Local News Wraps Mitchell and Vicinity Happenings
Mitchell area notes a busy week with visits and travel. Wm Koch sells Kickapoo binding twine. Mrs. Boylan and Mrs. Powers host a tea for visitors from Carroll Iowa and Aurelia Iowa. Frank McGovern returns from Oregon Washington trip promoting wholesale goods. Ed Cody jailed awaiting father from Minneapolis. Dr J G McCartney attends State Dental meeting and reports Ringling Bros circus in Watertown drawing 25 000. Community updates include births marriages deaths and local business changes.
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Wm. Koch
Homer Stevens
Miss Goding
Morris Goding
Yankton
H. Noble
H. A. Boylan
John D. Powers
B. I. Salinger
Carroll
Iowa
Frank Lindsay
Aurelia
J G. McCartney
Watertown
State Dental Association
Ringling Bros
Ringling Brothers
Violinist Waldo Gelich Delights Mitchell Audience
Waldo Gelich drew an enthusiastic Mitchell crowd at the corn palace despite warm weather. He performed four pieces without music, earning repeated encores, with vocal solos by Miss Gertrude Becker Emily Bras Grace and Miss Goodykoontz enhancing the program. Mrs Grace and Miss Goodykoontz also gave commendable offerings with Mr Gelich providing violin obligatos.
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Waldo Gelcc
Corn Palace
Geltch
Gelich
Leonard Mazurka
Musin
Jacobsohn
Chicago
Mani
Gertrude Becker
Emily Bras- Grace
Miss Goodykoontz
Miss Becker
Strelezki
Emily Bras-Grace
Arditi
Mrs. Grace
Miss Goodykoootz
Foundlings Rise in Warm Months and Fall in Winter
Police records show foundlings increase in summer and decrease with winter. A veteran captain believed abandonment happened when households were full, urging hospital care for infants while others protested. Ainslee's society note records this old view amid debate.
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Foundling
Ainslee
Why Ge Liked Henry Story Reflects Reader Perception
A teacher recalls a pupil’s composition praising Henry as a favorite author. The excerpt notes the humor in the pupil’s tale about a story where boys tar and feather their teacher, illustrating the boy’s strong preference for Henry’s writing. The NYT source frames the anecdote as a humorous peek into literary taste.
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Henry
New York Times
Furtive Stranger Questioned Attendant at London Business House
An attendant in a London business house was confronted by a somber man who whispered Are you prepared to die. The attendant grabbed the stranger by the throat and restrained him until the man recovered. It later emerged the intruder was an amateur missionary asking after everyone's spiritual needs.
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Curtis & Randall
L. W. Plotner
Flavel Logan
Curtis
W. J. Condon
Milwaukee
Thos. H. Briggs
Coursey
Watertown
Mitchell
London
An Australian Mole Burrows Silent in Sand
An Australian mole tunnels obliquely two to three inches under the surface using its conical nose protected by a horny plate and strong foreclaws. Its hind feet cast sand backward to erase the tunnel, then it surfaces a short distance away and buries itself quietly.
Retort in Court Over Justice on Judgment Day
A courtroom exchange in New York features Counselor Nolan lamenting justice for his client and the judge offering to plead on judgment day. Nolan retorts that the judge will have troubles of his own on that day.
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Chas. Ferguson
Ferguson
R. V. Spink
Har
C. W. Gillis
East
Michigan
Ohio
Chauncey M. Depew
Samuel L Clemens
United States
Mr. Clemens
Mark Twain
Senator Depew
New York Herald
New York
Nolan
Precocious Discernment in a Brooklyn Life exchange
A quip from Brooklyn Life features Little Gertrude declaring plans to be a spinster like Aunt Gertrude. The aunt questions the goal, and Gertrude argues a spinster need not chase beauty and may comb her hair as she pleases.
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Gertrude
Dearie
Brooklyn
Rattlesnake Flag History in Colonial America
A chronicle notes Benjamin Franklin defending the rattlesnake emblem used on colonial flags. It explains the symbolism of eyes and rattles, outlines the nine joint device with regional labels, and mentions a later flag designed in Philadelphia in 1777 by Mrs. Ross resembling the modern U.S. flag.
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Benjamie Franklin
America
N. BE
New England
N. Y
N.J
On. c
Ng. C
Ross
Philadelphia
United States
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Greig Sanforening
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H. D. Kress
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J. H. Ferris
W. H. Johnston
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Emily Kings
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R. C. Warne
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D. M. Tiffany
Fred Tiffany
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I. W. Seaman
Henry Kissler
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Chas. Gottschalk
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J. P. Serr
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R. J. Taylor
George Kimball
F. Goodykoontz
Jackson School
West Perry
I. P. Potter
T. J. Spangler
Bancroft, Mich
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Waldo Gelch
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Keystone Watch Case Company
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