Local News Notices and Society Roundup
A. A. Hoon visits Mitchell and Mrs. Hoon stays on. Wingfield-Connelly College becomes Western Business College under B. A. O’Mealey. Community notes include travel, marriages, accidents, rail changes, and Christmas events with many local names and brief actions.
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A. A. Hoon
Armour
Hoon
H. B. Adams
Sioux Falls
Adams
Wingfield-Connelly Business College
B. A. O’mealey
The
Western Business College
H. B. Anderson
Thos. Weslen
Letcher
Hans P. Peterson
McQuinn
John W. Kress
Mr. Kress
Wallace, Smith & Co
M. C. Porter
West Second Street
Christmas Wage Increase for Milwaukee Road Crews
The Milwaukee road engineers and firemen in the city receive a ten percent wage hike effective across the line, totaling about 500000 annually for 4700 workers. The deal ends the short-day schedule, counts fractions under ten hours as full time, and relieves firemen from engine cleaning and front-end work on all engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Clyde Myers
Mitchell
Clyde
George Summers
Hadteir
Mr. Summers
C. C. Halphide
Elijah Tillotson
Abraham Lincoln
Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Milwaukee St. Paul
Kentucky Shooting Affrays Judge Parker Quote
A Lexington report cites Judge Parker of the circuit court who said the city would resemble a cemetery if every violent death were marked by a cross. The remark is described as the highest tribute to Kentucky marksmanship.
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Kentucky
Parker
Lexington
Short on Theology In Topeka Bible Case
In a Topeka trial a bible case the lawyers sought the Lord s prayer by requesting a Bible then a preacher to locate the passage a Boston lawyer would have called a minister to the stand first The kinkajou habit may become popular if rents rise along with other prices according to the New York Telegram
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Topeka
Boston
New York Telegram
Bragg recounts grandfather’s sudden death at public meeting
At a political mass gathering, Bragg claimed his grandfather died very suddenly on the platform. The exchange notes astonishment at the event and suggests executions were public in those days.
Spoiled Postal Cards Redemption Details
Postal cards spoiled and not mailed are redeemable at all post offices under a sliding scale. The postmaster will pay 7 cents for 10 cards, 18 cents for 25 cards, 37 cents for 500 cards, or 75 cents for 100 cards. Cards are to be wrapped in bundles of 25.
Baden-Powell a Wit at Luncheon
General Baden-Powell, famed English officer, attended a luncheon with a celebrated physician. The doctor teased him asking how he feels after killing a man professionally. The general replied with a silky remark that he does not mind it much more than the doctor does.
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Baden-Powell
Northwestern capitalists buy 30,000 acres in Tennessee timber
Mayor David S. Rose of Milwaukee joins a party of northwestern capitalists in purchasing 30,000 acres of Tennessee timber land estimated to contain 1,000,000,000 feet of pine lumber.
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Bay
Tennessee
David S. Rose
Milwaukee
Fat as remedy for consumption and Scott Emulsion
An old fashioned view touts salt pork as a treatment for consumption while Scott Emulsion offers refined fat via cod liver oil and phosphates. The ad claims fat aids digestion and lung disease, promises a free sample, and instructs to look for the label on every bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
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Sted
G. H. Scallin
Brugeist
Yan
Mitchell Hotel
M. H. Gosche
Weorrow
UH. Rew
Kibbee
Ocal News Matters
Methodist Sunday School
W. A. Barber
Minnie Grace
Guy van Alstine
Goldie Corwin
Grace Connor
Irma Walker
Hazel Lathrop
United States Express Co
Fitzgerald
Lawrence Grace
Grace
W. S. Bratt
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
O. F. Walter
Bratt
Aberdeen
James River
Hastings & Dakota
Ortonville
Minn
H. L. Bras
Mt.Vernon
W. EB. Johns
Luverne
Lyman County
City
Chas. Thomson
Little Son
Miller
C. C. Dean
Thomson
Mrs. Dean
Carey Nevins
Laurel
Neb
Nevins
Plankinton
Laurel Advocate
Tle
Fred Grace
Maude Lyle
Ada
Jerauld
Mrs. Grace
Jennie Williams
A. E. Hitchcock
Worthington, Minn
Wilson
Williams
Mitchell Club
Nichols
Mandolin Club
C. H. Fox
Trinidad
Colo
William E. Fox
Fox
H. ©. Clark
Buffalo
N. Y
Odd Fellows
Meiers
W. IF. Hannah
Wilber, Neb
P. H. Kelley
Kelley’s Land Agency
John Murphy
Shellsburg
Wis
Mr. Murphy
Omaha
Anna M. Williams
Anna Barnard
Kate Brown
Clara A. Lukins
Gertrude Abbey
Emily Silsby
Hulda Stowell
Lannie Brown
Elizabeth Plotner
Emily Si
Doctor Pierce
Pierce
Moses Miles
Hilliard, Uinta Co
Wyoming
Dr. Pierce
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