The Violet Across Cultures and Times
The article traces the violet from ancient myth and Greek and Roman uses to medieval and eastern reverence. It notes its symbolic role in Athens and Paris and its modern associations with Napoleon, bonapartists, and social attitudes toward motherhood and virtue.
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Jupiter
Shakespeare
Ion
Ionia
Alcibiades
Agathos
Alczeus
Sappho
Ovid
Virgil
Daphnis
Bau
Mohammed
Toulouse
Clemence Isaure
Brandenburg
Silesia
Thuringia
Germany
Scotland
Corporal LA Violette
France
Bonaparte
Papa la Violette
Napoleon
Elba
Paris
Naleon
Tuilleies
Rome
Napoleon III
Chiselhurst
New York
A Number Puzzle With An Astonishing Result
A Maine journal reports a multiplication puzzle: start with 15 and repeatedly multiply by itself fifteen times. The final product would contain about 88,589 digits, with the leading digits 1,412. If computed by hand at 100 per minute, a ten hour day would span about 800 days, twenty eight years.
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Maine
Portland
Boston Transcript
Anecdote of the Koh i-noor diamond in Lord Lawrence’s care
An old tale from Lord John Lawrence recounts how the Koh i-noor vanished in his waistcoat pocket and reappeared via a native servant after six weeks. He feared loss but recovered the gem, learning the servant kept only a glass fragment. Also reports Carnegie's price cuts in Pittsburgh and new mineral claims near Belt Creek in Montana.
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Lord John Lawrence
Lord Lawrence
Sahib
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Carnegie
Pittsburrg
Amalgamated Association
Storms Visibly Wreck Peshtigo and Georgeville
Reports from Peshtigo Wisconsin describe a violent wind and rain storm that unroofed the Odd Fellows hall and damaged the church spire while destroying insecure buildings. Fire from lightning scorched Georgesville Ohio half the town, and cloudbursts caused washouts and crop losses along rail lines.
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Chicago
Peshtigo
Wis
Odd Fellows
Columbus
Ohio
Georgesville
Lancaster
Columbus, Hocking Valley
Toledo
Stock yards and stock handling facilities described in progress
A large stock yard complex near completion expands facilities for cattle sheep and hogs. Yards cover about 17 acres within a 30 acre tract and will load 120 cars simultaneously. Experts forecast strong cattle and meat industry growth alongside ongoing hotel and commercial construction. Also noted are unfolding private buildings and packing houses. Meanwhile railroad interest reports potential control deals involving Chicago Burlington and Northern and Chicago and North Western railways with no final action yet.
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C., B. and
N. New York
Boston
Dow, Jones & Co
Chicago, Burlington and Northern
Chicago and Northwestern Road
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Good Cranberry Crop Prospects Ahead in Wisconsin
The Cranberry crop around Buack River Falls Wisconsin remains uninsured after a spring frost. Prospects indicate an excellent harvest potential.
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Buack River Fas
Wis
Wisconsin Coast Drowned Mothers and Distant Dangers Across Midwest
The Northwest Condensed reports Mrs Francis Tendush drowning after entering the canal at Neenah. Other items note a Sept 9 10 11 Jackson County fair dates, a drowning in Rock River at Janesville, a coal heavers wage settlement, arrests near Oconomowoc for a jewelry theft, and Minnesotas deaths and fires.
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Wisconsin
Neenah
Francis Tendush
Tendush
Kaukauna
Black River Falls
Jackson County Agricultural Society
Williams Australian Herl pills advertised to brighten appearance
An advertisement promises women an improved look by taking Williams Australian Herl pills. It claims clear skin, brighter eyes, and renewed vitality after following the directions, with a price of 25 cents at Gale's.
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Gale's
For Rent Notice at Mitchell Mail Office
For Rent. The office recently occupied by the Mitchell Mail is available. Apply at the First National Bank for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Mail
First National Bank
Callat
First National Bank Block
Statehood and rail growth lift land values, buy now
Openings in Sioux Reservation and new railroad lines spurring rapid land value increases. Seeks buyers with free map pamphlet and price list of land for sale from James S. Foster.
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Statehood
Eal Estate
James S. Foster
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Victor
Ophelia
Aveler
Harper's Bazar
Great Fats
Mont
Williams and
Newcomb
Arthur Fork
Rachman
Otter Creek
Belt Creek
Bill Mountain
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Georgeville
Peoria
Ills
Lake View Park
Carcado
Knoxville
Tenn
A. BL. Tate
Grainger County
East Tennessee
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CnHbaco
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Logan
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Charleston
W. Va
Elk River
Parkersburg
Kanawha
Tucker
J. K. Bailey
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LaSalle
Spring City
Illinois
Chicago and Alton
Alton
Rock Island
Lawler
Hogan
Detroit
Mich
Jackson, Mich
Professor Campbell
Brooklyn
Daytex
United States Secret Service
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Guyon
Denello
Nelson Driggs
Twin City
Minneapolis
Janesville
Clarence Q. Cloyd
Boonesboro, Mo
Rock River
West Superior
Lehigh Company
Prairie du Chien
Ledtner
Gokey
Mexican Express
Oconomowoc
Milwaukee
S. A
miHs
Minnesota
George L. Hunt
Lake Harriet
Harriet Pavilion
Marshall
Northwestern
Minneola
Duluth
Old First
St. Louis
Col. Colville
A. W. Wright
Red Wing
E. F. Grow
James Cannon
Mankato
H. Clay Whitney
Sioux City
Northern
Merrill
Plymouth County
Palisades
Minnehaha County
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Creston
Prescott
Mackey
Dakota
Grand Forks
Samuel Field
Eugene Strout
Maurice
Here
Strout
Warne’s
Cae
IRSI
Roe Wallac
Hood
C. I. Hand & Co
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Mitchell
W.W. Bennett
Leive
Fist Street
Weller
F Kellogg
Crown and Bridgeworld
Mitchell, Dakota
Mitchell Dental Parlors
Alex
Mitcheil Hotel
Champeny Block
Din
GEO. P. DIX & Daughter
Dora
Joan
Eaviaon Brana
Seaman
Wilcox SteeHie Co
Philadelphia
Pas
Wali
Sj Mit Shell Paint and Paper CO
G. Cowhick
Mitchall
Mitchell National Bah
United States
W.G. Davison
L. N. Seaman
Davison
Crater
M. IE. Rowiey
R.N. Kratz
Rathiowin
Cadi
Krank Wallec
B.S. Rowley
Liveryeod and Sale Stable
F. M. Duncan
Third
Lawler Streets
Gale’s
America
TN Cincinnate Corrugating Co., ‘Mention Rerupnican
Cincinnati, Ouro
Giby
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