Cold exposure linked to deaths and habits noted by Chronicle
The Chicago Chronicle warns that deaths from disease often tie to catching cold, caused by slow circulation and resting indoors. It notes prevention and recovery rely on steady temperature and activity, with a sharp critique of improper cooling and funeral practices observed in the era. It then reports on a long-settled death in England and a South Dakota obituary detailing five surviving children and funeral arrangements.
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Chicago Chronicle
Patroniz
Nice
Wamspring of -sLife Claim Promises Universal Digestive Remedy
Ad copy touts Miona tablets as a universal stomach remedy restoring secretions, stopping germ growth, curing headaches, rheumatic pains, nervousness, sleeplessness, and debility. Scaulin Brothers guarantee a 500 cent box will cure or nothing, asserting lasting digestion relief and general health benefits.
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Hanks
Scaulin Brothers
1906 World Almanac and En cyclopedia as pocket reference
The 1906 World Almanac is praised as a compact pocket reference library with 680 pages offering solid facts and figures. It is described as a practical Neo ple’s book for readers who cannot afford a full library and as its own best advertisement.
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En “Cyclopedia
Library of Reference
Death of an Old Settler Mrs Elizabeth Cox
Notice from Alexandria Journal reports the death of Mrs Elizabeth Cox a longtime resident near Rock City. She died January 1906 at her daughter Mrs C V Billman’s home after thirty two years in the area. Born March 23 1629 in Portsmouth England she married Richard E in Ashton on August 10 1856.
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Ken Lolt
Mitchell
Carrie Sherwane
Utah
G. V. Billman
Sherman
M. E. Church
J. Hi. Dimmitt
Greenhill Cemetery
Elizabtes Cox
Alexandria
Ben Holt
Elizabeth
C. V. Billman
Rockwhere
Genizaneet ‘Shortland
Pomemouth
Hamp
England
Meried
Richard E
Ashton
Hyomei Inhaler Offers Simple Catarrh Cure
The Hyomei inhaler delivers balsamic healing to nose and throat, killing catarrhal germs and soothing mucous membranes. It is advertised as the simplest and only guaranteed cure for catarrh. Complete outfit priced at 1.00 with extra bottle 50 cents, sold by Scallin Bros.
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Scallin Bros
Mitchells Poultry Show Promises Education for Dakota Youth
Dakota farmer urges payed poultry lovers to attend the Mitchell show January 29 to February 3, praising the event as top in quality and variety. He argues railroads should offer free passes for Dakota youths under sixteen to boost egg production and poultry shipments nationwide.
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Dakota
Mitchell
Women Relief Corps members celebrate deeds and installs
Lux C Mouton reports on Faulkton W R C activities including a $1500 soldiers monument, fundraisers from October to year end, rug gifts to Hot Springs Soldiers Home, and a debt free year. Kilpatrick Post and corps install officers January 5 6 with memorial pictures and social hour. Obvious call to recruit more members and active work.
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Robert Anderson W. R. C
Aberdeen
Department
Hot Springs
Almena Stowell
Kilpatrick Post
Corps of Huron
W. R.G
Philip Lawrence
J. B. Geddes
Matilda H. Lawrence
Jarvis
Ella S. Wood
Post
Corps
Shana
Parks
Dottie Merritt
Miss Reed
Cal McRead
Joe Hooker W. R. C
Sioux Falls
Walgamuth
Lukens
D. P. GC
Carnegie Library
Lyon W
Selfish prayer from Glimpses of Ancient Hackney
The excerpt presents a satirical prayer by a landowner boasting nine city estates and recent purchases in Essex. He asks for protection of counties Middlesex and Essex from disaster, mercy for his mortgagees and debtors, safe voyage for his insured mermaid sloop, and perpetual honesty from his servants to safeguard his property.
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Hackney
London
Bessex
Middlesex
Emssex
Hertfordshire
J. L
Milton on his works and early poem
Milton ranked Paradise Regained above Paradise Lost and expressed surprise at opposing views. He regarded On the Morning of Christ's Nativity as his best work, noting it was his earliest poem written in 1629 at age twenty one.
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Milton
Captain S W Rathbun Nominated for Iowa Governor
Iowa papers note Captain S W Rathbun editor of the Marion Register as a Republican gubernatorial candidate. The former Mitchell resident once led the Mitchell Capital, sold it in 1883 to current managers, and served as Mitchell postmaster until 1884. He was active in pioneer settlement and real estate.
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Mitchell
Cap
Captain Rathbun
Iowa
G. G. Rathbun
Keokuk
Mount Vernon
S. W. Rathbun
Marion Register
Govenor
Mitchell Capital
Rathbun
O Brien recounts 1882 plot to seize Dublin Castle
In his Recollections William O Brien recalls a plan to seize Dublin Castle during a Royal Irish Constabulary strike. He would deploy a thousand constables, seize the viceroy and chief secretary, cut wires, and spark a nationwide revolt, with Parnell as the sole confidant. Parnell doubted the scheme and dismissed it with a wry remark.
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William O’brien
Dublin Castle
Royal Irish Constabulary
O’brien
Upper Castle Yard
Parnell
Morrison’s
Avondale
Harcourt Street
Do I Want an Automobile from Everybody's humor
Eustene Wood offers a humorous essay about wanting an automobile. He sketches obstacles like cellar, attic, and front stoop space and jokes about nurserymen selling cars for every family member. The piece teases practical limits with playful wordplay on garazh pronunciation.
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Eustene Wood
Nuseryman
Trouble Borrower and the Loom of Worry
A wry aphorism notes that those who borrow trouble tend to stock excess gloom. The line suggests shifting time and lending it elsewhere as a remedy, with humor framing a practical insight about mindset and consequences.
Patience as Support of Strength Colton Quote
A brief quotation attributed to Colton notes patience as the support of strength and impatience as its ruin, framing patience as essential for endurance and resilience.
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Colton
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Department OF South Dakota
Woman’s Relief Corps
Lux C. Mouton
Faulkton
Man
Throne of Mercy
MR. O’brien
W.H. Conyes
Bidwell Land
Bradfield Regulator GO
Atlanta
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