Mitchells Educational Institution at Dakota Wesleyan University Progress
Improvements during 1904 at Dakota Wesleyan University push growth across all areas. Century Memorial Hall nears completion at about 75000, College Hall gains four story upgrades and new rooms with electric lighting, and science and commercial departments receive major overhauls. Memorial furnishings, society halls, library expansion, and a larger chemistry space mark a broad modernization. Enrollment stands at 368 for winter term with 420 distinct students enrolled this year, signaling strong advance.
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Dakota Wesleyan University
College Hall
Lardner
Miappa-Philo
Daedalians
Thalians
J. O. Dobson
Commercial Department
Commercial School
Memorial Hall
Holmes, Luce & Co
Boston
Huron Epworth League
Mitchell
The Retort Amiable in Domestic Banter
A sharp exchange shows Mistress objecting to her partner’s numerous callers while Domestic quips that better courtesy might bring her more friends, echoing social snubs and rivalries in a witty domestic scene.
Misdiagnosis Revealed in Cleveland Leader Cartoon
Dr Cutts admits misdiagnosis of a patient as appendicitis. Dr Slash asks what the operation showed. Cutts replies the man had no money, highlighting a satirical jab in Cleveland Leader.
Cruel Fate's Favors in a Prose Poem Sketch
A humorous verse scene contrasts a rejected poet with his wife receiving only millinery invitation letters, capturing domestic frustration and irony in a Brooklyn Life mood piece.
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Brooklyn Life
On and Off. Knobbs and Snobbs stage exchange noted
A Princeton Tiger quip recalls Knobbs and Snobbs as a stage moment where Knobbs is egged on by poverty and the gallery eggs him off, capturing a local theater boisterousness with wit and audience reaction.
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Princeton
Tiger
Newlywed Advice Fixes Bachelor Spendings
A witty exchange contrasts bachelor miserliness with married life. The newlywed explains that a man with savings buys something for his wife, not another woman, highlighting domestic thrift.
Offer and Acceptance in a Mock Dilemma
A dialogue exchanges a hint of courtship and commerce. He offers his hand and his fortune. She rebuffs both, finding the hand too large and the fortune too small for her.
The Touch and Jiu Jitsu Quip in The Chicago Record Herald
An excerpt contrasts dialogue about duty with a quip on jiu jitsu. The Line-played exchange notes a small man using a mere touch to bring a big man to grief. The dialogue then references repeated grief from a touch, hinting at satire in The Chicago Record-Herald.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Dressing to Outdress Mrs Asterbilt Causes Stir
A witty exchange from Three Reasons mocks millinery and dress bills as outrageous while a wife claims she aims to look nicer than her servants. A second quip from Llous ton J'ost involves a young woman explaining two reasons to worry a suitor: desire and disapproval from her father, plus another admirer.
Drunkenness Cured Claim By Orrine Company
An advertisement touts Orrine as a cure for the liquor habit with a money back guarantee from the Orrine Company Inc of Washington. It offers Orrine No 1 in flavorless liquid form and Orrine No 2 as pills at $1 per package, marketed by J H Ferris druggist in the city.
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Orrine Company
Lnc
Washington, D. C
J. H. Ferris
For Sale Piano and Organ Collection Offered
A local music dealer advertises twelve new pianos and fifteen new organs from January 10 to February 1, with cash offers only. Makes include Baldwin Merrifield Smith Barnes Haddorf Estey Western Cottage and others. HH. G. Nichols notes strong personal motivation behind the sale.
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Baldwin
Merrifield
Smith & Barnes
Haddorf
Estey
Western Cottage
HH. G. Nichols
General Music Dealer
Forestry Reserve Origins and Public Land Policy
The first forestry reserves aimed to preserve forest land but later became central to national land policy. They supply wood water and grass essential for founding homes, reflecting Pinchot's view that reserves form the backbone of national resource management.
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Gifford Pinchor
Blood Purifier S S S Restores Health in Altoona Man
In Altoona on June 20 1903 John F Lear describes twelve years of eczema with blotches scales and severe itching. He credits S S S blood purifier for drying the eruption and restoring health noting only two spots remain and plans to continue treatment. He urges others with similar afflictions to try the remedy at 125 East Fifth Ave.
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Altoona
Ariend
S. S.S
East Fifth Ave
John F. Lear
Blood Purifier S S S Promises Permanent Skin Cure
While washes relieve temporarily they do not reach the disease. The blood must be purified before the cure is permanent. S S S contains no potash arsenic or mineral of any description and is guaranteed purely vegetable. Send for our free book on the skin and its diseases. Our physicians will advise without charge any who write. Atlanta Ga.
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S.S.S
Npany
Atlanta
Church gathering at city hall discusses strength through faith
A Wednesday evening meeting in the city hall gallery drew a full crowd as Dr Nicholson and church members shared what their faith grants them. The discussion centered on bearing burdens with Christlike strength and the hope that comes from Jesus in life and adversity. The after meeting continued with earnest preaching and reflection.
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Nicholson
Jesus Christ
Trol lister's Rocky Mountain Tea
A spring tonic for the whole family promising health for summer. It claims to help little ones eat sleep and grow and is sold by Seallin Bros for 35 cents in tea or tablet form.
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Trollister
Seallin Bros
Damages Asked After Scottish Rail Collision
An old man with a badly damaged head refuses damages after a railway collision near a Scottish country town. A local attorney asks for damages, but the injured man retorts that he was not the one who hit the train.
No remarkable first sight says a cynical friend
A humorous exchange questions whether love at first sight is remarkable and suggests true rarity lies in long looks. A Baltimore Fire reminder reports wheat burning seven months after the blaze near Smith's Wharf, described as intensely hot and visually distinct. A brief poker quip contrasts work with gambling.
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Baltimore
Raleigh C. Thomas
District Commission of
Smith’s Wharf
Pleasant Smile Featured As Grand Gift
The piece extols smiling as a gift not a social duty. It contrasts the genuine pleasant smile with the stereotype duty smile or patronizing politeness, urging restraint in social ease and speaking less.
Notice of Petition for Letters of Administration
South Dakota Davison County In County Court estate of Margaret Haigh deceased Lizzie Murphy Emma Roberts and Fred Hale heirs at law and next of kin Fred Hinteh filed petition for Letters of Administration Hearing set for Saturday January 71 1005 at 16 o clock at the Court House Mitchell Davison County Persons interested may appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted Dated Mitchell S D January A D 1005 W ABBEY Judge County Court CATTRELL Clerk N HANNETT Attorneys for Petitioner
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State of
South Dakota
Davison
Martha J. Carmack
Mary L. Monroe
Myrtle Caroline Monroe
Martha Genevieve Monroe
Martha J Carmack
Mitchell
Richard Ellis
W. Abbey
S. Cattrell
Margaret Haigh
Lizzie Murphy
Emma Roberts
Fred Hale
Fred Hinteh
S. D
A.D
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Dakota Wesylan University
C. V. Gilliland
Serloun
Papa
Llouston J’ost
Orrine
Harry
Jack
Boston Transcript
W. J. Fra
Sompy’s
AT Sea Yard
W. J. Frad & CO
John Hagge
Dray and
J. A. Reed’s
J. E. Wells
Farmer City Property
Mitchell, So. Dak
S. C. Wherry
S. DB
Offise Qvor
Presson & Hannett
RUH & Garton
Tin
West First Street
L. E. Stair
Mitchell, S. D
Atcchison Globe
Nichols’s Abstract, Loan & Trust CO
Prescott
Cattrell
N. Hannett
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C
Western National Bank of Mitchell
United States
Thomas Po Kane
Western National Bank of
T. P. Rane
Seal
Ioda
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Morai D. Gepford
Mamie R. Gepford
J.N. Crow
Postoffice
Edmond R. Bristol
Anna J. Bristol
Edmond R.bristol
John ©. Roth
Anna. J. Bristol
Edmond K. Bristol
Free M, Taubert, Dresser & Dyer
Bryan Ave.n
Minneapolis, Minn
Foley Skidney
Siadder
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