Mitchell Happenings Report Local Notices and Visitors
Local column records visitors and events in Mitchell including Mrs EB Hannett of Chicago visiting family, J A Gheen from Sioux City and Geo W Nash in town from Pierre. Mentions Bixler & Co ad, M C Porter’s leg injury and possible amputation, Hoyt Cox’s platinum cabinet signs, Downey leaving for Sioux City for South Dakota Press Association winter meeting with Milwaukee Road transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eb, B. Hannett
Chicago
J. L. Hannett
J. A. Gheen
Sioux ‘City
Geo. W. Nash
City
Pierre de Canton, CO
C. Halphide
St. Louis
M. C. Porter
Hoyt Cox
South Dakota Press Association
Sioux Falls
Pierre
Sioux City
South Dakota
Literary Program by the Mitchell High School Olympian Society
The Olympian Society of Mitchell High School will present a Friday afternoon literary program on January 16. The program includes recitations, duets, biographies, music, clippings, impersonations, dialogue and burlesque acts performed by students such as Clara Coffin Sara Noble Cora Scott Laurella Savage Ella Reed James Spry Grace Groory Edith Willison Hazel Lathrop Rex and Ross Rathbun Margie Bec illian Carleson Grace Daniels and others. A medical ad and employment notice accompany brief items and a testimonial about Chamberlains Pain Balm by W. Williamson of Amherst Virginia printed along with a traveling salesman ad by M. Bixler & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Olympian Society of
Mitchell High School
Clara Coffin
Sara Noble
Cora Scott
Laurella Savage
Ella Reed
Hssay
James Spry
Pois
Roxy Butterfie
Grace Groory
Edith Willison
Hazel Lathrop
Mark Mizener
Rex
Ross Rathbun
Alice Jones
Edward Cook
Margie Becillian
Carleson
Grace Daniels
Hick ry Farm a Rural Comedy Opens at Grand Opera House
The Bachelor Club presents Hick ry Farm a New England comedy at the Grand Opera House on Wednesday evening Jan 21 directed by Lester Howard. Local talents Maude Sickler J Jack Nelson S Earle Brown Roscoe Cone Oscar Williams Edna Daniels Dorothy Fairfax Reed Owen and others perform with special scenery by Hugh Jaeger and a music interlude by the Old Homestead Quartette. Seat sale begins Monday Jan 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bachelor Club
Grand Opera House
Lester Howard
Hick‘ry Farm
New England
Leaman Thompson
Down East
Mr. Howard
Mitchell
Jessie
Zeke
Zeke** Fortune
S. Earle Brown
Roscoe Cone
Gilbert Darkwood
Cone
Reed Owen
Miss Daniels
Priscilla Dodge
Victorine
Vic’’. Fortune
Dorothy Fairfax
Snowball
Darky
Reed
Owen
Lester
Howard
Larry McKeegan
Hugh Jaeger
Neithe
Miss Fairfax
Mr. Brown
Old Homestead
Remarkable Cure of Croup Saves a Little Boy
A mother recounts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy saving her child from a life threatening bout of croup. She describes administering the medicine every ten minutes, the child's heavy coughing, and the relief that followed after phlegm was expelled. The note notes purchase from A F E Steere and sale by L O Gale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
A. F E. Steere
Goodwin, S. D
Joelz Demont
Inwood
Towa
L. O. Gale
One Minute Cough Cure Advert and Odd Claims
A fragmented ad layout promotes Rocky Mountain Tea with a 30 day cure claim and 35 cents price. It also recounts a Chester Michigan note praising One Minute Cough Cure for croup and throat issues, attributed to L. O. Gale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Scallin
A. L. Spafford
Chester
Mich
L. O. Gale
Low Fares to Be Tried on Sheffield Tramway
Universal penny fares will be tested for six months on Sheffield municipal electric tramway system. The move aims to provide affordable transit, with officials seeking to assess passenger demand and financial impact during the trial period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
England
Municipal
Sys
Ancient Chinese Bank Note Uncovered in Pekin Ruins
The British Museum notes a fourteenth century Chinese bank bill found inside a Buddha statue in Pekin. It highlights that paper money did not reach Europe until the seventeenth century. Doctors advise Burdock Blood Bitters to cure dyspepsia and constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Pekin
Europe
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertised for Teething
An old remedy touted for teething needs claims sixty years of use by millions of mothers. It soothes pain, relieves wind colic, and treats diarrhoea. sold by druggists worldwide for twenty five cents a bottle. Consumers are urged to ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and avoid other brands.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Endorsement From Texas Reader
A San Antonio reader drug praises DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as the best family medicine. The advertisement claims the pills cure constipation biliousness sick headache and liver troubles and notes broad support from other unnamed readers across social ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
H. Williams
San Antonio
Tex
L. O. Gale
How the Trusts Grow Emerges From Three-Year Span
Within three and one half years 83 trusts formed with aggregate capital of 4,318,005,646 dollars.
Secret of Long Life Promoted by Electric Bitters
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as life extending by regulating stomach liver and kidneys purifying blood and boosting appetite. It claims cure across kidney troubles female complaints nervous disorders constipation dyspepsia malaria with a guarantee and 50 cents price through dealer H. Scallin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Scallin
Ely's Cream Balm praised as remedy for catarrh
Advert reads Ely's Cream Balm as medicine above all for catarrh with testimonials from B W Sperry of Hartford and J C Olmstead of Arcola. It claims no irritation or sneezing and lists a 50 cent price with mail order from Ely Brothers in New York. Also notes London sale of 1840 penny stamps at about 100 pounds for a sheet of 119 unused stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
B. W. Sperry
Hartford
Conn
J. C. Olmstead
Arcola
Ely Brothers
Warren St
New York
London
Trouble Begins With Kidney Trouble Says Deans Pills
A Fergus Falls Minnesota city official testifies in 1898 that Mrs Hyatt suffered back pain and urinary trouble from deranged kidneys. After a Dean's Kidney Pills course the symptoms disappeared. The ad notes 50 cents a box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sale agents. Remember the name Dean's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
John Hyatt
Fergus Falls
Minn
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Record Price Paid for Louis XVI Clock
A clock made for Louis XVI of France fetched £33600 at auction. The high price was paid by a member of the Rothschild family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XVI
France
Rothschilds
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Bereta
Mitchell and
APP
Frulargo
Aber
PTIOK
Ty Wa
Sions
A. J. Gifford
Alexandria
John Grace
L. Branson
First National Bank
Bixler & Co
Cleveland
S. H. Scallin
Busin
W. ©. Williamson
Amherst
High
Deana
Butterfield
Teilor
West Indies
Lony Drug Store
Puck
Wood
George
Thomas
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