Quiet Fourth at Mitchell Canton Assembly Tries to Please
Mitchell and nearby towns enjoyed a peaceful Fourth with visits and picnics. Riverside and Mitchell baseball sparked a dispute ending in a 9 to 4 score for Mitchell. The Canton Assembly opened its summer session with Sam P Jones speaking to a large crowd and Gen. O O Howard planned for July 12 with a special excursion train. Camping grounds filled as campers arrived for the two week session.
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Mitchell
Tobin's Grove
Sid Smith
Riverside’ Club
Riverside
Sartetu
Vauchel
Hoffman
Lancaster
Hrove
Porestburg
Ruskin Park
Hitchcock
Letcher
Artesian
Bridgewater
Mitchall
Salem
Canton Assembly
Sam P. Jones
Sam Jones
Gen. O. O. Howard
Chamberlain
Rev. A. ©. Shepherd
Assembly
Mitchell Team Triumphs in Kimball Celebration
Mitchell defeated White Lake 9 to 5 in the warning game and then beat Kimball, taking both contests and two $25 purses. Players Shoberg Herman Porter Welca Branson Rogan Nolt Wells Michels Betts contributed as pitchers, catcher, infield and outfield as Ethan’s Orchestra provided music for a large crowd and dance in the opera house after the celebration.
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Kimball
Mitchell
White Lake
Shoberg
Herman
Porter
Welca
Short
Branson
Rogan
Nolt
Wells
Michels
Claude Betts
White’ Lake
Whiwthall
Athhun’ ‘8
Ethan
Davison County Treasurer Candidate Kw Yerb Storer Seeks Nomination
Kerb Storer announces candidacy for county treasurer of Davison County subject to Republican county convention decision. The statement indicates intent and party alignment.
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Davison County
Republican County Convention
KERB
Storer
Complete plumbing and heating upgrades for country homes
Lean install offers modern city comforts with baths hot and cold water hot air water or steam heat gas cooking and fire protection. Standard Sanitary Co supplies enameled ware pumps troughs pipes well casing and stove repairs with home delivery and catalog pricing to save time and freight. Barnes opposite the post office.
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Standard Sanitary Co
Barnes
Bids Sought for Badger Township Bridge Road Work
Badger township board of supervisors will open sealed bids July 17 to contract road cut and grading for a new bridge between Sections 31 and 32. About 420 yards of earth to be moved and grading completed by October 10. Bid must include bond for one third of bid. board may reject all bids. J Ernest Wilson, Clerk.
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Board of Supervisors
Badger Township
Tobey Announces Candidacy for Davison Register of Deeds
W B Tobey announces his candidacy for the office of Register of Deeds of Davison County, filing through supporters and subject to the Republican county convention.
J M Rion Seeks Republican Nomination for Legislature
J M Rion announces candidacy for representative in the state legislature subject to delegate decision at the Republican convention.
Tiffany Announces Candidacy for Davison County Register
Fred L. Tiffany announces his run for the office of Register of Deeds in Davison County South Dakota subject to approval at the next Republican county convention.
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Register of Deeds
Davison County
South
Dakota
Fred L. Tiffany
Ropers Announces Candidacy for Davison County Commissioner
H B Ropers declares his bid for the Republican nomination for commissioner of the first district, covering Mitchell’s First and Second wards, subject to delegates’ will in Davison County.
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Mitchell
Davison County
H. B. Ropers
Miner Seeks Davison County Auditor Nomination
Geo. H. Miner submits as a candidate for county auditor subject to Republican selection in Davison County. He pledges to serve the people faithfully if nominated and elected.
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Davison County
Geo. H. Miner
Thirteenth Chance in Love Stray Story
A lighthearted note on luck and romance hints at a quirky belief in unlucky thirteen as the narrator recalls twelve rejections before the lucky thirteenth.
You may depend upon it that he is a in
The fragment provides a partial phrase with incomplete context. No additional readable facts to identify person, place, event, or organization for a proper summary.
Window Cleaning Costs for Big Buildings Highlight Budget Load
A New York Sun note details the high expenses of cleaning windows at large hotels. A 3500 window hotel would cost about 6500 dollars annually for the window cleaning staff and contract work, with 8 cleaners for upper floors and 20 hotel workers assisting, totaling substantial annual outlay.
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So & Gnan
Imsny
New York Sun
Wealth of Nations figures reveal Anglo wealth lead
The British income tax committee heard Mr Mallet of the inland revenue place national income at nine billion dollars with UK capital at 42.5 billion dollars and 30 000 fortunes above 200 000 dollars while France Prussia and Italy show smaller totals.
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British Income Tax Committee
Mallet
Commissioners of Inland Revenue
Prussia
United Kingdom
France
Italy
United States
New York World
The Motor Armchair and its Seafaring Remedy
An article from Everybody’s Magazine describes an electric chair mounted on a ship for seasickness. A vibratory treatment is applied by a motor under the seat, shaking passengers up and down and crosswise. Most recover after one session. a few need a second, and some remain seasick after treatment. It is presented as a preventive, not a cure, with nerves blamed for the malady.
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Everybody’s Magazine
Tough Greenbacks in Maine Woods
A ten dollar bill lost by a lumberman three years earlier was found in an open field after rain snow and sun. Restored to its owner, the note was redeemed by the U S treasury, illustrating the durability of the paper.
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Maine
United States Treasury
Leslie
A Babylonian Book in Modern Hands
Mrs Annie Najarian of Nashua New Hampshire preserves a remarkable artifact a 13 by 8 by 5 inch volume with black walnut leather covers and skin leaves. Hand printed it is believed to be a history and combined dictionary and grammar of the ancient Babylonians dated well before the Christian era.
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Annie Najarian
Nashua
N. H
Joys Wealth Would Bring A Tale Of Two Gardeners
Raymond Hitchcock recounts a Brooklyn visit to his Great Neck country home where two Irish gardeners imagine how to spend an imagined 1,000,000. Pat suggests owning taxis and a diamond shirt front while Denny wonders about staying in fancy hotels and rising early to greet the day.
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Raymond Hitchcock
Great Neck
N. Y
Brooklyn
Pat
Denny
Maarnin
Willy
Bell Boy Reinstate After Paderewski Piano Moment
Rosamund Johnson of Cole and Johnson once worked as a bell boy at Young’s hotel in Boston. He asked Paderewski to play the Minuet, caused a clash in which the pianist’s manager expelled him, then Paderewski intervened to reinstate the boy.
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Rosamund Johnson
Cole and
Paderewski
Johnson
Success Magazine
Maryland debate over 1 250 000 dry dock funding
In the House Marse Sydney Mudd defends a naval committee proposal for a 1 250 000 float ing dry dock. John Wesley Gaines challenges the logic asking if a floating dock is naval armament. The exchange ends with Gaines accusing and Mudd replying he would fund only if he could hang certain persons in mind.
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Marse Sydney Mudd
Maryland
Naval Committee
John Wesley Gaines
Marse Sydney
John Wesley
Marie Sydney
Gaines
New York Times
Maine's Female Warrior in Loud's Island Skirmish
Boston Herald recounts a Civil War era episode on Loud's Island Maine where a recruiting officer Parker Mears faced a bold female chieftain mother of several sons. She pelted him with potatoes provoking his retreat to the boat. He stammered a taunt about supplying potatoes to defend Richmond.
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Maine
Parker Mears
Loud’s Island
Sam
Mr. Mears
Richmond
Boston
Herald
Predictions For The Future From 1900s Speculation
A writer cites T Baron Russell and imagines a century ahead where oxygenated baths dry quickly with drying cupboards and brushing mechanisms. Dishes wash themselves, floors vent oxidized waste, trains run faster with no station stops, and films use reproduced performances via kinetoscope and phonograph.
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T. Baron Russell
T’ennle
Meomllain
Red Tape Inquiry Reveals Navy Thermometer Move
A Senate led committee on government methods tightens its scrutiny of Washington departments. Secretary Bonaparte recalls a Navy officer’s bid to move a thermometer across a ship, delayed by regulations and costing 53 cents for postage and hammer wear.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Harper’s Weekly
Thirteen of La Sauvetat Prove Unlucky Number A Myth
In France a group known as The Thirteen of La Sauvetat are famed as thirteen natives born in 1845 who fought in 1870, were captured at Sedan, endured captivity, and all survived to return home. They are now grandfathers and model villagers. The village celebrated the fortieth anniversary of their conscription in 1866.
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France
la Sauvetat
Sedan
London Globe
The Humor of the Deer Duel Ends With Pocketed Bullet
A bloodless duel in France between M Millevoye editor and Comte de Noailles produced humor as Millevoye fled to publish a special edition. The Count, with a knife, hacked a wooden fence claiming Millevoye fired a bullet into his direction and kept the bullet as evidence.
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M. Millevoye
Comte de Noailles
Comte Mathieu de Noailles
Barber Stages Mock Shave As Victim Fears Escape
A barber theatrically taunts a captive, pausing for effect before a potential murder. The victim gasps, vowing that if he survives, he will consider escape or revenge. The scene blends dark humor with implied danger.
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Ement
J. Ernest Wilson
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W. B. Tobey
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Bell Boy
Jay H. Craton
Webster, Cook & Co
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Lyon
Omaha
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Nger
Pasenger
C. B. Wit
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