Midwest Town Notes Jumble of School and Local Happenings
Plano and Badger multiple short items report school staff returns at Dakota University and local high schools, church sermons, visits, and community gatherings. Residents include Ethel Jewett Julia Lafortune and Rev Degroff. Moves include Well and tool shifts, a quilt project for Sioux Falls Children’s Home, and upcoming revival at M I church. Preschool and college entries note Emily Raymond and Miss Lizzie Sherman.
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Plano
Ethel Jewett
Julia Lafortune
Will
Jairus Rowley
C. W. Brown
Corps of Workers
Dakota University
Effie Rand
Clara Lukios
Mitchell
A. B. Rowley
Mr. Vernon
Rob Schnee
Wisconsin
A. A. Smith
Emily Raymond
Grand Island
Neb
Emma Haynes
Vermillion
Sam King
Sioux Falls
Hoy
Doland
Boy
Hager
M. 1
Lizzie Sherman
Brandon
Minn
W.R. Edgington
Garey
Ethan and Beulah News Roundup from South Dakota
Local Ethan notes show creamery handling 31 000 pounds of milk and 2100 pounds of butter shipped. Community events include dances, a M E church contest, and various visits by residents to Mitchell Tripp and Elk Point. Beulah items mention marriages, school district matters, cattle movement, new sheriff and attorney, and Miria Boyinton’s illness and care.
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Ethan
John Hendrickson
Than Hall
Mitchell
Mable Hawley
Guy Chamberlain
Tripp
Beular
Fred Walcott
Armour
Alice Saul
Whitcher
Beulah
George Strandall
Mary Walcott
Strandall
Davison County
Helwig
Miria Boyinton
Miss Boyinton
Will Miver
Miria
Miris
West Perry News from Jan 5 Community Notes
Casper Kerr shows slow recovery while the Ladie's Aid presented a bed quilt and cash in a sealed envelope. Social items include Will Ferrier at a euchre party for Chas Blanchard in Sacborn county, visits by Mr and Mrs H J Timm to Castalia, and locals like Berman Harriman and Alex Lockhart dropping by. Rev Hager preached Sunday afternoon and Bee Hive meets January 15. River School to begin term January 9.
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West Perry
Casper Kerr
Campbell
Ladie’s Aid Society
Will Ferrier
Chas
Blanchard
Sacborn County
H. J. Timm
Castalia
Berman Harriman
Alex Lockhart
Canadians Stay Up Late and Sleep In Late
A Troy Times note contrasts Canadian routines with American habits. Visitors remark Canadians never sleep, never rise early, with bedtimes around midnight and breakfasts near nine. A Hibernian adds humor about the old axiom of health and wealth, while a tired traveler reports feeling rested after a late night.
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Canada
Troy Times
Steele Bargain Recall in Shelby County Tanyard Deal
The Lexington Gazette recalls an 19th century Shelby County deal where Adam Steele rented a tanyard to Mr. Jones on shared risk. The clause stated that if anything was made Steele would take it and if anything was lost Jones would lose it, a widely noted local bargain.
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Steele
Adam Steele
Shelby County
Jones
Shelby
Lexington
The Philosophical Tailor and the Faults of Garment Alteration
A fragment from Life of Francis Place discusses a tailor who often removes a garment for a nonexisting fault and then undoes changes not made. It questions whether a good tailor must be a philosopher or a servile cringing slave, whose passions never rise to manhood.
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Francis Place
Literary Pursuit and the Windy Newspaper Chase
The dialogue recalls Wally chasing a newspaper carried off by the wind while he was said to be pursuing a literary goal. Harrison notes he wasn’t writing but chasing the blown paper, reflecting a playful exchange from London Fun.
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Fynshly
Wally
Harrison
London
Sheriff’s Sale Notice in Davison County South Dakota
Davison County SD Fourth Judicial Circuit issues sheriff sale of Zimri Paris assets to satisfy Frank Weller judgment. Personal notes listed include many dates amounts from 1883 to 1898, lead to sale February 8, 1899 at 1 pm at Mitchell court house. Henry Swindler Sheriff. T. J. Spangler Plaintiff’s attorneys.
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State of
South Dakota
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Rae
Davison County
Roe Weller
Zimri Paris
Davison
Frank Weller
Hamaker
Geo. Currier Et al
M. F. Ryan
J. H. Cleveland
John Schittinger
Chas. Hund
Peter Nuruh
Lizabeth Nuruh
P. E. Roe
J. F. Jaeger
Glven
Chas. Joachim
J. A. Donovan
John Nugent
Joseph Carroll
Conrad Tegh
Patrick McNabee
Owen O'Brien
Christian Kress
M. T. Currier
John D. Watson
Thos. McCormack, Jr
Wm. McGinnis
E. E. Currier
M. O'Rourke
Iven
Conrad Duog
Sidney Smith
M. P. Dayce
Robt. McLarty
John Reidmiller
Chas. W. Badenhofer
John P. Clary
Mitchell
Mitchell, Davison County
S. D
Henry Swindler
T. J. Spangler
Plaintiff
Sttorneys
It Was a Pretty Hat Photograph Murder
A young east end woman keeps proofs of photos of herself until a weekly visit from her best gentleman friend. He arrives as usual but is quickly murdered after selecting a photo of a hat. He praises the hat, unknowingly insulting fate as he notes its fine picture. The visit ends with his death, a fatal outcome linked to the hat pose.
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Hayes Chappel
Cook Bros
Mitchell
John
Jobn
Oscar Nicholson
W. H. Dean
John Leamey
Letcher
W. H. Hale
Hathaway's
Cleveland Leader
East End
Pittsburg Dispatch
Verbena praised as sedative health aid in London Graphic
The London Graphic touts verbena as a calming herb with restorative properties. Roman use included leaf pressing and perfumed application after bathing. The note adds that its aroma suits weak nervous people and recalls cottage windowsill plant traditions. Gladstone in Ireland peace push is discussed by a Liberal MP Healy remarking on crucifixion for Ireland.
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London Graphic
Quote exchange and distant capitals noted in brief
A playful exchange from the Chicago Post features a dramatic line "I could die for you" followed by a pragmatic retort "But would you" highlighting practical wit. The report adds a remark that Amsterdam is the nearest European capital to London at 199 miles. It also mentions breechloading cannon dating to 1888.
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Chicago Post
Amsterdam
London
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Peck School House
Charlie Weeks
Lincoln
Phebe
Clare Swartout
Yankton College
Carl
Leslie Slade
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Chicago
Clay Young
J. E. Wilson
J.E
Montgomery Ward & Co
H. L. O’mealy
Blendon
Dean
S.C. Michener
Leslie
Ethan Creamery Co
Mr. Mckheel
W. A. Fraser
Iowa
Maria Boyinton
East Side
Joseph Katrica
Misa Marie West
Plankinton
Joe
Marie
Cox Bros
Mason Farm
Dee
Charley
Dakota
Mr. Lamb
Misses Bell
Maggie Waugh
George
Mary
Jennie Richards
Alex Fraser
Asa Tyler
Aurora County
Dominic Schneider
Mt. Vernons
Northeast
Farragut
Dewey
Goldsborough
Harper's Round Table
Hall
Beverly
Mass
Boston
Dtime
United States
McCall Company
W. 14Th Street
New York
Fifth Ave
Mscalls In
Ares
McCall CO
14Th St
Gladstone
Ireland
Birmingham
England
Swift
H. T. Shos
Lucas Ave
St. Louis
S.S.S
Mitchell National Bank
U. S
W.G. Davison
N. L. Davison Cashier
C. Burnside
Otis
Dana Estes & CO
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