Local News Folds Several City Happenings and Arrivals
Miss Maud Smith returns from Pierre where she stenographed work, and Mrs. Hammer departs for Chicago for months. Family illness draws Mrs. Dix to Chicago, Lionel showing small improvement. Various local notices include a funeral, new business ventures, real estate purchases, and several travels by residents to Chicago, Sioux City, and Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Wilkinson
Lennox
Wm. MacFarlane
Milwaukee
Mason City
T. G. Seymour
Chicago
Erie
D. L. Tenney
Lottie
Sioux City
Charles
Republican
J. A. Macdonald
Iowa
Aberdeen
J. M. Wood
Miss Donnelly
Oney Smith
C. L. Hampton
W. Gillis
Larry Byrne
Battle Creek
Mich
R. P. Hall
Main Street
Fourth
S. D. Olmstead
Herreid
Grand Lodge of the Royal Neighbors
Woodmen
Yankton
Mitchell
Lizzie Brown
Montrose
Emma Cooley
Brown
C. E B. Brown
Mitchell High School
W. N. Hollands
Edna Daniels
Hollands
Thomas
Opera
Lake
Yellowstone Park
Workman Lodge
Walker Whiteside
Nichols
Whiteside
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Opera House
G. B. Thomas
Buffalo
McKinley
Washington
Canton
The Sailors Piano and Hidden Naval Music Talent
A Honolulu Commercial column highlights sailors aboard the New York ready with skills beyond marching. Musicians include accordion players and shipboard singers who perform popular tunes, while whistling remains mostly taboo except for boy sopranos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Chidwick
New York
Uncle Sam
Boy of the Sea
Navy
Honolulu
Statue that grows into a mounted officer hawthorn
A Brus sels retiree and amateur horticulturist trained a hawthorn over ten years near Charleroi to resemble a cavalry officer. The tree, nicknamed General Hawthorn, draws many visitors daily as a remarkable living sculpture of a mounted soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Charleroi
Historic Taverns Meet Punch Origin in Shakespeare's Head
The Shakespeare's Head in Wych Street London is being torn down. It hosted the first discussion of a new comic weekly now Punch with Henry Mayhew Sterling Coyne and W H Wills among the regulars. Mark Lennon, later editor, helped run the pub before the paper began. The title Pen and Palette was considered before Punch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare’s Head
Wych Street
London
Punch
Henry Mayhew
Sterling Coyne
W. H. Wills
Mark Lennon
Journal
Roaring Forties
Paul Revere Homestead in Boston Purchases by Reynolds
The Paul Revere homestead at 19 and 21 North Square Boston built about 1680 and bought by John P Reynolds Jr aims to unite patriotic groups to preserve the historic landmark. From this door Paul Revere rode out on April 19 1775 and he lived here for thirty years with his children born in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Revere
North Square
Boston
Revere
John P. Reynolds, Jr
Ladysmith Plans Spionkop Hotel and Rail Service
Ladysmith intends to mirror Brussels in historic battlefield scenes by establishing a regular coach link to Spionkop. After traversing the fatal summit, travelers will find refreshment and lodging at a new Spionkop hotel to be built on Three Tree hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Butterfield
Omaha
Chicago
New York
Ladysmith
Brussels
Waterloo
Spionkop
Three Tree Hill
Strauss Plans Triple Fugue For New Symphonic Poem
Richard Strauss describes a forthcoming symphonic poem in an interview with Musical Times of London. He says the work will illustrate a day in his home life, be partly lyrical and humorous, and feature a triple fugue with three subjects representing papa, mamma and the baby, with the baby's voice very prominent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strauss
Richard Strauss
Musical Times of London
Papa
Mamma
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C. W. Gillis
Burnside
Grocer
Heekins’ Coffees
Mitchell, S. D
Eddy
General Feed Store
Briggs
Oscar Johnston
Johnston
Alexandria Journal
Frank Chase
Nettie Peckham
Peeckham
B. Elee
Fifth
Lawler Streets
Jos. Schlimgen
Joe
Mr. Schlimgen
Odd Fellows Lodge
Mt. Vernon
Wm. B. Baker
Order
Odd Yellows
T. M. Wallace
Enderlin
N. C
Chamberlain-Wallace Co
Wallace
C. C. Chamberlain
Alice
N. D
Sioux Falls
le Mars
Rock Rapids
Sheldon
R. C. Cowell
Plankinton
C. W. Hoon
Armour
Young Peoples’ Social Club
Mitchell Club
Wichols
Mandolin Club
T. W. D. Orswell
Crane
H. L. Bates
Flandreau
H. D. Kress
Miss Hall
D. R. Tomlin
S. G. Boyce
Inez M. Owen
C. W. Downey
D. B. Cropp
Mr. Cropp
C. Boulton
B. Y. P. U. of the Baptist Church
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