Mitchell News in Brief Sees Rains Floods and Visits
Local notes report Omaha visitors and returns from trips to St. Louis, Redfield, Sioux City, and Alexandria. Depot work begins in Omaha, while Canton hosts a successful firemen’s tournament. Rainfall in June totals 4.68 inches, easing crop fears. Ringling Bros ads roll in for Mitchell's July 16 circus arrival.
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Ringling Bros
City
Ringlings
Mitchell
Charles A. White
Ringling
Jerusalem
Hindoo Wit and a Humorous Sepoy Story
An English lady reformer visiting India hosts a Q and A on her lecture topic. A fat baboo asks age questions she avoids. A shikarri laughs at a beater bitten by a green snake mistaken for a thorn, in General Gerard's Leaves From the Diary of a Soldier and Sportsman.
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India
Sahib
Gerard
The Jade Jokai Loved and the Harsh Muse
A quote from the Hungarian novelist Jokai laments his infatuation with Politics as a faithless, scandalous mistress who consumes his fortune and fame. He condemns politics as a beldame who corrupts lovers and reshapes fortunes with every change of dress.
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Jokai
Beldame
Customs of the Kaffirs Discussed as Social Life
The author on Kaffir customs notes that women often favor polygamy and that large kraals resemble a college community. He likens Swaziland king's kraal to a social circle where many huts create a web of relations and a sense of communal joy amid 1,000 relations.
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South Africa
Swaziland
Swallows Avoid Infected Districts
Migratory birds shun areas with cholera yellow fever plague or other epidemics. They favor healthy districts as temporary homes. The observation suggests people fearing disease should avoid places shunned by birds.
Not Guilty Verdict Driven by Jury Room Fallout
An old traveler recalls a murder trial in California where he opposed the others for nine days, ultimately swaying to a verdict of Not guilty. He laments the mob’s rush to hang the prisoner on the first day of jurors’ confinement.
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Methodist
Bacon
C. B. Antisdel
Congo
Central Africa
Baptist Church
Antischel
Omaha
New Depot
Hubbard-Palmer Co
California
Actress recounts burglary stealing diamonds and voice
Yonkers States quotes an actress who says a burglar entered her room and took her diamonds and all she possessed including her voice. The exchange with a reporter hints at deeper fear and loss.
Almost Cured by Collier’s Weekly Quip on Reforming Husbands
A short joke from Collier’s Weekly about Mrs. Sniffen and the Sumtum girl failing to fully reform a husband. It notes he can resist everything but temptation, highlighting a humorous marital dynamic.
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Sherwin-Williams Paints
L. O. Gale
Monarch
A. T. McGovern & Sons
Mitchecht National Bank
G. Davison
Wm. M. Smith
U. S
E J. Quigley
L. M. Russ
South Dakota
O. L, Branson
J.S. Daniels
L.J. Welch
Wm. Kocu
L. J. Welch
R. L, Branson
J.S. Daniels, Garry H. Chambers
The
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Bidwell Land & Loan Company
J. J. Woodland
C. A. Woodland
Louis Beckwith, Jr
St. Louis Exposition
S. G. Boyce
Sneeden
New Hampton
Iowa
John Jackson
Hazel
Beulah
Charles City
Binder Trust
Acme
D. W. Collins
Fannie Foster
Hmily Hras
Parker
Teachers' Institute
Educaor
Marion Krom
Jennie Pierce
Wredfield
Goodland
Ind
Trinidad
Colo
Don Sullivan
Savanna, I
Doyle
West Second Street
Sullivan
Dale
Chas. Sanford
Canton
Mitchell Boys
C. W. Gillis
Anna Scallin
Alexandria
John Burns
St. Paul
Robert Burns
Dick Haney
Supreme Court
Pierre
Clifton Turneaure
Yankton
Helen Shanley
Mt. Vernon Bank
Nellie Ward
Florence Winsor
Sioux City
Geo. H. Rathman
Geo. H. Grace
Miller
Des Moines
D. M. Tiffany
Los Angeles
Cal
Geo Jr. Miner
M. C. Porter
I. N. Dickson
Winterset
Cuba
L. Hofstetter
Sabula
Clark
Chamberlain
Mr. Gordon
Kk. A. Omealy
Plankinton
Dean Shea
Toronto
Canada
Holy Family Church
Kather Stenzel
Gertrude Blanchard
George David Sturtevant
Emmetsburg
Warren R Millham
T. E. Blanchard
Kieth
E 'J. Evans
Minneapolis
United States Installment Realty Co
Champeny Block
Willis C. Bower
Lower
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Kaffirs
Northwestern Yeast CO
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Trave
ANDRO
Munn & Co
Scientific American
New York
F St
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Antiseptoid CO
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Chicaco
Ill
Berg Medicine Co
Dee Moines
Leva
L.co Galle
A. B. Hager
Modern Heating and Plumbing Co
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