Local notes and visits move through Mitchell scene
Mitchell residents and visitors are pictured in a roundup of social notes. O GC Walrath visits Milton Wisconsin. Miss Eliza Vemilyea travels to Mason City. Mrs Himer Young and Emma Bras visit, while Mrs Andrew Larson tours Mitchell after years away. Sister Joachim and Sister Marice arrive from Dixon Illinois for summer visits.
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Eliza Vemilyea
Mason City
Himer Young
Emma
Victor
Colo
H. L. Bras
Andrew Larson
Marshall, Minn
John Hagge
Larson
Mitchell
A.I. McGovern & Son
Joachim
Catholic Seminary
Dixon, Ill
C. C. Bras
Marice
Bessie Reagan
Ben Reagan
Dixon
O. F
C. A. Anderson
KX. A. Johnson
Gus’ Berquist
Samuel Rowley
Chas. Mason
GB. Spink
L. C. Thomas
A. J. Curtis
Geo. Garton
Dr A W Chase's Ointment touted as cure for piles
An advertisement cites Dr A W Chase's Ointment as a certain cure for itching bleeding and protruding piles with a money back guarantee. A testimonial from Casper Walton a Michigan City laborer describes relief after trying the product at 50 cents a box from Buffalo NY makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Chase
Casper Walton
Michigan City
Ind
A.W. Chase
Notice to Contractors Tobin Township waterway bid
Master Byron Lewis traveled to Milwaukee and Watertown Wisconsin Tuesday morning to spend the rest of the summer. Notice is hereby given that the Tobin township Davison county board of supervisors will let a contract for digging a waterway to alter Twelve Mile creek between Sections 13 and 24. Specifications available at the town clerk's office. Sealed bids due by July 26 1905 and opened July 27 1905. Board may reject any or all bids. Dated Tobin township July 1 1905.
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Godfsey
Chamberlain
Ole Kjelmyr
Big Stone Lake
Will Koch's
E. ‘St. Underwood
M. E
Wyndall
Wilton
N. D
Dean
Minneapolis
North Star Daily Press Association
Emsley
R. F. Otto
Anna Willrodt
L. M. Simons
New York City
Philadelphia
Frank Rockwell
St. Paul
Barney Oldfield
Kall
Mankao Commercial College
Mankato
Minn
Leo Doyle
Beresford
Doyles
Doyle
John Slater
Mitchell
Slater
Board of Supervisors
Tobin Township
Davison County
Twelve Mile Creek
Hail Threat Puts Mitchell Crops at Risk
A notice from Northwestern Fire and Marine Insurance Company warns farmers in Mitchell South Dakota that hail may destroy crops at any time. The advisory names Lewis Shuster as a contact for policy or claim inquiries.
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Northwestern Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Lewis Shuster
Mitchell
S. D
Burns Birthdate Parallels with Notable Events
A historical note recalls Robert Burns predicting his rising fame in 1786. In a letter to Gavin Hamilton he claimed he would become as renowned as Thomas a Kempis or John Bunyan and that his birthday would be listed among notable events in almanacs alongside Black Monday and the Battle of Bothwell Bridge.
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Burns
Gavin Hamilton
Thomas A Kempis
John Bunyan
Aberdeen
Bothwell Bridge
Suitor Provides Clerical References to Earn Parental Blessing
A suitor asks for references before marrying a daughter. The father counters with a demand for bankers references, playfully exposing expectations of social credibility. The exchange appears in the Cleveland Leader as a humorous dialogue.
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Cleveland
Doctor Grins at Reluctant Patient in Domestic Scene
Dialogue shows Dr Gruff advising a wife to arrange an audience with her husband’s rest by making it unnecessary for him to listen. The exchange highlights silent tension and a practical, if curt, medical bedside manner from the era.
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Dr. Gruff
St. Louis Republic
Parrot Talk Sparks Witty Opera House Quip
A comic quip from Puck riffs on a dealer and a lady debating a talking parrot. The barbed aside imagines the bird as raised in an opera box, reflecting the magazine’s humorous tone and theatrical setting.
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de Opery
Puck
Beauty Is But Skin Deep, Says Herbert Spencer
The phrase notes that outward appearance hides true character as Herbert Spencer remarks that beauty is only skin deep, implying value lies beyond surface.
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Herbert Spencer
Imaginative Detectives vs Real Police
A column quotes a debate on whether real detectives could outshine fictional ones and suggests creative writing would tempt officers to resign to write novels. It notes the Latin proverb De mortuis nil nisi bonum and laments excessive praise for the dead while living, urging fairness and restraint in remembrance.
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Washington Star
Padding Makes Stout Coachmen a Fashion Statement
In Russia a rotund coachman signals prestige as Burton Holmes notes that padding of the coachman's livery with cotton creates the illusion of extra bulk. This careful tailoring makes fashionable car riages appear unusually stout.
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Russia
Burton Holmes
Corachman
The Highest Tides Across Europe and World
The Bristol channel records the highest European tides with spring tides creating over forty feet of difference between high and low water. Globally, Fundy Bay in Nova Scotia sees the world’s largest tidal range exceeding seventy feet, while Lake Michigan displays the smallest among these extremes at about thirty three inches.
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Europe
Bristol Channel
Fundy, Bay
Nova Scotia
Lake Michigan
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O. GC
Walrath
Milton
Wis
Thomas Morgans
Carrie, Cooke
Mr. Morgans
Elvis E. Smith
Milwaukee
Chicago
Cripple Creek
Teachers’ Institute
Hyde County
Highmore Dast
Maj
O. W. Coursey
Philippines
Mr. Coursey
Frank Gay
Louis Herzog
Briggs
George H. Summers
Summers
Justice McKinley
Herzog
Gay
City Hall
Fred Brodstrop
Geo. Austin
Steve ‘Spink
E. W. Hinckley
Hearst
Chicago American
Yankton Herald
Virgil Boyles
Henry Hanson
S. A. Boyles
Geo. A. Silsby
H. E. Hitchcock
H. G. Nichols
Lisbon
Hall
Oacoma
Collings
Drum
Missouri River
Cacoma
Macoma
A. IL
Hillman
Hazleton
Iowa
Omaha
Clate Tinan
Kimball Graphic
Clate
W. HI. Turneaure
Madison
I. BE. Turneaure
The
State University
Messrs. Scriven
Swindler
Kort Pierre
J. L. Hanett
Fort Pierre
Wm. M. Smith
Helen Hood
Freeport
Ill
Sioux Falls
Drs
Loomis
Dakota Wesleyan University
Silsby
J. H. Scriven
Henry Swindler
Scriven
Edna Wallis
Riverside
Co. D
Watertown
Ross Rathbun
Kimble
Hostetter
Vermilyer Bros
Mitchell,s. D
Byron Lewis
Burns and Fame
Childrens
Gillis
Lewis and Clark Exposition
Portland
Great Northwest
Oregon
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Pioneer Limited
Ogden
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Kansas City
F. A. Miller
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