Mourns Wife of Yankton Editor Kingsbury
The wife of Geo W. Kingsbury editor of the Yankton Press and Dakotan died suddenly at noon Tuesday from heart failure. She was 56, had lived in Yankton for 34 years, and died while sitting with a friend as Kingsbury was away on official duties in Sioux Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Kingsbury
Yankton Press
Dakotan
Mr. Kingsbury
Sioux Falls
Yankton
J. A. Gheen
Standard Oil Co
Sioux City Tribune
Seth C. Drake
Standard Oil Company
Kansas City
Mitchell, S. D
Sioux City
Mitchell
South Dakota
Gheen
Poultry Show Opens With Bustling Displays in Mitchell
The Davi son County Poultry Association holds its second annual show with nearly 100 birds on display. Visitors tour a room filled with roosters and hens as coops are expanded to accommodate extra entries. Exhibits arrive from Dell Rapids Watertown Canova Plankinton Tyndall and Inwood Iowa.
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Rooster
Miss Hen
Davison County Poultry Association
Mitchell
Sioux City
Neilsen
Dell Rapids
Watertown
Canova
Plankinton
Tyndall
Inwood
Iowa
Poultry Show Attracts Large Crowd In Mitchell
Strong interest marked the State Poultry Exhibit closing night with crowds all day Thursday. Judges led by W. S. Russell scored many breeds including Barred Plymouth Rocks and White Wyandottes. Epworth gas lighting by L. W. Adams enhanced the display as Rathbun Orchestra played, with CHAS. BURNSIDE and N. J. NEILSEN signing off as officials. Mitchell, SD, Feb. 3, 1898.
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Mandolin Club
W. S. Russell
Plymouth Rocks
Fletcher
Sarah Ramsadell
H. B. Rogers
Sarah Ramsdel
H.S. Fletcher
H. S. Fletcher
Hens
H. B. Rogera
White
H. L. Bras
S. G. Scaville
Bras
Seaville
Scoville
S. L. Wyandottes
Burnside
Chas. Burnside
Geo
C. V. Priest
Ramedel
Priest
G. L. Wyandotte
N. J. Neilsen
Nailsen
Neilsen
Buff Wyandottes
Pullet
Pen
White Wyandotte
C. C. Halphide
Hen
Walrath
Chas. Skevis
Bishop O Gorman Bans Dancing at Sioux Falls Church Fairs
A circular from Bishop Thos. O Gorman to Sioux Falls diocese clergy forbids dancing and intoxication at church fairs and warns priests that approving such activities or taking funds will risk suspension. The missive cites Plenary Council of Baltimore Decrees 200 and 290 and calls for clear public prohibition to parishioners.
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O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
Baltimore
United States
Thos
Foreign Students in German Universities Hit Record Numbers
The report notes that German universities host 2,000 foreign students, including more than 400 Americans, a larger figure than from any other nation.
Local notes include arrivals and visits from Mitchell to nearby towns
Mrs A F P Grimm visits from Parkston while W R Smith plans corn oats and millet purchases at Peavy Elevator Mitchell. Chas Humphrey of Austin Minnesota takes a job at Frad Widmanns saloon. J F Reynolds and Mark Betts travel from Mt Vernon to a poultry show with judge W S Russell returning home to Ottumwa Iowa. The poultry show and medical and travel notes follow with measles at the University and train delays at Kimball.
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W. R. Smith
Peavy
Mitchell
S. D
J. F. Reynolds
Mark Betts
Mt. Vernon
W. S. Russell
Ottumwa
Iowa
Weather of a Week and Stowe Sale Notice
Observer Huyck presents a tabulated weekly temperature ending February 2 with a dash for below zero. Continuation of a low priced store sale promotes heavy discounts on stoves including heaters and cook stoves. Overstocked tinware and granite ironware also offered at extremely low prices by Walrath and Healey.
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Huyck
Walrath & Healey
Old Age and Youth in a Moralist's View from Payn Quote
An essay-like reflection contrasts old age with youth, noting that philosophers praise old age yet fail to inspire the young. It cites Pope and Kneller, and James Payn in Nineteenth Century, to illustrate a wish to remain yet acknowledge aging’s limits.
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Johnson
Pope
Godfrey Kneller
Whitton
James Payn
Humors of Shorthand and Puppet Show Intrigues
A historical survey of shorthand’s odd uses in courting and letters, recounting a tale where a suitor used shorthand to pose a question but the lady translated it herself. Also notes on Punchinello Puppets arriving in London and a brief cartoon-style exchange on businessmen in politics.
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Pitman
Isaac Pitman
Westminster Gazette
Panch
Judy
England
Steele
Addison
Pulcinella
London
Charing Cross
St. Martin’s Parish
Harper’s Magazine
Dakota Farming Theme Showcases Local Dakota Authors
A Dakota farming publication highlights its focus on original content by local Dakota farmers and experimenters. It claims to publish more original matter than any other farm paper, with over eighty percent written in-house.
Change in Registers Geo Foster Installed at Land Office
George Foster of Alexandria is installed as register at the United States Land Office, succeeding Col Abraham Boynton who steps down after four years. The notice also promotes a patent medicine pitch for blood purifier and nerve tonic Electric Bitters, advertised as a vegetable laxative at 50 cents a bottle at S H Scallin's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Foster
Alexandria
United States Land Office
Geo. E. Foster
Col
Abraham Boynton
S. H. Scallin
Electric Bitters touted as universal cure all
Advertisement claims Electric Bitters can cure many ailments from back trouble to malaria by toning the body and stimulating the liver and kidneys, suggesting immediate recovery for afflicted readers.
Receipt Critique from 1705 Harrisburg Druggists
A scanned receipt dated July 21 1705 from Harrisburg druggists Fenton and Hunt cites David Scarlet paying 200 pounds in full of all accounts since year one. The note humorously claims the devil as a suckling baby and marks the period after Independence with a flourish praising Washington and Congress.
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Harrisburg
David Scarlet
Fenton & Hunt
Washington
God Save the Congress
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Geo. Law
McConnell
Wis
W. H. Phillips
Andrews
Ruth Dodge
Rey McConnell
E. Martinson
Buff Coshins
M. D. Purdy
Cock’l
Lott
Purdy
Langshans
Brooks
Cock'l
Oia
S.C. W. Leghorns
W. J. Healey
R. C. W. Leghorns
O. A. Bates
S. C. B. Leghorns
R. C
B. Leghorns
E. C. Hover
R. C. Black Leghorns
W.J. Healey
John Tannehill
Tannehill
Healey
S. C. Black Minorcas—I
Martinson
Marinson
Istand
Ole Tuftland
S. C. Hamburgse
E. O. Hover
Houdans
B. B. Red Games
B. C. McCallum
Brambly
McCallum
Ten
Bantams
Robert Law
Law
Buff Cochin
Geo, Perrings
Mammoth
A. Bates
Drake
Rathbun Orchestra
The
Poultry Show
L. W. Adams
G. W. Law
Bishop O'Gorman
A. F P. Grimm
Parkston
Chas. Humphrey
Austin, Mion
Marsh Petitt
Geo. Munger
Grippe
Fred Widmann
First National Bank
A. B. Hall
Nashville
Graham
West Milwaukee
Kimball
Annie Haynes
Vermillion
Emma
State University
A. E. Dean
B. W. Burleigh
W. M. Repine
Tiskilwa
Irl
Dr. King
Sist
Watts
Potts
Indianapolis
Aberdeen, S. D
F. T. Bushnell
Chas. H. Loucks
J. H. Shepperd
M. F. Greeley
N. E. Hansen
D. B. McCapes
Thomas Shaw
E. A. Burnett
C. E. Kittinger
Ray Barker
Alda M
North and
Dakota Farmer
Sioux City Journal
Aafress
Perkins Bros. CO
Sioux City, Towa
Daily Journal
Sunday Journal
Daily Evening Times
Journal
Capital
Daily Republican
Interocean
West
Inter Ocean
Mail
Harper’s Publications
Munsey’s Publications
McClure’s Magazine
Ladies Home Journal
Cosmopolitan
Cal
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