Bethel and Plaindealer Notes From July Gatherings
Bethel recounts community events from July including the Rowley ball game, a forthcoming picnic at Hubbard's grove, races and water activities, and Sunday school changes. Updates from South Badger Blendon Plano Beulah Ethan areas mention visitors, repairs, harvest plans, and local family news.
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Bethel
Fred Thomas
Spirit Lake
John Wallis
Gilbert
Vic. Wallace
Emma Hawkes
J. J. Wallis
Rowley
Will Rowley
Elsie Jackson
Institute
Bathing: not essential to health or mind
A short essay argues cleanliness is a good habit but not vital to wellbeing. It cites a 94 year old man who bathed rarely and survived, suggesting extreme longevity often accompanies modest grooming and careful living. The piece also jokes about court appearances and a note on miners marrying early.
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South Badger
Hanson County
Davison County
Badger
Bobb
Greenacre
Mersey
Liverpool
North River
Thomas J. Hillis, M. D
Cochin China
Siam
Paris
Chicago
Exhibit of Grains and Grasses by Davison County Farmers
J K Smith organizes a competitive grain and grass exhibit in Davison County with cash prizes for best bundles of rye flax German millet spring wheat oats barley oats beardless barley timothy clover alfalfa red top blue joint orchard grass buffalo grass and a bouquet of varied grasses. Samples must be in sheaves by August 31 1899 judged by township representative farmers and awards paid by Commercial Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davison
J. K. Smith
Commercial Savings Bank
Davison County Teachers Institute Opens With 119 Enrolled
County Superintendent Browne leads the two week institute with 119 teachers enrolled by noon. The program shifts to the University campus for access to an strong instructor corps including Prof. Stout conductor and Profs Graham Brumbaugh Culmer Shurtles plus Miss White and Miss Maguire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browne
Davison County
White
Maguire
Weather and remedies in a midwestern note
A fragment notes government weather data and local health remedies. It mentions Aeherville Kansas farmer Mr. A N Noell cured by Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and references Remington Typewriter sales. It ends with barley about Beggs Diarrhoea Balsam and local pasturage details near Firesteel.
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A. N. Noell
Aeherville
Kansas
Bays
Chamberlain
L. O. Gale
Woman and Perversity on the Streetcar
A harsh Exchange quip claims women are inherently perversely behavior in transit, noting they choose the wrong door and backward boarding, crowding near the rear, and hunt for change while a conductor serves the car.
Fearful Cruelty of Pate de Foie Gras Revealed
A historical column contrasts the brutal preparation of pate de foie gras with other oddities. It includes graphic depictions of geese restrained for liver production, notes on fighting fish in Paris, a humorous misdescription of an entertainer with a beetle, a clergy joke from Saxony, and a quip about framing a mince pie.
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Kreuzeber
Saxony
Meinhardy
Herr Meinhardt
London
Forests Outshine Minerals in U S Production Value
The article asserts that yearly output value of all minerals from gold to lead in America is surpassed by forest products. It compares forest goods with the combined wheat and cotton crop, stating the forests produce greater value.
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America
Bargain ladies vests and waists from UNDERWERAR
Vintage catalog note lists numerous women’s undergarments with pricing. Items include ribbed vests, trimmed vests with neck draw tapes, ground neck vests, silk trimmed vents, gauze ribbed sleeves, long sleeved waists, and sleeveless silk vesta all offered in white or ecru with prices ranging from five to fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecru
HoosiIER YT Hosiery Prices From a Store Offering
An 19th or early 20th century want ad lists affordable hosiery. Items include 20 dozen children’s ribbed hose at 10 to 15 cents per pair, 10 dozen children’s and misses’ plaid socks at 25 to 65 cents, 5 dozen babies’ black hose at 20 cents, and 20 dozen ladies’ black hose from 9 to 25 cents per pair.
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Blendon
Will Carlson
McCormick
Mt. Vernon
Jayson Powell
Victor School House
Brendon
E. Spangler
Ainslie
S. C. Michener
J. B
Clark
Joey
Miller
Ed. Saulton
Mitchell
PLANO
J. LaRue
Louis le Fortune
Robert Elston
Bushnell
S. B
Walter Logan
Lambert
Lady
Beaver
Earnest Washburn
Farwell
D. Rand
Schroder
Bayley
Misa Lida Richardson
Sioux City
No. 5
Farwell Creamery
Johnson
D. U
Joseph Beattie
Beulah
Jos. Kathrba
Mr. Fraser
Deering
Mr. Vernon
Dee Cox
Dee
Millard
Mr. Westphall
Frank Hatch
Ethan
Jake Fergen
Will Darling
Ms. Shipton
Mies Gertie Koch
Elizie Halfhill
Mies Sexton
Fred Tobin
O. N. Rosenquist
M. FE
Augusta Schlimgen
Colorado
Miss Schlimgen
Ethan Creamery
Mr. Schlimgen
Parkston
West Perry
E. L. Bartons
K. Smith
Teacher’s County Institute
Teacher’s Institute
Sioux Falls
Typewriter Exchange
Remington-Shores Co
Will A. Beach
S. V
H. R. Kibbee
Huyck
Loudon
Fl Uulaa
Uneeda
THE
Gillis Shoe Company
Ferguson
Cash Bargain Store
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