Mitchell County Commissioners Equalized Assessments 1908 Session
Mitchell County commissioners met July 7 1908 to equalize assessor books. They raised and reduced farm structure values in several townships and abated specific assessments. The board reviewed taxes with county officials, approved county exhibit funds, and authorized bids for coal and other county needs.
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Union Township
Towit
Blendon
Mt. Vernon
Lawler
Mitchell
Board of Equalization
Board of County Commissioners
J. N. Crow
Rock Island Plow Co
John Lawler
Carl Gabrielson
D. ‘A. Scotts
City of
Annie Spears
Arthur Allen
Mattie Devy
Mitchell Corn Palace
Wm. Nash
Diehl & Brown
Mdse
Paas
Mitchell Boiler and Machine Co
Court House
Mitchell Heating & Plumbing Co
McKinley & Eddy
oHoogabdgaondo
Ray A. Wright
Turner Produce Co
Moise
O. M. Butterfield
C. E. Brady
Mitchell Township
A. J. Buffaloe
the Educator School Supply Co
E. J. Quigley
C. W. Gillis
H. Noble & Son
Coan
O’cl
Wm. M. Herbert
State
Norman McGuire
Wm. Miller
Wm. Herbert
Delvan Becker
J. G. Markham
Baker Township Independent
H. C. Cook
S. C. Oathout
Inem Widtsic
A. Beach
L. Tremain
Telener
W. A. Branch
Virgil D. Boyles
Creneerintae
Badger
Geo. Bock, Jr
E. A. Comstock
O. Johnson
John Laglan
Knute Johnson
Chas. Baisen
A. J. Daggett
Mt. Vernon Village
W. J. Baker
E. L. Bridge
Beulah
Curt Michael
John Carlson
Jess Wilkins
A. Sagan
H. H. Ochiltree
Prosper
H. H. Elton
P. Jones
Lisbon
Geo. Stevens
K. K. Stanbaugh
Union
J. H. Atkinson
H. W. Cornwell
Baker
C. QO. Daniels
Henry Gerber
Tobin
John VY. Carlson
Phil Crampton
Rome
Alf Dodd
Theoore Gusan
Wm. Erpenbach
Ethan Village
Floyd McKeel
Hirst
Louis Bailey
A L. Kobb
E. S. Gould
L. H. Dilley
W. M. Grafton
C. W. Adams
J. B. Doty
Herbert Daniels
H. J. Martin
C. R. Winter
H. J. Blair
O A. Bates
Asa Dodd
W. H. Bacon
O. W. Coursey
Salary
T. B. Haynes
J. R. Allison
HE. K. Mather
Court House Lawn
South Dakota
Davison
Serpent Tale From Martinique A Lancehead Impales Lover
The Paris Eclair recounts a grim incident on Martinique where Sergeant Legrand frees a night punished Private Durand to a deadly lancehead. The six foot snake slept on Durand’s bare chest until milk and music lured it to a bowl, then ten cudgels killed the creature. Durand survived after hospital treatment, his hair now white.
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Paris
Durand
France
Lovers Ruse Ends With Betrothal By Redheaded Cousin
Bertha Vernon refuses cousin Tom Manning’s marriage proposal after sparring with her parents. A rival, Mr Henry Manning, arrives and wins Bertha’s favor. Tom capitulates, and Bertha accepts Mr Henry Manning’s suit, ending the family feud over the match.
Her Husband's Grouch Comic Exchange Noted
A visitor tells a wife can help a home, and Mrs. Torkins replies it is a pity she cannot influence the home team to win every game. The quip appears in the Washington Star.
When the Empire Calls Ye Out on Two Strikes
A Chicago Tribune style quip frames swearing as necessary only when the empire calls on a batter facing two strikes. The joke plays on baseball jargon to deliver a humorous legalistic line about propriety.
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Empire
Chicago Tribune
Trick for Oil and Vinegar at a Picnic
A Philadelphia Ledger note describes a prank using a bottle mixed with oil and vinegar. At serving time the oil pours smoothly while vinegar can be released slowly by re-corking and tilting, creating mild confusion among guests over which liquid is being served.
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Philadelphia Ledger
A Queer Needle and Thread From Mexican Plant
A Chicago News item describes a Mexican plant with leaf-edge prickles that can be pulled out to form a natural needle and fiber thread. The fibers twist around the needle as it is drawn, and air exposure hardens them. a thread so made is claimed to bear five pounds.
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Mexico
Chicago News
Wordplay Jokes From the Philadelphia Ledger
A set of puns and jokes comparing professions and daily tasks. Highlights include choirmaster versus dress, farmer versus dressmaker, washerwoman and the week, and a riddle about a wholesome word.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Hook Em Sniffy Outdoor Ring Toss Game
An outdoor game uses a ring on a long cord aimed at a tree hook or post. Players swing the ring to catch the hook to score points. A multi-hook board assigns points, and after several turns the highest score wins.
Conundrums and Dot Tales From A Family Page
A collection of light humor and children’s vignettes. Jokes on poultry dealers clergymen soldiers and a tramp with a tired coat are followed by Dot’s memory lapse and canary bird pun.
A Hundred Years From Now Poem Reflections
A child speaker imagines how girls and boys will be dressed eaten and read in a distant future. She wonders about fashions meals tastes and books and whether future children will outshine today’s in beauty and wonder.
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Ieaacness
J. R. “Allison
A. J. Annis
BD. D. Watkins
Board of
Baker Township
O. K
B. D. Watkins
Geo. H. Miner
Jake Huntz
B. Huntz
S. H. Lyman
Justice Fee
A. Shultz
L. D. Cas
Rnorp
Theodore Reinartz
John Reinartz
BE. EB. King
Elmer Barker
Dan Sullivan
Henry Austerhouse
John Bannan
John L. Twohy
Alfred Smith
Frank Barring
John Olson
Claude Wattles
R. L. Tremain
Bell Hall
J. W. Williams
Will Casteel
Ed. Willett
J . J. G. Markham
Hospital For Insane
Davison County
J. F. Bartow
Emma, Bunnell
John Ebbott
L. Q. Hardesty
Lucille Hershman
Joseph Page
Emma Pound
Wolfgang Schutzgman
Louisa Sholes
Nicolas Sherman
Eliza Schutz
Geo. F. White
jAmna Brown
Lisbon Township
Tra L. Fraser
Buelah
Same
Office of Register of Deeds
C. B. Brady
S. Cattrell
Perry Township
N. Gaetse
J. F. Murphy
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Mitchell, S. D
H. B. Anderson
Bertha Vernon
Tom Manning
Tom
Vernon
Bertha
Manning
Henry
Greenville
Mr. Henry
Mr. Ienry
Papa
Mr. Vernon
Pertha
Thomas Henry Manning
Conundrums
Dottie
Dot
Mamma