Riverside and Ethan News Roundup with Farewells and Local Trades
Riverside events include shipments of hogs and sheep to Chicago, with Henry Schultz selling corn to farmers. Twin babies died near Riverside, sparking sympathy. Reports from Ethan note coal vein discovery, cattle losses, a successful masquerade ball, and local schooling efforts. Community updates cover preachers, a winstrel show, dances, and various visits and trades around Mt. Vernon, Mitchell, and Pierre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
White & Wallis
Manquay
OT. R. White and Son
BE. N. Hooker
W. L. Wallis
Nolt
Montrose
C. A. Wallis
J. E. Turner
Mitchell
R. N. Kratz
Rev
C. M. Knight
Ada Scholfield
Ethan
Saul Stainbrook
Jefferson
Lindstrom
B. Porteous
Blackleg
John Moran
Armour
Eddie Kayser
Parkston
South Dakota Grain Co
Prof
Gallagher
Thos. Crampton
Etta Ottman
Fred Kline
Pierre
F. W. Cole
F. W. Tobey
Bessie Cole
Emma Tobey
Messrs. E. Tobey
Sollie Nolt
Halsey Trow
John Donahue
John Tyler
L. McKeel
McKabe & Young’s
Groundhog shadows and social notes in EMSLEY
Feb 2 notes from EMSLEY mention Christen Bros hauling shelled corn to B. E. Barnard’s, visits among local residents, Ed Zhenphening selling hogs in Ethan, a well attended dance at Art Teneyck’s with forty numbers sold, and Bert Stevens planning a sled as snow endures.
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A. A. Jenks
Gardner
Bert Stevens
Old Vermont nurse Sally and her jug medicine tale
In a small Vermont town an old nurse named Sally moves into a sick woman's home with pipe, aprons, and knitting. She boasts a jug medicine routine and charges her own toll after treatment, provoking laughter from a visiting doctor before the odd method is understood.
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Vermont
Sally
New York Herald
Antidyspepsia Diet Compare Sweden Norway Food
United States consul at Bergen Norway argues that a plain diet like that of Sweden and Norway could end American dyspepsia. He notes Swedes and Norwegians rarely eat hot rolls or white bread, favor knackbrode a dry oats and rye bread baked into wafers, and drink milk for two meals daily with one meat and potato meal. Sweets are scarce and candy is reserved for state occasions.
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America
Norway
Sweden
United States
Bergen
General Scott’s witty reply on spelling wagon
The anecdote recounts General Winfield Scott, famed Mexican War hero, writing a provisioning order without his secretary. He misspells wagon as waggon and, when questioned, cites the authority of the major general commanding the armies of the United States as justification.
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Winfield Scott
Scott
United States
Fair Bill Passes House In South Dakota Legislature
Huron passed the state fair bill for a permanent site at Huron by 54 to 21, while other measures moved forward. A deficiency appropriation for Aberdeen normal school advanced without opposition, and an armory funding bill for Huron faced committee opposition. Governor appointed and senate confirmed five members to the state board of charities and corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Pierre
Mondiy
Aberdeen
Eastman
Committee On Judiciary
Congress
Longstaff
Price
Yankton
Speaker
House Committee On Appropriations
Brown
Brookings
Agricultural College
Jenkins
Senate
State School of Mines
Trygstad
Brookings Agricultural College
State Board of Charities and Corrections
W. E. Tipton
Armour
D. ©. Thomas
Watertown
William M. Powers
J. D. Lavin
Jacob Schnaidt
Menno
Tower of Babel Court Hears Many Languages
Johannesburg's court room echoes with twenty tongues including native Amaxosa Zulu Fingo and diverse imports like Livonian Greek Yiddish German Turkish Spanish French Chinese Hindoostance Arabic and Japanese. Witnesses switch from clicking bones to elegant murder of language in a multilingual justice setting.
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Johannesburg
Commissioner Street
Court of Justice
Tower of Babel
Appendicitis Ailment Noted From Ancient Egypt To Modern London
An Egyptian mummy aged about two thousand years showed signs of appendicitis, suggesting the disease is not new. London hospitals operated on about four hundred cases last year, with only ten failures. Sir Francis Treves reports success on 100 consecutive cases. Modern flour is blamed by some. Lloyds insures against appendicitis with a policy paying direct expenses up to 1000 dollars if surgery occurs, and a 1000 dollar benefit on death linked to the operation.
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London
Francis Treves
England
Lloyd’s
Mexican substitutes for cotton fiber progress noted
Modern Mexico reports two native fibers as substitutes for cotton. One plant yields a thicker fiber and a coffee colored seed, growing year round with little care. The other produces a finer fiber, blue seeds, requiring irrigation and a single annual crop without irrigation. Hilario Cuevas of San Luis Soyatlán promotes seed distribution for hot lands.
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Mexico
Hilario Cuevas
San Luis Soyatlan
Jalisco
New Short Stories Holland as a Joker in Stock Company
In a San Francisco stock company years ago, Josep Holland clashed with Charles Bishop over stage misnaming. During Daly's Pique, Holland repeatedly called Bishop Pimple, provoking a retort from Bishop and a final onstage reveal exposing the prank.
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Holland
Josep Holland
San Francisco
McKee Rankin
Dr. Harkins
Frank Mordaunt
Charles Bishop
Bishop
Daly
Pique” O
Raymond Lessing
Sammy Dimple
Pimple
Dimple
Young Pimple
The Boy Called the Tarn and a Governor's Joke
Governor Bliss of Michigan mixed with a Palm House Chicago hotel boy, aiming a joke. The boy challenged him, saying he must attend to guests and refused to chat. Bliss retrieved the moment, complimenting the boy and calling him right as a governor.
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Bliss
Michigan
Palmer House
Chicago
Wolverine State
Too Much Spice and Time in Congress Clash
The article contrasts John D Rockefeller’s restraint in society with a financier’s suggestion that spice enriches life, while Rockefeller quips that too much spice spoils a good dinner. Champ Clark criticizes congressional time waste noting 357 members earning $5,000 yearly plus private incomes, ready to judge over a mule.
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John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Champ Clark
Missouri
Congress
Long Life to Him at the Club
A would be poet at his club quips that he will publish poems after his death. Friends toast him with a chorus shouting Hurrah and “Here’s a long life to you, old man.”
Dr John Tatman Dead After Long Illness
Dr John Tatman died at his west Third street home Sunday at 10 30 pm after ten days of decline from viral wasting away. Born in Cincinnati in 1817 he practiced 59 years and served as city county physician and mental-hospital keeper before moving to Mitchell in 1882. He leaves a son Dr J C Tatman and his wife. In a separate note a Will case witness described the testator in a humorous moment remarking he had no acquaintance of mine, then admitted he married his widow.
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John Tatman
West Third Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Laporte
Ind
Glen Falls Lumber Co
Newago
Mich
Muskegon
Hin
Lis
Remains of Dr John Tatman Laid to Rest in Mitchell
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 10 30 a m for Dr John Tatman at his West Third Street home. Rev T H Youngman led the service, with friends placing flowers on the casket. Burial followed at Graceland cemetery, with body bearers John Cook B W Cook Joseph McLaughlin Edward Devy A J Surtis John Wayman. Dr Tatman, a Mitchell staple since 1882, served as county coroner and county physician and was active in republican politics. He moved from the east to Mitchell for health, later ending practice due to ill health, leaving a jovial, storytelling legacy.
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John Tatman
West Third Street
T. H. Youngman
Methodist Church
Graceland Cemetery
John Cook
B. W. Cook
Joseph McLaughlin
Edward Devy
A. J. Surtis
John Wayman
Mitchell
Tatman
Taiwan
Jumpers and Skippers: Barrels Turned to Primitive Sleds
Historical note on George II era travel describes sleds made from barrel staves called jumpers and skippers. A single stave with a central seat post created a fast, risky craft, while multiple staves offered more stability but slower speed.
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George II
When Umbrellas Were Heavy
A historical note recalls umbrellas from a century ago weighing at least three and a half pounds. Covers used leather or oilcloth, ribs were wood or whalebone, and steel rods were unknown. Oak shafts and feather tops aimed to shed water but still leaked despite feathering.
Bernard Shaw and the Minority in London
A report of Bernard Shaw responding to a single booing voice during the London premiere of Arms and the Man. Shaw acknowledged the dissent with humor, remarking that a lone critic cannot overturn the cheers of the audience.
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Bernard Shaw
London
How the Electric Light Amazed an Old Lady
An elderly shopper visits a grocer and asks how the large light is made. The shopman explains it uses a series of electric currents. The woman replies that if they weigh a pound and are useful for cooking puddings, she will use them for that purpose.
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Puddin’s
Ldetroit Free Press
Dry and Moist Air Density Difference
Dry air weighs more per cubic foot than moist air at identical temperature and pressure. Adding vapor expands the mixture if expansion is allowed, as in the atmosphere, and since vapor’s density is about two thirds that of dry air, the overall density of the mixture is lower than that of dry air.
Cause For War In Kansas Butcher Shop Incident
A passerby in a northern Kansas town helped separate a butcher and a customer amid a rough scuffle on the sawdust floor. The customer had come to buy dog meat and the butcher asked if it should be eaten there or wrapped for takeout.
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Kansas
Lost Inheritance in Richmond Dispatch Quip
A brief Richmond Dispatch flirtation quip notes a suitor pressing Miss Flash for marriage while joking that the late father’s wishes were inherited as the suitor acknowledges accepting Mr Foreman the previous evening.
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Miss Flash
Richmond Dispatch
Meaning of The Limit by Wise Wilfred
A quip about interpretation and meaning as Penniless Percival asks what a line in a song means. Wise Wilfred answers that the crowd can read the wine but stops there. The piece wittily notes an epitaph is fine but arrives too late.
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Percival
Wilfred
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Keystone Watch Case Company
Philadelphia
Eph
Mt. Vernon
Art Gardner
John Allman
Wm. Markla
Earl Jenks
Bert Cropsy
Ed. Moses
Oscar
Charlie Atkinson
Emsley Creamery
Oscar Moses
Mr. Bliss
New York Tribune
DR. John
Hostetter
Ste
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