Local Notes From Mitchell and Vicinity
A jumble of local items reports travelers visiting Mitchell from Toledo Beatrice and Arena Wis. updates include J Robinson joining the Minneapolis Tribune staff and a horse train introduction. Updates on harvest weather and tramps in town appear alongside advertisements for Yeast Foam and DeWitt's pills.
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Irs
Minneapolis Tribune
Dix
Jain
Frank Maynard
Reguyr
Sanborn
Alma Hurning
Arena
Wis
Rends
Mt. Vernon
Frank Mowder
Frank Williams
Main Street
Corn Palace
Fourthtreet
Third Street
Unfounded Charges Cleared as Burdick Vindicated
Brookings press notes Reverend F A Burdick was cleared after others retracted all charges. The piece urges continued official inquiry and praises Burdick’s innocence, urges caution against unfounded rumors and notes local officials arresting two vagrants, Johnson and Lee, who were later discharged with warnings. It also comments on tramps in Mitchell and suggests a stone pile for punishment, while promoting local remedies.
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Brookings Press
FY. A. Burdick
White
Mr. Burdick
F. A. Burdick
Brookings County
Mitchell
Brooks
Gardimer
Judge Abbey
Charles Johnson
Tom Lee
Johnson
Lee
Smith & Conges
Abbey
Chamberlain
E. G. Gregory
Fredrickstown
L. O. Gale
Byron and Don Juan traced from Venice to 1820s revival
The passage recounts Byron's Don Juan beginnings in Venice with the first canto around 1818 and subsequent work in 1819 1820 under pressure from friends especially Countess Guiccioli. It notes his permission to continue with guardrails and decorum and reflects on Campbell described omnibus opus. It also mentions a Washington Post tale about a governor halting an execution to address a crowd and a bride's urging not to sign a reprieve petition.
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Byron
Don Juan
Venice
Guiccioli
Murray
Childe Harold
Campbell
Macmillan’s Magazine
The
Washington Post
Congressman Hitt
Illinois
Reuben
The Policy of Worry and Easter Egg Origins
A London Spectator piece discusses how great powers use worry as a tool to disrupt rivals, with press threats and delays. It traces Easter eggs to Passover symbols and early Christian myth, then notes playful “poached egg” word origins. Finally a Wilmington News item jokes about a Kansas professor teaching laughter.
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Lord Palmerston
London Spectator
New York Times
Atchison
Kan
Kansas
Wilmington News
Witchcraft and killings tied to colonial attitudes on the Gold Coast
A National Review excerpt notes chiefs fearing consular crackdowns on killing wives and slaves at funerals as a danger to rulers. A Gold Coast educated minister links witchcraft to child bloodsucking, while governments dismiss witchcraft yet allow coercion. The writer observes a paradoxical mix of superstition and common sense in Ju Ju beliefs.
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Gold Coast
National Review
J. E. Wells Abstractor and Examiner of Wules
J E Wells operates as an abstractor and examiner of titles offering fire and tornado insurance real estate and loan services in Mitchell South Dakota. The business advertises expertise in property liens title search and risk coverage for local clients.
Trains Arrive From South Passenger 3 PM
Steamship Agency offers world tickets with low rates from all lines. Reservations free. Contact F. E. Clark, agent C. M. & St. P. for information.
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IH Mitchell Capital
Northstern Yeast Co
Noam
United States
Aberdee
Theouthern
McLarren
Woonsocket Times
Uonth
Woonocket
Sanborn County
Mrs.Larren
Minneapolis
Trou
Woonsocket
DeWitt
R. D. Prescott
Mitchell, S. D
H. E. Nordaker
H. A. BaRtin
W. H. Guass
Jacob
Ely Bros
Chamberlain’s
DeWitt’s
Finn
J. E. Wells
Wules
L. W. Adams
MENGE
Casper Kerr
S. D
C. MM
ST. P. Railroad
Travelers Accident Insurance Co
Hartford
Conn
F. &. Clark
C. M
St. P. Mitchell
Ino. D. Walrath
J Geo. E. Logan
H. R. Kibbee
O. P. Graham
First National Bank
Mitchell, South Dakota
Gilman
John D. Wood
J.S. Daniels
A. Boynton
C. M. Swan
W. Seaman
Bila Sturgis Lawler
J. O. Walrath
Geo. B. Logan
O. Gale
Vaug
Oecipy
Beet Teel
Chicago Record
Harrisburg
America
New York
Prof
J. T. Hatfield
Evanston (Ill
Madison St
Mitchell Dry Goods the
Cash Dry Goods House
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