Mitchell Local News Roundup and Social Notes
Mitchell area items include shop changes as Mrs. Gilbert rents her barber shop to Rush and Allen, several visits and arrivals from nearby towns, a Happenings column of family, banking, and real estate moves, a benefit concert at the opera house, and notices of sickness, travel, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. O. Gilbert
Rush & Allen
Mies Blanche Rowley
Alexandria
Mies
Lillian Teall
M. E. Orrel
Chicago
Athletic Association
Mitchell
Opera House
Rathbun's Orchestra Plays for Large Attendance
Rathbun's orchestra furnished the music for the company and their playing was very much enjoyed. Owing to the fact that the attendance was so large it is regretted that play did not give better satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathbun
Tax law update splits payments into two installments
The legislature amended the 1891 and 1893 tax laws to allow taxes to be paid in two installments March and October. Half paid by March 1 delays delinquency to October 1, after which a 1 percent monthly penalty applies on the remaining balance. The amendment details the penalty and sales process for unpaid balances. Also noted is Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh with test sizes and mailing address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyrothers
Warren Street
New York
Napoleons Dainty Habits And Rat Story
A French article notes Napoleon I wore eau de Cologne in the bath and scented his head, favored clean linen, and discarded garments cast aside after wear. A Philadelphia Inquirer story about rats carrying a straw to water, a blind rat guiding them, ends with the man shooting the trio to test a theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleson
Napoleon I
Paris
Napoleon
Eau de Cologne
Tuileries
Philadelphia Inquirer
Fool and His Money on a Sinking Ship
The Detroit Journal recounts a tale where a miser and spendthrift sail together. The spendthrift buys wine and gambles while a storm sinks their ship. The miser drowns with gold yet the tale ends with the spendthrift starving on a raft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Journal
Oysters and Strawberries Evangelize Virtues
The Reynoldsville Star from Pennsylvania touts oysters and strawberries as the world’s greatest evangelists. The editorial claims they have built and furnished many churches, funded preacher salaries, and aided more heathen than any two natural agents, praising simple foods as powerful societal catalysts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynoldsville
Star
Report on Yankton asylum defends Dr Ross and reforms
Mrs. Anna R. Simmons, secretary of the Lady Manager, reports after a week at Yankton asylum that charges against Dr. Ross are unfounded and that she found the institution properly managed. She emphasizes impartiality and constructive critique aimed at aiding administration. The piece also advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and contains a Windsor Magazine excerpt about locomotives and myths of the desert peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna R. Simmons
Yankton
Simmons
Dr. Ross
What is the great remedy for consumption
A passage notes doctors advise cod liver oil for consumption, but many patients dislike fats and cannot tolerate plain cod liver oil due to stomach upset and fishy odor. It asks what alternative remedy could help, and hints at an early solution the article then introduces.
Scott's Emulsion Promises Health for Throat and Lung Ailments
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites boasts easier digestion and better taste than plain oil. The ad claims nine of ten can digest it, curing early consumption and offering comfort in advanced cases. Sold by Scott & Bowne, New York, price one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Chemists
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
St of Mitchell and Vicinity
D. T. Gilman
Sioux City
Mr. Gilman
First National
H. D. Butterfield
Eastern Star Chapter
Sam Webber
L. India
J.L. Bourret
Baker Township
Broadbent
The
Germania Land Co
S. D. Olmstead
G. N. Bishop
DeWitt
Iowa
Cole
J. A. Ferris
Window Cliffs
Tenn
J. H. McLean
W.T. Massa
S. H. Scallin
S. G. Boyce
South Dakota Undertakers Association
Sioux Falls
G. A.R.W.R.C
S. of
Maris Taylor
Plankinton
Stevens
Taylor
Niles
Mich
Mies Dell Wedehase
St. Paul
Walter H. Cobban
Manchester Fire Ins. Co
Minneapolis
Irwin Baldock
Wapaca
Wis
F. W. Freyberg
Nellie Drake
Kidder, Mo
Helen Maguire
Hudson
O. L. Branson
Irwin
Plankinton Bank
Asa Dodd
Mylan
A. D. Walpole
Atore
Cyrano
Johnson
J. H. Ferris
Southern Presbyterian Synod
A. T. Wolff
Wolff
Presbyterian Church
Nebraska City
Neb
Republican
R. C. Warne
Post Office
Dundass
Warne
Davison County
Coon Hollow
Tennessee
Madge Neville
Minnie Pearl
George Haines
Womans’ Board
the Asylum
Mrs. Winslow
Desert
Cape To
Cairo
Sudan
Windsor Magazine
Loggins
Harker Bros
Duck Coats
C. Burnside
OWN TV
Dren
A. T. McGovern & Sons
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