Tragic Death of Edith Townsend in Yankton Hotel
Edith Townsend, a 20 year old visitor from Wagner, South Dakota, died after ingesting corrosive sublimate in room 40 of a Yankton hotel. She was brought to Yankton from Sioux City and had taught school and run a millinery business in the area. Earlier notes described her as arriving from the east and registering at the Merchants, with no clear cause given for her action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton Press and
Dakotan
Gertrude Gilbertson
Mr. Harris
Miss Townsend
Miss Gilbertson
Sioux City
Tom Reedy
Edith Townsend
Wagner
Yankton
Spokane
Wash
Nelson S. Pratt
Pratt
Quayle Praises Spark Method and Home Life
Spokane sermon by Bishop W. E. Quayle urges pastors to learn how to spark and to hold a woman's hand. He digressed to discuss marriage and the home, condemning slums, praising the home, and calling domesticity God’s lasting need in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Sparker
W. E. Quayle
Chicago
First Methodist Church
Bishop Quayle
Hall Caine
America
Telephone Stops Runaway Horse Near Waitsburg
A runaway standard trotter valued at 3000 dollars was halted on a Wal Ia Walla county road after the driver used a local telephone to alert Benny M. and nearby ranchers. The horse, once headed toward Shell ranch three miles away, was stopped before serious damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Waitsburg
Walla Walla County
Benny
Shell Ranch
Park
Natural Affinities and Racial Stereotypes in 74 City Journal
A fragment references a 74 City Journal snippet about racial humor linking a "colored man" to a chicken with a joke about Ham and eggs. The line hints at a casual racist stereotype framed as natural affinity within the era's discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yankton Hotel
Washingon
National
Joe Cannon
Vermillion County
James W. Witten
Spokane, Coeur d’Alene
Flathead
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Coeur d’Alene
Northwest
Himelf
Middle Western
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Detroit
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Cleveland
New England
Wera
Aes Eater
Gota
Quayle
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!