The Firemen's Celebration at Mitchell and Beulah
The Mitchell Capital notes a successful firemen's picnic and Fourth of July celebration with a long parade, an oration by Rev. Geo Williams, and a basket dinner. Alexandria and Mitchell baseball teams played a close game, with Dunn and Wiener performing well behind the plate and Sloan pitching for Mitchell. Beulah township Farmers' Club held a prominent event with Captain Silsby addressing the crowd and a lavish repast followed by varied sports, highlighting local patriotism.
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K. of P
Vyoye
J. R. Rairden
Pres. Welch
Emma Harker
Geo. Williams
Alexandria
H. C., Preston of
Mitchell
Democrat Alliance
Feaures
Cashier Brown
Sol Wiener
Dott
Broderick
Sloan
Will Dunn
Sampson
Sanborn
Wheelock
Healey
Clossen
Scallin
Short
Mead
Dunn
Adams
Harker
Healy
Adkins
Alexandrias
Tes
Maytun
Espec
Farmers’ Club
Beulah Township
Capt
Silsby
Acre
Beulah
Ice Cream Festival and Fireworks Light Congregational Grounds
The Congregational church grounds hosted a Saturday ice cream festival with a fireworks display. Japanese lanterns lit the area while rockets and Roman candles brightened the surrounding squares. A large attendance circulated through the grounds as the event ended with about $30 in receipts.
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Congregational Church
Picnic at White's Grove and Greene's Grove
A small crowd gathered at White's Grove to hear Ayres and others discuss the third party doctrine. Afterward a procession moved to Greene's Grove for afternoon sports. Total proceeds from the picnic were about $85, significantly less than the firefighters raised.
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White’s Grove
Ayres
Greene’s Grove
Curious tattered copy recalls old currency values in 1849
A cashier fondly reads a Boylestown Pennsylvania issue from 1849 showing bank currency statuses. Many banks marked failed or below par by 5 to 50 percent, reflecting unstable money conditions. The piece notes the era’s financial instability and a married man’s limited pocketbook security compared with his wife’s, during the pre Civil War money confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
Boylestown
Morpheus
Married in Mitchell with Holy Family clergy
Very Rev Dean Sheehan officiated the morning wedding of William E Brady of Sanborn Town and Lizzie McKeever of Mitchell. A. R. Mead supported the groom and Lizzie was bridesmaid. The couple, both well known in Mitchell, left for Sanborn on the noon train amid well wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Sheehan
Holy Family Church
Wm. E. Brady
Sanborn
Town
Lizzie McKeever
Dean
A. R. Mead
Mitchell
Pleasant Whist Evening Honors Miss Alicia Locke Departure
Miss Attie Bracy hosted a party of 12 last night in honor of Miss Alicia Locke who departs for Flandreau for the summer. The gathering featured progressive whist with ties between Mr. Nichols and Miss Smith and Mr. Maclay and Miss Maude Silsby. The Mitchell Dry Goods Co and Geo Logan ran their old stands with a furniture display at Mitchell’s quarters while dry goods filled the old furniture front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attie Bracy
Alicia Locke
Flandreau
Nichols
Mitchell Dry Goods Co
Geo. Logan
Presto
Mitchell
Syrup of Figs Promoted for Gentle Constipation Relief
An 19th century style endorsement describes Syrup of Figs as a gentle remedy to cleanse the system, ease costiveness, purify the blood, and awaken kidneys and liver without irritation, offering a permanent cure for habitual constipation.
Mr Tompkins Escapes Bull In Mountain Retreat Escape
In Fourth of July quiet, Mr. Tompkins fled town heat to a Catskills valley. He hiked from a friend’s house as a bull roared down the hill, chased by a terrier that finally gripped the bull’s tail near a barn, leaving him to ponder country bustle.
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Tompkins
Esopus Creek
Catskills
Mr. Tompkins
New York
San
Patriotism Under Difficulties at Woodward Avenue
A long wry crowd on Woodward Avenue refutes a patriotic orator who extols Independence and battles such as Bunker Hill and Valley Forge. Critics, in quick quips, debunk his claims, declaring oratory flawed and patriotism dead as the crowd calls for lemonade.
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Woodward Avenue
France
Bunker Hill
Washington
Valley Forge
Detroit Free Press
Flying flies and founding fathers in a July signing
In a July 1776 scene the Continental Congress faces heat and swarms of flies while signing the Declaration of Independence amid debates and jokes. Franklin steadies the mood with a hatter anecdote as Jefferson, Morris, and Washington era life are sketched in contrast to later, more polished times.
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Continental Congress
England
America
Jefferson
Dickinson
Franklin
Congress
American Congress
John Thompson
Thompson
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Williamsburg
E. J Wildie
St. Louis Republic
The Fourth of July in Danbury A boy's day reigns
An excerpt from Danbury Room depicts Independence Day as a boy driven celebration full of noise and crackers. It contrasts boyish exuberance with adult fatigue, noting crowds on Main Street at 10 a.m. and a desert-wild scene by 3 p.m. Images of cats, dogs, fireworks, and local routines shape the nostalgia.
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Danbury
Ned
Danbury Room
Lee & Shepard
Permission
Quincy Shaw
College Place
Albany Street
Cottage Place
Boston Commonwealth
Mexican Custom Houses and Pacific Trade Overview
The article notes 38 Mexican custom houses with nine on the gulf and thirteen on the US frontier. Matamoras has ceded trade to upper border towns, while Vera Cruz and Progreso compete in maritime commerce. Mazatlan, population 14,000, centers Sinaloa trade and hosts the Pacific Naval Bureau and signal service branch. Hennequen fiber is a key export to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Gulf
Guatemala
Pacific Coast
United States
Matamoras
Vera Cruz
Progreso
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Mexican Naval Bureau of the Pacific
Mexican Signal Service
Custom House
Modification of Passport System in Alsace-Lorraine Reported
A London Graphic note says Alsace Lorraine may reform the passport regime after two years of trouble. Foreigners could need a card for stays and a fresh visa when moving towns, with a two month stay leading to a full residence permit. Passports may disappear after a short trial. Destitution among Kentucky Union line laborers follows. Reports say workers left crops ungrown, wages unpaid, and stock starving with oxen selling cheap at auction.
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Alsace-Lorraine
France
Switzerland
London Graphic
Kentucky Union Railway
Clay City
Kentucky Union
Winchester
Sun
The Newsboy’s Final Question in Deadly Saloon Incident
A 14 year old newsboy named George Monelle asked if he was dead as he fled into a saloon at Main and Houston. He died minutes later from a target rifle shot fired accidentally by another newsboy named Pat. The bullet entered just right of the neck and lodged inside.
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George Monelle
Main
Houston
Pat
Dallas (Tex
Bull Harness and Notable American Editors
A Jersey bull towed a sled in southern streets, reins on his nose, drawing with cheerful ease. Dr Albert Shaw, named editor of The Review of Reviews, gains fame as a sociologist and municipal government authority. Senator Ingalls nears end of term amid lucrative book and lecture offers. Meissonier harbored hatred for Americans despite high sales of his pictures and harsh defeatism.
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Keene
N. H.) Sentinel
Albert Shaw
Stead
Review of Reviews
Senator Ingalls
Congress
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Keltzel
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Billie
Tommy
Mommer
Harper’s Bazar
Meissonier
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