Local Happenings in Mitchell and Vicinity
Mitchell and vicinity buzz with visits and arrivals from Parketon Mazomanie Hawaerdes Armour and Sioux Falls. Notables like W P Robeson and J C Schneider move through, visitors gather at gatherings, school and church events mark the week, and news of travel, illness, and local business threads weave through community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell and Vicinity
Frank M. Steere
Board of Charities and Corrections
Sioux Palls
Steere
Govelner Herried
C. W.taylor
Armour
Taylor
Parketon
The
State University
The Anniversary Joke from the Indianapolis Journal
A humorous exchange about a wedding anniversary. Harry claims he sensed a special day but forgot the date, while his partner recalls the occasion in a lighthearted diary-like line from the Indianapolis Journal.
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Harry
Indianapolis Journal
Money to burn wife supplies marriageable daughters
A Philadelphia Record aphorism notes that a man with wealth finds a ready match from a mother seeking suitors for her daughters. The piece adds a German social claim that every boy from crown prince to commoner must learn a trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Germany
Malicious mischief and hens in law
A London Answers quip recounts a legal opinion about damages from neighbor Brown’s hens invading a yard and the poisoning of them. The lawyer notes the act as trespass with a twist of accidental causation, concluding the client owes thirteen and fourpence for the opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gull
Brown
London
Dowry Calculation Sparks Lucia and Officer Talk
An Old Merchant questions a young officer about a daughter's hand and dowry. The officer says the yearly income totals £800. The merchant notes adding 4 percent interest on £20,000 for the dowry, and the officer admits he included that in the earlier calculation from London Fun.
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London
Maud's Marriage Hint and a New York Elector Stipend
A Colorado Springs Gazette snippet recalls a dialogue about Maud's marriage to a good man and love. The item shifts to a separate note: a New York presidential elector is paid $15 per day in Albany plus 10 cents per mile traveled from home by the most traveled route to the meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud
Colorado Springs Gazette
New York
Albany
Fragmented 19th century exchange on humor and editing
A garbled dialogue among editorial staff and printers discusses humor in text and the burden of publication. Names such as Subeditor and Correspondence Editor surface, with playful references to curing, bearing, and a light chiding tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotlieb Scheuerenbrand
Loquette
Printer’s Devil
Pearson’s
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Frank Cook
Mazomanie
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W. A. Blyon
Geinnell
Hawaerdes
Iowa
C. Powers
John Powers
W. P. Robeson
Plankinton Standard
Chicago
Alice Spangler
Sioux City
John L. Burke
Hot Springs
Walker
Woonsocket
R. J. Taylor
Milwaukee
Robert Ward
H. Perry
West Second Street
C. R. Tiwan
Kimball
Kate Miller
J. C. Schneider
Salem
Omaha
Schneider
R. J. Gamble
J. D. Elliott
Gamble
United States Senate
Eliott
H. G. Nichols
Main Street
C. J. Bliss
Richford
Vermont
South Dakota
Modern Brotherhood of America
R. N. Kracz
Letcher
W. H. McDowell
Sioux Falls
American Amusement Co
Mitchell
Sioux Palla
Walling
Will Harker
Lowa
Col Ainsworth
Plankinton Vail
Pesday
Frank van Waganen
Alexandria
Robert Burns
Minneapolis
Laura Lewis
Will
Eunics Thompson
Bowdle
A. &. Rogers
Retta
Erie
Mildred Beebe
Mason City
Jows
Mary D. Taylor
Parkston
Roy
Vermillion
L. O Gale
Cedar Rapids
Dan McDermaid
Sheldon
Moses
Emiley
Robb
V. E. Browne
Mt. Vernon
City
State Educational Association
Yankton
James Simpson
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Mr. Simpson
Grant
Derauld County
W. H. Stark
Nellie Fahy
Andrew Smith
Emery
Stark
Hanson County
John Colvin
Western Passenger Agents Association
Denver
Association
John
Ralph R. Bowdle
Harry Conlin
Plott
Gera Miner
Scotland
J M. Greene
Chamberlain
Charlie Seaman
Olney
Republican Job Rooms
Vermillion Freeman
Prohibition Piier
Graham
University
Ashton
Methodist Church
H. Winsor
Plankinton
Register of Deeds
Laurence Robinson
Egan
William Koch
California
May McLain
Workmen Hall
Rosie Rathbun
James Murphy
A. C. Stewernagel
Baptist Church
Steuernagel
Scorn Sion Co
EMUER
Scott
Apenas Art Mes
York
L.o.gai
Lapipss
Gillis Shoe
Davison County
J. B. Turner & Son
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
America
CL. Indra
the Clothier
Republican
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