Magnificent Hot Springs a Regional Health Resort
A Hot Springs editor extols the city as a health resort with 96 degree springs, baths, and a grand Soldiers Home. He describes Battle Mountain, the sanitarium grounds, new national sanitarium plans, and rail access, praising tourism, climate, and future growth for the South Dakota city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Carlsbad
America
Hot Springs
South Dakota
Dows
Skull River
Sitll
Testate
Goddard
Hughes County
U. S
Battle Mountain
Ways of the Magpie and Raven Compared in Wit
The magpie shows sociability secrecy and education hunger with mischief but lacks the raven’s humor and depth. The raven’s eye and pose convey conscious humor while the magpie’s eye is restless and scintillating. Bosworth Smith notes the old superstition about talking birds dying with a silver coin.
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Raven
Nan
R. Bosworth Smith
Servants In Germany Use Character Books To Track Service
In Germany a domestic servant must carry a character book noting her entry and leaving dates and the mistress’s impressions. The book must be stamped at the police station to prevent fake recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
What She Meant by the Human Mince Pie Remark
A curious remark from a Washington Star quote: Mr. Sirius Barker explains his wife calls him the human mince pie because he never agrees with anybody. The exchange highlights his tendency to dissent in conversations.
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Sirius Barker
Washington Star
Unclear comment about zoats spotted in corner
A Kansas City Journal note recalls a remark about unseen zoats in a picture, suggesting they may have appeared or been noticed since last week.
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Kansas City Journal
How She Got New Clothes
In Iola the district court recess sees lawyers swap yarns about marriage and finances. A lawyer’s wife, famed for her dress, explains she wears “the game clothes I did then,” underscoring frugal style after marriage.
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Iola
Kansas City
Clergyman Uses Elijah as Funeral Sermon Text
A remark by Fosdick described a clergyman who recently used the biblical ascent of Elijah in a chariot of fire as the text for a funeral sermon after one of his parishioners died in a car explosion.
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Fosdick
Keedick
Elijah
Ethel and Minnie Weather the Wishful Talk
A Philadelphia Press snippet notes Ethel voices envy of being a boy while Minnie echoes the wish. The exchange satirizes gender roles as the two women speak openly about wanting male identity.
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Ethel
Ged
Minnie
Six
Philadelphia Press
Inebriety as a Disease of the Will
The article discusses inebriety as a disease of the will. It notes that the inebriate says I cannot rather than I will not, and that successful treatment requires rehabilitating the human will.
Calamity Class: Great Man’s AutoBiography Postponed
Cartoonish exchange mocks a great man composing his auto biography. A purist critic fixes a sentence about his wedding while the subject quips that calamities occur in events like marriages and receptions.
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Chicago Post
University Notes Reflect Revival at Dakota University
Readable column recalls revival meetings at Dakota University with evening services, prayers, and teachers guiding attendance. It notes a postponed matinee due to train delay and a creative Leap Year ad campaign by Gust. It highlights student poetry prizes, university news flow, and a meeting of the University Professorship Association praising endowment needs and westward growth.
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Solerestec
Christian
College
Dakota University
C. B. Clark
Deadwood
Power
Methodist Church
College Chapel
H. S. Wilkinson
Nicholson
Roney
Opera House
Milwaukee
Gust
Bill Board
Tumble Weed
Mariner
Republican
University Notes
University Professorship Association Betd
Carnegie Library
Mitchell
Pacific Seaboard
South Dakota
Short Stories Curiosities Across America and Sea
A collage notes Manhattan density versus London, counts colored households books and presses, a child born in Alaska with long name and a murder trail, a St Paul monument plan, a seven dollar bill from Thomaston Maine, Cape Cod oysters entering Connecticut markets, a New London oyster venture, Shamrock III steel mast gifted to Cape May for a public square.
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Leon Edward
Seattle
Yukon Woodpile
Bartlett
Josias 2
Bot. Paul
Summit Park
St. Paul
Thomaston
Reliance
New Cape May
Foreign Facts Recap From Global Ledger
A digest of varied items notes a 300 dollar exemption from military service in Spain for a young man. UK tailor counts rise from 37 000 in 1861 to over 80 000 by 1901. England imports five million and exports seven million dollars in gold monthly. Siberian demand for farm machines looms large. Berlin hosts the largest photograph ever made, twelve yards by one and a half, depicting the Gulf of Naples. Irish recruit posters end with God save the king in Irish. Great Britain’s largest Bible class gathers 2 250 men at All Saints church Sheffield with about 1 600 in attendance, including many non churchgoers and saloon keepers.
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Spain
London
England
Africa
Australia
St. Petersburg Times
Siberian
Lake Baikal
Berlin
Gulf of Naples
Ireland
Great Britain
All Saints’ Church
Sheffield
New Plays and Players Feature in Theaters
Augustus Thomas premieres The Other Girl while Captain Barrington joins dual role showcases. Martha Morton wins a magazine prize with The Triumph of Love. May Robson to support Bertha Galland in Dorothy Vernon. Owen Fawcett marks fifty years on stage in Wheeling. Balasco plans theaters in St Louis and Cincinnati for independent acts. Raffles adds curtain raiser The Sacrament of Judas by Louis Tiercelin at the Princess New York.
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Augustus Thomas
Charles Richman
Captain Barrington
Martha Morton
May Robson
Bertha Galland
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Hall
Charles Major
Owen Fawcett
Wheeling
W. Va
Robert Emmet
David Balasco
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Princess Theater
New York
Louis Tiercelin
Forbes Robertson
London
Model of the Moment in Evening Fashions
The Brooklyn Eagle notes trending styles with heart shaped muffs in fur or material, shirred hip skirts, capuchin hoods on wraps, endsless knot ribbons, color matched laces, gold spangles and passemente rie on gowns. Linen collars omit bows or ties, V fronts, back fastening, flounced skirts with fronts long and backs rising to the waist.
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Brooklyn Eagle
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES SHOWCASE OF EXHIBITS
A collection of all books by Indian authors will be shown in the Hoosier State building. A granite obelisk will mark a principal Texas exhibit entrance in the Mines and Metallurgy building. Minnesota will feature photographs of school garden work. Boer war scenes and a syndicate of Boers and English residents will be displayed. Professor Carl E Meyers of Fort Wayne, Kentucky, to supervise airship exhibits for the war department.
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Hoosier State
Texas
Mines and Metallurgy
Minnesota
South Africa
Car!l E. Meyers
Frankfort
War Department
Department of Airship
Lease of Common School Lands Davison County Auction
Notice announces March 15 1904 lease auction of all unleased common school lands in Davison county. The sale runs 10 am to 5 pm at the front door of the courthouse.
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State of
South Dakota
Davison
T. N. Kelloge
Aophia L. Kellogg
N. Kelloge
Emma Cattrell
S. Cattrell
Mitchell
S. D
A. D
Davison County
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A. T. O'Kad
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Clara
Maud
Detroit Prep Press
Eure
Manhattan Island
Alice Horton
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Sensulace Fang
E. B. van Alstine
Coal and Wood
Railroad St
Milwaukee Depot
Mitchell, S. D
California
Chicago
Milwaukee St. Paul Railway
Overland Limited
A. Miller
Lansing
S. M. Daniels
P. M
Baker Township
L. C. Mott
Dan
Kinrigh
Kpangler
W. Abbey
Pierre, S. D
C. J. Bach
Tintoretto
Nile
Egypt
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