Mitchell Evening News Items and Local Notices
Local notes from Mitchell include social events, business ads, and updates on residents. Joe Dodd visits from Artesian. C W Boggs ill with grippe. Plankinton firemen plan a masquerade ball with Mandolin Club music. Also covered are travel of Dr. Pettit patients, legal matters, theater news, church notices, and upcoming farmers institute programs with detailed schedules and speakers.
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Joe Dodd
Artesian
C. W. Boggs
Plankinton
Mandolin Club
Lord & Thomas
Chicago
S. H. Reymond
Benj. Turgeon
Chamberlain
B. A. Bobb
Olmstead
United States
Marshal Sommers
Sioux Falls
Deadwood
Poe’s The Bells First Printed in Sartain Magazine
The New York Tribune recalls Poe’s late visit to John Sartain in his Sansom Street house after Moyamensing incarceration for drunkenness. Poe hid for two days to escape imagined conspirators, even having his beard cut to avoid recognition. Sartain paid $15 for two stanzas of The Bells, then $45 after add ons before publication.
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John Sartain
Poe
Sansom Street
Sartain
Moyamensing
Stevyen
New York Tribune
Deaf Smith Hero of San Jacinto Victory
The deaf colonel Smith ignored a retreat order and continued fighting on the right wing at San Jacinto. His action rallied the troops and led to the defeat and capture of Santa Anna's Mexican army. A Texas county is named Deaf Smith in his honor.
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Deaf Smith
San Jacinto
Santa Anna
Houston
Smith
Texas
Possum Talk Sparks Prayer and Humor in Possum Tale
An elderly character named Uncle Claybrook prays and holds one sided conversations with God. He imagines possum in blessings and thanks, asking the Lord to make both possum and liver ripe together. The scene ends with him humming a camp meeting tune while eyeing liver in a butcher shop.
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Claybrook
Darky
Cicero T. Sutton
The
Owensboro Inquirer
Rugs and Moving Affects Tenants in NW Town Rows
A Northwest town landlord warns rugs trigger longer leases than carpets as he notes six of seven row houses lost tenants within two years. He claims rugowners face a year-long lease, while carpeted homes stay put. An anecdote highlights a post office official awaiting service, and a department head’s irritation at a man reading a newspaper for hours.
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C. B. Clark
G. A. R. Post
Hot Springs
Deadwood
Clark
Huron
Aberdeen
Crane of
Mitchell
Twin Cities
Crane
Western Union
Washington Post
Post Office
Strand Magazine
Elephant Life In the Jungles
A vivid portrait of elephants guiding navigation through dense jungles where mud slows travel to a crawl. The piece highlights the elephant’s patient, deliberate footwork and the thrill of an elephant stampede described as unmatched by any other force.
Lion Taming and the Art of Fear in the Zoo
Experienced lion handlers argue that taming lions rests on terror and food control rather than art. They claim the beast’s intelligence is limited and its ferocity dominates, leaving no room for humane training or persuasion.
Youthful Witness in Opera House Case Cited by Judge
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls a courtroom moment where a pipe man in a bare company confirms being the last to perform on the old opera house stage. The judge questions the witness about his timing and involvement.
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Samuel Griffith
Dora Williams
Lovell
Clara Hanmer Theatre Co
Grand Opera House
Judge Abbey
Mitchell
Detroit Free Press
Franklin's Grave Needs Respectful Restoration Now
A 19th century critique laments the neglect of Benjamin Franklin's grave. It notes a bare site, no substantial headstone, and an old marble slab worn by time. The sexton cites Franklin's wish for plainness, urging the American people to fund and maintain the resting place alongside his wife.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Washington
Firehouse talk and a legendary jumper in Cleveland
A Cleveland Leader item recounts Chicago era tales of firemen including a ladder balancing expert from Kansas City and a fearless stream-surfing jumper nicknamed Orks. Superintendent Murphy jokes about the Corks and recalls a light, daredevil fireman who rode water streams to the fifth floor.
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Corks
Murphy
Kansas City
Cleveland
Mr. Murphy
Modest yet Self Reliant Grant Shown in Anecdote
Mrs. Sherwood recalls General Grant’s modesty and self reliance. An English officer called him learned, but Grant said he aimed to get there not to show genius. At West Point, professors rose to honor him, causing his cadet terror before he relaxed greeting all.
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Grant
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
London
Sherman
Lee
McPherson
General Grant
West Point
Boy Takes Cake Lead to Political Fame
A Philadelphia North American note recalls a boy who stole the largest piece of cake at tea, upsetting his parents at the time but foreshadowing his rise to prominence as a great politician years later.
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Fatara
Philadelphia
Humorous Vignettes on Quacks and Fashionable Folly
A chiropodist misleads a patient with a spoof prescription Looshoo meaning loose shoe and proves effective. A Philadelphia visitor misunderstands the term biddle in Current Literature. A North country widow seeks a pipe to curl her fringe after escaping a fire, highlighting need and humor.
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Strand Magazine
Train wreck injures famed halfback Jones
A derailed train plunged down a steep embankment trapping Jones, the world renowned half back, under a heavy beam with a pipe around his neck and a pillow forcing breath. Rescuers freed him as he asked how many yards were gained on that down.
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Jones
Cleveland
Lace Shopping Scene Echoes Public Demand
In a busy store the lace department hums with four anxious shoppers and a fifth woman who asks for a wider piece. The saleswoman reveals a $15 a yard lace as the crowd watches, and the fifth woman exits, murmuring about price as the others stand speechless.
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Washington Post
Portrait Eyes and the Moving Pupil Mystery
The New York Press explains that oil portraits seem to follow observers because the pupils stay centered as the observer moves. In real life the pupil would not stay centered unless the head turned, solving a simple perceptual puzzle.
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New York Press
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Chas. Lowe
Kansas
Geo. Lowe
Charlie
Oberlin
Kan
Rye
Madison Square Theatre Co
Misa Grace Howard
New York
Miss Howard
White River
Cuba
Mr. Williams
Miss Hanmer
Mr. Griffith
Capt. Almonte
Miss Lovell
Cecil
Miralda
Lizzie Arland
Mt. Vernon
Farmers’ Institute
Board of Education
J. M. Wood
Vermillion
H. W. Dunbar
Crow Creek
M. E. Spooner
Beresford
Spooner & Nordaker
C. W. Adams
Kirksville, Mo
Scott
James River
Milwaukee Road
City
Mr. Fillmore
Episcopal Church
Frank Durant
D. B. Thayer
Highmore
J. A. Gheen
Sioux City
Yankton Reservation
Plotner House
Land Office
Jim River
Rowley Farm
F. Widmann
I. W. Seaman
J. Q. Anderson
St. Paul
Henry Noble
Milwaukee
Mrs. Noble
L. E. Stair
Fulton
Degree of Honor Lodge
Henry Parry
Hiltan
John Evans
Mr. Evans
A. F. Grimm
Parkston
Plymouth Rocks
S. G. Scoville
Hanson Street
C. E. Vermilyea
Salvation Army
Gaffey
Liston
Minneapolis
Geo. A. Silsby
H. E. Hitchcock
H.G. Nichole
Sanborn
Illinois
Iowa
Woonsocket
Institute
Court House
O. L. Branson
Geo. Watson
F.C. Hoffman
Enos Champlin
Agricultural College
Brookings
Mutual Farm Insurance
C. H. Grimm
C. W. McConnell
Emma Harker
Graham
Frank Weller
M. A. Reeves
R. E. Jones
S. M. Smith
H. H. Garey
E. A. Bur
John Parker
Geo. B. Kelsey
E. J. Quigley
South Dakota
A. E. Hitchcock
St. Louis Republic
Benjamin
Franklin Deborabi
Philadelphia Times
Pittsburg Dispatch
Biddle
Boston
Baltimore
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