Civil Calendar Progress in Mitchell Circuit Court Session
The Mitchell circuit court moved to a civil calendar after finishing all criminal cases. Prosecutor Spangler touts a clean record for the term as juries decide civil suits. Friday a verdict awarded Meil Haggenson 539.00 from James Keene, with T. J. Spangler for Haggenson and Preston & Hannett for Keene. Monday Ink vs Roche ended with a verdict for Roche. Tuesday Koch vs Luncheon began, with the jury to rule on the commission for collecting notes.
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Circuit Court
Spangler
Meil Haggenson
James Keene
Haggenson
T. J. Span
Workmen Lodge Installs New Officers At Odd Fellows Supper
Supreme Master Workman Narvis and Grand Master Workman Simmons attended a Tuesday meeting where Patrick Brennan was installed as master workman and new candidates were initiated. Narvis highlighted twenty years of fraternal benefit payments totaling over 500 million, with Workmen contributing about 150 million. Afterward the group moved to the Odd Fellows hall for an oyster supper.
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Workman
W Narvis
Simmons
Narvis
Lodge
Patrick Brennan
Order
Odd Fellows Call
Evangelistic Services Led by Dr Homer Stuntz in City Hall
The evangelistic series in the city hall featured Dr Homer Stuntz delivering morning and evening sermons to large audiences. The messages focused on Christian unity and God's ownership of man, with strong emphasis on genuine faith and personal obligation to God. The choir and Mrs Samuel Weir provided the musical highlight.
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Homer S Stuntz
Stuntz
God
Dr. Stunt
Control of Railroad Finance and Regulation
The Chicago Record Herald urges strict state and federal control of railroad finance and rate making. It notes proposals for Commerce Commission power to regulate dividend increases and new stock issues and predicts substantial extensions of the act’s salutary principle to curb abuses affecting shippers and consumers.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Commerce Commission
Farm Estate Sale Near Mitchell With Goods and Livestock
Notice announces a sale Friday at 10 a.m. two miles west of Mitchell including horses, two year old heifers, a fresh milking cow, machinery such as a Moline gang plow riding cultivator and pulverizer, plus household goods. Terms cash for amounts up to 310 and interest on larger sums with a 2 percent cash discount on sums over 10. Auctioneers J. S. Serverson & Son with clerk H. R. Kibnde e. Proprietor H Clearwater.
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Asia Fe
Mitchell
J. S. Serverson
Auction Sale Near Mitchell and Loomis Details
Public auction set for Tuesday February 5 at 8 oclock four miles west and three miles north of Mitchell and other reference points. Items include 34 horses 243 cattle 15 hogs farm machinery and household goods with cash terms 2 percent discount for cash over 310 and time to November 1 1907. Col J S Serverson and Son auctioneers L J Weich clerk Carl Ortman proprietor.
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Mitchell
Loomis
Mt. Vernon
Aberdeen
McCormick
J. S. Serverson & Son
L. J. Weich
Carl Ortman
Expression of Gratitude for Minstrel Performance
The Knights of Columbus and the committee of arrangements thank the gentlemen who donated time and talent for the minstrel show. A large crowd deemed it the best ever and felt they got their money’s worth. Gratitude is extended to local businessmen and the public for courteous treatment and liberal patronage.
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Knights of Columbus
Committee of
The Stale Bread Habit Of Hungarians
The article describes Hungarians preserving stale rye bread, the Rozskenyer, stored for months or years. It notes large five pound loaves bought for about 3 to 4 cents, baked daily in advance to ensure a year’s supply. It contrasts Hungarian planning with other Europeans.
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Hungary
African irrigation practices noted in Southern Workman excerpt
The Southern Workman describes diverse African irrigation methods among groups such as Bongos Angolas Wachangu and other communities. It highlights practical irrigation on terraced hillsides, the use of elevated canals and banana stem conduits to distribute water across fields and gardens.
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Kongo
Baldwin and Rambo in a wary parting at night
In a Chicago Tribune blurb, Baldwin urges Rambo to leave together. Rambo protests that he is not too drunk to go home, while Baldwin insists he is merely sober enough to warrant company.
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Baldwin
Rambo
Chicago Tribune
Local notes and social happenings in Ethan area
Ethan and vicinity greet visitors and crowd events as residents attend court in Mitchell and entertain guests. Masquerade at Tetey's hall praised with prizes to Miss Annie Ahern and August Bauer. Teachers, pupils rehearse for big evening show, and a Saturday school meeting with free lunch is reported.
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Ethan
Vayler
Okliahems
G. A. Sw
Barling
Mitchell
Phil Crampton
Catherine Augium
Ed. Barker
O. K
Sioux Falls
Chas. Denman
Tetey
Hiail
Annie Ahern
August Bauer
John Reinartz
Parktsoo
WB. Tobey’s
Enos Meyer
Bride
Chas Larson
Wallace Gleason
Browntown
Wis
Watcr
Gertrude Hollmwan
EDS Vee
Dixon
Alexandria
Davises and visitors mix in Ethan town notes
Ethan highlights include Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Davis of Alexandria visiting, a local musical company, gatherings at the Cathout home, and socializing with the Esley and Enos Meyers. Gleason fun and ice house abundance mix with farm and market updates, plus a D of H meeting and drills for an upcoming entertainment.
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Ethan
A. L. Davis
Alexandria
Esley Meyer
Enos Meyer
Cathout
L. A. Oathout
Mitchell
Wallace Gleason
Gleason
Trow
M. W. Cathout
W.S. Snyder
Sioux Falls
Riverside Notes Visit and School Progress
Miss Margaret McGivern visited Mitchell on Sunday and attended church in the evening. The county superintendent of schools visited our school Wednesday afternoon and found everything in good running order kept so by our effort.
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Edith Corcoran
Mitchell
Alvee Piestay
Henry Selulte
Julio Schultz
Ladies Aid Society
Henry Schultz
Viamsland
S. W. Rowley
Hethel
Albert Otterson
Wallis
Pauline Ames
Dolley Netzre
C. D. DeMotte
Petersburg
Neo
Riverside
Margaret McGivern
County Superintendent of Schools
Chinese Emblems and Afghan Humor in Historic Notes
An antique piece recalls a Chinese flag with a dragon and sun, a claim of a 100 000 strong fleet wrecked by a storm, and a humorous Afghan anecdote about Abdur Rahman warning against Russians as a man is escorted to a watch tower.
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Gorner
Japan
Abdur Rahman
Ameer
Afghanistan
A & Man
Erriva
Why We Get Indigestion Cooking Changes Digestive Claim
A medical man argues that modern ovens cause more dyspepsia than other devices. He notes cooks bake rather than roast, the spit dog nearly extinct, and confined-space cooking impairs digestibility versus open-fire methods where gases escape.
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Aucti Ucth
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Claires Trow
E. P. Sand
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Geo. Sand
Chicago
George
Bert Dupey
Minnesota
Lisbon
Nicolaisen
Neugebauer
Frank Greene
Wm. Bray
Art Davis
A. A. Jenks
Hathway
Vith
Davis
Art Gardner
Ethel
Maurice Kern
Scott Decker
Hays
Vine Greene
Frank
Cropsey
L. H. Annis
L. M. Sampson
Far East
Hostetter
O. Hi. Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
Dr. King
Gillis
Commonwealth
Bostonians
L. E. Stair
S. Main St
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W. Hl. Gonyes
Childrens Shoes
Waterbury & Klousia
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