Minor mentions dot Mitchell area notes in 1893 issue
The column records assorted Mitchell and nearby town tidbits including visits to the World's Fair, travels to Spirit Lake and Chicago, real estate and business notes, cattle and horse sales, a Parkston celebration report, storm damage to local buildings, and ongoing crop conditions. Notable names include Henry Parry & Co, Rev A M dePutron Gliddon, Louis Beckwith, John Stafford, and N Noble with auction plans for Norman and English Shire horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Beckwith
Henry Parry & Co
P. T. McGovern
A. M. dePutron Gliddon
Redfield College
John Stafford
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Friars
Miss Noble
Hazelton
Town
Strawberry Point
Priors
Yankton
Norfolk
Neb
J. M. Pierce
Calaboose
N. Noble
Mitchell
South Dakota
Layton
Parkston
Robert Dollard
A. E. A. Fuller
Woonsocket
S. J. Goodykoontz
M. H. Ward
The
Baptist Church
Teall
S.J. Moore
Minneapolis
Alpena
County board to endure long session amid heavy auditor workload
The upcoming county board meeting will be lengthy as auditors struggle to finish backlogged work. The July session will also serve as an equalization board while assessor records remain out of date, slowing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Mitchell Area News Roundup Plays On In Summer Weather
Local notes report a rainy week delaying corn cultivation and several community events. Highlights include a Sunday school gathering, Fourth of July picnic, ice cream festival, and various visits and travels among Mitchell Lisbon Brendon and Perry township residents.
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Mitchell
Badger
Picnic crowd fills Fourth celebrations across town
The section notes large crowds and good times at Fourth of July picnics. Lou Mabbott digs an artesian well for Ed Hadley while W R Edgington installs one for Joe Johnson. Mrs M E Coleman returns from Kansas with daughter, likely making the state her future home. Methodists plan camp meeting near M E church from Sunday July 9 to Sunday July 16. Louise and Lillian Bras return home after visiting grandma during the World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Mabbott
Ed Hadley
W. R. Edgington
Joe Johnson
M. E. Coleman
Kansas
Miss Coleman
Methodists
M. E
Louise
Lillian Bras
C. Betts
Ringling Brothers Exhibit Showcases Gigantic Zoo Marvels
The Ringling Brothers world’s greatest show arrives in Mitchell on Friday July 7 featuring a vast menagerie. Notable is a mammoth blood exuding hippopotamus described as the largest ever captured, exhibited with Africa imports and natural setting. Also on display are a mammoth giraffe, two herds of elephants with baby pachyderms, horned horses, sacred cattle, llamas, lions, Bengal tigers, and leopard acts, among many other curious creatures illustrating natural history.
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Ringling Brothers
Mitchell
Africa
Professor Schaeberle Proves Corona Theory From Eclipse
Professor J M Schaeberle of Lick Observatory arrived in New York after a South American trip to verify his theory on the sun’s corona during total eclipses. He argues the corona results from immense solar volcanoes belching molten material, a claim he says is now substantiated by the largest eclipse photographs to date.
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Schaeberle
New York
J. M. Schaeberle
Lick Observatory
Para
South America
Sherman Monument Fund Progress Report
Sherman monument fund efforts in St. Louis moved slowly as a committee authorized its chairman to issue a circular to Grand Army posts nationwide calling for contributions to the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
W. T. Sherman
Silver collapse devastates Idaho mining industry
The sudden fall in silver prices has nearly ruined Idaho mining, with orders to close down north Idaho and Wood River silver and lead mines. Thousands of miners face unemployment next week and widespread distress is expected. In New York, the World reports Carter plans to convene the Republican executive committee in September to establish permanent headquarters.
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Silver City
Ida
North
Idaho
Wood River
New York
the World
Thomas H. Carter
Republican National Committee
Want Expenses Reduced At Worth's Fair Grov us
The council of administration spent the afternoon seeking ways to cut operating costs of the exposition from about 20000 to 12000 daily. They failed to reach a definite agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth's Fair
Bid Off Booze as Charleston Sells Stocks
Charleston faces a unique liquor shift as 20 days of sales unload wines and spirits ahead of July 1 when the state monopoly starts. Railroads and steamships bear heavy taxes to move liquors to the city as auctions at clubs drop entire stocks to the highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
8. C
Queen City
Yacht
North and South Line railroad plan at Lincoln
Proceedings of the Railroad Convention in Lincoln Nebraska endorse a North and South railroad through Western states to the Gulf. A proposal calls for a perpetual charter, a provisional committee by March 1894, and a double track line from the Gulf to the north line of Dakota and to Duluth with branches. Estimated cost is 30 million dollars funded by bonds.
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Lincoln
Neb
Gulf
Gulf Line
Dakota
Duluth
St Paul road proposes $20 round trip to fair from upper Midwest
Chicago July 1 The St Paul road backs low world’s fair rates with a plan for a $20 round trip from all points in South Dakota and Minnesota west of a Vermillion S C Ellton Junction Canton line to Minnesota Falls. Tickets valid daily July 10 through October 25 with 15 day return limits and continuous passage in either direction.
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St. Paul
Chicago
South Dakota
Minnesota
Vermillion
S. C
Eiton Junction
Canton
Iowa
Minnesota Falls
Captured Train Robbers Near Breckenridge Texas
A Breckenridge dispatch says sheriff's posse surrounded and captured three train robbers who held up the Aransas Pass train Tuesday. They will be jailed for safety, but public outrage over Fireman Martin's death threatens lynching before sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Breckenridge
Aransas Pass
Martin
Caravels Arrive in Detroit Amid Welcoming Salutes
The Columbus caravels reach Detroit Michigan on July 1. The mayor and a city committee greet the crews a short distance from the city. Fort salutes fire and are returned by the Santa Maria in a cordial reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Northwestern to Reduce Time in Milwaukee Fast Train
Chicago and Northwestern railway to inaugurate a fast Chicago Milwaukee train on Sunday July 2 and cut running times between the two cities to 2 hours 16 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Milwaukee
Will Be Star Routes
Mail from Fergus Falls to Pelican Rapids will be carried by star route instead of rail after July 9. A similar change affects Evansville to Tintah. Postal car service from Minneapolis to Scotland was discontinued on June 17.
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WasHineTon
Fergus Falls
Pelican Rapids
Evansville
Tintah
Minneapolis
Scotland
Two Workmen Injured in Milwaukee Machine Shop Incident
In Wis. July 1 a pulley burst in Thompson Bros machine shop injuring Knute Thompson who was struck in the eye and may lose it. A second worker also sustained severe injuries in the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ManisuFi
P. Wis
Thompson Bros
Knute Thompson
Wisconsin Chooses a Day for State Fair
The Wisconsin state board met in the state building and decided to have a state day on the fair grounds September 6 at the site of the upcoming fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Curaco
Wisconsin State Board
Fair Grounds
Victoria Survivors Arrive In Malta After Victoria Sinking
British cruisers Edward and Phaeton bring the Victoria survivors to Valletta Malta on July 1 with officers and crew awaiting onlookers. Crowds line the waterfront as relatives meet the ships. Malta natives among the crew were lost with the ship after the June 22 collision with Camperdown near Tripoli Syria.
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Malta
Vaerra
Edward
Phaeton
Victoria
Tripoli
Syria
Camperdown
England
Tryon
Proving Air Brakes Successful on St Louis Street Cars
In St Louis on July 1 a group of street railroad men studied air brake experiments on electric cars. Air brakes promise safer stopping and quicker control than chain brakes, reducing stopping distance. About 10 cars are equipped now with plans for many more in days ahead.
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St. Louis
Senator Peffer Predicts New Third Party Emergence
INDIANAPOLIS June 40 Senator Peffer of Kansas said the repeal of the Sherman law would destroy both major parties and a new political party would form. He claimed the People's party would be its preliminary makeup, drawing recruits from the larger organizations now closing their careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Peffer
Kansas
People’s Party
Cuime-Seymour Named to Succeed Tryon in Now Mediterranean Post
London June 30. Vice Admiral Sir Michael Cuime-Seymour appointed to succeed Admiral Sir George Tryon, who died when the battleship Victoria foundered during a training cruise.
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Tryon
London
Michael Cuime-Seymour
Mediterranean
George Tryon
Victoria
West Will Referee for July Cornell Penn Boat Race
MINNEAPOLIS June 30 Colonel John T. West has been chosen to referee the Cornell Pennsylvania boat race at Minnetonka on July 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Minneapolis
John T. West
Minnetonka
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R. N. Kratz
Madison
L. White
Capt. Kocher
Titusville
West Fourth Street
Rose Cloud
Marvin & Berenson’s
J. B. van Alstine
Mt. Vernon
Chamberlain
Lettie Russ
Mitchell National Bank
Ohio
L. L. White
Hall
Celeste Couglin
C. V. Priest
W. R. Jacobs
Champeny Bros
Isaac” Nacumiecae
Freeman
W. S . Isenhart
Fulton
Armour Chronicle
Ed Powers
John
Mitchell Printing Co
Champeny & Bately
Armour
Wessington Springs
Louis
Lizzie Pfaff
Jerauld County
Lizzie
Artesian
P. &. Rugg
Cora King
F. W. Stump
F. M
A. 4Sves
Farmer's Mutual Protection Association
Plankinton
Plankinton Bank
Neighborhood News
Bennett
Tyler School
Clara Cox
H. N. Cox
William Cox
Clara
South Sanborn
Edith McCurdy
Willis Mix
Will Jacobs
Will Wooden
G.R. Weston
J. E. Wilson
Deering Harvesters
Fortune Peck
Earl Vanvalkenberg
Sioux City
Henry Hopkins
Grissel
Butler
Rev. Brown
Taylor
Annie Ramey Hickman
John Porter
Ethan
Robert Donn
North Dakota
Musa Sheeder
Albert Parfitt
Va Snyder
George Williams
Fred Cole
Elsworth Baker
Stanley Snyder
Will Boyes
Vernon
Gertie McEwen
W.H. Kilbourn
Dr. Atwood
White City
A. Baker
A. Frederick
James Haynes
M. M. George
Fay Gibson
Ruby Rolph
M. L. Bobb
Mrs. Hatch
Bridgewater
Truax
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Sherman Monument Fund
South Carolina
Victoria Survivors
Geo. H. Tucker, Jr
Greenfield Avenue
Wis
Porter Drnc Ann
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