Prosper township education notes and public school events
Certificates of award issued to William Smith Pearl Pratt Ray Thorndyke Louie Holmes and Mae Noll. A new flag raised at Union No 28. Lisbon No 21 chair appointed. Plans for county wide Washington Lincoln and Res Perty birthdays celebration with school groups and revival notices. Miss Emma Strand held a successful school event with funds and a donation. A demand for Filipino names and addresses as readers seek historical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton
William P Obin
William Smith
Lisbon No. 21
Vhe Atkison
Mitchell
Magellan
Emma Strand
Rapoor
No. 20
Jon
Yvesland Deeds
Washington, Lincoln
Res Perty
Beulah Nood
Badger
Brendon
Mt. Vernon
Union
Beulah
Prosper
Rome
Pratt
Doyle
Lisbon
Baker
Tobin
Hofstetter
Ethan
Elocution Recital Draws Sparse Crowd in Prosper
In Prosper on Saturday a small appreciative audience heard Miss Risner and other locals perform. Visitors include Miss Northa Slater of Iowa visiting sister Mrs. William Kruse. Notes on local praises, hog purchases, corn husking, and a lengthy El epiphany trip by Mr Scheick are mentioned alongside school and Educational Column quips about ninth graders and a remark on Ethan High School pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosper
California
Badger
Hazel Lewis
May Jones
Minnie Hoffman
O. W. Coursey
Harry Foged
Wm. Tyler
Slater
Lowa
Wm. Kruse
Scheick
Epiphany
O. W
Supper Attendance and Local Moves in Badger
Badger notes a light turnout for Mr. Clark's Monday supper due to cooler weather. Ralph Clark returns from Sioux Falls and plans Loomis housekeeping after repairs. Vid Smith repossesses a horse and cutter, recovers damaged harness and repairs the blanket with his blacksmith skills. Ralph Clark moves a house to Loomis as church dedication materializes for next Sunday January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Meinke
E. S. Johnston
Mitchell
Mt. Vernon
Ora Wells
Robert
Laura Saul
Mae Perry
Ludwig Ottum
Redfield
Ottum
L. A. Mabbott
Plankinton
J. R. Marsu
J.C. Bryant
J. E. Grown
Plankinton W. R. C
C. C. Fitch
Mc. Vernon
Badger
Ralph Clark
Loomis
Farmhouse Burned In Lisbon After Fire Start On Second Floor
Last week in Lisbon the Owens farm house burned to the ground due to a defective flue on the second floor. The couple saved nearly all belongings and had just stopped for dinner. Several local moves and family health updates follow in brief notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Rway Owens
Stage
Wright
E.V. Green
John Schmidt
Clyde Scholes
Mitchell
Fred Barnard
Washington State
Caryey
Howard
Dr. Smiley
Mt. Vernon
Young man urged to trust self in iron heart
A notice from Scallin Bros promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with a tea and tablet form priced at 35 cents. The ad urges self confidence and asserts the product will “do the business.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Scallin Bros
Emily Settled. Long Haired Visitor Poem on Snow Rejected
A brief exchange shows an editor refusing a poem written on snow, insisting on paper. The timid visitor provides a snow poem but is dismissed. The scene ends with the editor directing someone to turn a knob to the right as a greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily
Sharp Dig Exchange Over Aging Remark
A brief exchange reports Mrs Knox making a sharp comment about age. Mrs Buxom counters that Knox did not claim aging but said the speaker still looks young, highlighting a witty insult about appearances.
Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Promises Freedom From Taxes
An old line boasts of a cure named Rocky Mountain Tea offering relief from taxes and rent with bold claims of wealth by not paying. The brief, from Scallin Pros, presents a sensational sales pitch for a tonic as a superior remedy.
The Doctor's Expectation and a Fashion Tip
A humorous exchange recalls a patient awaiting discharge while billing is settled. An old quip about a clumsy man stepping on a lady's skirt adds a light moral about prompt apology and courtesy.
Proper Skinning Techniques For Beef Hides And Cattle Skins
Instructions on skinning hides with a close knife, salting methods for cattle hides, and how improper skinning causes losses estimated at over one million dollars annually. Also notes a lack of space for illustrations and promotes a 36 page illustrated book from Northwestern Hideour Co. Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Hideour Co
Minneapolis
Minn
French Leave Origin Traced to 18th Century Etiquette
Article explains the origin of the term French leave as a social custom from France and England in the 1700s. It cites Chesterfield and Jekyll on leaving gatherings without formal host departure and notes the French term se retirer a l Anglaise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Chesterfield
Jekyll
London
Adventures of a blockade runner known as Pobart Pasha
In his memoirs he recounts Civil War service as Captain Rob erts, aiding blockade runners. He claims forty of sixty-six ships that left England for Wilmington and New York were captured or lost, with profits noted from cotton and garments and many vessels burned or scuttled to avoid capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pobart Pasha
Roberts
England
New York
Wilmington
Chambers’ Journal
An Artimictical Wonder of Seating Permutations
A playful exploration shows twelve people dining daily at one meal per day would take 13,000,000 years to exhaust all possible seating orders. It lists factorials up to twelve as 1 2 6 24 120 720 5040 40320 362880 3628800 39916800 479001600, highlighting the rapid growth in arrangements.
An Unreasonable Fellow
A Chicago gossip column notes the feisty quarrel between a woman and her fiancé Jim as she complains of his seriousness when she stirs petty trouble to cure boredom. The friend questions why she continues the game. The piece captures social tensions and flirtatious intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Chicago Vost
Postneptial Quip Sparks Brooklyn Life Reunion
Widow and husband spar over old love letters as tales of fishing and bear hunting spark a domestic vignette in Brooklyn Life. The quarrel turns on memory and nature versus nurture in a playful exchange.
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C. W. Vourley
Tritie John Wagner
Earl Comfort
Eva
Evie
Wilbur Clutes
Henry Hendrickson
Maud Hofstetter
Tilda Oleson
Prosper No. 1
Oliver Pine
Broklyn
Leager
Mederine
Reonle
Mederin
Mederine Remedy CO
Duluth
Scallin Bros., Mitchell, S. D
Worcester Kemp
America
Lininger & Metcalf Co
Omawa Nebr
Perrys
OD. M. Ferry & CO
Vetroit, Mich
Prince Maras Desians
Solldway
Munn & Go
New Y York
Wash
Foley
J. H. Browning
D.D.S
Orrick
G. Vacher
Osgood St
Chicago
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