Mitchell News Highlights From January Local Briefs
Rev Fraser assists in Parkston evangelistic meeting and officials such as Mayor Silsby Senator Branson and Representative Betts return to Pierre. The Young People’s Club hosts a dancing party at Mitchell Club rooms. concerts by Nichols’s mandolin club and a Milwaukee line excursion arrive home from Minneapolis. Various visits, appointments, and business trips fill the week with births, relocations, and upcoming events including a Feb 3 Cosgrove Concert at the opera house and a Parker district Degree of Honor meeting.
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A. D. D. Fraser
Parkston
Dr. Love
Silsby
Aberdeen
O. L. Branson
Repre Sentative
Nichols
Frank A. Gibbs
Sioux City
Milwaukee Road
Minneapolis
Eastern Star Chapter
Masonic Hall
Chas. Gottschalk
City
Grand Opera House
Abel
Branson
Bridgewater
Glen Hopkins
Pierre
State Publishing Co
Co. Hamilton
Columbia House
Will Scriven
Toitake
Sanborn
Mitchell
Cosgrove Concert
Athletic Association of the University
Opera House
Card of Thanks: thanks for sympathy in bereavement hour
We express gratitude to many kind friends for their sympathy and hospitalities during this hour of bereavement.
Socialist town council in Mulhausen pays unemployed workers
In Mulhausen Alsace Lorraine the socialist town council has decided to pay two shillings a day to all unemployed workmen in the town signaling early social welfare measures in a European context.
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Mulhausen
Alsace-Lorraine
Dinner Party and Cards at Foster Home
Mr and Mrs Geo EK Foster hosted about forty guests for a Friday evening social with a 7 o'clock dinner. Nine card tables formed as guests matched partners by name cards, with prizes awarded to Mrs Baley and W Hoon and to Mrs Smith and S H Scallin. The event was praised as a brilliant, memorable winter occasion with attractive decor and hostess hospitality.
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Geo. EK
Foster
Eliza Hall
Florence Fosdick
Sunch
F. M. Baley
W. Hoon
J. K. Smith
S. H. Sc
Retail Dealers Meeters Sioux Falls Reports Support for Mitchell Capital
L O Gale H D Butterfield and Mr and Mrs Chas Ferguson returned from the South Dakota Retail Dealers Association annual meeting in Sioux Falls. Dealers statewide attended with strong interest in business methods and exchange of papers. Mitchell representatives reported fraternal spirit and strong support for Mitchell as future state capital with optimistic forecasts from leading Sioux Falls business men.
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Sioux Falls
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Mitchell
M. D. Purdy
Geo. Law
Wm. Scallin
Jos. Harker
Los Angeles
California
Sacramento
Carlotta Moyer
Oakland
E. J. Putnam
Barker
San Francisco
Honolulu
Harker
Wilford W Beach
Sioux City
Beach
L. O. Gale
H. D. Butterfield
Chas. Ferguson
South Dakota Retail Dealers Association
Association
The Secret of Long Life and Electric Bitters
The ad states long life depends on healthy organs and rapid disease germ destruction. Electric Bitters regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify blood and improve appetite. They purportedly cure kidney troubles female complaints nervous disorders constipation dyspepsia and malaria, yielding vigor and strength. 50 cents, guaranteed by S H Scallin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Scallin
Longevity Averages Among Different Professions
A study of 7,000 cases finds astronomers have an average death age of 74, artists 59, literary men 65, and savants about 74. The report highlights unusually long lifespans among scientific and scholarly groups.
Rats Entombed Alive In Yokohama Seaside Wall
Swarms of plague infected rats are entombed alive along the Yokohama seashore as authorities seal every hole and crevice in the stone wall with cement and pebbles to curb the infestation.
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Yokohama
Rocky Mountain Tea Claims Fresh Skin Nourishment
An advertisement touts Rocky Mountain Tea for nourishing tissues, filling hollows, smoothing tiny imperfections, and imparting a fresh appearance to faded skin. The copy references HL Scallin as the source or author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scallin
Alcohol Cause of Insanity Reported by Commission
The British lunacy commission notes alcohol is listed as the cause for insanity in about 21.8 percent of male cases and 9.5 percent of female cases in England. The ad-style passage touts Rocky Mountain Tea at 35 cents by S Hu Seallin with a punchy, promotional tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Lunacy Commission
England
S. Hu Seallin
Chicago man shoots after woman’s singing provokes
A Chicago man grabbed a pistol and shot a man after being inspired by a young woman singing in the next flat. Police say the shooter aimed to reach the singer but fired at the man instead. No further details on injuries or motives are provided.
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Chicago
Dr King’s New Life Pills Cure Mrs Webster’s Headache
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Virginia writes that Dr King’s New Life Pills wholly cured her two year illness of sick headaches. The remedy also eases constipation and biliousness. Available for 25 cents at S H Scallin’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Webster
Winnie
Dr. King
S. H. Scallin
Moral in Temperance Lecture at Sodus Point
A temperance tale recounts an aged man at Sodus Point New York who sought a drink, went to the woodshed cider barrel, drank lye mistaken for cider, and nearly finished the cup before realizing the error. Some may misinterpret the moral as simply enjoying the taste.
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Sodus Point
N. Y
Paine's Celery Compound Praised by Ottawa Resident
Alfred Brown of O’Connor Street Ottawa describes eight year illness cured by Paine's Celery Compound after failing with doctors hospital treatment and other medicines. He reports restored health appetite strength and the ability to eat and walk without pain. The testimonial cites Prof. Edward E Phelps endorsing the remedy and claims wide trust among wealthy and common people alike.
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Edward E. Phelps
Phelps
Paine
Dominion of Canada
Alfred Brown
O'Connor St
Ottawa
Ont
Brown
Mr. Brown
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Vice Press
L. J. Welch
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L. J. Welce
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G. B. Thomas
Oscar Kanouff
Hawarden
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Omaha
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Minn
Nye E. Phillips
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Charles , Weller
A. Dickson
Asa Dodd
Wn. M. Herbert
Canby
Land ‘Land Agency
L. E. Stair
Parker
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Congregational Church
R. F. Dundas
Lannie Brown
D. B. Miller
Geo.a. Silsby
R. E. Ruth
Wm. van Eps
van Eps
Carl Ralston
Carl
C. Burnside
J.A. Reed
F. C. Colgrove
Waverly
Pacific Coast
M. Bailey
Mitchell Mills
P. H. Kelley
Omaha Road
Huron
Kelley
Kelly
Wisconsin
the Retailers’ Meeting
Ideas In Business
Petn
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Detroit
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