In Town and Country Notes Across Mitchell Area
A crowded column reports visits and travels of local residents, weather notes on July moisture, and community events. It covers Lions Club and teachers institutes, storm losses at Carthage, the State Board of Pharmacy meeting, church activities, and ongoing civic projects including the Mitchell Boiler & Machine Co and Holiness Association meetings. It also notes sports plans, hospital talks, and upcoming baseball games with Parker club while listing numerous local residents traveling, purchasing land, and attending institutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Boiler & Machine Co
Railroad Avenue
J. J. McDougal
H. C. Morrison
R. C. Warne
Deadwood
Warne
State Medical Association
Portland
American Medical Association
G. L. Hurd
Sioux Falls
Johnson
Parker Club
Parker
McCormick Hinder
Will Koch
J. B. Strother
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
D. H. Strother
Beulah Township
You Cant Fail Your Health Without Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
An advertisement urges readers to buy Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters when sick, claiming it has kept people strong for over fifty years and will restore robustness quickly.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters advertised for digestion
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claiming it restores appetite strengthens the stomach and relieves headache bloating dyspepsia constipation heartburn disorders and malaria. Do not fail to try it.
Waterway Contract Bid Notice Tobin Township 1905
Notice by Tobin township Davison county boards to dig a waterway altering Twelve Mile creek between sections 13 and 24. Specifications at town clerk’s office. Sealed bids due by July 26 1905 and opened July 27. Board may reject any bid. Dated Tobin township July 1 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Tobin Township
Davison County
Twelve Mile Creek
DeWitts Little Early Risers Cure Constipation
An old advertisement touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a safe quick remedy for constipation sick headache and biliousness. It claims the pills never gripe or sicken and provide energy for both children and adults sold by Scallin Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Scallin Bros
Woman awakens to nurse smoking and reading at bedside
A seriously ill patient wakes in the night to find the nurse sitting at her bed smoking a cigarette and reading a novel. The patient screams and asks what she is doing while the nurse replies that she doubts the patient is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nure
Old Jokes and Feigned Tears in Paper Fun
A fragmented comic exchange from newspapers shows a feigned mother asking for full details about a crime and a burly burglar alarm, while a bride laments, and a nurse presents mock sorrow. Dated quips include lines from Chicago Record-Herald Detroit Free Press and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobel
Chicago Record-Herald
Detroit Free Press
World notes from 1908 spread across politics to sport
A survey of global tidbits covers Indian population, Austrian prison supplies, Welsh St David holiday moves, a glove button hook inventor earning thousands, Pretoria land laws, Swiss police training, Kaiser and uniforms, Stanford mausoleum vase, African rail routes, a Cork Ireland inscription, Carmel-by-the-Sea faculty colony, a remarkable laying hen, U S population center dwelling, Bowdoin graduate achievements, a valued 1745 treasury note, Umbria gun salute in Guatemala, China bans rimmed glasses and yellow shoes, Austrian court table customs, Australasia gold 1904 vs 1908, Japanese ship name origins, and New York population critique.
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Supreme Court of
Pretoria
Transvaal
London
England
Kaiser
Stanford University
Stanford Mausoleum
Africa
Teongo
Cairo
Cape Town
Lorenzo Marques
Uganda
Abyssinia
Twilkeel
Ireland
Thomas Nicholas
Philadelphia
Carmel-by-the-Sea
California
Jordan
Gilbert, Stillman
Fish
Pierce
Merino
Elmore
Cannon
W. A. Kimball
Lucy Seymour
Great Barrington
Mass
United States
Columbus
Ind
Henry Marr
Henry K. Bradbury
Hollis
Bowdoin College
Treasury
Bank of England
Umbria
San Jose de Guatamala
China
Australasia
Western Australia
Queensland
Japan
John H. Girdner
New York
Poorly Paid Teachers at Harvard Notably Underpaid
The article compares Harvard salaries now and in 1868, noting full professors at 4000 dollars and tutors around 1000, while instructors earn about 1000 or less and assistants 250 to 400. It argues the poor pay harms lifelong scholars, adds rising living costs, and cites alumni efforts and promised large subscriptions to improve pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Odd Bets Flare Over War Risks Involving Officers
In a Japan Russia war tale, Japanese officers made deadly wagers to benefit widows. One bet offered $500 to heirs if killed within a month, then daily 10 yen payments for 100 days if alive, contingent on not seeking death. Lomakin taunted Japan would seek peace by July 1, and swallowed nails only after victory proved elusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lomakin
Moscow
Japan
The King's Gloved Hand in Paris
In Paris observers noted King Edward always wore his right hand gloved in public, while the left remained bare. A writer speculates the glove choice reflects hygienic propriety since the right hand is more active and contacts microbes, suggesting the king protects his working hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Edward
London Chronicle
Work While It Is Day Knight Cometh No Man Can Work
A classroom anecdote recalls Lord Kelvin whose lectures were hard to grasp. His demonstrator Day often filled in, and once a student wrote a large motto in the room: Work while it is Day, for when the knight cometh no man can work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kelvin
Sir William Thomson
Day
William Thomson
Town
A Quick Choice Among Odd Winter Plans
The late London bishop resisting a physician's winter order to Algiers insists on staying busy with engagements. The coachman's livery and a curious pudding method are noted as amusing local oddities amid a broader talk of fashion and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Algiers
Put Your H and Ads Together for Local Laundry
Put your heads together and compare notes to see why you should patronize your home laundry. We list several reasons including good work, soft water usage, 18 local employees, and spending at home. We aim to satisfy. Phones
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Teachers' Institute
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Omaha
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Z. W. Wood
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Welen
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Norman Reitzel
Sterling
Ill
Thos. Fullerton
Wm. M. Smith
Minneapolis
R. P. Edson
Virginia
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Walter Mayo
Sanborn
Curtis
S. I. Peterson
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South Dakota Holiness Association
L. M. Simons
Crow Creek
Regal
L. I. Stair
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Halfhill
Warbox
Chicago
Roxy Butterfield
Faribault
Minn
Nichols Mandolin Club
Ruskin Park
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J. M. Norvell
Mwleliness Association
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My. Norvell
Mankato Commercial College
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