Mitchell Local News Highlights And Transfers
Mrs. A Needham returns from Kansas City and other Missouri points while Henry Clark sick with grippe and risk of pneumonia. Allan Ladd sells Milltown store to O P Swartz and plans road work. Rev W A Cave moves to Brookings church. Jack Sayles wintering 275 cattle at White Lake. Revival week opens at Congregational church. Mrs Anna Loffswold dies in Plano township aged about 80. Fire breaks around Mitchell confirmed by Chief Keith. Sheriff swaps Neil Mc Laughlin to Aberdeen for bootlegging. Local notes on farms, water well driller, and area travel. Small-pox quarantine affects Redfield with guards and train delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Needham
Kansas City
Missouri
Henry Clark
Milwaukee Railroad
Rourd House
Roy Boggs
Mt. Vernon
Boggs
Republican
Daily
Allan Ladd
Milltown
O. P. Swartz
Parkston
Allan
C.C. Boulton
Davis
Pukwana Reporter
Meckling
R. M. Spinkie
Hager
W. A. Cave
Howard Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Brookings
Jack Sayles
White Lake
Sayles
Mitchell
Chamberlain
D. C. Sneller
West
Anna Loffswold
Eric Thompson
Plano Township
Thompson
Farwell Cemetery
R. N. Kratz
Keith
Clark
Deadwood
C. B. Clark
Swindler
Neil McLaughlin
Milwaukee
Brown County
Aberdeen
Alexandria Herald
T. H. Youngman
Jasper
Youngman Place
O. T. Litchfield
Mr. Litchfield
Sanborn County
Clarence E. Hall
Sioux City
Omaha Road
W. V. Miner
Plankinton
M. L. Bobb
Centerville
Sioux Falls
Congregational Church
G. C. Coffee
W. N. Coffee
Fullerton
Fullerton Lumber Co
George A. Johnston
Harry L. Bras
Pierre
Arlie Meade
Gazette
Salvation Army
Army
John Burke
Geo. Garton
W. N. Hollands
John Tuckey
Yankton
Watertown
Redfield
Piles of People Testify to Banner Salve Merit
Testimony swarms in praise of Banner Salve as a cure for piles with a guarantee. Mc H Scallin endorses the product citing patient experiences and promised effectiveness.
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Ss. H. Scallin
Famine recalls 1770 Bengal disaster and recurring scarcity
The excerpt cites the 1770 Bengal famine with ten million dead and notes recurring grain shortages across districts. It cites Review of Reviews on drought frequency and Great famines roughly every century. It also advertises Mull's Lightning and a short humor exchange about life and money.
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Bengal
India
Fr re wW e nit Cc Sou medical ad mentions cough remedy
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar to stop coughing and heal the lungs claiming ordinary cough medicines irritate lungs. It notes Mull's Lightning Pain Killer offers instant pain relief without opiate or ammonia, and lists J. H. Ferris as a seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Mull’s
J. H. Ferris
The Useful Telephone Latchkey Prank
Two young women on St Paul street are locked out after a theater outing their father drowsy and the servants gone. A neighbor spots the scene and calls the father via telephone in his room to wake him. He answers, learns of the door incident, and orders the front door opened.
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St. Paulstreet
Papa
Central
Baltimore Sun
What is a skeleton and other vintage snippets
A collection of short antiquated excerpts discusses a child’s view of a skeleton as “a man without any meat,” a witty banter about Miss Flite and Mr Smythe, pigeons used in ancient messengers, and a London costermonger’s humorous request to the queen for swill from her swill pot.
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Mitch
London
R. A
Balmoral
London Standard
Do You Love Me As Much As Ever
A playful domestic exchange ends with a wife asking love, a husband replying from behind his newspaper, and a quip attributing the answer to habit. The brief vignette captures a lighthearted moment of affection and routine.
Mistress's Cook Seeks Pain Free Teeth Extraction
A West Side mistress learns her cook Hannah seeks pain free tooth extraction from Dr Jones. Hannah returns furious claiming the dentist pulled the right tooth and charged a dollar and a half, while the mistress asks if it was painless.
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Upper West Side
Hannah
Dr. Jones
Longah
Liza
New York Sun
Humor as fuel for greatness in famous lives
The piece cites John Jendrick Bangs on humor shaping destiny, invoking Columbus, Washington, and Gutenberg as examples. It argues laughter and play spur thought, invention, and new starts, claiming many leaders’ turning points arose from comic or absurd moments during youth.
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John Jendrick Bangs
Mr. Bangs
Columbus
George Washington
Johann Gutenberg
Gutenberg
Robert. Mackay
Trying to Make Forty Dollars in a Wall Street Flop
A young man turned $100 into nearly $9,960 chasing a $40 goal and then shorted a volatile stock. The stock rose instead of fell, adding 126 points and forcing him to sell in a rapidly worsening trend. He plummeted from gains to debt, borrowing to back bets before the market collapsed and left him $15,000 in debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
T. C
T. I
Hanover National Bank
Dr. Knowall
New York Press
A Rhapsody of Love From English Woman's Love Letters
A lyrical excerpt speaks of shared solitude and union in a passionate pledge. The speaker invites deep closeness and mutual devotion, expressing longing, surrender, and a vow to live or die by the beloved's word in a tender, ardent tone.
Quaint Introduction of Freeman by Wells Dean
A Wells dean introduces E. A. Freeman with mixed praise and sharp critique. He notes Freeman as historian and neighbor, yet portrays him as lacking agreeable personal traits while highlighting his vivid depictions of early forefathers.
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Dean of Wells
E. A. Freeman
Freeman
No Snakes In Hawaii Says Republic News
The Honolulu Republic notes the centipede is the only poisonous insect in Hawaii and its sting is no more dangerous than a wasp or hornet's. It contrasts mainland tarantula stings as usually fatal. Hawaii reportedly has no snakes or poisonous reptiles. Denmark claims universal literacy. South Africa winter spans April to September.
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Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Honolulu
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Mitchell and Vicinity
F. A. Craft
Kimball
Geo. H. Miner
Scotland
O. P. Shaw
W. E. Crane
Bridgewater
Mull
J. A. Ferris
Henry
Ohio State Journal
Indianapolis Journal
Washington Post
Denmark
Smith & Conyes, Price Clothiers
Mitchell, South Dakota
H.R. Kibbbe
W. C. Huyck
Ass’t. Cashier
Mitchell National Bank
U. S
W.G. Davison
N. L. Davison
The
Ger CH
Roft
Baeat
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