. eighteen in all. Four merchants attended the Mitchell retail merchants convention last week. Locals anticipate the Poultry Convention with prizes won last year likely again this year. Jake Giesen Jr. near Starr was fatally injured when thrown from a colt January 19 and died January 20. John Hendrickson, Frank Scherk and Wm Darling returned from Mitchell court. Frank McFarland sold hogs in Ethan Wednesday at 6.20 per hundred.
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Ethan
Ed. Barker
Frank McPherson
Missouri
Stanley Co
M. Bower
Armour
Tueday
A. L. Davis
Alexandria
M. W. Cathout
Jake Giesen Jr
Starr
Loomis
W. M. Smith
BE. J. Quigley
Mitchell
Will Clark
W. W. Miner
Joe Johnson
Mount Vernon
Willie
Kidd
John Lowell
Letha Clark
Frank Foss
Charlie Lambert
Iowa
Charlie
Wessington Springs
Ethan News Roundup From Loomis Ethan Jan
A long North Dakota style local column notes events in Ethan and Loomis. Snow and cold hindered travel while Rev Crowther and Rev Carhart exchange roles. Local births, visits, farm sale, and community gatherings are recorded along with weather and school activities.
Prosper Community Notes Highlight Local Happenings
Henry Riggert broke his leg and will be laid up for a time. Hadwin Elion shows a new cutter. Hope Chapel forms a literary society. Gerald Wilson visited the Hendricksons. Mrs. C J Warfield improves after hospital operation in Mitchell. Good Hope Sunday School closes for winter. Geo Watson and daughter Florence visited Frank Williams. Ole Johnson owns a new bob sleigh. LT Oleson and Hendrickson Bros shipped cattle and hogs to Chicago. Frank Williams anticipates a safe February 15. Chas Hendrickson left for Chicago. A surprise party at Frank Scheikes last Friday evening.
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Hadwin Elion
Hope Chapel
Gerald Wilson
John Hendrickson
C. J. Warfield
Mitchell
Good Hope
Geo. Watson
Florence
Frank Williams
Ole Johnson
Ole
Oleson
Hendrickson Bros
Chicago
Frank Willams
Chas. Iendrickson
Frank Seheikes
Lagging flu spreads through Riverside village
Riverside reports several residents stricken with lagrippe including W. L. Wallis Mrs J F Wallis and John Yjomsland Earl McDonald visited Riverside between trains last Saturday evening Presiding Elder Dobson led services Sunday and administered the sacrament Miss Della Wallis attended a teachers meeting in Alexandria J S Wallis traveled to Mitchell on the freight Monday Afternoon The Ladies Aid plans a meeting with Mrs W L Wallis on Thursday Feb 7 with dinner served at noon
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Riverside
W. L. Wallis
J. F. Wallis
John Yjomsland
Earl McDonald
Dobson
Della Wallis
Alexandria
J. S. Wallis
Mitchell
Ladies Aid
A Habit to be Encouraged
A母ther keeps Chamberlains Cough Remedy on hand to ease coughs colds and croup in children. It hastens recovery avoids pneumonia and is safe for little ones. Sold by all druggists.
Whose Was It A Denver Church Halve Dollar Tale
A Denver church Sunday sees a bright half dollar found in the aisle by one woman who fears another will take it. The finder whispers to a neighbor, while a third woman asks the collector to hand her the coin. The trio’s quarrelless outcome ends with the boxman returning the money to the rightful owner.
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Denver
Denver Post
Her Sponge Cake
A young bride recalls serving a Sunday dinner when the sponge cake fails. She explains the druggist sent the wrong kind of sponges, leaving her husband disappointed who loves sponge cake. The anecdote plays on a pun between culinary sponge cake and cleaning sponges.
Pardee on the Japanese and California race question
Governor Pardee of California rebukes the federal stance on Japanese and Chinese at San Francisco schools. He argues assimilation is unlikely for these groups and declares they cannot become good American citizens, reflecting frontier attitudes of the era. The item includes his background as a physician and four-year tenure as governor.
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George Cooper Pardee
California
Congress
San Francisco
East
Japan
China
Pardee
The
Golden State
Lodge of Massachusetts Senator in Springfield Bowlder Tale
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts known as the presidents spokesman in the senate recounts a Springfield bowlder story. He recalled the Benton park marker for Shays rebellion and a local rebuke about claiming prior sightings of the same rock. The anecdote illustrates his patriotism and talk on history.
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State Street
Benton Park
Sons of the American Revolution
Shays
Your
Absentminded Representative Mann Spars Boutell
Representative Mann of Illinois admits he is absentminded, saying it worries him. Representative Boutell replies that an absentminded man is one who thinks he left his watch at home and then checks his pocket to see if he has time to go home.
What’s a Filipino Debated in Congress
Representative Gaines of Tennessee asked what defines a Filipino. Representative Slayden of Texas replied the term mixes heritage and upheaval, noting one part Spanish and nine parts revolutionist.
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John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Slayden
Texas
Farm Auction Notice Near Mitchell Deep Historical Style
Having sold my farm 2 wiles west and 1 wile north of Mitchell I will sell personal property to the highest bidder on Wednesday Feb 13. The sale includes 7 horses 51 cattle 19 pure bred Aberdeen Angus 8 spring heifer calves 7 spring heifer calves 2 milch cows a McCormick binder mower rake plows and many implements 17 Poland China hogs and household goods. Free lunch at noon. Terms cash under 10 and on time notes eight months at 10 percent with approved security. Auctioneer J A Craton Clerk H R Sibbee Proprietor W A Getty.
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Prosper Township
Mitchell
Jimmie Judge
R. Ixibbee
John P. Krone
Wiles
McCormick
Poland
cnZall
J. A. Craton
Ibbee
W. A. Getty
Will Against Will in a Physics Lecture
A misanthropic physics professor mocks the power of the will by scheduling lectures on election days and asserting will can conquer life and death. A witty student challenges him with a joke that the lecture will end, revealing the professor’s own futile will.
Spurgeon's Grandfather Finds Gold After Night Vigil
The story recalls Rev James Spurgeon praying beneath an oak in Honeywood park. A dream warned of danger on one path, but he chose the perilous route, reaching safety in prayer. A gold piece, as large as a curtain ring, lay on the path. he kept it and later made his wedding ring from the fortune.
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James Spurgeon
Honeywood Park
Satan
Spurgeon
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Frank McFarland
Price
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Anti-Saloon League
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Parkston
Harry
Charles Larson
Nellie Tobin
Canada
C. F. Drake
Pierre
Lownie and Dodd
A. ©. Drake
L. A. Cathout
S. J. Wilson
Reb
O. M. Rosenequist
Prosper
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George O. Pardee
Bowlder
Henry Cabot Lodge
Jay H. Craton
Fourth Avenue East
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Gillis
Commonwealth
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Conyes
W. H. Conyes
MR. Farmer
Farmers’ Tribune
Sioux City
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South Dakota
Nebraska
John Thompson
University of Minnesota
H. G. McMillan
United States
O. F. Curtiss
Iowa Agricultural College
H. R. Smith
Nebraska Agricultural College
J. W. Wilson
South Dakota Agricultural College
T. L. Haecker
Daily Republican
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