Mt Vernon and Bethel Notes From July Correspondents
News from Mt Vernon Beulah and surrounding area reports residents leaving for Washington Garfield and California visits. Local farming crops harvests and town gossip mix with school board critique and a challenge to engage before the upcoming election.
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Mt. Vernon
Kelley
Nellie
Lizzie
Jessie
Ruth Arland
Washington
Garfield
Wash
Black Earth
Wis
Riverside youths practice for town ball team
Riverside residents gather at Sunday school with several local boys aiming to join the Riverside ball team. Will Johnston and Will Tuttle visited Riverside Sunday. A Fulton meat wagon was seen in town last Tuesday.
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Marion
Edna Fitch
Iowa
Iowaland
H. H. Garey
Emma Hayness
Mitchell
Claus Asmussen
McEwen
Riverside
Will Johnston
Will Tuttle
Fulton
The Vanderbilt Safe Word Mix Up
A Philadelphia Times note recounts Commodore Vanderbilt's mispronounced password for his office safe. The diary kept the word secret until illness forced a change, with a clerical error leading to a comical exchange over the correct guard word dog versus doge.
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Commodore Vanderbilt
Philadelphia Times
City council weighs alley nuisance move and hall plans
A special meeting chaired by Mayor Silsby discussed declaring outside alleys near Main Street a nuisance to curb health risks. The ordinance committee will study removing the alleys closets, with a report at the next regular meeting. The council also reviewed Sioux Falls architect Av Dow's city hall plans, noting cost at about 20 000 dollars, later revised to 15 000 dollars to meet city needs and possibly house the fire department.
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Perry
Curtis
Koch
Miller
Hannett
Main Street
Main
Ness
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Av Dow
Sioux‘Falls
Dow
Fire Department
Revolver linked to suspect as shells found on man
Four other Black men were arrested at Vermilion and will be held as witnesses in the case after shells found on the principal fit the revolver discovered earlier in the day.
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Vermilion
Negro Shootist Arrested After Train Conductor Shooting
A freight crew reports a suspect arrested Tuesday in the shooting of Conductor Murphy near Lesterville Monday night. A Utica merchant wounded the suspect in the leg during the escape attempt, and a Yankton posse captured him between Lesterville and Utica.
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Milwaukee Road
Murphy
Lesterville
Utica
Yankton
Rapture
Case Dismissed In Mt. Vernon Liquor Case
States Attorney Hitchcock visited Mt. Vernon to prosecute Thos Marshall on a complaint accusing him of selling intoxicating liquor to minors. The case failed when no information could be signed and the signer refused. Justice Pease approved the dismissal after Spangler moved the request.
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Hitchcock
Mt. Vernon
Thos. Marshall
T J. Spangler
Mr. Marshall
Justice Pease
Honest Mistake In Mental Arithmetic
A New England girl struggles with mental arithmetic at school and tells her mother she has failed again. She explains she counted nine and four and wrote twelve as the answer to be fair, noting she believed twelve was wrong. The tale, reported by Youth's Companion, highlights a moment of error and conscience.
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J. A. Clark
W. W. Miner
Asa Tyler
Skale Marms
Quigley
M. F. Pooley
New, England
Hats In Church Then and Now
A fragmented 1661 note describes a man entering a church with hat on and later attending another service at the Savoy on September 28. It suggests the practice of removing hats in church began around that period and notes the solemnity of church music and vows to conform.
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Savoy
Doctor’s reassuring exam reveals normal lungs
An anxious elderly lady begs for the truth about a feared incurable disease. The doctor conducts a careful exam and reports normal lung condition, leaving the patient to wonder how long she might remain in that state.
The Joy of Relief
Cassidy notes relief from a dreadful toothache and Cassidy and Casey share a light exchange about feeling better. The Philadelphia Press records a humorous morning banter about pain and mood with regional dialect.
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Casey
Cassidy
Belase
Philadel
Phia Press
Question on milking a sow sparks curiosity
A humorous exchange features Teddy asking how a man turns off milk after milking a sow. The New York Times quotes the playful dialogue as a light moment.
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Pop
Teddy
New York Times
Can't Eat Why The Stomach Is Weak And Appetite Gone
An old medicine advertisement claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters cures indigestion constipation malaria biliousness and fever and ague. It promises to strengthen the stomach restore appetite and prevent constipation with a bottle urged for trial and warns against substitutes.
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Striter
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